Scouts Honor Posted October 8 Posted October 8 im a coward. i dont go to scary movies. nightmare on elm street was my last 1 1
ionel Posted October 8 Posted October 8 22 minutes ago, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said: THE MOVIE THREAD HALLOWEEN SPECIAL I have two questions for all movie lovers during the Halloween season: First, what is the scariest movie you have ever seen? Second, what movie scared the jammies offa you as a child? SCARIEST MOVIE For me, there is The Exorcist. Everything else is at least 150mg of Adrenaline behind it. There are only two changes I would make in this masterpiece. They did the backward crabwalk down the stairs shoot for the original movie, but they didn't originally release it. I'm glad it is in the movie now. That was so creepy, and so far ahead of its time. Second, I wish they had good CGI at the time they did the 360° head spin. They used a dummy for the movie, and it worked on me as a child, but it could've been better. FIRST MOVIES THAT SCARED YOU AS A CHILD There was The Exorcist, of course, but there was also Trilogy of Terror. The latter had three episodes in one movie, and one of the episodes freaked me out. You know which one it was. I saw the movie with my little Sister, and we were both frightened. She brought it up a while back, and I determined to get her a Zuni Warrior figure as a goof for her birthday. As a way to exorcize a bit of shared childhood trauma. I found only one on the internet, and it sold for something like $600 to $800. Outside my practical joke budget! So, I made a papier-mâché figure, boxed it up, and wrapped it in festive birthday paper. What you don’t see below is that I decided to wrap a tiny thread around the ankle of the monster, punch a small hole in the box and wrapping paper, and keep the end of that thread in my hand as I handed the gift to my Sister and she unwrapped it. After she had opened the box, I was going to pull the thread so that the little monster moved around. Unfortunately, the thread got tangled in the unwrapping process and did not work. Still, she loved that ugly little creature while it lasted. I did not like those flying monkeys as a kid. Yes I will admit it, I was scared. It's now been 10+ years since last saw a scary movie but I admit I am still in recovery. 1 2BPE 11/17/24 SMC
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 8 Author Posted October 8 42 minutes ago, ionel said: I did not like those flying monkeys as a kid. Yes I will admit it, I was scared. It's now been 10+ years since last saw a scary movie but I admit I am still in recovery. You are referencing The Wizard of Oz? Yes, the witch and the flying monkeys frightened me as a wee one.
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 8 Author Posted October 8 1 hour ago, Scouts Honor said: im a coward. i dont go to scary movies. nightmare on elm street was my last I'm a squeamish little pussy myself. I hated the slasher movies. They weren't that scary, just gross. Freddy Krueger was the best of that lot because it did prey on the imagination. The Ring might have been the last true horror movie I watched. I thought it was very good and pretty scary. This means, of course, that I may have missed out on some real masterpieces. As a high schooler, I must've scared some youngsters at the drive-in theater. I was a projectionist, and I would get 4 to 6 reels of film in the mail to splice together and put on a huge platter next to the giant projector. Then, thread the film through the projector. Wait for dusk, and hit the on switch. I spliced together Scanners and Phantasm. Those had to scare some little folk because whole families would come in their cars.
ionel Posted October 9 Posted October 9 13 hours ago, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said: As a high schooler, I must've scared some youngsters at the drive-in theater. I was a projectionist, and I would get 4 to 6 reels of film in the mail to splice together and put on a huge platter next to the giant projector. Then, thread the film through the projector. Wait for dusk, and hit the on switch. I spliced together Scanners and Phantasm. Those had to scare some little folk because whole families would come in their cars. evil! 1 2BPE 11/17/24 SMC
Danny Deck Posted October 9 Posted October 9 So far the year has been kind of hit or miss, but I'm looking forward to the fall for movies. Saturday Night Venom: The Last Dance Conclave Juror No. 2 A Real Pain Gladiator 2 The Brutalist A Complete Unknown 1
D3 for LU Posted October 9 Posted October 9 The one movie that I walked out of the theater was the 1982 remake of The Thing. The graphic morphing of the sled dogs turning in the cage scene really put me in flight mode... I heard that the other graphic scenes, that my brothers told yours truly, were even more, uh... shuddering to behold. (They thought it was... real neat!) The other movie that just plain pissed me off (because all of the hype AND my wife insisted that I take her to see it) was the Blair Witch Project . (That was 81 mins of my life that I wasn't going to get back... not to mention the cost of tickets to boot!) D3 1 Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 18 minutes ago, D3 for LU said: The one movie that I walked out of the theater was the 1982 remake of The Thing. The graphic morphing of the sled dogs turning in the cage scene really put me in flight mode... I heard that the other graphic scenes, that my brothers told yours truly, were even more, uh... shuddering to behold. (They thought it was... real neat!) The other movie that just plain pissed me off (because all of the hype AND my wife insisted that I take her to see it) was the Blair Witch Project . (That was 81 mins of my life that I wasn't going to get back... not to mention the cost of tickets to boot!) D3 I'm laughing at your pain, D3! A lot of people mention The Thing as one of their scary movies. I really liked Kurt Russell, the blood test, the tension. The Whodunit aspect. Creepy. Very good movie! As for The Blair Witch Project, my brother, I'm laughing again. As a constant practical joker, my Wife and Buddy decided to get me back. We had planned on going to see Blair Witch for date night, and she told my friend about our plans. He had already seen the movie and came up with a devilish scheme. While my wife and I were out on our dinner-and-a-movie date night, he arrived at our back yard with some landscaping stones and bundles of twigs and branches. If you've seen the movie, those were signs of the Witch. When my wife and I got home, she said, "I think I heard something out back!" I took the flashlight out there and had one of the most genuine scares of my life. It was scary for me because I thought The Blair Witch Project was a good, scary movie. In fact, my Wife and I talked about the ending the whole way home. The "Found Footage" idea was pretty new (although it was used in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as found letters). I thought it was inventive, and it let your imagination wander.
