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Post by dr strangelove on Oct 19, 2024 10:12:02 GMT -5
Okay I'm going to whittle this down to 32 titles for the bracket... if anybody feels like there's any glaring omissions, let me know now: (I didn't include movies such as 'manhunter' or 'dead ringers' because neither feel like horror? not sure if that's a 'hot take' by me...) I'm also not sure what to do about some of the franchises... like how many friday the 13th movies should be on the 32 movie bracket?
1980
Alligator
Cannibal Holocaust
City of the Living Dead
Dressed To Kill
The Fog
Friday the 13th
Inferno
Maniac
Prom Night
The Shining
1981
An American Werewolf In London
The Beyond
The Burning
The Evil Dead
Friday the 13th Part 2
Halloween II
The Howling
My Bloody Valentine
Possession
Scanners
1982
Basket Case
Cat People
Creepshow
The Fan
Friday the 13th Part III
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Poltergeist
The Slumber Party Massacre
Tenebre
The Thing
1983
Angst
Blood Beat
Christine
Cujo
The Dead Zone
Jaws 3-D
The Keep
Psycho II
Sleepaway Camp
Videodrome
1984
C.H.U.D.
Children Of The Corn
Firestarter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Gremlins
The Mutilator
Night Of The Comet
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Sole Survivor
1985
Day Of The Dead
Demons
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Fright Night
Lifeforce
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Phenomena
Re-Animator
The Return Of The Living Dead
The Stuff
1986
Chopping Mall
Critters
The Fly
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
From Beyond
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
The Hitcher
Little Shop Of Horrors
Night Of The Creeps
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1987
Angel Heart
Bad Taste
Evil Dead II
Hellraiser
The Hidden
The Lost Boys
Near Dark
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Opera
Prince Of Darkness
1988
The Blob
Brain Damage
Child's Play
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Pumpkinhead
1989
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Intruder
Leviathan
Pet Sematary
Parents
Puppet Master
Shocker
Society
Tetsuo: The Iron
Juste wen't over the list again and feel like these should at least be taken into consideration The Funhouse Hell Night Motel Hell Don’t Go In the House Dead and Buried Just Before Dawn The House on Sorority Row Fade to Black There's many, many more, but these are the ''biggest'' ones. I'll also use this post as my plea to get Sleepaway Camp into the bracket. Cheers |
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 19, 2024 10:47:43 GMT -5
Just Before Dawn really benefits from the setting. Solid movie and Gregg Henry as a lead is cool. The Final Terror does a good job with the wilderness setting too, but it’s only occasionally engaging and can’t decide if it wants to be a slasher.
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Post by dr strangelove on Oct 19, 2024 10:57:29 GMT -5
Agreed!!
That rope bridge in Just Before Dawn is wonderful. Good characters and the ending is barzoic haywire... Connie is one of the most bad ass final girls I can think of. I also like that it features Mike Kellin from Sleepaway Camp as a drunk... oh and an annoyed George Kennedy. I fucking love this movie.
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Post by MMST3K on Oct 19, 2024 12:28:21 GMT -5
Hell Night and Motel Hell are fucking great.
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 19, 2024 13:28:50 GMT -5
Agreed!! That rope bridge in Just Before Dawn is wonderful. Good characters and the ending is barzoic haywire... Connie is one of the most bad ass final girls I can think of. I also like that it features Mike Kellin from Sleepaway Camp as a drunk... oh and an annoyed George Kennedy. I fucking love this movie. The opening is brutal too. I’m a nature guy, so I appreciate films that really utilize it. |
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Post by dr strangelove on Oct 19, 2024 13:50:08 GMT -5
Agreed!! That rope bridge in Just Before Dawn is wonderful. Good characters and the ending is barzoic haywire... Connie is one of the most bad ass final girls I can think of. I also like that it features Mike Kellin from Sleepaway Camp as a drunk... oh and an annoyed George Kennedy. I fucking love this movie. The opening is brutal too. I’m a nature guy, so I appreciate films that really utilize it. Fore sure!! All the kills are pretty nasty come to think of it. Have you seen The Prey (1980) by any chance? That's another slasher that utilizes nature to the extreme with many lingering inserts of the forest and its fauna. Not nearly as good as Just Before Dawn, but I can't imagine you not liking it for that reason alone. |
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 19, 2024 14:17:47 GMT -5
The opening is brutal too. I’m a nature guy, so I appreciate films that really utilize it. Fore sure!! All the kills are pretty nasty come to think of it. Have you seen The Prey (1980) by any chance? That's another slasher that utilizes nature to the extreme with many lingering inserts of the forest and its fauna. Not nearly as good as Just Before Dawn, but I can't imagine you not liking it for that reason alone. Ahhh dang, have not, but will be watching before Halloween. |
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Post by MMST3K on Oct 19, 2024 14:26:57 GMT -5
The opening is brutal too. I’m a nature guy, so I appreciate films that really utilize it. Fore sure!! All the kills are pretty nasty come to think of it. Have you seen The Prey (1980) by any chance? That's another slasher that utilizes nature to the extreme with many lingering inserts of the forest and its fauna. Not nearly as good as Just Before Dawn, but I can't imagine you not liking it for that reason alone. I've seen it. Was on a slasher kick for a while. |
