Lock.

[.Ash]

Right then, here's my horror list, which will be edited as I think of good enough movies.

 

=1 The Red Dragon

=1 The Silence of the Lambs

=3 28 Days Later

=4 Dawn of the Dead (Remake)

=5 Halloween

=6 Alien

=7 The Omen

 

Can't think of any others at the moment.

[FTW (For The Wynn)]

Alright, so I finally edited this thing to include all the members that I forgot to add, plus I edited the front page some.

 

@Skizo, that's good, because I can't think of my Top 10.

[Smashsquatch]

I can't think of my Top 10 either!

 

But I can say that Predator and Aliens are definetly in it!

[Ｍｒ．Ｒｏｂｏｔ]

@snowyash07, yeah I would rate the Hannibal Series movies because Hannibal is recognize as 1 of the Horror icon. Plus, the movie fall into the Serial Killer genre, a sub-genre of Horror. The definition for a Serial Killer flick:

 

-Serial killer films differ from slashers in both tone and realism. Serial killer movies rely on realistic -- often biographical -- portrayals of their murderers. Thus, they're darker than and less cartoonish than slashers, which are more like scary campfire tales. Examples include: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,The Hannibal Movie Series, Maniac, Murder Set Pieces, H6: Diary of a Serial Killer and Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck.

 

so yeah, I'll label them as a horror flick. Other Horror sub-genre you would consider might be:

 

SLASHER

-Slashers are among the most prevalent types of horror movies, especially on video, and they're a particular favorite of modern horror fans. The definition of a slasher film varies depending on who you ask, but in general, it contains several specific traits that feed into the genre's formula:

 

The Killer

 

Every slasher has a killer. He's usually male, and his identity is often concealed either by a mask or by creative lighting and camerawork. Even if his identity is known, as in the case of Halloween's Michael Myers, he still tends to mask his face. This, combined with the fact that he's usually mute and seemingly unstoppable, heightens his ominous, threatening nature. His back story often includes a childhood trauma (atomic wedgies and the like) that turned him into the homicidal maniac he is today, thus creating a level of sympathy in the viewer. After all, the real star of a slasher is the killer, not the hero. Throughout a franchise like Friday the 13th, heroes come and go, but the killer is constant: the iconic antihero valued for speaking softly and carrying a big machete.

 

The Victims

 

What's a killer without victims? In slashers, the victims tend to be young, attractive and often nude. They're typically high school- or college-aged adolescents who engage in vice-ridden activities: sex, alcohol, drugs, crime, football. Rarely does the killer pick these kids explicitly because of their misdeeds, but there is an unwritten moral code in these films that punishes bad behavior. As nihilistic as they might seem, slasher fans like to know that the people who die somehow "deserve" it.

 

The Heroine

 

Although slashers are often criticized for being misogynistic, they're one of the few film genres that primarily feature strong, independent female leads. The heroine is almost always a peer of the victims, but unlike her cohorts, she's virtuous. She doesn't go along with all of the sexual hijinks and drug usage, and if she doesn't outright stop her pals from bullying the geeky outcast who may someday grow into a homicidal killing machine, she at least feels really bad about it. The heroine is also known as the "final girl" because by the end of the movie, all of her friends are dead, and she's left alone to deal with the killer.

 

The Violence

 

One thing that separates slashers from thrillers and murder mysteries is the level of violence. Slashers shift the focus of the film from such trivialities as "plot" and "character development" and instead concentrate on the killing. Storylines are basically constructed around giving the killer reason and opportunity to do what he does best: murder and mayhem. The deaths are violent and graphic, and the more originality shown in the methods and tools used, the better.

 

Torture Porn

 

-This style of exploitation depicts the detailed, drawn-out torture of helpless victims, usually leading to their death. These films tend to take place in a secluded area cut off from all forms of communication, often lending them the nickname "rural horror." The goal of the protagonist is mere survival and escape, which he may or may not achieve (and probably not in one piece). Although the term "torture porn" wasn't coined until 2006, it can be used to describe early fare like 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and 1977's The Hills Have Eyes (which also entails the rape-and-revenge scenario). Modern examples include: the Hostel series, House of 1000 Corpses, Turistas, the Saw series and Wolf Creek, as well as remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes.

