The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

[whottt]

This movie wasn't scary IMO.

CBF is right about one thing...the state of modern horror films sucks...There are very few truly scary movies these days and it's got nothing to do with desensitization...it's just that modern horror movies spend all their energy trying to scare people visually....Horror is at it's best when it utilizes the imagination of the audience..becasue we all know what scares us more than anyone else does. Sound, situation, pace, acting and originallity are more important than visual gore...Horror movies with stars in them usually suck also...the seem to work better with unknown casts.

Gore is actually kind of it's own genre now...it's not really horror anymore...it's just gore.

I mean I watch a lot of horror movies and the old ones are still way more scary than the new ones...even if you have seen them before....even though they aren't as gory and the special effects aren't as good...


CBF...There haven't been very many scary ones in the past few years but there have been a few fairly creepy ones...

The Japanese version of Dark Water has a couple of creepy moments if you can put up with the melodramatic Japanese acting...


But the best movie I have seen in a couple of years is the Devil's Backbone...I reccomend it if you haven't seen it...it's not incredibly scary or anything...but it's creepy. You have to put up with sub les though.

[ZStomp]

I can't believe how many people were scared by The Ring. IMO, that movie blew. Some of the visuals the showed were kind of creepy, but I wouldn't say any of those were scary. I can't think of a movie that has scared me since I watch the first Exorcist when I was about 8. The third Exorcist scared me when I was young but I can't see any movie scaring me ever again. I guess I've lost the ability to suspend reality.

i agree...The Ring sucked ass!!

and don't get me started in the Ring 2..that sucked even more ass....i'd rather watch Shaq act before watching those again..

[herbivore female]

problem is to many pussies trying to be hardasses. if all these tough guys would just watch the damn movie and stop trying to be too cool/hard to care they might get scared. but of course youve got your stereotypical toughguy dentists going in there and arranging to get their wife's popcorn when they know the scary parts are coming. or they pretend to fall asleep.

if you are determined not to let the movie scary you, it probably won't. stop trying to be cool and watch the ing movie. that goes for all you pussies.

[iminlakerland]

Tried to check out the movie last night, it was sold out openning night so we will try to watch it on sunday

[Jelly]

but of course youve got your stereotypical toughguy dentists going in there and arranging to get their wife's popcorn when they know the scary parts are coming. you pussies.

I've never heard of this "stereotypical toughguy dentist". All the dentists I know are effeminate nerds.

[Jelly]

...it's just that modern horror movies spend all their energy trying to scare people visually....Horror is at it's best when it utilizes the imagination of the audience..becasue we all know what scares us more than anyone else does. Sound, situation, pace, acting and originallity are more important than visual gore....

Well said.
Has anyone ever seen a movie called "Burnt Offerings"? It's from the seventies and is one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. No blood in it at all, but definitely a scary movie. (never agree to rent a country mansion for the summer with the caretakers old aunty still living in the attic) oh..and it has a great twist ending.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...11968?v=glance

[Cant_Be_Faded]

If someone offered to pay me $1000 to watch this movie..............I still wouldn't watch it. Can't Be Faded...I don't know how you have gotten yourself immune to all these scary movies. I, on the other hand, completely refuse to watch a scary movie....be it Freddy Kreuger....the Ring............the Exorcist.

I get scared -less very easily!

i was a kid who grew up around the television, instead of reading books, plus my parents let me watch anything i wanted, and scary movies always fascinated me.
as a result i have been watching "scary movies' since before i can remember. I watched the hack and slashers (nightmares 3-6) etc when i was like barely outta kindergarten stuff like that. The Lost Boys isn't exactly a scary movie, but i was watching it at an age most kids would go cry to mommy at. I'm totally immune to scary movies, it does kinda suck, but it allows me to be more picky, since i've seen so many.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Why the do you watch these types of movies if your mainly interested in the plot? Seriously, thats about as bad as complaining about the plot of a cheap porno but one that really turns you on. Do they not do the job there intended too?

Never said i was mainly interested in the plot.
Its an overall package thing. I scrutinize the entire movie. I do it cuz its fun. I'm not complaining--I know that I'm not forced to go watch these movies. I watch them to compare and contrast. And the ring still sucked, btw.

But back to the original comment you had. Take your niece, nephew whatever that likes scary movies and find them an older one that they haven't seen.Its like prying them away from San Andreas to stick Frogger in front of them. Go ahead, tell me that it was initiative, a groundbreaker whatever.
When i'm giving out pioneer awards maybe i'll remember that but till then i'll take the more enjoyable selection which is USUALLY the newer one.

Well maybe if your neice and nephew are in middle school, or above....if you take a 5 or 7 year old, and sit him in front of Child's Play 1, any of the hack and slashers with freddy or jason, even a raiser, i ing garuntee you they'd their pants, cry, and have bad dreams and night terrors for a week.

If you take a normal girl teenagers, just you and her, turn the lights off, and watch any scary movie possible, theyll get scared and crawl closer to you, this includes old and new movies.

Horror is at it's best when it utilizes the imagination of the audience..

yeah exactly. to me, loud quick sharp noises are just hurting my ears and makign me jump--this isn't stimulating my imagination. those japanese horror movies do a great job at this.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

And it seems like the spurstalk consensus is that the ring freakin sucked!

[Marklar MM]

And it seems like the spurstalk consensus is that the ring freakin sucked!

Agree. Not very scary.

[ZStomp]

And it seems like the spurstalk consensus is that the ring freakin sucked!

Aye! Aye!

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Isaac from "Children of the Corn" was scarier than that old hag from "The Ring"


Remember when Isaac gets possessed by that demon, and he grabs Malakai (sp) and goes "He wants you too, Malakai....He wants you too!" That little kid was sooo creepy, he was perfect for that part.

[sickdsm]

I'm on my "older moveis/newer movies rant" in general. I've never seen the ring so i don't comment on that. My GF is an older film buff so i end up seeing a lot of older crap with her. Like i said, i'm not a scary movie buff but i'll use Enter the Dragon as an example.

Is it a classic? Yes, but why? One of the originator's? I'm pretty sure but like i said, save that for the pioneer awards. He did all the stunts in real time. Cool but the end product is the same even if it was 100 times easier. When you compare it to a more modern "B" movie "gutter trash" The plots just as lame, the acting is crappier the farther back you go (Bogart, Monroe, etc.. may have been great but the STYLE of acting isn't very realistic and that goes for movies in the 80's even), better sound, special effects, blah, blah, blah.

People like her would banish the entire LOTR set as gutter trash if there had been a blockbuster series made in the 60's-70's to compare it too.

Like video games, the remake, rehashing of the story is almost ALWAYS better.



Back to the orignal movie though, Emily Rose was scarier bc of the basis of the story and the facts my GF said throughout the film. Had it not been for that i doubt we would be talking about it, the switching from trial to Emily's situation just annoyed me.

[Swishy McJackass]

I read a review that said the movie was basically a Law & Order episode. Any truth to that?

[ZStomp]

Isaac from "Children of the Corn" was scarier than that old hag from "The Ring"


Remember when Isaac gets possessed by that demon, and he grabs Malakai (sp) and goes "He wants you too, Malakai....He wants you too!" That little kid was sooo creepy, he was perfect for that part.

Was that the dark hair kid?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Was that the dark hair kid?

Yeah the little dark haired psycho looking kid.

[Johnny Tightlips]

Who says I been exorcisin'?