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[horrorfan89]

I unironically love Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare AND Jason Goes To Hell as well as Jason X.

Freddy's Dead and Jason X are both great because I'm a sucker for the goofball self-parody style. Gremlins 2 had a similar vibe to it.

Jason Goes To Hell is awesome because it did something unique plus Creighton Duke was an awesome character and the scenes with Jason are actually pretty badass as well.

I kind of liked Jason Takes Manhattan despite its myriad flaws. Even if only the last ten minutes of the movie take place in New York, they're some of the most awesome moments of the movie.

Jason takes manhattan was originally going to feature scenes at the brooklyn bridge, madison square garden, and the empire state building, and the original ending would have had jason falling off the statue of liberty presumably to his final death. but paramount being the utter idiots they were even back before being owned by viacom cut the films budget from 15 million to just 5 million. and yeah i love freedy's dead mostly because like t2 (which coincidently came out the same year) it really captures that transitionary time going from the late 80's into the 90's, and im a sucker for movies and shows that do that kinda thing.


shudder is an ok streaming service if you wanna watch cult horror classics or joe bob but utter garbage with all their original programing. horror noire and scream queen (the documentary about elm street 2 not the tv show) are utter woke garbage and their programs like the creepshow tv series and specials and any documentary they make that isn't "In search of darkness." are pure crap. i know @BrunoMattei agrees with me

 

[I Love Beef]

Blood and Chocolate doesn't deserve half of the hate it gets.

Don't get me wrong, the movie's B movie goodness, but it's not the worst horror movie of the late 2000s. That goes to Twilight.

The main problem with Blood and Chocolate is that the movie is seen as a core 2000s movie. We all know how movies in the establishing half of 2000s were like: gritty, brown, and tons of edge and "realism". I honestly believe that if you take Blood and Chocolate and view it in the frame of a late 1990s or early 2000s movie, it's actually not that bad. Blood and Chocolate has themes of fighting against a prophecy that is pursued in blood and to fight for your own destiny, themes that by the late 2000s, weren't in vogue anymore with the mainstream, and there's a whole feel to it that's like gothic movies like The Crow or a more edgier Tim Burton movie. That movie was literally in development hell since 1997; I'm sure that if they actually released it during its timeframe, it wouldn't have flopped as bad as it did. Plus the movie did stray from the source material, but I never read it.

 

[Damien Thorne]

I watched the uncut version of A Serbian Film. Honestly, I thought Cannibal Holocaust was much more of an unethical production. A Serbian Film is all low budget special effects, while they killed actual animals for Cannibal Holocaust.

 

[lemme ASS you a question]

I watched the uncut version of A Serbian Film. Honestly, I thought Cannibal Holocaust was much more of an unethical production. A Serbian Film is all low budget special effects, while they killed actual animals for Cannibal Holocaust.

Cannibal holocaust as a film i found was much more punching in its end product anyway. I got completely immersed and shocked by the film and thought about it for days later. I was really really convinced while watching that this was a pornographic snuff film. Of course its only a film so its all fiction but when you mix real unsimulated animal killings alongside a documentary style of people dying, it fooled me into really believing whats being seen. Serbian Film was just unconvincing edgy garbage like Human Centipede 2 was.

Most classic slasher movies are shit, especially Scream/Halloween/Nightmare on Elm Street. The characters aren't developed, the killer isn't that scary or interesting, and the kills aren't that good.

The Scream TV show was one of the more brutal slashers, even though the network interfered with the show, and it was low-budget/unpolished to begin with.

the original nightmare on elm street, halloween and scream were really really boring concepts. Add to that the original 1980 friday the 13th and Slumber Party Massacre because they were just lame films with a following purely due to the VHS rental era and 15 year olds of the time.

The real good original horror films were stuff that were creative, well filmed and practically timeless rather than the pop culture relics. Which is why i think 1980 Evil Dead,1980 cannibal holocaust, 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Last House on the Left 1972 are the real staples of the time showing how well a film can be made if the directors give a shit about actually shocking their audience.

