Need recommendations on a certain genre of horror

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by Psykopat89

Well then, could you please explain why? What is good about it, why would I like it? A bit of info would be nice, if you would care to share.

Straw Dogs is about a mild-mannered man who is bullied by the locals in a small town whom all lust after his hot wife. They see him as less-than-a-man and invade his territory in a horrifying home invasion.

The nebbish must essentially find his inner caveman and defend his home with violence. And when he finally snaps... it's powerful stuff. The violence isn't gory, but it has great impact and is deeply affecting. It is Sam Peckinpah's personal philosophy of manhood is defined by violence played out in all its twisted glory and one of Dustin Hoffman's finest performances.

It truly is a great film. And I must implore you to give "old" films a chance. By ignoring them you're ignoring the reference points from which the newer films originated.

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Psykopat89

Chrono:
Thanks, that was an interesting answer!

I have already seen House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and the new Halloween - and to the best of my knowledge, that is all which Rob Zombie has done in the movie business, so far. So I am familiar with his works. :)
And you are right, I actually like Devil's Rejects a lot. Although I thought House of 1000 Corpses was extremely lame and boring. So you've got a pretty good idea of my taste.

I've also seen the remake of House of Wax. It was okay, a bit intense at the ending, but nothing special. Had some pretty decent nasty effects, though. But not the kind of thing I was looking for, hehe.

As for the three others, which I haven't seen; they all do sound pretty interesting, especially Turistas. I am checking it out as soon as possible. All of them, in fact.

Many thanks for your time and recommendations!

Not a problem... I figured that I had your tastes pegged. Why? Because as of late I have been renting a myriad of these inadvertently.

See, I'm a huge fan of the Slasher Genre. My boyfriend is a huge fan of the Monster genre. We take turns. He'll rent "The Hidden" and I'll rent "Touristas." However, it seems that a lot of the newer seemingly slasher films tend to be more exploitative and torture-centric.

Everytime a new-to-us movie turns out that way, my boyfriend LOVES to point out, "Thanks for the torture." Because it's REALLY not my thing. I swear. :p Glad my dabblings in the wrong subgenre has been good for SOMEthing. ;)

Originally Posted by Psykopat89

I thank you all for your time put into trying to help me, I really do appreciate it! I hope that I have now found at least a couple of titles that would satisfy my needs for this kind of horror enjoyment. I am kind of under the impression, that this kind of movie genre/style/atmosphere is kinda rare, compared to many other horrorgenres (like Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Urban Legends, etc...), which makes it hard for me to find horrortitles that *really* appeals to me.

Yeah, that's the trouble with the newer films. I think that a lot of them are drawing from the books of teenie-slashers (what I consider Scream and I Know What You Did) and combining them with the pages of pure torture, which was revived by Hostel (which you might want to check out if you haven't seen it, though it's more pure torture than anything else).

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Re: The Decent. This is an absolute fantastic movie, but I'm not sure if it really coincides with your above criteria. I classify it more as a Monsters film (with lots of delightful claustrophobia). It lacks the exploitation and torture aspects that you seem to be looking for. HOWEVER, this is definitely in my horror top-10, so I am NOT going to say, "Don't see it."

Re: Captivity. Since you didn't really like House of Wax, you might not like Captivity. Honestly, I HATED the film, but I thought it might be something that you'd like. It's definitely torture-centric, but the Big Bad is SERIOUSLY weak, the settings overly elaborate (you seem to like more of the simple settings, whereas the setting here is a giant mansion torture chamber essentially), and the ending is LAME. But just throwing it out there. In case.

On the other hand, if you're willing to diverge into Monster territory, you might want to check out Jeepers Creepers, which I thought was INCREDIBLY underrated. It definitely has aspects of the creepy and macabre torture that you seem to enjoy and definitely emphasizes the concept of the vulnerable hunted. It might be a good Runner Up to add to your list.

Also, you might want to check out Tooth and Nail. Again, this was NOT a movie that I liked (actually I HATED it), but you might enjoy Michael Madsen dressed up like a viking (and leading a viking clan) mercilessly hunting down a surviver colony in a post-apocalyptic America. The movie itself was weak, the reasons behind the apocalypse LAME, the ending TERRIBLE, but you might enjoy the hunting scenes (which is a good 2/3 of the movie).

SPEAKING of this year's 8 Films to Die For, definitely see Borderland. I would say that, by far, it was the best of this year's After Dark film festival. It starts out as a seemingly cliche Spring Break movie, but it is a lot more complicated than that. It has elements of torture and exploitation, and also really elongated and intense death scenes. It took a while to get into, but I trust you, once you do, you will not regret it.

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Straw Dogs is about a mild-mannered man who is bullied by the locals in a small town whom all lust after his hot wife. They see him as less-than-a-man and invade his territory in a horrifying home invasion.

