1408 The Movie
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purple_magada
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I saw it the day it came out in the theatre and was very disappointed. The parts that they show in the previews are the only good parts. The rest of the movie was pretty boring.
kathryn
Cathlete
>The parts that they show in the previews are
>the only good parts. The rest of the movie was pretty
>boring.
I hate when that happens (and it happens often enough to be annoying).
I'm kind of ambivalent about Stephen King and movies based on his work. His novels are good summer reading, but often the 'voyage'is more satisfying than the destination: his endings often make me feel like 'that's it?"
>the only good parts. The rest of the movie was pretty
>boring.
I hate when that happens (and it happens often enough to be annoying).
I'm kind of ambivalent about Stephen King and movies based on his work. His novels are good summer reading, but often the 'voyage'is more satisfying than the destination: his endings often make me feel like 'that's it?"
Lynn M.
Cathlete
I saw this because I'm a big John Cusack and Samuel Jackson fan, but for me, even those two actors couldn't save it.
If you are looking for a good psychologically scary/horror movie, I would highly suggest the movie, The Descent.. It came out last summer. Its about a group of women that do extreme activities together ( ie white water rafting, climbing etc) and end up doing a trip into a cave. "Stuff" then ensues. It was an interesting premise and there was actually some decent character development. Probably one of the more original horror/suspense movies I have seen in awhile as that it actually had strong smart women as the main characters.
If you end up seeing it, I'd be curious to hear your review.
Take care, Lynn M.
If you are looking for a good psychologically scary/horror movie, I would highly suggest the movie, The Descent.. It came out last summer. Its about a group of women that do extreme activities together ( ie white water rafting, climbing etc) and end up doing a trip into a cave. "Stuff" then ensues. It was an interesting premise and there was actually some decent character development. Probably one of the more original horror/suspense movies I have seen in awhile as that it actually had strong smart women as the main characters.
If you end up seeing it, I'd be curious to hear your review.
Take care, Lynn M.
ripley33
Cathlete
Okay,
So I rented 1408 and found it wasn't as good as I thought it would be but not as bad as I expected either. A solid 6.5 out of 10.
Lynn,
I did see the Descent and loved it. In fact it freaked the hairy heck out of me and didn't stop for almost the entire show. Any other recommendations out there?
I saw Vacancy too and thought it was pretty good. Don't rent that show Death Proof with Kurt Russell (Grindhouse)it was awful and so drawn out. I want to see the other half though Planet Terror. It looks better.
Laura
So I rented 1408 and found it wasn't as good as I thought it would be but not as bad as I expected either. A solid 6.5 out of 10.
Lynn,
I did see the Descent and loved it. In fact it freaked the hairy heck out of me and didn't stop for almost the entire show. Any other recommendations out there?
I saw Vacancy too and thought it was pretty good. Don't rent that show Death Proof with Kurt Russell (Grindhouse)it was awful and so drawn out. I want to see the other half though Planet Terror. It looks better.
Laura
Lynn M.
Cathlete
Hey Laura-
I'm glad to hear that you liked "The Descent" as well. I find that good scary movies are few and far between. The new trend of these movies like "Hostel" don't work for me. I'm not a fan of the gratitous violence just for the sake of it, esp. when its directed on women.
I've been wanting to see "Grindhouse" forever, but missed it when it was playing in the theatres. Love Quentin Tarantino stuff, even though he can be a bit excessive sometimes.
Have you ever heard of the movie "Slither"? It came out a couple of years ago. It was about a parasitic creature from outer space that infects people. It was meant to be a campy, funny horror movie and they totally pulled it off. If you haven't seen it, its a goodie.. I loved it!
Lynn M.
I'm glad to hear that you liked "The Descent" as well. I find that good scary movies are few and far between. The new trend of these movies like "Hostel" don't work for me. I'm not a fan of the gratitous violence just for the sake of it, esp. when its directed on women.
I've been wanting to see "Grindhouse" forever, but missed it when it was playing in the theatres. Love Quentin Tarantino stuff, even though he can be a bit excessive sometimes.
Have you ever heard of the movie "Slither"? It came out a couple of years ago. It was about a parasitic creature from outer space that infects people. It was meant to be a campy, funny horror movie and they totally pulled it off. If you haven't seen it, its a goodie.. I loved it!
Lynn M.
ripley33
Cathlete
Hey Lynn,
No I didn't see Slither. I'll have to try that one! When I was a teenager I saw the show "Evil Dead". I must have only been around 13 or so but that show scared the life out of me. I bet you any money it would seem so silly now but then, Whoa freaky!
What's the scariest show you've ever seen? My son asked me this morning and I couldn't come up with anything but Evil Dead and he said, "no as an adult". Hmmmm, can't think of one.
