uk horror

[gothicvamp1888]

not sure if this questions fits in this topic, but i was just wondering, the question is aimed at people outside the UK.

i just wondered what most think about the british horror movies, how many of u feel the british make decent horror movies?

personally being british i think UK based horror is shite, there are a few exceptions such as Dog Soldiers, Shaun of the Dead et al.

i just wondered what others felt about it

again i apologise if i have put this in the wrong section, but i will learn (only my second day on this wonderful site).

[zwoti]

normally british horror is shit..

[FilthyCannibal]

I like the early Hammer movies. Chritopher Lee and Peter Cushing were a great combination

[gothicvamp1888]

yep, u can't beat hammer, but since the early days i think uk horror has taken a nose dive

[zwoti]

since the hammer era (along with amicus & tigon), there has been a sparcity in decent horror...pete walker is a name that springs to mind.

british horror recently has lurched from i bought a vampire motorcycle, revenge of billy the kid to such drivel as proteus and beyond bedlam.

[gothicvamp1888]

i bought a vampire motorcycle was funny, neil morrissey, damn, id forgotton bout that film, wonder if it available on dvd, probably not, amicus was a great company i have the coffin box set, top films.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by gothicvamp1888
i bought a vampire motorcycle was funny, neil morrissey, damn, id forgotton bout that film, wonder if it available on dvd, probably not, amicus was a great company i have the coffin box set, top films.

it was nice seeing the cast of boon still working....was some humour but no horror :mad:

and the amicus set was sweet...

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[Proteus]

Originally posted by zwoti
since the hammer era (along with amicus & tigon), there has been a sparcity in decent horror...pete walker is a name that springs to mind.

british horror recently has lurched from i bought a vampire motorcycle, revenge of billy the kid to such drivel as proteus and beyond bedlam.

Drivel as Proteus what?????? lol come on Oil rig horror not your think lol your right it did suck

Proteus

[Preacher]

Think your all bein a bit harsh. Think about the amount of money the UK horror industry (in fact the UK film industry as a whole) has to spend compared to the American film industry. Then think about the high proportion of bullshit churned out by the US compared to the few crappy films made by us.

Then concider the fact that hollywood steal all our good actors actresses etc etc when they realise they actually produce quality. S'no wonder we have it tuff here.

Nice to see every so often we do produce brilliant films that make it to the states and they love.

P

[DraculaInDallas]

nothing like the early hammer years with chris lee and peter cushing. amicus was good too..........since then.........crap

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Preacher
Think your all bein a bit harsh.

maybe.....but it's true, just because there are extenuating circumstances doesn't mean we should embrace these films as "good".



ah shit.....now i'm beginning to sound like truefan http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/zwoti/banghead.gif

[EXTR3MIST]

Alex Chandon has showed promise with CRADLE OF FEAR - lousy acting and dubbing aside, there is lots to like about this anthology (what about those quality head-blasting and cheek-stabbing scenes? Now that is good use of CGI for once).

Just don't watch his earlier stuff BAD KARMA, PERVIRELLA and CHAINSAW SCUMFUCK expecting much more than camcorder cheez - but of course he had to start somewhere.

[Vodstok]

I dont know about you, but iloved Dog Soldiers. Granted, it was filmed in luxemborg, but the cast was english, as was the director, and it was set in scotland.

so not EVERYTHING is shit...

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I dont know about you, but iloved Dog Soldiers. Granted, it was filmed in luxemborg, but the cast was english, as was the director, and it was set in scotland.

so not EVERYTHING is shit...

...not everything

[wufong]

Originally posted by zwoti
normally british horror is shit..
so true , though bristish horror is a million times better than australian horror, o gawd i love my country. but fuck our horrors suck arse big time. except for one move it was called .dead, i forget the name. anywho brit horror might come up with a few gems, every now and again. but hey! once you make doctor who, where else can you go? that show rocked. the shows back on tv now, they're showing it from start to finish. we're up to tom baker in "the robot"
he was the best doctor i think. he mightn't have had those crazy funky arsed karate moves of john pertwee(sp). but he was still better. come to think of it, thats one thing that the brits did better than the yanks. the american version of doctor who sucked dogs balls

[Vodstok]

Are you saying America steals ideas from other countries then ruins them? No WAY!:D

[wufong]

um... no comment.

[gothicvamp1888]

i have to agree, Cradle of Fear was a kick ass film, especially cuz it has Eileen Daly in it, she is amazing, same as Razorblade Smile that was a good film (again Eileen Daly rocks) and admittedly, the 60's, 70's and very early 80's UK horror was at it's best, but then it dropped off till the odd few releases in the late 90's and into 2000, Long Time Dead wasnt a bad film, Dog Soldiers was an awsome movie, Shaun of the Dead was funny, but lets be honest, if anyone was asked to star in a UK horror or a US horror, which would u pick, i know i would say goodbye to the Uk.

[Preacher]

Yeah and be up there with great horror actors such as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Courtney Cox

Px

[EXTR3MIST]

Recommend the Hammer House of Horror series, which may be available in the states by now.

These modern gothic tales were made for British TV after the studio stopped making films, and are highly effective chillers with many notable actors (Peter Cushing, Pierce Brosnan, Denholm Elliot etc.) and scary - if unremarkable - stories.

Right from the devastating theme music, the shows have an almost depressing effect as their cold aura seems strangely removed from anything else... and are refreshingly devoid of humour, leaving only the horror of evil doppelgangers, murderous children, ghastly fetishes and baby-eating to mull over long into the night.

[gothicvamp1888]

yeh, the Hammer House of Horror series was awsome, i had all 13 episodes on vhs a while ago and im gonna get em on dvd soon, the best one was the one where the family give a evil hitchhiker a lift and he ends up killing the family, to me that was the scariest.

[DraculaInDallas]

Originally posted by EXTR3MIST
Recommend the Hammer House of Horror series, which may be available in the states by now.

These modern gothic tales were made for British TV after the studio stopped making films, and are highly effective chillers with many notable actors (Peter Cushing, Pierce Brosnan, Denholm Elliot etc.) and scary - if unremarkable - stories.

Right from the devastating theme music, the shows have an almost depressing effect as their cold aura seems strangely removed from anything else... and are refreshingly devoid of humour, leaving only the horror of evil doppelgangers, murderous children, ghastly fetishes and baby-eating to mull over long into the night.

I agree

[EXTR3MIST]

...best one was the one where the family give a evil hitchhiker a lift...

Just saw that one again the other night, The Two Faces of Evil..

Scary stuff, with the snarling doppelgangers of the husband and child and those creepy flashbacks to the fight in the rain after the car crash (whoops, spoilers!).

[zwoti]

on my to watch list (picked up the series on dvd in a sale) after i've finished sonny chiba

[MichaelMyers]

Unfortunately, this is one division of horror I haven't seen much of. Liked "28 Days Later", though. :)

[EXTR3MIST]

the american version of doctor who sucked dogs balls

Surely he should be struck off for that?


Urban Ghost Story (1998/Genevieve Jolliffe) is very good; set in rundown flats in Scotland, the poltergeist-theme is devoid of flashy effects and creates a thick atmosphere of dread and dispair... and the film has the scariest moving-piece-of-furniture-scene in horror history.

[rayrampage]

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
Liked "28 Days Later", though. :)

me 2

[gothicvamp1888]

28 dys later was a good story, but in my opinion badly directed