What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?

Jimmy Jazz · Post by **Jimmy Jazz** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:54 pm

Hmm'kay then! The film adaption of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"

Seriously though, don't go into that film expecting it to be a feel-good movie, it will make you depressed for at least a little bit. And muffins and cookies is it good for making me be depressed.

Souji · Post by **Souji** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:07 am

Jimmy Jazz wrote:I'm not really sure if you could define mine as a "Scary" movie, and I probably can't write it or link it here, but its set the in post-Apocalypse after (presumably) the bombs fall. I'm not sure if I should say it outright since it's a pretty heavy R, even though some of the other movies listed here could be considered just as bad.

Although game-wise Amnesia takes the cake. that game stresses me OUT. Penumbra was just barely playable for me.

If Amnesia were made into a movie that would be awesome. IIRC that's the only thing that's ever really had me on edge.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:07 am

Jimmy Jazz wrote:Hmm'kay then! The film adaption of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"

Seriously though, don't go into that film expecting it to be a feel-good movie, it will make you depressed for at least a little bit. And **** is it good for making me be depressed.

Thats not so much a scary movie, as a movie that just made me sad. I actually cried at times, and I hate emotions like that.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:00 pm

Well, I've just got back from seeing The Thing in theaters, and I have to say, it was really good. The two reviews I'd read of it said that it was bad, but I have no idea what they were talking about.

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:02 pm

Hmm... favorite scary movie would be "The Others".

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:33 pm

Tattorack wrote:Hmm... favorite scary movie would be "The Others".

Oh yes! That movie is great! Really scared me when I saw it, plus the ending is just powerful. If you like that movie, I highly recommend the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:40 pm

I'll take a look at it, I love reading books.
But getting English books in France tends to be... difficult...

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:07 pm

Penwrite wrote:Well, I've just got back from seeing The Thing in theaters, and I have to say, it was really good. The two reviews I'd read of it said that it was bad, but I have no idea what they were talking about.

Isn't it a prequel to The Thing? Thats what I always thought was strange, they named the prequel the same thing as a remake of a movie with a similar title. Hey anyone seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Iv been meening to see it but I want to know if its any good. Related note, I love The Twilight Zone.

TensaZangetsu · Post by **TensaZangetsu** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:09 pm

Okay my favorit of all time was Jenifers Body (i hope that was not inappropriate)
It's funny and scary *more scary though* and was a pretty good movie all around.

DismayWolf · Post by **DismayWolf** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:49 am

The thing that made the balloons so scary, is because sometimes they are associated with Clowns. Pennywise used the balloons as a symbol of his coming, like at the beginning of the movie, he lured kids in with balloons

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:57 am

DismayWolf wrote:The thing that made the balloons so scary, is because sometimes they are associated with Clowns. Pennywise used the balloons as a symbol of his coming, like at the beginning of the movie, he lured kids in with balloons

I believe you mean IT. And yeah, I would understand what you're saying...if they had made Pennywise scary. :/ Now don't get me wrong, when I was a little kid (and the sun was going dooowwwn...) Pennywise terrified me. It's just looking back now that he's really just kind of funny at times. Sometimes due to how Tim Curry played him, but sometimes just because the special effects didn't live up to the ideas behind them.

DismayWolf · Post by **DismayWolf** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:21 am

I agree, who can really take Tim Currey seriously lol. and think of what the movie might be if they remade it with todays technology

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:33 am

Oh no, I'm sorry gang, I think I might've misrepresented my case earlier. First, not all of Tim Curry's scenes as Pennywise were lame; the scene were he's threatening the kids through that book was creepy as heck, and the scene at the beginning with the storm drain... *shivers* I just meant that a lot of other scenes came off as goofy. Like when Pennywise is in the background trying to annoy one grownup character in the library. Tim Curry was perfect for the role.

And about doing it with today's technology...that implies a lot of cgi. And sorry, but almost all uses of cgi in movies and shows are NOT SCARY. A giant cg monster is simply not there, anyone watching will automatically know. Practical effects, animatronics, that's the way to go; just have a big enough budget.

Though I am really looking forward to the new adaptation of Stephen King's IT. I wonder who they could possibly get to play Pennywise.

DismayWolf · Post by **DismayWolf** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:37 am

as you put, Tim Currey did a good job with it, be nice to see him play him again, but the kid versions and grown up would have to be different

NickCole · Post by **NickCole** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:57 am

My favourite scary movie would be... Shutter. The Thailand version. The ending was freaky. O AO

I also liked most of the Asian horror movies like the Grudge, Ring and whatnot. Though, I also enjoyed Ghost Encounters, despite it being too overly exaggerated, it's nice.

AND I WISH FOR A FATAL FRAME MOVIE. ; AAAAAA;

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:18 pm

DismayWolf wrote:as you put, Tim Currey did a good job with it, be nice to see him play him again, but the kid versions and grown up would have to be different

Wait, you mean have a different person play Pennwise when the characters are kids from when they are adults? That's...that is a brilliant idea!

I mean, what you're scared of as an adult can be radically different from when you are a kid, so it would make sense for the creature taking advantage of your fears to look different depending on how old you are!

DismayWolf · Post by **DismayWolf** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:47 pm

I was meaning him play the entire part, you'd be surprised how many adults i know are afraid of Ronald McDonald....

Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:54 pm

he meant Tim Curry could still play Pennywise, but the kids who played the kids can't play the kids anymore because they aren't kids anymore and the adults who played the kids as adults are old now.

Pennywise has no specified age, so no matter how old Tim Curry is, he can still play the part.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:22 pm

Oh. Well duh, of course they'd get new people playing the roles. Ignoring changes in age, what would even be the point of a remake if every character was played by the same actor? I was confused into thinking you mean something else because what you did mean is so obvious I didn't think it possible as a subject.

Anyway, I don't think Tim Curry could play the role of Pennywise again. No offence meant to him, but he seem's to have reached the age when keeping his weight under control is beyond his abilities (this coming from a pretty big guy). I think some scariness would be lost with the fat baby cheeks.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:35 pm

The Grey Wolverine wrote:
Jimmy Jazz wrote:Hmm'kay then! The film adaption of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"

Seriously though, don't go into that film expecting it to be a feel-good movie, it will make you depressed for at least a little bit. And **** is it good for making me be depressed.
Thats not so much a scary movie, as a movie that just made me sad. I actually cried at times, and I hate emotions like that.

I read the road on the way to chicago for a hockey tournament, I finished it as we were pulling into the hotel, and I was just sitting there thinking "I don't want to do anything today, that was too depressing"

Jimmy Jazz · Post by **Jimmy Jazz** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:02 pm

I enjoyed that movie immensely. because I think any movie that can make me feel so strongly depressed, happy, or horrified even after so long is an amazing film.
I think that goes for anything, really. if it can make me feel something, or re-think ideas that I have had previously so thoroughly it's...

Good.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:23 pm

So, season 2 of The Walking Dead has started.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:28 pm

Watching it now
It's been pretty Awesome so far!!

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:36 pm

I'm sad, I missed the Walking Dead because my brother was watching a baseball game. Blasted hedgehogs!

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:44 pm

are they doing an encore tomorrow?

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:01 am

I hope.

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:54 pm

The one with a story. Don't give me that look.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:57 pm

Anthroguy101 wrote:The one with a story. Don't give me that look.

*gives you a box with the word "look" written on the side*

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:16 pm

District 9 , scary because you its true if they ever found something...

Mettlebird · Post by **Mettlebird** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 5:47 pm

My LEAST favorite scary movie is Paranormal Activity, because after I watched it, 'paranormal activity' started to happen to me. >.> (No, I'm not kidding. It's super annoying and kind of scary when something shakes your mattress at two in the morning.) <.< >.> <.< >.>

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:51 pm

Oh dear, that is creepy.

TensaZangetsu · Post by **TensaZangetsu** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:24 pm

Hey quick question. What's the best kind of horror movie to watch at night. Zombie related, Werewolf related, or Vampire related? I can't decide!

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:30 pm

Hey quick question. What's the best kind of horror movie to watch at night. Zombie related, Werewolf related, or Vampire related? I can't decide!

How about:
Underworld.
Its both werewolf and vampire related.........
(but I guess it isn't really horror....)

TensaZangetsu · Post by **TensaZangetsu** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:34 pm

I don't know how this got-
No not underworld! I mean like scary that you'll have nightmares!

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:50 pm

I don't know how this got-

I don't know either, but I could guess (was typing reply on chat thread,
posted on chat thread, suddenly, like 1/2 seconds later I was here with
my post..... dam, those mods must have superspeed powers!)

No not underworld! I mean like scary that you'll have nightmares!

Wouldn't know... scary movies aren't scary for me and so don't give me nightmares,
I usually get bored by the stupidity of the victims.

TensaZangetsu · Post by **TensaZangetsu** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:57 pm

I know right! I was just watching jeepers creepers 2! Those teenagers are idiots! The only good horror movies are about Poltergeist! I mean like, Paranormal activity was pretty good.
Why can't people make good horror movies anymore! And twilight made vampires just lame now... I'm not sure this should even be in this topic.

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:04 pm

I know right! I was just watching jeepers creepers 2! Those teenagers are idiots! The only good horror movies are about Poltergeist! I mean like, Paranormal activity was pretty good.
Why can't people make good horror movies anymore! And twilight made vampires just lame now... I'm not sure this should even be in this topic.

# a killer is in the house, the girl screams in horror when she finds out, the killer gives chase.
She runs to the wooden front door and its locked, she rattles it.
She runs to the glass back door in the kitchen past some large windows, she rattles the back door and its locked.
She runs upstairs and hides in the bathroom by locking it.
The killer is behind her and kills her #
All the same recipe! I'm always like: "jump through the #%@@ windows, take that &#@# frying pan and bust the *#"@ing door!
AND STOP SCREAMING LIKE AN IDIOT!!!!"

TensaZangetsu · Post by **TensaZangetsu** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:07 pm

I'm pretty sure everybody is like that.
I did that yesterday while watching the Halloween(2007) remake.

Tattorack · Post by **Tattorack** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:10 pm

I'm pretty sure everybody is like that.

Then whats the point in trying to make more films like that?

I did that yesterday while watching the Halloween(2007) remake.

Thank the gods I've only ever heard of that movie....

TensaZangetsu · Post by **TensaZangetsu** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:16 pm

The ending was quite unexpected... How did Miachel Meyers survive a shot to the heart!?