Rewatched Labyrinth for the first time in about seven years. Goddamn this movie defined me in so many ways. It's got everyone, Jim Henson, David fucking Bowie, music by Trevor Jones, and written by TERRY JONES. It is so twisted, something you would never see nowadays. The creatures give CGI the finger, and the talking hands are my heroes:

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^^ All that, plus I was madly in love with Jennifer Connelly when it came out, as well.

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You remind me of the babe.

What babe?


Saw Snatch finally. Holy crap it's better than Rock'n'Rolla. The timing is ace, the cast is the tits, but in the end it's Sol and Vince who steal the show. Now i just need to find a place that has Lock, Stock.

What babe?


Saw Snatch finally. Holy crap it's better than Rock'n'Rolla. The timing is ace, the cast is the tits, but in the end it's Sol and Vince who steal the show. Now i just need to find a place that has Lock, Stock.

Love Snatch. I'm pretty sure Netflix has Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels streaming if you have it.

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the most recent movies I watched were:

Psycho
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

not much needs to be said about this one. It's a real classic and it's still a great movie. It's just a shame that the uncensored version is not available anywhere on home video. Well maybe there's a bootleg, who knows but who wants to buy bootlegs anyways. The only way to see the uncensored version is on TV, it seems. At least they have shown it here on TV several times. (You can check out what all was cut out of the movie on this German site http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittb ... hp?ID=1921 ) I watched the movie on Blu-Ray and I must say Universal did a great job restoring the movie, it looks fantastic. But they did an even better job with the sound. This movie certainly has never looked or sounded any better.

The Exorcist
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/

another classic that I don't need to say much about as most people have probably at least watched it once in their lives. It's still as creepy as it used to be. Linda Blair was one lucky kid saying things in this movie that most other kids would usually get slapped for, hehe. I watched the extended director's cut as I've only seen the theatrical version several times. It seems to be Friedkin's and Blatty's prefered version of the movie. Now everyone knows that something like that can go horribly wrong (*cough* Star Wars *cough* Dead Alive *cough*...) but in this case I don't think the additional footage hurts the movie at all. I must also give Warner a lot of credit for giving The Exorcist a beautiful HD treatment, making the movie often look like a brand new movie. If you own a Blu-Ray player and do not own this movie yet then I strongly recommend picking it up. You get both the theatrical cut and the extended cut with this release and both versions look better than ever and they probably won't ever look any better than this.

I think The Exorcist is one of a very small handful of perfect horror films. Everything about it is exactly what a horror film should be, there's really nothing I could pick out of it and say I would change this. Honestly Psycho is right up there too, love that movie, my favorite Hitchcock.

Honestly, off the top of my head I can only think of 3 or 4 other perfect horror films...

[EphelDuath666]

Honestly, off the top of my head I can only think of 3 or 4 other perfect horror films...

Wellll, which ones are you thinking of?

Stakeland. It's commonly expressed as Zombieland meets The Road. For being small budgeted, it was quite a good film and I enjoyed it.

[EphelDuath666]

you gotta be shitting me

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1335986/

and I guess there will be a sequel....in space

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1729610/

...and they said Hollywood was running out of ideas.

Finally watched 3:10 to Yuma. I liked it, felt a little off here and there but overall it was pretty good.

Prepare for ridiculously long post that I expect no one to read...

Honestly, off the top of my head I can only think of 3 or 4 other perfect horror films...

Wellll, which ones are you thinking of?

The Thing comes pretty damned close. I think The Shining is pretty perfect, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (I'd call it horror at least), Halloween is a perfect slasher at any rate, Shaun of the Dead and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil for horror comedies (to a lesser extent Zombieland as well)... that's all I can think of off the bat. I know there's more, though... in fact, weigh in with yours anyone, I'm curious. Perhaps I'll start a topic...

Stakeland. It's commonly expressed as Zombieland meets The Road. For being small budgeted, it was quite a good film and I enjoyed it.

I saw an advanced screening of this last year at my University, it was only the second or third time it had ever been shown. He had just finished the credits that morning I enjoyed it, I was just hoping for more. It was fresh enough to be quite well done though.

And now the flurry, my horror films for the past like 4 or so days, one of which I missed a movie...

