I just saw the Orphan, and I have to say, its about as bad as having my face sand blasted then soaked in lemon juice, repeatedly. I also saw "A Perfect Getaway" which was entertaining, but Thrillers can't even compare to the awesome capabilities of horrors. At least 28 Months later IS coming out eventually, but hopefully it doesn't suck as much as Sunshine did, which in case nobody watched it; it is Event Horizon except the ship didn't go to hell, it went to the sun. Fail.
Although, with movies starting to take the downward quality expressway, video games are fulfilling my needs greatly. People finally understand Survival horror is win, along with Post-Apocalypse games. They are so much more intense, and so much longer. FINALLY, the main plot wont unfold and be accomplished in 120 minutes or less. Alone in The Dark (besides 5), Silent Hill (early), Resident evil (early), Left 4 Dead, Dead Space, Cryostasis, and Obscure are all very good survival horror games. FEAR (1+2), RE4 and RE5, Silent Hill Homecoming, and Half Life 2 are good Action Adventures. (I don't really know about FEAR, its a weird shooter)
So what the fuck?
Why are horror movies so gay now, and on top of that if horror movies already blow chunks, why make a horror movie based off of a game? Stop now Uwe Boll, why'd you ruin Alone in the dark? Your terrible direction of that film, set the basis for a sequel which opened up peoples minds to continue the saga in Video Game format, thus spawning Alone in the dark 5. The game that could have been great, except it got fucked in the ass by Uwe Boll before they even knew what was coming. Thank the lord Farcry 2 didn't follow its movie counterpart. If you didn't know that a Farcry movie existed, continue believing that and disregard the last sentence.
Movies in general have had a steady decline, but if you keep your eyes and ears open a few gems drop into your lap. For example Dead Snow was a god damn amazing nazi zombie gore fest, Drag Me To Hell far exceeded my expectations and also actually rocked, and with Worst Case Scenario and Evil Dead 4 coming out in the estimated future I can't really complain. Well I mean I could complain but I seem to have this subconscious filter that only allows awesome things to permeate and stick in my memory.
ReplyDeleteMovies have always been shit. It's the gems tha you have to find and treusure. Good movies come out all the time, and focusing on the shitty state of cinima will not change that. I used to do the same thing.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Aracniphobia? Are you talking about the comedy film starring John Goodman? Because no part of that film was meant to be taken seriously.
But if you are looking for some good horror movies:
-Drag me to hell was pretty true to the san raimi style.
-Rob Zombie's halloween reboot is prety awesome.
- The hills have eyes 1 and 2? Man I thought these movies were going to suck, but they were extremely awesome. Bitches getting raped in the as, pickaxings, and shot gun murder.
-The friday the 13th remake was actually pretty good aswell.
These of course could not be what you are looking for as you mentioned that you want to genuinely be frightened, which is something I cannot remember happening to me from film, I mean it's a fucking movie.
Ahhhh! The New friday the 13th movie was terrible! So were BOTH the hills have eyes! >:(
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm talking about, shitty movies everybody likes.. BUT Gunther, I have seen Dead snow, brilliant, Genius really. (and Obiously we are all waiting for ED4, no need to mention this to me like I don't know)
Also The Halloween remake was good, and I was talking about the spider movie, I saw it when I was 6 and had a big fear of spiders.
Also, YOU CAN BE GENUINELY FRIGHTENED. When things pop out at you, shock horror. The best kind. ;)