???

I would say the 80s.  The good ones were back then anyway  ;)

I would say the 80s.  The good ones were back then anyway  ;)


:D

I'm going to say they were equal.  The horror genre was revamp and there resurrected in the 00s. Mostly because the people who grew up on them in the 80s were finally able to make their own!

Horror before the 1980's are the best one, i.e. "The Exorcist" and "The Omen", but released right on the cusp of 1980 was "The Shining". For me, the Halloween, Elm Street ilk of films are too tacky.

I'm going to say they were equal.  The horror genre was revamp and there resurrected in the 00s. Mostly because the people who grew up on them in the 80s were finally able to make their own!


I hear a lot that this certain movie gave the genre a rebirth:

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjAwNTUxMzA1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzY0ODQ4NA@@._V1_SY317_CR5,0,214,317_.jpg

The film came out in 1996.

Horror before the 1980's are the best one, i.e. "The Exorcist" and "The Omen", but released right on the cusp of 1980 was "The Shining". For me, the Halloween, Elm Street ilk of films are too tacky.


I love The Exorcist!

I think I need to see the Omen. I'm a big horror movie fan!

I hear a lot that this certain movie gave the genre a rebirth:

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjAwNTUxMzA1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzY0ODQ4NA@@._V1_SY317_CR5,0,214,317_.jpg

The film came out in 1996.



The pic didn't show up but I assume its Saw.

I love The Exorcist!

I think I need to see the Omen. I'm a big horror movie fan!


I hated the exorcist. Except for the crucifix scene I found the film truly boring.

Rosemary's baby also bored me to tears.

It's alive and amityville horror were pretty good but for me horror begins with Halloween.
The more bloodier the better.  ;D

I hated the exorcist. Except for the crucifix scene I found the film truly boring.

Rosemary's baby also bored me to tears.

It's alive and amityville horror were pretty good but for me horror begins with Halloween.
The more bloodier the better.  ;D



So, you prefer slasher flicks. To me, horror movies & slasher flicks are two different species.



Cat

So, you prefer slasher flicks. To me, horror movies & slasher flicks are two different species.



Cat


I think of slasher flicks as a subcategory of horror. Not a separate entity all together.
Also there's a difference between horror and thriller.


If they film isn't bloody and violent then it damn well better be really scary. Very few films are effective for me because I can see the end from the beginning. I can see where the director is going to put the "scary" shot. The person jumping from behind things the twist you weren't supposed to see coming. Those don't work on me. At least if the film is violent I have something to keep my attention  ;D

I think of slasher flicks as a subcategory of horror. Not a separate entity all together.
Also there's a difference between horror and thriller.


If they film isn't bloody and violent then it damn well better be really scary. Very few films are effective for me because I can see the end from the beginning. I can see where the director is going to put the "scary" shot. The person jumping from behind things the twist you weren't supposed to see coming. Those don't work on me. At least if the film is violent I have something to keep my attention  ;D



Personally, I don't like violence, blood & gore (and I'm not referring to Al  :D ;D ;D ;D ). So to me, thrillers are more my speed. I also like ghost stories.


Cat

I think horror flicks were more popular in the 80's, back then it was fun to watch with films such as  Halloween, Freddy Kruger and Michael Myers.

The pic didn't show up but I assume its Saw.


It was Scream.

I think horror flicks were more popular in the 80's, back then it was fun to watch with films such as  Halloween, Freddy Kruger and Michael Myers.


Yes that Halloween and Michael Myers movies were brilliant. A little redundant of one another tho  :D

It was Scream.


Oh yeah scream. Kevin Williamson did lay some nice ground work but it still look a little while for horror films to return in all their glory.

Personally, I don't like violence, blood & gore (and I'm not referring to Al  :D ;D ;D ;D ). So to me, thrillers are more my speed. I also like ghost stories.


Cat


Have any titles? I have yet to see what I would call a good ghost story. Maybe the entity. Tho I found it more shocking for other reasons than being an effective horror film.

Have any titles? I have yet to see what I would call a good ghost story. Maybe the entity. Tho I found it more shocking for other reasons than being an effective horror film.


-Ghost Story with Fred Astaire.
-The Others with Nicole Kidman
-Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis
-The Other (1972 flick-the book was good, too).

You can also say that the Shining is also a ghost story.

Of course my fav is the Ghost & Mrs. Muir but that is a love story not a horror flick.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

It was Scream.

Which actually came out in 1996  :P There were several good horror films in that decade as well.  Such as I Know What You Did Last Summer, Wishmaster, Candyman and Species.  As well as some of those franchise's sequels.  I like 80s and 70s best though. 

