Good New Horror Films

[Starbeast]

Comedy horror with Zombies

I saw this new comedy zombie horror flick, I enjoyed it.​

 

[Fried Egg]

Re: Comedy horror with Zombies

I saw this new comedy zombie horror flick, I enjoyed it.​

Looks like a comedy to me?

 

[Triffids]

I thought the original Halloween was rubbish.

I guess you liked the terrible remake then?

After watching Saw and Hostel (not sure if that counts as a horror) I pretty much gave up on new horror films. And i find the majority of asian horror films a bit bland and samey.
The original Ring was good i suppose. Which reminds me i need to get the book.

Also need to rectify my last statement:

Anything after American Werewolf in London i consider rubbish.

 

[Fried Egg]

I guess you liked the terrible remake then?

After watching Saw and Hostel (not sure if that counts as a horror) I pretty much gave up on new horror films. And i find the majority of asian horror films a bit bland and samey.
The original Ring was good i suppose. Which reminds me i need to get the book.

Also need to rectify my last statement:

Anything after American Werewolf in London i consider rubbish.

There is good new horror around. How about the British made "Urban Ghost Story"? An excellent horror film in my opinion.

 

[Triffids]

There is good new horror around. How about the British made "Urban Ghost Story"? An excellent horror film in my opinion.

Hmmmmm

I'll give Urban Ghost Story a try and come back with a verdict.

 

[ravenus]

I guess you liked the terrible remake
then?

Wrong. Never saw it.

 

[j d worthington]

Triffids: I would have to disagree with your assessment, as well (though someone did talk me into attempting to watch the remake of Halloween... I made it through the first 20 minutes and then came very close to putting my fist through the screen and using the shards to show them how much I appreciated the suggestion....). I think the problem is that most Hollywood horror films are indeed pure dreck (not all, but most; a good 90% at least, not an enviable record). But there have been good films in the genre from smaller filmmakers, as well as foreign filmmakers (especially the Spanish -- or Spanish language, as some are from Chile, Mexico, etc. rather than Spain proper -- and some of the Asian as well). Generally speaking, they are of a subtler approach, more the classic weird tale rather than the sort of thing we've become accustomed to in this country (sadly).

I think, however, you'll find there are some worthy pieces out there, if you do some research. The approach, of course, may be vastly different; but once one has adjusted to the different acculturation, it can often open up entirely new worlds to enjoy.

As for the original Halloween... I wouldn't call it rubbish, but neither am I all that impressed with it. It has its good points, but I never felt as highly about it as most, and I saw it as early as its first national release....

 

[Judderman]

Well, I can't recall if anyone mentioned it here but I just saw The Eye (The original 2002 version) last night and it was brilliant. Just the sort of thing I was looking for. Don't think I'll bother with the Hollywood remake though...

If you like this sort of thing then you should love "Shutter". The Thai version from 2004. This is excellent, just a few scares in the first half an hour but they come quicker later. Pretty good story for a horror.

 

[ravenus]

As for the original Halloween... I wouldn't call it rubbish, but neither am I all that impressed with it. It has its good points, but I never felt as highly about it as most, and I saw it as early as its first national release....

I was perhaps a bit too overbearing in my initial remark on Halloween.But yes, given the hype I found it a thoroughly average suburban horror/slasher with content far stretched out even for its brief running time. Some nice background music courtesy Carpenter, but I would any day watch his movie of The Thing or even the flawed In The Mouth of Madness, they had a good deal more imagination to them.

 

[j d worthington]

I was perhaps a bit too overbearing in my initial remark on Halloween.But yes, given the hype I found it a thoroughly average suburban horror/slasher with content far stretched out even for its brief running time. Some nice background music courtesy Carpenter, but I would any day watch his movie of The Thing or even the flawed In The Mouth of Madness, they had a good deal more imagination to them.

Yes, I quite like some of the score... the main theme, for instance, though quite simple, is a truly effective bit of mood-building. And yes, I think The Thing is a better film overall as well; In the Mouth of Madness is a seriously flawed film, but also more ambitious. And (though I know several disagree with me) I've always felt that The Fog was quite a good old-fashioned sort of ghost story. That one surprises me, in a way, because people recall it being rather gory, when there is very little gore or actual violence in it, and what there is is almost entirely off-screen; it is suggested, rather than shown. (Again, this refers to the original, not that dreadful remake, which I got dragged off to see to keep a lonely sister company. That took true brotherly devotion, as I wanted to set fire to the theatre less than five minutes in just so I wouldn't have to watch the rest of this travesty.....)

 

[mrajan]

Well here are a few that i totally love:
Resident evil 1, 2 and 3
I am legend
30 days of night
Ring 1and 2
The grudge 1 and 2
House of wax
The exorcist
Saw 2
An American Haunting
Thirteen ghosts
House of 1000 Corpses
28 Days Later
28 weeks later
Final destination, etc...

 

[tygersmovie]

Thirst
Dead Snow
Jennifer's Body
Baghead
Dead Girl
Let the Right One In
Hostel: Part II
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Murder Party
Planet Terror
Sweeney Todd
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
The Tripper
Feast