Recommend me a scary film. [Archive]

Captiva

08-20-2008, 6:43 PM

Frankenfish - SciFi Channel movie about genetically mutated fish created for game hunting escaping and wreaking havoc in the bayous of Louisiana.

Black Sheep - Independent film from New Zealand. More genetically mutated creatures, but sheep this time. It includes a hippy turning into a weresheep, a man getting fellatio from a sheep, and many methane gas jokes.

Neither are really scary so to speak, but good sci-fi horror genre movies to poke fun at.

Protester

08-20-2008, 7:34 PM

[REC] -A spanish film about people trapped in an apartment building with some crazy-as-shit zombies. Pretty good.

Shutter - The original korean version, not the shitty american remake with whats-his-face from Dawson's Creek.

The Eye - Again, the original, not the remake. Well, actually it's not all that scary, but the flick itself is pretty good. I guess it's more creepy than it is scary.

shinanigans

08-20-2008, 7:52 PM

The original Shutter was actually a Thai movie, not Korean.

A Tale of Two Sisters is pretty good for psychological horror.

Captiva

08-20-2008, 8:11 PM

Suicide Club - Japanese schoolgirls slicking the subway rails with their massive waves of blood.

Best23pr

08-20-2008, 9:21 PM

The Orphanage- Spanish movie, one of the best movies ever

Captiva

08-20-2008, 10:14 PM

Chumscrubber. Magnificent movie.

Ureshii

08-20-2008, 10:42 PM

Black Sheep - Independent film from New Zealand. More genetically mutated creatures, but sheep this time. It includes a hippy turning into a weresheep, a man getting fellatio from a sheep, and many methane gas jokes.

Black Sheep is very funny and amusingly gory. The stereotypes of the NZ that it portrays are worryingly true. It's a parody film though so don't expect scares.

Suicide Club - Japanese schoolgirls slicking the subway rails with their massive waves of blood.

Suicide Club is the most disturbing, twisted yet thought provoking movie I have ever seen. I defiantly reccomend it.

gggorillaz

08-20-2008, 10:48 PM

Im going to have to disagree with Hawke. 1408 absolutely failed to deliver any scare whatsoever for me. Id suggest Psycho (1960) or Silence of the Lambs (1991) if you want a classic scary, but if you're just looking for an "AHH! That was surprising because of the shitty music leading up to it" sort of movie than Id suggest An American Haunting or some other crap like that.

Spiffy13

08-21-2008, 1:44 AM

1408
This. It's probably my favorite horror movie. John Cusak is fucking great.

UncleDuck2

08-21-2008, 2:26 AM

If you go for the classiscs: The Shining, Nightmare on elm Street (the first one gave me chills), Halloween, The Original 'Dead' Trilogy by George A. Romero and Friday the 13th. And offcourse Evil Dead I and II.

For more fun Horrormovies: From Dusk Till Dawn (awesome Tarantino/Rodriguez flick), Shaun of The Dead and, as been said before, Black Sheep. And also here Army Of Darkness.

For Horrormovies from these days I recommend 1408, REC, The Mist (especially this one) and The House Bunny.

If you are more into gore movies: Machine Girl, Satan's Little Helper and Cradle Of Fear.

Enjoy!

08-21-2008, 3:57 AM

I was scared shitless by White Chicks. Knowing that people wrote, commissioned, created, sold and bought this terrifies me to this day.

Pieman

08-21-2008, 4:07 AM

If you are more into gore movies: Machine Girl, Satan's Little Helper and Cradle Of Fear.

Enjoy!

Isn't Cradle Of Fear that shitty movie made by Cradle of Filth? I like their music, yeah, but when it comes to videos they're kinda retarded. Check out the "From the Cradle to Enslave" video.

And if we are looking into gore, I'd say August Underground's Mordum. I've yet to watch it (Noone in Australia sells it), but I've heard some things about it. Creepy, fucked up things.

08-21-2008, 4:11 AM

If you've not seen it yet, The Blair Witch Project is probably the scariest film that's been out in years.

