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Wanna see something scary? PARANORMAL ACTIVITY trailer premieres!!!
Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here.
Sometimes we get months and months of pre-release hype before a film comes out, so much so that by the time we're actually sitting in the theater to watch and evaluate it, we know just about every detail of what we're seeing. Blah! This is not the case with the new horror film PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. There was one screening in L.A. quite a while ago, the reaction was phenomenal, and then radio silence for months. Now we're just starting to hear about how fucking terrified folks were at the Toronto midnight showing and at a secret screening at Telluride. And suddenly the film is opening in select cities on September 25. Paramount has made it very clear that the film will go wider if crowds respond, so horror fans need to walk away from shit like FINAL DESTINATION, SORORITY ROW, and HALLOWEEN 2, and check this baby out.
I'll be seeing it next week at my first day at Fantastic Fest, and Chicago readers should pay close attention to the site tomorrow for details on something we're doing here with the film next week. All I can say is I'm double-bagging my diapers for this movie.
I love THIS TRAILER. I love that it isn't just about summarizing the plot; it's about the reaction. It makes it perfectly clear that this is not a film to be seen alone; this isn't a film about excessive gore or cheap scares; there are no big stars or monumental effects budgets at work here; this is a film that wants to get inside your head and make you scared to walk home at night. Think BLAIR WITCH before you knew it was fake. We see a lot of horror hype all over the internet, and usually it turns out to be bullshit. This one strikes me as the real deal. See for yourself.
-- Capone
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Um, it looks like a TV series.
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eat it brokenleg.
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I'm hunting this motherfuckin' movie down!
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Because this movie to party like its 1999. But it's not. Zzzzz.
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Anyway, the footage of the audience was better than the movie footage.
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one of my most anticipated films for a couple of years now bbbbbbuuuuutttt trailer is a rip off of the original REC trailer.
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But am I the only one absolutely done with this mock doc crap. Yeah. I get it. It's a cheap way to make a movie. Now if you can take your four dollars and make it look like a real movie, then I'll pay attention. The entire concept is completely played out.
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I liked it more for having Briana Evigan in it, but it doesn't skimp on the T&A and it's very mean spirited. The movie is a teen slasher movie, but leaning more toward the adult side of things (it's fuckin' set in a Sorority!). And while it's startling to see Carrie Fisher in frumpy old lady mode (I mean holy shit you won't believe she once donned that golden bikini in Return of the Jedi) her shotgun toting Sorority Mother is one of the more memorable supporting characters in a Horror movie this year.
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these days.
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I've read/heard reports from pretty hardcore/not-easily-scared horror fans that say it's the scariest movie in a decade and will absolutely fuck you up. Thank god their finally releasing it on the public, I can't wait to see it.
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Sep 15, 2009 5:45:03 PM CDT
What is bullshit, Capone, is a limited release for this film
by soylentmean
Why would any studio that has a film with this reputation give it a limited release? Didn't Quarrantine do pretty good business? Hopefully they have intended all along to give this film a wide release and they're just chickenshit about releasing it wide anywhere near a Saw movie.
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Looks spooky... we need more spooky.
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for this movie, sure deserves a raise. Let's hear it for marketing! But as for the movie itself, I'm reserving judgment. Might make a great date movie though (If only I could find a date).
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Sep 15, 2009 5:57:35 PM CDT
I hate gimmicky shit like this. Blair Witch '09. Forget it.
by juansanchez
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...how am I supposed to figure out why it will suck? Dammit, you mean I'm actually going to have to see this movie to figure out if it's any good? THAT'S SUCH BULLSHIT!!!
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I want to see footage of a real audience watching this. A group of sissified 20 year olds doesn't cut it. Don't know what to say about the movie, though.
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see on the cable nets but with cgi.
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A little late for that, the "fake-reality" shit has gone on too far.
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is that it's not scary or crazy or anything when you get home a few months later and pop the dvd in the player. you need to see these things in a dark setting with lots of other people around and loud music.
I remember thinking Signs was an amazing and thrilling work because I was right next to a speaker and didn't know what to expect from the jump scares. When I watched it again at home it was just kinda silly. Not scary or anything at all. I guess you could say it's because you know what's going to happen.....but it's still not as enjoyable as seeing it in a movie theater. -
and I can honestly say I've never been more freaked out while watching a movie.
@Killdill - The first time I saw this was at ScreamfestLA a few years back. Rest assured that that crowd full of fiends reacted almost exactly the same way as the crowd in the trailer. I slept with a light on the night I saw this. No foolin'. -
at a indie film festival. it is the best horror movie in the last 10 years (*excepting maybe 'drag me to hell)
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trust me. paranormal activity rules! this is not blair witch!
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Ahhhhhh I wanna check this out!!! I'm afraid It will never make it's way to me though:(
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So it's just rated R for Language? How scary can it be? "Oh noes!! The man said the f word! Imma sweep wit da lights on!" Fuck that. I'll se it if it ever comes to my area.
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gore does not = scary
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Your opinion became invalid when
A) You used "excepting" instead of "except"
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Where would they be able to manage that? Even NYC is down to three exciting young people.And that drops down to one when that hippy couple weekends in Jersey.
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Most over-rated movie of three years.Until D9 came out.
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They all look hot.
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Sep 15, 2009 6:36:30 PM CDT
Yes, it's a thrilling Youtube video for the big screen
by lockesbrokenleg
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The audience footage was taken from a screening of All About Steve.
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What I like about this picture is that it isn't some Eli Roth-torture-porn awfulness. Horror is psychological- and good horror makes you care about the people involved. The hacking off of limbs in a rusty dungeon is not even horror in my book- it's just silly fantasy-play.
