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So, I've decided to start giving a few more Horror flicks that I once shat upon verbally a second chance to work their way into my heart.

Today's guinea pig is going to be Rob Zombie's "House of 1,000 Corpses". It's been a good year or so since I saw it, well before I joined KMC, so, after having been so positively influenced in many ways, including giving films another go-round, we'll see what happens.

Other films I think I'm going to revisit include "Phantasm", "Bubba Ho-Tep", "The Hills Have Eyes", "Last House on the Left", and "Cabin Fever". Given there have been soooo many movies I've seen since joining here, can anyone else remember flicks I hated?

Don't put yourself through Cabin Fever again!! Save yourself.

In a few years do A Tale of Two Sisters...

cine have u saw ''let sleeping corpses lie'?

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
So, I've decided to start giving a few more Horror flicks that I once shat upon verbally a second chance to work their way into my heart.

Today's guinea pig is going to be Rob Zombie's "House of 1,000 Corpses". It's been a good year or so since I saw it, well before I joined KMC, so, after having been so positively influenced in many ways, including giving films another go-round, we'll see what happens.

Other films I think I'm going to revisit include "Phantasm", "Bubba Ho-Tep", "The Hills Have Eyes", "Last House on the Left", and "Cabin Fever". Given there have been soooo many movies I've seen since joining here, can anyone else remember flicks I hated?


House of 1000 corpses is an excellent selection for the Cine^2. I personally thought the movie was fabulous. way more frightening than many movies today. Since the story continues this summer, glad you have selected it


Cabin Fever should be reviewed again. I didnt think it was anything absolutely spectacular. But I thought it was a decent horror with many gorey elements. Cerina Vincent is also my imaginary lover. (:

Originally posted by MildPossession
Don't put yourself through Cabin Fever again!! Save yourself.

In a few years do A Tale of Two Sisters...

Now, I've dissed "Cabin Fever" the most on KMC, I owe it one more chance. Just one.

"A Tale of Two Sisters". Arrgh..maybe later, I'll have to review "Audition" first though.

Giving Audition another chance, eh? Hope you like it better the second time in, now that you know what to expect from it.

Originally posted by Deano
cine have u saw ''let sleeping corpses lie'?

what am i cine, a fukin mirage?

lol

Originally posted by Deano
what am i cine, a fukin mirage?

lol

Hey, did Dean reply to this thread?

Never saw it, not sure it's available 'round here. I did however finish "House of 1,000 Corpses". Pretty cool the second time around, only real complaint was not enough gore, and it should have ended at the burial scene. Just let those "things" bust open the casket and call it a day. After that, it errupted into a whole different movie, feel wise. Coulda made Spaulding the real Dr. Satan er something.

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Hey, did Dean reply to this thread?

Never saw it, not sure it's available 'round here. I did however finish "House of 1,000 Corpses". Pretty cool the second time around, only real complaint was not enough gore, and it should have ended at the burial scene. Just let those "things" bust open the casket and call it a day. After that, it errupted into a whole different movie, feel wise. Coulda made Spaulding the real Dr. Satan er something.

u like zombie flicks dont ya?
hunt it down!!!!
its gr8 underrated flick
have a look one ebay
its also goes under the name ' living dead at manchester morgue'

Your always talking about that movie Deano

Originally posted by SlipknoT
Your always talking about that movie Deano

i wanna discuss it with some one!!
lol no one has seen it

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
So, I've decided to start giving a few more Horror flicks that I once shat upon verbally a second chance to work their way into my heart.

Today's guinea pig is going to be Rob Zombie's "House of 1,000 Corpses". It's been a good year or so since I saw it, well before I joined KMC, so, after having been so positively influenced in many ways, including giving films another go-round, we'll see what happens.

Other films I think I'm going to revisit include "Phantasm", "Bubba Ho-Tep", "The Hills Have Eyes", "Last House on the Left", and "Cabin Fever". Given there have been soooo many movies I've seen since joining here, can anyone else remember flicks I hated?
Phantasm and Bubba Ho-tep are great!

You didn't like Bubba Ho-Tep the first time around? Yes, watch it again.

Originally posted by Wolfie
You didn't like Bubba Ho-Tep the first time around? Yes, watch it again.

..or second, so, that would be a Third timer.

Just stuck "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" on my rental list , hope its good suckah!

Originally posted by papabeard
Just stuck "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" on my rental list , hope its good suckah!

it is!!
its so underated its untrue

Just watched "LDAMM" thought it was OK, id say 5 out of 10. Decent story and better acting and production values than most zombie films, although tended to lack atmosphere in places, no real gore until later in the film. Not bad but not as good as Zombie Flesh Eaters.

