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post #2251 of 2477
10/12/08 at 3:09am
Not that I would discourage the love for certain flicks, but I suggest we should disparage the idea of trading in future drafts. Mostly because it's kinda silly.
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post #2252 of 2477
10/12/08 at 3:25am
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Oh, fuck off.

I've been in an official type Kirby draft where trades are allowed, but it doesn't happen. It's not a big deal.

In fact, all y'all bitching about rules, bonus rounds, anything else are more than welcome to set up one of these things in the future. I only do it out of love. Kiss my taint.

I should have been stricter on the theatrical release rule, no DTV, but other than the Duel thing, it really wasn't a problem.
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post #2253 of 2477
10/12/08 at 3:35am
Duel is great, but it's less a horror flick than Aliens. Aliens at least has, you know... ALIENS killing people. Scary aliens, at that.

Duel is perfect except the internal monologue. I'd love to see how it plays without that. I think the audience is given all it needs without.
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post #2254 of 2477
10/12/08 at 6:06am
Duel is Halloween with a truck instead of a mask, before Halloween happened.
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post #2255 of 2477
10/12/08 at 6:26am
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Originally Posted by sackley View Post
Duel is Halloween with a truck instead of a mask, before Halloween happened.
I dunno if I see that.

I'll admit, Duel is more suspense/thriller than horror, and Aliens is more action/sci-fi than horror, but Aliens still has more fingers in the horror cookie jar.
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post #2256 of 2477
10/12/08 at 7:42am
And Duel doesn't?
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post #2257 of 2477
10/12/08 at 8:15am
I'll go for the nameless/faceless terror/menace bit. But doesn't someone usually die in a horror film? Spoiler(?): The truck driver dies, one assumes.

Don't get me wrong, a death shouldn't be a prerequisite, but I just don't see how Duel is more a horror film than Aliens is. I know lots of people that have had the shit scared out of them by both films, so I'd say both count.
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post #2258 of 2477
10/12/08 at 8:49am
I have to say I do disagree with this whole trading deal. just as I was against a certain someone getting to redraft after picking the wrong JCVD pick. We need to live with the picks we get...and this comes from the guy who has drafted TBC and Heartbreak Ridge
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post #2259 of 2477
10/12/08 at 10:48am
If somebody had offered to make a trade for TBC, you would've jumped at it in a second. A trade is really no big deal; no sillier than the rest of the draft concept. This is supposed to be fun, remember??

Anyway, I just finished watching EYES WITHOUT A FACE. Excellent selection, sack. Legend for inspiring a Billy Idol song, the film is quietly terrifying. (A forerunner of torture porn?) Ashamed I never got around to this one before. So subtly disturbing.

*SPOILERS*

Something about the idea of being drugged and operated on freaks me out! The face surgery scene must have been a shocker back in the day.
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post #2260 of 2477
10/12/08 at 10:52am
Definitely. That's why the film was so reviled, that and the dog attack scene. Critics couldn't see past the sickening aspects of it to the amazing artistry that went into it.
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post #2261 of 2477
10/12/08 at 10:57am
The dog attack! What a satisfying comeuppance!

Today I'm giving DIABOLIQUE & REPULSION a go.
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post #2262 of 2477
10/12/08 at 11:05am
Regarding Trading:
1. It's Keith's draft to run. If he allows it, he allows it.
2. Their rationale for the trade made sense, thematically.
3. I'm pretty sure that Fuckstick said I could trade him 'The Creeping Flesh' for 'Nosferatu', so I'm on it.

Also, I've got 'Haxan', 'Blood and Black Lace', and 'Videodrome' lined up for viewing. Anderson, thanks for the 25 essentials list.

ETA: My bonus pick is going to bury ALL of you fuckers. I'm counting on Martin to drop it right away...
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post #2263 of 2477
10/12/08 at 11:46am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
But doesn't someone usually die in a horror film?
I think there's at least one film that's been drafted where no one dies.
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post #2264 of 2477
10/12/08 at 12:01pm
Having just watched Exorcist III for the first time just now (which turned out to be pretty damn great, actually, sloppy ending aside), I can honestly say that Brad Dourif in this makes Child's Play look like even more fucking ridiculous being drafted here.
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post #2265 of 2477
10/12/08 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
I think there's at least one film that's been drafted where no one dies.
One of my favorite unsung 80's horror films (which shall remain nameless) has no death in it. At least no human death.
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post #2266 of 2477
10/12/08 at 2:20pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
Having just watched Exorcist III for the first time just now (which turned out to be pretty damn great, actually, sloppy ending aside), I can honestly say that Brad Dourif in this makes Child's Play look like even more fucking ridiculous being drafted here.
Dourif's great in a lot of horror films, so there's no need to compare. In fact, I doubt we've seen the last of him.
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post #2267 of 2477
10/12/08 at 5:11pm
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I think there's at least one film that's been drafted where no one dies.
Nobody dies in POLTERGEIST, off the top of my head. Does anybody die in ROSEMARY'S BABY?
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post #2268 of 2477
10/13/08 at 2:20am
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Nobody dies in POLTERGEIST, off the top of my head. Does anybody die in ROSEMARY'S BABY?
*SPOILERS!*

Hutch dies.
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post #2269 of 2477
10/13/08 at 9:24am
Bless you Fordyce. I'm about to bring my draft back to the States in a very fun way.
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post #2270 of 2477
10/13/08 at 9:28am
I say LAME to the fact we are only get in one pick when it seemed like pretty much everyone liked the idea of having a double feature. Will of the people Savage. Will of the people!
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post #2271 of 2477
10/13/08 at 9:32am
Read the Bonus Round thread, jay.
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post #2272 of 2477
10/13/08 at 9:38am
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Originally Posted by thejyav View Post
I say LAME to the fact we are only get in one pick when it seemed like pretty much everyone liked the idea of having a double feature. Will of the people Savage. Will of the people!
Fuck the will of the people. You listen to the vox populi, you get stuff like CSI: Miami on for thirty years.

