Oh, The Horror!

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Here's a short film that for a bit was all the rage on the internet, "Bedfellows."

Is it me or does this thing look like an evil Ronald McDonald?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6flB0XvmTo

LOL, the look on that thing's face is amazing. I love starting my morning with a laugh, and with some Eisbrecher--band playing at the credits--though I'm not sure about that song choice for this short.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NjwcycrnB7g

 

[Bramblethorn]

I haven't read any of Kim Newman's fiction, but I have an excellent book on horror films that he wrote.

My favorite Clive Barker short is called "The Yattering and Jack" from one of the Books Of Blood collections.

Oh yeah, that's a good one.

KN's day job shows through in his fiction; he has a lot of stories about film-making and horror in particular. He and a fictionalised Barker both made appearances in Sandman ("Calliope").

Every time I think of Barker I think of my personal favorite of his in movie form, Nightbreed.

It always pisses me off that we get sequel after sequel of movies that never needed one and that movie was wide open for one and it was never done. David Cronnenberg was a serious sick bastard in that movie.

Did you see the 2014 director's cut? I haven't, but I know CB was pretty excited about it.

LOL, the look on that thing's face is amazing. I love starting my morning with a laugh, and with some Eisbrecher--band playing at the credits--though I'm not sure about that song choice for this short.

Huh, that's a coincidence - I just discovered Eisbrecher about a week ago, thanks to random YouTube playlists.

 

[Anomic]

Bava was good, I enjoyed Schock which was also known as a a sequel to a 1974 Possession movie Beyond the Door.

Lucio Fulci was big in the same era, more gory though in my mind. Gates of Hell was an all time 1980's so bad it was kind of good movie.

Did you ever happen to see Fulci's The New York Ripper? I can never see a Donald Duck cartoon the same way again. haha

My favorite Fulci films were the big ones that everyone knows, though. The Beyond, Zombi Flesh Eaters, Don't Torture A Duckling, etc... I have never really dug that deep into his politzia films like Conquest and so on. I should get on that one of these days.

Bava's son, Lamberto, cranked out a few entertaining films of his own as well. Demons, most notably, and the utterly bizarre Delirium are my two favorites of his.

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Huh, that's a coincidence - I just discovered Eisbrecher about a week ago, thanks to random YouTube playlists.

I'm not sure which bands you've been exposed to or not, but if you're still looking for Neue Deutsche Härte bands similar to Eisbrecher, I would suggest:

Oomph!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ2u3pRpCjc

Stahlmann:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRoi2_4ri0k

Megaherz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRQZ8FaaXqs

Rotersand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3vfLWaAaY

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'm not sure which bands you've been exposed to or not, but if you're still looking for Neue Deutsche Härte bands similar to Eisbrecher, I would suggest:

Oomph!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ2u3pRpCjc

Stahlmann:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRoi2_4ri0k

Megaherz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRQZ8FaaXqs

Rotersand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q3vfLWaAaY

nooo, I already blew my iTunes budget for the month. Don't do this to me

My other current NDH kick is ASP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msz97HQo2-E

or bringing this back to the horror theme, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8kvrYuQHOo

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

nooo, I already blew my iTunes budget for the month. Don't do this to me

...but it's the first! well done?

My other current NDH kick is ASP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msz97HQo2-E

or bringing this back to the horror theme, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8kvrYuQHOo

Then I would also toss out Blutengel as a suggestion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1G-9WUgptY

...and I kept with the horror theme this time.

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

...keeping up with horror inspired music videos...

based off of the cinematography and set designs from the 1920 silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:

Living Dead Girl--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsMPOfblfg

 

[lovecraft68]

Another scene that gave me the shivers.

In the book Pet Sematary, one of the scariest parts was Rachel telling the story of her sister Zelda's death. Then the movie gave it justice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY7_zIBW5yo

 

[lovecraft68]

...keeping up with horror inspired music videos...

based off of the cinematography and set designs from the 1920 silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:

Living Dead Girl--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsMPOfblfg

Zombie....guy rules. His house has a comic book room and of course tons of B-movie paraphernalia. I met him in NH and had him autograph a couple copies of his comic books The Nail and Spookshow. He claimed he would come to my store next time he was in RI..I think he lied to me.

