Originally Posted by Bloof (Post 1038904)

MEMORY OF THE DEAD 2011

An Argentinian film about a woman who tricks her guests into participating in something more than just her late husband's memorial. Quite gruesome but something was lost in translation because the ending made no sense whatsoever.

Originally Posted by cheebacheeba (Post 1038896)

I think this is one of those cases of when people blend things together a bit.
The classic Freddy, as in, featured in the first one?
I found him quite dark and humourless...he did seem to enjoy the taunting though.
Had next to no one-liners, well not as jokes anyway...we got "I'm your boyfriend now" and "This...is God", but that's really on the more sinister side.
I didn't find him charismatic at all, he was more...evil...angry, and showed an almost hateful side towards the children - this ties in well to the origin story, their parents were his killers, and he was straight out for blood.

#3 is one of my favourites but does mark the point that he started to transition from the "original" Freddy into the standup comedian he was in the latter part of the series. Though #3 in and of itself struck a pretty good balance - it was the ones after that took him into more ridiculous territory.
I also quite liked the visual aspects of the dreams/manifestations in this one as well.
The Nancy thing sucked, but hey...who didn't love that twist though...

Of course, now I've read there was some talk about some attempt at doing with NOES what they did with Halloween?
Heather said she'd return but is uncertain of it's direction without Wes Craven.
I could maybe get behind this if it happened though.

Originally Posted by FranxLove (Post 1038906)

Argentinian movies are confusing...btw, Nueve Reinas is the best argentinian film.

Originally Posted by Tommy Jarvis (Post 1038903)

Zombibi (aka Kill Zombie) - Dutch zombie comedy. Whacky stuff, nothing legendary, but fun. There's worse in the genre. A lot worse.


Hush - Good stuff. Tension built up well with little or no silly stuff.

Originally Posted by cheebacheeba (Post 1038896)

I think this is one of those cases of when people blend things together a bit.
The classic Freddy, as in, featured in the first one?
I found him quite dark and humourless...he did seem to enjoy the taunting though.
Had next to no one-liners, well not as jokes anyway...we got "I'm your boyfriend now" and "This...is God", but that's really on the more sinister side.
I didn't find him charismatic at all, he was more...evil...angry, and showed an almost hateful side towards the children - this ties in well to the origin story, their parents were his killers, and he was straight out for blood.

#3 is one of my favourites but does mark the point that he started to transition from the "original" Freddy into the standup comedian he was in the latter part of the series. Though #3 in and of itself struck a pretty good balance - it was the ones after that took him into more ridiculous territory.
I also quite liked the visual aspects of the dreams/manifestations in this one as well.
The Nancy thing sucked, but hey...who didn't love that twist though...

Of course, now I've read there was some talk about some attempt at doing with NOES what they did with Halloween?
Heather said she'd return but is uncertain of it's direction without Wes Craven.
I could maybe get behind this if it happened though.

Originally Posted by Mile (Post 1038900)

Sorry for so many posts, I can't figure out the multiquote yet.
Yeah I agree 2 different Freddy's the original, then the funny Freddy which started with part 3. Dream warriors is one of my favorite movies ever.

It would be nice to see a new take on NOES but I have low hopes of how it would actually turn out. The remake of NOES was a disaster and how they always say Freddy kills kids its really not true, he kills teenagers, he just still calls them kids as an adult standpoint of anyone who isn't a full grown adult is a kid. The remake took him from a killer of "kids" to being a child molester if I remember correctly. I really don't remember much of it because it wasn't memorable and really not worth rewatching.

If they do another remake, I really hope it goes in a direction between the original and part 3. As far as his face, if it aint broke don't fix it. They could use old clips of Robert England before he died from previous movies and still use Robert England (I think he's still alive). You can't see his aged face under all the makeup anyway. Plus part 1 and 3 completely avoided shots of his normal face, there wasn't clips of his past until later. I can only remember pre death Freddy scenes from Freddy's Dead. I doubt they would still use Robert England though.

Originally Posted by Mile (Post 1038869)

I consider part 3 dream warriors to be one of the best horror movies ever made, even if it isn't pure horror because of the comedy/one-liners in there.

To me part 3 and 1 are among the greatest of all time. Then 4 and Freddy's Dead I like a lot but they don't hold a candle to the greatness of 1 and 3. 2 and 5 to me were crap but there is a good scene or 2. I absolutely despise New Nightmare, Freddy vs Jason and the remake.

Originally Posted by Sculpt (Post 1038875)

I can't say I remember all that much of NOES 2 and 3, and oddly never saw 4 or 5. But I saw 3: Dreamwarriors at the theatre and enjoyed it. The effects were impressive.

Originally Posted by Ringo (Post 1038908)

For me works different I think.

1. I saw the saga as a kid and I was terrified. The final scene with Johnny Depp was so horrible I was afraid on sitting at home on a couch. Had the impression Freddy was coming to get me.

Originally Posted by ImmortalSlasher (Post 1038944)

Same here. I watched the original when I was a kid and after the end, I didn't want to go to sleep or even leave my room. But I actually fell asleep during the remake the first time I watched it.

Originally Posted by Ringo (Post 1038999)

Just a bit of an off topic here. All the kids of the block got the VHS from the big brother of another friend of mine and got to see the movie. We were all terrified after it, but one of the group got even worse. He started dreaming Freddy was comming to get him.
Went to the village of his mother to do some folklore superstition to stop his dreams.

We didn't see him for a while after that.

Funny how kids mind work.

Same with Candyman.

Originally Posted by FryeDwight (Post 1039025)

DEATH WISH (2018). It won't be as iconic as the Bronson 1974 original, but not a bad reboot at all. Better and (dare I say it?) more mature direction by Eli Roth and Bruce Willis was badass in this! ***

Originally Posted by Angra (Post 1039030)

”Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” 7/10

Last ten minutes were awsome, the first 2,5 hours were kinda.... meh.

For the first long period of time you just wait for some kind of story to unfold and in the end I guess it kinda did. A very little story told over 2 hours and 38 minutes.

That being said, I’m gonna see it again in a near future, just to make sure I get it all.

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 1039034)

Chaplin (1992)

In my opinion, Robert Downey Jr.'s best performance.

Originally Posted by Sculpt (Post 1039036)

I'd like to see this. Like to learn more about Chaplin. The only memorable performance for Downey I remember is from Back to School (a bit part where he was wearing a princely outfit) and Tropic Thunder.

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 1039040)

Another movie that I was impressed with his performance was Less Than Zero.

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 1039040)

Another movie that I was impressed with his performance was Less Than Zero.

Originally Posted by FryeDwight (Post 1039053)

WRONG TURN (2003). Thought back then and after watching this again recently that WT is probably one of the Best horror films of the new Century. While it's a little too obvious for the set up (very 70's ), I find it extremely grim and intense although not too gory, Normally, there's always at least one person who You want to meet a bad end, but I pretty much liked all the characters in here and was rooting for them.
Have not seen any of the sequels, but the general consensus seems that all of them are seriously lacking. Any info from anyone? ****

Originally Posted by Amalthea_unicorn (Post 1039075)