Horror Movie Categories From REAL Horror Fans

[bloodrayne]

Traditional Horror Movie categories don't really break things down the way that a true horror fan might...Here are some of mine...Feel free to add your own...

These are my top picks for each of these categories:

Scary: I'm afraid that I can't really come up with anything "scary"...I'm still waiting for THAT
Cheesy: Toxic Avenger
CGI Overdone: Anaconda
Fucked Up Weird: Cemetary Man
Gory: Gates of Hell(aka City Of The Living Dead) or Dead Alive(Brain Dead)...Or pretty much anything by Lucio Fulci
Turn Your Stomach Gory: Gore Gore Girls
Comedy/Horror Cool: Idle Hands
Mind Fuck: In The Mouth Of Madness
Kickass Cool: Dog Soldiers
Kickass Cool (but weird): May
Creepy Cool: Pet Sematary
'Scare The Hell Out Of The Kids' Scary: It (until the very end, when the "monster" is revealed, then it goes to cheesy)


So...What are YOUR opinions?

[zwoti]

where's giallo

*stomps feet and sulks

:p

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by zwoti
where's giallo

*stomps feet and sulks

:p Umm...Probably in YOUR list...You should do one...It could be quite enlightening :)

[zwoti]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Umm...Probably in YOUR list...You should do one...It could be quite enlightening :)

i don't "do" lists :eek:

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by zwoti
i don't "do" lists :eek: Hmm...One might consider putting all of the horror movies that you own on a website, as 'making a list' :p :D

[zwoti]

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Hmm...One might consider putting all of the horror movies that you own on a website, as 'making a list' :p :D

well i gave up with dvdaficiando awhile ago.


*500 my arse :mad:

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by zwoti
well i gave up with dvdaficiando awhile ago.


*500 my arse :mad: Aww......I was just playing with you anyway :)


If you don't care to share your opinion, That's just fine...

[kpropain]

Giallo :

Schock
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
Don't Torture a Duckling
Deep Red
Tenebre
Hatchet For The Honeymoon
House on The Edge of The Park

[DraculaInDallas]

Sexy horror - "Vampire Lovers" starring Ingrid Pitt :p :D

[ItsAlive75]

Great Movie Idea Helmed By a Dumbass: AvP

[orangestar]

Scary (the only one ever): Session 9

[bwind22]

When I came to this thread, I was under the impression you were talking about sub-genres of horror. Even though that's not the topic at hand, that's what I feel like typing up, so that's all you're gonna get outta me.

Vampire (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire)
Zombie (Night of the Living Dead, Dead Alive)
Hillybilly (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, Wrong Turn)
Hauntings (13 Ghosts, The Amityville Horror)
Sci-Fi Horror (Alien, Event Horizon)
Psychological (Silence of the Lambs, In the Mouth of Madness)
Werewolf (Ginger Snaps, Dog Soldiers)
Slasher (Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street)
Occult/Satanic (The Wicker Man, The Devil's Advocate)
Exploitation (Last House on the Left, Cannibal Holocaust)


I may have missed some. Feel free to add to this...

[The STE]

Weird artsy type: Santa Sangre

[zwoti]

Originally posted by kpropain
Giallo :

House on The Edge of The Park



http://www.ctam.com/awards/markawards/winners-20/images/9921.jpg

next contestant

[Haunted]

Religiously Affiliated: The Exorcist

[slasherman]

Originally posted by The STE
Weird artsy type: Santa Sangre
...and Lost Highway

[Zombee]

I am going to stick with your genres Bloodrayne because I am not very imaginative..


Scary: The Grudge / Spooked me out I watched it late at night by myself with the lights off..Lame excuse huh..!
Cheesy: House of the Dead
CGI Overdone: Freddy Vs, Jason
Fucked Up Weird: Donny Darko
Gory: Zombie
Turn Your Stomach Gory: Canibal Holocaust
Comedy/Horror Cool: Club Dread
Mind Fuck: Jacobs Ladder
Kickass Cool: Ginger Snaps
Kickass Cool (but weird): Junior
Creepy Cool: 1000 corpses
'Scare The Hell Out Of The Kids' Scary: 28 days later / My kids are totally freaked out by Zombies..this is totally my fault.

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by Zombee

'Scare The Hell Out Of The Kids' Scary: 28 days later / My kids are totally freaked out by Zombies..this is totally my fault.

28 Days Later aint a zombie flick.:p

[filmmaker2]

I wanted to add "Fairytale" (Company of Wolves) and maybe "Satirical" (Dawn of the Dead).

It occurs to me that many movies could fall into several categories, so abbreviations/codes could be formulated for all of these, and movie lists could be made with all the abbreviated category names listed after each title.

I used to shop at a video store that did something similar, and reading their catalog was really interesting, because they would list things as belonging to multiple categories.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
28 Days Later aint a zombie flick.:p

:rolleyes:





It's definately a zombie flick. The fact that the zombies are "just people infected with a rage virus" doesn't change that in my eyes (Or the eyes of Danny Boyle, the director.) Them being infected with rage is what makes them zombies in the first place. They lose their humanity and become bloodthirsty cannibals.


