Hi.
 

My name is Joshua, just thought I'd say hello. That's what n00b's do, right? Anyway, I love horror shit and looks like I'm in the right place. :)

Hi Joshua. Are you Joshua or are you Noah?

David Bowie fan, are you?

More of a fan of the song. Noah's fine. :p

How's it goin?

Groovy man. I'm reading a new horror novel by one of our fine members here. Really enjoying it.

It happens to begin with a quote from a David Bowie song. Imagine that.

That's cool. Shit, I didn't even know these forums existed, otherwise I would've joined long ago. :p

There are a lot of great horror fans here. Check out the various forums and join in the conversations.

I'm more of a vintage horror fan myself, but there are all types around here.

Right on, that works.

Curious, there aren't any stupid rules like "You can't resurrect a topic more than 30 days old" or anything like that, is there?

I joined another board the other day, and I left it about 20 minutes after they had that rule, and buncha other nonsensical ones there.

Just don't be stupid or try to bullshit people. That's what pisses people off the most.

And don't promote anything till you've been here a while.

Aside from that things are pretty laid back.

Sounds good, thanks for the heads up bro.

hey Noah, welcome from a fellow newbie. what type of horror are you in to?

what is the name of the book if you don't mind me asking?

Hi there Russ, how's it goin? I like just about all kinds.... Not overly into the Japanese Horror Flicks though.... Really only enjoyed the first Grudge, never seen Ringu or the Japanese Grudge.

Other than that, I love just about all the rest of it. How about you? :)

I'm the same. I like them all, but I like the one that are more pschologically terrifing than someone just jumping out of a hole to scare someone. Funny thing you mention Japaneese horror, I bought Audition the other day and I plan on watching it this weekend. Have you seen that one?

I've not seen Audition, but I've heard things about it. You'll haveta let me know what ya think.

Psychological horror is awesome. The Shining, The Blair Witch Project, Haute Tension.... All brilliant. :)

You can read all about it here:


http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34563

Welcome to the board.

I just watched the new Funny Games and thought it was alright. I really want to see the original and was wondering if it is way better than the remake?

a combination of the 2 is even moe effective.

Thanks Freak... Russ, I LOVED Funny Games, absolutely fantastic flick.

I heard the original is the exact same, only of course it has sub-titles cuz it's in German or some other language I can't remember right now. I heard the (same) director filmed the remake shot for shot, just used better actors in Roth, Pitt and Watts.

I guess there is no reason for me to watch the original then. I did like the dialogue between the two killers, but I thought Timothy Roth and Naomi Watts were not directed to their potential. They are both great actors and I thought their performances were a little flat.

Russ, gotta disagree with ya there. I thought they did excellent jobs. Ah well, each to their own :p

You're exactly right, Noah. Somepeople don't get that and try to argue. Oh well. So what is your top horror films?

Mine are Halloween, Army of Darkness although I see it more as a comedy, and The Descent it's my favorite from the past couple of years.

Cool, I walked outta the Descent. I'm not sure what it was about it, just the pacing was too slow or something.... I didn't give 2 shits about any of the characters, but the gore (what little I did see) wasn't enough to keep me interested either. One of those films you either love or hate, I think.

My favourites would be the Evil Dead Series, High Tension, Child's Play Series, Halloween Series (all except 3), Hellraiser Series, NOES Series, 28 Days/Weeks Later, Romero's Zombie Films and other movies like Exorcist, The Shining, etc.

And then I like the Psychological flicks like The Machinist, One Hour Photo, Hard Candy, and Sci-Fi flicks like Alien/Predator/AVP Series', and the movie Sunshine was fuckin' brilliant!

Whats this?....a nOOb that's not annoying. :eek:
Welcome aboard Noah.

Hah, thanks Illdojo.... I'm new here, but not new to posting on message boards. I actually know how to spell, and can type complete sentences. :p

I do enjoy using a goodly amount o' profanity though at times (when I'm passionate about something). ;)

Fuckin' A...nothing wrong with that. A word of advice though, change your avatar, it will get you more street cred around here...that and it's kick ass. :D

Edited: Fixed. :p

I thought The Machinist was great. Alot of people I know haven't seen it much less heard of it, which is a shame. Christian Bale was great in it and also American Psycho, but that is understood, right? I haven't seen Sunshine, I thought it looked a little corney. Tell me what you liked about it so I can reconsider whether to watch it.

Yes, The Machinist was awesome. Bale's one of my favourite actors out there, he's fuckin' fantastic. :)

American Psycho's a given too.... Good times!

As for Sunshine, it has Cillian Murphy (He was the main character in 28 Days Later, he also was in Red Eye and the Scarecrow in Batman Begins) who's also one of my favourites. It's directed by one of my favourite director's in Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Trainspotting) and it's about a crew on a spaceship in the future, with a bomb on-board with a mission to fly the bomb into the sun and reignite it, before it dies completely and everyone on Earth perishes.

But there's a problem, because they run into the original ship that was sent to the same mission, and they have to decide between exploring it (to see what happened to the crew, and why the mission failed) or continuing on with their mission to reignite the sun (but time is against them) with the possibility of not making it back home themselves.

That's just an overview... The acting is great, the story, and atmosphere is fucking AWESOME (very Alien/Cameron like in some scenes). The special effects are fucking sweet, plus there's an underlying, almost spiritual theme to it (which I might be reading more into it) but each person takes different things from different movies. Quite possibly my favourite Science Fiction Flick EVER, and that INCLUDES the Alien Series, Predator, Terminator, etc.

Definitely check it out at least once. :)

Thanks for the synopsis, I'll add it to my list of movies to watch.

Nice, I think you'll enjoy it. Well I hope you enjoy it at least half as much as I did. I'm notta huge fan of Sci-Fi movies either really. I like them, but this one was great.

Do you use Netflix then?

I used to. I might have to renew my subscription so that I can watch all the movies recommended on this site.

Do you like classic horror films (pre-1960) and which ones are your favorites?
I haven't seen that many and I think I'm going to try and catch up on the big classic horrors.

I am particularly retarded tonight. I clicked the "Last" button on this thread thinking that I clicked the "1" button and then got this post.

Naturally I thought, "Stoopid n00b. Posting retarded non-sequitors."

But who's the retarded NOW?!

...

Good GOD I need to go to bed.

Hi. I'm Chrono.

Hi Chrono, heh no problem. Nice to meetcha :)


Russ, I've never seen a pre-1960 Horror movie before, honestly. Does that now make me not a fan? :p

The oldest horror flick I've seen, and loved, was the original Romero Classic Night of the Living Dead '68. Fucking brilliant movie.

I'll need to check out some classics sometime, but I'm such a fan of movies in general (Horror being my favourite genre of course) there's so many movies out there I still need to see.

I usually buy my movies, I never rent. Of course I make sure I know what the movie's all about too, before I spend the money on it. If I don't like it, I give it to my Brother, or I sell it off. But that rarely happens. :p

Thanks for the link Neverending!

That makes me want to cry...

I know, I know. That doesn't mean I'm notta fan though. :p

It DOES mean you haven't seen some of the greatest films ever made.

I'll stop there because when I start lecturing about the importance of knowledge of film history, people get mad at me.

Nah, not mad at all. I guess older films just never interested me for some reason. But of course I can admit I have no basis of which to go off of, really. I'm definitely willing to give them a try. So Neverending, if you could recommend just a single pre-1960 horror flick, what would it be?

Easy- but it's 2, because you can't see the one without the other- Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein.