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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 10:10:37 PM #332 | 19. An American Werewolf in London (1981 / 230 points)
Directed / Written by: John Landis https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/308daf22.jpg Why Its Significant - It's not just a werewolf movie with one of the most memorable transformation scenes in the entire genre (one that also earned Rick Baker the first-ever Oscar for Best Makeup), but John Landis (who was previously most known for directing screwball comedy films) combined horror & comedy that directly paved the way for films like The Lost Boys, Fright Night, Scream, Shaun of the Dead, and countless others. Despite the comedy leanings though, An American Werewolf proved something The Wolf Man tried to all those decades ago - that becoming a werewolf is agonizingly painful and grotesquely physical, the psychological toll and isolation of being a monster arguably on the forefront more than even the comedy aspects. An American Werewolf in Londons success led directly to John Landis and Rick Baker being chosen by Michael Jackson to create the iconic Thriller music video, and the film received a sequel, radio adaptation, documentary film, is alluded to in John Landis Masters of Horror film Deer Woman, and an unauthorized Bollywood loose remake. The Rankers Evilordexdeath - 9 Snake - 11 Rockus - 12 Plasmabeam - 13 Bitto - 15 Jcgamer107 - 16 Johnbobb - 16 Inviso - 18 Lightning - 21 Karo - 23 Mythiot - 24 Seginustemple - 24 Fortybelowsummer - 28 Evilordexdeath - I watched this film in my teens for reasons other than its status as a horror film. What I remembered, before watching it again for this list, were the transformation scenes, the sex scenes which were way more explicit than I was used to at the time, the downer ending, and, for me the most representative of the movie: the sequence where the werewolf main character, after having transformed and rampaged the night before, wakes up naked in a wolf pit at the zoo and has to streak back home covering his balls with funny objects and camera angles. Sometimes when a film is labeled as a horror-comedy it comes off like Tommy Wiseau retroactively dubbing The Room a Black Comedy - that's to say the movie is just an attempt a horror so awkward and stilted it's kind of funny. This is definitely not that kind of movie. There are parts in here that are clearly supposed to be horror and a lot of parts that are obviously intended as comedy. The clearest examples of this are the aforementioned nude running sequence and a part near the end where David talks to the ghosts of his victims in a porno theater about how he should kill himself to end the werewolf curse keeping them undead, with repeated cuts to a porn parody movie where things like someone calling the lead actress with the wrong number and a man walking in on two lovers as if one of them is cheating on them, them responding that neither of them has ever seen him before, and him simply apologizing and leaving the room take place. In the end, I'd say it ends up being more of a comedy than a horror with the climactic sequence having a big silly chain car-crash caused by people panicking at seeing the werewolf ragdoll more bodies around than the beast itself actually mauls. On the horror side, the most tense scenes are the ones set in Northern England where distrustful Yorkshiremen issue vague and creepy warnings to the boys and later the doctor. They have a definite sense of social anxiety to them. While the werewolf rampages don't really chill me to the bone, the special effects in this are damned impressive, both for the TF sequence and the ghostly visits from the main character's dead friend, who becomes more and more decayed with each appearance. It's a fun, straightforward movie, but werewolves are still waiting for a truly iconic depiction to define them the way Dracula did for vampires. Snake - An absolute gem of a werewolf movie, a genre-bending masterpiece that blends scares with side-splitting humor. Landis script is perfect, capturing the youthful energy and camaraderie of an adventure between David and Jack, making their brutal encounter with a werewolf all the more shocking. The special effects that depict David's transformations are truly groundbreaking, even by today's standards. Rick Baker's innovative techniques create a nightmarishly realistic werewolf that's both terrifying and awe-inspiring. Its my second favorite werewolf transformation EVER only second to The Howling. Landis masterfully walks the tightrope between horror and comedy, with hilarious dream sequences and witty dialogue providing laugh-out-loud moments that land every single time for me. Despite the laughs though, even more impressive for me is the films surprisingly graceful exploration of isolation, loss, and the burden of transformation illustrating just how much of a nightmare it is to become such a monstrous creature. Rockus - After the first gruesome attack the movie leans into some psychological turmoil with a series of nightmares and visions, some of which are kind of campy to the point of Davids friend Jack showing up and being like KYS. Like a lot of monster films from the time period it features some amazing practical effects and makeup work that is mostly lost today. The transformation scene is an all-timer. Its self-awareness and sly winks over its own tropes are almost like a way of catching the viewer off guard so the movie can gut you. Great picture. Plasmabeam - Never been a big horror-comedy guy, but this one works because the characters are relatable and fun to be around. Also, the practical effects remain jaw-dropping. Bitto - Rating: C Lots of small things I like, but the overall product isn't really memorable to me. I love the intro to this movie. Having played and DMed multiple TTRPGs, I'm always looking for inspiration and everything leading to the werewolf bite has a strong TTRPG feeling in it. The werewolf transformation is, of course, great. I like Jack constantly coming back to haunt David and how he progressively gets worse over time. The suicide plot being the main tension pull is pretty interesting. I just don't really like how it develops or how it ends. Jcgamer107 - 6/10 Johnbobb - This nurse did not wait a single moment to hook up with her bizarre patient that keeps telling her to her face that he's full on crazy. The real monster here is the absolute annihilation of ethical standards. Also it was real gross when he turned into the werewolf --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 7:56:10 PM #331 | Ranking #2 will be a little later than usual tonight
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| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Sans vs. Jesse Faden / 5-Volt vs. Kitsurugi |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 7:10:33 PM #2 | Jesse
Kitsurugi --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Sans vs. Jesse Faden / 5-Volt vs. Kitsurugi |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 7:10:12 PM #1 | Beatrice (Umineko) vs. Camilla (Fire Emblem Fates) / The Bard (Wandersong) vs. 9S (NieR: Automata) - Results (20 votes)
Beatrice / The Bard
15% (3 votes)
3
Beatrice / 9S
30% (6 votes)
6
Camilla / The Bard
5% (1 vote)
1
Camilla / 9S
15% (3 votes)
3
*abstain* / The Bard
10% (2 votes)
2
*abstain* / 9S
10% (2 votes)
2
Beatrice / *abstain*
10% (2 votes)
2
Camilla / *abstain*
5% (1 vote)
1
This poll is now closed.
Bracket - https://challonge.com/1e9oonm5 Previous Results: Shovel / Atreus - (16 / 7) Chloe / Sissel - (14 / 11) Sans (Undertale) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f89979c2.jpg vs. Jesse Faden (Control) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/16557b67.jpg 5-Volt (WarioWare) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/890697e1.jpg vs. Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fcfc3375.jpg Easy Vote Sans / Jesse 5-Volt / Kitsurugi --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Shovel vs. Atreus / Chloe Price vs. Sissel |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 5:09:03 PM #30 | bump
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| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Shovel vs. Atreus / Chloe Price vs. Sissel |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 2:44:13 PM #28 | up
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 2:00:26 PM #321 | Outlier
Fortybelowsummer - 106 Karo - 90 Jcgamer107 - 83 Inviso - 77 Evilordexdeath - 74 Johnbobb - 70 Seginustemple - 67 Snake - 61 Bitto - 56 Rockus - 55 Mythiot - 50 Plasmabeam - 46 Lightning - 43 I didn't forget the outlier for Creepshow I was just doing an anthology thing. Yeah that's it. Karo's been going through the ringer with the rankings lately! --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 1:46:59 PM #319 | I know! Like I said in my write-up, I was looking forward to this one so much! And I do genuinely love slow-burn films a lot. Some of my favorite horror ever is like that. But I felt like was watching a checklist of haunted house tropes more than anything.
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 1:42:38 PM #317 | Nice prediction!
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 1:32:05 PM #315 | Inviso - This was an okay movie. It started slow (other than the REALLY cheesy with the almost comical opening scene of a guy watching his family get run over by a snow plow while hes trapped in a phone booth in the middle of nowhere), but around the middle of the movie, I started to get interested. Ive seen enough haunting or exorcism films to be intrigued by a movie where the ghost doesnt seem inherently maliciousat least at the start. This is just a murdered child that seeks justice for his death, and the general investigative aspect of the film was really interesting to me. From the sance to the library, to the map records, I liked watching our main character trying to piece together the events that led to his house becoming haunted. And its all great, right up until he finds the medallion. Thats when the film kinda loses me a little bit.
The third act of the film revolves around the revelation that Joseph was the son of a wealthy industrialist in the early 1900s, but he was also sickly and unlikely to live to adulthoodso his father killed him and adopted an orphan boy as his replacement. That orphan grew up to be a powerful senator, so theres this whole subplot about the senator abusing his power out of fear of being blackmailed, complete with a cop getting killed supernaturally, and the ghost of child Joseph suddenly turns more classically evil for a haunting ghost, and winds up attacking the main character, his partner, and killing the senator while burning the house down. The movie just shifts direction far too aggressively at the end, and it led to a less enjoyable finale for me. Rockus - A pretty traditional haunted house film, almost stubbornly old fashioned. But there are some nice moments that spice things up like a neat little stop motion shot after they dig up the remains in the spot of the old well and some big pyrotechnics in the finale. It mostly unfolds like a pretty solid drama. There are some dense plot exposition dumps at one point but theyre thankfully delivered right before the climax to get them out of the way as not to clutter things up in the final twenty minutes or so. George C. Scott is rather good in it and it ended up being a pretty solid ghost movie. A satisfying watch. Seginustemple - I appreciate the old-school nature of this one, straightforward haunted house fare that isn't meta or tongue-in-cheek, no cheap scares or dazzling with effects. It's all very stately and serious...maybe a little stale. George C. Scott is a pro, almost too cool in the lead role. I wonder if someone who comes off a little more vulnerable could be more effective. The first half is promising and includes a fantastic seance the movie can hang its hat on, but the last half gets bogged down trying to get to the bottom of the ghost child's story...which leads to an adopted surrogate, and wrong kid died, but ultimately I just don't care that the rich old guy turns out to be a false heir because he already lived his life and none of this was really his fault anyway. What was the point of punishing him at the end? The drama of that is lost on me. Johnbobb - You know, the moment this movie started, I saw the happy family and thought "this is gonna be one of those horror movies that kills off the kid, huh? They did not miss a beat. The Changeling builds a little slowly and dryly at times, but when the creepiness hits, it hits hard. Russell screaming up at the empty house while the doors slam that he's done all he could really cements how effective it is as a haunted house Fortybelowsummer - Gah, why couldnt this have been made in 1979. Just kidding, I had seen it before anyway and its not that bad although I anticipate it staying in my bottom five. You cant go wrong with a big ol haunted house, and this one comes complete with a creepy kiddy wheelchair in the attic. Theres a decent amount of suspense and scary imagery as its revealed what the deal is with the ominous goings-on at the house. I watched this and Exorcist III in the same week and it made me realize that George C. Scott is the man. He has a presence that elevates whatever hes in. The thing is though, here hes so somber, subdued, and matter of fact in his investigation that it kind of takes away any real sense of peril. I never felt that worried for him, that he faced any danger that was a true mortal threat. The way the mystery unravels is also pretty outlandish and the whole thing left me feeling underwhelmed overall. This is one of those movies that seems to have overwhelming positive reactions, but I just dont see it. Snake - So, fake horror fanatic alert here, but I had never actually seen this film before this project. And well - it was underwhelming after hyping it up in my head for so long. The Changeling aspires to be a classic haunted house horror, but ultimately fumbles the scares with a slow pace and a strangely detached protagonist. The pacing here is glacial, and many of the events are extremely mundane. Slow burn films have to be executed to perfection otherwise they just end up being bore-fests like The Changeling. I never felt like John Russell was in peril, which lessens the film's impact, as he never feels truly scared, approaching the ghostly activity with a professorial curiosity that undermines all the tension that gets set up at every turn. This is probably scary if this is the first haunted house movie youve ever seen in your life, but otherwise, I rather think this is a film better left in the dusty attic of the 80s. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 1:31:53 PM #314 | 20. The Changeling (1980 / 233 points)
Directed by: Peter Medak / Screenplay by: William Gray, Diana Maddox https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d7d66960.jpg Why Its Significant - I couldnt think of a better film to bridge the 70s & 80s decades than The Changeling. Wildly influential, I best describe The Changeling as your favorite directors favorite horror movie. Haunted house movies were a staple of the 70s but became less prevalent in the 80s. So, The Changeling at once feels like a relic but also a stand-out of the 80s canon, opposite of the graphic violence seen in slashers and body horror. The film delves into the psychological impact of grief, showcasing how the lines between reality and the supernatural can blur for someone consumed by sorrow, all while suggestion-heavy framing and a masterful use of sound design creates an intense, unsettling atmosphere. This focus on psychological horror by way of family agony paved the way for future films like Hereditary, Mike Flanagans (who is on record saying this is the scariest film of all time) Haunting series, Crimson Peak, and even The Babadook. Even directors who have only flirted with the horror genre like Martin Scorsese acknowledge its unique terrifying influence on his work in films like Cape Fear and Shutter Island. Its an unexpected monolith of horror, a film that continues to inspire and terrify audiences decades after its release. The Changeling never received an official sequel, but Until Death, a 1988 made-for-TV horror film directed by Italian cult filmmaker Lamberto Bava, was marketed as such for some reason! The Rankers Karo - 8 Evilordexdeath - 11 Plasmabeam - 12 Bitto - 14 Lightning - 14 Mythiot - 14 Jcgamer107 - 15 Inviso - 20 Rockus - 20 Seginustemple - 23 Johnbobb - 24 Fortybelowsummer - 27 Snake - 30 Karo - A grieving composer rents a gigantic old mansion that nobody wants and of course it doesn't come with a vengeful spirit of a murdered child or anything like that. It is a fairly standard haunted house tale, but is presented in a way that provides some good atmosphere and resists the urge to blow its load too early. It's a great example of tell, don't show. Too quick to reveal your monster and it will lose a lot of its scariness. Although I feel the title is misleading at best, committing fraud and living off someone else's fortune doesnt make you a 'changeling', it just makes you Donald Trump. Still it is a sold suspense movie that avoids most of the pratfalls of todays horror, and I have to say they just dont make em like they used to. Evilordexdeath - Pretty solid flick with not too much to complain about, besides a slightly cheesy overdone ending (especially that wheelchair chase scene) that also doesn't resolve the story in a very satisfying way. It was well-paced, there was a nice little intrigue in the middle section, and I liked the detail of the main character being a composer and how the musical elements added specificity to the story. It maybe suffers a little from trying to balance a spooky ghost story and an investigation about an old murder that was covered up, preventing either aspect from getting enough focus to really stand out. There are some rather gripping scenes brought through by solid acting, particularly the seance scene and the medium lady. Overall I enjoyed watching it and could probably see it again, but it isn't a film that excited passion in me, either positive or negative. Plasmabeam - A slow burn for sure, but I found this one to be engaging for the most part. Satisfying journey with the grieving protagonist trying to find peace by revealing the truth about another childs death. Bitto - Rating: C Really more of a mystery than a horror, but that's fine. I like mysteries way more. I really like the idea of solving the mystery of a haunted house and the mystery is fine. All the characters are grounded (except for the random part where John feels the best idea of confronting Carmichael is by screaming at him at the airport lmao). I like that Carmichael isn't some comical villain and deals with John's confrontation with confusion, anger, but also curiosity. I like that Joseph isn't calmed by the effects of Carmichael and still gets upset. I just...don't like the full product, I guess? The plot isn't super memorable, the characters aren't either, and neither are the shots. Lightning - None of this belongs to you! The Changeling stands out among 1980s horror films as something from a different era, it is very much in the style of older ghost films and stories such as the work of M R James, and lacks most of the gloss and style that would come to be associated with 80s horror. There are no final girls, exciting chases, or witty quips, it is more creeping dread, a mystery to be solved, and decidedly middle aged, more academic protagonists. The aesthetics too have more in common with the horror of the 1970s than the decade this released at the very start of. All of this works in the films favour as it leverages this slightly stuffy style to create an intriguing slow burn mystery with elements of a morality play to it. This is a film without much in the way of big scares but a firm sense of creeping unease throughout. There are several frightening moments, such as the initial contact with the ghost or the ball coming down the stairs but most of the tension and atmosphere instead comes from the tragic mystery being revealed, interleaved with George C Scotts John Russells own tragedy in his recent past. Although the film rarely mentions the tragedy that opens it after the first act, you can feel it motivating its lead throughout. Overall this is an enjoyable, very classically styled ghost story. It does unfortunately fall into a few of the pitfalls common of earlier films in the ghost subgenre, for instance the female lead is mostly just there to be a hysterical shrieking woman, and the ending ultimately feels fairly anticlimactic. Despite these shortcomings this film represents a classic style of slow burn movie about a haunting that mixes mystery and horror that you rarely see anymore. 4/5 Jcgamer107 - 6/10 --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. 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| Topic | Do you like this character? Day 1538: Wakko Warner (Animaniacs) |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 12:18:32 PM #22 | Yes I guess
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| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Shovel vs. Atreus / Chloe Price vs. Sissel |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 4:00:36 AM #25 | up
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| Topic | What's the most technically impressive Sega Saturn game? (Day 9) + PS1 final |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 12:13:23 AM #2 | Panzer Dragoon Saga
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| Topic | Fill in the Blank 254: ___ Park |
| Snake5555555555 04/13/24 12:11:52 AM #2 | Linkin
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 11:48:08 PM #293 | Evilordexdeath - My mom used to sometimes quote "Where's my cake Bedelia?" at random and I never knew before today that it was from this. I think I've seen parts of the middle segment with the two people's heads sticking out of the sand, too. This movie sucks, but I suppose the popularity of its screenwriter has given it some presence in pop culture. This is an anthology film paying homage to old horror comic magazines using five of Stephen King's more half-baked stories. To be fair, there is a certain authenticity to that format, where the limited print space and the authors being less experienced often leads to some pretty silly, insubstantial narratives. The first two in particular don't work even beyond how cheesy they are because you just don't get enough time to know the characters for the "spooky" death scenes to have any kind of meaning. I actually thought the third and fourth stories were alright. The third one, where Leslie Nielsen murders two people by burying them up to their heads in sand and waiting for the tide to come in, is probably the closest the collection comes to being scary because the situation has a bit more reality to it - though it is in my opinion let down a little by and ending where, like the other parts, some dumb horror thing happens for no good reason. The fourth part has a weak-willed academic murder his wife using an abominable snowman his friend accidentally unleashes from an old box in the school basement, and the wife is sufficiently obnoxious that you kind of get where he's coming from. This interests me more as a story because it's built around the choices the characters make while most other parts are driven by the random spooky stuff that happens. Some of the practical effects are cool, particularly the ending of the last story where a man's corpse bursts from the seams with cockroaches, and I liked the stylistic choices like the animated intro and the comic book pages turning between stories, and sometimes it's mildly amusing in a dumb way but I'm just really not into this kind of goofy ultra-cheesy horror themed comedy and was waiting for this one to end.
