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  • Wickerman
    Commissioner
    • Oct 2008
    • 14999

    #16
    Originally posted by S.Brett View Post
    John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980)
    The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
    The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
    Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
    Theatre of Blood (1973)

    Sissi Trilogy (1955-1957)

    ... and a lot more...
    What about Carpenter's remake of The Thing?
    Absolutely brilliant, and that monotonous heavy beat musical theme - especially at the end.
    You didn't have to use dialogue, just that theme alone tells the viewer - this is not over . . .
    Regards, Jon S.

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    • Abby Normal
      Commissioner
      • Jun 2010
      • 11991

      #17
      Originally posted by Wickerman View Post

      What about Carpenter's remake of The Thing?
      Absolutely brilliant, and that monotonous heavy beat musical theme - especially at the end.
      You didn't have to use dialogue, just that theme alone tells the viewer - this is not over . . .
      Definitely! a horror (and sci fi) masterpiece. the creepy foreboding and growing tension in this film is almost unbearable. carpenter is hit or miss with me but this is imho his best film by far and overall master class in horror.
      "Is all that we see or seem
      but a dream within a dream?"

      -Edgar Allan Poe


      "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
      quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

      -Frederick G. Abberline

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      • Abby Normal
        Commissioner
        • Jun 2010
        • 11991

        #18
        oh how could i forget Jacobs Ladder?!? one of my favorites!!
        "Is all that we see or seem
        but a dream within a dream?"

        -Edgar Allan Poe


        "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
        quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

        -Frederick G. Abberline

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        • S.Brett
          Detective
          • Sep 2011
          • 416

          #19
          Originally posted by Wickerman View Post

          What about Carpenter's remake of The Thing?
          Absolutely brilliant, and that monotonous heavy beat musical theme - especially at the end.
          You didn't have to use dialogue, just that theme alone tells the viewer - this is not over . . .
          Hi Jon! I've watched it more than 10 times. And yes, absolutely brilliant.

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          • c.d.
            Commissioner
            • Feb 2008
            • 6742

            #20
            Well, thanks to you all I just recorded John Carpenter's The Thing. I had just assumed that it was the original with James Arness (aka Matt Dillon) as the Thing. So looking forward to seeing this version. So thanks.

            c.d.

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            • Wickerman
              Commissioner
              • Oct 2008
              • 14999

              #21
              You're in for a treat, nothing like the original though.
              Regards, Jon S.

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              • GBinOz
                Assistant Commissioner
                • Jun 2021
                • 3236

                #22
                Originally posted by Wickerman View Post

                What about Carpenter's remake of The Thing?
                Absolutely brilliant, and that monotonous heavy beat musical theme - especially at the end.
                You didn't have to use dialogue, just that theme alone tells the viewer - this is not over . . .
                Hi Jon,

                That was a great movie, with a fine performance by Kurt Russell.

                A movie from my youth that was slower, but with a build up of tension and horror is here:



                Cheers, George
                I'm a short timer. But I can still think and have opinions. That's what I do.

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                • GBinOz
                  Assistant Commissioner
                  • Jun 2021
                  • 3236

                  #23
                  Just to highlight generational change, this is a movie that my mother and my grandparents found to be terrifying:

                  I'm a short timer. But I can still think and have opinions. That's what I do.

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                  • Pcdunn
                    Superintendent
                    • Dec 2014
                    • 2342

                    #24
                    Two of my favorite horror films are JtR related-- "From Hell" and "Time After Time."

                    "The Shining" with Jack Nicholson.

                    "Poltergeist."

                    "An American Werewolf in London."


                    Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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                    • FrankO
                      Superintendent
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 2152

                      #25
                      My favorites include:
                      The Exorsist (1973)
                      Jaws (1975)
                      Friday the 13th (1980)
                      The Fog (1980)
                      An American Wherewolf in London (1981)
                      Poltergeist (1982)
                      The Thing (1982)
                      Fright Night (1985)
                      It (TV series, 1990)
                      From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
                      The Blair Witch Project (1999)
                      The Sixth Sense (1999)

                      Cheers,
                      Frank
                      "You can rob me, you can starve me and you can beat me and you can kill me. Just don't bore me."
                      Clint Eastwood as Gunny in "Heartbreak Ridge"

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