MistyTehMoose

08-21-2008, 6:51 AM

Suicide Club is the most disturbing, twisted yet thought provoking movie I have ever seen. I defiantly reccomend it.

Do people only say this because it is a cult classic now? I thought it was terrible and I am a ridiculous japanophile. I also love violence, but suicide club left me very :indiff:

Haggis McSpud

08-21-2008, 12:58 PM

Just to let you know I've seen all the classic cult horrors; all the Halloweens, Nightmare On Elm Street's and Psycho. What's disappointing me is the failure of new horror films to actually scare me as well as the classics did.. When I go for horror I generally go for the fear factor, has anyone genuinely been scared by any new or newish horror flicks?

hoopymo

08-21-2008, 1:43 PM

Watch chyna's home porno, that scared me stiff for weeks.

Haggis McSpud

08-21-2008, 3:34 PM

I actually sat and watched Suicide Cult online just there now. I thought it was pretty good! Thanks for recommending it, even if it wasn't really that scary.

natalie137

08-21-2008, 3:55 PM

Creep - About a "monster" living in the London underground system. Fucked me up after I watched it, I'm still scared shitless whenever I go on a tube late at night

Chocoholic

08-21-2008, 4:35 PM

Do people only say this because it is a cult classic now? I thought it was terrible and I am a ridiculous japanophile. I also love violence, but suicide club left me very :indiff:

People say it because it's very un-Hollywood. Even for an indie film it's pretty out there. But I'm with you there. It's good for debate and such but in terms of a good movie, it really isn't. It's just really fucking weird and really fucking bloody. All the emo kids also pumped it up some recently because "OMG. It's pain and suffering and they want attention so they kill themselves without really meaning too." Which, while partly true, is also a lot of bullshit.

If you've not seen it yet, The Blair Witch Project is probably the scariest film that's been out in years.
Fuck that movie. Only watch it if you want maybe 5 minutes tops of creepiness. The rest of the movie is about some stupid kids bitching because they're lost in the woods.

The Orphanage- Spanish movie, one of the best movies ever
If you liked The Orphanage I highly recommend The Devil's Backbone, also in Spanish and by del Toro. It's a lot like Pan's Labrynth as it deals with the Spanish Civil War and in the way it combines the horror of ghosts and shit with the horror of real life.

Captiva

08-21-2008, 4:40 PM

Do people only say this because it is a cult classic now? I thought it was terrible and I am a ridiculous japanophile. I also love violence, but suicide club left me very :indiff:

I actually like it because of the plot line. I like stupidly elaborate stuff that rings around itself and once you see the end, you're surprised because you didn't see it coming. It's hard to find a movie that does that now-a-days.

It's different tastes. Overall, I actually like movies out of Hong Kong better than those from the Japanese.

Haggis McSpud

08-21-2008, 4:55 PM

I actually like it because of the plot line. I like stupidly elaborate stuff that rings around itself and once you see the end, you're surprised because you didn't see it coming. It's hard to find a movie that does that now-a-days.

It's different tastes. Overall, I actually like movies out of Hong Kong better than those from the Japanese.

I didn't really understand the ending though, was the little girl band trying to put subliminal messages to make people create mass suicide?

Chocoholic

08-21-2008, 5:05 PM

I didn't really understand the ending though, was the little girl band trying to put subliminal messages to make people create mass suicide?

It doesn't really tell you. Essentially they were leaving it up to the viewer. I mean sure there was a weird coincidence with it (notice how every mass suicide wave occurs when a song is playing) but not everyone was killing themselves because of it. Take the main cop/detective. It's only after his family is dead and the kid on the phone asks if his love can transcend death. So it's a bit of whatever you want it to be.

The way I see it was that it deals almost with a sort of religious point of view. Mainly because the kid says something about how the only time a person is whole is when they are both victim and agressor (which they are in suicide) and that that is the road to redemption in death (or something like that)

But don't be too worried about the meaning. The movie is really very abstract and was also part dark comedy/satire, as suicide is apparently quite an occurance in Japan. They actually had a pretty big wave of suicides a few months ago. Which totally reminded me of the movie.

