I'm trying to think of any haunted house movies that compare with Poltergeist, and I'm struggling to think of any that I hold in higher regard.
The Others is probably the closest, with the original The Haunting right behind it. Insidious did a lot of things very, very right...that lingering shot of the brother in a coma seen from his brother's doorway STILL creeps me out, even though absolutely nothing happens. I think the anticipation of something happening was worse than anything they could have done. Once they go into the other realm, though, it flew off the rails. Everything up until Patrick Wilson went to save the kid was brilliant.
The Conjuring was okay, better than most anything we've gotten recently. The Woman in Black was great, old school Hammer horror and...damn, I think that's about it. I enjoyed The Innkeepers well enough.
I need to watch The Others again. So much atmosphere in that movie, and it shares a lot of similarities with The Turn of the Screw, which was a story that fucked me up as a kid.
The Others was a joke for me and the Conjuring had some amazingly good bits but the end just screwed the pooch; PLUS it was about two mega frauds that I absolutely hate.
My go to haunted house shows besides Poltergeist would be Ghostwatch (amazing), Insidious (at least the first 3/4) , The Grudge, Amityville 2 (SUPER AWFUL BAD but something makes me keep watching this dang film) Boogeyman, and The Entity
Oooh The Entity, I forgot about that one. Good old Barry Taff.
I liked The Conjuring in spite of it being about The Warrens. Even though they're complete frauds, their careers are fascinating to me. I have the original hardback version of "In A Dark Place", the first book released about the Snedeker Haunting (The Haunting in Connecticut) that was almost immediately discontinued because the author, Ray Garton, only completed it due to contractual obligations and disowned the book publicly every chance he got. Ed Warren flat out told him to make shit up and that all of his clients were crazy, they were only interested in selling a good ghost story. It's hilarious to read that book and then look at the changes made to the story once it became more well-known. I find it endlessly amusing that their nephew, John Zaffis, managed to finagle an entire TV show out of pilfering "haunted" objects, some very expensive, from gullible people who thought their houses were haunted.
One of my favorite books of theirs was "Werewolf", about an English guy named Bill Ramsey who claimed to be possessed by a "wolf" spirit, and he would wolf out and go ballistic on full moons and such.
oh HELL yes. their true haunting books are straight up terrifying. In A Dark Place is the best, easily. The Amityville Conspiracy is a fun deconstruction of their bullshit as well.
I dunno if you've ever heard of the Black Hope Horror, it was a book made into a movie called "Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive" back in the '90s, but here's the background.
That house is in a subdivision called Newport in Crosby, TX. I used to do exterminating work out there, a lot on the same street as the house, Poppet's Way. The house is at the very end next to the woods, and there's a water treatment facility right next door to it. I got to check the house and surrounding grounds out one day while I was out there, and there are still what looks like graves visible on the grounds of the plant, as well as in the back yard near the flower bed. The whole place still has kind of an eerie feel to it, though no one has reported anything publicly since the Williamses moved out.
I dunno if you've ever heard of the Black Hope Horror, it was a book made into a movie called "Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive" back in the '90s, but here's the background.
That house is in a subdivision called Newport in Crosby, TX. I used to do exterminating work out there, a lot on the same street as the house, Poppet's Way. The house is at the very end next to the woods, and there's a water treatment facility right next door to it. I got to check the house and surrounding grounds out one day while I was out there, and there are still what looks like graves visible on the grounds of the plant, as well as in the back yard near the flower bed. The whole place still has kind of an eerie feel to it, though no one has reported anything publicly since the Williamses moved out.
I have the hardcover of that one too! It was pretty freaky. Didnt really like the "my daughter clearly has serious emotional and mental problems but it's most likely GHOOOOSTS" thing they pulled but otherwise it was good.
Well yeah, the daughter thing was a bit iffy, but overall it was a good story. I'm a big fan of local shit, I like to check out the places behind the stories. There's an old cemetery in the woods in La Porte, where I worked for a few years, that was almost completely forgotten about due to zoning disputes decades ago. A bayou runs through it and the banks are eroding quickly, so every once in a while an old ass coffin comes floating up into someone's back yard. I went to check it out a couple times, and there's a restoration effort going on. Pretty cool place, weird walking through the woods and just coming upon an old cemetery right in the middle of it.
