I'm pretty much the opposite. I like almost every mockumentary and found footage movie I watch
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So you just don't like found footage type movies at all? I can understand that but you should still give it a shot.

It's hit or miss for me. But Trollhunter does it really well.

I know the found footage sub-genre has many detractors, but I am a big fan of it as well.

I'll try to watch these three films next week. Interestingly, I have not seen Troll Hunter or The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms yet. Of the three films, I only own 2 of them, however. The one I do not own is Troll Hunter, but I believe Troll Hunter is on Netflix Instant , so I should be able to watch it. It has been on my list for a while, heard it was really good.

It is. I hope you can watch them. let me know what you think of them

Love Troll Hunter and Tremors. Don't think I've seen Beast. I'll have to look for it.

Not sure where you can find it but I hope you can. Its really good.

Tremors was excellent. I caught it on AMC Fear Fest last year, and I really liked it. I also first saw Cujo right after, which was great as well.

Netflix has the DVD. I put it at the top of the queue. Will be returning Prowl on Monday, so should have it on Wednesday.

I've loved Tremors since I was a kid even though scary movies terrified me as a kid

It's one of the few less serious horror movies that I genuinely enjoyed.

Same here. It's always been a part of my wonderful fun childhood days! Even few weeks back it was showing on a TV channel and I had a blast to revisit this one of my favorite all timers!!

Beast from 20,000 is also another great fun monster flick, it was even released just a year before when the Big G conquered Japan for the very first time!

Troll Hunter is a modern day masterpiece in Monster flick genre, IMO! Totally got me amazed how they pulled the idea and made it such cleverly & interesting way. The effects were great also.

SO. Watched Poltergeist last night and it didn't disappoint. It's been a while since I've seen it but certain horrifying scenes, like the flesh peeling out has always stuck with me and definitely still freaked me out.

A couple of things that I picked up on for this viewing:

Typically in horror movies (and action movies in general), I hate it when you have multiple endings... The tension seems to end and THEN... and THEN... The Grudge remake is a perfect example of this that drives me crazy.

As for Poltergeist, though, after Carolanne is recovered, the tension picks up again - The hauntings continue - And these scenes are really, truly scary - The scene of the wife falling into the pool with the corpses - Ugh, yet another scene that has always stuck with me and it absolutely creeped me out this time as well - Disgusting and horrifying. I also love this woman's struggle to get to her children, the monster that appears in front of their door, and how she ultimately saves them.

I loved it.

I think there was something else I was going to write about but for the life of me I can't remember.

Bottom line: Still successful and horrifying after all these years.

I tried watching Part II last night but ultimately gave up - I couldn't get into it, I thought that some of the dialogue was just awful and there was no tension. Sorry, but I didn't bother with Part III either.

Well this is exciting! I'll make an effort to watch Troll Hunter, at a minimum. And I'll weigh in on the Tremors discussion when it comes up.

If Beast is streaming somewhere free I'll check it out as well!

I actually like the fake-out ending. Where you think everything is okay and everyone is safe and then BAM!!! Never gets old for me. Yeah i don't blame you about the sequels, like i said i just watched those for the wife. Not a huge fan of them. Hope to hear from you about the new movies.

Tremors
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I love this movie. I have ever since i was a kid. This is my kind of movie, cool monsters that look really good. Likable characters and good dialogue and i love that they get trapped. That doesn't happen enough in monsters movies. Plus i loved that there were rules. The monsters could only sense vibration so there were certain things that the protagonists could do to escape them. I also love the ending, very suspenseful and exciting. A great homage to 50's monster movies and a damn good one itself.

9/10

I guess it depends on the movie and the fake-out ending; With Poltergeist, it absolutely worked. OMG the pool scene... ::EEK!::

For me the scariest scene was the part where the dad rips off his face.

Yeah - Absolutely stayed with me and STILL creeped me out even now... It wasn't the dad, though, it was one of the camera guys... But still.

I've had nightmares like that!

Anything happening to the skin always creeps me out.

