Underappreciated horror movies.

[Kensington]

Spiritual or literal?

Spiritual. It's not nearly as engaging or satisfying, but it has some good moments and interesting visuals.

[Gregory]

Spiritual or literal?

Both. It's made by the same people, and the current DVD is the unrated director's cut.

[NATE!]

http://www.thescarefest.com/index.shtml

Convention in my town in September.

Partial Guest list:

Sid Haig
Bill Moseley
Tom Savini
Kane Hodder
Tony Todd
Tom Towles

And a Friday The 13th cast reunion. FRAUCKING AWRSOMR.

[Briomega]

http://www.thescarefest.com/index.shtml

Convention in my town in September.

Partial Guest list:

Sid Haig
Bill Moseley
Tom Savini
Kane Hodder
Tony Todd
Tom Towles

And a Friday The 13th cast reunion. FRAUCKING AWRSOMR.

That is fucking sweet.

[NATE!]

Both. It's made by the same people, and the current DVD is the unrated director's cut.

Gonna have to check that out then. Horror and sleaze = Can't fail.

[MAK15]

according to a few of the regulars over at the BS thread, Event Horizon

[The Hodag]

Or, you know, dumb ass city kids with no sense of direction or bearing.

Yep, a bit of both. Dumb kids, mystic weirdness going on, and at least one of the kids was going bonkers.

I know some folks hate the kids, find 'em annoying, etc., but I thought they were decent enough before things went wrong - pretty much like most college kids. But I never thought of 'em as "movie dumb", never lost my empathy for them.

Some of my favorite stuff in the movie is actually the beginning, where it all feels so innocuous and there's even some funny stuff with the locals, but also some creepy stuff starting to build - the old lady's story comes off very convincing, and I love the two guys who're fishing.

[The Hodag]

Lifeforce and Fright Night.

Been too long since I've seen Lifeforce, but it definitely made an impression on me as a young'un, and not just for the nudity - the apocalyptic stuff really creeped me out.

As for Fright Night, hells the fuck yeah. Not only genuinely witty, not only a great slice of 80s weirdness (Evil Ed!), not only a reasonably cool teen movie, but also genuinely creepy at times.

And the main bad guy - aka Prince Humperdink - is so awesomely smarmy!

Charlie holds up a cross, and he's all, like, "Oh, really?"

[changingshades]

according to a few of the regulars over at the BS thread, Event Horizon

supposedly it was better in theatres. The sounds of hell were better

[The Hodag]

It seems like Event Horizon's become a cult recommendation, but my brother caught it a few months ago and told me it was crap and everyone was clearly high. His curmudgeonly movie tastes usually match up with mine, so it hasn't been high on my list. Mebbe some day.