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Old 01-29-2013, 01:32 PM
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Pretzels are related to potato chips, which was the idea. The product in Halloween III was in the same family as Halloween movies (in that it was horror), but quite different. I think the metaphor holds up. The main point was that the brand in Halloween III varied from the other films. In other words, when one wants to watch a Halloween movie (the series), they expect to see Micahel Myers (At least I would have).
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Old 01-29-2013, 03:32 PM
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Pretzels are related to potato chips, which was the idea. The product in Halloween III was in the same family as Halloween movies (in that it was horror), but quite different. I think the metaphor holds up. The main point was that the brand in Halloween III varied from the other films. In other words, when one wants to watch a Halloween movie (the series), they expect to see Micahel Myers (At least I would have).
Have you seen Friday 13th Part V yet. It has a similar "twist."
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Old 01-29-2013, 05:33 PM
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I have seen that film and it was good, although far from my favorite in that series. The twist in that film was quite different than in Halloween III because in that film it is not until the end that we discover its Jason. During the movie, the presence of Jason at the least was clear. In Halloween III there is no reference by any of the characters to Myers and the very material in the film was very different than in other Halloween films.
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Old 02-06-2013, 04:23 AM
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Off the top of my head (in no particular order, and originals unless otherwise stated):

1) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2) Alien
3) The Wicker Man
4) The Thing (Carpenter)
5) The Fly (Cronenberg)
6) Psycho
7) Ring
8) Halloween
9) The Shining
10) Eyes Without a Face
11) Day of the Dead
12) Martyrs
13) The Devils
14) Repulsion
15) The Silence of the Lambs
16) The Wicker Man
17) REC
18) The Blair Witch Project
19) Suspiria
20) Nosferatu
21) The Exorcist
22) The Brood
23) An American Werewolf in London
24) Don't Look Now
25) Rosemary's Baby

This list would probably change on a daily basis.
Honourable mentions to the films of Lucio Fulci, Wes Craven, Takashi Miike & Hammer Horror
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They are in no real order. It's hard to be precise about my favorites. I just know I like all of these. Most I first watched when I was younger. I was a rather scared child. My number one fear was of the dark. I did read Goosebumps books and I watched the show. So that was my first little taste. It was almost a way to get over my fears. I first really fell in love with horror films when I was 9 years old. My grandma showed me a lot of older films with Vincent Price and others from the 50s. Then my dad told me to rent Psycho and I was hooked. As I watched more and more I came to really like many of the 70s and 80s horror films. I also like the psychological thrillers of the 90s and sci-fi horror. And the others are newer favorites. Some might not be considered "good" by all but they are awesome in some way to myself.

1. The Exorcist
2. Nightmare on Elm Street
3. The Shining
4. Creepshow
5. Fright Night (85)
6. Friday the 13th
7. Night of the Living Dead
8. Trick r'Treat
9. Halloween
10. Rob Zombie's Halloween
11. The Amityville Horror(79)
12. The Devil's Rejects
13. House of 1000 Corpses
14. Aliens
15. Re-Animator
16. Psycho
17. The Crazies
18. Scream
19. Evil Dead 2
20. Se7en
21. The Silence of the Lambs
22. Predator
23. Underworld: Evolution
24. Dracula 2000
25. Phantasm
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Old 02-17-2013, 02:40 PM
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The Crazies was a good one. Haven't seen the original but the were some bad ass death scenes in the remake.
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In no particular order,and the list will change tomorrow anyways.

Jaws
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Phantasm
The Thing from another World
TCM
The Orphanage
Martyrs
Frontiers
Rec
I Saw the Devil
Dead Snow
Inside
Suspiria
My Bloody Valentine (original)
The Bride of Frankenstein
King Kong (original)
Let the Right one in
Freaks
Alien
The Omen
The Fog (original)
Funny Games
Devils Backbone
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Funhouse


Oh forget that list,i will do another one tomorrow,then again it might change again.:D
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Old 03-06-2013, 10:35 AM
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In no particular order,and the list will change tomorrow anyways.

Jaws
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Phantasm
The Thing from another World
TCM
The Orphanage
Martyrs
Frontiers
Rec
I Saw the Devil
Dead Snow
Inside
Suspiria
My Bloody Valentine (original)
The Bride of Frankenstein
King Kong (original)
Let the Right one in
Freaks
Alien
The Omen
The Fog (original)
Funny Games
Devils Backbone
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Funhouse


Oh forget that list,i will do another one tomorrow,then again it might change again.:D
Nice list, lots of classics and some out-of-the-box films. Surprised I don't see any slashers on your list, with the possible exception of TCM.
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Old 03-06-2013, 10:42 AM
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My lists are constantly evolving and changing but the classics are just as good if not better than recent stuff.

Any list i make if different from the last.
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Old 03-11-2013, 08:54 AM
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1. Evil Dead
2. Trick Or Treat (1986)
3. Friday The 13th
4. Night Of The Living Dead
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
6. Childs Play
7. Combat Shock
8. Halloween
9. Tales From The Darkside
10. Amityville Horror
11. American Psycho
12. Toxic Avenger
13. Trick R Treat
14. Jack Frost
15. Creepshow
16. Puppet Master
17. Big Bad Wolf
18. Vampire Bat
19. Frankenstein
20. Saw
21. Sleepaway Camp
22. House By The Cemetary
23. Henry
24. The Crazies (2010)
25. Thankskilling
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