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Heather19
04-07-2014, 12:24 PM
From Dusk till Dawn
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Psycho
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1408
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The Bad Seed (1956)
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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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28 Days Later
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The Mummy Trilogy
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
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Jean
04-07-2014, 12:31 PM
The Bad Seed

needfulthings
04-07-2014, 12:49 PM
http://imageshack.com/a/img19/6198/j6jz.jpg

fernandito
04-07-2014, 12:57 PM
Psycho should have no trouble getting through so I'll give my vote to 28 Days Later.

barlow
04-07-2014, 12:57 PM
As much as I like 1408, I have to go with Psycho.

Ricky
04-07-2014, 01:43 PM
The Mummy is one of my favorite movies, but I can't vote for it in a horror competition, since I see it more as action/adventure. 28 Days Later is one of my favorites, too, and The Bad Seed blew me away.

Another category where I have no clue what I'm voting for. :lol:

Ben Staad
04-07-2014, 03:08 PM
I'm leaning towards Psycho but I did enjoy 28 days. In the end I will probably vote for Norman and his mother.

Mattrick
04-07-2014, 03:19 PM
28 Days Later no doubt. Still the best zombie horror film out there.

fernandito
04-07-2014, 03:28 PM
28 Days Later no doubt. Still the best zombie horror film out there.
THEY
ARE
NOT
ZOMBIES

But yeah I agree :)

Mattrick
04-07-2014, 04:41 PM
That's why I said zombie horror lol

Did you notice by chance that these eggs were off?
I thought the salt might cover the taste, sir!

Heather19
04-07-2014, 05:43 PM
Psycho should have no trouble getting through so I'll give my vote to 28 Days Later.


I'm leaning towards Psycho but I did enjoy 28 days. In the end I will probably vote for Norman and his mother.

I'm torn between these 2 as well.

needfulthings
04-07-2014, 06:06 PM
I'm leaning towards Psycho but I did enjoy 28 days. In the end I will probably vote for Norman and his mother.

THANK YOU!
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mae
04-07-2014, 06:49 PM
And the trailers:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNuIn4T-CLk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9klJA1JMbM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIASqPZqnhs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NWGyG4W5DI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYD3-pIF9jQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02qibJJ0OvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pEuRa2D8x4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbg5oXpq42Y

mae
04-07-2014, 08:14 PM
A bit of a shame that the previous group is pretty loaded with good films and the only clearcut vote here is Psycho, which should win this whole thing.

Mattrick
04-07-2014, 08:16 PM
I wouldn't even consider most of the films in this group horrors, especially From Dusk Till Dawn.

frik
04-07-2014, 08:18 PM
Bride....

sk

mae
04-07-2014, 08:25 PM
I wouldn't even consider most of the films in this group horrors, especially From Dusk Till Dawn.

Yeah, no disrespect to whoever nominated it, but The Mummy is definitely not horror.

Jean
04-07-2014, 10:25 PM
I didn't vote for Psycho because I knew it would be running away with it

28 Days Later is a good film, but I don't know how it is a good horror. It's a very good action/thriller whose strongest aspect is the ka-tet

The Bad Seed is a masterpiece from any point of view!

mae
04-07-2014, 10:44 PM
Well, aren't we voting on the best film, as film, not scariest?

Mattrick
04-07-2014, 11:43 PM
I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

needfulthings
04-08-2014, 12:00 AM
I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

LIKE YOU SAID
"HE IS THE MOST KNOWLEDGABLE"

Jean
04-08-2014, 01:29 AM
Well, aren't we voting on the best film, as film, not scariest?yes! that's why bears have voted The Bad Seed

webstar1000
04-08-2014, 03:33 AM
28 Days Later hands down for me

divemaster
04-08-2014, 03:46 AM
I loved The Mummy, but I also see it as more of an adventure/comedy. The Bad Seed was very good and atmospheric, but the ending was a bit of a cop-out (yes, I know that was the movie code forcing that). I didn't care for From Dusk to Dawn at all, and 1408 compares somewhat unfavorably to the story (although it wasn't all that bad of an adaptation). I just recently watch Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde and thought it very good. 28 Days Later was enjoyable.

But for me, the vote comes between The Bride of Frankenstein, a classic and great movie by every definition, and Psycho.

Giving the nod to Hitchcock, but hate to dis BoF.

Heather19
04-08-2014, 06:39 AM
I wouldn't even consider most of the films in this group horrors, especially From Dusk Till Dawn.

