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Cronenberg is good, a horror film that reminds me of his work was Jacobs Ladder and i thought that was a well done film starring a young Tim Robbins.
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Cronenberg is good, a horror film that reminds me of his work was Jacobs Ladder and i thought that was a well done film starring a young Tim Robbins.
123. Red Dragon
This should probably be a lot higher on the list...I'm starting to question my own taste now.
Red Dragon is my personal favorite of the Hannibal Lecter franchise. I'm sorry to say that Silence of the Lambs didn't make it, although it is a brilliant film. I also liked Hannibal Rising; very underrated, in my opinion.
I think that the thing which makes me appreciate this one more than the others is that the killer is given more of a backstory, and at times I genuinely felt sorry for him. This predates Harry Potter and Schindler's List as the first Ralph Fiennes movie I ever saw, and his performance is nothing short of awesome.
This was also the first Edward Norton film I saw, and he does a fantastic job as well. And of course, Anthony Hopkins chews up the scenery like nobody's business. Some people say that Manhunter was better, but I strongly disagree. Although I did like the part where Iron Butterfly was playing.
This should probably be a lot higher on the list...I'm starting to question my own taste now.
Red Dragon is my personal favorite of the Hannibal Lecter franchise. I'm sorry to say that Silence of the Lambs didn't make it, although it is a brilliant film. I also liked Hannibal Rising; very underrated, in my opinion.
I think that the thing which makes me appreciate this one more than the others is that the killer is given more of a backstory, and at times I genuinely felt sorry for him. This predates Harry Potter and Schindler's List as the first Ralph Fiennes movie I ever saw, and his performance is nothing short of awesome.
This was also the first Edward Norton film I saw, and he does a fantastic job as well. And of course, Anthony Hopkins chews up the scenery like nobody's business. Some people say that Manhunter was better, but I strongly disagree. Although I did like the part where Iron Butterfly was playing.
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Red Dragon is awesome! Though I still need to see Manhunter
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seen them both and they each have their own merit. Manhunter, to me, went with an almost censored version of the killer and i remember more about Hannibal messing with the FBI agent about how he's more like a serial killer than someone who chases them.
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Red dragon was good, and i even surprisingly liked Hannibal Rising, it was a much needed origins movie for the canon. I would have to say however that i did like Hannibal the best outta the bunch, Silence of the Lambs though remains a classic of its own.
122. Malevolence
I went into this movie knowing nothing about the plot. I found it for $2 at a flea market, and this was all it said on the back:
"ma-lev-o-lence: evil, disposed to injure others."
So my curiosity was piqued. I expected torture porn, but hopefully good torture porn, but what I ended up getting was a really fun slasher flick which paid homage to classics such as Psycho and Friday the 13th.
As it turns out, if you get Malevolence brand new, it comes with a sleeve that has the synopsis on it. Seriously, DVD companies need to stop doing that stupid sh*t. In the end, though, I'd recommend going into it as blindly as I did, because you're guaranteed to have more fun that way.
There's a prequel to this called Bereavement which I saw not long ago. It has some messed up moments, but as a whole I think it's pretty boring. I wanted to watch a horror movie, not a teen romance.
121. The Last House on the Left (1972)
By the time I saw this, I had already seen most of Wes Craven's work. The guy is very hit or miss, and to me most of his films are misses, so my expectations were set low.
I was surprised by how brutal and grueling this film turned out to be.
The villains were very well played, and especially believable for the fact that the audience got to know them a little bit before the horror started. Craven tried revisiting similar themes of "normal" people being just as savage as their enemies in The Hills Have Eyes, but I don't think it worked quite as well.
120. The Last House on the Left (2009)
This remake doesn't take as much time in setting up the antagonistic characters, but it is way more intense during the final act when the family starts getting their revenge.
Wes Craven himself has said that this is a better film, and I have to agree. The characters are more realistic, and the violence feels more brutal. The only flaw isn't with the film itself, but rather the trailers which gave away the entire plot.
119. Final Destination 3
For a while the second movie in this franchise was my favorite, but after some serious consideration I realized the third one is truly the best.
This is really when the series was at the height of its powers, and IMO this is also when it should have stopped. The deaths are really the only reason people watch these movies, and you can find the most memorable here. It's got the tanning bed, the exercise equipment, and most importantly the roller coaster. This is why I never get on the fast rides.
I went into this movie knowing nothing about the plot. I found it for $2 at a flea market, and this was all it said on the back:
"ma-lev-o-lence: evil, disposed to injure others."
So my curiosity was piqued. I expected torture porn, but hopefully good torture porn, but what I ended up getting was a really fun slasher flick which paid homage to classics such as Psycho and Friday the 13th.
As it turns out, if you get Malevolence brand new, it comes with a sleeve that has the synopsis on it. Seriously, DVD companies need to stop doing that stupid sh*t. In the end, though, I'd recommend going into it as blindly as I did, because you're guaranteed to have more fun that way.
There's a prequel to this called Bereavement which I saw not long ago. It has some messed up moments, but as a whole I think it's pretty boring. I wanted to watch a horror movie, not a teen romance.
121. The Last House on the Left (1972)
By the time I saw this, I had already seen most of Wes Craven's work. The guy is very hit or miss, and to me most of his films are misses, so my expectations were set low.
I was surprised by how brutal and grueling this film turned out to be.
The villains were very well played, and especially believable for the fact that the audience got to know them a little bit before the horror started. Craven tried revisiting similar themes of "normal" people being just as savage as their enemies in The Hills Have Eyes, but I don't think it worked quite as well.
120. The Last House on the Left (2009)
This remake doesn't take as much time in setting up the antagonistic characters, but it is way more intense during the final act when the family starts getting their revenge.
