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RatFink13

10-19-2004, 06:35 PM

holy shit! somebody actually put "The Prowler" down as their favorite slasher.The Prowler is one the best slasher movies ive ever seen.I would have to say that my favorite is either The Prowler or The Toolbox Murders.Their both fantastic.

Sam The Egg

10-19-2004, 07:18 PM

...what's JC stand for?

Dark_Hero

10-20-2004, 03:39 AM

Originally posted by Sam The Egg
...what's JC stand for?

Dear god Sam....please tell me you're kidding? [John Carpenter, if you're actually serious...Im probably just to dumb to get the joke here, arent I?]

Anyway....

I guess the 1st NOES

Either that or TCM (Original)

EXTR3MIST

10-22-2004, 03:37 AM

started it all...

Bay of Blood (a.k.a. Twitch of the Death Nerve 1971/Mario Bava) is generally considered to be the first "slasher" (or "bodycount movie") that set the standards for the likes of Friday the 13th and Halloween to follow.

Many death set-pieces from it were directly ripped off for Friday 13th Part 2, like the axe-in-the-face and spearing sequences.

FreddyC.Krueger

10-22-2004, 04:51 AM

Halloween 3! That movie was awesome!

NOT! That was the worst movie ever. It completely ruin the Halloween films to me.

My real answer:

A Nightmare on Elm Street. The darkness, the revenge, the kills, the killer. All so great.

Followed up by Halloween.

wufong

10-22-2004, 07:24 AM

doctor who, espeacily the ones with the cyborgs in them.

thEsounDofdirT

10-22-2004, 05:59 PM

anybody here ever see a movie called The Boogeyman?... not too bad actually.. it is one of the few movies when i've ever seen a kid get killed

EvilEd

10-23-2004, 05:15 AM

Halloween is the father of the slasher genre and has never and likely will never be equaled.

Sam The Egg

10-23-2004, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by Dark_Hero
Dear god Sam....please tell me you're kidding? [John Carpenter, if you're actually serious...Im probably just to dumb to get the joke here, arent I?]

Anyway....

I guess the 1st NOES

Either that or TCM (Original)

just making sure it's not one of those Jesus-types trying to integrate themselves before they start bitching about how we should pray to Jesus or whatever

Sistinas

10-23-2004, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by wufong
doctor who, espeacily the ones with the cyborgs in them.

WTF are you talking about?

zwoti

10-23-2004, 10:23 AM

Originally posted by thEsounDofdirT
anybody here ever see a movie called The Boogeyman?... not too bad actually.. it is one of the few movies when i've ever seen a kid get killed

yes

massacre man

10-23-2004, 10:39 AM

Originally posted by JC'STheThing
but I think slumber part massacre puts up a good fight. no it doesn't

and freddy whats with you liking michael myers recently?

DraculaInDallas

10-23-2004, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by wufong
doctor who, espeacily the ones with the cyborgs in them.

:confused:

BIG MEAT EATER

10-23-2004, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by DraculaInDallas
:confused: LMAO...

MANIAC beyond a damn doubt! followed by the Prowler

FreddyC.Krueger

10-23-2004, 11:14 PM

Originally posted by massacre man
no it doesn't

and freddy whats with you liking michael myers recently? What do you have against Myers? He's cool. A good slasher with some great movies... I loved ALL the Halloween movies. I never thought much of Michael until recently, although some of his films have been a little farfetch...

Michael with his emotionless mask, his cold heart and slyness. What's not to love? Though I think Jason is a rip off of Michael. To killers... white masks (even though Jaosn started off with a burlap shack), they never talk, they act emotionless, show no real verbal expression toward pain, both powerful... sounds like a rip off to me. My favorite is still Freddy, the way he gets a laugh out of killing and torments his victims before killing them is great. Instead of the 'sneak up and kill' approach Michael and Jason have.