10/27: For today's horror film I watched David Cronberg's "The Fly." A really good creature, sci-fi horror film, the movie follows the story of a scientist who invents a teleportation machine and upon trying it upon himself becomes genetically spliced with a fly that accidentally flew into the machine with him. He slowly begins turning into a fly-human hybrid and losing his touch with reality. This film is typical Cronenberg, in the best way possible; lots of over the top, gory, and immensely disturbing special effects and a very warped view on reality. Jeff Goldbloom is great as well, and the twist about three quarters of the way through the film isn't only genius and disturbing all on it's own but results in an incredibly creepy sequence, honestly one of the creepiest horror sequences I can think of. Very well done sci-fi horror given the great Cronenberg treatment.
8.5/10

10/29: For today's film (or yesterday's, keep up!) I once again am venturing into John Carpenter territory with "The Fog." A very creepy, sometimes over the top film about a town that has brought a curse upon itself in the form of an evil fog that holds killer zombie-esque ghosts seeking revenge. Carpenter really achieves a great level of foreboding the film and a sense that the evil this small town has brought cannot be avoided. The story too is quite creepy and how it is told is very unusual. The "beats" so to speak are very unlike usual film making in how the scares are given to the audience and when you are allowed breathing room. Yet another great Carpenter film that I highly recommend as a late, cold night ghost flick.
8.5/10

10/30: My horror film for the evening was Tom Six's "The Human Centipede." There's honestly not much to say about this movie; it's a disgusting concept that's presented almost as stupidly as the concept does. It's more than blatantly obvious that Six came up with the idea and didn't have near enough smarts to build a story around it (the movie is easily more than 3/4s filler to just fill an hour and a half movie), but to his credit, it's pretty darn tough to build a story around a plot revolving around people being sewn to each others rectums. And interestingly enough, for me at least, the concept wasn't as disgusting as Six intended it to be unless you really think hard about it; the movie doesn't give much physically for the disgust the plot entails and really only grosses when you think about what would go into it, which could be seen as a good or a bad thing. The concept aside, though, basically the movie just consists of bad acting, easily escapable situations that are even more so than most horror movies, and pretty much zero substance. But in all honesty, this is pretty much what I was expecting, and I'm sure all Six wanted to expect and get out of it either. So... mission accomplished?
3/10

Whew...

[EphelDuath666]

I'll give my thoughts regarding the 'perfect horror films' subject in the appropriate thread in a bit

OK, I watched several more horror flicks yesterday and today...

The Shining
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/
I really love this movie, Jack Nicholson is nothing but brilliant in this one. But...there's one minor problem I have with this movie, maybe with most Kubrick movies. Pacing. The movie just often moves forward too slowly where nothing really happens. And I only watched the European cut which is over 20 minutes shorter than the US cut. But that would really be the only problem I have with the movie. It's pretty fucking awesome aside from that.

Zombie/Woodoo/Zombie Flesh Eaters/Zombi/Island of the Dead/etc. (I love italian horror flicks, they always have a million different names )
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080057/
this is actually one of my alltime favorite zombie flicks. I guess not too many people actually appreciate this kind of movie. It's the typical Fulci flick, more about gore and visuals than substance. But let's face it, there's soooo much awesomeness in this flick. It starts with the hilariously horrible voice acting and ends with the best scene in a zombie flick ever...E-V-E-R: an underwater scene with a half naked chick, a zombie and a shark. Yes, it sounds awesome and it IS awesome. The gore, as in every horror movie by Lucio Fulci, is totally over the top and wonderfully gross. I always have to mention that this is one of Guillermo del Toro's favorite movies. So if you have the chance and can appreciate that type of movie then watch it! It's out on Blu-Ray now too!

Trick 'r Treat
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862856/
this one actually surprised me. It was much better than I expected. Kind of reminded me of the old Tales from the Crypt and Masters of Horror episodes. It's basically 4 horror stories that occur in the same street and tie in really nicely, kind of the way you know it from movies such as Pulp Fiction or 11:14. There's plenty of good humor to be found as well. I guess I'll have to pick up the US Blu-Ray of this movie.

last but not least...

Bubba Ho-Tep
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281686/
this just proves again that Bruce Campbell is incredibly underrated and needs to be in movies more often. This is one of the funniest horror comedies ever. The story is absolutely ridiculous and hilarious, the actors are wonderful and fun to watch, the enire movie is just solid gold. This has been the third or fourth time I've watched this now and I still laugh my ass off. I mean, a mummy sucking souls out of the buttholes of seniors? How awesome is that? Exactly...über-awesome.

Ninja Assassin- Not as bad as I thought it was gonna be. Lots of CG gore/dismemberment/blood and stuff but while the story was a bit ridiculous, Rain's acting wasn't half bad. Took me half of the movie to realise it was him who was in 'I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK' though. I am le slow. Probably because he's a bloody killer in this and not a sweet luffly mental patient.
Babbling over. Carry on.