Comments on: The horror? The horror? http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: BornIn93'SoWhat? http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-11078 BornIn93'SoWhat? Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:22:30 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-11078 One more thing, excuse my many grammatical and typing mistakes! Typing on this PS3 is a fuss... One more thing, excuse my many grammatical and typing mistakes! Typing on this PS3 is a fuss…

]]> By: BornIn93'SoWhat? http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-11077 BornIn93'SoWhat? Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:19:13 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-11077 P.S.(Me again!), I tried to be scared by Lets Scare Jessica To Death, but I could only laugh because thats my name. Oh, an Rosemary's Baby is just pure awesome. I watched Carrie as a baby so it rattled me up a bit (Rattled! Get it? Ha...I'm no comedian...), and I also love Fahrenheit 451 though not many people think it a horror film. Blah, blah, blah, I tend to ramble on and on don't I? P.S.(Me again!), I tried to be scared by Lets Scare Jessica To Death, but I could only laugh because thats my name. Oh, an Rosemary’s Baby is just pure awesome. I watched Carrie as a baby so it rattled me up a bit (Rattled! Get it? Ha…I’m no comedian…), and I also love Fahrenheit 451 though not many people think it a horror film. Blah, blah, blah, I tend to ramble on and on don’t I?

]]> By: BornIn93'SoWhat? http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-11076 BornIn93'SoWhat? Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:03:29 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-11076 I'm sixteen. If possible I would be the Advocate Of Scream... had there been anything to scream about. As much as I adore horror films,I yearn to see one true to the genre's nature. I say 97%, 98% If you count Jeeper's Creepers, Freddy, most Jason films, the boogieman, and Darkness (Generic) Falls, as horror. The words scary or psychologically thrilling must have been replaced with the word porn in the latest Webster, just as I have seemed to be misplaced in the 90's. I missed out on the awesome horror-hype from the previous decades. By the way, this is to Basht. I liked Let The Right One In in a "The Little Vampire" type way (I really did like it, no sarcasm intended), but it was in no way spooky, just cute. The last movie I liked, I do not recall, but I am anticipating Daybreakers which is coming out 1/8/09 I believe. Oh, and excuse the way I talk por favor, I'm a bit of a geek... I’m sixteen. If possible I would be the Advocate Of Scream… had there been anything to scream about. As much as I adore horror films,I yearn to see one true to the genre’s nature. I say 97%, 98% If you count Jeeper’s Creepers, Freddy, most Jason films, the boogieman, and Darkness (Generic) Falls, as horror. The words scary or psychologically thrilling must have been replaced with the word porn in the latest Webster, just as I have seemed to be misplaced in the 90’s. I missed out on the awesome horror-hype from the previous decades.
By the way, this is to Basht. I liked Let The Right One In in a “The Little Vampire” type way (I really did like it, no sarcasm intended), but it was in no way spooky, just cute. The last movie I liked, I do not recall, but I am anticipating Daybreakers which is coming out 1/8/09 I believe. Oh, and excuse the way I talk por favor, I’m a bit of a geek…

]]> By: website design http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-10574 website design Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:36:44 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-10574 I grew up watching the classic Universal horror films on cable in the 80s. I only knew one person in my immediate family and circle of friends who also watched them - my brother. MOst of my firends would hang out and sneak a peak later at night n HBO for the <i>Nightmare on Elm Street</i> sequels (half for the gore, half for the possibility of nudity). Though I am a horror movie fan, I'm convinced that the Elm Street movies were only scary when I was ten, because I didn't know any better. It was literally another ten plus years before I took the time out to watch Carpenter's <i>Halloween</i>, and I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as I would have if I had seen it before its cheap imitations. I find most gore either ridiculous at best or, at worst, cheap and pointless. I often tell people that some of the scariest movies I've seen are not horror movies per se, but films like <i>Blue Velvet</i> or<i>Taxi Driver</i>. One of my favorites, the original <i>Haunting</i>, got me thinking: wouldn't it be great to see a group of horror filmmakers, as a challenge, each make a film that has none of the usual suspects, in terms of gore or cheap "pop" thrills (like, say, a door slamming unexpectedly, a cat jumping out from nowhere, etc.), and just concentrated on the story itself? I grew up watching the classic Universal horror films on cable in the 80s. I only knew one person in my immediate family and circle of friends who also watched them – my brother. MOst of my firends would hang out and sneak a peak later at night n HBO for the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels (half for the gore, half for the possibility of nudity). Though I am a horror movie fan, I’m convinced that the Elm Street movies were only scary when I was ten, because I didn’t know any better.

