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    Anyone getting excited yet ?

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    BondStu wrote: »
    @DarthDimi - thanks for your kind words my friend. I also hold you in a similar high regard. :D

    You should! I have a massive pe--eh--pension. Yes, that's it, pension!

    In 30 years or so...
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    Not doing anything special myself. I’ll probably put on Scream later and call it good. I have done plenty horror movies and games throughout the month as I do every October.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    Anyone getting excited yet ?

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    Hell to the yes. I've already slaughtered 6 pot smoking teens, and the night is still young.

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    Peekaboo bitches!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    Anyone getting excited yet ?

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    Hell to the yes. I've already slaughtered 6 pot smoking teens, and the night is still young.

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    Peekaboo bitches!

    I know exactly what you're talking about, @MajorDSmythe!

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    ;-)

    I'm currently watching the 2007 Spanish horror flick "El Orfanato" (The Orphanage). Not bad. No cheap scares. Rather, a strong build-up towards an exciting climax.

    It's been picked up for an American remake, I understand. No need. The Spanish language is not a contagious disease and there's always the magic of subtitles. :)
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    Someone just turned up on my doorstep and they are selling horror films :The Shining,The Exorcist,Halloween,Spectre,making of Spectre,Colour of Spectre,soundtrack of Spectre,Superman of Spectre,Sarcastic secret agent arsehole of Spectre,score of Spectre,brother of Spectre,Scooby gang of Spectre,obvious villains of Spectre .

    Are these Spectre films any good before I buy them ?
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    Someone just turned up on my doorstep and they are selling horror films :The Shining,The Exorcist,Halloween,Spectre,making of Spectre,Colour of Spectre,soundtrack of Spectre,Superman of Spectre,Sarcastic secret agent arsehole of Spectre,score of Spectre,brother of Spectre,Scooby gang of Spectre,obvious villains of Spectre .

    Are these Spectre films any good before I buy them ?

    Coocoo?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Will likely only have time for one horror film tonight, not sure what to settle on. Might have to go with the tried and true classic that is Halloween but I really wanted to shake it up this year and go with something else.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    @DarthDimi knows the score. Want to slay the game, you better know the rules.

    Ha ha, nice one @barryt007. I started reading the list, and knew it was a wind up, when I got to 'obvious villains of Spectre'. ;)
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Someone just turned up on my doorstep and they are selling horror films :The Shining,The Exorcist,Halloween,Spectre,making of Spectre,Colour of Spectre,soundtrack of Spectre,Superman of Spectre,Sarcastic secret agent arsehole of Spectre,score of Spectre,brother of Spectre,Scooby gang of Spectre,obvious villains of Spectre .

    Are these Spectre films any good before I buy them ?

    Coocoo?

    I asked him DD but he doesn’t have Coocoo of Spectre,out of stock .
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Will likely only have time for one horror film tonight, not sure what to settle on. Might have to go with the tried and true classic that is Halloween but I really wanted to shake it up this year and go with something else.

    If only time for one Creasy me olde mate ,it has to be Halloween 🎃
    @DarthDimi knows the score. Want to slay the game, you better know the rules.

    Ha ha, nice one @barryt007. I started reading the list, and knew it was a wind up, when I got to 'obvious villains of Spectre'. ;)

    Hahaha 😂 spot on Major !!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I'm thinking you're right there, my friend. A beloved classic that gets me every time.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Have a great All Hallows' Eve folk's
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    Have a great All Hallows' Eve folk's

    Bonda Legosi.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    barryt007 wrote: »
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    Have a great All Hallows' Eve folk's

    Bonda Legosi.
    Hugo Drac's

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    Hope everyone has had a fun and safe Halloween!!!! 8-X
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    RogueAgent wrote: »
    Hope everyone has had a fun and safe Halloween!!!! 8-X

    "Had"? Still going here. I've got Carpenter's THE THING lined up next. Once called "the worst film of all times" by the dumbest critics on Earth, this is a true classic from the man whom they called a "pornographer of violence" but is a true genius instead.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    RogueAgent wrote: »
    Hope everyone has had a fun and safe Halloween!!!! 8-X

    "Had"? Still going here. I've got Carpenter's THE THING lined up next. Once called "the worst film of all times" by the dumbest critics on Earth, this is a true classic from the man whom they called a "pornographer of violence" but is a true genius instead.

    I hope you watched the original Halloween 🎃 DD !!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I did, but yesterday. I'm doing something of a Carpenter marathon.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I did, but yesterday. I'm doing something of a Carpenter marathon.