Laura
No I didn't see Slither. I'll have to try that one! When I was a teenager I saw the show "Evil Dead". I must have only been around 13 or so but that show scared the life out of me. I bet you any money it would seem so silly now but then, Whoa freaky!
What's the scariest show you've ever seen? My son asked me this morning and I couldn't come up with anything but Evil Dead and he said, "no as an adult". Hmmmm, can't think of one.
Laura
Lynn M.
Cathlete
Laura-
Loved "Evil Dead"!! That was a scary movie, but I thought it was kind of funny too. I believe that they made a couple of sequels to it.. "Army of Darkness" and another one I think. Did you ever see those?
Scariest movie..hmmm... It would have to be "The Exorcist." That movie still creeps me out, even though its got to be over 30 years old. I'm not a fan of those kind of movies, so I think that made it even more scary to me.!
Lynn M.
Loved "Evil Dead"!! That was a scary movie, but I thought it was kind of funny too. I believe that they made a couple of sequels to it.. "Army of Darkness" and another one I think. Did you ever see those?
Scariest movie..hmmm... It would have to be "The Exorcist." That movie still creeps me out, even though its got to be over 30 years old. I'm not a fan of those kind of movies, so I think that made it even more scary to me.!
Lynn M.
ripley33
Cathlete
Lynn,
I did see the sequels and they were pretty funny instead of scary. But that first one didn't have any humour and that cute guy wasn't in it either I don't think. Mind you its been like 20+ years since I've seen it
You know what was a good show now that I think about it was the exorcism of Emily Rose (not sure if that was the exact title). I liked it.
Kims I agree with you that 1408 was disappointing but could have been really great.
Laura
I did see the sequels and they were pretty funny instead of scary. But that first one didn't have any humour and that cute guy wasn't in it either I don't think. Mind you its been like 20+ years since I've seen it
You know what was a good show now that I think about it was the exorcism of Emily Rose (not sure if that was the exact title). I liked it.
Kims I agree with you that 1408 was disappointing but could have been really great.
Laura
kathryn
Cathlete
>I saw this because I'm a big John Cusack and Samuel Jackson
>fan, but for me, even those two actors couldn't save it.
Hmmm...maybe they needed to make a mortgage payment? LOL!
(I once saw a wretched movie staring Michael Cane--who seems to do 3/4 really good work, and 1/4 'paying off the mortgage' work) and Sigourney Weaver (formerly on my list of "actors whose movies are a sure bet).
>If you are looking for a good psychologically scary/horror
>movie, I would highly suggest the movie, The Descent.. It came
>out last summer.
Oh, yeah! That was a good one!
I LOvE a good, creepy, psychological thriller/horror movie: the kind that give you goosebumps up and down your spine, or make you grab the nearest warm cat body to snuggle with to keep the boogyman away).
On the other hand, DON'T see "Hostel," unless you like stomach-turning gore and want to have disgusting images from the movie follow you around for a couple of days. I'd thought my tolerance for horror (and even a bit o' gore) was pretty high, but that movie made me feel SO BAD, in a way that even "Saw" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" sequels couldn't. And it was more than the typical 'sick to the stomach' feeling from some gorey movies.
>fan, but for me, even those two actors couldn't save it.
Hmmm...maybe they needed to make a mortgage payment? LOL!
(I once saw a wretched movie staring Michael Cane--who seems to do 3/4 really good work, and 1/4 'paying off the mortgage' work) and Sigourney Weaver (formerly on my list of "actors whose movies are a sure bet).
>If you are looking for a good psychologically scary/horror
>movie, I would highly suggest the movie, The Descent.. It came
>out last summer.
Oh, yeah! That was a good one!
I LOvE a good, creepy, psychological thriller/horror movie: the kind that give you goosebumps up and down your spine, or make you grab the nearest warm cat body to snuggle with to keep the boogyman away).
On the other hand, DON'T see "Hostel," unless you like stomach-turning gore and want to have disgusting images from the movie follow you around for a couple of days. I'd thought my tolerance for horror (and even a bit o' gore) was pretty high, but that movie made me feel SO BAD, in a way that even "Saw" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" sequels couldn't. And it was more than the typical 'sick to the stomach' feeling from some gorey movies.
kathryn
Cathlete
> I find
>that good scary movies are few and far between. The new trend
>of these movies like "Hostel" don't work for me.
I see we're on the same page (see my post above). Though "Saw" was somewhat in the same type of genre, but SO much better done. It's like the creators of "Hostel" said "hey, there's some torture and gore in that movie, and the public likes it, so let's up the quotient of both: MORE is better! (NoT!)
>Have you ever heard of the movie "Slither"? It came out a
>couple of years ago. It was about a parasitic creature from
>outer space that infects people. It was meant to be a campy,
>funny horror movie and they totally pulled it off. If you
>haven't seen it, its a goodie.. I loved it!
