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10 best modern "direct-to-DVD" horror films
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Dave U. Random
Oct 25, 2009, 11:56:21 AM10/25/09
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(Huffington Post) Last Halloween, I took you on a tour of
the worst horror films that my wife had forced me to watch
over the years (http://xrl.us/TerribleHorror ). This year,
I'm staying positive. Even before the HD boom allowed
pretty much everyone to become a filmmaker in their back
yard, low-budget horror was always considered the easiest
way to attempt to break into the film business. As a
result, there has always been a glut of horror titles
filling up the shelves at your local video store. 99.9% of
these are utter garbage, often shot on the lowest-quality
video with the complete absence of talent and production
values. But every so often, something truly worthwhile
sneaks into the wasteland. And with the major studios
currently spending most of their big-screen horror dollars
on watered-down remakes and amped-up reboots, one must
truly venture into the forbidden zone to find their
original horror fix. Here are the best of the worst,
straight-to-DVD horror films that genuinely deserved to go
to theaters and are actually superior to most of what
Hollywood calls mainstream horror in this day and age..
the worst horror films that my wife had forced me to watch
over the years (http://xrl.us/TerribleHorror ). This year,
I'm staying positive. Even before the HD boom allowed
pretty much everyone to become a filmmaker in their back
yard, low-budget horror was always considered the easiest
way to attempt to break into the film business. As a
result, there has always been a glut of horror titles
filling up the shelves at your local video store. 99.9% of
these are utter garbage, often shot on the lowest-quality
video with the complete absence of talent and production
values. But every so often, something truly worthwhile
sneaks into the wasteland. And with the major studios
currently spending most of their big-screen horror dollars
on watered-down remakes and amped-up reboots, one must
truly venture into the forbidden zone to find their
original horror fix. Here are the best of the worst,
straight-to-DVD horror films that genuinely deserved to go
to theaters and are actually superior to most of what
Hollywood calls mainstream horror in this day and age..
Continued: http://xrl.us/10DirectHorror
nick
Oct 25, 2009, 1:04:28 PM10/25/09
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On Oct 25, 11:56 am, Dave U. Random <anonym...@anonymitaet-im-
inter.net> wrote:
> (Huffington Post) Last Halloween, I took you on a tour of
> the worst horror films that my wife had forced me to watch
> over the years (http://xrl.us/TerribleHorror). This year,
> I'm staying positive. Even before the HD boom allowed
> pretty much everyone to become a filmmaker in their back
> yard, low-budget horror was always considered the easiest
> way to attempt to break into the film business. As a
> result, there has always been a glut of horror titles
> filling up the shelves at your local video store. 99.9% of
> these are utter garbage, often shot on the lowest-quality
> video with the complete absence of talent and production
> values. But every so often, something truly worthwhile
> sneaks into the wasteland. And with the major studios
> currently spending most of their big-screen horror dollars
> on watered-down remakes and amped-up reboots, one must
> truly venture into the forbidden zone to find their
> original horror fix. Here are the best of the worst,
> straight-to-DVD horror films that genuinely deserved to go
> to theaters and are actually superior to most of what
> Hollywood calls mainstream horror in this day and age..
>
> Continued:http://xrl.us/10DirectHorror
inter.net> wrote:
> (Huffington Post) Last Halloween, I took you on a tour of
> the worst horror films that my wife had forced me to watch
> I'm staying positive. Even before the HD boom allowed
> pretty much everyone to become a filmmaker in their back
> yard, low-budget horror was always considered the easiest
> way to attempt to break into the film business. As a
> result, there has always been a glut of horror titles
> filling up the shelves at your local video store. 99.9% of
> these are utter garbage, often shot on the lowest-quality
> video with the complete absence of talent and production
> values. But every so often, something truly worthwhile
> sneaks into the wasteland. And with the major studios
> currently spending most of their big-screen horror dollars
> on watered-down remakes and amped-up reboots, one must
> truly venture into the forbidden zone to find their
> original horror fix. Here are the best of the worst,
> straight-to-DVD horror films that genuinely deserved to go
> to theaters and are actually superior to most of what
> Hollywood calls mainstream horror in this day and age..
>
> Continued:http://xrl.us/10DirectHorror
Not a bad list, I've seen at least six of the ten but can't remember
if I've seen Midnight Movie or not and haven't heard of Murder Party.
I'd question calling Two Thousand Maniacs "a forgotten 1964 film".
wcmartell
Oct 25, 2009, 6:01:19 PM10/25/09
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I saw MURDER PARTY and didn't like it. It was trying too hard to be
clever - and also went for a large chunk of the film without a single
good kill. On Halloween, New York parking enforcement guy finds
invitation to a "Murder Party" on the street, so he makes a costume
and goes... to an abandoned warehouse. Where a bunch of artists tie
him to a chair and then talk for 60 minutes about the nature of art
and other crap while they prepare to kill him. As an art project.
