Best Horror Film of 1997 (part 27 of a series)

prolly cure

or cannibal rollerbabes

lol

haven't seen a single one of these

Mimic. But I've only seen maybe five of these.

doubt ill vote for it, but if Kichiku dai enkai is the movie i think it is, its pretty o_O level fucked up

the five minutes I saw of Mimic were amazingly stupid

although they did kill a kid in it

is the burning room supposed to be the burning moon

did anyone get naked in i know what you did last summer? if so, that.

the weird thing is that i cant remember and just watched it recently.

...last summer, in fact.

event horizon!!!

yeah pretty sure thats my vote as well

between bleeders and breeders this is a toughie

partly because cube doesnt feel like a horror movie to me

yeah i know

never got the love for event horizon

they travel through space to hell you stupid feeb

'Titanic'

all I remember is sam neil sam neil sam neil everybody's bloody the end

DJP - Mimic is totally stupid. From premise to execution, it's cheesy as hell, however - they didn't tell anyone involved. They all think it's serious. I heard Del Toro disowned it and blames the producers for ruining his vision.

mimic's set and creature design are gorgeous. though it's a terribly stupid film, it does look good, and the suspense/horror sequences are well handled. that's not to defend it by any means, but it has its moments.

there was supposedly a lot of interference from the weinsteins.

btw y'all the answer is ANACONDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAy7tHVOKng

never got the love for event horizon

event horizon, though, is magnificent. admit that my appreciation is based more on my geek-weakness for a certain sci-fi/horror vibe than on any deeper cinematic quality or w/e, but it's scary, gory, and incredibly well designed. the ship as a whole, and especially its engine room, is an awe-inspiring creation. i suppose it's reminiscent of mimic in both its strengths and weaknesses (great look, dumb story), but 100% better overall.

For years, I thought Mimic and The Relic were the same movie.

the relic is awful

the remic

lol I didn't even see "Event Horizon" as a choice

I should play that soundtrack again

I quite enjoyed The Relic! As latter-day monster movies go, it's not that bad.

Event Horizon, though.

Event Horizon! Just for the "ship's log" and "visions of hell" scenes, which need to be watched on DVD frame by frame for the lulz. Includes a character reaching down his own throat with his fist and pulling his organs out.

Although I will rep for "Scream 2" here which, as sequels go, is surprisingly effective. And it kills Jerry O'Connell, which is always a plus.

An American Werewolf in Paris - disappointing crap, landis' innocent blood from '92 makes a way better semi-sequel to the original
Bleeders - leaden but atmospheric lovecraft adaptation w bonus rutger hauer points
Breeders - horny alien monster stalks nude co-eds, worth exactly what you think that description implies
Campfire Tales - half decent horror omnibus, nothing spectacular, but better than bleeders/breeders
Cube - enjoyable sci-fi/thriller/horror hybrid, with plenty of deep thoughts (man) but few real scares
Cure - surreal and bloody psychological dreamscape from kiyoshi kurosawa, an amazing experience and one of the best asian horror films of the 90s
Event Horizon - a personal favorite, effortlessly pushes all my sci-fi gore horror buttons, though i do realize that it's probably awful by any objective measure
Gut-Pile - i've seen this! no idea why... anyway, it's unwatchable, a no-budget redneck horror travesty shot on video in someone's back yard
I Know What You Did Last Summer - forgettable scream clone in which A-list teen stars are threatened by an 80s-style revenge slasher
Kichiku dai enkai - notoriously nasty japanese student film about the ultra-violent disintegration of a group of campus radicals, memorably revolting (ha)
Mimic - some wonderful sets, special effects and creature designs go largely to waste in this early guillermo del toro monster mystery
Nightwatch - ole bornedal's remake of his own nattevagten is a decent thriller w a great cast, but it lacks the spark that animated the original
Office Killer - a comic horror film directed by cindy freaking sherman, with molly ringwald and carol kane?!? i must see this!
The Relic - a slick but generic monster thriller from peter hyams, obvious companion piece to mimic, both equally disappointing
Scream 2 - a decent sequel to the often unfairly maligned original, it's not as good, but for big-budget popcorn horror, you could do a lot worse
Wishmaster - campy, gory horror fantasy about a wish-granting djinn, memorably played by andrew divoff, obviously made by and for fans and another personal favorite

going with the more serious-minded cure over sentimental favorites event horizon and wishmaster, not sure why.