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my opinion is more valid than yours because i have actually seen the movie. you have not. your just talking out your ass. and 'drag me to hell' is a great movie. not necessarily scary, but a great movie. you should just wait for avatar. since thats more your speed
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wrong
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We're past this shit, but 13-year-olds will lap it up.
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Thanks, Sam Raimi. Now, back to making Spider-man fan-boys cry, you knucklehead.Unwrong, infinity.
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if i vomited on you, you would be scared. but, your probably one of those eli roth fans, so stick to beating off to your torture porn
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young hip sexy audience has got to get their eyes checked. I didnt see one good looking person, male or female in that shit. Just a bunch of mexicans and asian weirdos.. maybe a bitch with green hair. And if I had to sit in a theatre with those people Id be pretty freaked out.
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racist much?
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on Twitch that someone vomitted on the row in front of him while watching Antichrist... Gotta love stories like that.
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Is it really? Did this really happen? I'm scared, ahhh! It's fake. The acting is terrible!, and why whenever they make these mocumentary movies. That makes us ask if it's real or not. It's always pretty white people who are in trouble or being attacked by something. Why is it never a black or asian? A fat guy?
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and Im not a kiss fan so I dont even give a shit
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i'm scared, ahhh! its fake. (no shit)
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Sep 15, 2009 6:53:06 PM CDT
StarchildAD, sorry, i just don't like racists like you
by nerd_rage_retard_strength
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you didn't know that?
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a minority that let you fuck it without a condom, thats assuming your a chick with a dick.
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Sep 15, 2009 6:57:22 PM CDT
StarchildAD wow you really are a racist asshole
by nerd_rage_retard_strength
congratulations! most racists try to hide it. your right up front with it.
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I get that. But usually when something is scary, they have some sort of warning about it. The Exorcist wasn't particularly gory or violent, but they tacked on a "Disturbing Images" or "Frightening Situations". Them leaving this out of the rating leads me to believe there isn't anything truly terrifying in the movie. It was just an observation. Like I said, I'll see it if it comes to my little town.
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They're obviously going for the Blair Witch angle here.
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http://www.youtube .com /watch?v=vWf_vRZuYiU
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I'm looking forward to seeing this movie, but I would like some clarification based on your earlier statement: You're saying this movie is better than The Descent, Audition, High Tension, Martyrs, Inside, Trick r' Treat, and Let the Right One In?
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its scary because of the mood and atmosphere that the film makers create. its like an old school horror movie from the 50's or 60's. it relies more on the acting and writing than on special effects. definitely check it out if you get the chance. its not blair witch project. its much better than that. and there is no shaky cam either!
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I've never sat through a torture porn flick. I know better.And, before you insist on something else you don't know, the only teen-slasher flick that ever scared me was the original HALLOWEEN.You admitted, yourself, that DM2H is "not necessarily scary." God knows what criteria you use to determine "great."DM2H is a series of jump scares with ever-reducing impact as it steam-rolls through ninety minutes of the same thing over and over. The same amount of fun that you can get from a decent roller-coaster, stretched way-beyond my patience for roller-coasters.Sam Raimi's oral fixation with a talking cartoon goat.If it's the best horror movie of the last ten years, it would only be because horror movies of the last ten years have all been abysmal. Less abysmal than completely abysmal is still bad.
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yes. though, i havent seen trick or treat yet, but i'm looking foward to it. it hasn't come out yet? and its scarier than 'let the right one in' (which is also a good movie).
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District 9 showed how it's possible for fake docu-style to have great acting. But, sometimes in the trailer it's hard to tell because you aren't in the rhythm of the characters.
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make a movie with the talking goat from DM2H.Only mock-doc style, ala this and THE FOURTH KIND.An audience of exciting young people will believe possessed animals can speak.
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i just love sam raimi ever since i first saw evil dead II and 'drag me' is in the same vein as ED II. and your right. most all horror movies for the last 10 years suck. this movie is a big exception. great writing and acting (from unknowns). trust me. i love horror movies. and i think that 90% of recent horror movies suck. and i loved paranormal activity.
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or tv shows like that, then you will like this movie. this movie is what you wish would happen on ghost hunters.
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No fucking Chi-town screening?! We must e-mail the site and make that shit happen! Let's do this!
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Comparing it, or one's enthusiasm for it, with one's enthusiasm for DM2H, though, doesn't fill me with faith.Just my "o."By the way, I hope you don't mind, "an audience full of exciting young people" is my new favorite ironic catch phrase. I intend to run it into the ground, starting now.
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SOON!
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"An audience of exciting young people saw footage from AVATAR, and they all yawned."
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"An audience of exciting young people would have determined Grandmadonna's eight minute comparison of herself to Michael Jackson to be inappropriate, but an audience of exciting young people wouldn't be caught dead watching the MTV Video Awards."
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In your face Cameron!
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Thanks for your response. I look forward to seeing this movie.
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or: "an audience full of exciting young people" has never attended a horror movie.
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I hope the Roto Rooter/Ghost Hunter guys from Rhode Island are in this. That would be wicked awesome.
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I don't live in that shit hole city but I'm in phoenix! Oh who am I kidding, phoenix is a shit hole too!!!
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that I'll finally be able to see a cool, limited release movie in my fucking state for once. No fucking luck on Thirst!!!
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What's the big deal? This shit looks dumb. Nothing new/original. What horse shit.
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1. See it
2. Do not expect anything more graphic than your average Bactine commercial
3. See it
4. Let go of your expectations both good and bad
5. See it and enjoy the ride.
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Doesn't that have the same title?
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DID IT 20 YEARS AGO IN A LIVE BROADCAST
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you gotta be kidding me...a Limited Release screening NOT in NYC???...NYC gets every limited release movie...but this shit is only available in small towns like Ann Arbor, Michigan, Austin, Texas etc...what the hell...where's the big cities??...are they aiming for the college towns or something?
