September 18th 2024

[zombie]

is this the tenth page, yet?

[Jigsaw]

damn shame it was. would have been a funny post to finish off the 9th.

[Headhunter]

the 1980's was the golden age of horror films IMO.

Honorable mention to the 1970's, it also had some great films. The early 90's stuff was good but things began downgrading around 94/95 imo.
The 00's sucked mostly due to remake fever and the 2010's were just blah minus a few decent films.

aside from the 1980s absolutely being the best, this has not been my experience with horror.

Care to elaborate a bit on this?

the 90s might be second worst after the 40s,

This. 100% this.

I've seen so many horror fans say that the 90's was the weakest decade of horror, and I'm sitting here like "How many horror films from the 40's have you seen brah? do you even lift?"

The 1940's is 100% the weakest decade of horror, and this is an opinion I'm pretty firmly set it. That's not to say there aren't great movies - I Walked with a Zombie, The Body Snatcher, and Bedlam are stellar - but overall, it's a very weak decade.

I think the 1910s is pretty weak. Considering I can't name a single film from that decade.

Whoa there, Nelly.

I'll give you that Die Augen der Mumie Ma (The Eyes of the Mummy) is exceptionally weak, and marketed to the wrong audience, and I'll also give you that Malombra is largely non-sensical, and lastly, I'll give you that aside from historical reasons, Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades) isn't that interesting.

That said, Der Student von Prag (The Student of Prague) is a classic of the genre (widely considered the first full-length horror film), The Avenging Conscience: or, ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ has some strong elements, and Unheimliche Geschichten (Eerie Tales) is the first anthology horror film in the genre (beating out 1945's Dead of Night by 26 years).

It was a largely formative decade, and led into perhaps one of the most crucial decades for the genre as a whole.

Never heard of a single one of those.

You could make a case that Jiggy should be arrested for this post.

[Jigsaw]

Because I'm a pretentious twat? Seems fair.

[Jason]

He's growing up right before our very eyes.

[Jason]

I am suddenly itching to do a Friday/Nightmare/Halloween franchise marathon

[Headhunter]

I have this Sunday night routine where I get out of my fucking mind stoned and half pay attention / half sleep while TCM plays silent movies and I can’t reach for the remote to change the channel. So I’m a bit of a connoisseur myself, Jiggy

[Jason]

I have this Sunday night routine where I get out of my fucking mind stoned and half pay attention / half sleep while TCM plays silent movies and I can’t reach for the remote to change the channel. So I’m a bit of a connoisseur myself, Jiggy

Don't you guys also share the same birthday?

[zombie]

some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

[Jason]

some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

I can't watch a foreign film with English dubs. I have to have the original foreign language audio with English subtitles.

[Jigsaw]

I have this Sunday night routine where I get out of my fucking mind stoned and half pay attention / half sleep while TCM plays silent movies and I can’t reach for the remote to change the channel. So I’m a bit of a connoisseur myself, Jiggy

thats what I call a good time, fam.

Honestly, TCM is the only thing I miss about cable. I use just a Roku now, got rid of cable after my mom died, but TCM was quality stuff, and probably the channel I watched the most.

[zombie]

some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

I can't watch a foreign film with English dubs. I have to have the original foreign language audio with English subtitles.

aren't there some that only have the dub, domestically? i'm sure that you've made it through at least a couple. but i'm with you on that as a serious preference.

[Jigsaw]

some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

sometimes there's banging music in the background, though, which can almost make up for it.

[Jigsaw]

100% a subtitle guy. If I had to suffer through subs on a movie, then it automatically loses 3 points. Cause I'm a dick.

[Jason]

some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

I can't watch a foreign film with English dubs. I have to have the original foreign language audio with English subtitles.

aren't there some that only have the dub, domestically? i'm sure that you've made it through at least a couple. but i'm with you on that as a serious preference.

I haven't exactly seen a shit load of foreign flicks. But I have probably dabbled in a dubbing at one time or another.

[zombie]

some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

I can't watch a foreign film with English dubs. I have to have the original foreign language audio with English subtitles.

aren't there some that only have the dub, domestically? i'm sure that you've made it through at least a couple. but i'm with you on that as a serious preference.

I haven't exactly seen a shit load of foreign flicks. But I have probably dabbled in a dubbing at one time or another.

even horror-wise? i find this hard to believe.

[zombie]

100% a subtitle guy. If I had to suffer through subs on a movie, then it automatically loses 3 points. Cause I'm a dick.

this is an example of another post going over my head.

[Headhunter]

I have this Sunday night routine where I get out of my fucking mind stoned and half pay attention / half sleep while TCM plays silent movies and I can’t reach for the remote to change the channel. So I’m a bit of a connoisseur myself, Jiggy

thats what I call a good time, fam.

Honestly, TCM is the only thing I miss about cable. I use just a Roku now, got rid of cable after my mom died, but TCM was quality stuff, and probably the channel I watched the most.

TCM and live sports is like 90% of what I watch now lol.

[Headhunter]

I have this Sunday night routine where I get out of my fucking mind stoned and half pay attention / half sleep while TCM plays silent movies and I can’t reach for the remote to change the channel. So I’m a bit of a connoisseur myself, Jiggy

Don't you guys also share the same birthday?

We do!

[Jason]

some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

I can't watch a foreign film with English dubs. I have to have the original foreign language audio with English subtitles.

aren't there some that only have the dub, domestically? i'm sure that you've made it through at least a couple. but i'm with you on that as a serious preference.

I haven't exactly seen a shit load of foreign flicks. But I have probably dabbled in a dubbing at one time or another.

even horror-wise? i find this hard to believe.

I've probably seen most of the obvious ones. If anything I need to see more Asian horror.