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Big Space of Horrors Tournament
"What was that?" "Oh just a shooting star."
"They look just like us, thats the creepy part." "In space, no one can hear you scream." For a long time now, the unknown universe has held the fascination of the movie-makers and the movie-goers alike. When one pictures the earth all alone revolving by itself around the sun, which in turn revolves around the Milky Way, which IN TURN is a part of the ever-expanding Universe, the sense of claustrophobia grips hard. Are we alone in the universe? Or is there some form of life out there? The question is debatable. Last time we had crowned Dawn of the Dead as THE definitive movie of the zombie sub-genre. Lets see which one takes the cake when it comes to the representation of the horrors of space on cinema. This is a slightly bigger tourney than the previous one. I have shortlisted 64 movies into two groups of 32 each, which range from classic movies of the 1950s right into the millenium. Most of these movies have at least 1000 user votes on IMDB, and some of them have spawned sequels and remakes which have turned to be blockbusters in themselves. Body Snatchers, for example, has had 2 remakes, all of which have been critically acclaimed, and so are a part of this tourney. So are movies which have been made for either direct-to-video or for TV. But I have left out movies like War of the Worlds, which is essentially a sci-fi/action/disaster movie (although its listed under sci-fi/horror at IMDB, but then, so is Robocop 2&3). Taking the darker elements of horror under consideration, these 64 movies have been chosen. I am open to suggestions, so if any one wants to share their thoughts, or feel that a particular movie should be included in this one, feel free to PM me at anytime. So without further ado, lets roll in the first matchup. Feel free to vote if I am not online to declare the winner (like in bwind's tourneys). Group A, Round 1 http://www.affichescinema.com/insc_b/body_snatchers.jpg Name :- Body Snatchers Released :- 1993 Director :- Abel Ferrara vs http://web.tiscalinet.it/silviodr/Alien.gif Name :- Alien Released :- 1979 Director :- Ridley Scott First one to 5 votes wins... |
Alien
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I liked that version of Body Snatchers but Alien wins hands down.
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That's a silly! Everyone knows which movie is better ;)
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Alien for sure.
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Awien!Er...Alien*
Fuck i'm fixing to go watch The Alien thingy....can't say quardrilogy...cause it sounds retarded.. |
Yes, thingy sounds much more intelligent:D
Alien, hands down. |
Alien wins by a clear shutout over Body Snatchers!
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Group A : Round 2
http://tonova.typepad.com/thesuddencurve/cadavra.jpg Name :- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Released :- 2001 Director :- Larry Blamire vs http://www.gdarkness.com/bad%20taste%20pochette.jpg Name :- Bad Taste Released :- 1987 Director :- Peter Jackson First to 5 votes wins... |
Bad Taste
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Bad Taste i guess. |
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Bad Taste.
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Bad Taste climbs all over the Skeleton and shuts it out!
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Group A : Round 3
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gal...therPoster.jpg Name :- Slither Released :- 2006 Director :- James Gunn vs http://membres.lycos.fr/stephenkingf...myknockers.jpg Name :- The Tommyknockers Released :- 1993 (TV) Director :- John Power First to 5 votes wins... |
Slither.
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Slither is off to a quick 1-0 lead over Tommyknockers!
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Slither lead 3-0!
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Slither
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Slither
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(thou art right, my dearie Dante)
Slither creeps over and shuts out Tommyknockers 5-0! |
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Group A : Round 4
http://www.loopz.co.uk/discog/collab/images/event.jpg Name :- Event Horizon Released :- 1997 Director :- Paul W. Anderson vs. http://www.dvd-online.be/images/Hell..._Bloodline.jpg Name :- Hellraiser 4: Bloodline Released :- 1996 Director :- Kevin Yagher, Alan Smithee, Joe Chapelle (uncredited) First to 5 votes wins... |
Darthbane....
Er... Pinhead. |
Not overly impressed with either but Bloodline just because of Pinhead.
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Event Horizon
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My vote goes for the Event Horizon soundtrack, much better than the Hellraiser IV movie.
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Event Horizon! One of my favorite horror/Sci-Fi subgenre mixes!
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Event Horizon
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Event Horizon completes a comeback and wins 7-2 over Hellraiser Bloodline!
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Group A : Round 5
http://usesoap.com/images/toptenpics/blob_poster.jpg Name :- The Blob Released :- 1958 Director :- Irvin S. Yeaworth (Jr.) vs. http://www.timewarp.org.uk/cellar/triffids.jpg Name :- The Day of the Triffids Released :- 1962 Director :- Steve Sekely & Freddie Francis (uncredited) |
The Blob
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