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Author:	Geezus [ Sun May 15, 2005 6:57 pm ]
Post subject:	Are the 70's overrated as far as horror flicks go ?
Just think about it - all of us that lived to experience that golden age of video ( early 80's , in which a lot of the 70's stuff was rereleased on video) , hold that period in high respect..... But is it not like , in retrospect, we're being to mild ...??? Come on ! try and name 10 ace horror flicks from the 70's.... Yeah , true - it's hard to re-imagine what impact some of the movies had back then ( for instance the don't-fall-sleep-challenge Halloween )... Well....let's see now ; Dawn of the dead ....gotta have that one in.... eh...2 or 3 hammer/amicus flicks still hold up today.... ehm..... aha ! Jaws ! Though more of a thriller ... Zombi 2 ? was that '79 or was it '80? erm.... ... .... Exorcist ? (I'm desperate now)... eh... Oh go ahead and laugh ! Let's have your list then..... What is one supposed to nominate ? TCM ? Not my style.....Halloween ? ZZzzz... wicker man ? Nah. Last house on left ? merely shock value - nothing else going for it.......like soooooo much from that period..... Hey if it's just me and by all means take a shot at me

Author:	ThEdEaDLiVe [ Sun May 15, 2005 8:49 pm ]
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Let me know if i hit ya

Author:	GrindCallus [ Mon May 16, 2005 1:05 am ]
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Try to name ten good ones from the 60s or the 90s. Go Ahead, I DARE YOU! My top ten of the 70s: TCM Last House on the Left Martin Dawn of the Dead The Exorcist Fulci's Zombie (79) Halloween (I want to hate too) Friday the 13th Part 1 (Damn thats 1980 ain't it....) Buio Omega (79) (fill in favorite giallo here) Ok that was harder than I thought. What I learned? The best decade for horror is 1976 to 1986. Probably has the most good films in it. to a tough one!

Author:	Chadman [ Mon May 16, 2005 6:57 am ]
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Okay, this is the place to list the top ten horror movies made in a decade, 70s, 80s, whatever. I'll be back with mine in a bit.

Author:	Chadman [ Mon May 16, 2005 7:41 am ]
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Here we go. 70's Suspiria TCM Martin Deep Red Halloween Dawn of the Dead Jaws Exorcist Shivers Phantasm I was gonna do the 80s too, but its hard.

Author:	spudthedestroyer [ Mon May 16, 2005 8:29 am ]
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There's some obvious choices, but for me you've missed The Wickerman, The Omen, Alien (!!!), Carrie, Rabid, Eraserhead for starters, all of which are better than Halloween imo. Exorcist, although lots of people don't like has to be there for me. I didn't like it the first time I saw it but it was much better on repeat viewings. TCM is a must. I haven't put much thought into that, but imo, that's already pushed Halloween out of a top ten placement (if i grab a few from yours which are obviously better ). If i had a think about it, i reckon it would easily go out of the top 20. Martin, Jaws, phantasm would go for me out of the top ten for definite. I'll probably have made a list somewhere, but i'll try and do one when i've got a spare moment to think about it. 80s is hard because we forget which decade movies come form, and there's a lot of original ones as well as millions of clones, and there's no undisbuted movies in comparison to the 70s. There's obvious ones like Hellraiser, Return of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, near dark, etc. that people choose. There's likely to be a lot more variation in lists from that period than the 70s.

Author:	Chadman [ Mon May 16, 2005 4:24 pm ]
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The Wicker Man is way down my list. Id put a lot of stuff ahead of it. The Omen was the last film I bumped. Alien was bumped just before it. Carrie and Eraserhead weren't really in contention. Rabid doesn't really belong on the same list as Shivers (its practically a remake). For me, it was one or the other and I chose Shivers.

