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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 12:38 am
(September 3, 2015 at 11:52 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (September 3, 2015 at 11:31 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Well, not a movie but a mini-series. Stephen King's "It." I'm not sure it could have been made worse had they tried to make a mockery of the book. Or, maybe they did try.
Pretty much every SK film adaptation has fallen short, particularly the made for TV ones. Of those, "It" is one of the better ones. Yeah. As a rule of thumb Stephen King adaptations pretty much suck.
I will say that Syfy Channel's 2009 version of Children of the Corn and ABC's 1997 version of The Shining (mini-series) are the best King adaptations I've seen.... very close to the original stories.
Dolores Claiborne was okay, and I feel that The Mist was pretty good, but I haven't actually read those two.
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 1:20 am
(August 31, 2015 at 6:56 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Do you know of any campy non-scary horror movies? With a supernatural element, like ghosts, possession, curses, demons etc., but not heart attack inducing and generally hard to take seriously. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I'll pay you in waffles ._.
John Carpenter's they live. So bad that it is actually awesome in a its so bad its good way.
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 11:59 am
Thanks for all the suggestions guys! Appreciate it! When I wrap my head around life again I'll have a silly marathon
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 12:56 pm
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(September 3, 2015 at 11:53 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Wow. can't believe nobody's mentioned the Critters series. Those are really the early zombie movies...but with tiny little furby-ancestors instead of zombies. My favorite was Critters 2. Critters 2 had terminators from planet <insert name here> coming to earth to kill the Critters...but one of them finds a playboy magazine and changes its body fit the center foldout.
Totally wasn't because I was an 11 year old and suddenly got a fullscreen pair of double D's, promise!
My favorite part in that series is when all the critters join into a big ball and they roll over some guy and a skeleton spits out. Classic. I can't remember which one that was from, though.
For extra credit, what super-rich actor had a role in critters 4 early in his career? (No google.)
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 12:58 pm
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(September 4, 2015 at 12:38 am)Thena323 Wrote: Yeah. As a rule of thumb Stephen King adaptations pretty much suck.
I will say that Syfy Channel's 2009 version of Children of the Corn and ABC's 1997 version of The Shining (mini-series) are the best King adaptations I've seen.... very close to the original stories.
Dolores Claiborne was okay, and I feel that The Mist was pretty good, but I haven't actually read those two.
Shawshank? Stand By Me?
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 12:59 pm
Alien resurrection, just silly from start to finish.
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 1:51 pm
(September 4, 2015 at 12:59 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Alien resurrection, just silly from start to finish.
Blech. I'll just keep pretending that the entire franchise consists of two films, three on a good day.
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
I'm surprised no one mentioned it yet.
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 2:01 pm
(September 4, 2015 at 1:52 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
I'm surprised no one mentioned it yet. Because it's not a horror film.
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RE: Stupidest horror movies
September 4, 2015 at 5:44 pm
(September 4, 2015 at 12:58 pm)Faith No More Wrote: (September 4, 2015 at 12:38 am)Thena323 Wrote: Yeah. As a rule of thumb Stephen King adaptations pretty much suck.
I will say that Syfy Channel's 2009 version of Children of the Corn and ABC's 1997 version of The Shining (mini-series) are the best King adaptations I've seen.... very close to the original stories.
Dolores Claiborne was okay, and I feel that The Mist was pretty good, but I haven't actually read those two.
Shawshank? Stand By Me?
The Green Mile?!?
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