magicmonkey wrote:All I can think of is Christopher Gans to add at the moment. Recently watched "Silent Hill" and was impressed with his work. Love love loved "Crying Freeman" too.
Peven wrote:what about Guillermo(sp?) del Toro?
tfactor wrote:Havoc, I don't completely agree with who you mentioned so far and I think we (as movie goers) are long over due for someone to come and really knock a few out of the park. None of the above did that for me.
I thought James Mansgold did an amazing job with Identity but he seems to have gotten away from the horror stuff.
I was really hoping Bill Paxton was going to do some more scary stuff after Frailty but that too didn't happen.
Christophe Gans (I've heard) did an amazing job with Silent Hill but I haven't seen that yet, he may be a good one to add to your poll and keep an eye on.
Zack Snyder did a bang up job with the dawn of the dead remake, but he's another guy who's moving away from this genre
I feel Andrew Douglas did a pretty good job with The Amityville Horror remake and I would like to see him do something more original but he doesn't really have anything coming except (lady S are you listening?) Priest in 2007 with none other than Gerald Butler, but this is in pre-production.
TBH I want to see Christopher Nolan do something in the way of a hardcore horror film. I was blown away by batman begins and I think he's just a genius and obviously am looking forward to The Dark Night in 2008 but I really wish I could see him get a little more bloody. - probably not going to happen but if I had to pick someone it would be him.
tfactor wrote:understood! sorry about that, I'm kind of only half here but I do know what you mean havoc
Alright what about:
Jim Sonzero - Pulse and thats pretty much all he's done so far
tfactor wrote:I feel Andrew Douglas did a pretty good job with The Amityville Horror remake
The Vicar wrote:Neill Marshall?
The Descent was absolute crap.
I'm pissed I wasted money better spent on booze or gluttony.
colonel_lugz wrote:Rob Zombie is the one who stands out on that list for me. i really like 1000 corpses. I didn't really get on with Devils Rejects for some reason but I respect Rob Zombie for trying something a little different and deliciously fucked up!. If he gets his re-invisioning of Halloween right then I think he may be the one who claims the crown as the "Future of Horror".
John-Locke wrote:tfactor wrote:I feel Andrew Douglas did a pretty good job with The Amityville Horror remake
Are you serious? Don't feel like I'm picking on you after the Talking Bat and Ball Hero thread but I have to warn people that the Amityville Remake is complete and utter bollocks, one of the shittiest horrors I've seen in a long time.
AtomicHyperbole wrote:Back for a second... on frigging dial-up... but saw this thread and had to add.
Ganz hasn't done anything remarkable just yet. BOTW was more fantasy than horror, was pretty good but otherwise a bit drawn out. Silent Hill wasn't good enough.
Suprised at the lack of Asian horrormeisters on this poll too. Fuck the remake director of Pulse, what about the great original flick? What about The Pang's?
Not seen Hostel yet, but will because Mori bent my arm about it the other day (quite rightly), but Cabin Fever was an incredible pile of shit. I mean, it stunk on a Boll level. True, it had some nice "ideas" in places but had zero tension or buildup and stuck to the televisual style of straight-on camera direction.
Someone once said something along the lines that it's easy to shock an audience - strangle a puppy. Roth used some easy tricks to gross out, but it wasn't scary nor terrifying at any point. Nor did the film have any real even tone or pacing and actually became BORING... quite how I've not figured out yet. Fuck knows what he was thinking about during the ending.
I'm willing to give Hostel a chance, but I've not heard much great stuff about it. Roth is obviously a great self-promoter (which backfired on me), and he's evidently done some good things helping to showcase other movies in the states (Shaun of The Dead)... but I can't see how on the strength of Cabin Fever he's managed to take off.
tapehead wrote:Hideo Nakata, director of the first two 'Ringu'
tapehead wrote:..maybe JL will chuck them up - especially James Gunn - it's only when you see the list that you see whats missing.... no others coming to me though
tfactor wrote: JL I guess I don't know what to say to you, except we clearly have different opinions when it comes to movies, but are you one of those guys who has unrealistic expectations which can never actually be achieved? come on be honest
tfactor wrote:did you like Slither? how about silent hill? I haven't seen either yet but I'm getting silent hill today and I'm curious to know what you thought of these two movies and I'm kinda busy working so don't have time to go look thru a bunch of thread to track down your thoughts on either.
havocSchultz wrote:John-Locke wrote:tfactor wrote:I feel Andrew Douglas did a pretty good job with The Amityville Horror remake
Are you serious? Don't feel like I'm picking on you after the Talking Bat and Ball Hero thread but I have to warn people that the Amityville Remake is complete and utter bollocks, one of the shittiest horrors I've seen in a long time.
