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All Things Horror / Cabin In The Woods
« Last post by Uncle Squid on April 17, 2012, 03:48:45 PM »Just figured Id say it. This movie is awesome.GO SEE IT!!!
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Blood Soaked News / Re: Evil Dead Remake
« Last post by alegratis on April 15, 2012, 10:20:44 AM »I was pleasantly surprised with The Last house on the left. It was very different in atmosphere, yet it was extremely good on its own.
Some remakes can be really good. We'll see.
Some remakes can be really good. We'll see.
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Blood Soaked News / Re: Evil Dead Remake
« Last post by UncannyDerek on April 15, 2012, 05:50:49 AM »I can't argue with that logic.
But we'll see what happens when we inevitably go see it. Maybe we'll be surprised?
But we'll see what happens when we inevitably go see it. Maybe we'll be surprised?
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Blood Soaked News / Re: Evil Dead Remake
« Last post by OniShogunate on April 12, 2012, 09:48:50 PM »I think I would rather them make remakes of shitty films that had potential, at least then if it sucks I wont have to drink the memory of it away.
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Reviews, reviews, reviews! / Scream Series - Review after thoughts...
« Last post by ali...oops on April 12, 2012, 09:31:01 AM »After typing up my mini-reviews of the SCREAM sequels for the Blood Theatre’s Guide to Gore, I realized that there are a few things I wanted to mention about the series as a whole-
I recently watched the entire series with a friend who had never seen them before. After the first one she told me that what she liked about the film was how real the chase scenes felt. I thought about that and carried it in the back of my mind for the next three films. She is right and it is true of all the films, not just the first.
When a character is being chased you feel the sense of urgency, every bump and bruise along the way seems like it hurts. The objects used during the chase are there because they actually belong in the setting. Nothing feels placed for advantage. The obstacles created are realistic and plausible. If you were to look at it from their point of view; it’s life or death, you have limited time, and only these things around you, you would probably come to the same conclusions that the characters do. Not once did I sarcastically say “oh yeah right!”
This is a slasher film which makes the chase a vital element. I especially love that it’s not a killer who walks and is still always behind you. Save those for films about evil entities like Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, there is nothing humane about those guys, so they can get away with it. The Scream killers are always just regular people, ones that we get to know throughout the film. So their stalking abilities definitely need to represent that of an average human.
Each film also includes a large cast of well known actors. Recently with Scream 4, you see at least one actress from almost every popular prime-time show in just the opening sequence alone.
I also love that the SCREAM series never had a need to come up with ridiculous sequel titles like “Scream 2: Ghost faced Revenge”, it’s just straight to the point 1, 2, 3 and 4.
I really enjoy this series since it’s the one that I grew up with and got to experience in theatres. I highly recommend it to everyone.
*NOTE: I am not knocking slow walking stalkers, I actually love them, it’s just nice that Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson realized that this wasn’t the type of film for that sort of thing. I just hate it when it’s out of place.
I recently watched the entire series with a friend who had never seen them before. After the first one she told me that what she liked about the film was how real the chase scenes felt. I thought about that and carried it in the back of my mind for the next three films. She is right and it is true of all the films, not just the first.
When a character is being chased you feel the sense of urgency, every bump and bruise along the way seems like it hurts. The objects used during the chase are there because they actually belong in the setting. Nothing feels placed for advantage. The obstacles created are realistic and plausible. If you were to look at it from their point of view; it’s life or death, you have limited time, and only these things around you, you would probably come to the same conclusions that the characters do. Not once did I sarcastically say “oh yeah right!”
This is a slasher film which makes the chase a vital element. I especially love that it’s not a killer who walks and is still always behind you. Save those for films about evil entities like Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, there is nothing humane about those guys, so they can get away with it. The Scream killers are always just regular people, ones that we get to know throughout the film. So their stalking abilities definitely need to represent that of an average human.
Each film also includes a large cast of well known actors. Recently with Scream 4, you see at least one actress from almost every popular prime-time show in just the opening sequence alone.
I also love that the SCREAM series never had a need to come up with ridiculous sequel titles like “Scream 2: Ghost faced Revenge”, it’s just straight to the point 1, 2, 3 and 4.
I really enjoy this series since it’s the one that I grew up with and got to experience in theatres. I highly recommend it to everyone.
*NOTE: I am not knocking slow walking stalkers, I actually love them, it’s just nice that Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson realized that this wasn’t the type of film for that sort of thing. I just hate it when it’s out of place.
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Blood Soaked News / Re: Evil Dead Remake
« Last post by UncannyDerek on April 11, 2012, 12:48:51 PM »It'll be interesting to see how the movie turns out, that's for sure.
I'm kinda looking forward to it - and I will inevitably see it.
Unfortunately, due to fans like us - due to our undying demand to see films and love horror, we WILL see this film and we can either like it or hate it.
Either way, the studio gets their money and they could care less what happens afterwards.
I'm kinda looking forward to it - and I will inevitably see it.
Unfortunately, due to fans like us - due to our undying demand to see films and love horror, we WILL see this film and we can either like it or hate it.
Either way, the studio gets their money and they could care less what happens afterwards.
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Blood Soaked News / Re: Evil Dead Remake
« Last post by OniShogunate on April 11, 2012, 12:38:34 AM »Making remakes of films loved by so many almost always ends up a disaster since most people see no way to improve it, which is usually the case as no one remakes shit movies, so no matter what they do the best they can hope for is for fans to like it as much as the original or at least attract people who haven't seen the original, though it seems they are trying to get around it by making it less a remake and more a film that uses the same plot device as seen as that ash is a teenage girl or something in this one. I'm not sure if this way of going about it is better or not.
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TV Terror / Re: The Walking Dead
« Last post by UncannyDerek on April 06, 2012, 09:11:21 AM »Believe it or not, I still haven't seen the last two episodes of the second season. Someone told me about it, then I just synced it up with what happened in the comics, leaving me pretty content.
Albeit, what is happening in the TV series is getting pretty far off from the comics. While I completely agree for the show to do it, I just found, unlike the comics, the show lost steam in a few episodes trying to drag stuff out. They definitely could take little snippets from the comics to fill the gaps.
Either way, I'm just glad to have a show like that on TV.
Albeit, what is happening in the TV series is getting pretty far off from the comics. While I completely agree for the show to do it, I just found, unlike the comics, the show lost steam in a few episodes trying to drag stuff out. They definitely could take little snippets from the comics to fill the gaps.
Either way, I'm just glad to have a show like that on TV.
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All Things Horror / Re: Just for fun...
« Last post by Pamela Voorhees on April 03, 2012, 04:45:58 PM »Quote
Some relatives bought me a copy of Night of the Living Dead when I turned 9 and that was it.
NotLD was one of my first favourites too.
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All Things Horror / Re: Just for fun...
« Last post by Shredi Knight on April 03, 2012, 10:58:11 AM »I'm not sure what started me out, I've always just gravitated towards darker things. When I was very young, probably 6 or 7, I had a book by Alan Ormsby (Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Popcorn) called "Movie Monsters: Monster Make-Up & Monster shows to put on" that I loved to read and look at the pictures of the Universal classic monsters. Sundays at my grandparents' house helped, they had cable so I got to see Godzilla movies all the time. Some relatives bought me a copy of Night of the Living Dead when I turned 9 and that was it.