Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Oh I really like it but its just not as good as it should be. Â Clarify what this means because I really don't know what it means. Candyman is absolutely stunning. Very, very different to most things that are still out there. It's one of the great modern horror films and definitely should be on the list. Â Â Oh no I'm not going there again. We don't need to fill the thread with another unpopular back and forth. It means what it means. Â Shouldn't you go there? Isn't that the essence of debate? Also, isn't "it means what it means" a fucking ludicrous thing to say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRobinson Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Magic is a movie i love aswell creeps the hell out of me the whole doll situation really does. Â But then when i was a kid Jekyll & Hyde (Not Idea which version) scared the hell out of me for years, there was a image of a disfigured boy at the end that made me have so many nightmares it was unreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 16, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Unpopular back and forths are the lifeblood of this forum  This should be the new UKFF motto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Oh no I'm not going there again. We don't need to fill the thread with another unpopular back and forth. It means what it means. Â What are you on about? All I was asking for was clarification. Â Meh fair enough I thought you were taking the piss. The last time I watched it I found Candyman to be less atmospheric and gripping than I had as a kid. The premise is quality but its pacing was plodding. I still liked it just not a lot. I don't really see how its stunning or different to most things. Its a run of the mill supernatural slasher. Nothing wrong with that though. Â Oh I really like it but its just not as good as it should be. Â Clarify what this means because I really don't know what it means. Candyman is absolutely stunning. Very, very different to most things that are still out there. It's one of the great modern horror films and definitely should be on the list. Â Â Oh no I'm not going there again. We don't need to fill the thread with another unpopular back and forth. It means what it means. Â Shouldn't you go there? Isn't that the essence of debate? Also, isn't "it means what it means" a fucking ludicrous thing to say? Â Have a day off. Your the one that bitched about us having a discusion in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 NSFW - http://www.giallogoblin.com/store/prodimag...20portfolio.jpg  Possibly the most casually, unremarked-upon offensive video cover I ever saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 But on that subject, I just noticed Dead Of Night is on there! It's going to be my next 'mither everyone on UKFF until they've watched it' project, I think. It's just great. Â Particularly as its version of the horror doll predates the others mentioned in this thread by decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRobinson Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I dont know if i would class this as a horror but only just recently watched these as a threesome :  The Town that Dreaded Sundown - Classic 5 * if u havent seen it i will lend to everyone ! ! ! Dark Night of the Scarecrow White Dog  Loved all three of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 HANG THE FUCK ON. Â Quatermass and the Pit isn't on there. The scariest film I ever saw as a kid. Â The original black and white one, before we get into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted April 16, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2012 Possibly the most casually, unremarked-upon offensive video cover I ever saw. Might want to NSFW that chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 16, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Oh no I'm not going there again. We don't need to fill the thread with another unpopular back and forth. It means what it means. Â What are you on about? All I was asking for was clarification. Â Meh fair enough I thought you were taking the piss. The last time I watched it I found Candyman to be less atmospheric and gripping than I had as a kid. The premise is quality but its pacing was plodding. I still liked it just not a lot. I don't really see how its stunning or different to most things. Its a run of the mill supernatural slasher. Nothing wrong with that though. Â I find it hard to believe that you, as clearly a massive slasher film fan, could call it a run of the mill slasher when you're in this same thread proclaiming the likes of Friday The 13th as something that is underrated and high quality. Â For a start, Candyman is NOT a slasher film, as far as I'm concerned. A slasher film is something very, very specific, and that is a maniac arbitrarily picking off people in a set location. Candyman is not that kind of film at all. Its pacing is everything that a really good, atmospheric horror film should be and that is considered and with enough attention to detail to properly characterise its main characters. It's stunning and, as far as I'm concerned, one of the great horror films of the 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRobinson Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Loki - Quatermass and the Pit was a film i couldnt ever understand my mum used to say it was a brilliant film when she was ironing i used to sit there as a kid and watch her watching movies like this and Twins of Evil, Horror Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 EDIT - Wrong wrong wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Meh fair enough I thought you were taking the piss. The last time I watched it I found Candyman to be less atmospheric and gripping than I had as a kid. The premise is quality but its pacing was plodding. I still liked it just not a lot. I don't really see how its stunning or different to most things. Its a run of the mill supernatural slasher. Nothing wrong with that though. Â Candyman is absolutely NOT a "run of the mill supernatural slasher". You've completely misunderstood the film if you concluded that. It's a supernatural film, nominally, but one that deals with themes of race and madness more than anything else. There's this whole white-guilt, race memory, social inequality subtext that pretty much drives the whole story. I mean, that's WHY it's famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Also, bees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 I dont know if i would class this as a horror but only just recently watched these as a threesome :  The Town that Dreaded Sundown - Classic 5 * if u havent seen it i will lend to everyone ! ! ! Dark Night of the Scarecrow White Dog  Loved all three of them  Absolutely love Dark Night of the Scarecrow. The Blu ray is stunning to for a made for TV movie of that era. Good call.  Oh no I'm not going there again. We don't need to fill the thread with another unpopular back and forth. It means what it means.  What are you on about? All I was asking for was clarification.  Meh fair enough I thought you were taking the piss. The last time I watched it I found Candyman to be less atmospheric and gripping than I had as a kid. The premise is quality but its pacing was plodding. I still liked it just not a lot. I don't really see how its stunning or different to most things. Its a run of the mill supernatural slasher. Nothing wrong with that though.  I find it hard to believe that you, as clearly a massive slasher film fan, could call it a run of the mill slasher when you're in this same thread proclaiming the likes of Friday The 13th as something that is underrated and high quality.  For a start, Candyman is NOT a slasher film, as far as I'm concerned. A slasher film is something very, very specific, and that is a maniac arbitrarily picking off people in a set location. Candyman is not that kind of film at all. Its pacing is everything that a really good, atmospheric horror film should be and that is considered and with enough attention to detail to properly characterise its main characters. It's stunning and, as far as I'm concerned, one of the great horror films of the 1990s.  It totally is a slasher film. Its a guy that pops out and kills people just like every other slasher. It shares plenty of the same conventions. I don't think Friday the 13th is underrated its got a huge fanbase its just not represented on the list. We disagree on its pacing but yeah it does do a good job with its characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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