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Quote Originally Posted by TheDrizzle77:
Hated TCM. I want just a LITTLE dialogue with my movies if they are going to have that silly and cookie-cutter of a plot.
The gory, grotesque screenplay of TCM has nothing on REC, a Spanish "footage-found" movie that was shamelessly copied by John Dowdle in that putrid attempt at a horror movie, Quarantine.
I walked away from that movie with chills. Only REC, Event Horizon and Alien (the original) ever made me feel like that. But grabbing your attention and thrusting your imagination into warp speed: that is what movies are supposed to do, no? I don't really think it makes you a demented serial lunatic because you enjoy a slasher flick or two. Some people--like myself--are just movie buffs. I went from Nightmare on Elm St to Weekend at Bernies to Lion King on an international flight once. Left that f**king plane crying too at the end of Lion King.
As far as horror, I personally love the OLD Friday the 13th's and the original Halloween. The reboots of them all are pure garbage, including Rob Zombie's shitt attempt at revival on Myers. In fact, most horror movies nowadays are pure trash. The Paranormal Activities and The Gallows are (no pun intended) slashing the horror genre to bits. Depressing to watch Hollywood throw the genre out of a plane without a parachute like that.
Last good horror (mix that with comedy) movie I think they've made: The Cabin in the Woods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LBIs87F68
Hated TCM. I want just a LITTLE dialogue with my movies if they are going to have that silly and cookie-cutter of a plot.
The gory, grotesque screenplay of TCM has nothing on REC, a Spanish "footage-found" movie that was shamelessly copied by John Dowdle in that putrid attempt at a horror movie, Quarantine.
I walked away from that movie with chills. Only REC, Event Horizon and Alien (the original) ever made me feel like that. But grabbing your attention and thrusting your imagination into warp speed: that is what movies are supposed to do, no? I don't really think it makes you a demented serial lunatic because you enjoy a slasher flick or two. Some people--like myself--are just movie buffs. I went from Nightmare on Elm St to Weekend at Bernies to Lion King on an international flight once. Left that f**king plane crying too at the end of Lion King.
As far as horror, I personally love the OLD Friday the 13th's and the original Halloween. The reboots of them all are pure garbage, including Rob Zombie's shitt attempt at revival on Myers. In fact, most horror movies nowadays are pure trash. The Paranormal Activities and The Gallows are (no pun intended) slashing the horror genre to bits. Depressing to watch Hollywood throw the genre out of a plane without a parachute like that.
Last good horror (mix that with comedy) movie I think they've made: The Cabin in the Woods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LBIs87F68
Original Alien is great.
Sci-Fi horror is so much more tolerable for me because the disconnect to real life is more evident making the movie more a story than being inspired by true events.
Rec? No thanks. Couldn't pay me 1K to see it. This is not being scared. It is obvious some of these awful slasher movies leave a lasting imprint on the brain. I don't need or want such a thing.
Paranormal activity movies again, have that same disconnect I can tolerate. And as you noted, some are so terrible you leave the movie laughing.
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yeah-i watched it with my brothers back in the day-grossed out after 5 minutes-i didn't mind horror flicks like Halloween and the first 3 or 4 Friday the 13th movies-at least those had some plot but the Chainsaw massacre sh-t was over the top... 
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