Re: September 17, 2024 CE
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 4:39 pm
Good deal. Curious what you'll think of it.
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Good deal. Curious what you'll think of it.
I plan on giving it a watch sometime soon.Slaughterhouserock wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 4:38 pmIt is where I got my name, but it's just ok. Soundtrack is by Devo, though, so if you like them it'll be a bonus.
LMAO! I'm picturing you saying that, then kissing both your biceps/guns right after and walking off.Jigsaw wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:44 pmThis. 100% this.zombie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:40 pmthe 90s might be second worst after the 40s,Lazerus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:32 pmCare to elaborate a bit on this?zombie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:24 pmaside from the 1980s absolutely being the best, this has not been my experience with horror.Lazerus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:22 pm 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.
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?"
Never heard of a single one of those.Jigsaw wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:55 pmWhoa there, Nelly.Jason wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:49 pmI think the 1910s is pretty weak. Considering I can't name a single film from that decade.Jigsaw wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:44 pmThis. 100% this.zombie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:40 pmthe 90s might be second worst after the 40s,Lazerus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:32 pmCare to elaborate a bit on this?zombie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:24 pmaside from the 1980s absolutely being the best, this has not been my experience with horror.Lazerus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:22 pm 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.
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'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.
I'd like to say 80's, because of Metallica, Crue, Ozzy, Guns N Roses etc. But I have listened to a metric shit ton of newer modern stuff in particular Avenged Sevenfold and the Weeknd that might have surpassed in amount of listens. Then my main growing up/listening days were in the 90's which had great shit. And I'm a classic rock guy too so I can easily roll with the 70's, so tough to say damnit!
I know Foo's argument that I could agree with was that is was the "Perfect Slasher", meaning it checks all the boxes of what one would like/expect in a prototype slasher, but not necessarily that it's the greatest ever.
I'm probably one of the few here who cares about pre-1930's horror. I've not seen every silent horror film, at least those that exist, but I'm only something like ten, maybe 15 away.Reign in Blood wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:56 amNever heard of a single one of those.Jigsaw wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:55 pmWhoa there, Nelly.Jason wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:49 pmI think the 1910s is pretty weak. Considering I can't name a single film from that decade.Jigsaw wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:44 pmThis. 100% this.zombie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:40 pmthe 90s might be second worst after the 40s,Lazerus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:32 pmCare to elaborate a bit on this?zombie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:24 pmaside from the 1980s absolutely being the best, this has not been my experience with horror.Lazerus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:22 pm 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.
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'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.