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so this movie has been around for years??...if it's so good then why the hell havn't they released it sooner?...something doesn't smell right
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Those are hard to get distribution deals for. (In fact, the studio almost forced them to do a big-budget remake of their own movie, instead of just releasing this one, but it looks like they got smart and realized what they had on their hands).
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I'll go on record as a "Blair Witch" apologist and thought "Cloverfield" was amazingly effective, both in theaters and on DVD. The style is only tired if the movie's got nothing else going for it. While I agree the audience-reaction trailer screams gimmicky, I'm intrigued by the buzz and will be there in Seattle, hoping there's no cameras there to catch me screaming or inappropriately fondling the nerd next to me.
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This will too, I imagine. I always find horror more scary at home watching than with a room full of people.
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Went to the official site to demand the movie in my area. Of course, I put in my zip and it comes up as Los Angeles Metro. Bullshiit!!!
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I've been waiting for this movie for years ever since Mori reviewed it here. I was discouraged when I heard Paramount bought it and was going to remake it. Months went by with no word on what was going on with it then all of a sudden I see that its getting a limited release though not in my area but I went ot their site to use the Demand it function. Hopefully other Sacramentans will take note. I was even checking torrents for this every so often. Even if it doesn't play in my area I assume it will at least hit dvd soon. With this news and the fact that Trick R Treat finally hits dvd in a couple weeks I am a happy geek.
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A woman's thigh! Must cover eyes!
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Ok, I'm in the UK where after a lot of digging I discovered that this is released over her on the 27th November at saturation level. I think its fair to say that if we are getting it at all theaters then you over in the US will too. Probably earlier as well. However they have decided to market this film by torturing those who are dying to see it by pretending that it might not be shown in their area etc, and asking them to demand it be shown there. It's an annoying technique.
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My great-grandmother hung herself in my attic. Weird things happened in my house as I was growing up as a kid. This freaked me out quit a bit and now I am VERY susceptible to this type of movie. Even bad movies with ghost in them give me the chills. This is not to say that a person who has never had any experience with the paranormal will not be frighted by a ghost story however, just that some of us may be more vulnerable.
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Silly monkeys convinced their viewpoint of the world is correct. Hilarious. The supernatural exists because shit happens and we can't understand it. If you're not curious about things that can't be easily explained, well then you must be one boring, non-imaginative human.
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I believe we are not alone in this huge universe.
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If you actually read what I wrote, you'd realize that I didn't pass judgement on this film (and won't do so until I see it).
What I *DID* say was that I would never listen to the opinion of anyone who considered "Drag me to Hell" the best horror film of the last ten years until this movie came along. Because that statement is completely naive. *cough* Let the Right one In *cough* -
Really enjoyed it but wasn't that scary. That said, there was a good constant tension in the air in the theatre, and the girl sat behind me kept whispering to her friends "I don't know how much more of this I can take".
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I saw this at the Sydney IFF too, and it was fantastic. No, no gore. Yes, oldschool scares. As in literally bumps in the night - but it actually WORKS, which is what makes it so much fun. It's all about the building tension and being creeped out despite your self awareness. There's a pretty basic sound cue, but even that is used to build the tension.
And as for the mock-doco thing you're all whingeing about, the thing I liked was that in this one the DVcam is integral to the plot and the boyfriend's character. It's there for a REASON rather than just an affectation.
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From the very first time I saw a poster for it, then a trailer, then the internet shit... ANYTHING... it was obviously a fictional flick a.k.a. "fake". You thought it was real?? What kind of gullible person are you??
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near as annoying as the woman in Blair Witch, then I just hope she dies/disappears a lot quicker so that it is watchable.
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I can't believe they showed that--it totally ruins the movie. The fan blowing up the bed sheet and then the door slamming means so much more when you see it in context.Hope there's more to this than what the trailer indicates. I like this you-are-there kind of thing, but it's incredibly hard to do right.
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If i want to see real scary movies, i'll watch some asian horrors.... thanks, but no thanks
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I assume.
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nothin like sittin in a theater w a bunch of tweens who jump and scream at every loud sequence. i'll pass unless i can get another 18 yr old to take and do the popcorn trick on her. (sigh,haven't had an 18er in almost 2 yrs :( sucks turning 34)
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I am never, EVER scared at these movies. murderers are scary. even monsters can be scary. ghosts are about as scary as ET. and just as fictional. the same people scared by this nonsense also read their horoscope every day and think that's real...
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I'm sure there's a nurse in the lobby making patrons signing a form in case they die of fright...
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This looks every bit as fucking retarded as Blair Witch, The Hills Have Eyes, The Ring, and every other mass-produced, idiotic horror movie. I will still give it a shot, but you can't convince me a movie is scary by showing me audience reaction shots, that's practically insulting.
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I didn't edit myself properly: I was trying to compare this to Blair Witch in terms of retardation, and The Ring [etc] in terms of being cranked out of a corporate assembly line. I realize the Blair Witch was not some big Hollywood production.
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Fooled you!
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That's scary shit.I'm glad BadMrWonka has a firm grasp on the absolute rules of the universe. Next time I have a question about anything, I'll know who to go to.
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The original The Uninvited, the original The Haunting, and the original The Changeling. The rest are crapola.
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I would also add "The Innocents", "Woman in Black" and, to me anyway, the creepiest thing ever.. Bava's 'Drop of Water' sequence in "Black Sabbath"
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probably will be as bad as Quarantine. Listening to an annoying bad actress bitch and scream for an hour and a half. Wanted to stab my ears thirty minutes in. I give this trailer a 2 out of 1000000.
