horror films

XeFx309 · Post by **XeFx309** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:58 pm

Originally posted by foxwood
Watch Hitchcock and M. Night Sha...crazy indean name, he did the sixth sence and signs.

Was that in response to my post?

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:03 am

Originally posted by foxwood
M. Night Sha...crazy indean name

M. Night Shyamalan

Yeah, he's a genius...

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:06 am

Yes it was, thank you for his name, I didn't want to butcher it with my poor spelling, yes he is a genius, and knows how to make a goreless horror film that is scaryer then anything out there. Hell signs even had me on the edge of my seat, and I am never scred or even freeked out in movies.

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:11 am

Same here. when I saw it in theaters, I went insane when the creature was on top of the roof. My eyes popped out, and I looked around to see if anyone else noticed. Luckily my friend noticed as well. Then his whole plan for the movie worked insanely well! That movie is amazing, along with Signs and Unbreakable...

XeFx309 · Post by **XeFx309** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:13 am

I thought it was a joke when on the home video the alien walked by (looked like someone in a costume, probly was)

Looked like something out of Mad TV.

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:15 am

No, it wasn't someone in a costume. I forget exactly how they did it, but if you watch the special features on the Signs DVD, they mention a little on how they did it...

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:29 am

I though the aleans were just CG.

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:08 am

Signs wasn't scary.

It was a physcological thriller (and a lame one at that) about some people being trapped in their house for fear of the unknow.

Didn't anybody notice the HUGE! logic holes in the movie?

The fight scene at the end of the film between Phoneix and the Alien was totally ridiculas. Was it trying to be an action movie?

Anyways; It didn't scare me.

But I can see that others sure feel different.

TommyPollock · Post by **TommyPollock** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:16 pm

I think it lost alot of credibility the moment you saw the home video, and actually got to see the alien.

Nothing is as scary as your imagination, that is why the best films are about the unknown. Knowledge is reassuring.

Anyone seen Jeepers Creepers 1? The first half was pretty tense, and was quite spooky. The second the guy under the hat was revealed as a cross between a bat and some sort of Mr Man, that's it, they blew it. It's too bad you always have to see the predator.

Speeking of Predator, that was better untill you saw the chameleon type monster aswell.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:05 pm

Signs wasn't scary, but it keeps you on the edge of you seat, and I think when you see the aliean it dosn't destroy the impact, because it is at a point in the movie, where you know have to bleive that they are really coming to get us. And yes the endding was really stupid, needed another re-write.

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:37 pm

Again I agree with foxwood for the most part. It wasn't scary as much as it was tense...

Originally posted by TommyPollock
Anyone seen Jeepers Creepers 1? The first half was pretty tense, and was quite spooky. The second the guy under the hat was revealed as a cross between a bat and some sort of Mr Man, that's it, they blew it. It's too bad you always have to see the predator.

Gah, I saw that movie. The character himself (before revealed as the creature thing) was actually sort of... freaky, I guess you could say. I mean, he was a psycho driving really fast and cr**. Then the music that went along with it got you going. In the cave with the bodies looked ridiculously pointless and fake. So basically the first part of the movie was alright, but then it sucked real bad.

SgtPadrino · Post by **SgtPadrino** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:54 am

Are we talking about the same movie? I never saw the Predator 'driving really fast and cr**', and I don't remember there being a cave full of bodies, just skinless bodies hanging from trees. And even after you saw the Predator, I still thought that it was a really great movie. Predator 2 was okay, but you already knew everything that was coming, so it wasn't as scary as it couldv'e been.

Anyway, I think that "The Mothman Prophecies" is the best example of a scary-as-all-hell-p***-in-your-pants movie. That's because it's all about the unknown, and what is even better about the movie is that even after you know what the hell is going on, you're still just as scared, if not more scared, than before you knew what was going on. When Richard Gere turned over in bed and his dead wife was laying right next to him - I jumped straight out of the chair. And when you hear the Mothman speak, it just sends chills up your spine. If you're looking for a scary movie, get "The Mothman Prophecies" and turn all of the lights off. Believe me, you won't be dissapointed.

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 3:33 am

the best way to make a film scary is make it so that something could happen at any moment, even if you know there isnt a chance someone is going to pop out with a knife and maul the person to death, the viewer doesnt know that and they feel like they need to prepare themselves for something that is going to pop out. To make all that really short. You need suspense. nothing beats it.

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 3:57 am

SgtPadrino, I was referring to "Jeepers Creepers", not "Predator"... So that would explain your confusion...

TommyPollock · Post by **TommyPollock** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:00 am

Yeah, I was about to clear that one up too.

XeFx309 · Post by **XeFx309** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:14 pm

Yeah, The Mothman Prophecies was a very scary movie, and I liked it!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:50 pm

Honistly the only movie that scared me was Event Horizon, I'm not sure why it just scared me.