Plasmabeam - Being a Stephen King fan, I know all about how he was influenced by the Tales from the Crypt comic books as a kid. Sadly this Crypt-inspired collection of stories falls flat for me. The only remotely interesting tale here is the one where people get buried up to their necks at the beach, and thats not enough to elevate the rest. Johnbobb - This is listed as a horror comedy but so far it's been less funny than most of the non-comedies on this list. This really could've benefitted from some more time in the editing room; I like Leslie Nielsen but the process of "he kills a guy, guy comes back and kills him" didn't need to take half on hour. Weirdly the first story felt the shortest, despite having the most happen; it decided to end on an amiguous freeze frame while other stories spent just so long on obvious conclusions. It's just a shame the stuff happening there was stupid and poorly executed. Biggest surprise here was Stephen King; I've seen him appear in movies based on his works in cameo roles a couple times, but never in a main role like this. Jordy's story is the one that most feels like a horror comedy short story and he's not a great actor but he was at least entertaining. Lonesome Death of Jordy > The Crate > Something to Tide You Over > Father's Day Rockus - Horror anthology films are often a crapshoot and Creepshow is no different. It starts out pretty rough with the first two shorts being pretty bad. The second one with Stephen King turning into some kind of alien plant is the low point. Its dull and Stephen King gives one of the worst performances Ive seen in ages. It picks up a little with the Ted Danson and Leslie Nielson short, the characters feel kind of thin but Danson and Nielsons performances fill them out and it has a memorable climax. The next section is also okay. It has some campy monster fun. The last short isnt really that exciting or interesting as a horror, though the final shot is pretty strong, but E. G. Marshall is so good as a mean selfish rich germaphobe that it still ends up being pretty enjoyable. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 11:46:57 PM #292 | Fortybelowsummer - Yo dawg, I heard you like rankings so
5. Something to Tide you Over: I kind of have an issue with 2 out of 5 stories having the same premise of revenge from beyond the grave when there are so many other possibilities. Leslie Nielsen is great as the villain in this one, but it has a more serious tone that makes me like it less than Fathers Day. The idea of being buried in the sand with the tide coming in is intriguing, and the dead couple are sufficiently creepy when they come looking for payback. I dont even dislike it, but it is my least favorite of the stories. 4. Theyre Creeping Up on You!: This one hits different if youve ever dealt with cockroaches. Needless to say, they are, as Upson Pratt likes to say, bastards. I had them briefly in an old apartment and they can produce anxiety even if you arent a pathological entomophobe. Crawling all over you and eventually inside you, blech. This one is short, sweet, and effective and if that ending doesnt make your skin crawl at least a little bit then I dont know what to tell you. 3. Fathers Day: Good ol revenge from beyond the grave story. The reanimated old man corpse is definitely scary (wheres his cake?) and the music, atmosphere, and special effects are cool. The birthday cake head is a nice ending, even if it feels a bit abrupt and unsatisfactory not knowing if Richard and Cass get their candles blown out (its implied they do). The introduction of the comic book effects is a fun addition that carries throughout. 2. The Crate: I think its hilarious that the guys reaction to hearing about the crate monster is Perfect! Just the thing Ive been looking for to conveniently kill my bitch wife. The performances in this one are really good, but the star is obviously Fluffy the crate beast. The ape-like creature with fangs and claws that can devour a person whole is exactly the type that you picture lurking under your bed. Or yknow, in a mysterious crate under the stairs or something. Good, gory fun, and I like to think Fluffy was out for more blood after surviving his fall into the quarry. 1. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill: Despite his numerous cameos, I always think about this role when I think about Stephen King movie appearances. I dont know why I like this story so much, but the overly exaggerated dimwit yokel character is funny, and the plot is both silly and unsettling. Honestly, imagine that stuff growing on you and all around you, to the point of knowing you have to kill yourself as it marches ever onward. Pretty messed up. Like most anthologies, Creepshow has its ups and downs, and it certainly feels like the combo of King, Romero, and Savini could have produced something a bit better, but overall, it really is some of the most fun youll have being scared. Lightning - Its showtime! This is a collection of Stephen King stories (with a VERY loose bit of connecting tissue) that includes both short story adaptations and adaptations of a comic he wrote for this film. The whole thing is framed as EC Comics style horror stories and the comicbook styling gives it an aesthetic of pulpy fun. The first short, Fathers Day, is extremely basic with one of the simplest stories you can imagine. While it is fine theres really no substance to it other than a zombie coming back and killing some people. However, the camp visuals give it a bit of a jolt. The second, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, just didnt work for me. In this Stephen King plays a truly stereotypical hick character that is just too cartoonish for either the horror or the comedy to work. The third short, Something to Tide You Over, was my favourite, with a young Ted Danson and a surprisingly quite chilling performance from Leslie Neilsen. The setup is effective and the twisted justice is exciting to see unfold. The fourth short, The Crate, is nearly as good, working as a pulpy and effective creature feature. The creature itself works and the lead is suitably loathsome. Lastly Theyre Creeping Up on You is again very simple but it works as a nasty bit of grossout horror that King sometimes enjoys. Overall, this is a very light collection of stories that vary in quality, and the framing device is so minor it may as well not exist. However they are all in good fun, making this an enjoyable watch. 3/5 Seginustemple - Five vignettes with a pulpy comic-book vibe, I think the one with Leslie Neilson torturing Ted Dansen is head and shoulders above the rest because it's treated seriously. Those burial/drowning scenes get pretty intense. Then I would go Stephen King vs. the Kudzu Comet > Birthday Cake Zombie (featuring Ed Harris dancing) > Dr. Cockroach > Crate Monster, with the last one being the only real stinker as it drags on too long. Bitto - Rating: C- I generally really like short stories and especially horror short stories. So I'm a little shocked that I didn't rank this very high. It's definitely due to The Crate. This is the longest of the stories and the worst by a pretty significant margin. Even outside of its very questionable premise, it just functionally isn't a good story. I feel like the story would be so much better if you cut out basically every character except the Crate and the two chess-playing professors. One of them knows about the Crate and is horrified; the other heard about the Crate and wants to use it nefariously. But whatever, we gotta kill the wifey, am I right??? Anyways, the other short stories are fine. I think my favorite is actually the farmer and the meteor, with an incredible performance by Stephen King. I remember watching this and was like "holy shit, this guy is terrible" but then I learned it was King and I was like "holy shit, this is hilarious". Anyways, it hits the right angle of memorable, horrifying, and funny. I also like the beach one and the cockroach one. They do their job well. The beach one is a little long, but it justifies its length because the rich guy does feel a little unstoppable at first. The cake one is......fine, but feels way too long for what it's going for. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 11:46:32 PM #291 | 21. Creepshow (1982 / 242 points)
