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<blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 970053" data-attributes="member: 960"><p>A few "me too!"s and a few additions:</p><p></p><p><strong>Night of the Living Dead</strong> (original, not the remake) - scary, gory for it's time. b+w. I can't wait to show this one to my kids. "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"</p><p></p><p><strong>Dawn of the Dead</strong> - a technicolor <u>comedic</u> remake of <strong>Night of the Living Dead</strong>. Much gorier, too. "Blood pressure: 000 / 000."</p><p></p><p><strong>Creepshow</strong> - George Romero and Stephen King collaborate to make a modern day (er, for 1981) EC Horror comic. For the most part, they succeed. Five stories, with a wrap-around vignette featuring King's son Joe. King himself stars in story #2, "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" (which is pretty much just a re-write of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space"). With 5 different stories, at least one of them will push a button. And not in a good way. "It's Father's Day, and I want my cake!"</p><p></p><p><strong>Re-Animator</strong> - classic 80s gore film. Not really scary (except in a few scenes), but gory and fun to watch. "Dr. Hill, I'm very disappointed. You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with a bubble-headed coed."</p><p></p><p><strong>Dagon</strong> - If you like Lovecraft, you may delight in this creepy updating of "Shadow Over Innsmouth." If you don't like Lovecraft, you may just creep yourself out. From the team that brought you <strong>Re-Animator</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>Psycho</strong> - the one that started it all. This movie was #1 on <a href="http://www.afi.com/tv/thrills.asp" target="_blank">AFI's 100 Most Thrilling American Films</a> list. Again, be sure to get the original, not the <<shudder>> remake. "Mother!"</p><p></p><p><strong>M</strong> - Fritz Lang's masterpiece brought star Peter Lorre international fame. There are at least two different endings, and I've read a different ending in the published screenplay. It's in German, so get subtitles. </p><p><img src="http://www.wayson.net/games/m_girl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Any dubbed versions should be destroyed on sight. You'll never hear Grieg's 'Hall Of The Mountain King' quite the same way again. </p><p></p><p><strong>The Omen</strong> - kind of odd, really. Respected actors (Gregory Peck and Lee Remick?) in a grade-b thriller with great music by Jerry Goldstein.</p><p></p><p><strong>Halloween</strong> - the one to blame for starting the "slasher" craze.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ed Gein</strong> - a true story. Creepy as hell. Ed made Jeffrey Dahmer look like a boy scout. They were both from Wisconsin. So am I. Go figure.</p><p></p><p>I didn't really like <strong>The Others</strong> - it had <u>great</u> atmosphere, but the plot was too predictable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barendd Nobeard, post: 970053, member: 960"] A few "me too!"s and a few additions: [b]Night of the Living Dead[/b] (original, not the remake) - scary, gory for it's time. b+w. I can't wait to show this one to my kids. "They're coming to get you, Barbara!" [b]Dawn of the Dead[/b] - a technicolor [u]comedic[/u] remake of [b]Night of the Living Dead[/b]. Much gorier, too. "Blood pressure: 000 / 000." [b]Creepshow[/b] - George Romero and Stephen King collaborate to make a modern day (er, for 1981) EC Horror comic. For the most part, they succeed. Five stories, with a wrap-around vignette featuring King's son Joe. King himself stars in story #2, "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" (which is pretty much just a re-write of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space"). With 5 different stories, at least one of them will push a button. And not in a good way. "It's Father's Day, and I want my cake!" [b]Re-Animator[/b] - classic 80s gore film. Not really scary (except in a few scenes), but gory and fun to watch. "Dr. Hill, I'm very disappointed. You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with a bubble-headed coed." [b]Dagon[/b] - If you like Lovecraft, you may delight in this creepy updating of "Shadow Over Innsmouth." If you don't like Lovecraft, you may just creep yourself out. From the team that brought you [b]Re-Animator[/b]. [b]Psycho[/b] - the one that started it all. This movie was #1 on [URL=http://www.afi.com/tv/thrills.asp]AFI's 100 Most Thrilling American Films[/URL] list. Again, be sure to get the original, not the <<shudder>> remake. "Mother!" [b]M[/b] - Fritz Lang's masterpiece brought star Peter Lorre international fame. There are at least two different endings, and I've read a different ending in the published screenplay. It's in German, so get subtitles. [IMG]http://www.wayson.net/games/m_girl.jpg[/IMG] Any dubbed versions should be destroyed on sight. You'll never hear Grieg's 'Hall Of The Mountain King' quite the same way again. [b]The Omen[/b] - kind of odd, really. Respected actors (Gregory Peck and Lee Remick?) in a grade-b thriller with great music by Jerry Goldstein. [b]Halloween[/b] - the one to blame for starting the "slasher" craze. [b]Ed Gein[/b] - a true story. Creepy as hell. Ed made Jeffrey Dahmer look like a boy scout. They were both from Wisconsin. So am I. Go figure. I didn't really like [b]The Others[/b] - it had [u]great[/u] atmosphere, but the plot was too predictable. [/QUOTE]
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