It was literally another ten plus years before I took the time out to watch Carpenter’s Halloween, and I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as I would have if I had seen it before its cheap imitations.

I find most gore either ridiculous at best or, at worst, cheap and pointless. I often tell people that some of the scariest movies I’ve seen are not horror movies per se, but films like Blue Velvet orTaxi Driver. One of my favorites, the original Haunting, got me thinking: wouldn’t it be great to see a group of horror filmmakers, as a challenge, each make a film that has none of the usual suspects, in terms of gore or cheap “pop” thrills (like, say, a door slamming unexpectedly, a cat jumping out from nowhere, etc.), and just concentrated on the story itself?

]]> By: Jenni, St. Louis http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-10510 Jenni, St. Louis Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:44:31 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-10510 I do love the horror films that Universal created,and the films I watched on Saturday afternoons on Creature Feature,Channel 50,Detroit, in the 1970s. I think the truly scary movies are the ones where the monster/demonic activity/ghost aren't revealed right away. Hitchcock's Psycho is a wonderful example of this; actually watched it in college with a group of friends, and the one viewer who hadn't seen it before was actually surprised at the ending, having been convinced by Hitch's direction that Norman's mother was the murderer. Also, atmosphere plays so much into a great horror movie. I think fondly of The Turn of the Screw when I think of atmosphere, and The Sixth Sense. One last point, is that I think modern horror directors have gotten lazy, and the movie studios have also. Big amounts of money talk, and the horror movies that are low on plot, acting, and high on gore pull in the youth market and their money. The studios just want to make money, so they create what will bring in the money. I think in the movie studio world of the old, directors, producers, studio moguls existed who really cared about the product, the art, that they were creating. Nowadays, it's mostly about the money. I do love the horror films that Universal created,and the films I watched on Saturday afternoons on Creature Feature,Channel 50,Detroit, in the 1970s. I think the truly scary movies are the ones where the monster/demonic activity/ghost aren’t revealed right away. Hitchcock’s Psycho is a wonderful example of this; actually watched it in college with a group of friends, and the one viewer who hadn’t seen it before was actually surprised at the ending, having been convinced by Hitch’s direction that Norman’s mother was the murderer. Also, atmosphere plays so much into a great horror movie. I think fondly of The Turn of the Screw when I think of atmosphere, and The Sixth Sense. One last point, is that I think modern horror directors have gotten lazy, and the movie studios have also. Big amounts of money talk, and the horror movies that are low on plot, acting, and high on gore pull in the youth market and their money. The studios just want to make money, so they create what will bring in the money. I think in the movie studio world of the old, directors, producers, studio moguls existed who really cared about the product, the art, that they were creating. Nowadays, it’s mostly about the money.