Directed by: George A. Romero / Written by: Stephen King https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a035dfd0.jpg Why Its Significant - A pure & loving tribute to the horror comics of yesteryear, particularly EC Comics like Tales from the Crypt or The Vault of Horror, Creepshow was about celebrating a brand of horror that reveled in the dark and the strange before censorship took over, and was rife with vibrant comic book colors and campy narration perfectly capturing the tone of said comics. Of course - the creators are important here too. George A. Romero, famed zombie popularizer, and Stephen King, master of horror, uniting in one film with three of the stories here being totally original King works, making it essential viewing for any Stephen King completionist, and Romeros directing with heavy use of practical effects and innovative camerawork creating a visually stunning anthology piece throughout. And sure, while anthology formats have always been popular when it comes to horror in any medium, it just feels like Creepshow changed the game and certainly inspired a whole new wave of films and off-shoots deeply indebted to the film. It received two sequels (though the third may as well be unofficial), inspired the film Cats Eye (another collection of Stephen King tales), Tales from the Darkside TV spin-off (which itself had a spin-off called Monsters), 2018 Shudder TV series, & Halloween Horror Nights attraction. The Rankers Karo - 7 Snake - 9 Jcgamer107 - 11 Inviso - 13 Fortybelowsummer - 17 Mythiot - 19 Lightning - 20 Seginustemple - 20 Bitto - 23 Evilordexdeath - 24 Plasmabeam - 24 Johnbobb - 26 Rockus - 29 Karo - A horror anthology presented in the style of a cheesy pulp comic is separated into five shorts that get better as they go along, which are linked together with cool animated scenes that show pages from the magazine (complete with silly ads) in the transition. Father's Day: This is a standard zombie tale that is highly unremarkable and uninspired, full of questionable costume work and is the very definition of the wrong kind of bad. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verril: A bumpkin who has clearly been sampling lead paint chips off the side of his barn fucks around with a meteor and turns into Swamp Thing. It is rather boring. Something to Tide You Over: A graduate of the Bond School of Overcomplicated Villainy kills two people by drowning them in the high tide and so they come back as zombies and my god please stop with the zombies already that is so passe. The Crate: A box is found under the stairs and there are bad things inside! This is the first one with any kind of complexity to it (the box goblin could represent evil in the heart of man), and it avoids the predictability of most of the other shorts. They're Creeping Up on You!: The movie ends with this tale of a neurotic millionaire battling a roach infestation that turns into something truly horrifying. None of the other shorts are really that scary, but this one, oh lord. The bed. The motherfucking bed. It is an uneven collection of short tales that embraces its stupidity as stylistic choice and it works for the most part. The film is somewhat carried by the latter half, but other than the misadventures of zombie grandpa none could really be considered bad. Snake - Love, love, love this one! Probably the film that made me fall in love with anthology films my whole life after. Im not sure how many times I watched this as a kid but it was a lot. I love the films aesthetic, the vibrant panels and transitions that seamlessly blend illustration with live action tickling my tastes perfectly. Theres so much to love in each story, from macabre family drama, to goofy almost slapstick-style comedy mixed with body horror, Twilight Zone type cruelty, a creature feature, and my favorite of the bunch (and the one that always freaked me out the most), the creepy and disgusting bug-fest that preys on all sorts of fears. Of course, one throughline is dark comedy, and yeah I pretty much crack-up every time I give this film a watch. The performances are all over the top fantastic, perfectly matching the tone of each short. Its just so much fun every time and sometimes horror truly works best in quick bursts like these. Jcgamer107 - 6/10 Inviso - This was just a fun movie. Its not the BEST movie, but its a horror film that knows its trying to be camp and knows its trying to tell a bunch of goofy little stories, and none of them really overstay their welcome because theyre not MEANT to be feature-length plots. I dont mind glaring plot holes in a film like this, because youre not supposed to take it seriously; its JUST meant to be creepy and offputting, but there are also some hilariously hammy acting choices that make it enjoyable to watch overall. Of the segments, I would say it goes: Something to Tide You Over > Theyre Creeping Up On You > The Crate > Fathers Day > The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill. Jordy Verrill is dumb fun, and its just a chance for Stephen King (who is not an actorand this movie proves that) hams it up as this over-the-top redneck who gets infected by an alien plant. Its hilariously stupid. Fathers Day isstrange, but it has a fun kill count where this zombie just kills all his shitty relatives (after he gets killed first for being a shithead). Crate is very standard monster movie stuff, but Adrian Barbeau is AMAZING heinous in this, and youre kinda rooting for her henpecked husband to succeed. Creeping Up is an even MORE horrible character who LOVES being fucking horrible to people, and then he gets his absolute comeuppance at the hand of roaches. And Tide is easily my favorite, because Leslie Neilsen is having the time of his life as a charming psychopath, and the premise is so bizarre that it becomes funny in and of itself. The end result is every vignette carries a little bit of weight, and theyre all able to come together into a decent whole. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 10:28:01 PM #288 | Outlier
Fortybelowsummer - 95 Inviso - 69 Jcgamer107 - 68 Karo - 64 Seginustemple - 63 Evilordexdeath - 62 Johnbobb - 61 Bitto - 48 Rockus - 47 Mythiot - 42 Snake - 39 Lightning - 36 Plasmabeam - 35 You don't have to try and beat forty, you just gotta try and keep up. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 10:19:33 PM #286 | I might do a third ranking tonight to get us started with #20 tomorrow
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 8:47:19 PM #277 | Yeah despite my own personal low-ranking of it I definitely expected this film to do better
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 8:35:00 PM #275 | That being said, like a lot of the movies on this list, I do appreciate a fun climax. Granted, the Lost Boys climax comes on pretty quickly when the Coreys and their hit squad take out Bill S. Preston, Esquire, and then have to Home Alone their house to defend against vampires. But still, it is fun to watch a vampire get shoved into a bathtub full of garlic and holy water, and another vampire gets shot via arrow into a stereo system. Plus, Keifer Sutherland is a smug douche, so seeing him get impaled on taxidermy horns was satisfying as well. And also, to be completely fair, I like the concept of a half-vampire struggling not to lose himself, and to fight back against the peer pressure of his alleged sire. It adds a little more complexity than if Haim was just trying to fight back against vampires like a spunky pre-teen. Ultimately though, this is a middling film for me, and I think this placement reflects that.
