Your favorite Horror Movies ever

[MichaelWinicki]

Oh I love all the Underworld movies, for exactly the reason I stated, plus I agree, the premise is excellent. Very original, yet classic at the same time.

Did you know the big, burley black guy who plays one of the major lycan characters wrote the screenplay for that?

 

[MichaelWinicki]

And World War Z is my favorite zombie movie but I am not a big fan of the genre.

I'm a huge zombie movie fan, the "WWZ" just doesn't do it for me. I think it's because I read the book before hand and was expecting something so much different.

 

[quickccc]

Did you know the big, burley black guy who plays one of the major lycan characters wrote the screenplay for that?

after looking it up, it seems burly super-base-deep voice Kevin Grevioux was credited with being one of three involved in the story write-making concept of Underworld.
Seems like the primary screenplay is credited to Danny Flynn McBride (please see below)
for some time, i thought for sure his voice was electronically engineered - sound effects. i've never heard a voice that deeply base toned !!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(2003_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Grevioux

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340485/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i10#producer

https://headhuntershorrorhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Daniel_Flynn_McBride

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_McBride_(writer)

 

[quickccc]

I'm a huge zombie movie fan, the "WWZ" just doesn't do it for me. I think it's because I read the book before hand and was expecting something so much different.

me neither , with World War Z.
only thing i liked was the CGI image of " floods and hordes" of hundreds of on-pouring zombies, .and the airplane busting a hole which both zombies and living humans
are being sucked out of the sky- flying air-passenger plane

i didn't like the cast of Brad Pitt and his role in this one either. Same with Tom Cruise in War of the World, and the Mummy, that made the film focus too much
over the flashy star and their face and aura that so much seems lost with the plot, surrounding cast, etc.
i thought the same with Nicholas Cage and it's Ghost rider series as well. It's a miscast.

 

[DallasEast]

Ditto here, as the Underworld series was also one of my favorites

but I have phrase it like this – I loooooved the first three Underworld films (and I made an error it was Underworld 2: Evolution (with Markus) that was my favorite of the series. Not Rise of the Lycans.

Too bad East, that we zoners are not able to re-edit our posts after 20 min, right ? ..lol
But as I expect with the case with many a film series, the impressive wow factor, imaginative writings and freshly innovative ideas begin to fade and flop.
As that’s what seem to eventually happen with Underworld as well.

“Blood Wars “ and “Awakening “ films just seem like the studios were trying to extend the series for the heck of keeping it ongoing and make it just solely a special effects movie for the sake of making one, but idealistic I have no idea what they were trying to make of the characters and story plot. Especially with the new “ hybrid’ situation. That’s when I knew it was over.
keeps
But the first 3 Underworlds just had me so captivated, and the way they started out with the origin easily influenced me to expect it was the Lycans (clan of werewolves)
that appeared to be the villains and the vampire clan as the prey and victims,… when it was brilliantly revealed in twisting turn that it was in fact, the Lycans that were the surviving victims of prey trying to fight and survive the hunt down and genocide from the Death Dealers hunters from the villainous vampire clan.

Kate Beckinsale was indeed very hot in black leather and skillfully whooping plenty azzz. But it was her going from fighting against the Lycans to saving her eventual love
from both werewolves and vampire circle that included not one but two master lord head vampires one which was “ Markus “ .. easily my very favorite of all the villains in this series.

Funny how Underworld surprised the box office with a $95 milliion box office gross with a starting budget of 22 million, ..and with legs and worth of mouth just took off around the world with it’s growing popularity from that point.

Yep. Proofreading is a plus on CowboysZone.

I have enjoyed all of the Underworld movies, aside from the handling (or mishandling) of the Michael character. Selene's evolution from minor yet deadliest Death Dealer, to the seemingly headed towards becoming the most legendary vampire in the story, keeps me very interested in seeing where she will end up ultimately.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Yep. Proofreading is a plus on CowboysZone.

I have enjoyed all of the Underworld movies, aside from the handling (or mishandling) of the Michael character. Selene's evolution from minor yet deadliest Death Dealer, to the seemingly headed towards becoming the most legendary vampire in the story, keeps me very interested in seeing where she will end up ultimately.

I'm not sure why the character of "Michael" was handled the way that it was... Don't know if it was due to the studio or due to the actor... I was just surprised how quickly (and apparently easily) his character was snuffed out in the last movie.

