Scary Movies
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Three quick ones out of my head ...
* John Carpenter's 'The Thing' (1982) - Music by Ennio Morricone
* Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (1983) - Musical score by Tangerine Dream
* John Carpenter's 'Prince of Darkness' (1987) - Music scored by John Carpenter
=> The music scores (soundtracks) on these three films play an important major role in transmitting/building/escalating the tension, the emotional scary impact.
* John Carpenter's 'The Thing' (1982) - Music by Ennio Morricone
* Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (1983) - Musical score by Tangerine Dream
* John Carpenter's 'Prince of Darkness' (1987) - Music scored by John Carpenter
=> The music scores (soundtracks) on these three films play an important major role in transmitting/building/escalating the tension, the emotional scary impact.
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I have two copies (one sealed) of the original pressing of 'Prince of Darkness', Prince of Darkness having a very special bit of quality Tension.
The Keep remains OOP and was never really published in the first place. My favorite two tracks being the scene where Scott Glen is seeking passage and then on the water, and the opening bit, with the trucks driving on the mountain road and into the village.
Apparently there was a VERY limited one time screening of the ENTIRE three hour film in the UK, a while back, with a Q and A afterward.
We will probably never see the full and proper film in this lifetime. That the film finally made more sense, at that three hour run.
oh yes. A horror film. uhhhmm. OK.
exorcist III, done by William Peter Blatty himself. He's telling you to pretend #2 never existed, that it was total trash,and he was right.
And that the suspense and tension and flow of Exorcist III is excellent. Very 'Hitchcockian', as in not bloody. Just tension and scary.
That there is one actor in that film which will blow your mind....as..the Gemini killer. What a magnificent piece of work done by Brad Dourif.
Saw Alien, in the theater when it came out. What an incredible piece of work.
Also saw the exorcist. On acid. oh my.
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-- Those three films I just mentioned above, are part of my movie's collection.
And I love them since they first came out. ...And the movie directors, and the movie/music composers are among my favorites.
'Prince of Darkness' has a special spot in my 'mind'.
And 'The Keep', starring Jurgen Prochnow ('Das Boot'), and with the music of "Tangerine Dream" has always been a favorite of mine; the atmospheric tension is unique, unsettling, transfixing, hypnotizing, engrossing, I just luv it!
'The Thing' is simply pure horror fun. :b ...Very well made and impactful.
And I love them since they first came out. ...And the movie directors, and the movie/music composers are among my favorites.
'Prince of Darkness' has a special spot in my 'mind'.
And 'The Keep', starring Jurgen Prochnow ('Das Boot'), and with the music of "Tangerine Dream" has always been a favorite of mine; the atmospheric tension is unique, unsettling, transfixing, hypnotizing, engrossing, I just luv it!
'The Thing' is simply pure horror fun. :b ...Very well made and impactful.
i think in my younger days, the 'appeal' was that if you are scared of scary movies, then you ain't 'man enough'.
there will be taunts of 'chicken' if you don't join a 'group watch' during my school days. i cannot speak for the girls in those times. nowadays, i also don't understand the appeal of being drawn into scary films. maybe people do not like 'boring' movies and needed to shriek a bit. in my time, after 'shrieking' during horror films, it is always followed by some laughter. go figure. 
Great list Bob. Three of my favorites for sure!
I was a horror hound. Monsters, slasher flicks, sci-fi horror. Who can count out Hell Raiser? Clive Barker was really twisted. I lost my stomach for horror. I'm not exactly sure when. I never even touched the SAW series. I've had Barker's Book of Blood sitting on the shelf for 3 years unopened. I did watch The Devil Inside but it turned out to be one of those films where the trailer was freaky but the movie was not memorable at all. Got dizzy with the camera work of Paranormal Activity so I didn't finish it. After getting motion sickness from Blair Witch Project I've become allergic to films that don't use steady cam rigs. I didn't finish Project X for the same reason. Maybe on a hand held device I can handle it but not on a projector screen.
