Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

I have been wanting to see Battle Royale, but have not been able to track it down. It's not available on region 1 DVD, is it?

Not to go too far off topic, but I am a huge Kurosawa and Ozu fan. Have almost all of their stuff on DVD. Just picked up the new Seven Samurai from Criterion, and it's brilliant; they did a heckuva job remastering. It's much better than the older edition.

This is a bootleg, but it's region 1 and the only way you'll see it here on a US player.

http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

[MizzouBravesFan]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

I have been wanting to see Battle Royale, but have not been able to track it down. It's not available on region 1 DVD, is it?

Ummm I'm not for sure, there was a Special Edition DVD that was released to certain parts of Canada & the U.S. a while back...I know you can rent it on Netflix and the such as well.

When in doubt, go with the bootlegged copy lol.

[forensicd]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

The Thing, one of scariest movies. Exorcist though takes the cake, no questions, with poltergeist coming in close second. What make a great scary movie is the hint of it being real, and could happen to you. We all know freddy cant come into our dreams and kill us, so that idea is always in the back of our head, thus eliminating fear. But with the exorcist or poltergeost, we have this idea that it could be possible, and that frightens the sh*t out of us.

[MizzouBravesFan]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

The chair scene in Poltergeist (I mentioned it in my original post) freaked me out lol.

It was soooo subtle and probably not even picked up by a lot of viewers the first time around but it's stuff like that which makes ghost moves creepy as hell.

[Quint75]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

This is a bootleg, but it's region 1 and the only way you'll see it here on a US player.

http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

What the heck is a bootleg doing on Amazon?! Any idea on the quality?

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

What the heck is a bootleg doing on Amazon?! Any idea on the quality?

No idea..LOL But it's not an original print. The quality isn't horrible, but it's not reference quality. It's the best you're gonna get unfortunately. I doubt we'll ever see that movie distributed in region 1.

[MizzouBravesFan]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

It's supposedly getting a remake, I'll be surprised if it ever comes off though.

The plot seems like something that would be too controversial over here and would get hammered by the media, politicians, etc.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

It's supposedly getting a remake, I'll be surprised if it ever comes off though.

The plot seems like something that would be too controversial over here and would get hammered by the media, politicians, etc.

No chance of a US remake for Battle Royale. No chance. It would be destroyed in the media.

[nxt]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

The Ring = not scary, Ringu on the other hand = creepy as hell.

The same could be said for The Grudge & Ju-On.

American remakes of Japanese horror films sucks, the originals are sooooo much better and a lot more scary. Dark Water is another prime example.

I liked "The Ring" (US Version), but agree with you on "Ju-on" vs. "The Grudge." "Battle Royale" is not scary, but is one crazy *ss movie.

Other great Asian Horror flicks are "Tale of Two Sisters" (Korea), "The Eye" (HK), and "Shutter" (Thailand). Speaking of which, I read that Jessica Alba is going to star in the US remake of "The Eye."

The Pang Brothers, who directed "The Eye" are doing their first US movie "The Messengers" that is supposed to be released in Feb '07.

See trailer here: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/themessengers/

[MizzouBravesFan]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

Ahhhh how could I forget The Eye?

You're right, a terrific movie.

[Pujols91]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

The Shining
Halloween
It

[LetsGoPitt]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

I can't really pick one because nowadays, nothing scares me. I'm not going to list ones that scared me as a kid cause they aren't even close to as scary as they were then. I mean there are the films that make me jump, but actually scare me no. Since I can't pick a favorite and since most have been listed I'll throw one out there that noone has listed but surely some have seen:

The Changeling

Is that the one with George C. Scott and the rubber ball?

[billysims]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

In the wake of Friday the 13th, I want to know your all time top scary movie. Of course we're all guys in here, we dont get scared. But what is that one movie that gave you the chills when you watched it..... Made the hair on the back of your neck stand..... Gave you the shivers....etc, etc.

My vote would go to: The Excorcist

It does'nt freak me out now because I've seen it about 5 times now but I it did scare the hell out of me when I first watched it. What would be your pick.

This movie still scares this s*** out of me.

And Halloween is pretty creepy too.

I vote Exorcist....

[Knight165]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

Is that the one with George C. Scott and the rubber ball?

Yes....

and good call on the Thing. The original was EXCELLENT. The remake wasn't too bad...

M.K.
Knight165

[ODogg]

Re: All Time Most Scary Movie

Yes....

and good call on the Thing. The original was EXCELLENT. The remake wasn't too bad...

M.K.
Knight165

I've seen that movie, it's highly rated on Blockbuster and was listed on the top ten scary movies of alltime. I thought it was pretty good and def. scary but i wouldn't personally put it in the top 10 of all time scary movies..