The Lat House On The Left
The Hills Have Eyes
Summer Of Fear (aka A Stranger In Our House)
Deadly Blessing
Swamp Thing
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Invitation To Hell
Chiller
Deadly Friend
The Serpent And The Rainbow
Shocker
Night Visions
The People Under The Stairs
New Nightmare
Vampire In Brooklyn
Scream
Scream 2
Music Of The Heart
Scream 3
Cursed
Red Eye
I'm particularly fond of People Under the Stairs for some bizarre reason. I could watch it over and over again, though I have a very hard time explaining why.
Last House on the Left, kool avatar.
Good choices guys, but I will always choose The Hills Have Eyes as mine.
I've always been partial to Swamp Thing.
Scream 2.
Nobody else will pick it.
I just like it. Don't know why. :question:
I have to say Last House On The Left. I don't care how many times I see that film, it is still powerful.
Such a strange list there. It's like the films came from two different directors; one a visionary and one who sucks.
That being said, Red Eye was actually pretty damn good considering what it was.
I'd have to say Nightmare on Elm Street personally.
It's a tie between Last House on the Left, and The Hills Have Eyes. Nightmare on Elm Street was OK, but I have no use for The Scream movies or any of his more recent stuff. Craven seems to have lost his edge completely.
Quote from: the ghoul on August 15, 2007, 01:59:16 PM
It's a tie between Last House on the Left, and The Hills Have Eyes. Nightmare on Elm Street was OK, but I have no use for The Scream movies or any of his more recent stuff. Craven seems to have lost his edge completely.
Nuff sed! :thumbup:
I thought that the 1st Scream was (and still is) a really good movie, the sequel managed to be almost as entertaining but the 3rd was a case of quickly diminishing returns.
Red Eye was quite good despite the fact of how ridiculous it ends up getting during it's 3rd act.
Last House on the Left is one of those movies that I think that people remember as being better than it actually is. While a hugely important movie in the pantheon of the horror genre, it is really a rough movie from a filmmaking standpoint.
The Hills Have Eyes was still kind of amateurish like Last House on the Left but they had a much better story.
The movie he did with Sharon Stone involving killer spiders (I think) had some classy direction but was a terrible movie. Same thing with Shocker. Great premise, lousy film, rock solid direction.
The Serpent and the Rainbow has always stood to me as one of his better efforts.
Vampire in Brooklyn and The People Under the Stairs were awful though I do find Eddie Murphy's performance at times to be a lot of fun in Vampire.
New Nightmare was a much better movie than a lot of people give it credit for. In fact, I think it did a better job at deconstructing the horror genre than Scream ended up doing a few years later.
Music from the Heart, while not a horror movie, just came across to me as sentimental schmaltz though I thought that Meryl Streep's performance was her usual good stuff.
Deadly Friend has a great premise but studio interference ruined that one. They were wanting another Nightmare.
A Nightmare on Elm Street while having some problems, is a justifiable horror classic that still has some chill inducing scenes and a great premise.
Swamp Thing is a very enjoyable B comic book movie that a lot of people really need to go back and watch as it's better than a lot of people remember it being.
The Hills Have Eyes 2 was just done for quick cash as even he'll admit. Thoroughly terrible. Hell, the DOG HAS A FLASHBACK IN THIS ONE! :hatred:
Anyway, those are just some quick thoughts I have on his films.
Swamp Thing is undeniably my favourite.
Quote from: Torgo on August 15, 2007, 07:57:24 PM
I thought that the 1st Scream was (and still is) a really good movie, the sequel managed to be almost as entertaining but the 3rd was a case of quickly diminishing returns.
Last House on the Left is one of those movies that I think that people remember as being better than it actually is. While a hugely important movie in the pantheon of the horror genre, it is really a rough movie from a filmmaking standpoint.
The Hills Have Eyes was still kind of amateurish like Last House on the Left but they had a much better story.
Vampire in Brooklyn and The People Under the Stairs were awful though I do find Eddie Murphy's performance at times to be a lot of fun in Vampire.
New Nightmare was a much better movie than a lot of people give it credit for. In fact, I think it did a better job at deconstructing the horror genre than Scream ended up doing a few years later.
A Nightmare on Elm Street while having some problems, is a justifiable horror classic that still has some chill inducing scenes and a great premise.
Swamp Thing is a very enjoyable B comic book movie that a lot of people really need to go back and watch as it's better than a lot of people remember it being.
Anyway, those are just some quick thoughts I have on his films.
I pretty much agree with you on those points. 1st Scream was excellent, and 2 was decent enough. Only part I can really say I enjoyed thoroughly was the Jay and Silent Bob cameo. Odd, in that type of flick. If only they were the killer in this one.
I'd probably have to go with Swamp Thing, too. I have a lot of fond memories of watching it a zillion times on HBO back in the early 80's.
I've heard rumblings that some studio is talking about doing a big budget remake of Swamp Thing.
I have to agree with most of Torgo's points. Scream is actually a pretty fun film. The problem with Scream is that it's hard to get past all of the lampooning and cliches that followed it. By now the "screaming" mask is a joke, when at the time it was fairly scary.
As for Last House being a rough film, it is. I find the low budget and the directing style to be almost documentary like in the first 2/3 of the film. It's that style that makes the film so powerful to me.
Quote from: Joe the Destroyer on August 15, 2007, 10:29:31 AM
I'd have to say Nightmare on Elm Street personally.
I agree. What better then a nightmare inducing horror movie, about nightmares.