*Mental Note* Yes, I said ALL the Halloween films. Because in my mind the third installment, Halloween 3, was not, is not, and doesn't derve to be part of the Halloween series. It was stupid as a dumb blonde on dope. It's I.Q. was 12. Michael wasn't even in it for God's sake. So to me, that is NOT a Halloween film. To me, they skipped the 3rd movie and went right to the forth. There is np Halloween 3. It has yet to be made. It was just that bad.

massacre man

10-24-2004, 06:34 AM

Originally posted by FreddyC.Krueger
What do you have against Myers? He's cool. A good slasher with some great movies... I loved ALL the Halloween movies. I never thought much of Michael until recently, although some of his films have been a little farfetch...

Michael with his emotionless mask, his cold heart and slyness. What's not to love? Though I think Jason is a rip off of Michael. To killers... white masks (even though Jaosn started off with a burlap shack), they never talk, they act emotionless, show no real verbal expression toward pain, both powerful... sounds like a rip off to me. My favorite is still Freddy, the way he gets a laugh out of killing and torments his victims before killing them is great. Instead of the 'sneak up and kill' approach Michael and Jason have.

*Mental Note* Yes, I said ALL the Halloween films. Because in my mind the third installment, Halloween 3, was not, is not, and doesn't derve to be part of the Halloween series. It was stupid as a dumb blonde on dope. It's I.Q. was 12. Michael wasn't even in it for God's sake. So to me, that is NOT a Halloween film. To me, they skipped the 3rd movie and went right to the forth. There is np Halloween 3. It has yet to be made. It was just that bad. who ever said i had anything against michael myers?

JC'STheThing

10-24-2004, 05:02 PM

Originally posted by Sam The Egg
just making sure it's not one of those Jesus-types trying to integrate themselves before they start bitching about how we should pray to Jesus or whatever

so you thought it was.... Jesus Christ's The Thing....

FreddyC.Krueger

10-24-2004, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by massacre man
who ever said i had anything against michael myers? It was just the way you implied I suppose. Sorry.

FreddyC.Krueger

10-24-2004, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by JC'STheThing
so you thought it was.... Jesus Christ's The Thing.... LMFAO!

SauxVage

10-24-2004, 10:48 PM

HALLOWEEN...By Far Is The Best Slasher Flick Ever Made!!!!
Scream paid homage to this great movie and I add Scream to the list of great slasher flicks. Next on the list, Happy Birthday To Me....can't have a good slasher without the 'killer heroin'...right? I also, liked "May"....Another kick azz slasher babe...All she wanted was to be loved.... Last, though many of you may not agree....I liked "popcorn".

~The Vampyre~

Codeine Coma

10-25-2004, 12:15 AM

Halloween

But, I'll give props to PROM NIGHT 2 and 3....Gotta love a chick that kills you and fills you with ice cream.

FreddyC.Krueger

10-25-2004, 07:25 AM

Originally posted by Codeine Coma
Gotta love a chick that kills you and fills you with ice cream. You would know a lot about being filled with cream, wouldn't you.

movieman64

10-25-2004, 07:56 AM

Friday the 13th part 2

viperbeam

10-25-2004, 11:42 AM

Friday the 13th and Halloween.

phantomstranger

10-27-2004, 05:10 PM

1.Psycho

2.Halloween

3 Nightmare On Elm Street

Ritualistic

10-27-2004, 08:07 PM

The Burning and Madman is my favorite slasher flicks.. I prefer older shit .... Sleepaway camp is another movie I fucking love a lot

urgeok

10-28-2004, 06:08 AM

I have a hard time with using Best and Slasher Flick in the same sentence ..

Dont get me wrong, I like them .. but they are the 'junk food' of the horror genre ... something to get you by until you can afford a nice big steak...

I've seen so many of the damn things that i cant remember who or what killed where and why anymore.

The last one I saw was Freddy Vs Jason and it made me laugh so I'll say that one.

'that goalie is pissed man !' i love that line :)

Ahh no, let me change that ... I'll be unimaginative and go with the greatest classic : Halloween.

It was a great horror film .. period .. slasher or not.

movieman64

10-28-2004, 09:51 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
I have a hard time with using Best and Slasher Flick in the same sentence ..