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 2 hours ago, Danny Deck said: So far the year has been kind of hit or miss, but I'm looking forward to the fall for movies. Saturday Night Venom: The Last Dance Conclave Juror No. 2 A Real Pain Gladiator 2 The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Thanks for this! I haven't seen any of the new movies, but I'd love to hear what people think after watching Megalopolis, Deadpool & Wolverine, Bob Marley: One Love, The Beekeeper, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Wild Robot. I don't want to hear about The Garfield Movie.
Danny Deck Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Deadpool & Wolverine - somehow both fun and punishing at the same time. I won't revisit because it's the latter that I most remember. Dune Part Two - I thought this was great. It's just amazing how good both of these movies look. 1
Lipdrag Posted October 9 Posted October 9 4 hours ago, Danny Deck said: Deadpool & Wolverine - somehow both fun and punishing at the same time. Yes. Exactly. Well articulated. 1
mspart Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Scary movie - The Princess Bride with the forest and unusually large rodents. Scary Scary Scary!!! mspart 2
Jason Bryant Posted October 10 Posted October 10 Scary movie - The Princess Bride with the forest and unusually large rodents. Scary Scary Scary!!! mspartRodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist. 1 Insert catchy tagline here.
ionel Posted October 10 Posted October 10 23 minutes ago, headshuck said: That ain't natural size. 1 2BPE 11/17/24 SMC
RockLobster Posted October 10 Posted October 10 Fletch It may well be the best comedy movie of all time. 1 1
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 10 Author Posted October 10 16 hours ago, mspart said: Scary movie - The Princess Bride with the forest and unusually large rodents. Scary Scary Scary!!! mspart Everybody has their blind spots. Mine is The Princess Bride. Even though my best friend thinks it is the greatest movie of all time, I don't particularly care for it. I go to him for advice on every possible topic except the best movie of all time. But to your point: The movie that I saw on regular television did not have rodents of an unusual size. I had to look it up. So, I just went to YouTube and found it. They must have edited the scene out of the movie I watched to save children from that particular scare? To fit in commercials? Run time? I don't know. I can see that kids of a particular age would find these rodents of a particular size to be unusually scary:
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 12 Author Posted October 12 Slasher movies are unimaginative, cheap to make and unfortunately sold like hotcakes for a time. Maybe they're still around? The Nightmare on Elm Street series was the best of the lot because those movies showed a little imagination and intelligence. I have never seen any of the Saw movies, but I'm aware of the general plot, and that first one seems like it had some imagination and drama. In college, we would watch teenage slasher movies in a common area and come up with one-liner jokes about each murder. I don’t recall the name of the movie, but the killer snuck up on the victim, who was working on his motorcycle on a stand. You see the killer’s hand reach out and take the end of the victim’s scarf and throw it into the spinning back wheel. I won the movie with this: “He was adjusting the choke!”
Danny Deck Posted October 22 Posted October 22 Teaser trailer for the current Oscar front runner. I'm really excited for this one. 1
D3 for LU Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) On 10/12/2024 at 5:16 PM, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said: Slasher movies are unimaginative... In college, we would watch teenage slasher movies in a common area and come up with one-liner jokes about each murder. I don’t recall the name of the movie, but the killer snuck up on the victim, who was working on his motorcycle on a stand. You see the killer’s hand reach out and take the end of the victim’s scarf and throw it into the spinning back wheel. I won the movie with this: “He was adjusting the choke!” D3 Edited October 22 by D3 for LU 1 Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
PortaJohn Posted October 22 Posted October 22 (edited) @ILLINIWrestlingBlog great list...I don't particularly have a favorite. Depends what mood I'm in. But for me best movie ever made is "There Will Be Blood" "One night, I'm gonna come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm gonna cut your throat." Edited October 22 by PortaJohn 1 I Don't Agree With What I Posted
mspart Posted October 22 Posted October 22 I just saw Devotion. It is about WWII trained pilots flying F4U Corsair fighters in Korea. Interesting, my dad was such a person and was called up to go to Korea. He got as far as Seattle to ship out but got called back to his job at GE in the Tri Cities area doing nuclear stuff. So he didn't go but his buddies did and didn't come back. MiG was too much for the Corsair. Anyway, the movie was very good about a black pilot who was really good. Great movie about camraderie between him and his white wingman. True story. Good movie I highly suggest. mspart 1
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 22 Author Posted October 22 3 hours ago, PortaJohn said: @ILLINIWrestlingBlog great list...I don't particularly have a favorite. Depends what mood I'm in. But for me best movie ever made is "There Will Be Blood" "One night, I'm gonna come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm gonna cut your throat." Great choice! Within the last week, I saw a video in which Quentin Tarantino gushed about this movie. I like it as well. Cheers!
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted October 22 Author Posted October 22 51 minutes ago, mspart said: I just saw Devotion. It is about WWII trained pilots flying F4U Corsair fighters in Korea. Interesting, my dad was such a person and was called up to go to Korea. He got as far as Seattle to ship out but got called back to his job at GE in the Tri Cities area doing nuclear stuff. So he didn't go but his buddies did and didn't come back. MiG was too much for the Corsair. Anyway, the movie was very good about a black pilot who was really good. Great movie about camraderie between him and his white wingman. True story. Good movie I highly suggest. mspart This is exactly what this thread is about. Fantastic! Haven't seen the movie, but I like your description. Love the personal touch as well. Cheers!
mspart Posted October 22 Posted October 22 I also like the movie Hidden Figures about NASA and the Mercury program. Very good, like extremely good. mspart 1
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