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I only saw the first when it initially released, I remember it feeling rather straight-laced if not a bit cartoonish or OTT in some aspects. I did see the trailer for Victor Crowley, which seemed even more OTT. Could be good fun, I won't be expecting Oscar-winning material when I do catch the sequels.
The first one is more horror, but there is still some ott moments. Comparing Hatchet and Hatchet 2 is like comparing The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2.
Feel free to burn me at the stake, but I've sadly never seen an Evil Dead movie past the first one, and even that one I remember so little from.
Ok, well Hatchet/The Evil Dead are more pure horror films. Hatchet 2/Evil Dead 2 introduces more comedy into the mix. Hatchet 3/Army Of Darkness are the weak links, but they have their moments.
EDIT: The original Child's Play writer is working on a television series starring Chucky:
http://www.slashfilm.com/childs-play-tv-series/#more-465208
Never heard of it, but the concept has my interest. It sounds like a love letter to the 80's slasher genre
I'm glad you got so much mileage out of The Final Girls. It was a great concept and I think the emotional connection between daughter and mother throughout the finale is where the film really shined. But the satire throughout the rest of the film—mostly aimed at the Friday the 13th series—was to my eyes too superficial to be of much interest or entertainment value. It felt to me almost as if it was written by someone with a very superficial understanding of 80s slasher films and who could only make some American Pie-style potshots at the general conception of what an 80s slasher film consists of. As opposed to a film junkie who really intimately knows the ins and outs of the genre and can deliver the in-jokes and references that a true fan of the genre would delight in. (And please don't misconstrue that commentary as my saying you aren't a true fan of the genre or anything; I just don't think the writers/filmmakers were).
For my money, Scream is still the best slasher satire out there.
(And there's another one that actually came out in the 80s, at the peak of the craze—The Slumber Party Massacre—that has some really interesting things going on as well. Written and directed by two different women no less, which must have been quite the rarity in Hollywood at the time.)
Edit: Also Cabin in the Woods, which takes quite brilliant swipes at several horror sub-genres, but chiefly bisects the most well-trodden tropes of the slasher—with a rusty chainsaw ;)
I've been incredibly interested in this, but this trailer sort of ruins it for me: the mystery is now unveiled as what appears to be some shoddy CGI monsters terrorizing them. I'll likely pass.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3483670/jamie-lee-curtis-wrapped-filming-halloween/
January 13th, so slightly over a month back. She's likely not in every scene so I figure they still have a few more weeks max to go on shooting.
I just don't want them to do to Jamie what they did to her mother, killing her early and letting that be the shock that carries the rest of the film to the conclusion. I want Laurie and Michael battling until the very end.
That's how they've been selling it (dread, suspense and fear over gore and blood), and Laurie seems to be at the forefront of this one yet again (or at least the Strode bloodline), and I doubt they'd retroactively bring her character back by ignoring the sequels, just to kill her off for cheap motivation.
Has anyone watched the Scream TV series? I like the films (well the third one wasn't great, but I think four was really underrated) and I've heard good things so I've been thinking about giving it a go.
I only saw the first season and I'm real critical about a lot of shows on TV anymore - especially anything airing on a channel like MTV - and it was OK. Really predictable and tame with some super annoying characters, but I guess you could do much worse. Just be warned that apparently the viewership dwindled in the second season, which has caused them to recast/hire new showrunners for an all new third season which apparently won't touch on anything that came before, so you'll likely have some unanswered questions.
Thanks @Creasy47. Think it's on Netflix so might give it a go but I'm a bit behind with shows at the minute. Still need to finish Godless for a start.
I personally hope for more innovative or original horror films than just new films from old series with the old monsters, many of which have been recommended to me on here like The Babadook or It Follows that I need to see. I think that's where horror can really grow and built mainstream exposure, with filmmakers putting out films that are finely crafted and unexpected that show there's more to the genre than just gore and cheap scares.
The trouble with a new A Nightmare On Elm Street, is as with the Hellraiser films, Freddy is still tied to Robert England, who has ruled out playing Freddy again on film due to his age. Attempts to recast Freddy and Pinhead have had a cold reception. From what I have seen of Paul T. Taylor, he is an improvement over Stephen Smith Collins, same goes for their respective films.
My horror film loyalty will always lie with Friday The 13th, even if they are not the most respected or most inventive horror films. We came so close, last year, to having a new film, but Paramount bottled it at the last minute. I am still holding out for an announcement this year, that Kane Hodder with put on the mask one last time. While that window is closing, he is 63 after all, I feel he could still do it.
I'm not even a big Friday fan, but I would personally love to see the idea of Jason hunting teens during the winter at Crystal Lake brought to film. The atmosphere of it would set it apart from the others in the series and when was the last time we actually got to see a wintery horror film outside that Thing prequel?
http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3483810/kane-hodder-reveals-surprising-way-cameo-freddy-vs-jason/
Agreed! I figured it'd be one of those generic "new trivia" tidbits that had been known for quite some time, but was happy to say I had no clue. I'm sure someone has put it together elsewhere before, but it's something I never would've noticed.