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scalabrine

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Posted: Jul. 7, 2015 - 5:31 AM ET #26

Quote Originally Posted by TheDrizzle77:

Hated TCM. I want just a LITTLE dialogue with my movies if they are going to have that silly and cookie-cutter of a plot.
The gory, grotesque screenplay of TCM has nothing on REC, a Spanish "footage-found" movie that was shamelessly copied by John Dowdle in that putrid attempt at a horror movie, Quarantine.
I walked away from that movie with chills. Only REC, Event Horizon and Alien (the original) ever made me feel like that. But grabbing your attention and thrusting your imagination into warp speed: that is what movies are supposed to do, no? I don't really think it makes you a demented serial lunatic because you enjoy a slasher flick or two. Some people--like myself--are just movie buffs. I went from Nightmare on Elm St to Weekend at Bernies to Lion King on an international flight once. Left that f**king plane crying too at the end of Lion King.
As far as horror, I personally love the OLD Friday the 13th's and the original Halloween. The reboots of them all are pure garbage, including Rob Zombie's shitt attempt at revival on Myers. In fact, most horror movies nowadays are pure trash. The Paranormal Activities and The Gallows are (no pun intended) slashing the horror genre to bits. Depressing to watch Hollywood throw the genre out of a plane without a parachute like that.
Last good horror (mix that with comedy) movie I think they've made: The Cabin in the Woods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LBIs87F68

Original Alien is great.

Sci-Fi horror is so much more tolerable for me because the disconnect to real life is more evident making the movie more a story than being inspired by true events.

Rec? No thanks. Couldn't pay me 1K to see it. This is not being scared. It is obvious some of these awful slasher movies leave a lasting imprint on the brain. I don't need or want such a thing.

Paranormal activity movies again, have that same disconnect I can tolerate. And as you noted, some are so terrible you leave the movie laughing.

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Posted: Jul. 7, 2015 - 5:33 AM ET #27

Quote Originally Posted by Coin Toss:

I remember reading that Texas Chain Saw Massacre was based on an actual story that took place in Wisconsin. The producers didn't want to freak those people out so they changed the movie setting to Texas.

The Wisconsin inspiration is true and the producers went to great lengths to intertwine that in the movie, making it all the more disturbing in the era of the Internet after a simple Google search (obviously unavailable at the time and therefore, unverifiable).

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Posted: Jul. 7, 2015 - 6:16 AM ET #28

Another very sick film I will never watch again is the Exorcist.

Seems like these 70's flicks had some very twisted themes but were embraced by the masses given their box office success.

I would add that 70's movies seem pretty terrible in general overall so the moviegoers of the time were probably looking for anything edgy and/or shocking, just to escape the average banal release.

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Posted: Jul. 7, 2015 - 6:18 AM ET #29

Hated TCM. I want just a LITTLE dialogue with my movies if they are going to have that silly and cookie-cutter of a plot.

I think the lack of dialogue is what made the film all the more terrifying. You have that damn cricket chirping half the movie and I'm sitting on the edge of my seat begging to hear something else (besides that, screams and demented laughter).

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Posted: Jul. 7, 2015 - 8:16 AM ET #30

Hostel was a sadistic movie.

Can't complain about the nudity though! Lot of tit shots

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Posted: Jul. 7, 2015 - 8:59 AM ET #31

I believe the original was based on the Ed Gein story.

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Posted: Jul. 10, 2015 - 8:27 PM ET #32

Really? A horror movie has you sick to your stomach..

Sound of Music is on tomorrow night

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Posted: Jul. 10, 2015 - 9:22 PM ET #33

Youtube McKamey Manor if you want some real life sadism

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Posted: Jul. 11, 2015 - 11:45 AM ET #34

Quote Originally Posted by scalabrine:

Another very sick film I will never watch again is the Exorcist.

Seems like these 70's flicks had some very twisted themes but were embraced by the masses given their box office success.

I would add that 70's movies seem pretty terrible in general overall so the moviegoers of the time were probably looking for anything edgy and/or shocking, just to escape the average banal release.

I'd have thought these movies would've been mild for you after watching the Jets for the past few years.

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Posted: Jul. 12, 2015 - 10:37 PM ET #35

Quote Originally Posted by 1129ken:

I'd have thought these movies would've been mild for you after watching the Jets for the past few years.

"Rex Ryan's Foot Fetish"

"The Sanchize"..........

"The Butt Fumble"

"The Horror"...........

"The Horror".............................

scalabrine

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Posted: Jul. 12, 2015 - 11:51 PM ET #36

Quote Originally Posted by 1129ken:

Ah, the Jets. Yes, they are a tough watch. But never forget Ryan did bring not one but two AFC Championships to the Jets. That is why the fans, in general, did not want to see him go. And I look for him to get the Bills to the playoffs at a minimum.

There is one undeniable truth about Rex: Players want to play for him. When you have that, you can win any game.

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Posted: Jul. 12, 2015 - 11:53 PM ET #37

Quote Originally Posted by docpj72:

yeah-i watched it with my brothers back in the day-grossed out after 5 minutes-i didn't mind horror flicks like Halloween and the first 3 or 4 Friday the 13th movies-at least those had some plot but the Chainsaw massacre sh-t was over the top...

I agree. The Friday the 13th flicks or Nightmare flicks are not even remotely as scary as this film.

Actually now that I think about it, the Halloween series was quite disturbing (much closer to real life than the two aforementioned)...

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Posted: Jul. 12, 2015 - 11:53 PM ET #38

Quote Originally Posted by TheBallDontLie:

Youtube McKamey Manor if you want some real life sadism

No thanks. After reading about this Sacramento Vampire suggested earlier, I've had enough...

scalabrine

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Posted: Jul. 12, 2015 - 11:56 PM ET #39

Quote Originally Posted by SteelCash:

I believe the original was based on the Ed Gein story.

It was...

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Posted: Jul. 13, 2015 - 12:40 AM ET #40

Quote Originally Posted by scalabrine:

There is one undeniable truth about Rex: Players want to play for him. When you have that, you can win any game.

No question players want to play for Rex. I am really interested to see how he does with the Bills. There were times with the Jets when he made some maddening in-game decisions, particularly when clock management was important. At times I wondered whether he was really just great on the defensive end of things. But, as you point out, when he had some talent, he got results. Will be fun to watch how he does this year.

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Posted: Jul. 13, 2015 - 8:10 AM ET #41

Quote Originally Posted by 1129ken:

No question players want to play for Rex. I am really interested to see how he does with the Bills. There were times with the Jets when he made some maddening in-game decisions, particularly when clock management was important. At times I wondered whether he was really just great on the defensive end of things. But, as you point out, when he had some talent, he got results. Will be fun to watch how he does this year.

Not only were the in-game flubs important with regard to why Ryan is out, I saw two games that harkened back to the Kotite era in terms of all-time Jets laydowns:

Jets@Chargers

Jets vs. Bills in Detroit

Those were two blatant laydowns (particularly the second game where the talent was closer to the Jets and it was a neutral field) that I thought the Jets would never be able to reproduce.

It was after the Bills game I knew for certain that Ryan was manufacturing his way out, having the Jets unprepared in the face of the Bills being unable to practice for a week and losing their home field.

But when Ryan first comes in? Players go all out for him, as did the Jets in his first two years.

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