shoulda voted anaconda probably (overlooked it up there), voted night flier - there are obv much better stephen king adaptations but this captures king's, um, 'voice' better than most i think. miguel ferrer is yr lead.

TROLL 2

still paralyzed between cure and event horizon

h8 i know what you did last summer

did anyone get naked in i know what you did last summer? if so, that.

No, but you see Jennifer Love Hewitt running around a lot in tight/low cut tops. The boobage in this movie is the only remarkable thing about it.

troll2 is from 1990

I would vote for Event Horizon, cosign everything contenderizer said about it.

TROLL 2 is from whenever I say it is

99.9 - strange Agustí Villargona (In a Glass Cage) film about ... i've seen it a few times, and i'm still not sure.
Aberration - leapin' (and bitin', and killin') lizards! mutant geckos, to be precise. in Minnesota? and, no, they don't offer to save anyone money on their car insurance.
Black Circle Boys - barely a film.
Bleeders - probably the best feature-length adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear." and still terrible.
Breeders - stick with Tim Kincaid's original, which at least compensates for its director's incompetence with gobs of nudity and creamy white spoo. he'd go on to direct piss-soaked XXX gay films.
Bloodletting - this is an interesting one. gotta run, so more later.

he'd go on to direct piss-soaked XXX gay films.

Joe Gage? No piss-soaked ones come immediately to mind. But a ton of other memorable titles do for their dense soundtracks and chamber piece approach to sex scenes. He's way at the top of his field and has been at it for decades.

wait wait aberration is based in mn

plz netflix do not fail me

oh hey on instant queue!

anaconda's a ton of fun, voted for it

the first cube is p kewl

ive never understood what people saw in event horizon - i saw it when it came out and even at 12 years old i was like 'this is derivative trash' - maybe it deserves another chance

scream 2 seemed really fresh and cool at the time (i remember when they were shooting at agnes scott like 10 minutes away from where i lived), but i doubt it holds up

glad to see im not the only one who would mix up mimic & relic

even at 12 years old i was like 'this is derivative trash' - maybe it deserves another chance

well, 12 year-old you OTM. it is derivative trash, and if that's still an insurmountable stumbling block, then you probably won't like it any more now than you did as a kid. only defense i'd offer is that it's capably derivative of stuff i like and go-for-broke trashy in a way i love.

yeah fair enough

yep, Joe "KCTC" Gage! man has had quite a colorful career. i was referring to the Men's Room series. though i remember some HD WS in the dir. cut of Copperhead Canyon, too. before i was of Gage age, i was a big fan of Tim Kincaid's crappy oeuvre. She's Back, feat. Carrie Fisher as a bitchy ghost, is a lost camp classic!

I love Event Horizon way more than I should.