 

[janedoe]

i hate the tension killing jokes and quips of marvel movies. theyre funny the way that jump scares are scary: theyre cheap shots.

 

[Damien Thorne]

Cannibal holocaust as a film i found was much more punching in its end product anyway. I got completely immersed and shocked by the film and thought about it for days later. I was really really convinced while watching that this was a pornographic snuff film. Of course its only a film so its all fiction but when you mix real unsimulated animal killings alongside a documentary style of people dying, it fooled me into really believing whats being seen. Serbian Film was just unconvincing edgy garbage like Human Centipede 2 was.

I actually laughed at A Serbian Film. It was an ultimate Fuck You to victim identity politics.

 

[Syaoran Li]

I'll admit that I unironically enjoy Wild Wild West. Part of it might just be nostalgia since I saw it in the theaters when I was a little kid. But I also like it as just a fun popcorn flick.

 

[sasazuka]

I'll admit that I unironically enjoy Wild Wild West. Part of it might just be nostalgia since I saw it in the theaters when I was a little kid. But I also like it as just a fun popcorn flick.

I feel like Wild Wild West was widely-derided upon initial release because it wasn't enough like either the TV show, which was before my time and I never caught it in reruns, or because it wasn't enough like Men in Black, but it's a movie some people have come to appreciate more in retrospect for at least being imaginative and weird. Maybe I think of it as an interesting failure, but "interesting failure" isn't necessarily a negative as it's better than being mediocre and forgettable.

 

[PaleTay]

Cannibal holocaust as a film i found was much more punching in its end product anyway. I got completely immersed and shocked by the film and thought about it for days later. I was really really convinced while watching that this was a pornographic snuff film. Of course its only a film so its all fiction but when you mix real unsimulated animal killings alongside a documentary style of people dying, it fooled me into really believing whats being seen. Serbian Film was just unconvincing edgy garbage like Human Centipede 2 was.


the original nightmare on elm street, halloween and scream were really really boring concepts. Add to that the original 1980 friday the 13th and Slumber Party Massacre because they were just lame films with a following purely due to the VHS rental era and 15 year olds of the time.

The real good original horror films were stuff that were creative, well filmed and practically timeless rather than the pop culture relics. Which is why i think 1980 Evil Dead,1980 cannibal holocaust, 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Last House on the Left 1972 are the real staples of the time showing how well a film can be made if the directors give a shit about actually shocking their audience.

I think the slasher concept works much better as a TV show because you need character development and world building so the audience cares about the characters who die, and you need a mix of different types of kills instead of just some guy running around who ends up stabbing friend #6, as well as enough of a show that the kills aren't completely predictable.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

I feel like Wild Wild West was widely-derided upon initial release because it wasn't enough like either the TV show, which was before my time and I never caught it in reruns, or because it wasn't enough like Men in Black, but it's a movie some people have come to appreciate more in retrospect for at least being imaginative and weird. Maybe I think of it as an interesting failure, but "interesting failure" isn't necessarily a negative as it's better than being mediocre and forgettable.

The original show was basically if James Bond was American like any other Secret Agent genre show.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

The original show was basically if James Bond was American like any other Secret Agent genre show.

The original show was "What if James Bond lived as an American during the Wild West days?" It was an okay show, but the premise kind of falls apart when you see Old West supervillains hiding their treasures inside trap-filled Steampunk mazes and you say to yourself "Why didn't the guy just hide it in a cave in the middle of nowhere? This is the Old West. You can hide shit out in the wilderness and no one will find it." You only need high tech mazes and fortresses if you live in a modern, crowded, hi-tech setting.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

The original show was "What if James Bond lived as an American during the Wild West days?" It was an okay show, but the premise kind of falls apart when you see Old West supervillains hiding their treasures inside trap-filled Steampunk mazes and you say to yourself "Why didn't the guy just hide it in a cave in the middle of nowhere? This is the Old West. You can hide shit out in the wilderness and no one will find it." You only need high tech mazes and fortresses if you live in a modern, crowded, hi-tech setting.

Also didn't like how James West was the main character when Gordon was the one actually doing spycraft and making the gadgets.

