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Post by piggsy on Aug 11, 2007 0:07:08 GMT -5
Camp Crystal Lake, of course, is from the Friday the 13th films
Haddonfield, Illinois, is from the Halloween films
Elm Street, Ohio, is from the Nightmare on Elm Street films
Lastly, the isolated farmhouses are from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre films and the original Night of the Living Dead.
Out of these, which is the most effective horror location?
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Post by lazario on Aug 11, 2007 0:09:44 GMT -5
I have to say Crystal Lake. Because they kept going back there, over and over again. And the location always worked beautifully. Watching dumb teens/20-somethings go into the woods in the cold wind and pouring rain never got old.
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Post by piggsy on Aug 11, 2007 0:11:44 GMT -5
Yeah, and plus the towering trees and such gave it a real claustrophobic feeling.
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Post by lazario on Aug 11, 2007 0:17:53 GMT -5
I never really noticed the Towering trees in the movie. Except of course when a dead body falls from one.
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Post by biscuitpower on Aug 11, 2007 0:21:46 GMT -5
The old farmhouses are definitely the best, every time I was out at my grandpa's farm at night when I was a kid I had an overwhelming sense of fear, it's a truly creepy atmosphere.
Camp crystal lake is also very good because there was also something terrifying about camp when you're a kid.
Haddonfield isn't that scary cuz if michael kills you you're not really gonna last that long anyways, and he's probably going after a family member.
Elm street would be creepy because freddy does some really nightmareish things to you.
But since I have actually experienced enormous amounts of fear at farmhouses and they still creep me out to this day, that is my choice.
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Post by lazario on Aug 11, 2007 0:26:27 GMT -5
How many Texas Chainsaw Massacre films stayed at the Farmhouse location?
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Post by piggsy on Aug 11, 2007 0:32:59 GMT -5
The only TCM movies that didn't take place at a farmhouse were parts 2, the remake, and The Beginning (I don't consider that giant, aged-mansion-looking building to be a farmhouse).
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Post by lazario on Aug 11, 2007 0:34:13 GMT -5
So... you're really saying about Half of them. Right?
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Post by piggsy on Aug 11, 2007 0:35:20 GMT -5
Yeah, pretty much.
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Post by lazario on Aug 11, 2007 0:36:23 GMT -5
Okay. 'Cause I've only seen the first movie and 2003 remake.
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Post by piggsy on Aug 11, 2007 0:49:51 GMT -5
I would recommend the sequels, but they're just so different from eachother. Part 2 is a horror comedy. Part 3 is a bloody action movie. Part 4....is....um.....well, it's best not to talk about part 4.
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Post by biscuitpower on Aug 11, 2007 1:33:05 GMT -5
Okay. 'Cause I've only seen the first movie and 2003 remake. Leatherface is based on ed gein too. So you sure you can watch it? It's a Psycho rip-off is it not?  |
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Post by lazario on Aug 11, 2007 2:26:48 GMT -5
I would recommend the sequels, but they're just so different from eachother. Part 2 is a horror comedy. Part 3 is a bloody action movie. Part 4....is....um.....well, it's best not to talk about part 4. I'm not really interested in the sequels. At all. Just like I'm also not the slightest bit interested in the Phantasm or Re-Animator sequels. I don't know why. Actually, I think I do. Mainly it's because the first was so good... how good could any of the sequels possibly have been? |
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Post by Evil Dave on Aug 11, 2007 7:49:24 GMT -5
You should consider giving Pantasm II a look-see Laz. If you liked the first one I think you'd like the second as well. I think the little flying chrome balls of death might even make it slightly better than the first. Anyways, you should deff check it out sometime.
On the topic at hand.............I gotta vote for Camp Crystal Lake. With the lake, woods, and cabins you have an endless supply of possible great scenes. It's just a more versatile environment than limiting it to just a farmhouse. I will say the farmhouse in TCM was pretty damn great though!
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Post by lazario on Aug 11, 2007 11:44:16 GMT -5
I loved the first movie because it felt like a dream. I saw about 35-45 minutes of Phantasm III on USA in the 1990's and it wasn't as good as the first film (which I saw in 2001, I think, not too long ago). Moreso, it was... funny. Comical. I guess I assumed part 2 was like that as well.
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Post by piggsy on Aug 11, 2007 21:12:55 GMT -5
Looks like the "isolated farmhouse" location is winning. I thought that one would get more votes, as it's relatable to many people.
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Post by lazario on Aug 12, 2007 9:00:44 GMT -5
There also were isolated (somewhat) farmhouses in Critters, Haute Tension, and Leprechaun.
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Post by Evil Dave on Aug 12, 2007 9:13:35 GMT -5
^^^^don't forget about the movie version of Cujo!  |
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Post by lazario on Aug 12, 2007 9:32:01 GMT -5
That was a farmhouse? Haven't seen the movie in awhile. So it was also quite a shock that I forgot that Dee Wallace acted again with her husband, Christopher(?) Stone in the movie.
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Post by Evil Dave on Aug 12, 2007 9:41:31 GMT -5
it was a farmhouse/car repair/junkyard.
and yeah her husband's name was christopher stone. if i remember right i think he died in the mid 90's though....................i remember seeing her in Critters as a kid and being shocked that the mom from 'E.T.' was in a horror movie. Little did i know that later in life i'd see her in two of my all-time horror favs 'The Hills Have Eyes' and 'The Howling'................I think she might also be in Rob Zombie's upcoming remake of Halloween, but i'm not sure.
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