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SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#351: Jun 24th 2013 at 3:00:41 PM

[up] But Alone In The Dark was a pretty good movie.

Just saw Sledge Hammer!. If anything, watch it for the final 35 minutes or so, and stick around for those gag credits. But as for the rest of the movie-well, it seems the director wanted to leave some space for fan theories, considering the inconsistencies.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
erforce Since: Mar, 2011
#352: Jun 25th 2013 at 11:20:16 AM

Finally saw Unmasked Part 25. Pretty good, actually.

Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#353: Jun 26th 2013 at 5:46:34 PM

Murder Loves Killers Too wasn't half-bad. There are only a handful of deaths, but it hardly matters with such an incredibly brisk running time. It's also not entirely the cut-and-dry backwoods slasher I was expecting; there's an amusing twist near the end(though I thought momentarily it would bolster the body count). The acting is mediocre, with one of the most annoying performances I've seen in a slasher in a while, but thankfully, that character dies swiftly.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#354: Jun 26th 2013 at 7:35:20 PM

Anyone else here ever heard of Undead Army?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#355: Jun 27th 2013 at 7:36:46 PM

I'm also thinking of my own slasher film. I have several ideas coming and going, and have no idea on which one to do.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
erforce Since: Mar, 2011
#356: Jun 27th 2013 at 9:43:19 PM

[up] You're going need more than an idea. Unless you already have a crew and the funding.

CorrTerek The Permanently Confused from The Bland Line Since: Jul, 2009
The Permanently Confused
#357: Jun 27th 2013 at 10:20:51 PM

[up][up]A word of advice, since this apparently slips aspiring young filmmakers' minds all the time (it was drilled into us in college): always, always, always make sure the proper authorities give you permission to film when and where you want to film. At least give them a heads-up.

Especially if you're filming something involving lots of screaming and stabbing and hockey masks and whatnot. Better to ask permission than beg forgiveness in this particular case.

[up]It largely depends on what kind of film you want to shoot. A decent "found-footage" short film shouldn't cost too much.

edited 27th Jun '13 10:21:54 PM by CorrTerek

LordCrayak Since: Jun, 2009
#358: Jun 28th 2013 at 4:13:30 AM

[up] For an example of that, one of the bonus features for Cannibal Campout mentions an incredibly awkward encounter (he drew his gun and everything, apparently) they had with some kind of forest ranger (as you can probably tell, I forgot the finer details of the story).

And unless its especially creative and/or fucked up, people to are liable to ignore a found footage film, as almost everyone is sick of them.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#359: Jun 28th 2013 at 7:04:13 AM

[up][up]/[up] I am honestly sick of all these found-footage films. No, the stuff I'm thinking of is more along the lines of an 80's slasher (except not as formulaic).

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#360: Jun 29th 2013 at 2:11:02 PM

And what if you are filming in a public park near your house? I'm not talking about authorities, how would you make sure passerby don't get onto the filming grounds?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#361: Jun 29th 2013 at 2:31:25 PM

[up] That's why filmmakers get permits.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#362: Jun 29th 2013 at 5:23:46 PM

[up] What if you are just an amateur wanting to make your own slasher with your friends because you have no other shit to do on summer break, like me?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
LordCrayak Since: Jun, 2009
#363: Jun 30th 2013 at 4:53:05 PM

[up] Try cordoning the area off with something?

Finally sat down and watched Manniac (it's two hours long). As it wasn't dubbed or subtitled most of the story was lost on me, but it didn't seem too plot-heavy, as it was obvious the emphasis was on the splatter (which ranged from good to mediocre) and the hardcore sex scenes (none of which were particularly enticing).

There's a ludicrous bit where the villain is arrested, the screen goes black, and when we return he has somehow killed three police officers, despite being nothing more than an unarmed and entirely human chubby balding man.

Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#364: Jun 30th 2013 at 11:20:37 PM

[up] OFFSCREEN POWER TO THE MAX

Meet the new Chucky, same as the old Chucky.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#365: Jul 4th 2013 at 1:30:18 PM

[up] To be honest, I liked Chucky's old look from Child's Play 1-3 better than the stitched up appearance.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
erforce Since: Mar, 2011
#366: Jul 4th 2013 at 10:52:18 PM

[up] It looks cool and all, but from horror standpoint it is over the top. It is kinda how in Jaws 2 they gave the shark burn-scars to make it look scarier.

Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#367: Jul 4th 2013 at 11:12:53 PM

Bride of Chucky was also a wacky comedy in part, so I think the Frankenstein look worked there.

Trailer hits July 8th.

I love me some Chucky, so I can't wait to check the movie out. It's just too bad I won't ever see a sequel to Child's Play on the big screen.

Robotnik Since: Aug, 2011
#368: Jul 4th 2013 at 11:53:29 PM

To the extent that it can be considered a "slasher" film I watched Island of the Dead last week. Er, House of the Dead, sorry. Seriously, why didn't Boll just go with that title? It's even dropped in Spanish at the beginning.

Of course the only characters who should have survived and had a sex scene (Casper and Kirk) didn't, because that would be awesome and make sense.

edited 5th Jul '13 12:07:35 AM by Robotnik

LordCrayak Since: Jun, 2009
#369: Jul 5th 2013 at 4:22:43 AM

I guess that Child's Play game is long dead. Too bad.

I rewatched The Toolbox Murders remake, in preparation for whenever I decide to view the long gestating sequel Coffin Baby, which I have been hearing nothing but bad things about.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#370: Jul 5th 2013 at 8:08:41 AM

I really wish they actually made a game based on a slasher film (any slasher film), where you actually get to play as the killer. Who wouldn't want to play as Freddy, or hell, even Madman Marz?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
LordCrayak Since: Jun, 2009
#371: Jul 7th 2013 at 6:12:23 PM

[up] There's that Texas Chainsaw Massacre game for the Atari, but yeah.

Checked out Fear of Clowns, which I may have thought even less of if I had watched the uncut version, which is an odd thing to say about a horror film. But the unedited cut is two hours, and even the 106 minute long version felt like it could have been trimmed.

The killer was a shirtless clown with black eyes and a battle axe... not sure if creepy.

The first review (that I'm aware of) for Bloody Homecoming, the killer firefighter slasher I once brought up.

Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#372: Jul 7th 2013 at 7:16:06 PM

[up] I love Hysteria Lives!. It's my favorite slasher site. Review seems like a conflict of interest, but I'll probably check the movie out. I thought Image was supposed to release it sometime soon.

LordCrayak Since: Jun, 2009
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#374: Jul 11th 2013 at 10:54:20 AM

[up] Is it just me, or do Chucky's eyes in that trailer make him look like he's masturbating?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#375: Jul 12th 2013 at 9:31:33 AM

[up] It wouldn't be the first time for him...

Looks like a Chucky movie to me. So I'm sold. Child's Play got me into the horror genre.


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