I would have been interested in seeing a separate movie chronicling Amelia's story.

 

[Runwildboys]

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I will say the actor that played Victor did a marvelous job– the over-acting made the character.

I've seen him in other things since then, and he's very good. I believe he played the role exactly as he thought it should be.

 

[Runwildboys]

Did you know the big, burley black guy who plays one of the major lycan characters wrote the screenplay for that?

Really??? That's awesome, especially when you consider that his character, while certainly important, is a somewhat background character.

 

[quickccc]

I'm not sure why the character of "Michael" was handled the way that it was... Don't know if it was due to the studio or due to the actor... I was just surprised how quickly (and apparently easily) his character was snuffed out in the last movie.

I would have been interested in seeing a separate movie chronicling Amelia's story.

+1
Me too, with Amelia.
As she was supposed to be one of the three powerful head vampires, along with Viktor and Markus.
yet the Lycans werewolve pack easily made mince-meat of her during their train invasion.
Supposedly you can't take out a head master vampire lord that easily. Look at what it took to take out Viktor and Marcus.
plus much went into in depth with Markus and Viktor but very little and merely only a very short glimpse look at Amelia.

i truly wish the three writers for original Underworld would have either thought out Amelia more, or found some way to resurrect her
in some future Underworld flick. i would not have mind her encountering Selene & Co, in either the Blood Wars or Awakening epics,.
director Len Wiesmann missed a sheer golden opportunity for Amelia character.

 

[FloridaRob]

only movie in that genre I have watched from beginning to end was The Exorcist. and I was a 15 years old kid when it came out and I watched it. Have not seen one since. And I wont be seeing one in the future.

 

[Xelda]

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[CouchCoach]

after looking it up, it seems burly super-base-deep voice Kevin Grevioux was credited with being one of three involved in the story write-making concept of Underworld.
Seems like the primary screenplay is credited to Danny Flynn McBride (please see below)
for some time, i thought for sure his voice was electronically engineered - sound effects. i've never heard a voice that deeply base toned !!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(2003_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Grevioux

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340485/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i10#producer

https://headhuntershorrorhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Daniel_Flynn_McBride

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_McBride_(writer)

The deputy in Jaws wrote that screenplay and Jaws II as well, Carl Gottlieb.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

The deputy in Jaws wrote that screenplay and Jaws II as well, Carl Gottlieb.

As well as the author, Peter Benchly, appearing as the "on the scene" reporter in "Jaws".

 

[MichaelWinicki]

"Carnival of Souls" (1962)

It has only been in the last 10 years that I first watched this gem.

Definitely a "B grade" horror film but there's a depth to it that many horror films (both new & old) fail to reach.

Low budget film that used several local actors, it's the story that's the real winner here. Also the actress that is the main character did a decent job.

The film supposedly influenced George Romero and how he developed "Night of the Living Dead" 5 years later.

 

[DallasEast]

only movie in that genre I have watched from beginning to end was The Exorcist. and I was a 15 years old kid when it came out and I watched it. Have not seen one since. And I wont be seeing one in the future.

I can fully respect that reaction. The Exorcist was extremely well-written, detailed and paced with many different interweaving aspects and personalities.

The priest who doubts his faith. A middle eastern dig serves as an opening and the movie transfers to a quiet Georgetown setting. The career woman slash mother. Intricate medical and psychological analysis and testing (of that era). A detective who connects all the dots not knowing what the dots really are.

Diverse yet very visible supporting characters ranging from old drunken acting acquaintances to the everyday activities and lives of priests to German house servants to governing priests (who seem to act like a covert group when it comes to exorcisms) to a home transformed into a prison to a mother near death and post death to freaking Max Von Sydow!

All the above and more. And that is before even stopping and considering a truly remarkable performance by a then thirteen-ish Linda Blair.

The Exorcist should have laid the groundwork for future all-encompassing horror movies but few have copied its formula. Many horror movies are simply scare fests with I GOT YOU as their one theme. The Exorcist is one long winding trail from normalcy to terrifying evil that abruptly ends with the audience contemplating 'Has this really happened in real life?'--which makes the viewer wonder about the world at large just a little more than normal.

Classic movie.

 

[Runwildboys]

I can fully respect that reaction. The Exorcist was extremely well-written, detailed and paced with many different interweaving aspects and personalities.