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way better than the other two mentioned. Also you know what fuck handcam flicks. Let's go through the list shall we. This movie, Blair Witch, Rec/Quarantine, Cloverfield, Poughkeepsie Tapes, I'm sure I'm forgetting lots more. but for me this trend is dead. I heard how good this movie was 2 years ago. Why the fucking wait. We;; it doesnt matter anymore. I know the whole thing from info on the net, thanks Dreamworks for fucking holding this one back so long. Assholes!
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internet hype iz epic fail
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Been waiting for any kind of word on its release ever since.
In my opinion. This is the scariest movie ever made. I've never been more terrified in a theater before. I have no worry of overhyping the movie with that statement. You really have no idea what you're walking into, and for the first time it's true.
It's not lame. It's EXTREMELY fucking scary. There is no blood or gore. If it wasn't for a tiny bit of cursing the movie could probably be rated PG. The scares don't cheaply jump at you. They're all about build up and creeping you the hell out with what ISN'T on screen.
It was the best crowd experience I've ever had at a theater in that we were all in it together. It was the first time I was ever in a theater where TONS of people were openly talking throughout the movie and no one gave a shit. You wanted them to talk to give you some kind of comfort away from what was happening on screen.
Left me with no hopes of having a good night sleep for at least a week after.
Go see this movie.
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you see this shit on ghost hunters and that stupid fucking hbo family haunted cam show all th etime, only difference is this is a movie version of the shit with a fake ass couple turning a fake ass cam on in their fake ass house in their fake ass bedroom at nioght while they fake ass sleep. scary for the pimple poppers maybe, not full grown seasons horror fans. This film aint shit. unless your a weak ass shock viewer.
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If it delivers on half of the "scariest movie ever" hype, it should be amazing. The trailer did nothing but get me more excited.
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Having seen the film. I know all of your statements mean JACK SHIT.
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look at em. They are fucking teenagers man. Probably underaged ones at that. I saw the trailer for this way back on shock till you drop or something like that. full of the same fucking scenes minus the crowd reactions. Sorry, but a hair dryer under the sheets, a swinging chandelier, and fishline pulled door and some black eye shadow possession makeup dont do it for me. I eat pussy, it's right night to the asshole, sometimes my nose touches that asshole. I'm not a fan of that location. Nothing scares me anymore.
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Think what you will. You haven't seen it. I am 100 % positive this movie will genuinely scare the shit out of whoever watches it. Special effects don't make a movie scary in my opinion. And they don't NEARLY show you any of the remotely frightening scenes in the trailer.
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all of them do the horror/scare thing and none of them are scary. Blair was boring and full of foulmouthed ugly fucks. Clover was well jesus i wish it was a godzilla flick and that 15 minute begining- god that shit sucked. over all result- waste of my time. good idea bad exacution. poug tapes. oh jesus that was the dumbest fuckign thing I've ever seen, ever. so underplayed and poorly acted. This movie. I'm sure it's the best out of all of those, but still I'm tired of this crap. Just tired of it, and they held this thing back for 2 fucking years. Fuck em! Sorry, moved, outside of the need to bitch about it.
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when I see proof of something, I'll believe it. therefore I believe in clouds, I believe in rocks, I believe in evolution. these can be scientifically tested and proven.in the history of science, there has never been one shred of testable, unambiguous evidence for ghosts. and it ain't like people haven't been trying.so a grasp of "the absolute rules of the universe"? no sir. but I don't claim to know more than what science can prove. the universe is exciting and wondrous enough without making shit up.people are afraid of ghosts because they believe in them. these are the same people that couldn't swim after Jaws came out. movies can be thrilling without making our brains melt into mush.
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the most scared I've ever been while watching a movie was when I was allowed to watch the remake of The Thing at age 8. never quite recovered from that one. again, the idea that anyone could be the murderous alien? scary. night vision cameras of awkward special effects? not so much for me.but hey, I guess someone has to make movies to help 17 year olds get laid, right?
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Drag Me To Hell was great. So was D9. I'm going to start hunting down you fools who claim these movies are overrated. I usually don't care what you freaks on these talkbacks say because most of you are sexless degenerates with little to no social value, but a line must be drawn somewhere.
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Sep 16, 2009 1:33:45 AM CDT
If any movieis ever said to be the "scariest film in 20 years"..
by killdill
... it will fail. FAIL HARD. This movie needs to deliver.
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Be glad you live in Phoenix. I live in Havasu and we never get anything out here. I'm still pissed because I never got to see Moon.
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Sep 16, 2009 1:42:18 AM CDT
Every horror film always markets itself as THE SCARIEST
by lockesbrokenleg
ever, cause everyone knows they're rarely scary.
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The Collector was really good. And this looks a lot like that LeeLoo movie that's coming out.
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giving French horror films wide releases then America won't know what new horror is.
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The plants are growing wild in here. Judging by the writing style and feigned indignity, it's probably the same leafy individual using different names.
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The shittiest show on effing TV.
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You can't tell me it's not.
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Sep 16, 2009 2:42:50 AM CDT
Plant talkbackers? this is like some space pod invasion
by takingscorpioscalls
aw shit dont go to sleep or you'll become them.
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This is coming from someone who was a devoted viewer from 2004-2008. Remember Grant's collar tug during the halloween special? THe guy was fuckin pulling strings.
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its incredibly hard to really scare people these days, without resorting to stupid tricks and loud bangs... but i do hope this film delivers. but from that trailer it doesn't look anything special and some of the talkbacker comments seem dubious. never seen some of the names commenting before and they praise this as the scariest movie they've ever seen? thats a big fucking statement, don't know how it can't be considered hyperbole.
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Nah, no way, they use such stringent research methods. Next thing you'll try and tell me is that Lockesbrokenleg isn't a complete and utter nutcase.
