Horror

Weak2ndAct · October 25, 2003, 02:52:10 AM

Quote from: themodernage02I Saw What You Did: Warners may be remaking this old William Castle flick.

I was actually up for this job (the script, I mean). My take was pretty close to the original, but it was a little too f'ed up and 'small' for them. Instead, they took to some idea that had a bunch of teens at a ski lodge. Go figure. I hope it tanks.

cine · October 25, 2003, 03:39:18 PM

Sadly, I bet it won't.

I wish somebody would make your stuff...

Weak2ndAct · October 25, 2003, 08:39:34 PM

Quote from: CinephileI wish somebody would make your stuff...

Give it time. At least that's what 'my people' tell me. I hope to be able to announce some news soon (once I sign my name on the contract-- I feel like it's a jinx to say anything sooner).

NEON MERCURY · October 28, 2003, 12:22:33 PM

..jack frost 1 and 2 are chillingly scary......

modage · October 28, 2003, 12:28:53 PM

i dont know about 2, but the first one chilled me to the bone...

NEON MERCURY · October 28, 2003, 12:44:51 PM

i couldn't find the a pic. of the first one ..but this is the sequel to a diferent jack frost film.....

..now that is horror at it's chillingly finest

RegularKarate · October 28, 2003, 01:21:07 PM

A friend of mine came up with the catch line for the first one "He's Chillin' and Killin'"

Ghostboy · October 28, 2003, 01:27:07 PM

I only saw the first one, but it was pretty sweet. When the killer snowman took the carot out of his nose and stuck it in his nether regions so that he could rape the girl in the shower...man, that was creative.

NEON MERCURY · October 28, 2003, 01:32:47 PM

Quote from: GhostboyI only saw the first one, but it was pretty sweet. When the killer snowman took the carot out of his nose and stuck it in his nether regions so that he could rape the girl in the shower...man, that was creative.

..and the one-liners he would say after killing poeple were perfect..

bonanzataz · October 28, 2003, 04:09:53 PM

i only caught the end of the movie where they kill him with the blow drier.

modage · October 28, 2003, 04:19:14 PM

hello?!?! spoiler alert!

Sleuth · October 28, 2003, 05:13:41 PM

JACK FROST SPOILER

I love the part when he is melting so that he can go under the door and reform to kill the people in the other room, so the water starts coming through and they are shooting the puddle of water saying, "IT'S NOT WORKING!"

Banky · October 28, 2003, 06:41:37 PM

CREATURE FEATURES: THE MACHINES
8/7pm & 11:30/10:30pm
This three-part Bravo original special looks back at the most memorable and most feared monsters ever put on film. Tonight, technology runs amuck.

bonanzataz · October 28, 2003, 06:50:24 PM

too bad we can't watch it because WE'LL ALL BE WATCHING EVIL DEAD TOGETHER IN AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES!!!!!! seriously, guys. go.

Fernando · October 30, 2003, 12:09:30 PM

'Shining' scene voted scariest.

British viewers also pick scenes from 'Exorcist,' 'Jaws' .

LONDON, Oct 27 — Actor Jack Nicholson's cry of "Here's Johnny!" as he axes his way through the bathroom door in "The Shining" has been voted the scariest big screen moment by viewers of Britain's Channel 4 Television.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/985674.asp?cp1=1

Other top ten scenes (Source: The Herald Dispatch):

1. "Psycho" -- The Shower Scene (Janet Leigh, 1960): When this movie opened, it's hard to imagine that many audience members were eager to rush home and take a shower. Oddball motel clerk Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) peeks through a hole in the wall just when comely embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh) is about to step into the shower. Next thing you know, here comes the butcher knife, the noise and the shower curtain rings, popping off one by one. Nobody ever looked at a tub the same way again.

2. "The Shining" -- Here's Johnny! (Jack Nicholson, 1980): All work and no play make Jack a dull boy, but his blade seems pretty sharp in this adaptation of the Stephen King novel about an unstable author who lands a job as caretaker at a spooky old resort in the dead of winter. After the local ghosts work him over, Jack decides to pay a surprise visit to his wife (Shelley Duvall) -- by hacking through the bathroom door. And she knows it's not the postman -- he always rings twice.

3. "The Exorcist" -- The Head Spin (Linda Blair, 1973): Either little Regan (Blair) is one heck of a ventriloquist or she's possessed by demons. Guessing the latter, her mom calls up a local priest, who brings in the title character (Max von Sydow) to do a little housecleaning. We're already pretty raggedy around the edges when she pulls off the always-difficult spinning-head trick. And she nails the landing!

4. "Poltergeist" -- Mr. Clown gets Frisky (Oliver Robins, 1982): There are plenty of scary moments in this movie -- the evil tree, the face disintegration, the corpse-filled swimming pool -- but for our money, you just can't beat a doll that comes to life. During filming, the prop doll malfunctioned and actually nearly strangled Robins (who plays Robbie Freeling). The young actor was rescued by director Spielberg.

5. "The Silence of the Lambs" -- Basement Blackout (Jodie Foster, 1991): Man, Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) finally tracks down Buffalo Bill and what does he do? Locks her in the basement and then stalks her with infrared gear. The guy just doesn't play fair. Unfortunately for him, this particular Starling is equipped with ultrasensitive hearing. Oops.

6. "The Sixth Sense" -- Late Night Visitor (Haley Joel Osment, 1999): Poor Cole Sear just wants to spend the night making a tent, but he keeps getting interrupted by a ghostly girl, who's just a bit sick to her stomach. Actually, the most frightening part of this sequence is when a ghost passes behind Cole, unseen to him, but visible to the audience. Like, creepy, man.

7. "Alien" -- Severe Indigestion (John Hurt, 1979): Upon repeated viewings, this sequence is more gross than scary, but the first time it happens, you really have no idea what's happening to the poor guy. You figure maybe he got hold of some bad huevos rancheros. No such luck. If you're dying to see it again, it's being re-released for Halloween, with additional scenes and the usual digital cleanup.

8. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" -- Hello, Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen, 1974): OK, looks just like a regular farmhouse, nice front porch, nobody around -- hmm, what's this giant metal door here? Aaaaaieeeeeee! The movie spends the first half building suspense, punctuated by the sudden appearance of Leatherface, who turns a nosy guy into, well, tomorrow's dinner. If you ever visit the family restaurant, one piece of advice -- avoid the sausage.

9. "Jaws" -- Hello, Mr. Head (Richard Dreyfuss, Craig Kingsbury, 1975): Matt Hooper (Dreyfuss) and Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) are on a late-night fishing expedition (sharks, after all, are fish) and come across the wrecked boat of local fisherman Ben Gardner (Kingsbury). Hooper goes scuba diving to check out the boat's hull, and just when you think he might bump into, say, the shark, Gardner's head pops out of a hole. I jumped a mile.

10. "Freaks" -- One of Us (Olga Baclanova, 1932): Working in a traveling circus, Cleopatra (Baclanova) performs on the flying trapeze by night and by day romances the midget Hans, while secretly scheming to marry him (and then kill him) to steal his newly acquired fortune. When her plot is discovered by the other performers (many of whom are actual circus "freaks"), she's dealt some cruel carny justice.

Link:
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2003/October/26/LFedge1.htm