But his movies? House of 1000 corpses was just ugh....

 

[lovecraft68]

Couple of fun Zombie vids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTiujUhtwCQ

This one pissed me off....like the "lords of Salem' could take an actual witch down phhhtttt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV0NoICl7cE

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Another scene that gave me the shivers.

*snip* LC's weird issue with old ladies *snip*

scenes that mess with you, huh?

I nominate Sam Neill's "we won't need eyes to see" bit in Event Horizon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTr5CjpSp-g

 

[lovecraft68]

scenes that mess with you, huh?

I nominate Sam Neill's "we won't need eyes to see" bit in Event Horizon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTr5CjpSp-g

Sam Neil was great in John Carpenter's in the mouth of madness. freaky little flick that got little attention paid to it.

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

But his movies? House of 1000 corpses was just ugh....

That was hilarious...for all the wrong reasons, sure, but still hilarious.
We'll just pretend Devil's Rejects doesn't exist.

I caught the trailer for his new movie, 31...I think I'll be skippin' that one as it just looks too rediculous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SBHFmLkF-E

 

[lovecraft68]

That was hilarious...for all the wrong reasons, sure, but still hilarious.
We'll just pretend Devil's Rejects doesn't exist.

I caught the trailer for his new movie, 31...I think I'll be skippin' that one as it just looks too rediculous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SBHFmLkF-E

His Halloween remakes weren't bad, but he wasn't solo on them.

Houses seemed like a crappy tribute to Texas Chainsaw type films. I'm not much for the 'helpless people get tortured' style of flick. I tend to like the supernatural more.

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Sam Neil was great in John Carpenter's in the mouth of madness. freaky little flick that got little attention paid to it.

that was a good one.
Also enjoyed him in Daybreakers.

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

another nomination for horror scenes that mess with you, this time not from a horror film, but from a children's cartoon. Cuz cartoons never get weird...promise.

From The Adventures of Mark Twain, let's meet Satan for fun kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhgLEkgO0yo

 

[Bramblethorn]

...but it's the first! well done?

yeah, I splashed out on ASP's Zaubererbruder yesterday and Eisbrecher today. I just finished $6k worth of freelance work so I figure I'm allowed to treat myself a little bit

Then I would also toss out Blutengel as a suggestion:

Yep, YT introduced me to them too. I like their cover of "Stay" especially.

Zombie....guy rules. His house has a comic book room and of course tons of B-movie paraphernalia. I met him in NH and had him autograph a couple copies of his comic books The Nail and Spookshow. He claimed he would come to my store next time he was in RI..I think he lied to me.

But his movies? House of 1000 corpses was just ugh....

I know what you mean. I love his music, and from all I've seen he's a great guy IRL but nothing I've heard about his movies makes me want to watch them. I do love that the guy who makes slasher films is a RL vegetarian for ethical reasons

Sam Neil was great in John Carpenter's in the mouth of madness. freaky little flick that got little attention paid to it.

oh yeah. I love that one.

Did we do Pan's Labyrinth yet? The Pale Man scene, brr.

 

[Anomic]

Zombie....guy rules. His house has a comic book room and of course tons of B-movie paraphernalia.

But his movies? House of 1000 corpses was just ugh....

I have gotten into so many arguments about how terrible RZ's films are. He isn't a terrible director, but jesus... the guy really needs someone else to write his material. His best, in my opinion, by FAR, was The Devil's Rejects. It's the only one of his films that I found tolerable.

 

[Anomic]

His Halloween remakes weren't bad, but he wasn't solo on them.

Houses seemed like a crappy tribute to Texas Chainsaw type films. I'm not much for the 'helpless people get tortured' style of flick. I tend to like the supernatural more.