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Been coming here for over 10 years now (as Half Vader), and seriously you guys are a bunch of whiny pubescent girls who cannot be pleased. Pilgrim read my earlier post. The reason for the cam footage is completely integrated into the story for once. But you've already decided you'll hate it anyway so...
And plants? Really? I guess you guys haven't read the earlier threads with everyone who HAS actually seen it being pissed about the lack of release because they enjoyed it so much. It's like fucking kindergarten in here. Kneejerk fucking "liked it = must be a plant". That used to be a TB injoke but it's obvious most of you don't know a joke from your own arse. Ironic.
Myneameborat, case in point. So for once we have a movie that uses old-school scares and in your book it's "stupid tricks and loud bangs"! What the fuck ever. So what's the alternative? CG? No, you all rag on that too. Torture porn? See where I'm going here? By your argument The Exorcist has a TON of "stupid tricks". A banging bed? Talking in a Batman voice? Ooh. Scary!
And while you make a good point about hyperbole, consider the other side of the equation/your argument. Judging by the last couple of decades of generally disappointing horror, and the apparent age of many here, doesn't it make SENSE that such a refreshing return to old-fashioned tense/scary/creepy thrills would be a breath of fresh air to many who have actually NEVER seen anything like this? It's the same thing with all the imbeciles in their twenties and below who came of age in the digital age yet rag on CG because it's cool rather than because they have any idea about the shit that came out in their fave period of the early eighties (if we take 89's the Abyss as the beginning of an unbroken digital age). Anyone who really knows the seventies and eighties would know that the ratio of mediocre to great fx whether visual, makeup or animatronic was no better than the ratio we have today.
You fuckers just can't be pleased. In the other TB people are actually trying their cooler-than-thou "Toy Story 2 was shit". Other ragged on "Let the Right One In". Faaaark!
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In retrospect it looks like I was saying YOU were a case in point re: knowing a joke from your own arse. Sorry, I meant 'here's a case in point'. Apologies for that.
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Couldn't agree with you more. Why are 97.4% of the people on AIC TBs such bitter, twisted little fuckers? I'm willing to give this film a chance since I actually enjoy a bit of hype, it's what da movies is all about people! But I guess bitter, twisted little fuckers will never understand that.
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This seems to be a totally no-budget effort with decent sound effects. Sound alone can be effective ala the original 'The Haunting', but don't believe this early hype over an invisible man.
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NEED SOME WATER, LITTLE FERN? HOW ABOUT I MOVE YOU INTO THE SUNLIGHT?
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on what this film is about thats a very good thing.
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Meh. I'm not buying any of this hype. Sorry.
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2nd, someone better water this talkback before it starts to wilt!
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.. these days; audiences are so much more desensitised to horror than they used to be. It's vary rare that modern movies like REC for instance that can hit the nail on the head when it comes to genuine scares... Saying that though there are still some classics out there that have held their shit-your-pants level of scare; Texas Chainsaw, Eraserhead, Jaws, Repulsion etc. No CGI there!
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... are in Gaming; Dead Space, Res Evil, Silent Hill... playing those in the middle of the night with the lights off and the surround sound on can be bad for your health!
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Ignore these dumb fucks. In a movie like this, context is EVERYTHING - something those fuckers who deny that they were scared by BLAIR WITCH but who we KNOW pissed their pants when they saw it the first time - will always ignore.
To those dumb fucking knuckledraggers who believe that low budget plus very few SFX equals a bad movie: FUCK YOU, YOU DUMBASS SHITHEELS. The opposite of movies like PARANORMAL ACTIVITY are shit like THE FOG remake, STIGMATA, THE FINAL DESTINATION (God let's hope so) and SORORITY ROW - soulless, faceless shitfests full of overly obvious (and usually badly done) CGI, badly written characters played by awful actors, shitty plots with holes so wide you could drive a truck through them, ridiculously obvious jump scares that are pre-warned a full five minutes previously due to some dumb hip soundtrack giving way to "Ominous Following MusicTM" - oh, and the loud percussionary crash just before the pneumatic twat from MTV's "WHATTHEFUCKEVER" reality show gets her plastic tits pick-axed into oblivion.
white_vader, Some of us actually remember fucking FRIGHTENING movies - THE EXORCIST, THE OMEN, REC, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, THEM (ILS), MARTYRS etc - and are VERY eagerly awaiting this one. I'm in the East Midlands of the UK, so we didn't even get to see fucking OUTLANDER on a big screen - so we'd BETTER get this movie. Going on reports by yourself and others who saw it, this looks like one of hte most frightening movies I'll see in years, and I can't fucking wait.
BRING ON THE FEAR!! -
I'm a shitty gamer, but I really enjoyed SILENT HILL the movie. The more I watch it, the more creeped out by it I get - and some awesome creature designs, too.
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Hey, don't apologise for it. I enjoyed BLAIR WITCH for what it is (and yes, the sight of a guy standing face-in to the wall scared the shit out of me - context is EVERYTHING) and thought CLOVERFIELD was a great movie, bar the fact that as much as I tried to, I fucking hated ALL the characters. I blame JJ.
I don't see anything wrong with a little old-school fear oging on, and this looks like a classic example of that. There's too many kids up in here who think scary movies should come with badly acted plastic-titted twats, a psycho with a bladed implement, and a metal soundtrack. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A TRUE HORROR MOVIE IS.
And for those who want to find out, try REC, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, MARTYRS, HAUTE TENSION, THEM (ILS), etc. Better than all this over-CGI'd teen demographic bollocks. -
Best horror drama they have EVER made. Fact.
Stephen Volk is a fucking genius. And under-appreciated, under-rated, practically unknown genius for what he did with that one-off drama. He was at least 20 years ahead of his time.