Also watched Dead Alive, which I preferred, pretty cool film.

love Dead Alive. and c-dic, your a better cat than i, i dont think i could put myself through House of 1000 corpses again, it was god awful

shecht, didnt mean Dead Alive ( Braindead, which is a legend) I meant Dead and Buried

ah ok. either way, i'm having a go at some second chances, first on the list, American Psycho

Watched "Audition" again today, and still feel the exact same way. Boring, and a letdown at the end. Way too tame, regardless of the suggested shock value.

as i said, i'm cashing in on C-Units idea and have re watched American Psycho. to anyone who i have been rude to about liking this movie, i'm sorry. for years, i thought the flick was a steaming pile of shite. dont ask me why, i just thought it was, maybe it was me being an unappreciative youth, i dunno, either way, i'm a changed man! i never realised how this movie works, how the ending is all up to what you think happened. 5/5

Goooooood. The unraveling of the story supposedly plays out 10x better in the book, but I don't know if you can determine weither he's clinically insane or not without the visuals. I mean, animals from an ATM?

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
So, I've decided to start giving a few more Horror flicks that I once shat upon verbally a second chance to work their way into my heart.

Today's guinea pig is going to be Rob Zombie's "House of 1,000 Corpses". It's been a good year or so since I saw it, well before I joined KMC, so, after having been so positively influenced in many ways, including giving films another go-round, we'll see what happens.

Other films I think I'm going to revisit include "Phantasm", "Bubba Ho-Tep", "The Hills Have Eyes", "Last House on the Left", and "Cabin Fever". Given there have been soooo many movies I've seen since joining here, can anyone else remember flicks I hated?

WHAT!?! You didn't like Bubba Ho-Tep!?! I thought it was so funny. Very quotable movie. I just saw "Last House on the Left" at Blockbuster and thought "That has to be one of the stupidest horror movie titles."

I saw "Bubba Ho Tep" like 3 times already. One more go and I'm calling it a day. People hold a lot of Craven's earliest, Pre-NOES work in really high regard. I'm going to see those again as well, just because they probably deserve one more shot.

Craven's early work is incredibly dated, but if you keep in mind the time period when they were made they're easy to admire.

so it dosn't age very well then?

Don't necessarily stand the test of time, but not a lot of Horror flicks do. It's more so that they let the surroundings date it film itself, while there are old, old Horrors who's STORIES age well, indeed. i.e. TCM.

But, the synthisizer sounds when someone's getting stabbed in LHOTH don't really do anything for the film..

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Don't necessarily stand the test of time, but not a lot of Horror flicks do. It's more so that they let the surroundings date it film itself, while there are old, old Horrors who's STORIES age well, indeed. i.e. TCM.

But, the synthisizer sounds when someone's getting stabbed in LHOTH don't really do anything for the film..



You know just going off what you said, I think Amitiville Horror (original) stands the tests of time quite well. No bullshit it was very scary and i was on the edge of my seat watching it for the first time in 2004. If im not mistaken that is one of the movies you have bashed. Maybe it should be a candidate for a 2nd chance

The original Amitiville Horror is an excellent and unique ghost movie. One of the only ones that really drives home a sense of realism when dealing with supernatural things.

except for the stupid pig thing, that kind of ruins it for me, other than that though its decent.

the window scene ? it creeped me out ...even for a low budget effect

Well, took your advice and watched "Amityville" again tonight and really enjoyed it. It's been a good 3 years since I saw it last, and a good bit of it still works today. I think I enjoyed the remake about as much, honestly.

One thing that would have made the original better would have been James Brolin. As soon as his character was introduced, he seemed indifferent, which made any subsequent mood swings after moving into the house just seem like a non-event, as if he hadn't changed. He was a very nonchalant character, and I think Ryan Reynolds nailed the role in the 2005 rendition.

Another thing, anyone notice how damn similar James Brolin looks compared to Christian Bale!?

http://www.signatureworld.de/Brolin_James.jpg

http://www.dvdreview.com/fullreviews/Images/AmityvilleHorror/AmityvilleHorror7.jpg
http://www.allfansites.com/actors/Christian%20Bale/Christian%20Bale%20.jpg

http://film.onet.pl/_i/news/duze/c/christian_bale_1.jpg

I think someones mama's gotsumsplainintodo!

In a similar vein I just rewatched House of 1000 corpses, the first time i saw it , i thought it was rubbish, but on watching it again I realised I expected too much from it, i foolishly thought it was going to rival the TCM as I had not read anything about its content or story at the time of viewing, I thought it was going to be a serious, realistic horror film, and I was sorely disappointed and therefore couldnt appreciate its true genius.