Galveston also has some REALLY cool shit, the ghost tours are okay...the guy running them is more interested in self-promotion than anything, but there's a massive, old graveyard right in the middle of main street that is easy to spend an entire day in. Too bad the surrounding neighborhood is so rough.
I never really got into Buffy. I don't know why, I just can't stand Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Now the original Kristy Swanson movie? Sign me up, anytime.
It holds up surprisingly well. The rare CGI looks a little grainy, but the practical effects and makeup are still oddly scary.
Plus you get funny things like noting Whedon's "Hat-tricks" (actors he's used in multiple series), what was probably the earliest version of Cabin in the Woods, and things like back when Hawkeye was a vampire.
I never really got into Buffy. I don't know why, I just can't stand Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Now the original Kristy Swanson movie? Sign me up, anytime.
It holds up surprisingly well. The rare CGI looks a little grainy, but the practical effects and makeup are still oddly scary.
Plus you get funny things like noting Whedon's "Hat-tricks" (actors he's used in multiple series), what was probably the earliest version of Cabin in the Woods, and things like back when Hawkeye was a vampire.
If you watch Bones, it's hella funny to see Booth being all ~dark and brooding~ too
Any notable horror movies hit Netflix recently, or maybe YouTube?
Was going to watch Insidious III with my buddy last night, but we missed the last showing for that night. He's a big fan, so he was pretty crushed.
As far as games go, you should all give Spooky's House of Jump Scares a shot. It's proven to be a surprisingly tense game with lots of homages to classic horror games (or games that were just plain spooky).
Any notable horror movies hit Netflix recently, or maybe YouTube?
Was going to watch Insidious III with my buddy last night, but we missed the last showing for that night. He's a big fan, so he was pretty crushed.
As far as games go, you should all give Spooky's House of Jump Scares a shot. It's proven to be a surprisingly tense game with lots of homages to classic horror games (or games that were just plain spooky).
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babadook, if you haven't already seen it.
there's a movie called Last Phases that looked pretty sweet, werewolf creature feature, four stars.
man, i need to watch a lot of the higher rated netflix horror stuff.
i wonder if nightbreed is any good... i love clive barker. or hellraiser, at least.
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clive barker is late 80s as fuck
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Any notable horror movies hit Netflix recently, or maybe YouTube?
Was going to watch Insidious III with my buddy last night, but we missed the last showing for that night. He's a big fan, so he was pretty crushed.
As far as games go, you should all give Spooky's House of Jump Scares a shot. It's proven to be a surprisingly tense game with lots of homages to classic horror games (or games that were just plain spooky).
Any notable horror movies hit Netflix recently, or maybe YouTube?
Was going to watch Insidious III with my buddy last night, but we missed the last showing for that night. He's a big fan, so he was pretty crushed.
As far as games go, you should all give Spooky's House of Jump Scares a shot. It's proven to be a surprisingly tense game with lots of homages to classic horror games (or games that were just plain spooky).
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I thought Babadook was really good. I hadn't even heard of it when I decided to watch it, so I was pleasantly surprised.
edit:
Oculus was good, and it's on Netflix now. The Possession was pretty good, too.
Even though it's entire gimmick was Jump Scares: The Movie, they were admittedly effective jump scares. I would probably place it as the best of the three movies, or tied with the first. It wasn't a snoozer like the second one, at least.
Hey it's time to bring this thread back up because holy crap I would not want to be living in this house.
From the article:
CBS New York reports that the packages are from someone who claims the six-bedroom home “has been the subject of my family for decades.”
“I have been put in charge of watching and waiting for its second coming,” one of the letters reportedly reads. Two others allegedly refer to the couple’s young children. “I am pleased to know your names now, and the name of the young blood you have brought to me,” one reportedly says. Another asks, “Have they found out what’s in the walls yet?”
The current homeowners are suing the previous ones because the previous homeowners also received letters and packages from "The Watcher" and didn't disclose that information before the sale.
Hey it's time to bring this thread back up because holy crap I would not want to be living in this house.
From the article:
CBS New York reports that the packages are from someone who claims the six-bedroom home “has been the subject of my family for decades.”