I was a horror hound. Monsters, slasher flicks, sci-fi horror. Who can count out Hell Raiser? Clive Barker was really twisted. I lost my stomach for horror. I'm not exactly sure when. I never even touched the SAW series. I've had Barker's Book of Blood sitting on the shelf for 3 years unopened. I did watch The Devil Inside but it turned out to be one of those films where the trailer was freaky but the movie was not memorable at all. Got dizzy with the camera work of Paranormal Activity so I didn't finish it. After getting motion sickness from Blair Witch Project I've become allergic to films that don't use steady cam rigs. I didn't finish Project X for the same reason. Maybe on a hand held device I can handle it but not on a projector screen.
Oh yes, Hellraiser was 'hot' in those days. In that same era was Phantasm, the old guy with a metal ball, and btw, the soundstrack of Phantasm was on HP's List.
No kidding!
Come to think of it I was a horror novel addict more than a horror flick addict. I'd read every single Stephen King novel up ti IT. I guess that's why I was never impressed by The Shining. I found the book so much better. Same as every other adaptation of his work. Misery the movie was seriously tame compared to the book. Kathy Bates was stellar though.
Come to think of it I was a horror novel addict more than a horror flick addict. I'd read every single Stephen King novel up ti IT. I guess that's why I was never impressed by The Shining. I found the book so much better. Same as every other adaptation of his work. Misery the movie was seriously tame compared to the book. Kathy Bates was stellar though.
Oh yeah, Stephen King. I used to watch a lot of movies based on his novels. Sleepwalkers, Misery, Children of the Corn, Mist, Needful Things, etc. Looking at his database, I didn't realize that Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile were his works too. And The Shining. Who could forget that 'face' of Jack (Nicholson). Was he already a Lakers fan then?
---- Thx Jack.
* Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'Hellbound: Hellraiser II': Excellent! [I totally forgot about these two Horror Classics.]
* I got all the 'Saw' Series movies (on Blu): They don't compare at all with the aboves. ...Not scary at all in my book.
* Clive Barker's 'Book of Blood': That too I got the Blu, but I don't like it at all (not scary in my 'own red' book).
* 'The Devil Inside': Sucks! :b
* 'Paranormal Activity': Forget it, yak!
* 'The Blair Witch Project': Yak again! (Yak means sucks in my book BTW).
* 'Project X': Did not see that one; not even interested.
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Another 'scary' flick I truly enjoyed (got the Blu too) is the first original Eli Roth's 'Hostel' (2005).
- I also have the second one, 'Hostel Part II', but I don't care for that one.
And this quick last one, which I also have on Blu, I like more for the "Sounds" effects:
John Erick Dowdle's 'Quarantine', starring Jennifer Carpenter.
Alright, good for now, till the next few 'scary' ones ... :b
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Sorry if these have been mentioned:
Thought Pan's Labyrinth was incredibly good and very scary at times. A classic really.
The original 'The Haunting' is very creepy at times and has some of the best widescreen photography I've ever seen.
In terms of constantly on edge, Halloween and Alien. Need to see Paranormal Activity.
Thought Pan's Labyrinth was incredibly good and very scary at times. A classic really.
The original 'The Haunting' is very creepy at times and has some of the best widescreen photography I've ever seen.
In terms of constantly on edge, Halloween and Alien. Need to see Paranormal Activity.
I think of Pan's Labyrinth more as a Fantasy flick but yes it definitely had its more than disturbing moments. Oh that manufactured smile and the thing under the......! (Trying not to give away much)
A visual tour de force IMO. I particularly loved the lighting. Everything looked so good I wished I could speak spanish so I didn't have to read the subtitles. That coming from someone that doesn't mind subtitles at all.
As far as horror parodies go, I thought Zombieland was hilarious.
A visual tour de force IMO. I particularly loved the lighting. Everything looked so good I wished I could speak spanish so I didn't have to read the subtitles. That coming from someone that doesn't mind subtitles at all.
As far as horror parodies go, I thought Zombieland was hilarious.
-- But 'Zombieland' is a comedy Jack.
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