Well, I managed to watch the film the Beast From 20,000 Fathoms today. At first, I was not sure as it seemed to have a slow start, but once it got going I really enjoyed it. It is definitely a classic 1950s monster movie. Interestingly, the film was released the year before the original Godzilla. While Godzilla certainly surpassed Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, there is little doubt that Beast From 20,000 Fathoms was a high quality film. One can easily see that this film helped to establish the standard for these types of films that would be used for decades to come. Despite this, the story was really solid and it definitely drew me in. The special effects were not the best, but they were certainly pretty good for a film in the early 50s. In addition, I felt there was some solid character development. I particularly liked the female lab assistant and the main character, the professor. I would have liked to have seen more destruction particularly in New York, but considering how early this film was, I am not surprised. Overall, an excellent film, I throughly enjoyed it.

Adapted from a Ray Bradbury story, and the cast is packed with talent fans of classic horror and sci-fi will recognize: Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Lee Van Cleef, and King Donovan.

I'm glad you liked it. It's definitely one of the best monster movie's from that decade and one of the best giant monsters movies of all time.

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One of my favorite movies, one of the best giant monster movies and one of the best found footage movies. It has a great story, likable characters and good realistic acting. The Trolls are awesome looking and you get a lot of good looks at them without it being overdone. Definitely recommended to anyone who hasn't seen it. A movie that every horror fan should see.

10/10

Cool, I'm looking forward to a slower paced B&W film with deeper story, good actors & character development, and stop-action animation to boot. It's been over 20 yrs since I've seen Beastfrom20000fathoms.

I'll see Trollhunter tonight if I can get an english dub at the DVD rental. I'm not in the mood for reading a movie. http://forums.civfanatics.com/images/smilies/shifty.gif

I actually like subtitles. I put them on even during English speaking movies

I like having english subtitles with english films when I can't understand what the heck the actors are saying, which is usually a couple times a film. But can't properly catch the rich subtext of a film (facial expressions, body language, purposely placed objects & paintings in a room, etc) when my eyes slicing back-&-forth across the bottom of the screen reading text.

Not to mention I have to stop most modern subtitled films, ten plus times, just to read all the sentences that sometimes only flash a half second on the screen.

I highly respect the vocal delivery of good actors, still, some voice actors are better. Either way, I prefer english films, and I'll watch the occasional subtitled film, but most of the time, I prefer a dud over subtitles.

I read really fast so I don't miss anything with subtitles. I hate dubs. It always seems off to me.

*Possible (Minor) Spoilers*
I managed to watch the TrollHunter today and I have to say that I loved it. It may sound like some cheesy B-Horror flick, but it really isn't. It is hard to believe that a film with a "topic" such as this would work, but it actually works quite well. Despite the nature of the film, I was able to suspend my disbelief. The film may have seemed absurd at times, but it had a certain logic. It was almost like they realized what the audience would be thinking and then would answer the questions they had. One such example of this being after the characters first saw a couple of trolls killed, a veterinarian explained why they exploded or turned to stone. Eventually, later in the film, when the characters encounter others who do not know or even suspect anything of that nature, you are thinking to yourself "how could they not think trolls"? The film really got me thinking maybe there are trolls in Scandinavia, luckily I am not Christian...lol. That's when you know it's well-done. Additionally, I loved how they added that whole government keeping it secret, it paralleled a common theme in films that deal with the alien idea. That was what was so interesting about the film, it utilized many of the elements of other "found footage" films, but in a way never done before. In addition to this, there was some really top-notched acting. The characters were also really well-developed. You really are able to connect with them and you are able to see them change over the course of the film. It is really interesting to see them before their realization about trolls and after. There is definitely a real change. This is a really difficult thing for a foreign film as sometimes there is a certain disconnect because of the language. Yet, this film was able to minimize this. Additionally, there were some excellent special effects. The trolls looked really good. The film does not necessarily take the "less is more" approach, but, like with so many other things, it just works in this film. This pretty much sums it up, though I just want to add one last thing the scenery in this film is absolutely stunning! If you have not seen this film, I highly recommend it.

I'm really glad you liked it. I agree on the explanations. I always notice in TV and Film when they have a hard time delivering exposition so whenever I see it done in a good way I always take notice and Trollhunter did it very well. We were experiencing it as the characters did and as you said they did a good job anticipating what the audience would be wondering about.