Yeah, no disrespect to whoever nominated it, but The Mummy is definitely not horror.

Agreed, there's lots of films nominated that I would never classify under horror.



I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

I agree to an extent. You need characters that you care about, but I think the atmosphere is just as important. You really can't have a good horror film if it only has one of these elements.


I finally went with 28 Days Later. While I think Psycho is the better made film, I enjoyed 28 Days Later more.

frik
04-08-2014, 07:22 AM
Well, aren't we voting on the best film, as film, not scariest?yes! that's why bears have voted The Bad Seed

Then bears must not have seen The Bride of Frankenstein!

sk

Jean
04-08-2014, 07:26 AM
yes, the have, and loved it. But TBS is a much more bears' type of film

Jean
04-08-2014, 07:30 AM
I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

for me personally characters are secondary. I've just discovered it, reading your post, to my own great surprise. If we're talking about films with adequate directing, acting and cinematography (without which, I hope everyone agrees, it's pointless to talk about a film at all), what makes a film for me is the story; what makes a horror film is, indeed, the atmosphere. I think that this is precisely the reason why 28 Weeks Later, being a very decent film, never seemed a horror film to me.

mae
04-08-2014, 07:36 AM
This is why I contend that Session 9 is the scariest film of all time. It's almost nothing but atmosphere. I'll be crushed if it doesn't make it fairly far in this thing.

Jean
04-08-2014, 07:37 AM
one of the scariest for sure

I only re-watched it yesterday... very, very good

Heather19
04-08-2014, 07:43 AM
Pablo, have you seen Ils yet?

mae
04-08-2014, 08:00 AM
Pablo, have you seen Ils yet?

Unfortunately no, looks like Netflix doesn't have it.

mae
04-08-2014, 08:40 AM
By the way that Psycho trailer is one of the best things I have ever seen to promote a film.

Heather19
04-08-2014, 08:43 AM
Pablo, have you seen Ils yet?

Unfortunately no, looks like Netflix doesn't have it.

Try looking under the American title Them from 2007 I believe. They used to have it streaming, not sure if they still do. That's one of my favs when it comes to tension and atmosphere. It's one of the very few films to keep me on the edge of my seat, and scare me.

fernandito
04-08-2014, 10:20 AM
This is why I contend that Session 9 is the scariest film of all time. It's almost nothing but atmosphere. I'll be crushed if it doesn't make it fairly far in this thing.

That has one of the best atmosphere of any horror film I've ever seen.

The part where the young mullet guy is running down the hall as the lights are going off behind and in front of him was creepy as fuck lol.

AND THAT VOICE ON THE RECORDER.

Jean
04-08-2014, 10:24 AM
the creepiest part is when

the guy is standing on the stairs, repeating, "What are you doing here?"

needfulthings
04-08-2014, 01:20 PM
Pablo, have you seen Ils yet?

Unfortunately no, looks like Netflix doesn't have it.

Try looking under the American title Them from 2007 I believe. They used to have it streaming, not sure if they still do. That's one of my favs when it comes to tension and atmosphere. It's one of the very few films to keep me on the edge of my seat, and scare me.
IT"S HERE AT NEEDFULTHINGS
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Heather19
04-08-2014, 01:52 PM
:thumbsup:

Ricky
04-08-2014, 01:53 PM
Unfortunately no, looks like Netflix doesn't have it.

I got it (via the mail) from Netflix. It's been a couple of years, though.

Mattrick
04-08-2014, 02:03 PM
I wasn't wowed by Session 9, it was a little tame for my liking but it was an aptly made four star genre film. The characters were interesting enough and the production value of the setting was great. It would be about rounding out my top 20 horrors of the past fifteen years.

Mattrick
04-08-2014, 02:16 PM
I had an argument with my friend one night and he's the most knowledgable person in cinema I've ever known and he was saying what made a great horror film is the atmosphere, where is I agrued that what makes a great horror is a film that can make us care enough about the characters so that we actually care to see them survive or whatever the conflict is because, no matter how good the atmosphere is, when you think of all the best horror films ever made they all consist of very strong characters and this is what 28 Days Later does better than almost any horror film. We care about Jim, we care about Selena and Frank and Hannah and when The blood gets in Frank's eye, it's about as tragic a scene you will ever find in a horror Atmosphere to me is the second and overall enhancing aspect that can make all difference between a good and a great horror, but the characters and how the audience can connect with them is the foundation and without us caring about what the brooding, dreadful atmosphere is threatening, it just doesn't have the same quality to it. This is what separates true horror movies with concept horror movies.

for me personally characters are secondary. I've just discovered it, reading your post, to my own great surprise. If we're talking about films with adequate directing, acting and cinematography (without which, I hope everyone agrees, it's pointless to talk about a film at all), what makes a film for me is the story; what makes a horror film is, indeed, the atmosphere. I think that this is precisely the reason why 28 Weeks Later, being a very decent film, never seemed a horror film to me.