Wes Craven himself has said that this is a better film, and I have to agree. The characters are more realistic, and the violence feels more brutal. The only flaw isn't with the film itself, but rather the trailers which gave away the entire plot.
119. Final Destination 3
For a while the second movie in this franchise was my favorite, but after some serious consideration I realized the third one is truly the best.
This is really when the series was at the height of its powers, and IMO this is also when it should have stopped. The deaths are really the only reason people watch these movies, and you can find the most memorable here. It's got the tanning bed, the exercise equipment, and most importantly the roller coaster. This is why I never get on the fast rides.
I remember seeing Final Destination 3, I was not really a fan. Then again I was not big on the series in the first place. I will agree with the spoilers from the DVD companies. So many times do they have major spoilers on the DVD or even on the cover. Like with the Planet of the Apes DVD with the Statue of Liberty on the damn cover! Granted the twist is very well known now, but they could still try and hide it for someone who has never seen the movie!
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I remember seeing Final Destination 3, I was not really a fan. Then again I was not big on the series in the first place. I will agree with the spoilers from the DVD companies. So many times do they have major spoilers on the DVD or even on the cover. Like with the Planet of the Apes DVD with the Statue of Liberty on the damn cover! Granted the twist is very well known now, but they could still try and hide it for someone who has never seen the movie!
Oh, and I'd like to add that it wasn't really the synopsis being on the sleeve for Malevolence that pissed me off; it was the fact that they made the sleeve at all. I think they should just put all the information on the package, instead of pulling the same bullsh*t they did with the two-disc Star Trek and every single Saw movie.
Trapped Ashes was another DVD that pissed me off for that reason. They showed some spoilerific pictures on the box, and then when the animated menu came up the first damn clip was a major spoiler. Why don't I just go ahead and put it back on the shelf now that I know what's going to happen.
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The original Last House on the Left is one of my favorite movies for some strange reason, but I thought the remake was crap. Final Destination was fun but forgettable like the rest of them.
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Two remakes I really liked, Last House and Hills Have Eyes. I didn't care for either I Spit On Your Grave but I hated the remake less.
Malevolence is a fairly well-done throwback slasher, and the prequel is on NF Instant, I think...
Jacob's Ladder is one of my favorite films, directed by Adrian Lyne, best known for his psychosexual potboilers such as Fatal Attraction, Unfaithful, Indecent Proposal, 9 1/2 Weeks, Flashdance... lol
The Final Destinations are a guilty pleasure for me, I suppose. I don't seem to tire of the rube-goldbergesque elaborate deaths.
Malevolence is a fairly well-done throwback slasher, and the prequel is on NF Instant, I think...
Jacob's Ladder is one of my favorite films, directed by Adrian Lyne, best known for his psychosexual potboilers such as Fatal Attraction, Unfaithful, Indecent Proposal, 9 1/2 Weeks, Flashdance... lol
The Final Destinations are a guilty pleasure for me, I suppose. I don't seem to tire of the rube-goldbergesque elaborate deaths.
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rep for original last house, yet to see the remake.
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118. Psycho
I'm sure I don't have to specify which version of this movie I love.
To my utter shame, Psycho is one of the only two Alfred Hitchcock movies I've seen, but it was a great introduction. I've also seen the original Man Who Knew too Much, but I didn't really care for that film.
As much of an established classic as this movie is, I didn't really expect much going into it. I hadn't seen many black and white horror films that impressed me up to that point, and I understood that this was in part a detective movie - a genre I've never been crazy about. But Psycho just knocked me off my feet.
I kind of wish I could have been part of the audience to have seen this during its first theatrical run, just so I could have been as surprised as everyone else when the lead character died halfway through the film. And as many times as I saw the shower scene parodied before this, it still gave me goosebumps the first time I watched it in its original form.
117. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
This is one of the coolest remakes I've ever seen. The violence is brutal and visceral, and with the exception of the CGI lizard I think this movie has some of the best special effects I've ever seen. I love how Alexandre Aja worked to make every single shot look specifically the way he wanted it to. He made sure that the scorpion that appears for a second crawled where he wanted it to, and that the truck hit the rock exactly right - he even had a custom rock made for the latter scene, because he couldn't find a damn rock in the desert that looked like the one he had imagined. There hasn't been a level of dedication like this since Stanley Kubrick (I may be exaggerating a little bit, but it's the closest comparison I could think of).
I'm sure I don't have to specify which version of this movie I love.
To my utter shame, Psycho is one of the only two Alfred Hitchcock movies I've seen, but it was a great introduction. I've also seen the original Man Who Knew too Much, but I didn't really care for that film.
As much of an established classic as this movie is, I didn't really expect much going into it. I hadn't seen many black and white horror films that impressed me up to that point, and I understood that this was in part a detective movie - a genre I've never been crazy about. But Psycho just knocked me off my feet.
I kind of wish I could have been part of the audience to have seen this during its first theatrical run, just so I could have been as surprised as everyone else when the lead character died halfway through the film. And as many times as I saw the shower scene parodied before this, it still gave me goosebumps the first time I watched it in its original form.
117. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
This is one of the coolest remakes I've ever seen. The violence is brutal and visceral, and with the exception of the CGI lizard I think this movie has some of the best special effects I've ever seen. I love how Alexandre Aja worked to make every single shot look specifically the way he wanted it to. He made sure that the scorpion that appears for a second crawled where he wanted it to, and that the truck hit the rock exactly right - he even had a custom rock made for the latter scene, because he couldn't find a damn rock in the desert that looked like the one he had imagined. There hasn't been a level of dedication like this since Stanley Kubrick (I may be exaggerating a little bit, but it's the closest comparison I could think of).
Red Dragon was decent, doesn't compare to the other two films though, especially Silence of the Lambs. I love Psycho, and I'd argue that it's way to low.
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