The nebbish must essentially find his inner caveman and defend his home with violence. And when he finally snaps... it's powerful stuff. The violence isn't gory, but it has great impact and is deeply affecting. It is Sam Peckinpah's personal philosophy of manhood is defined by violence played out in all its twisted glory and one of Dustin Hoffman's finest performances.

It truly is a great film. And I must implore you to give "old" films a chance. By ignoring them you're ignoring the reference points from which the newer films originated.

Oooooo, I looooooove seeing the victims become frightening primal... One of the few things that I enjoy about victims-become-victimizers films (not always my favorite genre because I feel, for the most part, it's poorly done). Thanks for the recommendation, Rod. I'm adding it to the Netflix queue now.

[Posher778]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Not a problem... I figured that I had your tastes pegged. Why? Because as of late I have been renting a myriad of these inadvertently.

See, I'm a huge fan of the Slasher Genre. My boyfriend is a huge fan of the Monster genre. We take turns. He'll rent "The Hidden" and I'll rent "Touristas." However, it seems that a lot of the newer seemingly slasher films tend to be more exploitative and torture-centric.

Everytime a new-to-us movie turns out that way, my boyfriend LOVES to point out, "Thanks for the torture." Because it's REALLY not my thing. I swear. :p Glad my dabblings in the wrong subgenre has been good for SOMEthing. ;)



Yeah, that's the trouble with the newer films. I think that a lot of them are drawing from the books of teenie-slashers (what I consider Scream and I Know What You Did) and combining them with the pages of pure torture, which was revived by Hostel (which you might want to check out if you haven't seen it, though it's more pure torture than anything else).

...


Re: The Decent. This is an absolute fantastic movie, but I'm not sure if it really coincides with your above criteria. I classify it more as a Monsters film (with lots of delightful claustrophobia). It lacks the exploitation and torture aspects that you seem to be looking for. HOWEVER, this is definitely in my horror top-10, so I am NOT going to say, "Don't see it."

Re: Captivity. Since you didn't really like House of Wax, you might not like Captivity. Honestly, I HATED the film, but I thought it might be something that you'd like. It's definitely torture-centric, but the Big Bad is SERIOUSLY weak, the settings overly elaborate (you seem to like more of the simple settings, whereas the setting here is a giant mansion torture chamber essentially), and the ending is LAME. But just throwing it out there. In case.

On the other hand, if you're willing to diverge into Monster territory, you might want to check out Jeepers Creepers, which I thought was INCREDIBLY underrated. It definitely has aspects of the creepy and macabre torture that you seem to enjoy and definitely emphasizes the concept of the vulnerable hunted. It might be a good Runner Up to add to your list.

Also, you might want to check out Tooth and Nail. Again, this was NOT a movie that I liked (actually I HATED it), but you might enjoy Michael Madsen dressed up like a viking (and leading a viking clan) mercilessly hunting down a surviver colony in a post-apocalyptic America. The movie itself was weak, the reasons behind the apocalypse LAME, the ending TERRIBLE, but you might enjoy the hunting scenes (which is a good 2/3 of the movie).

SPEAKING of this year's 8 Films to Die For, definitely see Borderland. I would say that, by far, it was the best of this year's After Dark film festival. It starts out as a seemingly cliche Spring Break movie, but it is a lot more complicated than that. It has elements of torture and exploitation, and also really elongated and intense death scenes. It took a while to get into, but I trust you, once you do, you will not regret it.




Oooooo, I looooooove seeing the victims become frightening primal... One of the few things that I enjoy about victims-become-victimizers films (not always my favorite genre because I feel, for the most part, it's poorly done). Thanks for the recommendation, Rod. I'm adding it to the Netflix queue now.

You spelled "Descent" wrong. And it was more than *descent* thank you very much ;)

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by Posher778

You spelled "Descent" wrong. And it was more than *descent* thank you very much ;)

bwahaha...

Oh, I'm sorry. I was referring to the delightfully innocuous movie The Decent. It's about a kind and proper, pious family who happily upholds a high standard of propriety and conforms to society's norms while at the same time being wholly and completely non-offensive. :p

[Posher778]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

bwahaha...

Oh, I'm sorry. I was referring to the delightfully innocuous movie The Decent. It's about a kind and proper, pious family who happily upholds a high standard of propriety and conforms to society's norms while at the same time being wholly and completely non-offensive. :p

Now that sounds like a true horror.

[knife_fight]

Originally Posted by Posher778

Now that sounds like a true horror.

yeah, but is it survival horror?

[THE VAMPIRE]

I like pie

[roshiq]

This are some fair/mediocre flicks, you can give a watch at once:

Wilderness (2006)


Joy Ride (2001)


French/Romanian horror:
ILS-Them (2006)



Dutch horror:
Slaughter Night aka SL8N8 (2006)