The priest who doubts his faith. A middle eastern dig serves as an opening and the movie transfers to a quiet Georgetown setting. The career woman slash mother. Intricate medical and psychological analysis and testing (of that era). A detective who connects all the dots not knowing what the dots really are.

Diverse yet very visible supporting characters ranging from old drunken acting acquaintances to the everyday activities and lives of priests to German house servants to governing priests (who seem to act like a covert group when it comes to exorcisms) to a home transformed into a prison to a mother near death and post death to freaking Max Von Sydow!

All the above and more. And that is before even stopping and considering a truly remarkable performance by a then thirteen-ish Linda Blair.

The Exorcist should have laid the groundwork for future all-encompassing horror movies but few have copied its formula. Many horror movies are simply scare fests with I GOT YOU as their one theme. The Exorcist is one long winding trail from normalcy to terrifying evil that abruptly ends with the audience contemplating 'Has this really happened in real life?'--which makes the viewer wonder about the world at large just a little more than normal.

Classic movie.

The extreme heretical language, coming out of the mouth of a young girl, as she stabs herself repeatedly (where she does) with a crucifix was probably the most shocking thing ever put on film, IMO. That added to the believability as well.

 

[fansince68]

Silent Rage with Chuck Norris. The bad guy would not die and he gave Chuck a run for his money.

 

[DallasEast]

Horror Movies Nominated for Academy Awards Best Picture

1973 The Exorcist (The Sting won)
1975 Jaws (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest won)
1992 The Silence of the Lambs (winner)
2000 The Sixth Sense (American Beauty won)
2011 Black Swan (The King's Speech won)
2018 Get Out (The Shape of Water won)

It is just me but I have The Silence of the Lambs as my seventh favorite horror movie, mainly because I have always been hard-pressed not putting it in the suspense/thriller category. It is a truly great movie though.

Even though I was convinced Natalie Portman would win best actress for Black Swan, I do not see the movie as horror but as a suspense/thriller. I highly recommend Black Swan if it has not been seen and a very good suspense movie is a sought after goal.

The genre has taken it on the chin when it comes to the Oscars.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I can fully respect that reaction. The Exorcist was extremely well-written, detailed and paced with many different interweaving aspects and personalities.

The priest who doubts his faith. A middle eastern dig serves as an opening and the movie transfers to a quiet Georgetown setting. The career woman slash mother. Intricate medical and psychological analysis and testing (of that era). A detective who connects all the dots not knowing what the dots really are.

Diverse yet very visible supporting characters ranging from old drunken acting acquaintances to the everyday activities and lives of priests to German house servants to governing priests (who seem to act like a covert group when it comes to exorcisms) to a home transformed into a prison to a mother near death and post death to freaking Max Von Sydow!

All the above and more. And that is before even stopping and considering a truly remarkable performance by a then thirteen-ish Linda Blair.

The Exorcist should have laid the groundwork for future all-encompassing horror movies but few have copied its formula. Many horror movies are simply scare fests with I GOT YOU as their one theme. The Exorcist is one long winding trail from normalcy to terrifying evil that abruptly ends with the audience contemplating 'Has this really happened in real life?'--which makes the viewer wonder about the world at large just a little more than normal.

Classic movie.

I think it is a difficult formula to follow... Much more so than say "Blair Witch" or "Texas Chainsaw".

"Poltergeist" does a very good job of it. But they had the resources to do it. Many studios probably did not have the funds or access to the same quality of actors to pull it off.

And then you had the "Paranormal Activity" movies that do "The Exorcist" with "Blair Witch".

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Horror Movies Nominated for Academy Awards Best Picture

1973 The Exorcist (The Sting won)
1975 Jaws (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest won)
1992 The Silence of the Lambs (winner)
2000 The Sixth Sense (American Beauty won)
2011 Black Swan (The King's Speech won)
2018 Get Out (The Shape of Water won)

It is just me but I have The Silence of the Lambs as my seventh favorite horror movie, mainly because I have always been hard-pressed not putting it in the suspense/thriller category. It is a truly great movie though.

Even though I was convinced Natalie Portman would win best actress for Black Swan, I do not see the movie as horror but as a suspense/thriller. I highly recommend Black Swan if it has not been seen and a very good suspense movie is a sought after goal.

The genre has taken it on the chin when it comes to the Oscars.

Look at what some consider the greatest horror film ever made, "The Bride of Frankenstein" and it garnered one Oscar nomination and that was for Sound Recording.

The genre simply doesn't get much in the way of respect.