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| 26 JAN 2003 at 2:55am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (26 JAN 2003 2:51am)
He's not real. Really
: i always thought he was
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 2:58am |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Of course I'm not real - this is an electronic projection of myself.
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 3:15am |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Yeah, Its Divine, and I think its a John Waters film, anyway, its really really bizarre, ( and disgusting of course )
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 3:17am |
ValGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Yes, it's a John Waters film.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 6:49pm |
| Deleted User | The Monthy Python movies should be mentioned in this thread too. Sometimes really weird.
And I don't think Attack of the Killer Tomatoes has been mentioned before. Well, now it has anyway...
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 11:08pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Petter_Holmberg (26 JAN 2003 6:48pm)
The Monthy Python movies should be mentioned in this thread too. Sometimes really weird.
Absolutely! I think the most weird Python scene, bar none, is Mr. Creosote eating at the restaurant in The Meaning Of Life. "A bucket for monsieur!"
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 11:17pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Rael (26 JAN 2003 11:08pm)
Absolutely! I think the most weird Python scene, bar none, is Mr. Creosote eating at the restaurant in The Meaning Of Life. "A bucket for monsieur!"
Don't forget "Live Organ Transplants"!
I would distinguish among two categories here: weird/absurd and sick/revolting. Monty Python movies and skits are pretty much all the former, but very few the latter.
I forgot my sig.
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 11:53pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I think "Pink Flamingos" fits into both catagories, Divine eating dog crap is definately sick/disgusting. but the fat lady living in the playpen who's in love with the mailman is definatley weird/absurd AND bizarre.
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| 27 JAN 2003 at 1:26pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (26 JAN 2003 11:16pm)
I would distinguish among two categories here: weird/absurd and sick/revolting.
That's a good observation. Most commonly, "bizarre" is associated with horror movies that are "sick and revolting" which is not true. Yes, the majority of horror movies are bizarre because of a number reasons:
- horror movies tend to get pretty nasty, hence the bizarreness of some scenes (TCM2 is a good example).
- most horror movies are so badly done that end being plain weird.
- a 99% of horror movies with humour are definitely bizarre (TCM2 again and Dead Alive).
But a movie can be "sick and revolting" without being a horror movie: Pink Flamingos as Gamer pointed and the Pythons
Of course, we should define what really "bizarre" is, a difficult task for me - I remember Jorge Luis Borges once saying that he sorely missed the Spanish equivalent of "bizarre".
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| 27 JAN 2003 at 7:33pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Rael (27 JAN 2003 1:26pm)
But a movie can be "sick and revolting" without being a horror movie
And vice versa. It can be weird/absurd without being sick.
Of course, we should define what really "bizarre" is, a difficult task for me - I remember Jorge Luis Borges once saying that he sorely missed the Spanish equivalent of "bizarre".
Let's look at the dictionary:
Bizarre, adj.:Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance, odd. Synonyms: fantastic, grotesque, fanciful, exotic
That's a good explanation, isn't it?
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 JAN 2003 at 3:41am |
| Deleted User | AAAAh, ok then.
weird/absurd... Sweet home Alabama
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 12:22pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Guys, the other day I saw a movie that blew me away!
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 12:26pm |
ValGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Rael, wow! What an image to see first thing in the morning!!
What's with the "advertise here" thing in your signature??
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 12:29pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Valadmin (30 JAN 2003 12:26pm)
Rael, wow! What an image to see first thing in the morning!!
Lovely, isn't it??
What's with the "advertise here" thing in your signature??
Nothing right now - I'm currently waiting for customers.
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 1:31pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Rael (30 JAN 2003 12:29pm)
Nothing right now - I'm currently waiting for customers.
I'd rather advertise at Michals signature.
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 1:38pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Friday_the_14th (30 JAN 2003 1:31pm)
I'd rather advertise at Michals signature.
Why is that? Are you implying that Michal's signature is more important than mine??
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 2:37pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Rael (30 JAN 2003 1:38pm)
Why is that? Are you implying that Michal's signature is more important than mine??
[size=32]YES!
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 2:58pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | You made it to my black list, Friday - bad things happen to the people listed on my black list.
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 3:15pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Rael (30 JAN 2003 2:58pm)
You made it to my black list, Friday - bad things happen to the people listed on my black list.
D*mn I just hit my toe at the threshold, I hate that! >
I didn't use to have a threshold there ??? Oh no it's the argentinian wrath :'(, what will happen next?
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 3:56pm |
upcIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Oh my God! I read this topic for the first time just few minutes ago. The last thing I was expecting to see was all this people mentioning my prefered directors. Peter Jackson, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, David Lynch, Troma movies....
I guess I can leave my usual horror forum and spend the rest of my life on ja.
Braindead, Bad taste and the beyond are masterpieces! I loved all the movies Argento directed until mid-80s (the last ones are crap), and was kind of surprised that nobody mentioned "Profondo Rosso" ("eep red", I think). I know it's not a soprannatural-gore kind of movie, but in Italy it has been the predecessor of a consistent trend of psychic thriller movies (some of them are great ones, such as "The house with the windows that laugh".
Here's a site you might take a look at:
http://www.so-sweet.cwc.net/
Talking about gory movies, has anyone watched Henenlotter's Brain damage(or the Basket case saga)? Or Brian Yuzna's The dentist? I stopped taking care of my teeth since I watched it. My dentist scares me.
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 4:10pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
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Status : Online | If you want to watch REAL LIFE death, then rent the videos.......FACES OF DEATH. I watched these videos few years ago. They are actual footage of real life death.
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 4:19pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By upc (30 JAN 2003 3:55pm)
I guess I can leave my usual horror forum and spend the rest of my life on ja.
Please, do so!! There're lots of horror fans around this forum. Glad to know we have another one
Talking about gory movies, has anyone watched Henenlotter's Brain damage(or the Basket case saga)? Or Brian Yuzna's The dentist?
I saw Basket Case but I don't remember it well though I do remember about its sequels (Basket Case 2, The Progeny) which were very weak actually. As far as I know, those were the only movies Henenlotter made.
If you want to watch REAL LIFE death, then rent the videos.......FACES OF DEATH. I watched these videos few years ago. They are actual footage of real life death.
Bel, I think those are "snuff" films, that is, fake death sequences. Anyway, I don't like the idea of watching people dying without a good reason
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 4:25pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
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Status : Online | No Rael......they ARE real......
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| 30 JAN 2003 at 4:34pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By upc (30 JAN 2003 3:55pm)
I loved all the movies Argento directed until mid-80s (the last ones are crap)
didn't you like sleepless? (non ho sonno?) well it wasn't suspiria but i liked it better than say tenebrae or stendal syndrome (although i watched a cut version of that)
and was kind of surprised that nobody mentioned "Profondo Rosso" ("eep red", I think)
haven't seen that yet... it's very hard to find such movies to rent here
(some of them are great ones, such as "The house with the windows that laugh".
i love this title! i need to see that (where will i find it, that's another story :)
Here's a site you might take a look at:
http://www.so-sweet.cwc.net/
very good site... made it to my favorites
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