 

Rape-and-Revenge

 

-Rape-and-Revenge movies play out just as they sound: a woman is raped and left for dead, only to recuperate and seek gruesome revenge. Sometimes, the victim is killed, and revenge is taken by a friend, family member or pet. Examples include: I Spit on Your Grave, The Last House on the Left, Fight for Your Life, Ms. 45, Night Train Murders and Poor Pretty Eddie.

 

Splatter Films

 

-Splatter films revel in showcasing large amounts of blood and gore. The name is derived from the blood splatter shown on screen and presumably the vomit splatter from the audience. Director Herschell Gordon Lewis created the style when his Blood Feast (1963) and Two Thousand Maniacs (1964) introduced new levels of gore into the film industry. Later in the '70s and '80s, Italian cannibal films like Cannibal Apocalypse, Cannibal Ferox and Cannibal Holocaust and zombie films like City of the Living Dead, Zombie and Burial Ground continued the splatter tradition with a darker, more somber tone -- and bad dubbing.

 

Erotic Horror

 

-Erotic horror features extensive nudity and graphic sexual activities that sometimes overshadow the horror elements. They are particularly popular in foreign markets, with notable directors including Spain's Jesus Franco (Vampyros Lesbos), Italy's Joe D'Amato (Porno Holocaust, Emmanuelle's Revenge) and Luigi Batzella (Nude for Satan), France's Jean Rollin (The Rape of the Vampire) and Japan's Kazuo Komizu (Entrails of a Virgin).

 

Women-in-Prison

 

-Not all of the women-in-prison films fall within the horror genre, but the more hardcore examples combine elements of torture porn, rape-and-revenge flicks and erotic horror. Typical storylines involve authority figures torturing and sexually assaulting prisoners under their control. The most notorious of these is the Ilsa series, which expands the prison setting to include Nazi concentration camps, mental hospitals and harems. Other such films even mine filth in convents, a sub-genre deemed "nunsploitation." Examples include: Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion and The Jail: A Women's Hell.

 

Shock Documentaries

 

-Three decades after Ingagi, documentaries relying on similar shock value became all the rage. The trend was set by the 1962 Italian film Mondo Cane, which traveled the world searching for cultural practices that would shake Western sensibilities -- animal deaths, body mutilations, bizarre foods, tribal rituals and the like. Its popularity led to movies of this ilk being labeled "mondo" films. By the late 1970s, the "shockumentary" format had expanded to series like Faces of Death, which displays real deaths caught on film. It should be noted that a good portion of shock documentaries are staged, although that revelation didn't diminish their popularity. Examples of the style include: Brutes and Savages, Shocking Asia, Mondo Magic, Kwaheri: Vanishing Africa, Faces of Gore and Traces of Death.

 

As for my TOP 10 horror movies:

10. SAW series

9.Psycho Series(excluding the 3rd and the remake)

8. Friday The 13th series(excluding Jason X and the remake)

 

For the rest, can't really think of any right now so....

 

TOP 5 paranormal/sci-fi shows:

5. Babylon5

4. Ghost Adventure

3.Lost

2. Supernatural

1. X-files

 

Since Jason VS Freddy end with a cliffhanger, will there be sequel?

[Smashsquatch]

WHOA! THAT IS ALOT OF DETAIL!

You really studied!

[FTW (For The Wynn)]

Wow, that's a good bit of stuff there Nexus. I'm impressed. Well done and +Rep for the awesomeness that was that post.

 

My top five Paranormal Shows.

1. Supernatural

2. Destination Truth

3. Kolchak the Night Stalker

4. X-Files

5. ?

[Smashsquatch]

All I can say is my #1 is Lost Tapes!

[Y2Jgrave]

wow... that's 1 detailed info Nexus! +rep from me too. But for your question, I don't think that they will make a sequel for Jason VS Freddy since they already conclude it with Jason VS Freddy VS Ash.