Plasmabeam - I had a college professor who said this was her all-time favorite movie. Never understood the hype then, and I still dont understand it now. Karo - So two teenage boys move to this fictional beachfront town in California that to put it mildly, is fucking ridiculous. It seems to be part ghetto, part circus, part hillbilly village, and all stupid. But you see, this town has a small problem. It is terrorized by a biker gang made out of the absolute worst kind of bikers - vampire bikers! The older boy gets turned into a vampire thanks to being stupid enough to drink vampire blood from people who already tried to feed him maggots and worms, and his brother gets the help of these stupid teen vampire hunters who are annoying and impossible to take seriously and they all confront the undead horde in a climax featuring a lot of stupidity and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. There is an almost forced sense of cheesiness that permeates the entire film. For such things to work they need to develop organically, here it just feels like they are trying too hard to create a bad cult movie and only succeeding at the bad part. Regardless, it is a forgettable piece of dreck that should have stayed as lost as these boys. Seginustemple - All style and no story, but how about that style? Not much of a horror but certainly 80's, it remains engaging as a pop culture time-capsule. You got the two Coreys hamming it up, the garish colors vs. black leather fashion statements, the iconic bodybuilder saxophonist (I still believe!) There's one scene in a neon video store that's like pure, uncut nostalgia. I think where it runs into problems is in trying to straddle two lanes, the kid-friendly Goonies adventure and the more adult wrong-side-of-the-tracks story, and it comes across as tonally at odds with itself. Jason Patric strikes me as a weak link as well, someone more compelling in that lead role would go a long way. Rockus - I was never a big fan of The Lost Boys and I always preferred Near Dark as my 80s vampire film of choice in which a young man searching for a place to belong gets wrapped up with a gang of counterculture vampire delinquents. But revisiting this its better than I remembered. The first hour of it has a nice 80s music video soft looking fog machine heavy aesthetic that carries a lot of its visuals and makes it look a lot better than I remembered. The Coreys stuff is not great though, and Feldman trying to put on a deep voice the whole time is kind of embarrassing. The twist climax is a bit of a cop-out but I suppose it works if you dont think about it too much. The bathroom vampire kill is the best part of that final sequence, gnarly stuff, almost makes up for how lame the Coreys were in the rest of the movie. Snake - Eh, I dont know, this one just never really clicked for me. If I was ranking it on the soundtrack alone, its a 10. But unfortunately, the rest of the movie is there. Okay, thats a bit harsh - the initial set-up is promising, but the plot quickly gets bogged down in teenage angst and goofy antics. All the characters are the annoying side of campy and the two protagonists are so stereotypical and one-note. When Kiefer Sutherland is on screen though, then the film suddenly comes alive with his delightful blend of menace and charm. Maybe you had to be there but The Lost Boys just doesnt really resonate with me much at all. Jcgamer107 - 2/10 --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 8:34:49 PM #274 | 22. The Lost Boys (1987 / 242 points)
Directed by: Joel Schumacher / Screenplay by: Janice Fischer, James Jeremias, and Jeffrey Boam https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fe8898c7.jpg Why Its Significant - Prior to The Lost Boys, vampires were typically depicted as aristocratic, brooding figures shrouded in mystery with very rare exceptions. However, David and his gang of young, punk rock bloodsuckers resulted in a cooler take on the classic stock monster, and the rest of the film followed this youthful reimagining, with a soundtrack lead by INXS and Cry Little Sister by Gerard McMann, a brooding goth-rock staple thats been covered by dozens of artists since its release and remains a yearly Halloween anthem. What resulted was something that almost wasn't even horror anymore - it was trendy, it was slick, it was hip, it resembled high-concept movies produced by Jerry Bruckheimer & Don Simpson. Placing teenage brothers as the protagonists only enhanced this feeling, their struggles with adolescence, peer pressure, and family drama resonating perfectly with young viewers at the time. The influence of The Lost Boys can be seen in countless horror properties that followed - mostly teen-focused, pseudo-horror, shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or the books & films of Twilight taking inspiration from the film's portrayal of alluring, yet dangerous vampires and a trend towards teenage audiences. So yes, its safe to say you can blame The Lost Boys for Twilight. The Lost Boys received two sequels and multiple comic book series. The Rankers Bitto - 5 Johnbobb - 10 Fortybelowsummer - 13 Lightning - 13 Evilordexdeath - 15 Inviso - 17 Mythiot - 17 Plasmabeam - 19 Karo - 25 Seginustemple - 25 Rockus - 26 Snake - 28 Jcgamer107 - 29 Bitto - Rating: B+ Excellent premise for a movie. I especially like that there's two really strong tones: a brooding movie about transformation and peer pressure for the older brother and a lighthearted, more heroic movie for the younger brother. I also like that the younger brother refused to kill the older brother and instead look for a way to change him back to normal. I wish there were a few more characters so that there's more suspicion on who the head vampire is, but this is a pretty big cast already. The humor and jokes are spot on too. Though, as someone who lived very close to Santa Cruz, it was jarring to hear everyone call it "Santa Carla" when it's obviously Santa Cruz. Johnbobb - sorry don't have time to do a write-up, too busy listening to Cry Little Sister on repeat Fortybelowsummer - No 80s-centric list would be complete without the two Coreys! The Lost Boys was largely (perhaps single-handedly) responsible for how vampires were depicted in popular culture. It ushered in the new era of young, cool, and sexy vampires as a modern alternative to the traditional (some would say dated) Dracula types of old. Vampires have always been sexy and cool, but never before did they ride motorcycles, sneering and smirking with beautiful mullets and rad dangly earrings. The movie itself is definitely more style than substance, but thats ok. The plot is pretty thin, but its funny, the cinematography is great, and most importantly its just very watchable. Also, theres no way Im ending this writeup without mentioning that the soundtrack, especially the theme song, Cry Little Sister, absolutely slaps. For a good portion of an entire generation, Lost Boys is the best vampire movie that there is, and while Im not in that portion myself, it is definitely up there. Lightning - One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires. Among each and every movie on this list, The Lost Boys may be the most quintessentially 80s. From the hair to the style to the themes to the increasing self awareness, it almost feels like it learned from the seven previous years of horror movies and combined them into one film. Of course along with Fright Night this is also a key influence on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, giving it a lot of the setting as well as the romantic and teenage elements. This film was both very influenced by its era and very influential on the next era and its easy to see why. This is just a really enjoyable, really stylish film that sets a unique tone and atmosphere while also being a lot of fun. I think one of my favourite moments is the montage right at the beginning where you see the sundrenched seaside town and people living it up intercut with missing persons posters showing us that something is definitely not right here. Joel Schumacher (of Batman and Robin fame) really uses his exaggerated, neon drenched style to full effect here, creating a world that seems both alluring and threatening. Keifer Sutherland gives a great villain performance too, with some truly remarkable hair. The jokes also still land today, it might be the funniest film on this list and its not even one of the comedies. This is not a perfect film, you can see the twist coming a mile away (also the film gets very flimsy with its own rules there), it does sag a bit in the middle and the addiction metaphor is tremendously obvious. However, it really is a film you can just let wash over you and soak it in like the Santa Carla sun those vampires are avoiding. Also, saxophone guy the best 4/5 Evilordexdeath - Years before I ever saw this movie, when my mother introduced me to online piracy by downloading songs on Bearshare, I heard the song Cry Little Sister and knew that it was from a movie about vampires. I distinctly remember finding the song kind of scary as a kid - it made me think of the idea of an older brother who had become a vampire and was about to kill and feed on his own sister. This is not a scary movie and there are no little sisters in it. It's a goofy movie about four boys, one of whom is a teenage Corey Feldman putting on a deeper voice to try and sound mysterious and tough, who have to fight some vampires. There's also an incredibly cheesy sex scene with funny music, even though the guy involved has more romantic chemistry with Keifer Sutherlands character. The whole thing maintains enough self awareness and a deliberate enough aesthetic that it works. Inviso - This movies lives or dies on whether you can tolerate Corey Haims annoying, high-pitched pre-teen antics throughout the film. I cantI found him unbearable (and by association, Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander), and the fact that half the movie is that trio trying to do the standard We know vampires exist and we need to defeat them thing you get in any teen/pre-teen monster movieit wasnt enjoyable. And the other half of the movie with Jason Patric falling in with the wrong crowd and getting inducted into a vampire cultit could have worked, but it came across as a little melodramatic and it made what could have been a comedic vampire movie feel far too much like a teen drama. Eh. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
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| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 7:20:01 PM #268 | I honestly think people would've liked Cannibal Holocaust better or at least comparably so
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| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Shovel vs. Atreus / Chloe Price vs. Sissel |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 7:13:40 PM #2 | Atreus
Chloe --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Shovel vs. Atreus / Chloe Price vs. Sissel |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 7:12:03 PM #1 |
Welcome to the best video game character of the 2010s, a continuation of an ongoing contest series dedicated to finding who is the best video game character introduced in each decade. The 2010s saw the amazing tail-end of the 7th generation & the rise of the 8th generation with incredible games and amazing characters from said games. Bracket - https://challonge.com/1e9oonm5 Previous Results: Alan Wake / Bayonetta (15 / 10) Chrom / Shulk (13 / 18) Missile / Ori (16 / 13) Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b439484d.jpg vs. Atreus (God of War) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/988c018d.jpg Chloe Price (Life is Strange) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f52ac68d.jpg vs. Sissel (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8d9b0ce6.jpg Easy Vote Shovel / Atreus Chloe / Sissel --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Johnbobb ranks user-nominated Villain Songs: Requiem - The Ranking |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 7:04:49 PM #322 | Honestly, you can't go wrong with starting anywhere with King Gizzard, they've been like my favorite band over the past year just digging into everything they have. I started with their album Omnium Gatherum, the amazing song The Dripping Tap got me hooked and I've been obsessed ever since. Most listened to artist last year after Taylor Swift!
If you want more metal stuff like Gila Monster the album it's from is incredible (and actually tells a whole complete story front to back) or Infest the Rats Nest. I'm really proud this ranked so highly! --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Alan Wake vs. Bayonetta / Chrom vs. Shulk |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 6:20:10 PM #37 | last hour bump
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| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Alan Wake vs. Bayonetta / Chrom vs. Shulk |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 4:21:46 PM #33 | up
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 4:16:13 PM #261 | Anthology films are among my personal favorite types of films so incorporate that into your predictions if you so wish!
