Horror Show

[Ms Diddles]

I generally prefer kinda slow-drip psychological thrillers to full on slasher movies.

I agree with Abby that the original Nightmare on Elm Street is a classic of the genre though.

Watching that and scaring yourself silly as a child was pretty much a rite of passage.

I remember quite liking the first of the (seemingly infinite number of) Saw movies too.

In recent times I quite liked The Ari Aster ones (Hereditary and Midsommar) although for some strange reason I found Midsommar profoundly disturbing (the bit in the middle, rather than the big denouement at the end).

I needed a really stiff drink after that one.

I loved Parasite too (but I'm not sure that really constitutes horror per se).

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

whats "video nasty status" ? lol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Recordings_Act_1984

The original 'video nasty' list was a list of films released as home videos that were causing some degree of moral outrage in the early 80's. From the introduction of the video recordings act all films were screened by the BBFC and either edited for release or banned outright. These films were available through an underground network of enthusiasts but were largely unseen until the early 2000's when the BBFC pretty much green lighted the lot. A few films are still banned in the UK but it's nothing you'd actually want to watch, just low budget Italian Nazi soft porn mostly. Some classics did get banned though.

Interestingly, prior to the BBFC repealing it's regulations, 'Salo, 120 Days of Sodom' was released uncut on the grounds of 'artistic merit'. If you're not familiar with Salo, don't Google it. Really, don't.

[DJA]

Salo is on ok.ru

[Abby Normal]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Recordings_Act_1984

The original 'video nasty' list was a list of films released as home videos that were causing some degree of moral outrage in the early 80's. From the introduction of the video recordings act all films were screened by the BBFC and either edited for release or banned outright. These films were available through an underground network of enthusiasts but were largely unseen until the early 2000's when the BBFC pretty much green lighted the lot. A few films are still banned in the UK but it's nothing you'd actually want to watch, just low budget Italian Nazi soft porn mostly. Some classics did get banned though.

Interestingly, prior to the BBFC repealing it's regulations, 'Salo, 120 Days of Sodom' was released uncut on the grounds of 'artistic merit'. If you're not familiar with Salo, don't Google it. Really, don't.

thanks Al!

[DJA]

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[Svensson]

Horror movies in the 90s and 00s used to be a very frustrating genre. I freely admit that I am fan some really good horror movies but you had to trawl through so many bad ones to come across that ONE good one. Still, I considered it worth spending all that money at Blockbuster in those days....

The slasher movie only really appeals to the 18-20 clientele. I was a fan of being horrified back then but little did I know that it was the acting that horrified me rather than the story

Fast forward to my thirties (and beyond) and I still like the thrill of a horror movie but I appreciate the strange and different stuff. But it also helps that there have been some rather good ones in the last 20 years or so such as

28 days later
The Ring (both the original and American remake are excellent)
The Grudge (again, both are really really good)
The woman in black
Paranormal activity (only the first one)
Most of The Conjuring movies are quite good

The new It movies are just phenomenal. I'm actually glad those were made because I was so disappointed in the first ones as they just didn't do the book any justice.

Yes, some of the old ones are also good but I watch them for different reasons these days. With movies like The Exorcist or Nosferatu (happy birthday, btw) you can really appreciate the craft of the film makers as they had no special effects (to speak of) to spice up the viewing experience.

cheers.

[DJA]

Rick Baker used to post here as Abberlime.

Spends a lot of time in Sydney.

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