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Reign in Blood wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:56 am

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zombie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 1:24 pm

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.

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.

Headhunter wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:35 pm 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

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:40 pm some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

Headhunter wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:35 pm 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 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:42 pm

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:40 pm 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.

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:40 pm some people can't overcome subtitles. i can't overcome no spoken dialogue...

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:46 pm

Jason wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:42 pm

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:40 pm 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.

Jason wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:48 pm

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:46 pm

Jason wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:42 pm

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:40 pm 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.

Jigsaw wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:47 pm 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.

Jigsaw wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:46 pm

Headhunter wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:35 pm 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.

Jason wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:37 pm

Headhunter wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:35 pm 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 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:49 pm

Jason wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:48 pm

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:46 pm

Jason wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:42 pm

zombie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:40 pm 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.