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BK Akitas
04-01-2004, 03:27 AM
I have become so jaded with the horror/thriller releases of the last year or so. Incredibly predictable, anemic acting, all hat no cattle.

Gothika has restored my faith in the "jump out of your skin jesus did you see that oh my god how sick is that" kind of flick.

It exceeded my expectations, which may have been inappropriately lowered due to aforementioned crapola from Hollywood, but I went into it ready to besow the benevolence of my doubt, and WOW! I actually LIKED this one.

Creepy, dark, suspenseful and very well done. I could even get past the "um, wasn't that a little too easy?" parts. I highly recommend it.
fpw
04-01-2004, 08:15 AM
Gothika has restored my faith

Glad to hear it. It's in my Netflix cue.
iambear
04-15-2004, 01:20 AM
that was great wasnt it... I dont normally jump during movies but both my wife and I jumped at the exact same time..... like when the chick just appeared in the cell ....
had to be one of the best horror flicks in a long time ......
Gord
04-15-2004, 04:01 PM
If you haven't already I can't reccomend the Chinese film 'The Eye' highly enough for squirmy jump out of your seat scenes. I've seen Ringu and a bunch of the other asian horror movies that claim to be so extreme and scary but none came remotely close to The Eye. One of the best horror movies I've seen in years.

But I suppose that won't help restore your faith in Hollwood. :) (Especially since I've heard Tom Cruise bought the rights up and I believe is preventing US distribution in favor of his eventual remake. :) )

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0325655/combined
BK Akitas
05-20-2004, 02:44 PM
If you haven't already I can't reccomend the Chinese film 'The Eye' highly enough for squirmy jump out of your seat scenes. I've seen Ringu and a bunch of the other asian horror movies that claim to be so extreme and scary but none came remotely close to The Eye. One of the best horror movies I've seen in years.

But I suppose that won't help restore your faith in Hollwood. :) (Especially since I've heard Tom Cruise bought the rights up and I believe is preventing US distribution in favor of his eventual remake. :) )

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0325655/combined


Would it be available in Japan? I have a friend there who I'm sure would pick it up for me and ship it over.
Terry Willacker
05-24-2004, 06:08 PM
I agree about Gothika. The extra benefit was that my wife watched it with me. She usually avoids horror, but she liked this one. Maybe, I'm just wearing her down.
Gerald Rice
05-27-2004, 03:07 PM
Would it be available in Japan? I have a friend there who I'm sure would pick it up for me and ship it over.

I rented The Eye at Blockbuster. I don't know about availability, but if you can catch it @ Blockbuster I would imagine it's relatively available. It even reads on the cover that Tom Cruise bought the American rights.
fpw
06-09-2004, 10:37 PM
Just saw Gothica. Worked for me. A few surprises. Probably would have been more effective in a theatre, but well worth the rental
jimbow8
06-09-2004, 11:42 PM
I thought it was merely OK. Some of it I saw coming while other parts were unpredictable because they hadn't been mentioned or alluded to previously.

SPOILER ALERT! (highlight to read)

And I didn't like the ending: shooting at the ghost, hitting the monitor, causing the conveniently leaking gas to ignite and then burn ONLY the bad guy before retreating. And then she just goes free?!?! She did still kill a man in cold blood (NOT as self defense or in defense of another). A little too tidy for me.

END SPOILER

I did like the mood and the atmosphere though. :p

I have Bride of Frankenstein to watch and Netflix just shipped Wes Craven's New Nightmare to me today.
remylass
06-16-2004, 02:38 PM
If you haven't already I can't reccomend the Chinese film 'The Eye' highly enough for squirmy jump out of your seat scenes. I've seen Ringu and a bunch of the other asian horror movies that claim to be so extreme and scary but none came remotely close to The Eye. One of the best horror movies I've seen in years.

But I suppose that won't help restore your faith in Hollwood. :) (Especially since I've heard Tom Cruise bought the rights up and I believe is preventing US distribution in favor of his eventual remake. :) )

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0325655/combined

I absolutely agree. The Eye was such a great movie. The scary parts actually scared me. I was so impressed. I also have been watching tons of Asian horror movies, but this was my favorite by far.

If you have an Xbox, you should play the game Fatal Frame. It is kind of like an Asian Horror movie, and it completely freaked me out.
jimbow8
06-16-2004, 02:47 PM
I absolutely agree. The Eye was such a great movie. The scary parts actually scared me. I was so impressed. I also have been watching tons of Asian horror movies, but this was my favorite by far.

If you have an Xbox, you should play the game Fatal Frame. It is kind of like an Asian Horror movie, and it completely freaked me out.
I just got Fatal Frame for the PS2. It is pretty freaky. A friend also recommended Silent Hill.
remylass
06-16-2004, 02:57 PM
I just got Fatal Frame for the PS2. It is pretty freaky. A friend also recommended Silent Hill.

Silent Hill is pretty good. However, it isn't as just downright spooky as Fatal Frame. Silent Hill is more of a horror game that is all twisted and strange. I love the games though. I thought Silent Hill 2 was much better than Silent Hill 1 (PS1). Silent Hill 1 was still worth playing, though.

I didn't play Silent Hill 2 on the Playstation, but I did play it on the Xbox. It was worth the purchase price.