But what about films like Pontypool and The Last Exorcism and The Orphanage? These films are entirely about their characters and the atmosphere is great too. I'm not saying atmosphere it totally secondary, but atmosphere alone doesn't make a great horror movie. And it's not just about creepy imagery or strangeness like in the case of The Orphange, that is my favourite horror film because of how strong the characters and the characters struggles are but the atmosphere on top of it, almost start to finish, is positively oozing dread. A movie can be scary yes but those scares fade and upon repeated viewings I think it is definitely how strong the characters are to carry the viewer through the atmosphere. Silent Hill is a good example: the atmosphere and the production value of that movie is top notch and completely engrossing (as it should have been for fans of the games) the script was awful and though the actors in it were most all capable they had little to work with; what Silent Hill was truly missing was a mother/daughter combo who the audience could connect with so they can be involved in her finding her daughter as opposed to it being the plot device, and some goddamn better lines for an awesome actor like Sean Bean, and it could have been one of the best horror movies ever made with that atmosphere. Even a movie like The Exorcist has a lot of time devoted to character and many still consider it to be one of, if not the scariest, movies of all time. I can't think of too many horrors I'd consider to be great films that have awful characters/acting and rely on their concept to get them by.

Jean
04-08-2014, 10:12 PM
I said the characters were secondary meaning secondary to the basic value of a film. In Pontypool the characters is what makes the film great, not good. I don't really see any characters in El Orfanato, unless we understand the word differently, and Silent Hill could be a good film if the story wasn't so silly. I still think it's a good horror film, though - not awesome, like El Orfanato, but good.

mae
04-08-2014, 10:41 PM
Silent Hill was scary and with interesting atmosphere but it was boring.

Jean
04-09-2014, 09:24 AM
yes, the second half was

Heather19
04-09-2014, 10:39 AM
I know I've seen Silent Hill, but I have no memory of it. I guess it made that much of an impression on me :lol:

mae
04-09-2014, 10:41 AM
Gah, how does From Dusk have two votes?

mae
04-10-2014, 10:14 AM
Gah, how does From Dusk have two votes?

And it's now in third place? What is going on?

Jean
04-10-2014, 10:54 AM
wish I had voted for 1408. The Bad Seed has no chance anyway.

needfulthings
04-10-2014, 12:48 PM
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fernandito
04-10-2014, 12:49 PM
Psycho is going to be a beast this competition.

Jean
04-10-2014, 01:01 PM
I think we have the winner

needfulthings
04-10-2014, 01:04 PM
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Jean
04-10-2014, 10:28 PM
one of my less loved Hitchcock films

mae
04-10-2014, 11:23 PM
From Dusk really should not be advancing, sorry. Need more votes elsewhere!

Jean
04-10-2014, 11:54 PM
bears concur

1408 needs help

Heather19
04-11-2014, 04:48 AM
I really enjoyed From Dusk Till Dawn. Much better than 1408, in my opinion.

mae
04-11-2014, 05:29 AM
I just didn't think it was scary at all or a good film, a little baffling it's doing better than 1408, which is both scarier and better as a film.

Jean
04-11-2014, 06:14 AM
yes

Ricky
04-11-2014, 09:39 AM
It doesn't seem like The Bad Seed is going to make it, so I voted for 28 Days Later.

Mattrick
04-11-2014, 05:55 PM
I love from Dusk Till Dawn but it hasn't been a horror film to me since I first saw it at the age of ten. COME ON SIX LITTLE FRIENDS! RUN FASTER THAN THIS MOVIE THAT I LOVE BUT ISN'T REALLY A HORROR!!!

Jean
04-11-2014, 11:24 PM
FDTD is obviously making it, though. And 1408 doesn't. Bears are peplexed.

Heather19
04-14-2014, 02:12 PM
From Dusk Till Dawn, Psycho, and 28 Days Later move on to round 2.