What's your avatar supposed to be?

 

My signature with Sandra Bullock and an owl?

 

No great significance, I just thought that it was a funny comparison.

 

Ah the avatar...

 

It's the ORLY owl as The Crow.

My signature with Sandra Bullock and an owl?

 

No great significance, I just thought that it was a funny comparison.

 

Ah the avatar...

 

It's the ORLY owl as The Crow.

 

Ah, thought it was something with the name O'Reilly. Couldn't really tell with the size of the picture.

Hopefully that one's better.

 

I'm going for a Halloween theme.

Definitely better.

American Werewolf in London is one of the dumbest horror movies that I've ever seen.

 

You can Go To Hell, You can go Straight To Hell!! Screw You Guys, I'm going home.

 

American Werewolf in London is a classic. It is certainly the best Rick Baker makeup effects of that decade and worth considering for that fact alone. It also has the psychological element with David never sure what he's imagining and what is real, with all of his victims including his best friend showing up to chat with him. The "all moon" classic rock soundtrack is pure genius (i.e., Bad Moon Rising, Moondance, two versions of Blue Moon, etc.). Plus Nurse Alex (Jenny Agutter) was very hot when I saw this film as a young red-blooded teenager.

 

As a bonus, the film stand as the only thing "The Dr. Pepper Guy" ever did besides being "The Dr. Pepper Guy".

 

I'm glad The Thing made into the top 10. Great flick.

Seeing as I voted 28 Days Later the highest of anyone and it just happened to appear on the list today, it's sort of strange that I had a zombie dream last night. I don't think I've had a dream with zombies ever before.

Edited October 27, 201015 yr by Milkman delivers

I'm glad The Thing made into the top 10. Great flick.

 

Me too. I need to rewatch that. I totally forgot that the TV edit ending with the Thinh transformed into the sled dog was not the original theatrical ending.

Man I almost can't believe I had the highest ranking of Nightmare at #7.

There's a couple more!

Dawn of the Dead remake is way better.

Dawn of the Dead remake is way better.

 

 

Better than the original?

Me too. I need to rewatch that. I totally forgot that the TV edit ending with the Thinh transformed into the sled dog was not the original theatrical ending.

 

 

The TV version of Halloween has some extra scenes in it too.

Dawn of the Dead remake is way better.

 

I had both versions on my list.

Outside of The Thing, there is not one horror remake that's as good as the original.

 

 

Outside of The Thing, there is not one horror remake that's as good as the original.

 

Off the top of my head I agree, although the Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake with Donald Sutherland comes close IMO. Most people also rank The Ring as better than the Japanese original (I don't), although I know that a contemporary American adaptation of an international film is not the same as the modernization of classic films that comprise most of the remakes we're talking about.

 

What I don't get is the shot-for-shot remakes, ala' the Omen remake. Why even bother??

Edited October 29, 201015 yr by FlaSoxxJim

Outside of The Thing, there is not one horror remake that's as good as the original.

 

I think many times, and it goes for music as well, it depends on which one you heard/saw first.

 

There are a few songs/movies that I've seen/heard the remake first and like it better than the original. On the other hand if I see/hear the original first, a lot of times I don't like the remake.

 

Maybe that's just me though...

Off the top of my head I agree, although the Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake with Donald Sutherland comes close IMO. Most people also rank The Ring as better than the Japanese original (I don't), although I know that a contemporary American adaptation of an international film is not the same as the modernization of classic films that comprise most of the remakes we're talking about.

 

What I don't get is the shot-for-shot remakes, ala' the Omen remake. Why even bother??

 

Money. All you really have to do is make a mediocre horror movie and release it near Halloween and you'll make a ton of money.

Off the top of my head I agree, although the Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake with Donald Sutherland comes close IMO. Most people also rank The Ring as better than the Japanese original (I don't), although I know that a contemporary American adaptation of an international film is not the same as the modernization of classic films that comprise most of the remakes we're talking about.

 

What I don't get is the shot-for-shot remakes, ala' the Omen remake. Why even bother??

Remaking Psycho was one of the stupidest ideas ever and didn't work on so many levels. I don't even think the Peter Jackson "epic" version of King Kong was better than the original. Of course the special effects were better but it was turned into a 3 hour snoozefest with which I was bored and didn't even watch the whole thing.

I totally agree with the remake of The Thing though...a way superior film to the original.

Remaking Psycho was one of the stupidest ideas ever and didn't work on so many levels. I don't even think the Peter Jackson "epic" version of King Kong was better than the original. Of course the special effects were better but it was turned into a 3 hour snoozefest with which I was bored and didn't even watch the whole thing.

I totally agree with the remake of The Thing though...a way superior film to the original.

 

 

I'm fairly certain that everyone thinks the same thing.

I'm fairly certain that everyone thinks the same thing.

 

I thought Naomi Watts was quite stunning as Ann Darrow, but otherwise yes very forgettable aside from the FX.

I liked the new King Kong.

 

It was different than the old one enough that it was like a new movie.

 

I don't watch it much because it makes me sad. Poor monkey.

I liked the new King Kong.

 

It was different than the old one enough that it was like a new movie.

 

I don't watch it much because it makes me sad. Poor monkey.

 

Great ape, not monkey. And I didn't think the new one was awful, justy not a classic. Way better than the one where they put the giant Jarvik 7 artificial heart in Kong to bring him back to life. Was I the only one in the world who saw that turd?

Edited October 29, 201015 yr by FlaSoxxJim

There's a couple more!

I actually expected Jaws to be higher than #5, but I'm glad it's right up there. It was my choice for #1 because of the effect it still has on me. I'm not scared of the water by any means, but I cannot going into any depth of water without the thought of a shark (or something) possibly being in there. That is thanks to Jaws. You know something gets to you when you think about it while in four feet of water in your backyard.