Hallowe'en movies

In that case, of the movies I suggested you should watch, if you haven't already:

Signs
The Happening
Blair Witch Project
The Wicker Man (The old one, as the new one is horrible compared to it)
The Omen (Either version. If I had to pick, I'd say check out the newer one)

There is very little blood and guts in the above mentioned movies. They are more suspense than gore.

You want to see Session 9.

"Funny" story: one of my teachers in school was told to get Watcher in the Woods for us to watch the last day of school before Hallowe'en. I think I was in fourth grade. For reasons I'll never quite grasp... probably alliteration... she instead got Last House on the Left.

When the big day arrived, she started the video, and left the room. About halfway through the movie, she came back to check on the (admittedly very quiet) class... during the scene where they're stabbing the girl to death by the lake.

The rest of the day was abject chaos. Most of the class was effectively in shock. I mean, the movie's full of drugs and sex and cruelty and torture. It's a pretty sick movie for adults, and they showed it to a room full of pre-teens.

I'm pretty sure that's related to what's wrong with me today.

I cannot believe that not ONE person so far has named the all time classic
Halloween B horror flick.

Shame, shame, shame, shame, shame.

And I'm not even going to print the title as it's so obvious that no title
needs to be said.

So a YouTube video will do nicely.

Gosh....I just got done going through the thread about great books...which reminded me of Cujo and I see THIS...

Keep in mind, CDarklock, I have to blame you now, dang it, I live alone by the woods...thanks a lot!

Anyway, I have to mention:

Jaws - my friends had to take swimming lessons at the time and I was already drawn into the music of movies at that time.
Silence of the Lambs - no need to explain
The Birds
The Omen
The Hitcher
(What is with the "The"...)
The Fly
Poltergeist
"Friday the 13th's" - only really fun watching with other people.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - same viewing requirements as above.

Suspiria (Dario Argento - the master of er..classy gore)
The Exorcist
The Wicker Man (only the Christopher Lee version)
Psycho (Hitchcock, obviously)
The Innocents




Frank

How can it be one of your favorite Halloween movies when it hasn't been released yet?

I keep being told that I need to see this movie.

Actually, unless I missed it, I'm surprised Evil Dead wasn't mentioned earlier...classic movie.

Scot,
Can you direct me to where you got that figure? That is MUCH lower than the one I read. I can't remember the exact figure, but what I read was much closer to 50k.
But even at 50k, that is an extremely low budget film for todays market.

I had to search for that one a long time, but it was so worth it. Absolutely one of the creepiest movies ever.

Patrician, the movie Infection I mentioned in the OP is a Japanese film, sometimes known as Kansen. (I don't know the kanji for it, sorry.) Worth a look. I saw a Korean film some time ago called Cello which was pretty good. And I can't rave enough about Tokyo Gore Police.

I think what they said in that clip was pretty accurate. The only "real" horror films being made these days, with a few noted exceptions, are coming from Japan.

I haven't seen it but I found it at the site that was mentioned above by LinearChaos. I think this looks very interesting. Kind of like Lord of the Flies but much worse:

UHM - Upcoming Horror Movies | Review | Battle Royale (2000)

Battle Royale

Rating #:
10/10


Director:
Kinji Fukasaku


Runtime:
114


Cast:
Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Sosuke Takaoka, Takashi Tsukamoto, Yukihiro Kotani, Eri Ishikawa, Sayaka Kamiya, Aki Inoue, Takayo Mimura




Based on the controversial novel by Koushun Takami; legendary Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku brings the pages to the big screen to further shock audiences, but didn't shock'em enough to not see it. In fact, it was #1 at the Japanese box office for three weeks, and rightfully-so. In my opinion this has to be one of the best films I've ever seen. I've even heard that director Quentin Tarantino has even said it was one of his favorite films, and even featured one of the stars (Chiaki Kuriyama) to play in Kill Bill Vol. 1 as the deadly GoGo. The movie is just entertaining from start to finish. I liked how it tackled things like trust, friendship and love when put in dire situations with fellow peers.

For those who haven't read the novel, (now available in the US) troubled teens have practically taken over the schools, mocking teachers and adults alike. In order to regain some sort of stability in a once adult-dominated society, they've formed a new law where students are forced into a live-action game of kill or be killed in what the government has dubbed the BR Act or Battle Royale. Specifically, the teens are put on a deserted island where each one has to fend off against each other, with the hopes of being the last one standing and receive their ticket home. So, essentially there are two ways to leave the island -- kill everyone (including friends) or be killed by them, and they've got three days to do it.

So, you may wonder, why not try to leave the island or just hide until the three days are up. Well, each one of them has a metal collar, which is basically a means to keep them moving and if any of them get out of line or if the three days are up... BOOM! That's right, it blows up. There are "danger zones" that are activated over a certain period of time, and if you're caught in one the collar will explode, so hangin' out in the bushes isn't gonna be safe for too long. Now judging from the plot it's safe to say that there's a lot of death and violence, and the fact that these are real teenagers playing these characters makes it as controversial as the book. Although, I'm told the book is a lot more violent. One of the most interesting aspects of the film would be to see how each one of these students would find a way to kill themselves or others. We've got the love-struck suicides to the badass gung-ho-type that takes on five at-a-time. Another great aspect is how they had to work with what they got. Before they went into the "field" each student received a backpack full of supplies that would last them the three days they had. Some were lucky to have guns while others weren't as lucky and had object likes a trash lid and binoculars (suckers!).

Considering most of these actors are newcomers it's a surprise to see that they do a pretty good job. If you're lookin' to check this flick out you might have some trouble finding it. It was once thought that a movie like this would be too "controversial" to come to the states, but in fact the production company Toei refuses to sell the rights to a distributor for one reason or another. However, there are places around the US that'll sell imports and I know Netflix carries a copy for rental. A year after the film's release director Kinji Fukasaku actually went back and re-shot some additional scenes (added up to around 10-minutes) to add to a director's cut edition. I personally have the very limited special edition tin version, which I'm quite proud of.

Overall Thoughts:

This is one of the best films I've ever seen and ranks high in my favorite films of all time. It's very innovative, controversial, and highly entertaining. You have got to see this.