-Ghost Story with Fred Astaire.
-The Others with Nicole Kidman
-Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis
-The Other (1972 flick-the book was good, too).

You can also say that the Shining is also a ghost story.

Of course my fav is the Ghost & Mrs. Muir but that is a love story not a horror flick.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat


Saw ghost story but I don't remember it.

Hated the others.... I saw the "twist" coming a mile away.

Loved sixth sense (never saw that twist coming) but I never thought of it as a 'horror' film

Don't know if I saw The Other...probably not I may look for it

Loved the ghost & mrs m..... But like you said it's a love story  ;D

1988 was the year horror movies really peaked.

Every week, a new horror movie would hit the multiplex. Being a teenage horror geek, I had to go see all of them....

The Blob
Bad Dreams
Serpent and the Rainbow
Nightmare on Elm St 4: The Dream Master
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Child's Play
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
They Live
Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Plus video stores were still popular. Some movies I rented in '88...

Scarecrows
The Unnamable
Phantasm II
Pumpkinhead
Demons 2
Slugs: The Movie
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Brain Damage
Prison

Not all of them were good; even the bad ones were still fun though.

Saw ghost story but I don't remember it.

Hated the others.... I saw the "twist" coming a mile away.

Loved sixth sense (never saw that twist coming) but I never thought of it as a 'horror' film

Don't know if I saw The Other...probably not I may look for it

Loved the ghost & mrs m..... But like you said it's a love story  ;D



Like you, I didn't see the twist in the Sixth Sense but did see it in The Others. I think watching the Sixth Sense first made me see it in The Others. Don't know if I would have seen it if I hadn't watched the Sixth Sense first.



Cat

Yes that Halloween and Michael Myers movies were brilliant. A little redundant of one another tho  :D


why were they redundant?  ???

I'd say they were equal as well. In the 90s were less popular except for a handful of hits like Scream and The Blair Witch Project

why were they redundant?  ???


The Halloween movies  and the Michael Myers movies are the same movies (except for Halloween 3) . Listing them twice was redundant.

Like you, I didn't see the twist in the Sixth Sense but did see it in The Others. I think watching the Sixth Sense first made me see it in The Others. Don't know if I would have seen it if I hadn't watched the Sixth Sense first.



Cat


I blame my film degree. There are very few movie twists Idont see coming. I'm trying to think of any other films that took me by surprise. Maybe the boy in the stripped pajamas. I saw it coming but not until much later in the film.

Oh yeah scream. Kevin Williamson did lay some nice ground work but it still look a little while for horror films to return in all their glory.


Do you think Scream kinda opened the door?

What movie would you say REALLY bring back the horror genre?

1988 was the year horror movies really peaked.

Every week, a new horror movie would hit the multiplex. Being a teenage horror geek, I had to go see all of them....

The Blob
Bad Dreams
Serpent and the Rainbow
Nightmare on Elm St 4: The Dream Master
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Child's Play
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
They Live
Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Plus video stores were still popular. Some movies I rented in '88...

Scarecrows
The Unnamable
Phantasm II
Pumpkinhead
Demons 2
Slugs: The Movie
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Brain Damage
Prison

Not all of them were good; even the bad ones were still fun though.


I heard that by about the last third of 1989 horror was starting to go 'out of fashion' again.

Also 1988 was the year I was born. :D

I heard that by about the last third of 1989 horror was starting to go 'out of fashion' again.

Also 1988 was the year I was born. :D


It's your fault!!!  ;D

It's your fault!!!  ;D


;D ;D

Do you think Scream kinda opened the door?

What movie would you say REALLY bring back the horror genre?


I think scream got people talking about horror films again so yeah it gave it a resurgence. They did still make horror films in the 90s they just didn't make a lot of good ones lol  for the record I loved all the scream movies. Even the 3rd one  ;D but 1 & 4 were the best.

I don't really like lumping suspense/thriller films in with horror I think of them as two separate genres. I think horror films and slasher films get treated like they are one in the same. They aren't but should be treated like Siamese twins.  Not all horror films are slasher flicks but all slasher flicks are horror.  ;D

My scariest film moments always will be

The last 20 minutes (or so) of Halloween. From where Laurie discovers the bodies to the closing credits. There's no slashing & little blood at that point and its the scariest thing I've ever seen.

The opening of when a stranger calls w/ carol Kane. The rest if the film is crap but the opening and I believe the ending (if i recall correctly) are pretty solid

And the first half of High Tension. That movie had me in the edge of my seat. The second half of the film sux!

Do you think Scream kinda opened the door?

What movie would you say REALLY bring back the horror genre?


