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When it comes to movies, I have got to admit that I have got a really weak girly stomach!!!!

Saw a gore/splatter-what-have-you movie today, which makes it like the third one I have ever seen full lenght in all my life....and my dinner almost came up again!!!

I can understand the Native Americans being pissed off at the so called civilized middle class universty grads comming in to their homeland and acting like complete bastards...by all means, feel free to kill and devour them...I would have done the same. But the corpses with the maggots and beetles...eeeewwww, yuuuccckkk :D I think it is great that you can watch Cannibal Holocaust for free on Youtube, but that it the last time that I am pressing on that link!

Aside from that: I am mad about Hammer House of Horror...like completely insane!!!!! But still those fantastic productions, do not top Bela Lugosi as Dracula!!!!!!

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On 11/11/2017 at 8:21 PM, Natassja7 said:

I looove horror and zombie shit but Cannibal Holocaust was one of the grimmest films I have ever seen and I have seen some grim shit ..The atmosphere is horrible and the animal cruelty made me just really sick and angry.

The parts where I had to shut my eyes was the maggot/beetles crawling around the sculls, when they shoot the jaguard, and when they rape that poor tribal woman.

Apart from the sickening scenes, I have actually reflected a lot about that movie the last couple of days: I think that one of the reasons why it is so grim is that you are forced to consider who are the real primitives (primitives such as in bad primitives...remember the movie is from the early 1980's). Those white movie makers were just asking for trouble! But despite all the refelction...I am not going to see it again.

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8 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

The parts where I had to shut my eyes was the maggot/beetles crawling around the sculls, when they shoot the jaguard, and when they rape that poor tribal woman.

Apart from the sickening scenes, I have actually reflected a lot about that movie the last couple of days: I think that one of the reasons why it is so grim is that you are forced to consider who are the real primitives (primitives such as in bad primitives...remember the movie is from the early 1980's). Those white movie makers were just asking for trouble! But despite all the refelction...I am not going to see it again.

I guess that is a reason, whole thing fuckin depressed me, like... Nah, man, I wouldn't see it again neither.

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6 hours ago, Chandler said:

I love movies like that. I find them very entertaining.  I don't know why. I guess it's because I listen to cannibal corpse and exhumed so much. It could have also been because of the movies rob zombie makes. One movie that I found really grim but entertaining was the green Inferno.

Haven't seen that...yet..

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I love gory horror films, but not sure if I could watch cannibal holocaust. It's the animal cruelty that gets me. I don't mind seeing people being brutalized because 1) it's not real and 2) I generally don't like humans. But the animal stuff is real and there's no excuse for it. Most animals are better than most people, and I really can't stand to see animals abused.

As for Dracula, Bela's version is o.k., but kind of goofy/cartoonish looking. I love the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), a lot of people didn't like it, but I thought it was great.

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I've got the same problem with horror movies and alcohol. Generally can't stand either but I've lost count of the number of times people have implied I'm an underdeveloped simpleton because of it.

Anyway, I saw The Exorcist recently and it wasn't anywhere near as frightening as I expected. They all but telegraph the scary stuff so you're good and ready when something odd happens. It's pretty funny in a number of places, especially early on then the demon's making Reagan act like a CoF fan. That being said, there are some impressively disconcerting parts of the movie and I did like those. Overall not bad and I did enjoy seeing so many shots of my campus throughout the movie.

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16 minutes ago, Iceni said:

I've got the same problem with horror movies and alcohol. Generally can't stand either but I've lost count of the number of times people have implied I'm an underdeveloped simpleton because of it.

Anyway, I saw The Exorcist recently and it wasn't anywhere near as frightening as I expected. They all but telegraph the scary stuff so you're good and ready when something odd happens. It's pretty funny in a number of places, especially early on then the demon's making Reagan act like a CoF fan. That being said, there are some impressively disconcerting parts of the movie and I did like those. Overall not bad and I did enjoy seeing so many shots of my campus throughout the movie.

The exorcist is my favorite horror movie of all time. If you ever get a chance to read the book, give it a read. It's a really good book. It took me a little over a week to read it

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2 hours ago, Parker said:

I love gory horror films, but not sure if I could watch cannibal holocaust. It's the animal cruelty that gets me. I don't mind seeing people being brutalized because 1) it's not real and 2) I generally don't like humans. But the animal stuff is real and there's no excuse for it. Most animals are better than most people, and I really can't stand to see animals abused.

As for Dracula, Bela's version is o.k., but kind of goofy/cartoonish looking. I love the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), a lot of people didn't like it, but I thought it was great.

My sentiments exactly. So much win in this post.

That is my favourite Dracula too.

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10 hours ago, Kristiko said:

Back in August I watched the entire "Alien" franchise and "The Predator" since I've never seen any of these movies properly. Cool experience to kinda go back and watch some of these classics as an adult.

Predator has a very interesting commentary audio track, well worth watching it again with that on. :) 

It´s bit weird that you missed them back in the day though! But better late than never eh? :D 

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1 hour ago, ChainsawAkimbo said:

Predator has a very interesting commentary audio track, well worth watching it again with that on. :) 

It´s bit weird that you missed them back in the day though! But better late than never eh? :D 

I love the alien series. Great special effects and awesome creatures. Same thing with the predator series. I like how they came up with the alien vs. Predator movies. Those two movie chracters make a great combination for a sci fi film. All blood and guts just made them fun to watch

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I finally got around to seeing Star Wars - The Last Jedi today, and I loved it. I can't understand the controversy (despite True Belief explaining it) because it all made sense to me and I was really moved in some of the scenes. As far as I'm concerned that's three great Star Wars movies in a row now (7, Rogue, and 8). 

Long live the new Star Wars franchise. 

I also saw Justice League the other day. I liked it, but I didn't love it, like I loved Wonder Woman. I'm actually an active DC Comics reader, so I have a bit of a personal interest in DC movies, but I have to admit, Justice League was cool but could have been better. The Last Jedi absolutely slays it. 

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I'm getting so jealous when I hear how much people are loving Last Jedi. Cinemas are too dark for me to see the screen. When it comes out on DVD I'm all over it. I should get around to Rogue One as well.

 

I went back and rewatched Captain America: Civil War recently though. It's still my favourite movie in the MCU tbh. I am so hyped for Infinity War.

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I went to see "Winchester" a couple of days ago. It was pretty good overall, although there were a couple of pointless generic jumpscares thrown in. It was probably to the movies benefit that I hadn't seen the tailor and had it ruined for me (I think I saw how about half of the cast die and the main plot twists in that truth or dare movie just from the trailer).

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25 minutes ago, Balor said:

But would it be a modern horror movie without them?

I guess not, but It wouldn't hurt to be a little more creative with it. When a character goes to wash their face or something and the mirror is the focus of the shot, I immediately think "this again?".

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