Bloodletting - better written than acted shoestring serial-killer love story with its share of inventive plot detours. worthwhile.
Campfire Tales - familiar stories, mostly unfamiliar faces, but a fair time-passer. final scene of "People Can Lick, Too" sticks with you.
Cannibal Rollerbabes - WTF is this? and how could it be anything other than awesome?
Cube - influential, even if it's just an overgrown TZ episode.
Cure - enigmatic K. Kurosawa brilliance. hard film to love, but may be my pick (if i don't get all sentimental and vote for Bloodletting. or Kong Bu Ji)
Down to Hell - the proto-Versus Kitamura Super 8 short? too embryonic to be eligible here.
Ghost School Trilogy - S. Korean box-office blockbusters. too slow for my taste but undeniably sincere and well-acted/directed.
The Haunted Sea - Joanna Pacula AND James Brolin? Quetzalcoatl on a ship? how did this manage to fail as entertainment on every possible count?
Hybrid - Fred Olen Ray remakes his own Creepazoids. diminishing returns, my friends.
Kichiku dai enkai - thoroughly F'ed up Japanese video nasty. builds to an orgy of sexual aggression and carnage that prefigures the Ginnipigu series.
The Killing Jar - pretty good small-town murder mystery. hardly horror.
Kokkuri-san - J-Horror harbinger. overlooked.
Kong bu ji - AKA notorious CAT III shocker Intruder. huh. just watched this yesterday. despite a poor VCD dub, packs a huge punch. unrelenting and grim.
Morkets oy - the Norwegian Wicker Man. i'd LOVE to see this!
The Night Flier - very solid, refreshingly adult horror. Miguel Ferrer is outstanding as a cut-throat tabloid writer who crosses paths with a vicious vamp.
Office Killer - Cindy Sherman's gory farce has some merit but is never quite as rewarding (or enjoyable) when revisted as i want it to be.
Parasaito Ivu - not horror at all. dramatic sci-fi. slow but teeming with ideas and interesting CGI.
The Relic - pulpy nonsense given some class by Peter Medak and a beautiful Stan Winston beast. alas, Penelope Anne Miller annoys the crap outta me.
Two Orphan Vampires - Rollin, still on his singular lez-vamp trip, tones down the perviness, ups the poetry and existential angst. kinda dull.
Unleashed - very rare, very strange, very funny.
The Wax Mask - Sergio Stivaletti misfire inherited from a deceased Fulci and too-busy Argento. terrible Leroux pastiche. the disappointment still stings.

Hyams, not Medak. argh.

Yeah Gage is amazing although, oddly enough, I didn't recall any piss in the Men's Room series until I GISed 'em.

Director of The Night Flier made a fantastic allegory of repressed homosexuality called Drag. Not really scary but has an arty sense of anomie and dread.

I went with Cure, another anomie classic and, right, hard to love.

Still don't get Rollin.

omg i forgot office killer was the cindy sherman movie

is it any good? v curious...

I remember being kind of disappointed in it. Was expecting a bit more from Sherman.

it's insane that of the 80s art stars to try their hand at filmmaking in the 90s schnabel was by far the best

I loooooved David Salle's Search and Destroy (1995).

will never forgive longo. never.

BINGO

god that reminds me, the avclub at the onion had some 'what artist do you wish had lived so you could see what work they did or some shit' thing and someone said keith haring w/ 'can you imagine him doing a show for adult swim' and i'm like 'i can now ASSHOLE'.

want: digitally animated kenny scharff kidsmovie in 3D

"Anaconda" is without question the funniest movie on this list, so funny that I figure it was done that way intentionally.

I've barely seen any of these, but I loved Cube when I first saw it. I imagine one of the Asian ones is actually better as most UK/US stuff from this era is dreck, but, you know, can't vote for what you don't know...

see cure! it is weird + ominous + creepy.

yah office killer is p shitty unfortunately

its just drab & dingy & the whole office set looks like a high school

dang, sad that office killer didn't work out. love CS.

glad that so many people are voting cure though! great flick, see it if you haven't (blah, etc).

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Hooray for no votes for ikwydls

Guess I really need to see Cure.

it's a great film but don't expect a j-horror shockfest like audition or ju-on, it has a creepy slow burn feel, cronenberg-like in a way

dng the love for Event Horizon

they travel through space to hell you stupid feeb

― Lamp, Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:06 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

how is it this list missed this one?

Larry Cohen! not really very good but definitely had a few great moments, such as the peeping tom-Uncle Sam on stilts scene, as well as the longest, most hilariously deadly potato sack race ever

Timothy Bottoms apparently too ashamed to accept credit for his role

+ Isaac Hayes

That peeping tom scene is legendary.