Dont get me wrong, I like them .. but they are the 'junk food' of the horror genre ... something to get you by until you can afford a nice big steak...

I respectfully disagree with your analogy that "slasher films" are the "junk food" of the horror genre. I contend that today's unimaginative re-makes, laden with CGI graphics, and copycat effects are cheapening the "Horror" in horror films. The studios are producing flashy movie previews, with no real substance, ("movie") to back it up. All of this of course is intended to get you back into the theatre or rental store for that almighty dollar.

urgeok

10-28-2004, 10:03 AM

well, i cant help but compare films within the genre and there are a lot of far more clever and atmospheric horror films out there that consist of more than just a bunch of fornicating teenagers being dispatched in sometimes entertaining ways ...

There's certainly a time and a place for these films but they are definately on the low end of the scale compared to the heavier more imaginative horror films out there ...

but still .. i do like them ....

KRUGERKID13

10-28-2004, 08:27 PM

stagefright is a great slasher film the burning is good and even though the series has been dragged out forever i gotta say the friday the 13th series

EXTR3MIST

10-29-2004, 03:50 AM

I respectfully disagree with your analogy that "slasher films" are the "junk food" of the horror genre. I contend that today's unimaginative re-makes, laden with CGI graphics, and copycat effects are cheapening the "Horror" in horror films. The studios are producing flashy movie previews, with no real substance, ("movie") to back it up. All of this of course is intended to get you back into the theatre or rental store for that almighty dollar.

Yes - and I would consider the likes of Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart and Titanic "junk food" in comparison to, say, Friday the 13th or The Burning.

Supposedly factual accounts of war and disaster which are in fact blatant rewrites of history leaving only a shred of truth are potentially dangerous films consumed by the general public for a quick fix of rollercoaster emotions.

Slasher films have no such agendas and do not need to take creative liberties in desperate attempts to keep the average moviegoer happy... although of course that is changing in these bland, "knowing", post-modern times of horror cinema.

urgeok

10-29-2004, 05:19 AM

are you kidding me ?

dont need to take creative liberties ?
A guy who doesnt die ? thats a pretty big creative liberty !

I hear what you're saying re. 'non fictional films'
I always take them with a grain of salt ..
There has not been a single historical/biographical film that hasnt been padded with 70% bullshit to make it more interesting for the average movie goer.

But before i even get into production values or acting talent ... I wasnt comparing films outside the genre ...

I'm comparing horror to horror ..

Ther are a lot of scare films (esp. from the late 70's early 80's) that were given a lot more care and talent than the slasher fims - that were basically exploitation films .. T & A, really poor acting (mostly soap opera stars) and absolutely no story or plot .. just kill kill kill. (in a different discussion these would be my reasons why these films are good ! :)

movieman64

10-29-2004, 07:33 AM

Originally posted by urgeok
(in a different discussion these would be my reasons why these films are good ! :)

I concur, this is a subject for a different thread.

JoethePlumber

10-29-2004, 12:51 PM

TCM gets my vote. Sadistic, unrelenting and butchery. Halloween would come in second. The first one is well done and menacing. The others are Halloween +lack of direction and dilution.

zwoti

10-29-2004, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by Ritualistic
The Burning and Madman is my favorite slasher flicks.. I prefer older shit .... Sleepaway camp is another movie I fucking love a lot

didn't enjoy madman much......the burning however...great fun.

kpropain

10-30-2004, 11:32 AM

The New York Ripper

Deep Red

Maniac

urgeok

10-30-2004, 03:39 PM

Deep Red ...
I never thought of that as a 'slasher film'

at least not in the 'friday the halloween' sense ...

TheGrudgeSucks

11-01-2004, 04:51 AM

It's cliche because it's true. Halloween all the way.

EXTR3MIST

11-02-2004, 03:59 AM

are you kidding me ? dont need to take creative liberties ? A guy who doesnt die ? thats a pretty big creative liberty !

