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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I was going to make a list though @FoxRox your selections are spot on, I would add...

    The Conjuring
    The early Friday the 13th films
    Saw
    Omen 1976
    Demon Seed
    Christine
    Salems Lot
    Rosemarys Baby
    Don't look now
    The 9th Gate
    Scanners
    Rabid
    American Werewolf in London
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Lee is my 4th favourite Dracula after Lugosi, Kinski and Palance (those three switch around), but they have a distinctive style that is consistent through most of the 9 films. With the last 3 films, Hammer got experimental, and it worked for the 2 two of the 3.

    Those are all terrific, but I really like Gary Oldman in the part as well.
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  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
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    I'm excited for this Halloween movie!
    Hopefully it does well like "IT"
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    IT will receive an extended edition on DVD/blu-ray, with an extra 15 minutes of footage:

    http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3459283/muschietti-teases-extended-version-home-video-15-extra-minutes/

    New poster series for 'Jigsaw':

    http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3459324/new-poster-series-vows-allegiance-jigsaw/
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited September 2017 Posts: 4,813
    Well this was unexpected!

    H40 ;)

    http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3459383/jamie-lee-curtis-playing-laurie-strode-blumhouses-halloween/

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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Did NOT see that coming whatsoever, wow. I was under the impression it would take place immediately after the second, but I suppose there will be a time jump.

    Curious if that's just some generic mock-up to announce her being cast, or if that's how Michael will look when the film arrives.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    As far as I was aware the film in question was set..... wasn't it going to be set in a a prison, in the modern day? Months ago, I read the in depth story description on B-D.com, and it had an interesting sound to it. So is this one now going to be the last as well? ;)
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited September 2017 Posts: 12,525
    Got to watch Night of the Living Dead and The Fog. Decent films, but they wouldn't quite be near the top of my personal favorites. Still, they are better than the average, forgettable ones.
  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
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    I thought the Halloween movie was set back then and not current??
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    CASINOROYALE wrote: »
    I thought the Halloween movie was set back then and not current??

    As did I.

    @MajorDSmythe, I think that was the original script idea, until this new one was carved out fresh. If it turns out how they've described it, then I think I'll love it.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    So I read up on Jamie Lee Curtis in the next Halloween- apparently this is a sequel to part 2 only.
    This ignores ALL the ones after part 2, including H20 & Resurrection (which she even was in!)

    This will literally be Halloween 3. Pretty cool, but I'm sure it will confuse people left and right, lol
  • Risico007Risico007
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    Shrugs the Halloween time line is more messed up then anything but the picture looks cool
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited September 2017 Posts: 14,003
    Risico007 wrote: »
    Shrugs the Halloween time line is more messed up then anything but the picture looks cool

    The TCM timeline is even worse!

    Timeline 1:
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

    Timeline 2:
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
    Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

    Timeline 3:
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
    Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

    Timeline 4:
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

    Timeline 5:
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
    Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D (2013)

    Timeline 6:
    Leatherface (2017)
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

    Of the 6, I single out #2 as the best. More than the other films, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III actually feels like it takes place in the same world, the tone is also more consistent.
  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    CASINOROYALE wrote: »
    I thought the Halloween movie was set back then and not current??

    As did I.

    @MajorDSmythe, I think that was the original script idea, until this new one was carved out fresh. If it turns out how they've described it, then I think I'll love it.

    Wouldn't Michael Myers be in his late 50s-60s??
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    CASINOROYALE wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    CASINOROYALE wrote: »
    I thought the Halloween movie was set back then and not current??

    As did I.

    @MajorDSmythe, I think that was the original script idea, until this new one was carved out fresh. If it turns out how they've described it, then I think I'll love it.

    Wouldn't Michael Myers be in his late 50s-60s??

    Mid 60's, that is if it takes place in modern day.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    edited September 2017 Posts: 4,813
    We haven't seen his face in a good long while (I'm not counting Rob Zombie's H2.... that was shit)- I think we're due!
    Jason's a complete opposite- we see his face in nearly every movie!
    I always thought it was cool how at the end of the first Halloween movie, Michael was revealed to be a totally normal surprisingly decent looking bloke! Bet he's not so handsome now!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    H2 was so awful. Michael talks in that, too, during the finale. Terrible.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Man I hate Rob Zombie's Halloween films. So disappointing.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Man I hate Rob Zombie's Halloween films. So disappointing.