I think I'll add that one to my rental list. I was wondering about it, but thought it could be either pretty good, or gosh-aweful.
>that good scary movies are few and far between. The new trend
>of these movies like "Hostel" don't work for me.
I see we're on the same page (see my post above). Though "Saw" was somewhat in the same type of genre, but SO much better done. It's like the creators of "Hostel" said "hey, there's some torture and gore in that movie, and the public likes it, so let's up the quotient of both: MORE is better! (NoT!)
>Have you ever heard of the movie "Slither"? It came out a
>couple of years ago. It was about a parasitic creature from
>outer space that infects people. It was meant to be a campy,
>funny horror movie and they totally pulled it off. If you
>haven't seen it, its a goodie.. I loved it!
I think I'll add that one to my rental list. I was wondering about it, but thought it could be either pretty good, or gosh-aweful.
kathryn
Cathlete
>What's the scariest show you've ever seen? My son asked me
>this morning and I couldn't come up with anything but Evil
>Dead and he said, "no as an adult". Hmmmm, can't think of
>one.
I'm not Lynn, but...
I'd say the Exorcist is definitely one of them (one Halloween, one of our secretaries found a website with Halloween music on and was playing it, and just hearing that music, and the theme from the movie "Halloween" was creepy!).
I'm not sure about the entire movie, but the scene in "The Ring" where the girl crawls out of the well, then out of the Tv and walks in a herky-jerky style made me grab a cat! (Though the sequel was pretty pathetic: they made the girl too sympathetic in that one, and that took away from the scariness : can't be afraid of something you feel sorry for).
>this morning and I couldn't come up with anything but Evil
>Dead and he said, "no as an adult". Hmmmm, can't think of
>one.
I'm not Lynn, but...
I'd say the Exorcist is definitely one of them (one Halloween, one of our secretaries found a website with Halloween music on and was playing it, and just hearing that music, and the theme from the movie "Halloween" was creepy!).
I'm not sure about the entire movie, but the scene in "The Ring" where the girl crawls out of the well, then out of the Tv and walks in a herky-jerky style made me grab a cat! (Though the sequel was pretty pathetic: they made the girl too sympathetic in that one, and that took away from the scariness : can't be afraid of something you feel sorry for).
Lynn M.
Cathlete
Hey Kathryn-
It sounds like we definitely have the same taste in horror movies! I'm in totally agreement with all of your comments on the above mentioned movies.
I liked "Saw" too.. thought it was a pretty good movie, even though the gore factor was high. I think people in the movie industry saw the success with that movie and assumed it meant people just wanted to see awful nasty torture scenes, not taking into account that the success had to do with the fact that it actually had a bit of a plot.
The first "Halloween" was great, definitely a classic. You can't beat the theme song. Have you seen the remake of this? I haven't and was a bit curious about it.
Lastly, another movie that I absolutely loved was "From Dusk til Dawn" .. the Tarantino flick w/ George Clooney, Salma Hayek, and a bunch of other stars. Have you seen that? Not a "classic horror" move, but entertaining nonetheless.
Lynn M.
It sounds like we definitely have the same taste in horror movies! I'm in totally agreement with all of your comments on the above mentioned movies.
I liked "Saw" too.. thought it was a pretty good movie, even though the gore factor was high. I think people in the movie industry saw the success with that movie and assumed it meant people just wanted to see awful nasty torture scenes, not taking into account that the success had to do with the fact that it actually had a bit of a plot.
The first "Halloween" was great, definitely a classic. You can't beat the theme song. Have you seen the remake of this? I haven't and was a bit curious about it.
Lastly, another movie that I absolutely loved was "From Dusk til Dawn" .. the Tarantino flick w/ George Clooney, Salma Hayek, and a bunch of other stars. Have you seen that? Not a "classic horror" move, but entertaining nonetheless.
Lynn M.
kathryn
Cathlete
Hi, Lynn!
>The first "Halloween" was great, definitely a classic. You
>can't beat the theme song. Have you seen the remake of this? I
>haven't and was a bit curious about it.
I haven't seen the remake, but I'm always sceptical of them.
>Lastly, another movie that I absolutely loved was "From Dusk
>til Dawn" .. the Tarantino flick w/ George Clooney, Salma
>Hayek, and a bunch of other stars. Have you seen that? Not a
>"classic horror" move, but entertaining nonetheless.
I did see that one, and thought it was pretty good, better than I expected.
I see you liked Tarantino's "Grindhouse." I was wondering about that one, thought it might be a bit too 'out there' for me.
And in the original Friday the 13th (before it became--like many horror sequels-- a 'let's see how many people (especially teens having sex or thinking about having sex) we can kill off in the goriest ways possible' series, the scariest moment IMO was at the end, where the sole survivor is in a row boat on the lake, the camera pulls back, the 'ending' music comes on...and the dead guy jumps out of the lake and pulls her in (then she wakes up in the hospital---it was just a nightmare).