Scared me shitless, too... -
'Nuff Said.
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He's a fucking Professional.
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There's always some twat who wants to be the first to say "Hey, didn't scare me."
Problem is, if I'm dropping £7 to see a movie, I fucking WANT to be scared. Why pay to prove you AREN'T going to enjoy a movie?
Goddamn kids... -
**DANNY GLOVER blows a hole in him, dead centre; a perfect shot, Joss Ackland hits the ground like a 20-kilo sack of shit.**
GLOVER: "Just been revoked!!" -
I could see it coming. There was too many Cloverfield reference's for it not to happen. Someone mentioned JJ by name. You know Asimov's JJ senses are tingling now. He'll be on here going on about that Trek movie soon.
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a spud is a potato, isn't it, you limey prick?
POTATOES NEED WATER AND GROW IN THE GROUND, MR PLANT RELATIVE!
Anyway, you left "Inside" off the list of recent great horror movies.
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I haven't seen a movie that scared me since I was about 5 years old. This.... just looked okay, I guess.
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Ah shit. You're right. But he's getting used to all the slapdowns he's had recently, so another won't hurt.
Bring on the AssMan! -
'Tis true, my TB name is Planty McPlant, and I AM a Limey (so technically also a fruit as well as a plant...)...
Eh, I got nothin'.
I haven't seen INSIDE. What's it like, and is it any good? -
What is it, middle of the afternoon in limeyland? go to the video store(or torrent it)NOW.
No, seriously. NOW. GO. I'll wait. Also, don't try and find out anything about it. Just watch it. -
I may be alone here, but you wanna know the flick that still fucks me up nearly a decade after catching it late night on tv. "Eraserhead". That whole fucking film disturbed the hell out of me. Then at the end, when they started tap dancing on the little aborted fetus thingies, I lost it.
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It's 10.30pm in Australia, so if I'm working out the time diff correct it would be about 12.30pm in UK. Spud might have a chance to check it out but I'm going to bed, so "Inside" will have to wait till tomorrow. Hope you're right about it, haven't seen anything decent for a while. Goodnight Johnboy.
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I'll be expecting some 'roo steaks. Ty.
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You guys tend to over react to any thing, so the audience reaction means shit. I remember when Francis Ford Coppola Dracula came out, and heard stories of people been carried out, and all this hype, what a pile of shit that turned out to be.
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The movie is about demonic possession ... not ghosts (the so-called twist which even the trailer gives away if you watch it). The audience was completely over-acting. This isn't the 'scariest movie in the last X years' blah blah blah..hyperbole. If you found Blair Witch creepy, then this will be too (albeit with more "jump" scares and a nastier ending which saves the whole film).
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. . .like most small run flicks this one won't be anywhere near Baltimore.
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It worked for me. Definitely similar to Blair Witch- low budget, handheld camera footage, etc. It builds very slowly, but as the 'demon' stalking the female lead become more 'agressive', it definitely freaked me out. There is a really good scene with a ouija board that I remember, and the ending- I will never forget the last few scenes. Very good psychological horror- nothing over the top. Will probably see it again to see what has changed since the premiere.
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Who saw The Collector then?
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was in Zodiac. The stabbing of the couple while they're on a picnic. That freaked me the fuck out because of how realistic it looked.
Movie monsters don't typically scare me, unless they're designed really well (like say, Pumpkinhead) or have such over the top attributes (Carpenter's The Thing) that they are unforgettable.
Ghost movies generally don't do the trick unless they exude atmosphere. Nothing spoils a supposed ghost movie more than lingering shots of the ghost.
However, I watch a metric ton of Horror movies every year and I try to support them when they hit theaters. If this movie arrives in a theater near me, I will attend and judge for myself. -
with one of the smartest Horror movie protagonists I've ever seen. I hope that movie comes to DVD soon.
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Yeah I really dug it. I just bought a house too and it kind of fucked with me for a couple days after seeing it. Too bad it wasn't a bigger hit. I thought it was better then Saw, but it would have never happened without Saw. Also I think its unfairly labeled torture porn as well.
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that is literally the only time i've ever been scared of a movie. nothing about it was scary in of itself but i guess its just the way it happens, the outta the blue-ness of it. sleeping wasn't fun the night i saw that in theaters. especially since our bathroom faced my bedroom so when i had to use it, i ran quickly in my room and closed the door. lol
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StarchildAD-You fucking asshole shitface, how can you generalize a whole audience from that trailer? Besides it was in night vision mode so you can barely tell who was who...
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I fucking hate trailers that use audience reactions. And what a fucking bunch of pussies they used! Looks shite.
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EVERYTHING comes to LA. Everything. Why the fuck is this playing in Santa Cruz of all fucking places but not LA? Hell, I'd even be happy with somewhere in OC. Bastards!
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Lifelong horror fan and I welcome any opportunity for a film to scare me. The venom spewers around here can't change that. The best paranormal flicks are all about tension, atmosphere and 'the unknown' and this one looks like it has all of that in spades... and how the hell else are they supposed to sell their movie? It's a freakin' horror flick. Of course they are gonna say that it's really fuckin' scary.
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You all seem like a bunch of giant pussies if this trailer is any indication of the shit that frightens you. I like all types of horror -- classic monsters, zombies, serial killers, "torture porn" (hate that term), gore, jump scares, whatever -- but this doesn't look much different from the silly "OH MY GOD LOOK SOMETHING IS MOVING AND THERE'S A LOUD NOISE IS IT A GHOST OMG!!" crap you can see on Ghost Hunters or Paranormal State. I'll watch this movie, so I hope there's a lot more to it than the trailer suggests. That shit looks weak.