    They went more of a gore route than a scary/eerie route, which I didn't particularly care for. I'm really hoping this next one will bring back the uneasiness and terror the first two deliver like they say they will.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Heavily gore-based horror films are rarely my cup of tea. Has to at least also carry a strong sense of dread and not rely on shock factor via blood or whatever else.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    I loved the first one, but they dropped the ball so hard on the sequel
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    A new synopsis for 'Halloween,' which doesn't reveal much:

    "Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

    Master of horror John Carpenter will executive produce and serve as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema’s current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge, Paranormal Activity). Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs.

    HALLOWEEN will be produced by Malek Akkad, whose Trancas International Films has produced the HALLOWEEN series since its inception. Green and McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner.

    HALLOWEEN will be distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures."
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
    edited September 2017 Posts: 1,812
    Master_Dahark wrote: »
    I loved the first one, but they dropped the ball so hard on the sequel

    I loved the first Rob Zombie Halloween as well. It added more depth to the characters and I found myself caring about them, even Michael. None of the other Halloween movies have done that. Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 was a major disappointment.
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    A new synopsis for 'Halloween,' which doesn't reveal much:

    "Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

    Master of horror John Carpenter will executive produce and serve as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema’s current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge, Paranormal Activity). Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs.

    HALLOWEEN will be produced by Malek Akkad, whose Trancas International Films has produced the HALLOWEEN series since its inception. Green and McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner.

    HALLOWEEN will be distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures."

    So it sounds like it will be in modern day with them saying it's four decades after the original two. I have to admit that this is the first time I've been excited for the release of another Halloween.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    The return of Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie would have more impact if she hadn't already returned for Halloween H20 and again for Halloween: Resurrection. Just imagine how better this would be, if we hadn't actually seen Laurie since Halloween 2. The more I think about this, the more I wish they would just pick up from Halloween: Resurrection, 16 years on. After all, the bloodline is still going...
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    edited September 2017 Posts: 6,844
    I caught Get Out. It was pretty good. It certainly works as a Black Mirror-esque commentary on racial oppression and ignorance. My big problem with the film is that it signals where it's going loud and clear well in advance, and once you've been told where it's headed, it's pretty slow going as you wait for the film to catch up with you. In the end, it does just that—it catches up with you and presents little more to sink your teeth into (though I did enjoy the little twist about
    the grandparents, the one part where I felt the film really managed to surprise me).
    Like I said, it does work as a Black Mirror type commentary, and might have been more potent in a leaner hour-long offering that doesn't let the viewer get so far ahead of the story. It Follows is still for me the best horror film of the past few years.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited September 2017 Posts: 25,441
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    A new synopsis for 'Halloween,' which doesn't reveal much:

    "Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

    Master of horror John Carpenter will executive produce and serve as creative consultant on this film, joining forces with cinema’s current leading producer of horror, Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge, Paranormal Activity). Inspired by Carpenter’s classic, filmmakers David Gordon Green and Danny McBride crafted a story that carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film, and Green also directs.

    HALLOWEEN will be produced by Malek Akkad, whose Trancas International Films has produced the HALLOWEEN series since its inception. Green and McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner.

    HALLOWEEN will be distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures."

    Having only watched upto Halloween 6 which if I recall was Donald Pleasance's last film the new film may seem fresh to me, Carpenter being involved is a plus point (I watched the first Rob Zombie remake).
  • bondsumbondsum
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    With the success of "It" at cinemas, I'm hoping we'll get a revival of bigger budgeted horror movies, rather than all this low-budget dross.

    As for good horror movies of the 21st century, I'd probably have to give it to either Guillermo Del Toro’s "The Devil's Backbone" or Sam Raimi's “Drag Me To Hell" - simply because the latter was a modern-day retelling of the superior 1957 Jacques Tourneur movie "Night of the Demon", or "Curse of the Demon" to US audiences, and the previous one for originality. Nothing else has really rubbed my rhubarb.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    I caught Get Out. It was pretty good. It certainly works as a Black Mirror-esque commentary on racial oppression and ignorance. My big problem with the film is that it signals where it's going loud and clear well in advance, and once you've been told where it's headed, it's pretty slow going as you wait for the film to catch up with you. In the end, it does just that—it catches up with you and presents little more to sink your teeth into (though I did enjoy the little twist about
    the grandparents, the one part where I felt the film really managed to surprise me).
    Like I said, it does work as a Black Mirror type commentary, and might have been more potent in a leaner hour-long offering that doesn't let the viewer get so far ahead of the story. It Follows is still for me the best horror film of the past few years.

    My favorite horror films of the last several years are It Follows, Get Out, and It. Every now and then we get a real gem in the genre. It seems like the genre may be getting better again; IMO, the 2000s was pretty rough for horror overall - worse than our current decade.
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