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 19, 2024 14:44:08 GMT -5
Fore sure!! All the kills are pretty nasty come to think of it. Have you seen The Prey (1980) by any chance? That's another slasher that utilizes nature to the extreme with many lingering inserts of the forest and its fauna. Not nearly as good as Just Before Dawn, but I can't imagine you not liking it for that reason alone. I've seen it. Was on a slasher kick for a while. It’s not a kick, it’s a lifelong journey. |
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Post by 𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖜𝖋𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 on Oct 20, 2024 3:20:52 GMT -5
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Post by johnny two cool on Oct 20, 2024 10:21:06 GMT -5
Watched Demonia last night. It rocked. Typical cats doing what they do
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Oct 20, 2024 10:31:21 GMT -5
Yup, Anora rocked
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 20, 2024 11:38:01 GMT -5
Not to be that guy buuuuuttt do you see her naked? |
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Oct 20, 2024 11:38:29 GMT -5
Not to be that guy buuuuuttt do you see her naked? Yes |
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 20, 2024 12:27:13 GMT -5
Not to be that guy buuuuuttt do you see her naked? Yes Ahhhhhh hell yeah! |
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Post by boundforgloryhole on Oct 20, 2024 21:02:21 GMT -5
I just got back from seeing beetlejuice 2x and loved it. The whole soul train thing was kinda ??? ok but I enjoyed it very much. I watched the first one a lot as a kid and had too see it on theaters. It's on pvod now. Catch me at Walmart getting a shirt.
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Oct 21, 2024 7:33:17 GMT -5
Saw The End, post-apocalyptic musical directed by Joshua Oppenheimer (director of The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence). I love the idea of a bleak and grand scale Golden Era style musical in an extremely confined setting, but it's a bit too tedious to justify it being 148 minutes. Most of the musical numbers sound the same and by the time there is some variety in the musical numbers in the second half, it's a bit too late. Michael Shannon was great though.
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Post by Athrenody on Oct 21, 2024 10:37:55 GMT -5
Yeah my friend saw it at Telluride and said the songs just aren't good enough to justify the runtime and it felt like it didn't do anything, just constantly waiting for something to draw you in.
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Post by thezman on Oct 21, 2024 13:31:00 GMT -5
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 21, 2024 14:28:26 GMT -5
Stanley Tucci started filming Easy A a month after his wife died from cancer. Didn’t like it when I saw it, but was just looking at his wiki. I dunno who could go do a movie a month later, especially when you have kids.
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Post by thezman on Oct 21, 2024 14:31:39 GMT -5
I've done it before. Not a big deal. Everybody is different.
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 21, 2024 14:53:23 GMT -5
I've done it before. Not a big deal. Everybody is different. Yeah, wasn’t judging him or anything. Even aside from the grief, there are just all the logistics that comes with it. It’s definitely the role that gave his a career a second wind though. |
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Post by variousmaterials on Oct 21, 2024 15:02:05 GMT -5
???
Dude was nominated for his role in Lovely Bones literally one year before Easy A and was in the critically and commercially successful Julia Childs movie, too. If anything, the Tucciverse really took off because of Hunger Games, not his incredibly small role as cool dad in Easy A.
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Post by jimmyspudboy on Oct 21, 2024 15:04:59 GMT -5
I watched Gremlins 2 with my niece on Saturday, and The Birds yesterday. I almost forgot how prevalent smoking cigarettes was everywhere. Office buildings, restaurants, living rooms...everyone looked so cool.
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Post by paulkersey on Oct 21, 2024 15:15:25 GMT -5
Devil Wears Prada was also a few years before Easy A and that was major
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 21, 2024 15:17:41 GMT -5
??? Dude was nominated for his role in Lovely Bones literally one year before Easy A and was in the critically and commercially successful Julia Childs movie, too. If anything, the Tucciverse really took off because of Hunger Games, not his incredibly small role as cool dad in Easy A. Easy A was before hunger games. All I know is he was the talk of the town from his role, with younger folks even being into it. Emma Stone was kinda known but it was her breakout role, and Stan Man was also talked up a lot. It’s the ultimate Cool Dad role. |
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Post by MMST3K on Oct 22, 2024 14:37:26 GMT -5
I watched Gremlins 2 with my niece on Saturday, and The Birds yesterday. I almost forgot how prevalent smoking cigarettes was everywhere. Office buildings, restaurants, living rooms...everyone looked so cool. I still remember when the diner nearby used to have a smoking section. |
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Post by Aaron on Oct 22, 2024 14:52:39 GMT -5
Easy A rules.
One of my very favorite coming of age juvenile comedies. Still watch it two or three times a year.
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Post by solidsnake on Oct 22, 2024 14:53:59 GMT -5
Easy A rules. One of my very favorite coming of age juvenile comedies. Still watch it two or three times a year. Just gimme a Tucci supercut and I’m good. |
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