Author:	Geezus [ Mon May 16, 2005 5:37 pm ]
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You wimps Pre 70's : Hammer stuff - can't name them right now though 70's : Qualified: Dawn of the dead Alien Jaws ..... Under consideration : Some more hammer/amicus stuff exorcist and Zombi (2) The rest is .......aw..what rest ? 80's : Now we're talking Qualified: The Thing Aliens Predator (yeah I know these are more action/sf flicks) Evil dead 2 a Chinese ghost story ( your loss if you still haven't seen it) the Fog the Shining .... and Urotsukidoji - Legend of the overfiend......yeah I know it's a friggin cartoon .... EAT ME It had more of a (lasting) impact on me than the bulk of other so called classics..... Under consideration : Hellraiser 2 Braindead and Friday the 13th part 6 ( did he just say that ? yes I did ) I'm sure I forgot a lot of them..... and then .... 90's : (oh dear ) Qualified: In the mouth of madness Tremors .....ehrm..... Under consideration : From dusk till dawn Event Horizon Deep rising .. eh..... My god the 90's ssssccked ! I think i'll leave it there for now P.S. :Someone tell spud how much se7en sucked

Author:	George Tatum [ Mon May 16, 2005 6:35 pm ]
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Wasn't Braindead from 1992?

Author:	spudthedestroyer [ Mon May 16, 2005 6:43 pm ]
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I think you better leave it there forever. oh dear lord, your even worse than chadman! That list is dreadfully incomplete and off on a tangent so much its a friggin' triangle So much for taste. Event horizon too... LOL, you mention a paul anderson movie and didn't even mention Ringu, Candyman, etc. The 90s sucked, but they didn't suck that much. On the 80s stuff, Aliens isn't really a trueblooded horror film, if at all. Predator is even less of a horror film. You haven't even mentioned Near Dark, Evil Dead 1, hell not even Ghostbusters.... At least that has ghosts in it so its more on target than Predator. Friday the 13th was shit, all of them. Speaking of Bad Taste, that's one people don't mention enough oh well Ohgo, at least you don't have maxpayne's taste in movies, oh wait... he doesn't have one And dropping Alien from a list chadman? Wow, there goes your rights to speak in public again mr ... that's like mentioning a Friday the 13th movie in your li... oh your still here ohgod? This is why people don't post top ten lists... people end up making fun okay, i'm done /me initiates bender's "laughing at other people's misfortune" laugh and runs off into the sunset

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spudthedestroyer [ Mon May 16, 2005 6:46 pm ]

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George Tatum wrote:

Wasn't Braindead from 1992?

that too

Author:	Geezus [ Mon May 16, 2005 8:58 pm ]
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Pah ! Predator had gore , aliens had gore and suspense..... who cares what the setting is..... As for the crap that is Near dark ..... ZzzzZZz....it might make the top 200....barely..... Evil dead 1 is in there in the top 25 or so.....we somewhat cool Ringu pffff..... a lot of asian stuff is overrated - won't start that discussion again ... Bad taste......meh.....neutral really - nothing in particular with or against it , bar the fact that a lot of people tend to rate it higher after Jackson's LOTR work then they did before it ..... Hypocrites and ...ah yeah candyman....... Knew I forgot a few... I also love Notti del terrore ....and Nightmare on elm street part 3 just kicks ass ....(yeah the original is okayish too (don't swallow that keyboard - would digest so hard ))

Author:	spudthedestroyer [ Mon May 16, 2005 9:52 pm ]
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Only rough because i have a bad memory: 60s -- Night of the Living Dead Fearless Vampire killers Psycho Witchfinder General The Birds Carnival of Souls Can't remember any more atm 70s -- Dawn of the Dead Alien Wickerman Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Exorcist Rabid Eraserhead The Brood The Omen Carrie --- Overflow --- Don't Look Now Shivers ... are the ones that spring to mind. If using lax genre definitions; Soylent Green, A Clockwork Orange both get top ten status 80s -- Evil Dead II The Shining Hellraiser The Thing Near Dark Evil Dead Videodrome Gremlins The Keep Return of the Living Dead --- Overflow --- Day of the Dead Re-animator Ghostbusters Bad Taste Scanners The Fly Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer American Werewolf In London The Company of Wolves Waxwork ...probably loads more i've forgotten. If using lax genre definitions; Aliens get top ten status 90s -- Candyman Braindead Ringu Lost Highway In the Mouth of Madness Se7en Army of Darkness Ravenous Alien 3: Extended erm.. A Nightmare before Xmas ... okay so it was hard, and i didn't want to choose some crap like Yawning of the Lambs lol If using lax genre definitions; Fight Club gets top ten status. 00s -- Shaun of the Dead Bubba Ho-Tep Dog Soldiers Dark Water ... five choices for five years, or there would be if i could remember 5

