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#76: Jul 25th 2011 at 8:57:34 AM

[up] Dude. It's Brea Grant. Nice.

LordCrayak Since: Jun, 2009
#77: Jul 25th 2011 at 1:05:32 PM

Squee!

Was hoping either her or Danielle Harris. Guess it's not totally surprising, since she went as Cassie last Halloween.

Anyway, thread related, I started watching old proto-slashers, stuff The Cinema Snob (the only TGWTG member I'm that interested in) would probably view. First up was Scream Bloody Murder ("The First Motion Picture to be Called Gore-Nography!"), a '73 movie about a crazy hook handed teenager who falls obsessively in love with a prostitute played by the same actress as his mother, just to drive the already prevalent incest vibe home.

Features a particularly hilarious scene where the killer gets into a fight with a feeble old woman who keeps whacking him with her crutches while her dog just sits by and does nothing.

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#78: Jul 25th 2011 at 6:10:02 PM

[up] I second the Squee. Also, that scene sounds like it's worth the price of admission.

I ordered Code Red's much-delayed DVD of Nightmare. It sounds totally sleazy and fairly bloody, and hey, it's a limited edition so it was extra-enticing.

The last DVD I got from them was Madman, which is classic...but that was one fugly print.

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#79: Jul 25th 2011 at 10:24:20 PM

What are some good slasher films that primarily uses Nothing Is Scarier and Paranoia Fuel for main horror?

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#80: Jul 25th 2011 at 10:31:00 PM

[up] Umm... The Strangers?

This doesn't sound like your sub-genre.

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#81: Jul 25th 2011 at 10:31:52 PM

[up] Huh, what do you mean? Are you saying that this genre isn't for me?

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#82: Jul 25th 2011 at 10:39:27 PM

Yes. Maybe it's just that I've watched so many that are characterized by extreme graphic violence and gore, or I don't know what a good slasher is, but I honestly think this sub-genre uses those elements very sparingly.

Hey, you know what might make you paranoid? Leprechaun. That little bastard jumps out of everything a leprechaun could conceivably jump out of. It might just make you check your furniture, closets, coolers, and backpacks for malevolent leprechauns. Also, they never show how he did in this one old dude, so there's the Nothing Is Scarier for you.

In short(hee hee hee), Leprechaun was everything you asked for.

Also, non-gratuitous shoe polishing.

Or you could just watch Halloween, which probably also had anything you asked for.

edited 25th Jul '11 10:41:44 PM by Prowler

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#83: Jul 25th 2011 at 10:41:39 PM

Okay, I might check it out.

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#84: Jul 25th 2011 at 10:42:13 PM

[up] Please don't take that Leprechaun suggestion seriously.

Please.

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#85: Jul 25th 2011 at 10:43:42 PM

O....kay?

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#86: Jul 26th 2011 at 3:52:09 AM

Clownhouse and Just Before Dawn might be what your looking for. Those are just what immediately spring to mind, I might think of more.

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#87: Jul 26th 2011 at 6:07:50 AM

[up][up] Black Christmas (the original not the shitty remake) For one you only see the killer once, and even that's not a full on face shot, plus a lot of the film takes place from his POV

the best, like others have mentioned, is probably Halloween though.

edited 26th Jul '11 6:09:03 AM by gingerninja666

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#88: Jul 31st 2011 at 10:32:50 PM

Nightmare(s in a Damaged Brain) was pretty insane. Crazy hallucinating seizure-prone killer, sleaze, stomach-churning violence, ridiculously unlikable female lead...it all adds up to a wacky, uncomfortable viewing experience.

edited 31st Jul '11 10:33:01 PM by Prowler

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#89: Aug 1st 2011 at 4:01:28 AM

[up]

Code Red, vastly underappreciated company. Still waiting to see if they'll be able to release DVDs of Ghostkeeper and the 1980 Night of the Demon. A shame they couldn't do The Mutilator, though.

edited 1st Aug '11 4:01:54 AM by LordCrayak

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#90: Aug 1st 2011 at 8:33:23 PM

I'd be thrilled to see that on DVD.

Between the company already being in debt and getting lots of shit from whining fans, I wasn't surprised to hear that Bill is closing Code Red. Awful news. Definitely one of my favorite companies next to Blue Underground and Synapse(The Dorm That Dripped Blood forever).