]]> By: Richard Dishman http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-10474 Richard Dishman Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:57 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-10474 What an excellent post. I have been a horror fan since childhood and I was lucky enough to have been exposed via Shock Theater on TV to all of the Universal catalog. I never will forget the "shock of the new" the first time I saw Frankenstein, and later, Psycho, and Night of the Living Dead. I saw a lot of mediocre films from the 30's through the 70's as well. But I find so many recent horror films dull and/or vaguely depressing. I can't agree with you more about Scream and Drag Me to Hell. Your list from the past includes some of my favorites. I will have to search out Caltiki. Still, some good newer movies still get made. I really like Ju-On (Japanese version), The Others, and Let the Right One In. Despite everything seeming to work against it, I will continue to hope that the best of this most exciting and compelling of film genres is yet to come. What an excellent post. I have been a horror fan since childhood and I was lucky enough to have been exposed via Shock Theater on TV to all of the Universal catalog. I never will forget the “shock of the new” the first time I saw Frankenstein, and later, Psycho, and Night of the Living Dead. I saw a lot of mediocre films from the 30’s through the 70’s as well. But I find so many recent horror films dull and/or vaguely depressing. I can’t agree with you more about Scream and Drag Me to Hell. Your list from the past includes some of my favorites. I will have to search out Caltiki. Still, some good newer movies still get made. I really like Ju-On (Japanese version), The Others, and Let the Right One In. Despite everything seeming to work against it, I will continue to hope that the best of this most exciting and compelling of film genres is yet to come.

]]> By: rhsmith http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-10468 rhsmith Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:25:37 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-10468 Tyrone, I wouldn't say that I'm "limitated," because a.) I really don't think I am and b.) there's no such word. If Tyrone's thoughts have provoked interest among our readers, they might like to contact him directly at lutzmd@gmail.com. Tyrone, I wouldn’t say that I’m “limitated,” because a.) I really don’t think I am and b.) there’s no such word.

If Tyrone’s thoughts have provoked interest among our readers, they might like to contact him directly at lutzmd@gmail.com.

]]> By: Tyrone http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-10466 Tyrone Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:03:52 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-10466 Just like the TCM movie guide, you reek of limitated and victim thinking. Quarantined in your "trumped up-puffed up" life you should have rented more movies along those within your obvcious genre: ie. Gay interest Just like the TCM movie guide, you reek of limitated and victim thinking. Quarantined in your “trumped up-puffed up” life you should have rented more movies along those within your obvcious genre: ie. Gay interest

]]> By: Rusty http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-10445 Rusty Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:25:59 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-10445 I would like to re-watch some classic horror...Bride of Frankenstein, Eyes Without A Face, The Haunting. However, having watched two hundred and fifty horror movies...financed by Canadian taxpayers and "made for Sci-Fi channel" (sorry, "made for SYFY") movies, I'm pretty sure I could not make it through any horror film not including: a) at least one fabrication montage. b) several "weapon up" scenes. c) lots of clothing soiled with biological fluids. d) many shock/relax (because it's okay) moments. e) really, really bad acting by the female lead. Rusty I would like to re-watch some classic horror…Bride of Frankenstein, Eyes Without A Face, The Haunting. However, having watched two hundred and fifty horror movies…financed by Canadian taxpayers and “made for Sci-Fi channel” (sorry, “made for SYFY”) movies, I’m pretty sure I could not make it through any horror film not including:

a) at least one fabrication montage.
b) several “weapon up” scenes.
c) lots of clothing soiled with biological fluids.
d) many shock/relax (because it’s okay) moments.
e) really, really bad acting by the female lead.

Rusty

]]> By: Kathryn http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/10/23/the-horror-the-horror/#comment-10444 Kathryn Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:54:00 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=15357#comment-10444 Happy to see some appreciation for "Carnival of Souls"! One of my favorite films and I'm proud to say that it was made in part at the film school I attended. I've only recently become interested in horror films and I feel like the current cycle of gory horror aren't frightening or intelligent, they're just gratuitous. Even the latest horror films that don't fit into this type are mostly boring and predictable. I think films that rely on a sense of tension and a creepy ambiance are far scarier than those that rely on buckets of blood and ridiculous forms of torture. Happy to see some appreciation for “Carnival of Souls”! One of my favorite films and I’m proud to say that it was made in part at the film school I attended.

I’ve only recently become interested in horror films and I feel like the current cycle of gory horror aren’t frightening or intelligent, they’re just gratuitous. Even the latest horror films that don’t fit into this type are mostly boring and predictable.

I think films that rely on a sense of tension and a creepy ambiance are far scarier than those that rely on buckets of blood and ridiculous forms of torture.

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