“I have been put in charge of watching and waiting for its second coming,” one of the letters reportedly reads. Two others allegedly refer to the couple’s young children. “I am pleased to know your names now, and the name of the young blood you have brought to me,” one reportedly says. Another asks, “Have they found out what’s in the walls yet?”
The current homeowners are suing the previous ones because the previous homeowners also received letters and packages from "The Watcher" and didn't disclose that information before the sale.
If anything, I have to admire The Watcher's dedication. If I had the money, though, I'd buy the damn house and sit on the front porch with a big sign urging him to come over for a chat.
If anything, I have to admire The Watcher's dedication. If I had the money, though, I'd buy the damn house and sit on the front porch with a big sign urging him to come over for a chat.
Well, the creep seemed upset by the changes made to it.
Paint the front pink and blue, and change the facade to ultra-modern.
If anything, I have to admire The Watcher's dedication. If I had the money, though, I'd buy the damn house and sit on the front porch with a big sign urging him to come over for a "chat".
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oh HELL yes. their true haunting books are straight up terrifying. In A Dark Place is the best, easily. The Amityville Conspiracy is a fun deconstruction of their bullshit as well.
http://heathershade.blogspot.com/2009/11/curse-of-black-hope.html
That house is in a subdivision called Newport in Crosby, TX. I used to do exterminating work out there, a lot on the same street as the house, Poppet's Way. The house is at the very end next to the woods, and there's a water treatment facility right next door to it. I got to check the house and surrounding grounds out one day while I was out there, and there are still what looks like graves visible on the grounds of the plant, as well as in the back yard near the flower bed. The whole place still has kind of an eerie feel to it, though no one has reported anything publicly since the Williamses moved out.
I have the hardcover of that one too! It was pretty freaky. Didnt really like the "my daughter clearly has serious emotional and mental problems but it's most likely GHOOOOSTS" thing they pulled but otherwise it was good.
Galveston also has some REALLY cool shit, the ghost tours are okay...the guy running them is more interested in self-promotion than anything, but there's a massive, old graveyard right in the middle of main street that is easy to spend an entire day in. Too bad the surrounding neighborhood is so rough.
It holds up surprisingly well. The rare CGI looks a little grainy, but the practical effects and makeup are still oddly scary.
Plus you get funny things like noting Whedon's "Hat-tricks" (actors he's used in multiple series), what was probably the earliest version of Cabin in the Woods, and things like back when Hawkeye was a vampire.
If you watch Bones, it's hella funny to see Booth being all ~dark and brooding~ too
A list of things, should you be of the gifting persuasion
Was going to watch Insidious III with my buddy last night, but we missed the last showing for that night. He's a big fan, so he was pretty crushed.
As far as games go, you should all give Spooky's House of Jump Scares a shot. It's proven to be a surprisingly tense game with lots of homages to classic horror games (or games that were just plain spooky).
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there's a movie called Last Phases that looked pretty sweet, werewolf creature feature, four stars.
man, i need to watch a lot of the higher rated netflix horror stuff.
i wonder if nightbreed is any good... i love clive barker. or hellraiser, at least.
I forget. Is It Follows on Netflix?
Because It Follows is so good. Masterfully shot.
Why I fear the ocean.
I thought Babadook was really good. I hadn't even heard of it when I decided to watch it, so I was pleasantly surprised.
edit:
Oculus was good, and it's on Netflix now. The Possession was pretty good, too.
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I would flip if I saw that and demand a photo of me (and any other busters around) capturing it.
There's a certain comfort, I suppose, in knowing that I've now seen the worst thing in the world
I love it
it's the best & I want one
You think that, but the ocean is always full of surprises.
Why I fear the ocean.
Even though it's entire gimmick was Jump Scares: The Movie, they were admittedly effective jump scares. I would probably place it as the best of the three movies, or tied with the first. It wasn't a snoozer like the second one, at least.
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From the article:
The current homeowners are suing the previous ones because the previous homeowners also received letters and packages from "The Watcher" and didn't disclose that information before the sale.
or maybe not, isn't there a movie like that?
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
holy CRAP
Ok but seriously people should watch this, dang
A list of things, should you be of the gifting persuasion
Paint the front pink and blue, and change the facade to ultra-modern.
they have a ghost trap that looks like a colander lined with mirrors and a single balloon in the middle
i wont spoil the end result