On the second viewing I dispensed with all those preconceptions and realised it is the most insane, idea filled, essential comedy horror homage ever made and I ****ing loved it.

So many ideas, so many mutated iconic images from past horror classics , it just gets more over the top and unhinged as it goes on, its like the TCM on acid, I admit its not flawless, originality isnt its strong point , but by combining and mixing all these old ideas it becomes something original and realism has no place in madness such as this. House of 1000 Corpses is a modern classic, 9/10. (10/10 for effort)

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Well, took your advice and watched "Amityville" again tonight and really enjoyed it. It's been a good 3 years since I saw it last, and a good bit of it still works today. I think I enjoyed the remake about as much, honestly.

One thing that would have made the original better would have been James Brolin. As soon as his character was introduced, he seemed indifferent, which made any subsequent mood swings after moving into the house just seem like a non-event, as if he hadn't changed. He was a very nonchalant character, and I think Ryan Reynolds nailed the role in the 2005 rendition.

Another thing, anyone notice how damn similar James Brolin looks compared to Christian Bale!?



awesome, so you didnt say, you think this movie withstands the tests of time or nay?

haha ya dye james brolins hair black.. slick it back and hed look a lot like John Preston. Altho hed have to whipe that smirk off his face

Yeah, I think it carries pretty well. I think the "GET OUT" chants were creepy as hell, and the bleeding walls were ingenius. I know "Evil Dead 2" took that gimmick to the extremes, but still.

The "eyes" in the window..I gave the effects crew a free pass on that. THAT was hilarious.

Some of you MAY Laugh when I say this. But another movie I think cine should give a second chance to is the original Jeepers Creepers. I absolutely hate JC2. But JC1 I thought was scary, some really tense scenes. It maintained a straight horror theme through the entire film. Not this JC2 crap where he plays games with victims and they mix in comedy.

alright ill welcome the flames, but it was creepy damnit !

It was creepy until the beast was revealed, also the story hinged on them going back to look in the pipe after they had seen he was a demon and that he dumped a body down there, which for me was a poor plot device, not very believable. But it was ok , i have seen worse, it had some good moments.

I like the original "Jeepers Creepers", so does my girlfriend. It's funny because I got the DVD for $1 or so I think, and so many people hated the movie, now it's OOP, and since hardly everyone knocked it, it may actually become somewhat of a rarity.

I thought the first 45 minutes of Jeepers Creepers was quite good, before it turned out that it was a flying demon. It was creepy and actually reminded me of a good 70's horror film.

After he sprouted wings it all went to hell.

Bubba Ho-Tep surprised the hell out of me. Not only did I go out and buy the DVD the next day, but Bruce Campbell did excellent as Elvis. Still, I wish he would have uttered the immortal phrase "Gimme some sugar, baby!" to the hot nurse lady. That'd have been cool.

I'm gonna try to give the sequels to the NOES films a second chance...

wish me luck

The sequels are horrible for me to watch. The only one I can kinda tolerate is NOES 3: Dream Warriors.

The third was alright, except for the stupid wheel chair kid. And the fourth had some cool effects but that's about it. Anyway I don't want to get too off topic.

Originally posted by BackFire
I thought the first 45 minutes of Jeepers Creepers was quite good, before it turned out that it was a flying demon. It was creepy and actually reminded me of a good 70's horror film.

After he sprouted wings it all went to hell.


sounds like we need a Backfire^2 post as well

"Jeepers Creepers 2" was oozing with homoerotic undertones, especially the "Creeper" wagging his finger, nodding and smiling while he chose hunky male athletes off of the school bus.

BTW, tried "Ichi" again tonight was was bored senseless, and it's STILL not a gory movie, no matter what anyone says. I still think it's rather overrated, as well.

jeepers creepers 1 was really interesting and creepy for the first half..but then it got crap

i rather liked ichi the killer..its not that bad

nah i'll stand by Cine with that, apart from the gore, its there, and in itself the only appealing thing about the damn movie

Not to go too far off topic, but there's hardly any gore in Ichi. 3 scenes stand out. 1 in the hotel room, blood on the ceiling. 1 in another oom, corpses and parts everywhere. 1 towards the end, don't remember specifics. Together it was about 2 minutes long, not counting the Detective slicing off the tip of his tongue.

yeah, and ichi cutting the guy in half, that chicks foot of, the chick getting bashed by her hubby, or the detective eating that guys hands. and needles through the face. ok, back on topic now, sorry