After that 60 minutes of gabbing, a guy pulls out a gun and shoots
almost everyone - bang, bang, bang. Hero escapes, there's a chase that
ends at an art gallery where a lot of people die by ax... but that's
the last 20 something minutes. The rest is boring talk. I didn't rent
it to see boring talk - I want to see heads roll and blood spray and
some real suspense and dread and terror.
clever - and also went for a large chunk of the film without a single
good kill. On Halloween, New York parking enforcement guy finds
invitation to a "Murder Party" on the street, so he makes a costume
and goes... to an abandoned warehouse. Where a bunch of artists tie
him to a chair and then talk for 60 minutes about the nature of art
and other crap while they prepare to kill him. As an art project.
After that 60 minutes of gabbing, a guy pulls out a gun and shoots
almost everyone - bang, bang, bang. Hero escapes, there's a chase that
ends at an art gallery where a lot of people die by ax... but that's
the last 20 something minutes. The rest is boring talk. I didn't rent
it to see boring talk - I want to see heads roll and blood spray and
some real suspense and dread and terror.
- Bill
T987654321
Oct 25, 2009, 7:25:34 PM10/25/09
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Midnight Meatrain sucked.
Michael O'Connor
Oct 25, 2009, 7:46:38 PM10/25/09
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> Not a bad list, I've seen at least six of the ten but can't remember
> if I've seen Midnight Movie or not and haven't heard of Murder Party.
> I'd question calling Two Thousand Maniacs "a forgotten 1964 film".
I was always fond of Two Thousand Maniacs - my favorite part was the
wooden barrel that they drove the nails in all over, and they put a
Yankee inside and rolled him down a hill.
william
Oct 25, 2009, 7:49:41 PM10/25/09
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On Oct 25, 7:25 pm, T987654321 <qwrtz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Midnight Meatrain sucked.
> Midnight Meatrain sucked.
No joke. I saw it and now I read all the "buzz" about that stinker and
wonder what's going on.
William
www.williamahearn.com
sirblob2
Oct 25, 2009, 9:21:05 PM10/25/09
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On 25 oct, 16:56, Dave U. Random <anonym...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net>
wrote:
> (Huffington Post) Last Halloween, I took you on a tour of
> the worst horror films that my wife had forced me to watch
> over the years (http://xrl.us/TerribleHorror). This year,
> I'm staying positive. Even before the HD boom allowed
> pretty much everyone to become a filmmaker in their back
> yard, low-budget horror was always considered the easiest
> way to attempt to break into the film business. As a
> result, there has always been a glut of horror titles
> filling up the shelves at your local video store. 99.9% of
> these are utter garbage, often shot on the lowest-quality
> video with the complete absence of talent and production
> values. But every so often, something truly worthwhile
> sneaks into the wasteland. And with the major studios
> currently spending most of their big-screen horror dollars
> on watered-down remakes and amped-up reboots, one must
> truly venture into the forbidden zone to find their
> original horror fix. Here are the best of the worst,
> straight-to-DVD horror films that genuinely deserved to go
> to theaters and are actually superior to most of what
> Hollywood calls mainstream horror in this day and age..
>
> Continued:http://xrl.us/10DirectHorror
wrote:
> (Huffington Post) Last Halloween, I took you on a tour of
> the worst horror films that my wife had forced me to watch
> I'm staying positive. Even before the HD boom allowed
> pretty much everyone to become a filmmaker in their back
> yard, low-budget horror was always considered the easiest
> way to attempt to break into the film business. As a
> result, there has always been a glut of horror titles
> filling up the shelves at your local video store. 99.9% of
> these are utter garbage, often shot on the lowest-quality
> video with the complete absence of talent and production
> values. But every so often, something truly worthwhile
> sneaks into the wasteland. And with the major studios
> currently spending most of their big-screen horror dollars
> on watered-down remakes and amped-up reboots, one must
> truly venture into the forbidden zone to find their
> original horror fix. Here are the best of the worst,
> straight-to-DVD horror films that genuinely deserved to go
> to theaters and are actually superior to most of what
> Hollywood calls mainstream horror in this day and age..
>
> Continued:http://xrl.us/10DirectHorror
saw the children and it was crap. but i will see the rest anyways
erikred
Oct 25, 2009, 10:02:51 PM10/25/09
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I enjoyed both the GingerDead movies. It's not great foilmmaking
but cheesy enough to enjoy, if you don't take it seriously. I'm a basd
movie fan, what can I say.
moviePig
Oct 25, 2009, 11:00:44 PM10/25/09
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On Oct 25, 6:49 pm, william <wlahe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 25, 7:25 pm, T987654321 <qwrtz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Midnight Meatrain sucked.
>
> No joke. I saw it and now I read all the "buzz" about that stinker and
> wonder what's going on.
> On Oct 25, 7:25 pm, T987654321 <qwrtz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Midnight Meatrain sucked.
>
> No joke. I saw it and now I read all the "buzz" about that stinker and
> wonder what's going on.
Hmm. Perhaps one has to be a Clive Barker (horror) fan to appreciate
MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. But, as Nick (I think) said, it's a remarkably
good approximation of what reading a Barker story is like. Unstinting
gore without money shots, and descent upon descent... For my money,
much more of a must-see than the blogger's favorite, THE CHILDREN
(...which I also liked).
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