Halloween II did not suck. It may not have been what you wanted in a Halloween film, but an unstoppable and remorseless killer with realistic brutality and violence scares me a lot more than some bed sheets blowing and a door slamming. -
.. what does scare me is the stuff that I can dream up if nobody force feeds it to me. More times than not, the unseen monster is way more frightening in my brain than when they actually show it. Where do people think nightmares come from? Not that I don't like all of genres. I do! But a slasher or zombie never kept me up at night... that unseen nasty-ass witch from BWP did though.
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I'd forgotten about that scene from Zodiac, but it's definitely one of the most disturbing, violent scenes of all time. The stabbings seemed so real, and it showed how completely painful it would be to be stabbed to death. Sickening.
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Wow... the Entity has finally been remade! And mixed with the exorcist for good measure.
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I know that DreamWorks sat on this like Gollum for a year and supposedly had the writer/director change the ending, which is supposed to be incredible. I WANT THE ORIGINAL CUT.
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you don't need any other information than that as an indication of how "scary" it's gonna be.Ouija Boards are for mentally handicapped teenage girls, and so is this movie.
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WHAT THE FUCK? I was all set to go!
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Are you talking about when the old nurse comes out of the closet with the amputation tool, like RIGHT behind the other nurse? That scene scared me.
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I was super worried about this getting into studio hands. The original was really good, and as soon as I heard they were remaking it with "special effects" (i.e. CGI) I wrote this thing off. But the trailer basically looks exactly the same, the only way I could tell it was even remade is the footage looks 10X better and I think the actors are different but it's the exact same house (or set?) and the same camera angles, etc. If the studio remade it, color me surprised and impressed!
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of movie of the same name? Short film? What?
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AFAIK it's the same indie film that made the rounds of festivals a couple years ago. Then Dreamworks put it away and tried to remake it, but didn't.
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The people on there are clueless!
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Whats that stand for?
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I hear a burrito moves from the microwave to the counter in this movie. Spoooky.
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A MOVING SHEET!!!!!!!! That's what Bill Dana said about his last meal-a Moving SHEET---
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Now that's some of the sense of humour I was talkin' about. Cheers dude.
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but in a more metaphorical way. What the hell is up with you man? You used to hate everything, now there are things you actually defend! Getting soft eh (and no, this doesn't negate my previous posts)?!
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thanks man. Backing me up like that. Professional. Usually I don't take the bait but every now and then I vent. Doctor told me my blood pressure's too high, so y'know, 2 birds with one stone.
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I hope this opens here in Bumfuck, Egypt on the 25th, cause I want to see it. Movies I skipped this summer were Star Trek lite, Wolverine the Gay,The Slow and the Tedious, GI JOE: Crazy for the Leather Fisting, and Inglorious Bastards...which I will not slam as I'm sure it's 1,000x better than the sure to be shit films just mentioned. That being said, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY will get me out to the movies, but crap like A HAUNTING IN CONNETICUT? I can see through that a mile away-all fx and no real story/scares.
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These ones are all good creepy flickS-not Action/Sci Fi scary flicks (Aliens, Jaws, The Thing), but plain just creepy flicks. These are the ones to see if ya havent yet: EVIL DEAD 2; THE HAUNTING (ORIGINAL); THE SHINING (KUBRICK VERSION); DONT LOOK NOW; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (ORIGINAL); GHOST STORY (TOTALLY UNDER-RATED); SILENCE OF THE LAMBS; SE7EN; THE CHANGELING; THE SIXTH SENSE; THE EXORCIST; THE OTHERS; POLTERGEIST; NOSFERATU(1922); THE BIRDS; PSYCHO; SUSPIRIA; ROSEMARYS BABY. All good and creepy flicks.
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.. about "Ghost Story". That bridge scene made me jump outta my skin when I was a kid (I think it was on a bridge.. been forever). "Suspiria" never leaves my top 10 list. That's a good list.
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I wanna climb into bad with that chick and bite her back. Uh uh uh!
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Sep 16, 2009 11:02:45 PM CDT
white_vader, hey, I like stuff too. If someone hates
by lockesbrokenleg
TF 2, I will defend it to my dying days.
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has not seen this movie. i saw it last year, and it was gooood.
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scary stuff. The soldier with all the bugs. All kinds of different shit big and small attacking, but the part that scared me the most was bat shit crazy religious freak lady. Love that movie. I haven't rewatched it but i know I will.
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Now I KNOW you're crazy!
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The second that I saw that they were running the 'scariest movie ever' campaign with testimonial footage I was annoyed at their marketing team. The rumours would have spread by word of mouth quite naturally. The second you say something is the best or scariest you will get hundreds of show-offs saying that it isn't. It's sad because they are going to over-hype this unrealistically. I have an open mind so this looks pretty scary to me. Let's just keep in mind that it's amateur and STILL manages to scare people. Impressive.
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does a bloody "Mission Impossible" spoiler on you. Where there's a shot that turns out to be at the climax of the film but it's not 'til you see it in context that you realise - and therefore get that weird deflating feeling after the fact. I felt pretty damn ripped off (aside from the obvious reasons) when I saw M:I 1 and was waiting for the climax after he gets blown off the train/onto the helicopter or whatever the fuck it was (see? I've blocked it) and realised that no, what I saw in the trailer WAS fucking it. Grrr.
I don't care WHAT that crazy Zemeckis says about it, don't give away your movie in the bloody ad! And yeah they give away a bit much in this teaser/trailer, even if the buildup is the thing. Forget you saw it, people, and just go watch the flick! -
EVERRR"!, Just reminding you that they actually said ONE of the scariest movies evarr. And it was actually the website Bloody Disgusting that said it.
Actuallah (Cartman voice). -
...well, more creepy, so far. I'm watching Pontypool.
