Horror films

+1 for Frenzy. I love it!

can anyone recommend any decent ghost story movies? i dont like the gore stuff

The Orphanage, any number of Japanese films, The Ring etc.

American Werewolf in London has Brian Glover (and Rik Mayall), it therefore wins.

AWIL is great aye, every time I go to Dartmoor or wild places 'Dont go......'
just thinking about the way the twins are cut in to shot, the carpet, the boy racing along the corridors in Shining gets my ring going.

over on the three frames channel theyre doing Picnic at Hanging rock, nice!

name the film

Shit... got me there.

The Boston Strangler?

Rik Mayall is in AWIL? Can't remember that. Wicked film though.

Watched this when I was far too young, about 13;

Dribbling, catatonic wreck for weeks after. Could not handle it. Bought it a while back - it's a comedy now.

Itchy the killer!

watch this and you'll get your cathartic kick

Love old Pinhead

^^^The Innocents is brilliant.

See if you can get a copy of Whistle and I'll Come To You - I think it's on youtube. It's brilliant.

I also really like The Legend of Hell House.

cheers. didnt know they made any films out of james's stuff! i will investigate.

the exorcism of emily jones (?) is on tonight - don't know if its much cop

@lucifer have u read any algernon blackwood?

he da bomb http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/blackwood.html

Never heard of him jv, I'm ashamed to say! Thanks for the heads up though - I'm a massive fan of traditional ghost stories and spooky fiction.
I will investigate at the first opportunity.

watched Calvaire last night, really good film. surprised me.
and also House on the edge of the park, quite good too.

YouTube - Funny dance from House on the edge of the Park

Looks good! At what point do they all start fucking each other?

Rik Mayall is in AWIL? Can't remember that. Wicked film though.

next on the list, Pontypool, and Switchblade Romance (seen it before though) also called Haut Tension.

^you can read a few pdf's of his with the link I gave. the wendigo and the willows are stand out.

@31trum - calvaire is awesome, thanks for jogging my memory i saw that at the cinema , will rewatch.

i watched the exorcism of emily rose last night - was suprisingly good. exorcist is on c5 thursday.

Hobo, have you seen Rec2? it's pretty good, not as good as Rec but certainly worth watching

Society that's the one with all the toffs getting all melted into each other?

I thought both rec's were good but let down by their endings.

not wanting to give spoilers it just seemed like they went from being perfectly weighted in terms of horror, dread, general build-up and all the other things that make films like that good and then just they just get a bit ridiculous when the latex comes out for the finale.

great thread, i was thinking of starting one.

saw loads recently.

going to start by saying watch

Eden Lake

the Collector

I found Eden Lake depressing. Close enough to Daily Mail broken Britain to be social satire more than out and out horror. That lad out of Skins is top drawer though. I'm keeping an eye on him, he's the next Paddy Considine.

YouTube - Funny dance from House on the edge of the Park

Looks good! At what point do they all start fucking each other?

At which point does the torturing begin?

If anyone gets a chance and is a real fan of the genre / loves to see it worked in new and intelligent ways, check out Red White and Blue by Simon Rumley (caveat; friend of mine). Saw it at frightfest last year and it's pure horror laced with amazing - genre defying ideas, brilliant acting and a lazy, steady tempo. Genuinely left me breathless. I feel it could be a real cult hit. Especially now he's getting bigger and sexier budgets to tinker with. People who discover him will look back at RWandB for sure. Have a gander if you get a chance!!!

Also a very good film is
Funny Games
The original Belgium film not the stupid American remake

^ this! It splits opinion, but I think it's excellent.

I found Eden Lake depressing. Close enough to Daily Mail broken Britain to be social satire more than out and out horror. That lad out of Skins is top drawer though. I'm keeping an eye on him, he's the next Paddy Considine.

it left me shocked, i walked away thinking about it though, still recommend it a good british shocker/horror

and Paddy is great!

Yeah, I should say I liked Eden Lake. Didn't enjoy my next camping trip as much as I would have though!