Oh, and like Justin pointed out, read the bonus thread.

Two picks.
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post #2273 of 2477
10/13/08 at 9:43am
Yea I just saw but in fairness I checked right before I posted and it still said 1 pick. Thanks Keith
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post #2274 of 2477
10/13/08 at 9:58am
Here we go.
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post #2275 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:02am
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I've been wondering among myself this whole draft whether I consider Dead Man's Shoes a horror movie.

I loved Rawhead Rex as a kid. I understand it's not a very good movie, but I really would like to watch it again.
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post #2276 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:03am
Constantine was a great choice, Justin. Cloverfield... not so much.
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post #2277 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:05am
Mattioli! You get two! Do what you know is right!
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post #2278 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:05am
Dead Man's Shoes is kind of the best slasher film ever made, in my opinion. And it fucked me a up for a couple of days, getting high and watching that late one night.
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post #2279 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by Keith F View Post
I loved Rawhead Rex as a kid. I understand it's not a very good movie, but I really would like to watch it again.
I promise you the only enjoyment that movie will give you will be from all the unintentional laughter. Bring booze.
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post #2280 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:08am
Five-tone and Mattioli both have a film the same, but Mattioli added his after the edit. Who gets it?

EDIT: Never mind, Tommy let him have it.
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post #2281 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:09am
It's gonna be damn hard to top Mattioli this round.
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post #2282 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:09am
Mattioli gets it. I'm taking the sequel.
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post #2283 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:10am
Love Dust Devil. Tommy still wins for me.
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post #2284 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:10am
Mattioli....has failed me.
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post #2285 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:10am
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EDIT: Nevermind.

I've still never seen Ginger Snaps.
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post #2286 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:11am
JP....really? I realize I'm the guy who picked King Kong but JP?
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post #2287 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:13am
A case can be made for JP belonging here, but it's still a weak-sauce pick.
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post #2288 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:14am
May with the win so far. You can't beat Farmer Vincent's Fritters.
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post #2289 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:15am
Cool-ass double feature from sackley - ROADKILL is an awesome B-movie, and DEAD MAN'S SHOES can really do a number on you. Paddy Considine's fucking amazing in it.

Like the CONSTANTINE pick too. That movie really stands up to repeat viewings.
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post #2290 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:15am
I love Constantine waaaaay more than I should.

I'm pleased with my double feature.

Eating Raul? You fucking kidding me? As horror? I've never seen a more straight-forward example of comedy-satire. The cannibalism is downplayed in all cases to the comedy.

Truly great flick, though.
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post #2291 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:16am
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By the way, good job, Nabors. I was going to drop Shivers and something else, but I got distracted.

Good picks.
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post #2292 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
A case can be made for JP belonging here, but it's still a weak-sauce pick.
Perhaps, but it's still every bit as much a horror movie as JAWS and KING KONG are. Heck, Spielberg pays particular attention to making sure the kills are spectacular. Not to mention, kids in danger. And Sam Jackson's bitten off hand makes an appearance.
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post #2293 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:18am
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JP is pretty damn thrilling, and when it's boiled down, it's a monster movie. It belongs.
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post #2294 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:19am
Snabors and Olsen getting some damn good double bills together.
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post #2295 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:20am
Besides, I consider THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN a steal. Plus the fact that they make the Baron the villain of the series is inspired.
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post #2296 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:20am
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Joyride is a favorite of mine. "Candy Cane."

Love Nightbreed. Curse of Frankie could have indeed been first or second round material.

You guys are awesome.
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post #2297 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:24am
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Originally Posted by Keith F View Post
JP is pretty damn thrilling, and when it's boiled down, it's a monster movie. It belongs.
Not denying JP isn't thrilling or enjoyable at all as a whole. But as a horror film? It's kinda limp, especially compared to another Spielberg flick still on the table that flat out scares the living shit out of me.
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post #2298 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:25am
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Leave Always out of this.

Not familiar with Elvis' picks. At all. Probably should be.
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post #2299 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:27am
I think the Hammer Frankensteins are awesome. Curse of Frank is a true steal.

Shout out to Mr. Nabors, who picked the two early cool Cronenbergs.

Also dig the Village of the Damned & Bad Seed combo.
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post #2300 of 2477
10/13/08 at 10:29am
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Originally Posted by Keith F View Post
Not familiar with Elvis' picks. At all. Probably should be.
I've been meaning to watch Twitch of the Death Nerve for years. This month seems like a good time.

Then again, my Bava ignorance doesn't stop there by a long shot.
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