You mean from the past or now? ???

You mean from the past or now? ???


Starting around the late 80s(1989??) the horror genre was 'no longer cool'. This dry spell lasted until about December 1996 with Scream. Although Snoz might not consider Scream a true horror film!  :D

Starting around the late 80s(1989??) the horror genre was 'no longer cool'. This dry spell lasted until about December 1996 with Scream. Although Snoz might not consider Scream a true horror film!  :D


I think it is.

I think scream got people talking about horror films again so yeah it gave it a resurgence. They did still make horror films in the 90s they just didn't make a lot of good ones lol  for the record I loved all the scream movies. Even the 3rd one  ;D but 1 & 4 were the best.

I don't really like lumping suspense/thriller films in with horror I think of them as two separate genres. I think horror films and slasher films get treated like they are one in the same. They aren't but should be treated like Siamese twins.  Not all horror films are slasher flicks but all slasher flicks are horror.  ;D

My scariest film moments always will be

The last 20 minutes (or so) of Halloween. From where Laurie discovers the bodies to the closing credits. There's no slashing & little blood at that point and its the scariest thing I've ever seen.

The opening of when a stranger calls w/ carol Kane. The rest if the film is crap but the opening and I believe the ending (if i recall correctly) are pretty solid

And the first half of High Tension. That movie had me in the edge of my seat. The second half of the film sux!


To me, the scariest movies I have seen were Poltergeist & Children of the Corn. "He wants you, too Malachi"




Cat

To me, the scariest movies I have seen were Poltergeist & Children of the Corn. "He wants you, too Malachi"




Cat


I remember Children of the Corn. Those kids are creepy as hell!  :o

I think it is.


Yay! One point for 80sfan!  ;D

Starting around the late 80s(1989??) the horror genre was 'no longer cool'. This dry spell lasted until about December 1996 with Scream. Although Snoz might not consider Scream a true horror film!  :D


Scream was definitely a horror film but I don't think of it as a true slasher flick (even tho it kinda is) its like slasher lite lol



I remember Children of the Corn. Those kids are creepy as hell!  :o


I said this before and get a lot of flack for it but I never considered poltergeist a horror film. I love the movie but it just never read horror to me. Supernatural for sure but not horror.

Children of the corn I loved - it didn't scare me but I loved it- Malachi and Jacob were def twisted!!!


So, on a side note, I was at an event where the dude who played Malachi was. This guy, superman on H'wood blvd (see confessions of a superhero doc and you'll know who I mean) kept yelling Malachi, Malachi can I get your autograph. The dudes in his 40s now and was getting pissed off. I whipped out my iPhone and imdb'd him (Courtney Gaines) as the superman guy yelled again "Malachi!" I yelled "Courtney! Can I get a pic with you???" He came right over to me cuz I knew his name. Lol. No one saw me look it up!

It's on Facebook. Can't remember if I posted it here.

Yay! One point for 80sfan!  ;D


http://horrorwarehouse.com/images/scream4maskknifeset.jpg

You mean to tell me that this isn't scary?

http://horrorwarehouse.com/images/scream4maskknifeset.jpg

You mean to tell me that this isn't scary?


I'd be running like a cheetah from that killer!  :(

I'd be running like a cheetah from that killer!  :(


you should get one of those bedrooms with the interlocking bedroom/closet doors....stops him everytime!!!

:D

you should get one of those bedrooms with the interlocking bedroom/closet doors....stops him everytime!!!

:D

Until he climbs in your window with a different idea in mind  ;D (Scream fans know what scene I'm referring to)

Until he climbs in your window with a different idea in mind  ;D (Scream fans know what scene I'm referring to)



;D


I don't recall it in scream 2 but the bedroom door/closet door occured in scream, scream 3 and I'm pretty sure scream 4  :D 

;D


I don't recall it in scream 2 but the bedroom door/closet door occured in scream, scream 3 and I'm pretty sure scream 4  :D

I don't think it was on Scream 2.  :)

you should get one of those bedrooms with the interlocking bedroom/closet doors....stops him everytime!!!

:D


He'll find a way.

He'll find a way.

Don't they always?  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGVhrugL38

Do you know where he is? ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGVhrugL38

Do you know where he is? ;D


;D ;D

you should get one of those bedrooms with the interlocking bedroom/closet doors....stops him everytime!!!

