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Movie recommendations. - Rick - 2009-11-15
Recommend me some movies. I like mostly thriller / horror stuff, but not horror that's entirely based on gore / torture porn. Subtitled foreign movies are fine, too. I've found they are better than cheap Hollywood remakes.
Some movies I have enjoyed in the past:
The Others
The Mist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Shining
Dawn of the Dead
Carrie
The Sixth Sense
I've heard that the Japanese versions of The Ring and The Grudge are good, anyone know? Any recommendations are appreciated.
Movie recommendations. - Reflexx - 2009-11-15
The Hangover
Employee of the Month
Good Luck Chuck
American Pie
Harold and Kumar
Sorry I don't like thrillers and horror movies. Go watch what I listed!
Movie recommendations. - Rick - 2009-11-15
Seen all but one. And they're not that great.
Movie recommendations. - MetaSeraphim - 2009-11-15
Check out Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it was the latest thriller/horror movie I watched and I rather enjoyed it.
Movie recommendations. - ThatWasMyKil - 2009-11-15
RDal Wrote:The Mist
what an ending
Movie recommendations. - VladTheLvr - 2009-11-15
Cant go wrong with the exorcist for a horror movie.
Also (may be a bit gory) cannibal holocaust.
Movie recommendations. - RealityTV - 2009-11-15
Paranormal activity.
2012.
I've watched grudge japanese and I found it really boring and not worth it. Try thailand version of Shutter. that's scary and it's similar to the grudge. Not really scary, but original version of 'Dark Water' is really emotional. The movie progresses slow though.
Movie recommendations. - madanthony - 2009-11-15
The Shining (fuuuuuck Stanley Kubrick)
Oldboy (Korean, crazy, a little gore)
I bet you'd enjoy a lot of Hitchcock, only one I've seen though is North by Northwest.
Movie recommendations. - Dyxanije - 2009-11-15
Pontypool was pretty good.
Movie recommendations. - Greg - 2009-11-15
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Not a horror movie, but it's great. Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz, too.
Movie recommendations. - Smooth Criminal - 2009-11-15
Some Hitchcock to recommend: Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window.
I also recommend the Hong Kong crime-thriller Infernal Affairs and its American-version The Departed that was directed by Martin Scorsese.
Movie recommendations. - Derimed - 2009-11-15
Shawshank Redemption is probably the single best film I've ever seen; it's based on a novella by Stephen King, and is the only movie that I've ever seen that is much better than the literary work it's based on. Shawshank is one of those movies that wasn't noticed when it came out, but its reputation steadily grew and it became a hit as a VHS. It has a lot of excellent talent, (Tim Robbins, Morgan Freedman, Bob Gunton and Clancy Brown,) and it somehow pulls off being elegant, thoughtful and inspiring while being a prison movie where the main character gets raped by bull queers.
Devil's Advocate is an excellent movie because it's well-researched and very well-written. There are little tidbits in the movie that show this quite well -- for example, they used Donald Trump's apartment to shoot the scene where the main character is talking to one of the wealthiest and prominent men in New York in his dwelling. DA is also peculiar (and brilliant) in that it has no good guys -- every prominent character is a bad guy in that movie. You get a feel for the wealth and power of legal and corporate fat-cats, but the movie doesn't hide how corrupt and disgusting it is.
Terminator 2. Yeah, you've probably seen it, (it was more of a hit than the Matrix when it came out,) but at this point it's getting old enough that maybe you haven't. Seriously, I only watched the first Terminator to understand what was going on in the second, it is one of the best action movies ever made, and is one of the few that combines brilliant writing and acting with tons of $hit blowing up in a spectacular manner. I was really sad when they came out with the POS third Terminator, because it ruined the series, both by being an extremely bad film and by ruining the closure created at the end of the second Terminator.
Revenge of the Nerds: this is a classic, and in my opinion the best fraternity flick in existence. I think it's better than Animal House. While everything in the movie is a spoof and exaggerated, it shows the basic American dynamic where image is taken over substance. Also, as a fraternity guy, I can say that while it does not portray fraternities that accurately (it IS a spoof,) there are things in there that are 100% true.
Army of Darkness: the first movie of this series was called Evil Dead, being an okay horror flick. The second was Evil Dead II, half-way between horror and comedy. The third was Army of Darkness, which is pure comedy. The movie features some of the most epic one-liners I've ever seen in a movie, and it is also chauvinism at it's finest. I do not recommend watching this one with your girlfriend unless she loves the lulz.
Movie recommendations. - Zephyr - 2009-11-15
Jurassic park 1/2, 3 if you like
Terminator 1 and 2, if you want 3, but i think 4 is crap.
Poltergeist
Chuckie for the lulz
Alien, aliens(2) and alien 3, also resurrection.
Independence day
The day after tomorrow
I am legend
Wild wild west
Men in black 1 and 2
Tremors 1 and 2 i think
Can't think about more right now xd
Movie recommendations. - Manda - 2009-11-15
I haven't seen too many horror/thriller movies lately but one I really enjoyed in the past has been The Eye. I watched it subtitled and I just really loved it. If only I could find my DVD in my room. D:
Movie recommendations. - GMSInfighter - 2009-11-15
Too lazy to make a giant list but if you like gore then Tokyo Gore Police.
Movie recommendations. - Berzerk - 2009-11-15
From the posters on my walls: The Forbidden Kingdom, The Kingdom, Quantum of Solace, Star Trek (2009), The Hangover, and Defiance.
From my External hard drive full of movies: Burn After Reading, Changeling, irl, Obsessed, Push, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, The Last House on the Left, The Proposal, The Uninvited, Trick R' Treat, V for Vendetta, Valkyrie, Wanted and Watchmen.
Long list, I know. But I can guarantee there'll be something in there you like.
Movie recommendations. - bio9205 - 2009-11-15
I don't know if you mind animation, but I really enjoyed Coraline. It's a mix of many genres - children's, horror, adventure, sci-fi.
Plus, it's stop motion.
Movie recommendations. - Laur - 2009-11-15
This isn't going to be a great help since the horror/thriller movies I'm dragged to watch I tend to laugh during and find them more comedic than anything else. Some I haven't found to be too terrible:
1408
Drag Me to Hell
Walled In
Movie recommendations. - Cancambo - 2009-11-15
Not a horror film, but is still a wonderful movie.
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Movie recommendations. - DarkPwnage - 2009-11-15
I'm not a big movie person, but I saw Speed over Christmas break last year and loved it.