What was the last movie you've seen?

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Been wanting to give the Hellraiser's a shot myself sometime. They seem really supernatural and out there or something... not very typical, but I'm not sure.

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And the second is the only time in the franchise where a sequel was better than the previous entries.

I prefer the first. It just has such a creepy vibe to it.

Lots of people hated the third, but in retrospect, it's the better of the post-HR2 sequels. When compared to HR2, it was shitty, but when you realize that HR4-9 were progressively worse than the one before it (HR3 > HR4 > HR5, etc, with the most recent being the absolutely WORST OF THE WORST OF THE WORST).

Agree with you here. The third is definitely enjoyable. Even the fourth one had its moments. The fifth is shit. I haven't seen the rest yet.

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Did they ever do a remake/reboot? Mah god the new Nightmare on Elm Street has to be one of the worst movies I've seen, completely awful. Sounds like most of the other slasher remakes are terrible as well.

It's not like all the Elm street movies are great either, though I enjoyed running through all of them last year. 1 and 3 were the good ones, 2 was wtf, and the rest had their Freddy moments. So bad they were okay at times, lol.

I've been wanting to run through all the Halloween's and Friday the 13th's sometime, the originals for both I thought were pretty cool. But I assume all the Halloween sequels are pretty different without Carpenter's touch. Always a fan of most of his stuff.

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Did they ever do a remake/reboot? Mah god the new Nightmare on Elm Street has to be one of the worst movies I've seen, completely awful. Sounds like most of the other slasher remakes are terrible as well.

A Hellraiser remake has been in the works for a while apparently.

NOES remake was terrible.

There are good slasher remakes though. I enjoyed the Friday the 13th one. Though that played out more like a bit of a sequel.

Black X-Mas rules. My Blood Valentine 3D was excellent. Etc.

I've been wanting to run through all the Halloween's and Friday the 13th's sometime, the originals for both I thought were pretty cool. But I assume all the Halloween sequels are pretty different without Carpenter's touch. Always a fan of most of his stuff.

There are a lot of great Halloween sequels. 2 is amazing for instance. And I enjoyed the Rob Zombie remake as it was really more like a prequel.

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Ditto, I've heard a lot of the Halloween's are good from a friend as well, so it seems worth my time someday.

Hot damn though, how about that Jason X? I'd take the Elm Street remake over that garbage, lmao. Freddy vs Jason was pretty awful too, but what could you expect going into that one... haha.

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Jason X is just silly what-if fun. I've seen it at least 10 times. That and FvJ are at least fun movies. Much rather watch those than the NOES remake.

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i liked the remake of texas chainsaw masacre, and jessica biel ftw.

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i liked the remake of texas chainsaw masacre, and jessica biel ftw.

I like Jessica Biel. And the bullet-thru-window scene... but not much else about that movie.

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I am catching up with some of October's "Month of Horror" official reviews and will post them in here over the next few days or so. Here's a few to get started.


Cabin in the Woods (2012) – This film is a love letter to horror fans that has just the right mix of funny and fright to make it one of those films that is very likely worth watching year in and year out. It is expertly paced and probably the most fun I’ve had with a horror film this decade. I also think this is the best thing to ever be associated with Joss Whedon (not related to Firefly, of course), and would love to see him take a hand in more original stuff instead of working with existing franchises.
Grade: 4.5/5

Maniac (1934) – This code-skirting sex/horror flick was strange and creepy at points (eyeball eating!) but overall ridiculously corny and (at times) confusing. The Edgar Allen Poe references were somewhat interesting and the title cards set the tone well, but I can't see going back to this one unless it would be for a MST3K type of viewing.
Grade: 2.5/5

Maniac (1981) – This lesser known early slasher film is a lot of fun and has some great moments (e.g. the car scene, the attack scene near the end, etc.) but it also had some thick cheese that was hard for me to swallow (the last scene with the cops, some of the actions of the other characters). This film is worth seeing for writer Spinnel’s creepy-as-fuck and compelling performance as the lead (he strangely reminded me a lot of Ron Jeremy) and for some excellent gore effects from a genre master.
Grade: 2.5/5

Sisters (1973) – This early Brian DePalma film is marked by some tense moments and several really well directed/acted scenes, but is unfortunately uneven overall. The casting is really spot on and the film starts off as very unsettling, but as it devolves into more of a mystery-suspense film it loses some of the edginess that makes it so fun early on. I think it is worth a look for friends of psychological horror and/or DePalma (you can certainly see that this is a precursor to Carrie), others can probably give it a pass.
Grade: 3/5

Vampyr (1932) – This was my first foray into the world of Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is a very stylish film, if also a bit slow and inconsistent. There are some very nice tracking shots (especially running around in buildings), some interesting lighting and fog effects, and overall it is a very compelling take on the vampire genre from early cinema. I think those interested in how the horror genre intersected the development of the medium will be interested.
Grade: 3.5/5

Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – I’m admittedly a sucker for devil-child movies, and this one was one that I had left lingering on my “to watch” list for far too long. Mia Farrow delivers what must be considered one of the all time best horror film performances as she really runs the gamut of emotional and physical duress in this film. Though it seemed a bit long (I felt like a few scenes could have been cut or edited), both the beginning and the ending of the film are really very well done and put you appropriately on the edge of your seat. Polanski’s really expert at shooting interiors and highlighting details, and this film looks sharper and more “professional” than most entries in the genre (it is high praise that I felt the directing was reminiscent of The Shining at points). If you’ve put this off like me, don’t do it any longer.
Grade: 4/5

Curse of the Demon (1957) – Well acted, well shot film that is marred primarily by some poorly aged special effects. Niall MacGinnis absolutely steals the show here as occultist Julian Karswell, and though the rest of the cast is likable enough, it is hard not to root for the bad guy in this one.
Grade: 3.5/5

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Did they ever do a remake/reboot? Mah god the new Nightmare on Elm Street has to be one of the worst movies I've seen, completely awful. Sounds like most of the other slasher remakes are terrible as well.

A Hellraiser remake has been in the works for a while apparently.

NOES remake was terrible.

There are good slasher remakes though. I enjoyed the Friday the 13th one. Though that played out more like a bit of a sequel.

Black X-Mas rules. My Blood Valentine 3D was excellent. Etc.

I've been wanting to run through all the Halloween's and Friday the 13th's sometime, the originals for both I thought were pretty cool. But I assume all the Halloween sequels are pretty different without Carpenter's touch. Always a fan of most of his stuff.

There are a lot of great Halloween sequels. 2 is amazing for instance. And I enjoyed the Rob Zombie remake as it was really more like a prequel.

The Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead were all great horror remakes.

I felt Friday the 13th remake was more of a mash-up remake of the first 3 Friday the 13th films, than it was a sequel, though. It included the original murders of the first film by Jason's mom in the pre-credits scene, then it went through motions of Jason coming back, murdering kids, and even finding his hockey mask. Which all happened across the span of the 3 first films, originally.