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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 03:37 PM        Ghost Movies!
Of all the horror sub-genres out there, ghost stories/movies are my least favorite, seeing as how most are painfully boring and, in the end, all are about fucking ghosts. I don't care they're portrayed, ghosts are the useless dweebs of the monster universe. My opinion, take it or leave it.


...Anyway, despite this, two ghost movies have always stood out in my mind, for completely different reasons.

On the cheesy end of the spectrum, we "The Changeling", an awesome movie starring none other than George C. "Motherfucking Patton" Scott. (For all of you who haven't seen a great George C. Scott movie, let alone Patton, he's John Rainbird from Firestarter.) It's a great movie, in a hammy, more-ominous-than-remotely-scary-The Omen kinda way. Child murder, conspiracy, phantom wheelchairs, and big rigs crushing families abound.

Next, we have "The Devil's Backbone" by Guillermo Del Toro, who you should all know by now. Seriously, see this fucking movie, it's about as good as a ghost movie can ever be.



You guys have any favorites?
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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 05:53 PM       
I have the changeling on dvd, but I'm the same way when it comes to ghost movies. They really don't interest me too much and I'd much rather see a mediocre slasher movie than a good ghost movie.

The Frighteners is fucking awesome though. It's on next on AMC's 10 days of horror thing, too.
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Old Oct 24th, 2007, 06:04 PM       
Frighteners has been on like 80 times in 3 days.
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Old Oct 25th, 2007, 12:28 AM       
I've never seen all of that damn movie.
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Old Oct 25th, 2007, 04:05 AM       
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The Frighteners is fucking awesome though. It's on next on AMC's 10 days of horror thing, too.
I know, I was laughing about that cuz I finally got the Frighteners on DVD last month having not seen it in ages... and now it's on TV like every day 'til Halloween.

Still, I friggin' love that movie and Milton Dammers is the man. With quotes like "Sheriff! You are violating my territorial bubble!" and "My body is a roadmap of pain." you just can't go wrong with that guy. Amusingly enough, a lot of people seem to remember it being Crispin Glover who played that role when it was actually Jeffrey "Re-Animator" Combs.
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Old Oct 25th, 2007, 10:41 AM       
The Changeling is a Canadian flick allegedly based on some events is Colorado. It is also slated for the remake treatment, produced by Del Toro.
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Old Oct 25th, 2007, 11:46 AM       
Holy shit, that guy's busy. So let's see, that brings the count to three upcoming remakes that he's involved with?
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Old Oct 26th, 2007, 06:30 AM       
Not sure if Freddy Kruegar is a ghost but I like Silent Hill personally.
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Old Oct 26th, 2007, 04:01 PM       
the mother fucking GRUDGE
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Old Oct 26th, 2007, 04:35 PM       
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which is the grudge for japs
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Old Oct 26th, 2007, 06:26 PM       
Ju-on was better... The Eye is another good Asian ghost flick.
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Old Oct 28th, 2007, 08:52 PM       
Uhh, Ghostbusters should count for this.
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Old Oct 28th, 2007, 09:31 PM       
I hate the Grudge
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Old Oct 29th, 2007, 12:37 AM       
ju-on sucked, the grudge rocked. like every jap horror film ever is about ghost :[ it's kind of silly

good korean ghost flick: PHONE
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Old Oct 29th, 2007, 09:35 AM       
Grudge blew and was an entirely pointless remake. A Tale of Two Sisters was a pretty good South Korean movie. It's currently getting the American remake treatment for 2009.

I also like South Korean revenge movies like Old Boy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. I was living in Korea when those came out, as well as Phone. Or P-own, as my students would say.
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Old Oct 29th, 2007, 10:59 AM       
grudge was good as hell you are just acting too good for it but if you wern't acting all gay like that you could see that the grudge was actually much better
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Old Oct 29th, 2007, 01:11 PM       
‘Gay’ says the person with the pink, androgynous, cosplay-creature signature.

Seriously though, it was a remake that exists only to be spoon fed to western audiences. An Americanized version of a Japanese move, that still actually takes place in Japan. Pointless, much?

Why, in your opinion, was it better?
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Old Oct 29th, 2007, 03:23 PM       
I've heard of Phone, was it any good. I probably wont see it regardless...
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Old Oct 29th, 2007, 03:52 PM       
Wow, just looked up A Tale of Two Sisters. Freaky ass shit, definitely going on the Netflix queue.

Also, just watched The Haunting again, completely forgot about the awesome door-bulging sequence near the end.
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Old Oct 30th, 2007, 12:05 AM       
I don't remember anything about The Haunting. I saw it at the theatre, only a couple of rows aways from the screen, and I was quite literally mesmerized by the penile nose of Owen Wilson.

'His nose totally looks like a cock'

Ten minutes later

'I mean, look at it. It's a dick!'

Ten minutes later

I mean, have you ever seen that movie Nothing but Trouble? There is this Judge, Dan Akroyd, and he's got this prosthetic nose that looks like a giant dong. It was crafted, sculpted and cast to look like a dick. They probably even made more than one. Probably dozens...

They should have just hired that guy...

...or he should have went into porn...
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Old Oct 30th, 2007, 02:47 PM       
grudge was better because ju-on put me to goddamn sleep. i like jap movies, sure. i've seen awful jap remakes, pulse comes to mind. but the grudge was better than ju-on. the whole way they handled the ghost chick, with the gurgling ect really freaked me out i remember my girlfriend was asleep and i was watching it on satellite & I had to wake her up because I was so scared. i can't even remember any of ju-on. but goddamn, the stair scene in the grudge was EXCELLENT.

they had the same director and everything, but the grudge had a way bigger budget. and it shows. removed jaws, sarah michelle gellar dyeing, the movie not putting me to sleep.. I would have liked Ju-On more if I saw it first. But The Grudge is better, in lots of ways. I can see people liking it if they are some sort of poor-movie purist, but I like my movies shiney.

IN CONCLUSION:

ju-on gets props for being the OG home-dawg, but in the end it is weeaboo jerkoff fodder for kids who can't appreciate the sleek, upgraded package that is THE GRUDGE
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Old Oct 31st, 2007, 10:14 PM       
Ju On and The Grudge are both terrible movies, how about that
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I don't remember anything about The Haunting. I saw it at the theatre, only a couple of rows aways from the screen, and I was quite literally mesmerized by the penile nose of Owen Wilson.
Good God man, I'm talking about the original here!
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Old Nov 1st, 2007, 01:49 PM       
Ah, excellent! I wasn't aware people still watched originals...
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