But for my TOP 10 HORROR movie....still thinking but for my TOP 5 PARANORMAL/SCI-FI tv shows are:

1. Supernatural

2. X-Files

3. Twilight Zone

4. Ghost Adventure and Ghost Hunter (tied)

5. Lost

[Gabriel Maeso]

Hun... I guess that my favorite horror movie is Sillence of the Lambs(I don't know if i wrote it right) since we are counting it as a horror movie, and my favorite horror show is Supernatural, and I'm hating lost since I saw the last episode... those guys made me lost 6 years of my life, watching and waiting for that... couldn't they at least think about a better ending? COM'ON!

[Ｍｒ．Ｒｏｂｏｔ]

Thanks for the reps guys!! I only did it to match up Y2J's accounts for the Bogeyman and Freddy but I usually would go over the top if I like the topics and theres a lot more sub-genre that I haven't mention. Back to the countdown of my TOP 10

 

10. SAW 3

9. Friday The 13th 3

8. Psycho(original)

7. American Psycho

6. The Ring

5. My Bloody Valentine(original)+ My Bloody Valentine 3D(remake)

4. The Crazies(original)

3. Nightmare On Elms Street 2

2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre(original)+ Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning

1. Halloween(original)

 

And since I've covered mostly the gory sub-genre of Horror, here's the others sub-genre that I know.

-Creature Features (JAW, Anaconda)

-Universal Horror( Dracula, Werewolf, Frankenstein)

-Kiddies Horror (The Omen, The Orphan, Case 39)

-Steady Cam (Project Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity)

-Hunted House (Poltergeist)

-Basic Ghost( Exorcist, most Asian movies)

-Zombie(Dawn Of The Dead)

 

Anyway, do anyone know any of the Most Controversial Horror Films?

[Smashsquatch]

So we noticed!

I'll give you a rep also!

 

But back to topic I normally don't watch many horror films so I'll just say the ones I've seen!

 

Friday the 13th

Nightmare on Elm Street

Aliens

Predators

AVP(if that counts)

Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon

Cyclops

Sands of Oblivion

Freddy vs. Jason (if that counts as a sepearte movie)

[FTW (For The Wynn)]

Alright, why is my club so inactive? Lets get a new hot topic! Any suggestions?

[Smashsquatch]

Well I just saw Jason X!

I thought it kicked ass!

[Alexis Rhodes]

I've never seen that.

[FTW (For The Wynn)]

@Smashsquatch, it was decent enough, that's for sure. It isn't as memorable as the original ones (1-3), but it is a good watch.

 

@5D's, I would watch it at least once.

[Alexis Rhodes]

I hardly ever watch movies I only joined to discuss creatures and that stuff.

[FTW (For The Wynn)]

But of course. Is there any particular creature you would like to discuss at the moment?

[Ｍｒ．Ｒｏｂｏｔ]

@Smashsquatch, good for you!! though Jason X was not the best movie for Jason.

 

So back to the topic, do you think fairies are evil monster just like how pictured on Supernatural or are they appear like how disney depict them.

[Alexis Rhodes]

But of course. Is there any particular creature you would like to discuss at the moment?

 

Nope lol.

 

I'll join in when you have your next discussion.

[Smashsquatch]

I think the way that Supernatural depicted them as evil creatures is more accurate because Disney depicted them to be happy little quers who use their magic to help people but why would a magical creature reveal itself to help people I've never heard of a creature who is nice.

[FTW (For The Wynn)]

I don't think fairies are evil so much as they are mischievous. l don't think they are good at all (with perhaps few exceptions), but they tend to be more of a minor nuisance, sort of like insects.

[Alexis Rhodes]

Phh fairies are stupid they cant do anything.

[FTW (For The Wynn)]

Phh fairies are stupid they cant do anything.

 

+Rep for making me laugh.

 

They just annoy the hell out of you pretty much.

[Alexis Rhodes]

So I suppose there good for distracting.

[Smashsquatch]

P is for Phuck Fairies!

(lol Whites Kids U Know Parody!)

Q is for No seriously F*ck Fairies!

 

If you didn't get it just watch this!