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Kevin's 10 Worst Horror Films of 2006

post #1 of 27
1/5/07 at 8:36pm
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Better late than never...hopefully.
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post #2 of 27
1/6/07 at 12:20am
I didn't see the word "worst" while reading the list, and for a moment there, I wanted you dead.
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post #3 of 27
1/6/07 at 12:30am
Even though it's the only film on the list i actually saw (2006 was my most cinematically apathetic year), I have to agree on the number one spot. Texas Chainsaw Massacre:The Beginning was insultingly stupid, even with the lowered expectations I had for a prequel to an unnecessary remake. They don't even bother to try creating a period grindhouse feel; all the actors look like they're in a Gap commercial and the soundtrack blasts '70s rock in a film set in 1969. It's an episode of That '70s Show with sadistic torture scenes. The characters/victims are so fucking stupid they all choose to go to their deaths when they actually know they're about to be killed. And there's absolutely no meat (yes, it's a pun) to Leatherface's "backstory". He's just a hulking mute sharklike killing machine who was born a Boglin on a slaughterhouse floor. People who will buy this dvd probably listen to Slipknot and never saw the original.
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post #4 of 27
1/6/07 at 1:27am
Pulse is that bad? I thought I'd read on these boards it was surprisingly good. I was almost going to rent it.
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post #5 of 27
1/6/07 at 8:58am
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
Pulse is that bad? I thought I'd read on these boards it was surprisingly good. I was almost going to rent it.
The original Japanese Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa is excellent.
The Hollywood remake on the list above is apparantly not.
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post #6 of 27
1/6/07 at 10:31am
Having "Feast" on that list is patently absurd. No other film in recent history has thumbed it's nose at horror film conventions like this low budget splatterfest. If the Humor didn't mesh with you, fine, but personally, that's on my top 10.

And I can't speak for everyone, but I suspect the majority of Creature Corner readers don't consider "Snakes on a Plane" a horror film.
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post #7 of 27
1/6/07 at 11:57am
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
Pulse is that bad? I thought I'd read on these boards it was surprisingly good. I was almost going to rent it.
It was far from great, but it had a couple creepy moments that made it worth a rental. There's no accounting for taste. I was surprised to see "Feast" on the list, too. I haven't seen it yet (but it is on my netflix queue), but the response in general seems to be overwhelmingly positive hereabouts. You may like something that's on the list, even if Kevin didn't. [At this point, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" begins to play in the background] I mean, after all, this IS America (well, for most of us it is, anyway; I'm sure the rest of you are free wherever you are), where we are all free to disagree. Free to adopt different opinions. Free to choose. Free to adopt faux surfer affectations in our posts if we want. So go on, RENT "Pulse" if you want to. And let freedom ring! [Music builds to a crescendo and stops]
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post #8 of 27
1/6/07 at 12:47pm
Wasn't there a Saw film released last year?
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post #9 of 27
1/6/07 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by Subotai
Wasn't there a Saw film released last year?
Or two?
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post #10 of 27
1/6/07 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by Xagarath Ankor
The original Japanese Pulse by Kiyoshi Kurosawa is excellent.
The Hollywood remake on the list above is apparantly not.
I got burned with Ringu. Everywhere I read Ringu was better than The Ring so I rented it first. I felt the remake was vastly superior.
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post #11 of 27
1/6/07 at 1:57pm
Man am I glad that someone finally agrees with my opinion that the Ring remake is better than the original...
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post #12 of 27
1/6/07 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
I got burned with Ringu. Everywhere I read Ringu was better than The Ring so I rented it first. I felt the remake was vastly superior.
Difference is that (although I prefer Ringu) both the original and the remake of Ring were good films, whichever may seem to you to be better.
The Pulse remake has been almost universally described as awful: http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/pulse/
The original may not appeal to everyone, but far more people would call it a good film: http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1113170-pulse/
Mind you, it's also far more understated and subtle than even Ringu, so if you preferred the more over-the-top approach of The Ring, Pulse may not be your cup of tea.
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post #13 of 27
1/6/07 at 2:30pm
If I remember correctly, back when The Ring came out a lot of people were saying it was better than the original. Personally I disagree with that.
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post #14 of 27
1/6/07 at 2:40pm
Fish in a barrel.

