Hostel

[Signe]

You're right... Prince of Darkness now is actually very amusing.  More giggles than eeks, I think.  The Hitcher totally upset me, though!  I thought "IT" was a terrible film and the book would have been 100% better if 50% had been edited out.

[Murgos]

The Hitcher totally upset me, though!

Rutger Hauer has that effect on most people.

[HaemishM]

The only really good SK movie is Salem's Lot and it was so different from the book that I think that's what saved it. It went different directions and thus didn't have to be really compared to the book. It stood on it's own merits.

You forget The Shining, which was a great movie if only because the director (Kubrick) was involved and put his own creepy spin on the story. The more book-accurate one with Rebecca DeMornay and that Wings guy from later on? Not soo good.

[stray]

Stephen King's best stories/film adaptations aren't even horror (Shawshank, Stand By Me, Dolores Claiborne, Green Mile, Apt Pupil), but as far horror goes, I think he's had more than the Shining to be proud of: Misery, Cujo, Dead Zone?

[Signe]

Misery pissed me off.  After I read it, I started referring to it as Pissery.  Dammit.

[bhodi]

I liked ride the bullet.

[schild]

Stephen King's best stories/film adaptations aren't even horror (Shawshank, Stand By Me, Dolores Claiborne, Green Mile, Apt Pupil), but as far horror goes, I think he's had more than the Shining to be proud of: Misery, Cujo, Dead Zone?

The first 2.5 hours of It...

[Signe]

He retired, didn't he?  Not that he doesn't have enough stuff to publish for the next decade or two....

[Merusk]

He retired, didn't he?  Not that he doesn't have enough stuff to publish for the next decade or two....

Yes, but for someone as prolific as King that means he writes a new book every 3-5 years instead of every 1-2.

[Samwise]

I just saw Hostel and I think it was one of the funniest "horror" movies I've ever seen.   Is this a normal reaction or am I disturbed?

[Broughden]

You liked the synopsis 'cause you don't live in Eastern Europe. American movie makers have the weirdest idea about what the fuck is going on here and I generally tend to skip movies that are in/about the region because 90% of them are ridiculous.

Ive spent quite a bit of time there myself. Where in Eastern Europe do you live?

And to stay on topic.....Hostel sucked big giant hairy bull balls.

Oh and as for a good scary movie, although most of you will be to young to have seen it or remember it: 'When A Stranger Calls' the original 1979 version.
Good scary recent flicks? The Mothman Prophecies....great low boil spooky thriller. Communion...based on the book by author Whitley Strieber about his own abudction experiences.
 

[Der Helm]

Event Horizon might have broken me forever. It's actually far scarier than most would think (those who haven't seen it of course).

"liberate tutemae ex inferis"

I agree, that was one of the scariest movies I ever saw. I can't even remember the end of the movie, and I don't know why.

[Lantyssa]

I agree, that was one of the scariest movies I ever saw. I can't even remember the end of the movie, and I don't know why.

Because the end of it was the scariest thing ever.  Your mind had to shut it out to save you.

Unintentionally though.  It was so jarring and 'WTF!?' your mind simply cannot fathom what they were thinking.  I literally went from "this is an awesome movie" to "this is utter rubbish" in the span of thirty seconds (it took my brain some time to catch on to the 'twist' ending, else it would have been faster).

[Xilren's Twin]

Event Horizon might have broken me forever. It's actually far scarier than most would think (those who haven't seen it of course).

"liberate tutemae ex inferis"

I agree, that was one of the scariest movies I ever saw. I can't even remember the end of the movie, and I don't know why.

For some reason, Event Horizons is firmly linked to the Hellraiser series of movies in my mind, but I enjoyed it much more.  How many of those pinhead movies have they made now?

Ok, I'll admit that Poltergeist scared the crap outta me when I was 8.  Haunted TV, scary clowns, things in the closet.  It was built to milk kid fears.  And actually, the first Friday the 13th movie did the same.  Hey, I was young.

Xilren

[stray]

The tree scared the crap out of me. Never had a fear of clowns though.

[angry.bob]

American movie makers have the weirdest idea about what the fuck is going on here

What, it had both shades of grey that everything in Eastern Europe is made in - sooty grey and muddy grey. Plus, it looked like they portrayed the economy booming with a mere 85% unemployment rate. 95% if you discount the commonplace supermodels luring tourists to their deaths in exchange for something to eat besides Soviet issue gruel. And everyone knows you can easily hire roving bands of orphans to kill for you in exchange for a bag of lollipops. 

Just kidding. My in laws are trying to convince me to emigrate to Nyiregyhaza (sp?) in Hungary. Is that anywhere near where you are?  It looks pleasant enough, but I'm not keen on learning a new language at this point in life. Besides, they're US citizens themselves now, so who knows how hard/easy it would be for them to repatriate.

Oh, and the movie was total ass. Even the nude scenes sucked.