David 3,946 Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 I know it's not exactly horror, but I'm really enjoying the new Creepshow series on Shudder. It's been a lot of fun so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheSurgeon 44 Posted November 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 Over recent years, the zombie genre has been oversaturated with the likes of TV shows The Walking Dead, Fear The Walking Dead, I-Zombie etc... George A Romero is credited with creating the modern zombie film - what are you thoughts on the original 'Dead' trilogy? Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Dawn Of The Dead (1978) Day Of The Dead (1985) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheSurgeon 44 Posted November 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, David said: I know it's not exactly horror, but I'm really enjoying the new Creepshow series on Shudder. It's been a lot of fun so far. I have watched the first 4 episodes, really good. I think my favourite story so far is 'The Man In The Suitcase' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Chris B 4,534 Posted November 1, 2019 Paid Members Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 1 hour ago, TheSurgeon said: Over recent years, the zombie genre has been oversaturated with the likes of TV shows The Walking Dead, Fear The Walking Dead, I-Zombie etc... George A Romero is credited with creating the modern zombie film - what are you thoughts on the original 'Dead' trilogy? Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Dawn Of The Dead (1978) Day Of The Dead (1985) They're all great in their own way, but I honestly see Night of the Living Dead as one of the most important movies of the 60s - in terms of redefining what horror, low-budget filmmaking and even horror-as-social-commentary could be. The documentary 'American Nightmare' is interesting with regards to putting NOTLD into cultural context. Talking of documentaries, the Horror Noire one on Shudder is phenomenal (and talks about NOTLD). All about black representation in horror films, going from jungle/voodoo/slaves through to Get Out. It led to me finally watching the Blacula films, which I now adore - they'd always been written off by critics, but they were enormously ahead of their time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The King Of Swing 1,262 Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 You can't go wrong with the original Dead Trilogy. Everything afterwards though is either below average or utter shit. The original Creepshow is my favourite anthology ever. The perfect blend of camp and horror. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle 2,066 Posted November 1, 2019 Paid Members Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 I love the original Creepshow but I've said on here before that the "Old Chief Wood'nhead" segment from Creepshow 2 is my favourite anthology film story ever, I fucking love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Devon Malcolm 14,287 Posted November 1, 2019 Paid Members Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 I absolutely hated Creepshow 2, only The Raft came close to being any good. The original is a rare anthology where all the stories are good, there are very few others that manage it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheSurgeon 44 Posted November 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Chris B said: They're all great in their own way, but I honestly see Night of the Living Dead as one of the most important movies of the 60s - in terms of redefining what horror, low-budget filmmaking and even horror-as-social-commentary could be. The documentary 'American Nightmare' is interesting with regards to putting NOTLD into cultural context. Whilst I appreciate it's importance, and how good it is. I can't help but prefer Tom Savini's 1990 remake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious 1,389 Posted November 3, 2019 Paid Members Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 On 10/31/2019 at 5:18 PM, Tommy! said: I remember someone on here posted a short Italian horror film a while back about a man stuck in a phone box but I can't remember the name. Can anyone remember what it was? It’s Spanish, it’s called La Cabina Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wordsfromlee 3,244 Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 Mark Kermode's brilliant documentary on The Exorcist is up on iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p07r5pwq/the-fear-of-god-25-years-of-the-exorcist Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThumpSquids 133 Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 Just sifting through a few plays, as I've been asked to direct something for next Autumn. I've been looking for something spooky, and found a nice one called, 'The Exorcism', by Don Taylor. If you're into that sort of thing, there's a good BBC radio play on YT, if you fancy an audio-spook.  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
King of Hamptons 206 Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 (edited)  Last night I watched Contamination.. A Italian scifi horror film of a alien cyclops creature that uses human agents to place eggs all over Earth. The eggs release a gelatinous goo that causes people to explode when they come into physical contact with the substance its badly dubbed but a lot of fun. Bought it in the Arrow Video sale for a fiver. It was on the Video Nastie list in the 80s.. For its exploding body's in slow motion.. Its pretty tame compared to today's standards. Worth a watch though! Edited November 3, 2019 by King of Hamptons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philjax 79 Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080931/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 Â Glorious fun, for many reasons..... It was on Amazon Prime Video when I saw it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members BomberPat 7,805 Posted November 4, 2019 Paid Members Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 15 hours ago, King of Hamptons said:  Last night I watched Contamination.. A Italian scifi horror film of a alien cyclops creature that uses human agents to place eggs all over Earth. The eggs release a gelatinous goo that causes people to explode when they come into physical contact with the substance its badly dubbed but a lot of fun. Bought it in the Arrow Video sale for a fiver. It was on the Video Nastie list in the 80s.. For its exploding body's in slow motion.. Its pretty tame compared to today's standards. Worth a watch though! I have a soft spot for this one, as mad as it is. Like a lot of Italian horror of the period, the human characters are almost uniformly unlikeable, and dripping with misogyny. It was released in some markets as Alien: Contamination, and I'm pretty sure at one point in some places as Alien 2, as was the style of Italian knock-off cash-ins at the time. It was basically Italian filmmakers trying to make what they guessed the sequel to Alien might look like (Aliens arrive on Earth), but without either the budget or the license. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Devon Malcolm 14,287 Posted November 4, 2019 Paid Members Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, BomberPat said: It was released in some markets as Alien: Contamination, and I'm pretty sure at one point in some places as Alien 2, as was the style of Italian knock-off cash-ins at the time. It was basically Italian filmmakers trying to make what they guessed the sequel to Alien might look like (Aliens arrive on Earth), but without either the budget or the license. It was marketed as that but Alien 2 was a different film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_2:_On_Earth By all accounts the two films are quite similar though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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