Ya, but it did have Ryan Reynolds...who, we all know, you love and adore...
John-Locke wrote:
Silent Hill is good but it could have been better, if I was making it I would have gone a lot more hardcore with the gore and violence (altough I doubt it would look as nice), it's creepy and disturbing but if it went a little further it would have been one of the best Horror films ever.
tapehead wrote:Greg McLean for Wolf Creek? I notice a lot of people don't like this movie so much
havocSchultz wrote:I hear what you say...I don't have as much hate for Roth as many people...but he didn't get my vote...he does have a great fondness for the genre though - I'd like to see him try and do something less "shocking" (in his opinion) and actually try and do something terrifying...
And I understand the lack of asian horror directors.
For the most part - I wanted to throw some names up there that seem to be "bandied about" in regards to horror discussions lately.
Some of the "big" or "upcoming" names.
But I do think there is alot of horror greatness coming from the east...there's also alot of the guys there just re-cycling their own stuff and or getting remade/ripped off way too much...
But I also believe that with them - it doesn't matter if they get "recognition" from us or not - they're gonna do their own thing...
But I am growing very weary of the whole J-Horror cliche and onslaught as of late...and basically - I don't find any of it scary anymore - but I also haven't had a chance to check out some of the latest "greats" so we'll see...
But if anybody feels there is a specific J-Horror name that should be on the list - let a Mod know so they can add it to the poll...
AtomicHyperbole wrote:Moving on, who're the fella's who did Wolf Creek? I'd rate that over half the stuff posted so far.
tapehead wrote:I'm not sure about James Wan & Leigh Whannel - I was always more taken by the story of how they broke into Hollywood than anything they have been responsible for putting on the screen.
The Vicar wrote:Neill Marshall?
The Descent was absolute crap.
I'm pissed I wasted money better spent on booze or gluttony.?
Vicarious wrote:The Vicar wrote:Neill Marshall?
The Descent was absolute crap.
I'm pissed I wasted money better spent on booze or gluttony.?
Ummmm... what movie were you watching? If you didn't like it you obviously had no clue what kind of movie you were going to. It wasn't the be all end all of horror, but it was well done and showed skill on Marshall's part.
The Vicar wrote:Vicarious wrote:The Vicar wrote:Neill Marshall?
The Descent was absolute crap.
I'm pissed I wasted money better spent on booze or gluttony.?
Ummmm... what movie were you watching? If you didn't like it you obviously had no clue what kind of movie you were going to. It wasn't the be all end all of horror, but it was well done and showed skill on Marshall's part.
Is that a joke?
I knew what I was going in to see when I watched the last Star Wars prequel - and found it wanting.
I knew what this film and Silent Hill were about and just don't think they were very good films.
I do like your inferrance that the only reason I disliked The Descent was because I'm obviously too stupid and careless a film goer to "know what kind of movie I was going to see". I guess you missed the "No Hate, Just Debate" sign hanging over The Phantom Zone.
You disagree with my assessment of the film?
Fine.
But please do not try to punk me with a statement like that again.
I rarely go into any film without knowing something about it - I don't just throw a dart at the showtimes in the paper and go where it tells me to.
buster00 wrote:Did anyone else here see the House of Wax remake from Jaume Collet-Serra? I was actually kind of impressed by it. Sure, it was a strictly by-the-numbers plot, and the acting was the opposite of good, but there were some creative death scenes and a good suspenseful tone in many spots. Then again, those elements might have more to do with the writers. Nevertheless, I might like to see what Collet-Serra would be able to do if given more to work with.
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