I respectfully disagree about his Halloween remakes, I felt like they were godawful. As for "helpless people get tortured" there is one film... One that I consider to be one of the most important horror films of the last twenty years that falls in this category. Pascal Laugier's Martyrs. That film stuck in my skull for months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbct9qWBSME

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

I know what you mean. I love his music, and from all I've seen he's a great guy IRL but nothing I've heard about his movies makes me want to watch them. I do love that the guy who makes slasher films is a RL vegetarian for ethical reasons

Not just a vegetarian, but a vegan. I couldn't live like that.

You know your family has accepted your weirdness, when they call you to inform you that they see Zombie is on a television show that they're watching. He was on Cupcake Wars of all shows:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3f7t9l

...because horror themed cupcakes, are the best tasting cupcakes.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Not just a vegetarian, but a vegan. I couldn't live like that.

You know your family has accepted your weirdness, when they call you to inform you that they see Zombie is on a television show that they're watching. He was on Cupcake Wars of all shows:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3f7t9l

...because horror themed cupcakes, are the best tasting cupcakes.

If you like horror and cupcakes... https://www.twitter.com/GhouliaChilds

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

If you like horror and cupcakes... https://www.twitter.com/GhouliaChilds

Oh trust me, I am good to go for themed baking...yup, she bakes too.
I have pumpkin and skull shaped cake molds, bone and tombstone candy molds, a wide variety of Halloween inspired cookie cutters, and an Oogie Boogie cookie jar to put said cookies in. All of them get used for the holidays, and not just for Halloween.

...and now I wanna watch The Nightmare Before Christmas...

I'll just leave this here before I go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rl6XEub1A

 

[lovecraft68]

I've gone long enough without mentioning the greatest horror movie of all time in my humble opinion.

The Exorcist. Sure, its lost punch over the years as we see more and more gore and special effects and what not...

But in 1973 this movie caused absolute hysterics. There'd never been anything like it before and even today that scene with the cross stands up as pretty brutal.

The Exorcist was condemned as evil, people wanted it banned etc...ironically it was a story of faith which of course the book shows more.

And the book is far more powerful than the movie. I read it every October going on over thirty years now. I get something new from it every time.

here's some of the 'greatest hits'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaO_Y8DN0L4

There is only one thing scarier than this movie....all the horrifically bad sequels and prequels

But I'm excited about the Fox remake of it coming this fall in TV series form

 

[lovecraft68]

Possession movies are a genre of their own with the Exorcist pretty much kicking them ff and still being the grand dad of them all. Some are good, most not.


The Last Exorcism...what a bucket of suck.

Emily Rose pretty good Law and Order meets possession.

Deliver us from Evil...up and down

The Rite...meh.

Others?

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Possession movies are a genre of their own with the Exorcist pretty much kicking them ff and still being the grand dad of them all. Some are good, most not.


The Last Exorcism...what a bucket of suck.

Emily Rose pretty good Law and Order meets possession.

Deliver us from Evil...up and down

The Rite...meh.

Others?

The Amityville Horror is another: Lutz is supposedly possessed by the murders of the DeFeo's, forcing him to try to reenact the crimes with his own family.

The idea of possession itself is kind of a joke. In the majority of cases, the term was used as a scapegoat to explain unknown physical and psychological disorders, to cover up cases of excessive drug use, to compensate for juvenile pranks, or as an defense to a larger scam. The Amityville Horror, for instance, falls into that last category as far as the book and movies were concerned.

In real life, Lutz was having financial trouble with the new Long Island home with a homicide history he and his family purchased, the idea of a lucrative book deal with Anson was pitched to him and his wife over drinks, the con-artists otherwise known as the Warrens, investigated the house and 'accredited' the Lutz's claims, and ta-da= real life possession case.

Edit: I think what makes The Exorcist so different, and puts it above all of the other possession movies, is that:

• once it starts up, the hits just keep coming with limited slow scenes in between. Limited down time does not allow for the viewer to truly process what they are watching, and keeps the viewer in a constant state of shock
• the idea that all of this is happening to a child. Linda Blair was only 13 or 14 during filming, and she played the role well, which perpetuated that constant state of shock for the viewers