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 2:40:33 PM #250 | Outlier
Fortybelowsummer - 86 Inviso - 64 Jcgamer107 - 61 Karo - 61 Seginustemple - 60 Evilordexdeath - 55 Johnbobb - 49 Rockus - 43 Mythiot - 37 Snake - 33 Plasmabeam - 32 Bitto - 31 Lightning - 27 *machinery grinding noises* --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
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| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 1:42:41 PM #245 | Bitto - Rating: D+
Yeah, that certainly was a movie. There's some good stuff in here. I think the movie being in black-and-white is pretty neat. When blood spills, it's black so it kinda looks like oil spurts instead. There's some...oddball WarioWare-esque humor in here, like the woman laughing on TV or the choppiness of the chase scenes or the sound effects. It actually works kinda well. I want to like this movie more. It's just really difficult for me to care about anything when it's this abstract. Like, the guy's girlfriend dies after getting on his drill penis. OK? Did she actually die? I don't know! If she did die, am I supposed to care? I don't know anything about this woman, other than she enjoyed having sex with this man and she makes metal noises when she eats. Jcgamer107 - 3/10 Plasmabeam - Its wild and visually electrifying, but who cares? Nothing about the story or its characters did anything for me, and despite the brief run time, I was begging for this one to end. Lightning - That sounds interesting. Oh boy, where to start with this one. I suppose that this is a film where I fully recognise a lot of the craft and meaning behind it, as well as appreciate some of the style. Unfortunately I found it pretty unpleasant, almost nauseating, to actually watch. That is likely the purpose of the film but maybe it works a little bit too well. There are a lot of interesting aspects here, and it does seem to be making the same kind of commentary that Videodrome and The Fly are about the melding of humans with technology. As technological advances increased pace in the 1980s so too did commentary on what it does to our lives. There are also a lot of nice stylistic touches here. In particular I was quite fond of the way the car collision near the start was shot and set to gentle, jazzy music. David Lynchs influence here is obvious. The story is very simple but told in a way that makes it difficult to comprehend but also satisfying to think about. The effects and the low-fi look make the whole thing more effective. Unfortunately those gnarly effects and images are what made me mostly just wish for this film to be over. It was all a bit too much, and I think the lack of colour and detail only lets your mind add to it. There is definitely something here for people who are into films that are both incomprehensible and nasty. Overall however this was not one of the best on the list. 3/5 Inviso - I have not had the greatest success when it comes to these horror lists and Japanese movies. I have managed to sit through almost every movie on the list thus far (Tetsuo being the last one I watched) without feeling squeamish at the grotesque amount of gore and body horror on display. But this one managed to gross me out in the first five minutes. Its just a never-ending sequence of metal being inserted into people or welded onto people, and something I think Ive learned after watching this film and a few othersI REALLY dont like seeing human faces makeupped into part of a larger whole. Seeing the guys face sticking out from this mass of metallic shrapnel made me more squeamish than some of the outright blood and guts this movie has had to offer. Beyond that though, this movie is a mess from a technical standpoint. Theres a ton of shaky cam and a bunch of seizure-inducing quick cuts to obscure the stop motion I guess. And then you have the score, which is just ear-raping metallic and electrical noise. Not music; just NOISE. And its so loud and it goes on (along with pained screaming) throughout the majority of the film. Nothing about this movie was enjoyable, and the one thing I will give it credit for is that the plot seemed simple enough? Guy has a car accident with someone turning into a metal monster, and he gets infected and starts transforming himself. In the hands of a better filmmaker, this could be good (particularly since we had several superior transformation horror films on this list), but I did not enjoy this even at a paltry runtime of sub-seventy minutes. Fortybelowsummer - You know the Side Eye Chloe meme? I feel like thats what my face looked like the whole time I was watching Tetsuo. Ive never seen anything so experimentally raw, jarring, and bizarre. If youre looking for the plot here, its going to be difficult to decipher because its far from conventional. Basically, its two guys that cross paths and theyre turning into metal and then they merge and try to turn the world into metal \m/. I believe its about industrialization and mans relationship with technology. I respect the imaginative sound design, the originality, and the Lynchian-cyberpunk visuals, but is it an enjoyable experience? Overall, no. Even at a little over an hour it felt like an assault on the senses that was going on for too long. By the end I felt like Id been worked over by a giant penis drill, and Im not knocking it if thats what youre into but its just not for me. Karo - Far as I can tell, this is about a japanese salaryman accidentally running over a metal demon and getting cursed or something to all his body parts slowly turning mechanical? This nonsensical and headache-inducing mess feels weird just for weird's sake and is not helped by a cameraman who keeps having a seizure on set. I cannot understand half the movie, nor do I even want to understand it and its carnival of mindless grotesquery that has about as much to say as your average porno. It's not even exceptionally scary because one, it is very hard to tell what is going on thanks to incompetent cinematography and editing, and two, it has a penchant for out of place silliness. When the penis drill happened I just couldn't take the movie seriously any more, I mean come on are you fucking 12 or something. Tetuso is one of the most thoroughly unpleasant experiences I've ever had watching a movie, and even though it had the shortest runtime in the project it was still way too long. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 1:42:31 PM #244 | 23. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989 / 245 points)
Directed / Written by: Shinya Tsukamoto https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8bd3cd7d.jpg Why Its Significant - Shinya Tsukamoto's 1989 cyberpunk nightmare transcends mere horror movie status. It's a genre-bending assault on the senses, a low-budget explosion of body horror and social anxieties that redefined horror for a new generation as it left the 80s behind feeling prudish in comparison. Decades before films like Martyrs or Antichrist pushed the boundaries of bodily violation, Tetsuo reveled in the grotesque as flesh contorted, metal erupted, and the line between human and machine blurred viciously and without mercy. Tetsuo's raw energy and unapologetic violence of course paved the way for the wave of Asian Extreme horror to come too, notable examples of its influence seen in films like Audition or Ichi the Killer. Tetsuo: The Iron Man isn't horror for the faint of heart - it forces you to confront your anxieties about the human condition in the face of a technological future that may be coming sooner than we think. It received two sequels and is commonly included on lists of the best Japanese films ever made. The Rankers Seginustemple - 5 Evilordexdeath - 6 Rockus - 6 Johnbobb - 7 Mythiot - 11 Snake - 18 Bitto - 24 Jcgamer107 - 24 Plasmabeam - 27 Lightning - 28 Inviso - 29 Fortybelowsummer - 30 Karo - 30 Seginustemple - This is what happens if you put a tape of Eraserhead into James Wood's chest cavity from Videodrome. It's bonkers and I adore it. Could I explain the plot if I had to? Hardly. I'm all about the aesthetic. High-velocity body horror rendered in starkly contrasted black-and-white imagery with a kickass industrial soundtrack, hyperactive editing, bursting with expressionist sets/costumes/performances. It's kinetic to the point of exhileration and exhaustion, eventually smothering its subjects as well as the viewer under heavy metal chaos. Also features a great drillbit penis gag. Evilordexdeath - Easily the most "wtf did I just watch?" film on the list. Believe it or not, this is considered a highly influential movie in Japan, though I'm not a huge enough weeb to name drop any later films it inspired except maybe a couple shonen anime of all things. There's a part where the main character boots around town on rocket skates fused to his body which made me wonder if this movie is where the idea for that one guy with glasses from My Hero Academia originated, and while it's more of a reach the very memorable scene where the guy's dick transforms into a drill reminded me of the part of the hot spring episode of Gurren Lagann where they make Simon's drill-shaped necklace grow bigger and hang lower to cover him up. Of course, in its turn Tetsuo was inspired by Akira, whose anti-hero its name comes from, and Akira is one of my favorite movies so I always wanted to see this one, but you have to look pretty hard to find similarities between them. Tetsuo actually makes Akira seem like a slow-paced and straightforward narrative in comparison. There is almost no dialogue, it cuts around like crazy on the timeline and abruptly fades in and out of dream sequences that aren't much more surreal than the stuff that actually happens, and there's basically no story. A salaryman runs over someone called "The Metal Fetishist" who curses him to gradually transform into a metal body horror monstrosity. Then he gets pegged by a dancing woman with a hose around her neck and has fatal sex with his girlfriend because his penis transforms into a drill. There's a lot of really weird shit in this movie. What is reminiscent of Akira is that the latter half of the movie is mostly just two guys yelling and fighting each other. The metal fetishist comes back to life as another part-mechanical mutant and they fight for a while and then fuse into one being, declare their love for each other, and set out to take over the world by turning everyone else into a metal mutant. Now, Akira works because the characters are complex and there's a sense of emotional conflict. Yes Tetsuo and Kaneda spend half the movie yelling each other's names while fighting, but they've known each other since they were kids and they love each other. Kaneda remembers the shy kid he was a big brother to and wants to be the one to stop him because he feels its his responsibility as the leader of the Pills. Tetsuo doesn't squash Kaneda like a bug with his psychic powers even though he probably could and does to many others because deep down he still thinks of Kaneda as his friend and protector. A lot of his toxic macho posturing comes from wanting Kaneda to be proud of him and think he's cool. That's why the climax of the film where Tetsuo mutates into a weird monster and then Kaneda jumps into that singularity thing to try and save him is so powerful - when it really comes down to it, their true feelings for each other come out. Tetsuo: the Iron Man doesn't have complex characterization or emotionally resonant moments like that. The salaryman and the metal fetishist barely know one another. If you want to get into interpreting it you might say that the salaryman is victimized as a sort of underclass revenge fantasy because the metal fetishist seems like a way more punk kind of guy. It works because it's really, really weird and funny. A deeply strange Japanese movie like this made a great change of pace after watching so many samey American horror flicks. Rockus - A surreal gonzo body horror film thats wholly original and unforgettable. A testament to what ingenuity and a visionary auteur voice can accomplish on such a small budget. Theres really nothing like Tetsuo or the rest of Shinya Tsukamotos work. The gnarly production design, black and white cinematography, and fantastic sound design come together to make Tetsuo such a blast. Bizarre and darkly funny, its a cinematic experience like no other, and it might have the best opening title sequence of the decade. It goes so hard. Johnbobb - https://imgur.com/HWS3i7n Snake - Yeah, a film pretty much just based entirely on atmosphere for me. And its sick nasty. I just absolutely dig grimy, filthy, industrial shit like this, always. Its like my favorite aesthetic. I dont think this film lets up for a single second. Reading between the lines, its so evident that as the Salarymans body contorts and metal takes over, it becomes a metaphor for anxieties about technology's increasing hold on our lives. Its genuinely something I think about all the time as we hurtle towards a future where the line between human and machine blurs entirely, our eyes fused with screens, our hands with phones, our bodies to factories, trapped forever as we become one giant, pulsating organism in an increasingly emotionally cold, inhospitable, numbing world. But, the beauty of Tetsuro is that it doesn't belabor the point. Its gone in a flash, offers no respite from the pounding score, the flickering black and white, the constant sense of unease, the gruesomeness of it all. Its maybe the idealized version of what horror should be - sickening to consume and like suffering through a nightmare. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 1:16:57 PM #242 | Next one coming up very soon
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| Topic | Fill in the Blank 253: Blood ___ |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 2:16:18 AM #26 | Simple
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| Topic | What is the most technically impressive Playstation 1 game? (Day 8) + N64 final |
| Snake5555555555 04/12/24 12:10:15 AM #2 | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 10:35:23 PM #221 | redrocket posted...
