Horror/Sci-Fi Movie/TV Discussion Thread

[Marty McFourth]

If you haven't seen The Black Phone as of yet people please watch it when you get a chance. Ethan Hawke as The Grabber is terrifying good in his role in the Film. Pretty much he had been watching the Kids for Weeks prior it didn't seem random at all but I might be wrong on that. Finney may if not of been the biggest or strongest but clearly the smartest and the biggest will of all the kids. The Victims helping Fin especially Robin keep his confidence up was so great. You have to thank God for giving Gwen those Psychic/Medium abilities from her Mother because if not for her they never of found any of Victims of The Grabber that is for sure.

I'll second this, it's still my favourite horror movie to come out this year. Ethan Hawke was perfect in that role and really owned it, you wouldn't think it's out of his normal comfort zone as an actor.

Whilst I'm here, currently watching the original Candyman again. I first saw this movie when I was pretty young so it has continued to creep me out well in to my adult life. Like I know full well I won't be looking in to the mirror tonight. It's just one of those movies that really sticks with you and gets under your skin and Tony Todd has such an intimidating and commanding presence when he's on screen.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Christine on AMC right now talk about a Story that I never want to know about how Christine was made to be evil like that. We've seen Dolls, and other kinds of objects have evilness attached to it but a Car so unique to be attached to someone that they'll kill anyone who gets in there way of attention. The Movie is great would love to see a Show so we can see more or Arnie's madness happening for the audience. Still keep the same Ending though I feel.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Christine on AMC right now talk about a Story that I never want to know about how Christine was made to be evil like that. We've seen Dolls, and other kinds of objects have evilness attached to it but a Car so unique to be attached to someone that they'll kill anyone who gets in there way of attention. The Movie is great would love to see a Show so we can see more or Arnie's madness happening for the audience. Still keep the same Ending though I feel.

Oh man, thanks for reminding me HoHo. I always forget about this one in October and then get sad later when I realise I never watched it during Halloween. I'll be watching this tomorrow more than likely. Along with Misery, this is one of my favourite adaptations of Stephen King's works. They get across the novel so well, and the plot is so fun and tense the whole way through. Good performances too!

 

[Jay-Ashley]

Did you know that John Carpenter for majority of his career thought Christine was his worse movie he ever made? Which amazes me since Ghost of Mars exist and it was his last movie he made before coming back and making The Ward.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Did you know that John Carpenter for majority of his career thought Christine was his worse movie he ever made? Which amazes me since Ghost of Mars exist and it was his last movie he made before coming back and making The Ward.

It's even worse considering for a long time The Thing was the one he was most proud of and yet it was the most commercially panned of them all.

 

[Jay-Ashley]

It's even worse considering for a long time The Thing was the one he was most proud of and yet it was the most commercially panned of them all.

That is true, too.

 

[John McHenry]

I mean it's kind of nice he doesn't judge himself based on the revenue

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I mean it's kind of nice he doesn't judge himself based on the revenue

Yeah but the critical and commercial abhorrence of The Thing I think crushed Carpenter for a while, which may explain why he thinks Christine was his worst. It was the movie immediately following The Thing and he probably felt he played way too safe with it.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Curious to see if anything comes from this, but it's interesting to see that Heather Langenkamp is interested and up for a Nancy return. If she was to return to the series, I'd imagine it would be easier to sell Robert Englund on it. They'd have to forget Dream Warriors ever happened though or change parts of it at the very least to fit.

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Heather Langenkamp Wants to Fight Freddy One Last Time in an ‘Elm Street’ Legacy Sequel

Heather Langenkamp is back in Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s “The Midnight Club,” and with the series now streaming, Entertainment Tonight had a chat with the horror icon this week. Naturally, the conversation eventually hit upon Langenkamp’s iconic role in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise...

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Heather Langenkamp is back in Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s “The Midnight Club,” and with the series now streaming, Entertainment Tonight had a chat with the horror icon this week.

Naturally, the conversation eventually hit upon Langenkamp’s iconic role in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, and it’s a role the actress would still love to return to.

“If Nancy could fight Freddy one last time, I would really like that,” she tells ET.

“Gosh, I’d love to see a future in that. I’ve been really watching the Halloween saga that’s been out, and I love watching Jamie Lee Curtis get to play that part,” Langenkamp adds. “You know, this age, where I think we have so much to give to those storylines, but yeah, I wish I was in control of that, but, unfortunately, it’s one of those Hollywood very complicated things.”

Iconic final girls including Laurie Strode, Sidney Prescott, and even Sally Hardesty have been brought back to the screen for legacy sequels in recent years, and seeing Nancy Thompson one final time would seem to be a natural response to that trend. Nancy was of course killed off in Dream Warriors back in the 1980s, but death sure never stopped Laurie Strode.

The big question, of course, is whether or not Robert Englund would agree to play Freddy Krueger again. In recent years, Englund has made it pretty clear that he feels his days of donning the burn makeup are probably behind him, but we’ve learned to never say never when it comes to stuff like this. Would you like to see one final battle between Freddy and Nancy?

Or would you rather the Elm Street franchise return with a fresh approach?

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Yeah they would have to make tweaks to Dream Warriors to make it work but I would be down for a one last ride between the two.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Watching Dream Warriors again and this has got to be one of my most favourite sequels. They took everything that was great about the first movie and just added a really nice spin to it all. Kept the atmosphere, but added so many fun things. I like the kids figuring out ways to fight back in their dreams and discovering their special talents. Taryn is one of the most badass characters in the whole series.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Friday the 13th is legit such a good remake and I feel often gets slept on/underappreciated. It's one of my favourites in the whole series, and I think a lot better than most of the sequels. I enjoy how dark it is, and the opening sets the tone really well with the Pamela Voorhees scenes. Jason feels pretty menacing in this one, and it has some of his best kills. My only gripe with this movie is there isn't many likeable characters, you don't really care about any of them. I just wish there were more good characters to root for. I think one of the better characters is actually the first death, so I always found that unfortunate. Overall a great remake with some nice atmosphere. Although I will say it's one of the horniest movies I've ever seen too.

 

[Jimmy King]

John Carpenter talks us through his favorite video games of 2022, plus scoring Halloween Ends

John Carpenter talks us through his favorite video games of 2022, plus scoring Halloween Ends

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Fun interview with John Carpenter, what a pleasant man and a true class act.

Funny excerpt from the interview

 

[Marty McFourth]

Watching 28 Days Later and man I'm always so impressed with scene of the desolate London. It's so eerie and the fact they went through all the effort to film with it empty with no special effects I thought was always really neat. I believe they only had a very small window to film early morning time. Such a beautifully shot scene and very scary to imagine yourself waking up and being completely alone in such a massive city. Love the part where he picks up all the cash from the ground too not realising how messed up the world actually is from the virus and how it doesn't matter anymore. Just incredible stuff from Danny Boyle.

 

[John McHenry]

Watching 28 Days Later and man I'm always so impressed with scene of the desolate London. It's so eerie and the fact they went through all the effort to film with it empty with no special effects I thought was always really neat. I believe they only had a very small window to film early morning time. Such a beautifully shot scene and very scary to imagine yourself waking up and being completely alone in such a massive city. Love the part where he picks up all the cash from the ground too not realising how messed up the world actually is from the virus and how it doesn't matter anymore. Just incredible stuff from Danny Boyle.

So a bit more on that scene. It was early morning, they had no permits. They just asked the few cars that around if they'd mind waiting a few minutes