Help, I'm stuck In a Age with endless Saw Sequels!! And I NEED OUT!!

[Basket_Case]

Since I can remember, I have honestly had honest love for horror movies. There were some great times going with a buddy or alone on my bike, to the videoflicks in our neck of the woods to rent five horror movies which I'd watch back to back. Yup, times were diffrent back then and let me tell you they had a far better selection of vintage and obscure B-flicks that you won't find today at any of those bigger names. I still search for those rare campy 80's flicks, the Vhs are out there somewhere. I am 20 years of age and feel that I wound up in the wrong station because I feel sick to my stomache with my own generation and note the downward spiral of todays culture. By joining this site just hope to talk to some other people who know there stuff about the genre. Favorites would be...Evil Dead 2 (huge Bruce fan), Basket Case, The Lost Boys, Hellraiser, Return of the Living Dead. Love cult movies ie) Blood Sucking Freaks, Toxic Avenger, Phantom of The Paradise. The famous but still greats: Childs Play, Nightmare on Elm, Texas Chain, Halloween,Phantasm, Dawn of the Dead. Big fan on horrror "Tales of..." compelation movies. Lesser known B's. Point being I've seen alot, I'd like to think I've seen alot and know alot...but do I. If there's a place to meet some people who will dazzle me by recommending stuff I haven't even HEARD OF, this would be the place, wouldn't it. Todays horror flicks just don't cut it and the emphasis on the cool kids getting hacked to death which was once campy is now just tedious. Help me out guys. Need some good ones I have yet to seen and just some other people who know what horror business is all about.

[Rayne]

You should watch 'Are You Scared?'...It's a pretty cool Indy Flick


:p

[urgeok2]

see - smart canadians prefer Phantasm

[newb]

"Hatchet" will remind you of old-school horror

"FEAST" is pretty cool

[Demon Seed]

You should watch 'Are You Scared?'...It's a pretty cool Indy Flick


:pHey Case, You're pretty gullible if you fall for this. You'll see what I mean if you watch it lol

[Rayne]

"Hatchet" will remind you of old-school horror

"FEAST" is pretty cool
Excellent recommendations...Add Undead, Dead End, Dead And Breakfast, and Monster Man (2003) to those :)




Hey Case, You're pretty gullible if you fall for this. You'll see what I mean if you watch it lol

Shush you...You're gonna ruin it :p

[Despare]

I suggest Teeth, Inside, and Diary of the Dead. All three are fairly recent and well worth the watch. As long as you're not squeamish. Welcome.

[neverending]

I recommend checking out the general forum and reading through some of our top 100 lists- you won't finish watching all the great films there till you're of respectable age.

[Papillon Noir]

Best thread title ever! :D

[fortunato]

I recommend checking out the general forum and reading through some of our top 100 lists- you won't finish watching all the great films there till you're of respectable age.

definitely do this.

and welcome. welcome.

[Doc Faustus]

Welcome aboard. Most of us share your sentiments.

[Marley's Ghost]

Welcome Mr Basket Case
If Its Horror You Seek
Than This Is The Place

[carpenoctem]

I definitely am on the same wavelength as you! I get so sick of walking through the video store, seeing a bunch of horror releases, but then getting all sad when they prove to be the same thing with just different titles and photoshopped overs >.<

You are looking for iconolastic themes and plots, I would assume. If you are looking for some interesting ones that are a lil off the beaten path, I would recommend:

-Three Extremes (mentioned this in my introductory post. Very well done, well paced, and the plots are all unique and enjoyable, and a lil sick)

-House on Tombstone Hill aka 'Dead Dudes in the House.'-Ok, this one does not deviate from the bunch of 30somethingssupposed to be18yearolds' getting slashed to death, but what it does have is a quite amusing killer: an extremely old woman (really bad age makeup, but if you want a corny kick, its amusing.) Some of the deaths are creative, not ingenious, but funny and cool.

-Nekromantic - I dont recommend this one if you have extremely high morality when it comes to taboo subjects. The title pretty much says it all. Even I had some moments where I almost gagged at the sheer audacity this movie had. Think nekrophilia and schizophrenia, and you are in for a rather disturbing ride with this flick.

Id recommend some more, but Im supposed to be pretending to work right now, so I will leave it at that :-)

[Rayne]

-Three Extremes (mentioned this in my introductory post. Very well done, well paced, and the plots are all unique and enjoyable, and a lil sick)


The 'Box' segment was incredibly boring

But 'Cut' was amazing and funny...'Dumplings' was good, too.

[carpenoctem]

You know..thank you for pointing that out. For some reason, I was confusing the Box segment with another movie. Guess thats what I get for posting at the end of a 12 hour workday...lack of coherent memory!

[Basket_Case]

Just wanted to say thanks, and it's great to hear some truly great recommendations I will look into. Looking forward to talking to people who know more than what's being fed to all of us. Oh and I have to check "smart canadiens prefer phantasm",hardy har I must check it, thank god somebody gets it.