Haggis McSpud

08-21-2008, 5:12 PM

It doesn't really tell you. Essentially they were leaving it up to the viewer. I mean sure there was a weird coincidence with it (notice how every mass suicide wave occurs when a song is playing) but not everyone was killing themselves because of it. Take the main cop/detective. It's only after his family is dead and the kid on the phone asks if his love can transcend death. So it's a bit of whatever you want it to be.

The way I see it was that it deals almost with a sort of religious point of view. Mainly because the kid says something about how the only time a person is whole is when they are both victim and agressor (which they are in suicide) and that that is the road to redemption in death (or something like that)

But don't be too worried about the meaning. The movie is really very abstract and was also part dark comedy/satire, as suicide is apparently quite an occurance in Japan. They actually had a pretty big wave of suicides a few months ago. Which totally reminded me of the movie.

Yeah, I don't think I'm going to look into it too much, it mostly seems to be some guy trying to fit a decent storyline around a crowd of schoolgirls jumping in front of a train together. It was pretty well done though.

Chocoholic

08-21-2008, 5:21 PM

Yeah, I don't think I'm going to look into it too much, it mostly seems to be some guy trying to fit a decent storyline around a crowd of schoolgirls jumping in front of a train together. It was pretty well done though.

Trust me. You start looking into stuff after you've seen it like 5 times.

It's really more of a kind of social commentary then anything. The have the "fake" suicide club, the real suicide club, and then a bunch of seemingly random suicides. On top of that, you have a crazy murderer killing people then willing to take credit so he'll be infamous. He even calls himself the new Manson. And then the way all the cops look at it along with most of the population. The cops don't know how to look at it all and the population is just looking into it as a weird yet interesting news story.

To get more on topic with the thread though, what kinds of movies to you are scary? We'll probably be able to do a lot better job at recommending films.

Haggis McSpud

08-21-2008, 5:30 PM

The last movie I found scary was "The Grudge" (Japenese version)

MistyTehMoose

08-21-2008, 6:17 PM

Trust me. You start looking into stuff after you've seen it like 5 times.

It's really more of a kind of social commentary then anything. The have the "fake" suicide club, the real suicide club, and then a bunch of seemingly random suicides. On top of that, you have a crazy murderer killing people then willing to take credit so he'll be infamous. He even calls himself the new Manson. And then the way all the cops look at it along with most of the population. The cops don't know how to look at it all and the population is just looking into it as a weird yet interesting news story.

To get more on topic with the thread though, what kinds of movies to you are scary? We'll probably be able to do a lot better job at recommending films.

Suicide club is actually a trilogy as well. The second one has been made, and the third is in production.

potolife

08-21-2008, 6:49 PM

I have to disagree with The Mist, that movie was just awful. While it's a really bad movie plot-wise, The Strangers has a lot of those "BOO! Aha got you!" moments. The Blair Witch Project can be scary if you live near woods, but only watch it once. It's not very good after the first time you see it.

Also, go for the classics like UncleDuck2 said, those are always good.

Chocoholic

08-23-2008, 1:02 AM

Suicide club is actually a trilogy as well. The second one has been made, and the third is in production.

I knew about the sequel but it's hard to get foreign movies here if they aren't super famous well-known releases. Hastings is really the only store I'd even be able to find it in. Now that it's been out for like 2 years I might be able to start finding it though. I'll definitely look for it.

It's also a book (along with the rest of the trilogy) but it's in Japanese.

The manga was really good actually. It was super bloody and pretty awesome. It had like nothing to do with the story at all though.

Edit: Don't know if anyone noticed this but not only is www.haikyo.com a real website, but people still fucking post on it. And everything is really weird.

Another movie I'd recomend is Jacob's Ladder. It's freaking weird but pretty good.

Ureshii

08-23-2008, 2:37 AM

Suicide club is actually a trilogy as well. The second one has been made, and the third is in production.

