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nickvicious · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:49 am

Shy Mox wrote:

Know what would be a fun project? Watch every single Stephen King adaptation.

I think I would do this except excluding the miniseries and sequels. There's like a dozen Children of the Corns and the Stand alone is what, like 8 hours long? I could never finish the damn thing.

Watched The Gate and Absentia last night. Both started out with great potential but fell apart towards the end.

alan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 505

Yeah, The Gate is whimsical at best. You need to have a solid base of nostalgia for it to appreciate it fully, i think.

I tried Absentia, shut it down after about 10 minutes.

alan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 505

Shy Mox wrote:

Know what would be a fun project? Watch every single Stephen King adaptation.

Most of the movies are so bad, though... BUT! I do give props to the following:

The Shining
Pet Sematary
Carrie
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
Hearts in Atlantis
Stand By Me

Prefer the books over movies for the rest.

Shy Mox · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:53 pm

But that's half the fun XD Night Flier and Quicksilver Highway are both infuriating and hilarious at the same time.

And while I probably wouldn't watch every single sequel or miniseries, I feel like Langoliers and IT would be required.

Pyewacket · **Joined:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:11 pm **Posts:** 460

Guillermo del Toro has said that he would like to direct new versions of It and Pet Sematary. Wow! How freaking cool would that be?

nickvicious · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:38 pm

alan wrote:

Shy Mox wrote:

Know what would be a fun project? Watch every single Stephen King adaptation.

Most of the movies are so bad, though... BUT! I do give props to the following:

The Shining
Pet Sematary
Carrie
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
Hearts in Atlantis
Stand By Me

Prefer the books over movies for the rest.

No Tommyknockers or 1408? I also really liked Rose Red and Storm of the Century, too. Though I've not seen either since they were aired. And I think Stand by Me is just awesome. One of the few films that keep my attention every time I watch it from start to finish.

ETA: Pan's Labyrinth and The Orphange are both awesome Del Toro. I was so disappointed with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. I would totally go see a Del Toro Pet Sematary so long as he promises not to make it suck.

Shy Mox · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:48 pm

Pyewacket wrote:

Guillermo del Toro has said that he would like to direct new versions of It and Pet Sematary. Wow! How freaking cool would that be?

I think IT was a bad book as well as being a bad miniseries, but I'd totally watch del Toro's version.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot, Misery was a pretty good adaptation. I liked the book too but it was too gory to really enjoy.

creep · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:29 pm

fork clowns.

alan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 505

Shy Mox wrote:

EDIT: Oh, I forgot, Misery was a pretty good adaptation. I liked the book too but it was too gory to really enjoy.

Yeah, I'll add Misery to my good King movie list.

creep · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:15 am

We watched C.H.U.D. last night for the first time. Slow start, but the last half was pretty rad. It was filmed in '84, and I was surprised how many popular 90s actors were in it, even John Goodman for like not even 5 minutes.

alan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 505

Oh, man, I LOVE C.H.U.D! Be sure to follow up with C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.

FabulouslyFierce · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:44 am

I'm not big on horror movies or gore. For Halloween I usually watch all the Buffy Halloween episodes because they are pure awesome and the cheesy made for TV movies on ABC Family or Lifetime (I'm a sucker for punishment).

nickvicious · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:05 pm

Decided to do a King movie last night. Silver Bullet. Found it kind of boring but I was also kind of getting distracted. It gets points for Gary Busey. There are seriously not enough good werewolf movies out there.

GymClassZero · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:12 pm

Not sure if scary, but I'm gonna go watch "Cabin in the Woods" :D

Pyewacket · **Joined:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:11 pm **Posts:** 460

I watched Kakurenbo (Hide and Seek) and the live action GeGeGe no Kitaro movie earlier.

nickvicious · **Posted:** Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:04 pm

GymClassZero wrote:

Not sure if scary, but I'm gonna go watch "Cabin in the Woods" :D

Not very scary at all. Definitely a "for the fans" type movie. Love it, though.

creep · **Posted:** Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:17 pm

nickvicious wrote:

GymClassZero wrote:

Not sure if scary, but I'm gonna go watch "Cabin in the Woods" :D

Not very scary at all. Definitely a "for the fans" type movie. Love it, though.

My husband's not into Joss Whedon and he loved it, so I think it's watchable for anyone. It has some suspenseful scaryish moments! Mostly laughs though.

GymClassZero · **Posted:** Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:45 pm

Yeah, not scary! But I really enjoyed it. Or I should say I really enjoyed Chris Hemsworth.

I wanted to mention Bloody Reunion (which is currently streaming on netflix) was pretty awesome.

Hellraiser. Is that good? Scary?

Tenacious LD · **Posted:** Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:21 pm

nickvicious wrote:

alan wrote:

Shy Mox wrote:

Know what would be a fun project? Watch every single Stephen King adaptation.

Most of the movies are so bad, though... BUT! I do give props to the following:

The Shining
Pet Sematary
Carrie
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
Hearts in Atlantis
Stand By Me

Prefer the books over movies for the rest.

No Tommyknockers or 1408? I also really liked Rose Red and Storm of the Century, too. Though I've not seen either since they were aired. And I think Stand by Me is just awesome. One of the few films that keep my attention every time I watch it from start to finish.

ETA: Pan's Labyrinth and The Orphange are both awesome Del Toro. I was so disappointed with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. I would totally go see a Del Toro Pet Sematary so long as he promises not to make it suck.

I too was disappointed with that movie. So I guess I should say, ALMOST all of his movies rock. Because that one could have been so much better.

alan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 505

GymClassZero wrote:

Hellraiser. Is that good? Scary?

This and Hellraiser II are kind of the best.

Love Child · **Posted:** Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:57 am

Shy Mox wrote:

Know what would be a fun project? Watch every single Stephen King adaptation.

This reminds me that I haven't even seen The Shining yet.

creep · **Posted:** Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:22 am

alan wrote:

GymClassZero wrote:

Hellraiser. Is that good? Scary?

This and Hellraiser II are kind of the best.

Yes! And they're pretty scary for their time period. The farther you get into the Hellraiser series, the less scary (but still entertaining!) it gets.

We watched The Gate last night. I wasn't sure if I wanted to be afraid of the little monster things or adopt one, but they were pretty creepy.

Our friend who's never seen The Exorcist before is coming over tonight, and we're going to watch that and Poltergeist and have a tasty appetizer scary movie night.

alan · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:27 pm **Posts:** 505

I saw The Exorcist and The Omen at waaaay too early of an age. They shaped (scarred?) me for life. Nightmares for weeks, but, oh, the adrenaline rush!

Pyewacket · **Joined:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:11 pm **Posts:** 460

Watched Monster House last night. Hoping to see ParaNorman in a few days, and I'd like to catch Hotel Transylvania soon.

creep · **Posted:** Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:17 pm

I watched Ghoulies today between cooking and waiting and cooking and waiting. I hadn't seen it since I was pretty young. It was perfect!

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