:D


Are you talking about the scene in Scream where Sidney runs upstairs then closes the door then locks it with another door? Then after she uses her computer to call the police?  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eddYHcF25E0


And the BEST scene in the movie:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHKwhrN1Lg



Cat

Are you talking about the scene in Scream where Sidney runs upstairs then closes the door then locks it with another door? Then after she uses her computer to call the police?  :D



yes.... the "interlocking" bedroom/closet door!  ;D

They use it in I.
Then in 3 they're on a film set that's a replica of Sydney's bedroom they have it in 3
And I think they have it 4. I only saw 4 once but I vaguely remember seeing it in one of the girl's houses.

;D

;D ;D


Now if that isn't the most stupidest I've seen I don't know what is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGVhrugL38

Do you know where he is? ;D

Good hiding.... not!  ;D

yes.... the "interlocking" bedroom/closet door!  ;D

They use it in I.
Then in 3 they're on a film set that's a replica of Sydney's bedroom they have it in 3
And I think they have it 4. I only saw 4 once but I vaguely remember seeing it in one of the girl's houses.

;D


;D

Good hiding.... not!  ;D


They should've put Freddy Kreuger or Jason in that scene.

They should've put Freddy Kreuger or Jason in that scene.


Freddy Kruegar scares me the most out of the 'big three' that is Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Kruegar. Can you imagine not being able to sleep?

Although Michael Myers looks the most scary in my opinion, I think it's his empty and black eyes.

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2600000/Michael-Myers-michael-myers-2635435-1024-768.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Freddy_Krueger.JPG/250px-Freddy_Krueger.JPG

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tm2cWkjvpK4/UE2d-zAKdKI/AAAAAAAAAXs/9poJ7DnYLeo/s1600/Jason_Voorhees.jpg

Now which one scares you the most?

Freddy Kruger scares me the most out of the 'big three' that is Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Kruegar. Can you imagine not being able to sleep?

I sleep soundly.

Freddy Kruegar scares me the most out of the 'big three' that is Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Kruegar. Can you imagine not being able to sleep?

Although Michael Myers looks the most scary in my opinion, I think it's his empty and black eyes.



Not as big as the big three but for me... the scariest... was Mad Man Marz...

http://cdn.fearnet.com/sites/default/files/images/legacy/fearnetImages/imKGzHnJv92wofSob6WKVHhQ==.jpg



I've told this story before but it was long before you started posting so maybe you never saw it...


I was a freshman in HS. It was Dec 1982 (maybe I was a sophomore and it was Dec 83) at any rate. I had a slumber party for my birthday. My birthday gift was a gift for the family... a VCR!!!! OMG I can watch movies at home!!!! Anyway. My parents bought a VCR and we went to the store and rented The Entity and Madman. 

We watched the Entity first then we put on Madman.  It scared my friends and I shytless.. For two weeks after I was looking for madman in my closet and behind doors. Anytime I was outside alone at night I freaked out! Sometimes I would see him at my window. 

Fast forward to my Sr yr.  a few of my friends (3 of whom were at my slumber party) were out cruising and really just trying to find someplace to get drunk... but first we needed booze. 

One of my friends lived in Prunedale, a smalltown just a few minutes away from Salinas, which is where I lived. Prundale is basically rural.  My friend Pam was driving a big pick up. She had two other friends in the front. My friend Lyn and I were sitting in the bed of the pickup.  we went decided to stop at someone's house (also in Prunedale) Pam and her two friends were going inside to get booze- Lyn and I didn't know anyone in the house so we waited in the truck bed.  It was night, pitch black, we were basically, kind of in the mountains. The nearest neighbor could not be seen. There were trees all around. As Pam closed the door of her truck she looked at me and  lyn and said "Don't let Madman Marz get you"  that was it... that long forgotten, long buried terror crept right up to the surface. I looked at lyn and she had the same terror on her face. We sat back to back watching the trees for any signs of Madman Marz. 


I found the dvd years ago and bought it... I never watched- for two reasons. IT IS THE SCARIEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN!!! .... and... I'm afraid it really isn't the scariest movie I've ever seen and it won't live up to this memory I have in my head. 

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2600000/Michael-Myers-michael-myers-2635435-1024-768.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Freddy_Krueger.JPG/250px-Freddy_Krueger.JPG

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tm2cWkjvpK4/UE2d-zAKdKI/AAAAAAAAAXs/9poJ7DnYLeo/s1600/Jason_Voorhees.jpg

Now which one scares you the most?



This one!


http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/pee-wee-herman-20090810-174119.jpg



Cat

This one!


http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/pee-wee-herman-20090810-174119.jpg



Cat


;D

Not as big as the big three but for me... the scariest... was Mad Man Marz...

http://cdn.fearnet.com/sites/default/files/images/legacy/fearnetImages/imKGzHnJv92wofSob6WKVHhQ==.jpg



I've told this story before but it was long before you started posting so maybe you never saw it...