80s horror I mean there's a reality where I load this up with art horror movies from the 80s - Santa Sangre, Anguish, In a Glass Cage, The Appointment, The Territory - just to name a few. I'm not a fan of the notion that a particular decade in a genre can't be considered artsy or that mainstream horror movies can't be art in their own right. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 10:17:41 PM #217 | I would consider The Shining, Possession, Henry, Tetsuo, and maybe Phenomena & Videodrome as artsy movies, though some or perhaps all are very debatable having that moniker!
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 9:24:37 PM #211 | Outlier
Fortybelowsummer - 79 Jcgamer107 - 60 Inviso - 58 Karo - 54 Seginustemple - 42 Evilordexdeath - 38 Johnbobb - 33 Bitto - 30 Plasmabeam - 28 Snake - 28 Rockus - 26 Mythiot - 25 Lightning - 22 Forty still on top with minor shake-ups at the bottom - you can't keep a good outlier down --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | What four movies are on the Time Travel Movies Mount Rushmore? +TIEBREAKER |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 9:10:06 PM #24 | Good time to plug my list of time loop movies, the most comprehensive list out there, let no one tell you otherwise!
https://letterboxd.com/crossbonesgt/list/time-loop-movies/ --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | What four movies are on the Time Travel Movies Mount Rushmore? +TIEBREAKER |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 8:48:18 PM #11 | The Terminator
Interstellar Back to the Future Groundhog Day --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 8:41:42 PM #207 | This coming in low was honestly a HUGE shock for me. I thought it would've been mid-tier for sure.
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 8:31:54 PM #205 | Snake - Definitely one in the canon of films that freaked me the HELL out when I was a kid. As a kid, it really doesnt get any more terrifying than a toy, especially one youre attached to, one, being alive, and two, trying to ruthlessly murder you and possess your body no matter what. Even as an adult now, Brad Dourif's voice acting sells it as terrifying rather than goofy even if the film threads that thin line mightily carefully. I love Chuckys jerky movements, sudden head snaps, but then surprisingly agile attacks, theres a real kinetic energy to Chucky that keeps him sold as a threat throughout the run time. I like that the film doesnt rely so much on kills as much as other slashers do. The murders drive the plot here and then the rest is built on this quite solid foundation of psychological tension, especially in the strong parent-child bond between Andy and his mom Karen, Andys desperate attempts to convince adults of the situation becoming a quite sobering and harsh reality check. So, a great horror film if you ask me, and kicked off a franchise with more surprising hits then you would expect.
Plasmabeam - Simple yet fun, and the characters all serve a meaningful purpose. Evilordexdeath - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c2b5e706.jpg Bitto - Rating: C- The movie tries really hard to convince me that the kid could be doing the murders and that it's crazy to think that Chucky is alive. Of course, we live in 2024 and we all know Chucky as a mascot. But even without that...it just seems really obvious, especially with the cold open? Even if you remove that, the clues seem pretty obvious, especially Chucky just...outright admitting that he's a serial killer to the kid after the coworker dies. That said, once Chucky is out and about, it gets good. I really liked the scene of Chucky trying to kill the detective in the car. I feel like if you're going for a "evil mundane object" story, you need to make use of that fact and the car scene feels unique in that aspect. Also...Chucky's trying to take over the kid's body, right? So...why is he trying to kill the kid at the end? Lightning - Hi, Im Chucky. Wanna play? One of the most iconic and influential movies of the 80s, spawning a huge franchise of campy horror films, Childs Play is mostly a relatively straight psychological horror for a lot of its runtime, not even fully revealing the living doll until most of the way through the film. It is here that the film is at by far its most effective, when it is playing on that tension of what you cant see. Once Chucky is revealed in a bravura sequence, it does lose a little bit of terror. There are some great sequences and like Fright Night this is well directed by Tom Holland (not that one, or that one, or that one). I do wish it had kept the mystery going a bit longer, it tips its hand too early with the opening sequence and showing you parts of Chucky moving before the full reveal. Also, all the voodoo parts of this are fairly weird and rooted largely in stereotypes. For me though the big flaw of this film is something I usually try to not worry too much about in horror movies. This was the only movie on the list where I actually got frustrated with the actions of characters in the movie. Everybody was constantly leaving Chucky unattended despite knowing he was a threat, not aiming for the heart when they knew they had to do that, and not taking the care to fully destroy the doll at the end. It just broke my connection with the movie at a certain point. I dont want to be too harsh though, because the film is genuinely tense in the first half and has some good laughs too like Chucky in the lift. It is just the kind of film thats decent, but you cant help but make it better in your head. 3/5 Karo - A shootout in a toy store leaves a serial murderer mortally wounded, but because this criminal just randomly seems to know black magic, he implants his soul into one of the dolls. A sketchy peddler sells it to an unsuspecting family and much stabby time was had. Seriously. someone was tasked with making a backstory for an evil doll character and this shit is the best they could come up with? Ugh. The movie is a dull and predictable affair featuring loads of unconvincing child acting, and some truly shoddy and half-assed writing. Run down abandoned houses generally do not have active gas service, but you do you, script. All throughout the movie I was like please Chucky just kill the obnoxious kid and generic cop and let this be over. It's just not good, and is emblematic of so many of the problems with 1980's cinema. Johnbobb - Don't think I don't see what you're doing here, Snake. I know you're gonna say something like "oh, Child's Play is essential to have on an 80s horror list, Chucky is one of the biggest horror icons to come out of the decade and is still relevant 35 years later." But that's not why this movie is here, it's here simply to spite me, the same reason Chucky movies have been in the last two horror lists. I'm on to your game. But joke's on you, the original Child's Play isn't quite as terrible as its sequels. The kid actor is surprisingly not terrible and I do like the general gaslighting paranoia aspect. But I still don't fuck with living dolls Rockus - Ive never been a huge fan of the Childs Play franchise and probably get more out of them with later installments when they lean more into just how campy the franchise would become. Chucky is still a great villain with a lot of personality though, but his attitude works even more for me in the later films where they can have more fun with it. But one highlight from the first film is you get to see Brad Douriff in it as more than just the voice of Chucky, whom Ive always thought was really underappreciated. An interesting but ultimately kind of novel horror movie, but Im glad they kept making more of them because of how much I like the character. Seginustemple - This is why you do background checks before teaching high-level voodoo incantations to people. I had the same annoyance with this as I did Fright Night (the other Tom Holland film on the list) which is that it dedicates so much time to the characters failing to convince anyone of the crazy thing that's happening to them, and it comes off as a narratively weak obstacle that drags the story out. I suppose I like my horror to play up the environmental obstacle instead, where the characters can't even waste time with all that 'please won't someone believe me' nonsense because the setting itself cuts off outside communication - arctic base, deep jungle, cabin in the woods, that sort of thing. Anyway, Chucky is certainly an inspired villain with surprisingly intricate animatronics, and Brad Dourif owns the role. I can see the concept being a clever hook in a pre-Seth MacFarlane world, but nowadays the foul-mouthed doll isn't enough to carry the movie for me. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 8:31:30 PM #204 | 24. Childs Play (1988 / 253 points)
