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I've seen that one with King, and even though I'm a big King fan, I found that documentary banal in many parts, rehashing what's been said over and over and over about many films and trends. It came across to me as King rfeading a script that was prepared for him, rather than him sharing his own insights. I don't think it's up to the quality of other suggestions.
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Good feedback. If we're expanding the horror doc section, let's not include the Stephen King one. I haven't seen the King one, nor all the ones I mentioned.
I do highly recommend American Movie (1999) and The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998). American Movie is a really good documentary. Has it all: tough times, family angst, friendship, very funny and heart warming. It's actually become one of the most famous documentaries of all-time, and of course, probably the most famous doc in the horror film subject matter. |
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I love American Movie, and thought about suggesting it, but ultimately, I don't think it's about horror movies. It's certainly about indie filmmaking, the American dream, and human spirit, but if someone wanted to learn about horror movies, they wouldn't find it here. That's why they didn't call it something like Making a Horror Movie- they called it American Movie. Its story is universal.
American Movie is about horror movies in the same way that North By Northwest is about crop dusting, "No- it's pronounced COE-VIN!" Last edited by neverending; 08-30-2013 at 01:04 AM. |
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----------------------------- Okay, seems like there are plenty of other good recommendations for the documentaries too, so the number stands expanded to TEN. These are the finalised choices :- 100 Years of Horror (1996) A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010) American Grindhouse (2010) The American Nightmare (2000) Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001) Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009) Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011) Universal Horror (1998) Thank you to everyone for chipping in with their thoughts.
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Okay, we have finalised through the 00s, and these are our final choices:-
IN THE CUT Jeepers Creepers (2001) - 6 Let the Right One In (2008) - 6 Shaun of the Dead (2004) - 6 The Ring (2002) - 6 [REC] (2007) - 5 28 Days Later (2002) - 5 Dog Soldiers (2002) - 5 Paranormal Activity (2007) - 5 Saw (2004) - 5 Signs (2002) - 5 A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) - 4 American Psycho (2000) - 4 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) - 4 The Cabin In The Woods (2011) - 4 The Descent (2005) - 4 The Mist (2007) - 4 The Others (2001) - 4 Cloverfield (2008) - 3 May (2002) - 3 Shutter (2004) - 3 Frailty (2001) - 2 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Ginger Snaps (2000) - 3 (backed by neverending, seconded by metternich1815, hammerfan, Sculpt, realdealblues) [IN] Greedy Guts aka Little Otik aka Otesanek (2000) (backed by Straker, seconded by Sculpt, The Villain, fortunato, Giganticface) [IN] --------------------------------------------------------------- HONORABLE MENTIONS The Devil's Backbone (2001) - 4 (backed by neverending, seconded by Straker, fortunato, The Villain) Battle Royale (2000) - 3 (backed by The Villain, seconded by neverending, Straker) {Giganticface*} The Host aka Gwoemul (2006) - 3 (backed by The Villain) {Straker*, Sculpt*, Giganticface*} Inside aka À l'intérieur (2007) - 2 (backed by Giganticface, seconded by neverending, Straker) {The Villain*, Sculpt*} Hard Candy (2005) (backed by neverending, seconded by The Villain, metternich1815, Straker) {Sculpt*} The Orphanage (2007) (backed by The Villain, seconded by hammerfan, metternich1815, Sculpt) DEBATABLE Prometheus (2012) - 4 (backed by natedog722, seconded by tiberius) (-1) MINORITY Dawn of the Dead (2004) - 3 (backed by Kandarian Demon) Dead Silence (2007) - 3 (backed by natedog722, seconded by Kandarian Demon) Diary of the Dead (2007) - 3 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by tiberius) Final Destination (2000) - 3 (backed by metternich1815, seconded by natedog722, realdealblues, Kandarian Demon, tiberius) (-2) Hatchet (2006) - 3 (backed by Kandarian Demon) Session 9 (2001) - 3 (backed by Giganticface, seconded by hammerfan) The Strangers (2008) - 3 (backed by natedog722) 30 Days of Night (2007) - 2 (backed by natedog722, seconded by hammerfan) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) - 2 (backed by Straker, seconded by realdeablues, Kandarian Demon) (-1) Constantine (2005) - 2 (backed by Sculpt) Dagon (2001) - 2 (backed by Kandarian Demon) Daybreakers (2009) - 2 (backed by Sculpt) Feast (2005) - 2 (backed by realdealblues) Fido (2006) - 2 (backed by realdealblues) Grindhouse (2007) - 2 (backed by metternich1815) Hostel (2005) - 2 (backed by The Villain, seconded by realdealblues) (-1) House of the Devil (2009) - 2 Ju-on (2002) - 2 (backed by Kandarian Demon) Martyrs (2008) - 2 (backed by Giganticface) Oldboy (2003) - 2 (backed by neverending, seconded by Giganticface) {Sculpt*} Pulse aka (Kairo) (2001) - 2 (backed by neverending, seconded by Straker) {Sculpt*} Splinter (2008) - 2 (backed by natedog722) The Devil Inside (2012) - 2 (backed by metternich1815) The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) - 2 (backed by natedog722, seconded by Kandarian Demon) The Hills Have Eyes (2006) - 2 (backed by realdealblues) The Signal (2007) - 2 (backed by realdealblues) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) - 2 (backed by natedog722) Thir13en Ghosts (2001) - 2 (backed by realdealblues, seconded by Kandarian Demon, tiberius) (-2) SINGLE VOTES TO An American Haunting (2005) 1408 (2007) 28 Weeks Later (2007) Antichrist (2009) Apollo 18 (2011) AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (2004) AVPR - Aliens versus Predator: Requiem (2007) Beneath Still Waters (2005) Black Sheep (2006) Black Swan (2010) (backed by Giganticface, seconded by Sculpt) Blade II (2002) Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001) Borderland (2007) Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Cabin Fever (2002) Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) Darkness Falls (2003) Dead Birds (2004) Dead Snow (2009) Devil (2010) Disturbia (2007) (backed by Sculpt) Drag Me To Hell (2009) FeardotCom (2002) Final Destination 2 (2003) Freddy vs. Jason (2003) Fright Night (2011) (backed by realdealblues) Frontier(s) (2007) (backed by neverending) Ghost Ship (2002) Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) (backed by Sculpt) Grave Encounters (2011) High Tension aka Haute Tension (2005) (backed by metternich1815, seconded by Giganticface) Home Movie (2008) (backed by neverending) Hostel: Part II (2007) House of 1000 Corpses (2003) (backed by metternich1815) I am Legend (2007) Identity (2003) Ils aka Them (2006) (backed by neverending) John Dies at the End (2012) (backed by Sculpt) Julia's Eyes (2010) (backed by The Villain) Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003) Land of the Dead (2005) (backed by realdealblues) Legion (2010) Let Me In (2010) Lovely Molly (2011) Man-Thing (2005) Mirrors (2008) Mother of Tears (2007) Mum & Dad (2008) (backed by neverending) My Bloody Valentine (2009) My Name Is Bruce (2007) Chakushin Ari aka One Missed Call (2003) Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) (backed by The Villain, seconded by hammerfan) Red Dragon (2002) Red Riding Hood (2011) Resident Evil (2002) Sauna (2008) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) (backed by Straker, seconded by The Villain) (-1) Silk (2006) Sinister (2012) The Amityville Horror (2005) The Butterfly Effect (2004) (backed by Sculpt) The Cell (2000) (backed by Sculpt) The Daisy Chain (2008) The Fog (2005) The Forgotten (2004) The Haunted Mansion (2003) The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) The Messengers (2007) The Mothman Prophecies (2002) The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) (backed by The Villain) The Revenant (2009) The Ruins (2008) The Skeleton Key (2005) The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) Thirst aka Bakjwi (2009) (backed by Straker) Three... Extremes (2004) Trick 'r Treat (2009) Trollhunter (2010) (backed by The Villain) Tucker and Dale Vs Evil (2010) Underworld (2003) Vacancy (2007) (backed by Sculpt) Venom (2005) Versus (2000) Zombieland (2009) (backed by realdealblues) SPECIAL SECTION - REST OF THE GIANT MONSTER FILMS OF THE 00s :- 2-Headed Shark Attack 2012 Behemoth 2010 Big Man Japan 2007 Boa vs. Python 2004 Deep Sea Beast Reigo 2005 D-War 2007 Eight Legged Freaks 2002 Gamera the Brave 2006 Garuda 2004 Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla 2002 Godzilla vs. Megaguirus 2000 Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 2003 John Carter 2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 2012 Journey to the Center of the Earth 2008 Jurassic Park III 2001 King Kong 2005 Mega Python vs. Gatoroid 2011 Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus 2010 Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus 2009 Mongolian Death Worm 2010 Monsters 2010 Negadon: The Monster from Mars 2005 Sharktopus 2010 Spiders 2000 Super 8 2011 The Attack of the Giant Moussaka 2000 The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit 2008 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep 2007 Tremors 3: Back to Perfection 2001 Tremors 4: The Legend Begins 2004 Ultraman the Next 2004 {*} = Support for Honorable Mentions And so, we pull the curtains down on the discussions/debate in finalising the films for our mega-compilation. I will start work on it by tonight so that we can have the sticky up by Sunday at the latest. Big thanks to each and everyone of you who chipped in with their thoughts at various points of the project. Be proud that you were a part of the decision-making process of a HUGE project's thought processes whose impact will stay with the present generation and the coming ones as the definitive guide for all things related to horror films. Ciao! Catch you all soon with the mega-compilation sticky and further instructions on blurbs for the films.
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V, thanks for all the work you did! Excellent job with hosting, completing the list, and putting up with all of us! I think we have a great "100 Years of Horror" compilation! Last edited by Sculpt; 08-30-2013 at 08:34 AM. |
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Thanks, Sculpt.
Pored through this thread all day (from 4 PM in the afternoon till now, which is 30 minutes past midnight) from the beginning and went through all the previous 1347 posts and shortlisted 38 films for the "HDC Members Specially Recommend..." section of the sticky. I'll prune 3 films from the lot with the least-voiced support and finalise the 35. I won't name them in this post, but I'll post the number of recommendations from individual members... Sculpt leads with 11 recs (one shared with Kandarian Demon), Giganticface is second with 8 recs (two shared with metternich1815), Straker is third with 6 recs, metternich1815 is joint fourth with 4 recs (two shared with Giganticface), Neverending is joint fourth with 4 recs (one shared with Kandarian Demon), The Villain is joint fifth with 2 recs, Kandarian Demon is joint fifth with 2 recs (one shared with neverending, one with Sculpt), and Roshiq is sixth (and last) with 1 rec. Expect a call for blurbs once the Sticky is up. Cheers! I am off to get some sleep. Feeling totally fatigued right now. Work on the Sticky will start sometime tomorrow. I can't promise, but will definitely try my best to get it up by Sunday.
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The official compilation thread, now stickied, is up and running at this link -
http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63436. This thread is hereby closed.
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