Here's a quote of the films director referring to them as zombies in an interview....

iW: We're you inspired by any classic horror films?

Boyle: Alex Garland, who wrote it, is a big genre fan, particularly of zombie movies. He's a real aficionado. I thought, "Well, I'm not going to dwell too much on them, so that'll be a good balance between us." So I tended not to.


For the full interview, go here.... http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_030627boyle.html

[filmmaker2]

Kitchen Sink: THE FRIGHTENERS

Demon Possession with Spiked Underwear Muscleman Archangel Warrior: ROCK 'N' ROLL NIGHTMARE

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
Demon Possession with Spiked Underwear Muscleman Archangel Warrior: ROCK 'N' ROLL NIGHTMARE HaHa...Funny

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
28 Days Later aint a zombie flick.:p THIS debate is NEVER gonna go away...

[Haunted]

No, probably not, Rayne. I didn't see it as a zombie flic. Zombies to me are corpses a'risen not brain damaged virally infected peeps scouring London or wherever. Plus, 28 Days goes into my top twenty films that were a waste of my time.

There is case for Voodoun (Use Serpant and the Rainbow if you'd like) the substance of legends combined to make a person in such a trance it's as if they're dead.

Now, I realize that the latter description is pretty close the 28 Days scenario. The reason I listed the Voodoun legend is because it is a major factor in all zombie mythos. I totally prefer and usually will only except the former description of zombies.

That's they way they work in this little Witch's imagination, and I don't care if they're shambling, running or hopping on pogo sticks. If they're dead, rotting, and eating people, they're zombies, otherwise, bugger off. This is just the way that I classify zombies.

Now someone roll their eyes, start a debate, and otherwise let's all be jackasses, because this all just opinion and who really gives a shit, right? Right.:D

[Posher778]

Zombie doesn't mean undead, case closed.

Undead means what most consider a zombie.


Zombified is a term for someone or something that is infected/being controlled/mindless/ etc. Whatever. If my definition is inaccurate don't correct me i'll probably explode...:(

[The_Return]

Why not, I'll get in on this.

I agree that the "Infected" were not zombies. However, I still consider 28 Days Later to be a zombie movie. Why? It's has the same formula. Small group trying to avoid hordes of mindless ______ whose only concern is to kill them. They find verious forms of shelter leading up to an inevitable conclusion. I dont care if you fill in the black with "flying plastic bags filled with pissed off cats", it's still a zombie movie in my book.

[AUSTIN316426808]

One of the definitions for Zombie is...

-A corpse revived by supernatural powers.


Another definition for Zombie is...

-One who looks or behaves like an automaton.


28 Days falls under the second description, therefor I'd say it's a zombie movie. That being said, before I really did the research I didn't look at it as a zombie film, but if that's the definition then that's the definition.

[Haunted]

Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination

We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly
Wish to be

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

[filmmaker2]

Such a pretty song.

[Haunted]

And it fits the debate considering that we're talking about pure imagination.

[lovecraft]

Originally posted by bloodrayne

Gory: Gates of Hell(aka City Of The Living Dead)

Bloodrayne, does this movie have a scene where a man or woman has their insides come out of the mouth.

I think I remember this movie from when I was a kid. I had a sleepover and rented two movies, texas chainsaw massacre and I think this one...I don't remember anything about it except this evil guy would stare at people and they would vomit some of their insides. ( I had to keep turning away!)

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by lovecraft
Bloodrayne, does this movie have a scene where a man or woman has their insides come out of the mouth.


woman throws up some intestines (some were real animal intestines apparently)

[filmmaker2]

Yep, that scene with the intestines is from Gates o' Hell.

I enjoyed seeing that in a theatre when it came out, and it was lots of fun. In addition, that was a great time. I was still in high school and practically everything was fun at that time!

[lovecraft]

that scene has been in the back of my thoughts ever since I saw it...about 15 years ago!

What a good horror movie should do, eh?

[bloodrayne]

I don't have a cool Mr. Bump picture like Despare does :o

[Demon Seed]

Scary: Ju-On
Cheesy: Phantasm
CGI Overdone: Langoliers
Fucked Up Weird: Bad Taste
Gory: Return Of The Living Dead
Turn Your Stomach Gory: The Gates Of Hell
Comedy/Horror Cool: Shaun Of The Dead
Mind Fuck: Hatchet
Kickass Cool: Dog Soldiers
Kickass Cool (but weird): Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Creepy Cool: Ticks
'Scare The Hell Out Of The Kids' Scary: The Grudge 2

[Doc Faustus]

Scary:Vampyr
Cheesy:Bride of the Monster
CGI Overdone: Van Helsing
Fucked up weird:Nekromantik
Gory: Opera
Turn Your Stomach Gory:Ichi the Killer
Comedy/Horror cool:Reanimator
Kickass Cool: Devil's Rejects
Kickass Cool but Weird: Phantasm
Creepy Cool: Eraserhead
Scares out of the Kids Scary:Poltergeist