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(reference!) When I was a kid I used to have nightmares about aliens peeking out all creepy-like from behind the bedroom door, from behind the wardrobe, or looking in the window.
When I watched Communion it freaked me out. From memory the thing was pretty lousy, but there was a scene where a grey alien peers around the corner and hoo boy...
Of course I love alien stuff, and though when I was a really little fella masks used to make me run a mile, these days I do that sorta stuff all the time... funny how things go eh? -
However you defend that piece of shit, my Word Fu will fuck you up, because history is on my side. TF2 sucks in so many ways, it ain't even fair. The odds are STACKED against you. Stacked, I tells ya!!
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I will ro shan bo you for it...
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WHY THE FUCK didn't anyone tell me DISTRICT 9 was going to be so upsetting? Fucking FANTASTIC movie, and I think the future of SF is very safe in Neill Blomkamp's hands (I'd even go as far as to say that debut makes me think of Neill as James Cameron when he released ALIENS - just, HOLY FUCK!!), but - that shit is DARK.
The scene where they use a prawn instead of a pig... FUUUUUUCKK. We humans can REALLY be shitty, can't we?
Awesome movie. Now, back to PARANORMAL ACTIVITY... -
A white South African voice (that sounds suspiciously like Joss Ackland) will boom out, as the bedroom is flung around by invisible forces:
"PARANORMAL ACTIVITY!!"
Danny Glover will rush in, fully kitted out in Ghostbuster gear, and sling a trap into the room. As he traps the Joss Ackland poltergeist, he triumphantly growls at the trap--
"JUST BEEN REVOKED!"
Fade to black. Credits. Rapturous applause... -
Sep 17, 2009 5:18:51 AM CDT
white_vader - Don't watch ALIEN ABDUCTION - THE MACPHERSON TAPES
by spud mcspud
It's a Blair-Witch style mockumentary about a family who live at a farm, weird things happen to them, so they leave cameras running everywhere to capture what's going on. What's going on is, they're being besieged by grey aliens. If you thought COMMUNION was creepy...
These fuckers are out to GETCHA!! -
The action scenes were all good. Story suffered a bit. But, really it's a comic book. SO THERE!!!
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I just summed up 99% of one ghost hunters episode. NO LIMPDICKS I DIDNT SEE THAT CUZ THE CAMERAS WERE SQUARELY POINTED AT YOU REACTING TO THAT SHIT.
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Let it be known.
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Almost as scary as this movie. And they made that thing fucking rotate, too!
If anyone got me a fucking possessed Regan head cake for my birthday, we'd see just how far up someone's ass a possessed Regan cake could actually go... -
Ro Sham Bo eh? That's a professional and Baleworthy way to solve a dispute.
Mmm. May HAVE to watch that Alien Abduction thing! Morbid curiosity and being an effects whore usually gets the better of me (although it hasn't made me succumb to Pearl Harbour yet). The main reason I love horror movies is that most of them don't scare me but I LOVE being scared. Which is why I'm always on the lookout for a truly great Ventriloquist dummy or evil clown flick, as those are the two things that can actually creep me out.And of course aliens looking around corners! Why has no-one ever made an awesome dummy or clown classic? Poltergeist doesn't count as the clown's only a small part of it. But you just KNEW that fucker was going to turn evil and attack the poor kid!
Gore is just gore, but I love stuff like Carpenter's The Thing where they have the courage of their convictions and go bugnuts crazy with it even to the point of the alien gore being painted purples and greens! And Giant teeth biting a guys arms off which would have been the most TBer-hated thing EVER if it wasn't set up and then done with such Chutzpah!
Speaking of Ventriloquist's Dummies though I wanna see Doctor Who: Talons of Wen Chiang again. That creeped me out as a kid!
As for District 9, you only need two words to describe how awesome it was from that scene near the end out in the open: death by FLYING PIG!
BTW is there anyone here that speaks Chinese? I read Ro-sham-bo was also Chinese for "Rock Paper Scissors". Is that true or a steaming pile? I'm suspicious.
As for The Exorcist, I borrowed it from the Video store to watch for my 16th birthday party back in the eighties. Dunno why they let me borrow it, but I can tell you the girls weren't really into it, ha ha! I also got Extro (the store let me borrow that too?!) which I watched later with my folks. All I knew was it looked like a cool scary sci-fi flick! My parents weren't impressed, and I don't think I tried to rent any r-rated vhs for a while after that. I did sneakily see Stallone's Cobra at the cinema though! At least the car was awesome... -
you might like this web series that I did revolving around aliens in a similar manner. Here's the 'Alien Abduction' episode...
http://bit.ly/6rOE6
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I LEAVE MY NIGHTLIGHT ON WHILE I JACK OFF IN BED.
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That clip was Creeeeeepy! Great stuff man! If you're not too offended I'd just offer up one piece of constructive criticism which is the lens flare on the ship looks super stock/digital, mainly because of the way the dim bits fade/the falloff on the lights. Especially apparent because you have other real lightsources with true video fade in the same shot. Is there some sort of dark filter over the top of the flare? That's what it looks like as opposed to a natural falloff. That might account for the discolouration. Dunno, just suggesting, it could be the lens flare itself.
Anyway, hope you don't take that the wrong way - I loved it, especially the super-creepy bit where the alien is (literally) all up in his face all of a sudden. Those eyes! Those terrible red eyes!! Only bit that sorta confused me was the operation. They took the lens from his eye? How come it looks like the alien's holding a blade instead of the lens in the following shot? Maybe I'm remembering it wrong. And then he doesn't seem to have a bandage or anything when he's on the couch. Could be the dodgy youtube quality affecting things I guess.
Congrats, cool stuff. You wrote and directed it?
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