I heard the trailer for Paranormal Activity 2 freaked people out and some of them fainted, others ran out of the theatre. I guess it looked that terrible.
I heard the trailer for Paranormal Activity 2 freaked people out and some of them fainted, others ran out of the theatre. I guess it looked that terrible.
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I don't think I will go. I prefer supernatural type horror films with possessions and things like that. If anyone has any recomendations that would be cool. I watched Trick r Treat and The Children on the back of some recs and really enjoyed both.
I have seen the Orphanage which was mentioned a few posts back. It is a quality film I loved the whole
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Has anyone seen Devil's Backbone? It sounds like it would be of interest to some of you guys. It is directed by Guillermo del Toro and is of a supernatural type horror. I beleive the story is allegorical to some extent to.
It's good film I would recomend it.
sounds like hype to me... I heard the same about the first part, and I can't think of a better soporific
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It is one of my favorite films.
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The scariest thing I think there is about PA2 is that they are making a sequel at all.
I didnt know they were and now have just been looking for details. I liked the first one but it wasn't that scary and I am pretty soft when it comes to watching horror films.
The bits I have read about the trailer asre so hypey; apparantly a theatre chain had to pull it from their theatre and people freaked out in the cinema. I totally bought into the hype of the first and think the whole audience reaction thing was a bit over the top. I suspect it will be the same with this one but Iwill watch it anyway I reckon.
If the entire audience viewing the trailer suicided to avoid seeing it then I might consider giving it a chance.
And what if you heard reports that the trailer was so terrifying, that several people gouged their eyes out, others had massive heart attacks and head attacks at the same time, and most men in the audience also had their balls explode?
That was the reaction to Loda Sh'ite 2, a film that has been praised by Hollywood executives for its high accuracy in portraying the art of voodoo, yet has been heavily criticised both by film critics for its dumb plot and over the top violence as well as genuine voodoo practitioners and priests as not being truly representative of either Louisiana Voodoo or Hoodoo, with one professional researcher of voodoo being quoted as asking, "What the f*** is this sh**?"
That's my BS report of the day, as inspired by Fox News.
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Dodge, this is tops
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Something totally different: Apparently Guillermo del Toro will begin filming At the Mountains of Madness next year, (for a 2012 release?).
That's the one I can't wait for. Judging from his past work, it should be awesome. And the fact that James Cameron is involved, is a big plus for me.
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Well, I think when reading reports of trailers where people fainted due to how "realistic" it was, it's hard not to be cynical. Now I'll be honest, I quite enjoyed Paranormal Activity, but are any of the best horror stories realistic in the slightest? Sure, from a good horror story we want believeable characters and we want really good scares along with heaps of suspense too, but why are so many film studios interested in releasing horror that aims to be realistic when (a) as horror fans, it's not what we're interested in, and (b) we don't believe it's realistic for a single moment?
So upon hearing the hype of the trailers for PA2, I couldn't resist being just a little satirical about it! And fortunately for us, there's plenty of dumb, badly researched news reports to take the piss out of every single day, so I'm sure I'll be posting another bit of BS news soon!
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I think you're wrong here. Some of the best horror movies are those that are totally derived in realism. In which the execution and setting is realisitic but the scary thing is not. For instance, look at The Mist. It was totally realistic in an unrealistic scenario.
This isn't saying the monsters or anything are realistic, just the situation itself. I would put The Thing up there as another movie that captured the scenario as realistically as possible.
Paranormal activity tried this but failed. Blair Witch Project was much better executed at least I can laugh a lot during their dialogue exchanges in that one.
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That's exactly what I was aiming for but you definitely explained it far better than I did, Mattrick. My favourite stories - not just horror but many others - are stories that find a way of making what should be unbelieveable completely believeable. The Thing, Alien, even some of the best horror novels of Stephen King including IT - all of these are made believeable and realistic, but the monster itself is, dare I say it, usually completely unrealistic.
Of course I want everything else surrounding the monster to be realistic to help make it more believealbe, but the best horror stories are the ones that don't care about how true to life the monster or supernatural killer itself is. My point was that too many films these days aim for the monster/villian/whatever to be realistic as well: with Paranormal Activity, that was supposed to be inspired by all those reports you hear of "genuine" hauntings, or at least look like it did. The Human Centipede marketed itself as "medically realistic". Who fucking cares?!? If the story isn't interesting enough to make that extra bit of realism genuinely worth it, why do these filmmakers bother?
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Have you ever seen The Others, Ils, Dark Water (original Japanese one), Frailty, Eskalofrio? I'd highly recommend all of those. They're not all supernatural, but I think you'd really enjoy them based on the others you mentioned liking.
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I can attest to Heather's great recommendations.Have you ever seen The Others, Ils, Dark Water (original Japanese one), Frailty, Eskalofrio? I'd highly recommend all of those.
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Frailty is an excellent movie. Only seen the remake of Dark Water and the Others was kind of alright.
Always recommend In The Mouth of Madness.
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They said that about The Exorcist, and the movie had them getting ill in the theater, etc...
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
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OMG! Please, please, please get it right! I have hope...
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
this i can actually beleive. The film when it was released had a huge impact on my mum. She was actually sick watching it and i was told by my dad that she fainted on leaving the cinema.They said that about The Exorcist, and the movie had them getting ill in the theater, etc...
for someone was was quite quietly religious this film had a huge impact on her. I still believe it was this film that led her to loose her marbles!
Oh candy, I'm so sorry to hear that. *wolfhug*this i can actually beleive. The film when it was released had a huge impact on my mum. She was actually sick watching it and i was told by my dad that she fainted on leaving the cinema.They said that about The Exorcist, and the movie had them getting ill in the theater, etc...
for someone was was quite quietly religious this film had a huge impact on her. I still believe it was this film that led her to loose her marbles!
My father had retired from the police force, but many of his friends were still active and said they had to work the theaters where it was showing in Birmingham, AL. I've seen footage of the crowds and lines, as well as commentary by several credible people that these things did happen at many showings. I was still a kid when it was released, but that made me want to see it even more. I believe that hearing about all of the reactions was why The Exorcist didn't live up to my expectations. I enjoyed it, but I was OVER-prepared.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
bears' too
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jean have you seen Session 9 yet? If not you should check it out when you get a chance. I know you'd enjoy it.
And I watched The Baby's Room/To Let. I really enjoyed both, but especially The Baby's Room. That one creeped me out!
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since I trust you completely, I am going to watch it as soon as it [censored]: hopefully, in a couple of hours
ETA: have just read the synopsis. Yes, sounds like I am going to like it...
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
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I would have to watch a movie that got reactions like that.