That reminds me, I wish to hear a release date for the new Intruder disc.

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#91: Aug 3rd 2011 at 7:28:33 PM

The original Friday The Thirteenth might be what you are looking for. The rest, while arguably are mostly good films, are pretty much the opposit of Nothing Is Scarier.

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#92: Aug 3rd 2011 at 8:16:16 PM

[up] 'Cept maybe the second and fourth.

Watched another proto-slasher, Drive In Massacre. It was pretty crap, though the killer (who we never see, not even their hands while they're carving people up) and their MO was interesting.

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#93: Aug 4th 2011 at 12:23:53 AM

I'm in the middle of watching every A Nightmare On Elm Street film. I have watched parts 1-5 right now (plus Freddy Vs Jason, because netflix sent it to me out of order), and thus far I'd say the original is the best, the second is the worst, and the third is surprisingly good.

The other slasherly thing I've seen recently is The Funhouse: I haven't even actually seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre and yet I instantly picked up on the fact that it's basically Texas Chainsaw Massacre but at a carnival (which is somewhat forgivable because it's a Tobe Hooper film), but otherwise it was okay. I mostly just liked how well it captured how genuinely creepy a closed down carnival can be.

edited 7th Aug '11 8:04:35 PM by MikeK

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#94: Aug 8th 2011 at 10:14:50 PM

There's really weird one called Bloody Birthday about 3 kids born on the same day going on a killing spree. Better Than It Sounds.

Also, the original Black Christmas rocks.

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#95: Aug 8th 2011 at 10:34:07 PM

[up] I keep putting off buying Bloody Birthday...I suppose I will eventually. Saw it on TCM. Entertaining flick.

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#96: Aug 8th 2011 at 10:43:04 PM

Yeah, after reading some of that description I saw some of Bloody Birthday on TCM one night.

Man TCM has some cool movies on late night on Fridays.

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#97: Aug 9th 2011 at 1:43:55 PM

Probably one of the only genre entries where the killers are actually arrested.

edited 9th Aug '11 1:46:52 PM by LordCrayak

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#98: Aug 24th 2011 at 7:10:48 PM

Watched The Nail Gun Massacre (fun in a So Bad, It's Good way) and the Psycho Cop duology. First Psycho Cop was kinda terrible (and I usually have low standards for these types of movies) but the second was fun, well worth the time it took tracking the uncut version down.

Also watched one of The Asylum's few originals, Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove. Surprisingly decent, and features a sequence where the Ghost Pirate barges into a strip club, gets a lap dance, beats the bouncer to death with his own ripped off arm, and beheads a stripper while she's in the middle of doing that "slide down the pole while upside down" manuever.

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#99: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:41:43 AM

Laid to Rest 2 was so ridiculous(in a good way) and violent, I can't wait to see what happens in the next film.

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#100: Sep 4th 2011 at 1:20:25 PM

[up]Hopefully, it'll make it through the duology glass ceiling that seem to afflict a lot of minor horror series nowadays.

And after being pleasantly surprised by how decent When A Killer Calls turned out, I decided to watch another Asylum mockbuster called Halloween Night. Unfortunately, it was a terrible and sometimes nonsensical mess, but like a lot of bad slashers was at least livened up by decent gore and gratuitous sex. But what really struck me was how much of a Butt-Monkey the killer was. To wit:

  • He was disfigured as a child when the bullet that killed his mother pierced a pipe, which sprayed him with hot steam. You'd think this would cause him to be only a little scarred, but no, they go for a look I can only describe as "Zombie Cropsy". His muteness and jerky, twitchy style of movement make that nickname all the more apt.
  • He stole his executioner costume from a character named Todd, so everyone thinks he's Todd, who was going to be involved in an overly-elaborate prank in which he is head locked, has a gun shoved in his face, and is dragged from the house as a hostage. When he gets a hold of his fake captor's gun and tries to shoot it it turns out to be unloaded, so he has to resort to strangling the guy with a seat belt.
  • He gets the shit beaten out of him by a nude Lipstick Lesbian.
  • In the end he has to ditch his outfit, which he replaces with a paper plate mask with a face hastily scrawled on it. He wears it upside down, and while walking down the street like that is given a ride by a shirtless redneck with a magnificent Porn Stache.

edited 4th Sep '11 5:15:41 PM by LordCrayak


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