On the subject of "junk food" films; given the entire premise of a typical slasher film is fantasy, you cannot claim creative liberties in the same sense as you can with the creators of Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart and Titanic.

Unlike these movies, the typical slasher film does not pretend to be an account of actual events (except for the odd one that does, of course) and the slasher viewer is not fed anything like the agendas, propaganda and lies so blatantly contained in the supposedly more "respectable" and "serious" films I mentioned.

It's interesting that those great movies (my emphasis on general opinion) turn out to be the junk, and the more honest rubbish slasher movies turn out to be the nice big steak.

urgeok

11-02-2004, 06:07 AM

dont get me started on Titanic !
I avoid these films like the plague ... but again .. let me stress - i was really comparing films WITHIN the genre ..

There are a lot of really good horror films that are somewhat more origional and involved ...

Slasher films are something people make with a low budget with unknown actors to make a buck on the rental shelves ..

and again, i like them .. but they cant really compare to smarter horror films ...

Nemesis412

11-02-2004, 01:37 PM

OMFG whoever said halloween is a cliche needs to be hit

Halloween is THE BEST i mean i love jason and freddy but HALLOWEEN its the all time best ever

Myers is the BEST

ANd to freddy man i was just like u were with halloween i didnt like freddy but now i love him and i wanna get the box set and for everyone that said halloween is the best slasher is very cool and has good taste thank you

EXTR3MIST

11-03-2004, 03:42 AM

but again .. let me stress - i was really comparing films WITHIN the genre ..

I know that, I just expanded the point is all.

Forgive my lack of emoticons, but the little yellow noobs get on my nerves.

tic

11-03-2004, 03:57 AM

i know this isn't really a slasher but "Audition" must be one of the yukiest.:eek:

EXTR3MIST

11-04-2004, 03:14 AM

The best bit in Audition is where the girl nonchantly tosses one of the guy's feet and it bounces off the window.

urgeok

11-04-2004, 05:05 AM

Have any of you folks seen Black Christmas ?
its an old Canadian slasher film that actually predated Halloween.
I cant remember if Carpenter ever cited it as an influence or not..

It doesnt stand the test of time very well. It scared the hell out of me when i was a kid but i just watched it for the 1st time in years a few weeks ago and it didnt deliver the groceries quite the way i remembered.
Still and interesting film for historic reasons.
It also had a couple of other names .. Stranger in the House .. or something like that, and another..

Nemesis412

11-05-2004, 11:35 PM

I agree with the person that disagreed about the person who said that slasher are "junk food" of horror.

I must say while I love Frankenstein and Dracula, Slashers are pretty much the main attraction to Horror. Most likely 9/10 times when someone thinks Horror they are going to think of a slasher.
Plus slasher movies are a damn good time FUN FUN..

mothermold

11-06-2004, 01:25 AM

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
If I must give a unique answer, "The Prowler" has an adequate plot with great Savini FX.

...yes,that and "the burning"and "maniac" as well.

urgeok

11-06-2004, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by Nemesis412
I agree with the person that disagreed about the person who said that slasher are "junk food" of horror.

I must say while I love Frankenstein and Dracula, Slashers are pretty much the main attraction to Horror. Most likely 9/10 times when someone thinks Horror they are going to think of a slasher.
Plus slasher movies are a damn good time FUN FUN..

well i disagree with the person who agreed with the person who disagreed with the person who said it...

i think ...

Nemesis412

11-06-2004, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by urgeok
well i disagree with the person who agreed with the person who disagreed with the person who said it...

i think ...

OH YEAH WELL......i dont even know what the fuck were talkin about anymore

urgeok

11-07-2004, 06:10 AM

Originally posted by Nemesis412
I agree with the person that disagreed about the person who said that slasher are "junk food" of horror.

I must say while I love Frankenstein and Dracula, Slashers are pretty much the main attraction to Horror. Most likely 9/10 times when someone thinks Horror they are going to think of a slasher.
Plus slasher movies are a damn good time FUN FUN..

I just had a thought ..
99/100 when someone thinks of a restaurant .... they think of McDonalds :)