I was a freshman in HS. It was Dec 1982 (maybe I was a sophomore and it was Dec 83) at any rate. I had a slumber party for my birthday. My birthday gift was a gift for the family... a VCR!!!! OMG I can watch movies at home!!!! Anyway. My parents bought a VCR and we went to the store and rented The Entity and Madman. 

We watched the Entity first then we put on Madman.  It scared my friends and I shytless.. For two weeks after I was looking for madman in my closet and behind doors. Anytime I was outside alone at night I freaked out! Sometimes I would see him at my window. 

Fast forward to my Sr yr.  a few of my friends (3 of whom were at my slumber party) were out cruising and really just trying to find someplace to get drunk... but first we needed booze. 

One of my friends lived in Prunedale, a smalltown just a few minutes away from Salinas, which is where I lived. Prundale is basically rural.  My friend Pam was driving a big pick up. She had two other friends in the front. My friend Lyn and I were sitting in the bed of the pickup.  we went decided to stop at someone's house (also in Prunedale) Pam and her two friends were going inside to get booze- Lyn and I didn't know anyone in the house so we waited in the truck bed.  It was night, pitch black, we were basically, kind of in the mountains. The nearest neighbor could not be seen. There were trees all around. As Pam closed the door of her truck she looked at me and  lyn and said "Don't let Madman Marz get you"  that was it... that long forgotten, long buried terror crept right up to the surface. I looked at lyn and she had the same terror on her face. We sat back to back watching the trees for any signs of Madman Marz. 


I found the dvd years ago and bought it... I never watched- for two reasons. IT IS THE SCARIEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN!!! .... and... I'm afraid it really isn't the scariest movie I've ever seen and it won't live up to this memory I have in my head.


Great story!!

I sleep soundly.


Freddy scared me back in the mid-90s when I watched Wes Craven's New Nightmare.

Freddy scared me back in the mid-90s when I watched Wes Craven's New Nightmare.



New Nightmare...that was a great flick...freddy comes from the screen into the real world and starts attacking people associated with the film....and didn't he possess Miko Hughes or something?  ;D

This one!


http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/pee-wee-herman-20090810-174119.jpg



Cat


http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkoj1cEm7L1qjd24zo1_500.gif

This one!


http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/pee-wee-herman-20090810-174119.jpg



Cat

;D

Great story!!

I second that!

New Nightmare...that was a great flick...freddy comes from the screen into the real world and starts attacking people associated with the film....and didn't he possess Miko Hughes or something?  ;D
 
Yeah after freaking out and repeating "Never sleep again" (or something like that)

This one!


http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/pee-wee-herman-20090810-174119.jpg



Cat


He's pretty scary. ;D

Freddy scared me back in the mid-90s when I watched Wes Craven's New Nightmare.


His fingers reminded me of Edward Scissorhands.

His fingers reminded me of Edward Scissorhands.

Except he started his rein of terror long before tender hearted Edward came along.

Night Of The Comet is an underrated zombie flick that I enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9O-0B6OC0E

Night Of The Comet is an underrated zombie flick that I enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9O-0B6OC0E


I love this movie so much!!!

I love this movie so much!!!

:) Good morning Q

:) Good morning Q


morning! :-)

I've just realized that I've never seen Scream. :o Or Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yet I know the villains of these films. 

I've just realized that I've never seen Scream. :o Or Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yet I know the villains of these films.


That's because their great pop culture icons!!!


It's much better than my situation. I have never heard a beiber song but I know who he is....isn't that scary?


I still laugh about the day I first became aware of him. It was the we are the world cover. I watched the video someone posted here and my 1st comment was who is the girl singing in the beginning  ;D  I genuinely had no clue what a beiber was and really thought that he was a girl.  ;D

Sorry to clutter your thread with the beibs but it amuses me so.

I've just realized that I've never seen Scream. :o Or Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yet I know the villains of these films.


You don't know what you're missing. ;)

I've just realized that I've never seen Scream. :o Or Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yet I know the villains of these films.

:o Watch them  :)

What years were more popular for horror films? 1980-1985 or 1985-1990? ???

What years were more popular for horror films? 1980-1985 or 1985-1990? ???


I was born in 1988. How should I know?  :D :D

What years were more popular for horror films? 1980-1985 or 1985-1990? ???

I would say the first half because of the late 70s being more prominent in Horror then the early 90s.

I would say the first half because of the late 70s being more prominent in Horror then the early 90s.


I agree with you.

:o Watch them  :)


I will! I think a few of them might be on Netflix.

I will! I think a few of them might be on Netflix.

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