    I know I will be slagged off for this but I actually really like prince of darkness from carpenter , but I’m in the minority
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I did, but yesterday. I'm doing something of a Carpenter marathon.

    I know I will be slagged off for this but I actually really like prince of darkness from carpenter , but I’m in the minority
    Oh I'm on your side, completely. I think that's a great film. Very Lovecraftian, with a cool score and Alice Cooper as a Space Jesus zombie of sorts. What's there not to love? Mystery, cosmic horror, ... It's a truly fascinating film.
  • edited October 2019 Posts: 19,339
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I did, but yesterday. I'm doing something of a Carpenter marathon.

    I know I will be slagged off for this but I actually really like prince of darkness from carpenter , but I’m in the minority
    Oh I'm on your side, completely. I think that's a great film. Very Lovecraftian, with a cool score and Alice Cooper as a Space Jesus zombie of sorts. What's there not to love? Mystery, cosmic horror, ... It's a truly fascinating film.

    Thank God, I have found another rare fan !!
    Alice Cooper is brilliant in it and calling it Lovecraftian is perfect DD !!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I did, but yesterday. I'm doing something of a Carpenter marathon.

    I know I will be slagged off for this but I actually really like prince of darkness from carpenter , but I’m in the minority
    Oh I'm on your side, completely. I think that's a great film. Very Lovecraftian, with a cool score and Alice Cooper as a Space Jesus zombie of sorts. What's there not to love? Mystery, cosmic horror, ... It's a truly fascinating film.

    Thank God, I have found another rare fan !!
    Alice Cooper is brilliant in it and calling it Lovecraftian is perfect DD !!

    Well, I think several of the elements are there, @barryt007. We find something that offers a portal to another dimension but we'll never fully understand it. Those who try to behold what exists on the other side face madness and death. A scientific explanation is sought but not entirely found because man was never supposed to delve into such great mysteries. It has, presumably, been around for a very long time but we also receive messages from the future so who knows which cosmic superrace is trying to communicate with us--one that has the ability to jump through time perhaps?

    The only thing not Lovecraftian about Prince Of Darkness is the multitude of characters including women, some sex, the inclusion of foreign ethnicities in a positive way and the hints of Catholic "mythology". Still, Carpenter has on many occasions made his love for Lovecraft known. The Thing, The Fog, Prince Of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness are clearly Lovecraftian endeavours. Yes, even The Thing comes remarkably close to something that Lovecraft could have written, despite it being an adaptation of a story by John W. Campbell Jr.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I did, but yesterday. I'm doing something of a Carpenter marathon.

    I know I will be slagged off for this but I actually really like prince of darkness from carpenter , but I’m in the minority
    Oh I'm on your side, completely. I think that's a great film. Very Lovecraftian, with a cool score and Alice Cooper as a Space Jesus zombie of sorts. What's there not to love? Mystery, cosmic horror, ... It's a truly fascinating film.

    Thank God, I have found another rare fan !!
    Alice Cooper is brilliant in it and calling it Lovecraftian is perfect DD !!

    Well, I think several of the elements are there, @barryt007. We find something that offers a portal to another dimension but we'll never fully understand it. Those who try to behold what exists on the other side face madness and death. A scientific explanation is sought but not entirely found because man was never supposed to delve into such great mysteries. It has, presumably, been around for a very long time but we also receive messages from the future so who knows which cosmic superrace is trying to communicate with us--one that has the ability to jump through time perhaps?

    The only thing not Lovecraftian about Prince Of Darkness is the multitude of characters including women, some sex, the inclusion of foreign ethnicities in a positive way and the hints of Catholic "mythology". Still, Carpenter has on many occasions made his love for Lovecraft known. The Thing, The Fog, Prince Of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness are clearly Lovecraftian endeavours. Yes, even The Thing comes remarkably close to something that Lovecraft could have written, despite it being an adaptation of a story by John W. Campbell Jr.

    Excellent pointers there DD.
    I used to have it on VHS a long time ago,and its never on TV over here,very hard to get hold of.
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    The dead and company show was great though I saw the scaries site ever Bob Weir who I believe is 74 in a kilt
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    Commenting here late. Been busy lately, partially because of Halloween. Now I'm on a post Halloween blues.
    Maybe it's because I have a young child and a broken TV, but most of my consumption of horror is in literature form, not films. I must have watched five horror movies all in all since last August, and only one or two were good. But I've read a lot of horror stories.
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