Noriko's Dinner Table is the sequel. It's an incredibly haunting piece which stayed with me for days afterwards. But it was a mass of sometimes unfocussed, defiantly unexplained and maybe even totally unexplainable ideas. It also doesn't solve the Suicide Club's riddles, in fact it actually raises more.

Cannibal Holocaust is also an um excellent horror film. It was made in 1980 and is still banned in many countries.

Lintlicker

08-24-2008, 2:44 PM

Cannibal Holocaust is also an um excellent horror film. It was made in 1980 and is still banned in many countries.
I heard about that film a couple years ago. I finally saw it back in February. I'm not going to say I was disappointed, but I just think people built it up more than what it was. It was a great film about a great subject and view, but I didn't see it as being so "horrifyingly disturbing" (at least not visually). But I do recommend this one still as well.

One of my favorite horror/suspense series is Cube (Original, Cube 2: Hypercube, and Cube Zero) . The acting throughout is below par, but it adds to the fun. All three movies are great examples of good psychological horror. Think of Saw, but smarter.

Hickabod

08-24-2008, 3:46 PM

Switchblade Romance is pretty fucked up. I think that the dubbed version is called High Tension or something. But you'd want to watch the original french version.

Alien will always rule too.

Watch chyna's home porno, that scared me stiff for weeks.

Thats the poorest choice of words I have ever seen.

Alcoholic

08-24-2008, 4:47 PM

The original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". It was just filmed so brutally, and the whole picture was just so dirty and gritty. Watch especially for the part where Leatherface bashes the guys head in with the slaughter hammer. The way he crumples underneath the overhand swing is just freakish. Also make note of Leatherface's different masks and his personality for each of the three, I think, that are used.

Also check out "Jacobs' Ladder". When you think about it and come full-circle, it isn't technically a horror flick, but it will mess you up. Phenomenally psychological while being downright fucked-up. Probably one of my favorite flicks, for several reasons.

Haggis McSpud

08-24-2008, 6:26 PM

Alcoholic

08-24-2008, 6:40 PM

"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was an epic movie! I still cringe when I think about the guy being lifted and sat onto a giant fish hook thing.. Ugh!
I think I will check out "Jacob's Ladder", the plot seems pretty good.

Oh no no, you have to see the original "TCM". I hated the new one, at least in comparison. The one from '74 is where it's at. You really see the parallel with Ed Gein drawn. And yeah, "Jacobs' Ladder" will blow your mind. Silent Hill actually drew heavily from that one.

Chocoholic

08-26-2008, 4:32 PM

One of my favorite horror/suspense series is Cube (Original, Cube 2: Hypercube, and Cube Zero) . The acting throughout is below par, but it adds to the fun. All three movies are great examples of good psychological horror. Think of Saw, but smarter.

Cube sucked. So much. The actors were so damn shitty. It's like the creators said "You be the smart chick, you be the crazy dude, and you be the levelheaded brave guy." and the actors tried to be as stereotypical as possible. The ending also pissed me off. When I realized I had sat through 1 and a half hours of people bickering and bitching when the exit was like to blocks away I felt like smashing the disk until I remembered it was a rental.

A good, classic movie is Rosemary's Baby. While it's not necessarily scary scary it's way more psychologically frightening and maddening.

pedelor

08-27-2008, 7:48 AM

A great demented film is Clockwork Orange. Its about a kid named Alex and his gang members (known as "droogs") Pete, Georgie and Dim, who roam the English streets at night committing crimes. Such crimes include rape (ultra-violence), shoplifting and violence for fun.

Azzy

08-28-2008, 2:23 AM

I don't think anyone here has mentioned The Exorcist! :O
I'd say (in my opinion, at least) that it's one of the most traumatizing movies I've seen so far. Don't watch the new one (The Exorcist: The Beginning), because it's made to please today's audience, making it less freaky and more "boo! ha ha, got you there", while the original will make you look at stairwells with a very odd look.

And just for the record, i thought the first The Ring was quite scary too (the sequel was crap though).