Also, yes, where is "Saw"?
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post #15 of 27
1/6/07 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by Timo
If I remember correctly, back when The Ring came out a lot of people were saying it was better than the original. Personally I disagree with that.
As do many of us.
However, it is more accessible, and thus would and did appeal more to the broad western audience.
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post #16 of 27
1/6/07 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge
Having "Feast" on that list is patently absurd. No other film in recent history has thumbed it's nose at horror film conventions like this low budget splatterfest. If the Humor didn't mesh with you, fine, but personally, that's on my top 10.
I'm with Death Surge and Alex on Feast. It's a blast from start to finish. Some people were a little disappointed, but no one else made any comments that they would put it on any worst list.

Stay Alive IS almost so bad it's good.

Pulse starts off strong, has mucho creepy imagery, and then goes ultra ridiculous 3/4 in (much like Silent Hill).

Yeah, sure the list is missing Saw, but more importantly, it's missing When A Shitty Remake Calls (even more so then Omen or Pulse or Grudge 2 remakes). Thank Cthulhu that the Descent didn't make the list (it's great).

To each, his own.
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post #17 of 27
1/6/07 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by Xagarath Ankor
However, it is more accessible, and thus would and did appeal more to the broad western audience.
I wouldn't say it was more accessible to me. I watch plenty of foreign films. Both films had narratives that didn't make any sense. What The Ring had over Ringu was beautiful cinematography. Ringu had a much better opening.
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post #18 of 27
1/6/07 at 6:14pm
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
I wouldn't say it was more accessible to me. I watch plenty of foreign films. Both films had narratives that didn't make any sense. What The Ring had over Ringu was beautiful cinematography. Ringu had a much better opening.
See, I'd say Ringu had much better imagery and sound to make up for the simpler cinematography.
The Ring was well shot, but it made the supernatural sequences far too complex and messy- they lost effectiveness.
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post #19 of 27
1/6/07 at 7:31pm
Feast wasn't one of my favourite horror films of the year, but when you consider its strengths and its proper context (its origins, that is) I would say it belongs not in the bottom 10, but closer to the opposite.

Not to derail the thread, but how was The Ring 2? Never got around to seeing that.
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post #20 of 27
1/6/07 at 7:46pm
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Originally Posted by Subotai
Not to derail the thread, but how was The Ring 2? Never got around to seeing that.

And don't rent it either.
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post #21 of 27
1/6/07 at 9:02pm
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hey, thanks for not threatening me. saw isn't on there...huh. theres no way it could be on my coming top 5...right? yikes....death threats. I'm going to watch Feast again someday but I stand by my critique...its a personal thing and I can see why people like it. They dont make fun movies like that that are acutally violent like it was. these were movies I saw....I didnt bother with when a stranger calls...and snakes on a plane, well I call that an attempt at a horror movie even if some dont see it as horror. so hopefully the list wanst too absurd...what can i say though...i liked saw III. hopefully i offered solid justifications even if you dont agree. thanks for reading the thing!
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post #22 of 27
1/7/07 at 2:42am
Dunce Corner.
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post #23 of 27
1/7/07 at 3:01am
I enjoyed Feast,but at the same time I smile when someone hates on it and hits the nail on the head.It's fun but quite stupid,and the script was garbage.There's funny lines,yes,but there's even more unintentionally stupid lines.
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post #24 of 27
1/7/07 at 11:35am
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Originally Posted by Death Surge
And don't rent it either.
My expectations had actually been rendered so low by all the reviews that it got that I managed to find some enjopyment in the thing.
All I can really say about The Ring Two is that it's a) not a remake and b) well directed.
That's about it.
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post #25 of 27
1/29/07 at 10:34pm
Saw "See No Evil" over the weekend. It was by no means a classic, but I didn't think it was all that bad. Kane made a good villain, smashing & hacking his way thru the cast. And when you finally figure out where the flies are coming from. . . that's pretty disgusting (in a good way). Most of the deaths weren't all that memorable, I'll grant you, but there's nothing wrong w/ some good ol' fashioned eye gouging; makes ya squirm a bit.

Although I could've done w/o the psycho mother cliche (you'll definitely know what I'm talking about when it happens). And the music that was playing in his den, you know, the repetitive song about jesus loving all the children, sung by those angelic chldren? Perverted and twisted as the song's juxtaposition against what we know is going on there, it was pretty creepy, I thought.

Overall, I don't think this film deserves the rancor it often seems to inspire. But that's just me. What do I know?
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post #26 of 27
1/31/07 at 12:54am
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you sure saw much good in see no evil. personally, when i saw saw i thought i saw more good than when i saw see no evil.
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post #27 of 27
1/31/07 at 1:56pm
Yeah. Wait. . . what. . .?
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