Directed by: Tom Holland / Screenplay by: Don Mancini, John Lafia, & Tom Holland https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fae812ad.jpg Why Its Significant - It spites Johnbobb. *ahem* I mean, through a combination of fear, dark humor, and social commentary, Childs Play introduced what is perhaps the most unique slasher in the mainstream canon - Chucky. Chucky's one-liners and sardonic wit lighten the mood while never diminishing the threat he poses, his small stature and innocent appearance making him unpredictable and nigh-indetectable in the right circumstances. Meanwhile, the film subtly critiques consumer culture, the relentless marketing of Good Guy dolls reflecting a society obsessed with possessions and branding. Child's Play spawned a successful franchise, with six sequels, a remake, TV series, two short films, amusement park attractions, video game appearances, and has been endlessly referenced when theres even a slight hint that a doll might be alive in a piece of media. The Rankers Inviso - 6 Fortybelowsummer - 12 Jcgamer107 - 13 Snake - 13 Plasmabeam - 16 Evilordexdeath - 20 Bitto - 21 Mythiot - 21 Lightning - 23 Karo - 26 Johnbobb - 27 Rockus - 27 Seginustemple - 28 Inviso - I went into this movie fully expecting it to be exceptionally dumband in a way, it was. But in a way, it was one of the better slasher films Ive seen on this list, if only because the writers had a concept fully formed in their head, and they made it a reality. They justified almost every single choice in the film, and maybe some of those justifications are really insanebut at least they MADE them. I mean, the general concept of this film is that a serial killer received voodoo training so that when he gets cornered by the cops, he can stow his soul in the body of a child-sized doll. Even BEFORE the slasher element, thats insane, yet Im FULLY willing to accept that as a plot because the movie bothered to give a shit about explaining it to me. I was initially going to give Childs Play shit about how the first section of the movie has Chucky solely from a first-person perspective, almost like theyre trying to tease the fact that maybe Chucky ISNT the killer and its REALLY Andy. But that gets dropped surprisingly early in the film. Like, the scene where the mom realizes Chucky never had batteries put in him to justifying talkingyoud expect that scene to come in the climax of the film. Im picturing it now: the whole movie has been hinting that Chucky is evil, and even though its pretty obvious, they keep everything to those first-person shots. And the endgame arrives and Andy is being accused of being a psychotic murderer, so the mom is at their apartment and begging him to tell the truth. This all leads to her trying to throw Chucky out, and she finds the batteries. Then the ending plays out how it did. That would have been fine, and its what I would have expected from this kind of movie after those first couple kills. But instead, the film actually gives the audience what it came to see, and you have Chucky calling the mom a bitch and biting her before fleeing into the city. He tries to kill the lead detective, and eventually DOES kill his voodoo teacher (which againis insane, yet amazing as a plot point) before learning that he has to possess Andy as soon as possible to maintain his immortality or something. This leads to a climactic battle where Chucky gets fucked up ALL kinds of ways, yet he keeps coming. Hes like the goddamn Terminator in the form of a childs plaything. Hell, even after it seems like hes dead, he gets one last jump scare where he bursts out of a vent to strangle the detectives partner, who still doesnt believe Chucky is really alive. Its campy and goofy and amazing. Kill-wise, Ive gotta give credit as well, because I feel like it could have been so easy to just have a slasher that stabs everything. Hell, Chucky gets a knife from the voodoo house later in the film. But in terms of kills, we get: hammer to the face to knock Maggy out of a window; turning on the gas so Eddy blows himself up when he shoots his gun and sparks the gas; attempted strangulation and just general vehicular manslaughter on Detective Norris; stabbing a VOODOO DOLL of Dr. Death; and then forcibly administering electroshock therapy to Dr. Ardmore. That is an eclectic collection of kills from a movie that could have done a lot less. Finally, I have to give this movie props for its uniqueness. There arent a lot of children on this list; its largely adults, or more often teenagers in slasher films. And I myself dont tend to care for children in movies, because theyre either obnoxious brats, or precocious bratsboth of which are given far more leeway than they deserve. Yet hereas much as Andy exhibits some annoying traits early on (during that first sequence when it felt like the movie was going to go all in on the Is it really Chucky, or is Andy evil? plot twist), he really steps up in the back half of the film. This is a child who, despite being six years old, manages to escape Chucky, get home, barricade the apartment, and arm himself with a bat before Chucky unfortunately manages to get the best of him. And then when it becomes a tag team effort from Andy, his mom, and the detective, Andy delivers an amazing one-liner as he sets Chucky ablaze. This IS the end, FRIEND. Even though Chucky still isnt dead after that, its still fucking awesome to see a little kid after to riff one-liners in a horror movie, and the fact that hes actually in danger is an added bonus, since most movies wouldnt dare risk a child like that (or write one into the story to begin with). Im just generally stunned at how much better this movie was, across the board, than I ever anticipated. Fortybelowsummer - Mount Rushmores are all the rage on board 8 right now so Ill submit that Chucky has a case for being on the movie slashers Rushmore. I would probably give the nod to Ghostface over Leatherface for that fourth spot, but the Chuckster is right up there. I honestly think Ive heard of more people being scared of Chucky than any other character. Mention Childs Play and inevitably someone will say Oh, so-and-so is terrified of that doll! Anyway, this is where it all begins when a Good Guy doll comes to life after becoming the vessel for the soul of a serial killer through a spur of the moment voodoo ritual. This is a case where the original remains the best even after numerous sequels. They all have something going for them (except the 2019 remake, we dont talk about that one), whether its on the more sinister side or the sillier side, but Childs Play is Chucky at his foul-mouthed violent best. Jcgamer107 - 6/10 --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 7:36:22 PM #199 | Next one within the hour, feel like giving out a hint - this one is definitely the most divisive film to drop yet, with the top 5 rankers of it having it 16 or higher.
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| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Alan Wake vs. Bayonetta / Chrom vs. Shulk |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 7:11:02 PM #2 | Wake
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| Topic | Video Game Character of the 2010s - Alan Wake vs. Bayonetta / Chrom vs. Shulk |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 7:10:14 PM #1 |
Welcome to the best video game character of the 2010s, a continuation of an ongoing contest series dedicated to finding who is the best video game character introduced in each decade. The 2010s saw the amazing tail-end of the 7th generation & the rise of the 8th generation with incredible games and amazing characters from said games. Bracket - https://challonge.com/1e9oonm5 Previous Result - Ori / Missile (16 / 16) Papyrus / Lucina (21 / 15) Alan Wake (Alan Wake) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9095feea.jpg vs. Bayonetta (Bayonetta) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/01fe4b03.jpg Chrom (Fire Emblem: Awakening) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a4e423c7.jpg vs. Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/353bb083.jpg Easy Vote Wake / Bayonetta Chrom / Shulk Missile / Ori (TIEBREAKER) --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 5:04:10 PM #194 | And thanks for doing the compatibility sheet!
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| Topic | Board 8 Watches and Ranks 80s Horror - The Rankings |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 5:03:39 PM #193 | Bitto posted...
I'm working on a user compatibility sheet for this gauntlet. Snake, it looks like you have Friday the 13th and Prince of Darkness both at 25. Just a clerical error putting up the ranking PoD is my 24 --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
| Topic | Finally played Bloddborne |
| Snake5555555555 04/11/24 3:51:22 PM #4 | Been replaying through them all (just need to do Demon's Souls remake now) in anticipation for Elden Ring DLC and I'd rank them
ER > DS3 > Sekiro > Bloodborne > DS1 > DS2 Bloodborne is still awesome, has the best lore and world of any of them I feel, but I definitely noticed this time around its age and 30 fps limitations. Downright sluggish at times! --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. If you're gonna scream, scream with me |
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