 

[MysticMisty]

The original show was "What if James Bond lived as an American during the Wild West days?" It was an okay show, but the premise kind of falls apart when you see Old West supervillains hiding their treasures inside trap-filled Steampunk mazes and you say to yourself "Why didn't the guy just hide it in a cave in the middle of nowhere? This is the Old West. You can hide shit out in the wilderness and no one will find it." You only need high tech mazes and fortresses if you live in a modern, crowded, hi-tech setting.

It was also a lot more formulaic even compared to similar shows at the time. Several years ago my parents (basically just my dad) would watch reruns during dinnertime on Saturday nights when I'd come for dinner and you pretty much knew what would go down with little variance. Like, even Star Trek had variance based on which aliens would show up. Variance in Wild Wild West was "what color will the puff of smoke be? And will Mr. Big be tonight's villain?". Not that Mr. Big showed up actually really changed anything either.

 

[lemme ASS you a question]

Oh i forgot this isnt a movie discussion general, its unpopular opinions.

i can confidently say i enjoyed Holmes and Watson 2018 with Will Ferrel. Everyone was bitching about muh source material and historical accuracy, but all i was looking for was a Step Brothers sequel and i got it. Yeah the plot was really really basic but cmon, the telegraph scene was funny. However, outside of the man child trilogy (step brothers, talladega nights, holmes and watson) Will Ferrel sucks ass, and SNL in the wider scope needs to fuck off and die. Unfunny fucks monopolizing the comedy industry with their weak ass films are shitters.

I think the slasher concept works much better as a TV show because you need character development and world building so the audience cares about the characters who die, and you need a mix of different types of kills instead of just some guy running around who ends up stabbing friend #6, as well as enough of a show that the kills aren't completely predictable.

Nobody can seriously tell me they saw the first Friday the 13th and thought it was good. It was so weak, im amazed 10 billion films spawned from it. Its such a basic ass plot, i bet even Goosebumps wouldnt publish it

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

It was also a lot more formulaic even compared to similar shows at the time. Several years ago my parents (basically just my dad) would watch reruns during dinnertime on Saturday nights when I'd come for dinner and you pretty much knew what would go down with little variance. Like, even Star Trek had variance based on which aliens would show up. Variance in Wild Wild West was "what color will the puff of smoke be? And will Mr. Big be tonight's villain?". Not that Mr. Big showed up actually really changed anything either.

It's a show that only works if the episode has a charismatic villain in it. If it doesn't, it's just watching James West punching people and getting out of traps.

 

[Syaoran Li]

Nobody can seriously tell me they saw the first Friday the 13th and thought it was good. It was so weak, im amazed 10 billion films spawned from it. Its such a basic ass plot, i bet even Goosebumps wouldnt publish it

The first Friday the 13th mainly worked because at the time, the plot wasn't quite as played out as it is nowadays and the movie was dirt cheap to make, so it was an easy success.

 

[AtheistWestonChandler]

I'll admit that I unironically enjoy Wild Wild West. Part of it might just be nostalgia since I saw it in the theaters when I was a little kid. But I also like it as just a fun popcorn flick.

I'd never heard of the TV show until years after I'd seen the movie.
To me it was always a fun adventure movie.

My unpopular opinion was that I'd consider the Lord of The Rings movies the worst I've ever seen.
I got bored half an hour into the first one and 15 minutes into the sequels and stayed bored to the end. They felt five hours long and were as entertaining as staring at the wall.

 

[Autumnal Equinox]

The first Star Trek movie is actually my favorite of the bunch.

 

[Raging Capybara]

John Williams's best work is A.I.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

Nobody can seriously tell me they saw the first Friday the 13th and thought it was good. It was so weak, im amazed 10 billion films spawned from it. Its such a basic ass plot, i bet even Goosebumps wouldnt publish it

that movie cost like 2 bucks to make, the profit ratio for what little was invested was just too good. I agree is pretty bad, even for slasher film standards.

I would say Halloween is also a crappy movie but it has a fantastic soundtrack. The music is the whole movie, with a weaker score no one would remember it. I don't really like slashers very much at all.