I saw this one in the theater, and I (and many other people) jumped in my seat.
I'm sure other movies have copied the trick since then, which makes it cliché....just like the 'two people fighting over a knife/gun, suddenly you hear a knife-in-flesh/shot noise, one of the people looks like they've been stabbed/shot, but it's actually the other one who bit it" that I first saw in some horror movie with Frankie Avalon(!) in around 1975...and which is now used a lot.
Back to scary scenes: did you ever see the made-for-TV movie "Trilogy of Terror," with Karen Black? (They remade that one too, I think, and it wasn't as good). The episode where she receives a 'wildman' doll, that comes to life when its necklace falls off, scared the bejeebers out of me.
>The first "Halloween" was great, definitely a classic. You
>can't beat the theme song. Have you seen the remake of this? I
>haven't and was a bit curious about it.
I haven't seen the remake, but I'm always sceptical of them.
>Lastly, another movie that I absolutely loved was "From Dusk
>til Dawn" .. the Tarantino flick w/ George Clooney, Salma
>Hayek, and a bunch of other stars. Have you seen that? Not a
>"classic horror" move, but entertaining nonetheless.
I did see that one, and thought it was pretty good, better than I expected.
I see you liked Tarantino's "Grindhouse." I was wondering about that one, thought it might be a bit too 'out there' for me.
And in the original Friday the 13th (before it became--like many horror sequels-- a 'let's see how many people (especially teens having sex or thinking about having sex) we can kill off in the goriest ways possible' series, the scariest moment IMO was at the end, where the sole survivor is in a row boat on the lake, the camera pulls back, the 'ending' music comes on...and the dead guy jumps out of the lake and pulls her in (then she wakes up in the hospital---it was just a nightmare).
I saw this one in the theater, and I (and many other people) jumped in my seat.
I'm sure other movies have copied the trick since then, which makes it cliché....just like the 'two people fighting over a knife/gun, suddenly you hear a knife-in-flesh/shot noise, one of the people looks like they've been stabbed/shot, but it's actually the other one who bit it" that I first saw in some horror movie with Frankie Avalon(!) in around 1975...and which is now used a lot.
Back to scary scenes: did you ever see the made-for-TV movie "Trilogy of Terror," with Karen Black? (They remade that one too, I think, and it wasn't as good). The episode where she receives a 'wildman' doll, that comes to life when its necklace falls off, scared the bejeebers out of me.
LauraMax
Cathlete
Oh you guys MUST see Slither! I must say, even though it was meant to be funny, I was crapping my pants the entire time........
Another one of my favorites is American Werewolf in London. That was one fun movie! My dad took us to see it when we were little kids & we had to leave the theater about 5 minutes into the movie. :7 But I really loved it when I grew up a little. ;-)
And we can always go back to Stephen King:
The Shining
Carrie
Misery
Christine
Cujo
Night Shift
I could go on & on about my favorite writer....
I am in complete agreement about Hostel. That movie was disgusting & disturbing. A movie that's pure violence isn't fun for me. I need suspense--I want to be sitting on the edge of my seat wondering what's coming. There was definitely no suspense in Hostel--you could see what the entire movie would be like during the first 5 minutes.
I also love Tarantino. Most people don't see the satire in his movies but Kill Bill had some of the funniest scenes ever. Haven't seen Grindhouse yet--is it out for rental?
Another one of my favorites is American Werewolf in London. That was one fun movie! My dad took us to see it when we were little kids & we had to leave the theater about 5 minutes into the movie. :7 But I really loved it when I grew up a little. ;-)
And we can always go back to Stephen King:
The Shining
Carrie
Misery
Christine
Cujo
Night Shift
I could go on & on about my favorite writer....
I am in complete agreement about Hostel. That movie was disgusting & disturbing. A movie that's pure violence isn't fun for me. I need suspense--I want to be sitting on the edge of my seat wondering what's coming. There was definitely no suspense in Hostel--you could see what the entire movie would be like during the first 5 minutes.
I also love Tarantino. Most people don't see the satire in his movies but Kill Bill had some of the funniest scenes ever. Haven't seen Grindhouse yet--is it out for rental?
ripley33
Cathlete
LauraMax,
They are releasing Grindhouse as two seperate movies. The first one, Death Proof, has been out for a couple of weeks. I'm not sure when Planet Terror is out. I saw Death Proof and they dragged it out for WAY too long. I mean WAY too long. I hated it. Planet Terror looks more action packed.
Laura
They are releasing Grindhouse as two seperate movies. The first one, Death Proof, has been out for a couple of weeks. I'm not sure when Planet Terror is out. I saw Death Proof and they dragged it out for WAY too long. I mean WAY too long. I hated it. Planet Terror looks more action packed.
Laura