I think that I saw Tremors when I was about ten or so - It was at the after school program at the YMCA (I remember this because I'm pretty sure that my parents wouldn't have let me watch it) - It scared me SO MUCH that that night at swim practice (I was on a swim team from age 8 - 18), I was convinced that one of those things was going to burst through the bottom of the pool and eat me. I remember sprinting DESPERATELY every workout to get from one end of the pool to the other...

I don't think my parents were very happy that I was so terrified... ::sad::

I'm not sure if I've seen it since, but I've been meaning to to see how I'd react now (I doubt it would scare me that much). ::wink::


I loved that Bradbury story. So sad and haunting...

Aw, you're parents didn't let you watch Tremors at ten? I vividly remember watching Hannibal when I was nine with my mom.

Well, to be fair, it's not that the pointedly forbade horror movies - My dad showed me a LOT of old black and white horror and classic scifi - I think that they just weren't into modern horror so it never occurred to them to show it to me or prevent me from watching it, you know? And I didn't discover it on my own until I was older because I wasn't interested either.

Ya, before cable, if it was on TV, basically parents didn't think they had to worry. My folks didn't want us kids watching Soap for a time, but never restrictions on horror. I'd watch horror films with my mom all the time. Oddly, my folks took the family to see Jaws when I was only 6. I didn't want to dangle my legs over the bed that night.

Great story Chrono. I doubt it would scare you much now.

Watched Beast from 20,000 Fathoms the other night. I'll be posting my review and next weeks theme later tonight

My first entry into the horror genre was at five with the original Friday the 13th. My parents were never really that strict on stuff like that. They believed that I would find out about certain things anyway. In addition, even at a young age, they wanted me to learn how to make my own decisions. I mean I could not watch porn or anything like that (considering that is illegal and I would have had no interest anyway). I watched some of the older classics like Dracula (1931), which I loved and still love to this day, but most of the films I watched were newer for that time. I was and still am a huge slasher fan with Friday the 13th being my favorite franchise. I ended up introducing my nephew to horror at roughly the same age as I was. His parent, Jeannie, who was the one who actually took care of him, was completely fine with it. She had a similar policy as my parents likely due to being raised by them. His father was not as big of a fan of it though. He was pretty much absent though, ended up moving to Alaska for a few years actually. I cannot remember when I introduced my niece to horror, but she probably would have been six or seven. I did so with The Shining, which definitely terrified her. So much so she did not really watch horror for a few years. Today, she is starting to get into the genre and I look forward to introducing her.

I remember watching Interview with the Vampire at about 7, then watching Hannibal at 9. I didn't really get interested in horror until I saw the original Halloween at 12 with my sister and her friend.

The part where Michael Myers is under the bedsheet still scares me ::big grin::

You saw the uncut Friday the 13th at age 5, or some broadcast TV edit? Just my opinion, Mett, I don't think a 5 yr old is mature enough for that material. A (live action, real human) murderer, hiding everywhere, under your bed, etc, trying to literally kill you, plus the graphic violence... that seems like mental torture for a 5 yr old.

I've read some material and heard presentations from psychologists on possible/likely negative effects of graphic horror on young children, and I wouldn't recommend anyone put young children in front of horror films. No offense.

Nobody put me in front of a horror film (except that one Jaws incident). I sought them out, and choose them, on my own (if we don't count TV)... Scooby Doo, Space Giants, Ultraman, Godzilla, every type of Creature Feature TV program (classic horror), library books. None of my bro/sis were into horror except me. My mom didn't join me until years after I was already into horror, for which I think she was "returning" to horror.

Eh, I don't listen to psychologists. They don't know my story ::roll eyes::

Well, we don't want to create a story that they have to hear either. ::wink::

Just treated junior to a viewing of Cannibal Holocaust with his milk and cookies after picking him up at daycare. He's going to learn about cannibals someday anyway, so-o-o-o.....

Show him the baby rape scene from A Serbian Film, and tell him that's what's gonna happen if he misbehaves.