Author:	GrindCallus [ Mon May 16, 2005 10:40 pm ]
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My top ten of the 70s: TCM Last House on the Left Martin Dawn of the Dead The Exorcist Fulci's Zombie (79) Halloween (I want to hate too) Hellraiser Buio Omega (79) (fill in favorite giallo here) The 80s: The Shining Tenebre Evil Dead Day of the dead Henry Bad Taste ReAnimator The Thing Nekromantik Anthrpophagus The 90s: 1 - 10: Dead Alive the 00s: Sleepless Shaun of the Dead Dawn of the Dead Remake (I liked it....) Dead End Saw Ichi the Killer Beyond ReAnimator Necrophagia Through the Eyes of the Dead (Music Videos but they're AWESOME) Versus dagon

Author:	Chadman [ Tue May 17, 2005 3:10 am ]
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The Keep?! Is that a joke entry, spud? If so, its a good one. 80s Evil Dead Nightmare on Elm Street Tenebre Henry The Thing Hellraiser The Fly Evil Dead 2 Videodrome Hitcher 90s Candyman Ringu Braindead Scream Audition Blair Witch Project Abre Los Ojos Meet the Feebles (very loosely a horror movie, I guess) Army of Darkness Tesis

Author:	seasideisme [ Tue May 17, 2005 4:59 am ]
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90s Interview with a Vampire (minus Tom Cruise) Ringu Castle Freak Subspecies 2 Misery

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Polityk [ Tue May 17, 2005 6:45 am ]

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Chadman wrote:

Rabid doesn't really belong on the same list as Shivers (its practically a remake). For me, it was one or the other and I chose Shivers.

A remake of what?...

Author:	Chadman [ Tue May 17, 2005 8:10 am ]
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Rabid is practically a remake of Shivers.

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Geezus [ Tue May 17, 2005 8:55 am ]

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I'm with chadman then coz....

The Keep ?- you gottabe fuckin kiddin me :lol:

Waxworx eh ? Really like that too but isn't that camp ? :mrgreen:

(don't even... !)

Of course I recognise the class of Ghostbusters and gremlins..... but they're kids movies...

seasideisme wrote:

90s
Interview with a Vampire (minus Tom Cruise)
Ringu
Castle Freak
Subspecies 2
Misery

Good god man ! You're a freak :lol:

Author:	PC_Arcade [ Tue May 17, 2005 9:41 am ]
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In no particular order : 70's ----- Suspiria TCM The Wicker Man Dawn of the dead Bloodsucking Freaks The Exorcist Halloween Eraserhead Zombie 2 (aka Zombie flesheaters) Alien 80's ----- Cannibal holocaust Nekromantik Evil Dead 1+2 The Thing Hellraiser ReAnimator American Werewolf In London Near Dark Day of the Dead Spoorloos 90's ----- Ringu Candyman Braindead Tesis Audition The Story of Ricky Army of Darkness Tetsuo II Heavenly Creatures The frighteners 00's ----- Shaun of the dead Dawn of the dead remake (yeah me too, although it's not a patch on the original, the 00's haven't been great for horror flicks) Dead and breakfast Ichi the killer Battle royale Dead End House of 1000 corpses Bubba Ho-Tep Dark Water Electric Dragon 80.000 V It's not really a top 10 (I'd have to put some thought into it then!) just some films I enjoyed from each decade

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