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blackcloud45 · Post by **blackcloud45** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:57 am

Vincent Price in anything

Tales From the Crypt / Vault Of Horror

Rosemary's Baby

The Exorcist I and III (trust me, this movie is creepy)

Halloween

Amityville Horror

deadduck · Post by **deadduck** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:00 am

Those Exorcist movies were creepy. I had forgotten about some of those. Seems like we always watched them in the 80's when I was a teenager.

Van Cleef · Post by **Van Cleef** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:05 am

i couldn't believe how frightening Exorcist III was in parts... a tremendously underrated film - that really is the 'proper' exorcist II - -

George C Scott is great - and there is one scene in the hospital - if you've seen the film - you'll know the one that i mean... that made me leap about 5 feet out of my chair...

blackcloud45 · Post by **blackcloud45** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:07 am

Exactly! Masterful hooror there. "How are you getting out? Oh, old friends..."

I've loaned out three copies of that flick and never seen any of them again.

TheOrangeJuicer · Post by **TheOrangeJuicer** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:52 am

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by blackcloud45
 Exactly! Masterful hooror there. "How are you getting out? Oh, old friends..."

I've loaned out three copies of that flick and never seen any of them again.
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I'm not a huge horror movie fan but that does sound good for a scare. I usually avoid sequels. How about The Ring for a good creepy mystery?

Neiloler · Post by **Neiloler** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:48 am

The Ring was just weird enough to really scare the crap out of me, not because it was some slasher film, those aren't that great or scary, but it was very morbid and macabre, very strange, and that's one of the scariest things I know of. Hence the reason why I loved the Silent Hill video games a while back (can't stomach much of that stuff anymore)...

Heartsndspades · Post by **Heartsndspades** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:37 am

what a good thread.. fmj is great.

band of brothers
u-571
Patton .. love that movie

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i love westerns as well as everything old eastwood and john wayne

the good the bad and the ugly
dirty harry(s)
the unforgivin.

a more recent favorite-
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford

ESBlonde · Post by **ESBlonde** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:11 am

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Van Cleef
 I only like a handful of Kubrick films but that's definitely one of them...

I find SPR, despite it's finely crafted action scenes to be altogether way too syrupy and flagwavingly sentimental...

I enjoyed Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunter is one of my all time faves... I even liked Platoon...

for me there are two types of War films... there are 'War' films and then there are 'War Action' films - that are usually pretty lighthearted and fun -

I would have to say that Cross of Iron, Das Boot and Talvisota are my all time favourites...

I also love Stalag 17 - - great great great film and The Great Escape - it's like my chuildhood security blanket when i'm home sick or something

the hardest most harrowing war film i have ever (and will ever see) is a russian film called 'Come and See' -

Stalingrad is also pretty hard to endure - but worth it

but in terms of your 'Action War Films'

where do you start?

Kelly's Heroes
Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
The Young Lions
Castle Keep
When Trumpets Fade
the Train
The Big Red One
Where Eagles Dare
Von Ryans Expresss
The Longest Day
Gallipoli
Breaker Morant
The Odd Angry Shot
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the River Kwai
Battle of Britain
Mosquito Squadron
Colditz Story

i guess i'd have to include Kurosawa's 'Ran' as a war film

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Some of my favourits would include:
Ice cold in Alex
633 Squadron
The Dambusters
The Battle of Britain
Reach for the sky
The Cruel Sea

Ah, but nostalgia is not what it used to be.

Van Cleef · Post by **Van Cleef** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:55 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ESBlonde
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Van Cleef
 I only like a handful of Kubrick films but that's definitely one of them...

I find SPR, despite it's finely crafted action scenes to be altogether way too syrupy and flagwavingly sentimental...

I enjoyed Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunter is one of my all time faves... I even liked Platoon...

for me there are two types of War films... there are 'War' films and then there are 'War Action' films - that are usually pretty lighthearted and fun -

I would have to say that Cross of Iron, Das Boot and Talvisota are my all time favourites...

I also love Stalag 17 - - great great great film and The Great Escape - it's like my chuildhood security blanket when i'm home sick or something

the hardest most harrowing war film i have ever (and will ever see) is a russian film called 'Come and See' -

Stalingrad is also pretty hard to endure - but worth it

but in terms of your 'Action War Films'

where do you start?

Kelly's Heroes
Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
The Young Lions
Castle Keep
When Trumpets Fade
the Train
The Big Red One
Where Eagles Dare
Von Ryans Expresss
The Longest Day
Gallipoli
Breaker Morant
The Odd Angry Shot
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the River Kwai
Battle of Britain
Mosquito Squadron
Colditz Story

i guess i'd have to include Kurosawa's 'Ran' as a war film

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Some of my favourits would include:
Ice cold in Alex
633 Squadron
The Dambusters
The Battle of Britain
Reach for the sky
The Cruel Sea

Ah, but nostalgia is not what it used to be.

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for sure -

I love all of the post-war potboilers... The Hill, The Desert Rats, Raid on Rommel, The Ship that died of Shame, 12 O'clock High, bridge at remagen, and also the film that saving private ryan borrowed heavily from called 'A Walk in The Sun'... oh and Battle Cry - about America's most highly decorated war hero Audie Murphy, starring - - Audie Murphy heheh - loved that as a kid

TheOrangeJuicer · Post by **TheOrangeJuicer** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:28 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Van Cleef
... oh and Battle Cry - about America's most highly decorated war hero Audie Murphy, starring - - Audie Murphy heheh - loved that as a kid
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The spot of Audie Murphy's final battle is right near my home. He crashed his private plane into a local mountain, either due to adverse weather conditions, mechanical trouble, or a combination. I've hiked all over the area but never actually been right to the spot.
http://www.audiemurphy.com/roanoke.htm

BrianFantana · Post by **BrianFantana** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:57 pm

Platoon owns them all.

My grandfather was in WWII, and told my dad that Saving Private Ryan "was a fairy tale" compared to the real deal.

ibaneziac · Post by **ibaneziac** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:53 pm

"Das Boot"
"Come and See"
"A Clockwork Orange"
"2001- Space Odessy"
"Platoon"
"Deer Hunter"
"Taxi Driver"
"Lord of the Rings"
"Schindlers List"

are my favs.

BrianGT · Post by **BrianGT** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:13 pm

"My Cousin Vinnie"....funniest film ever! Fullstop!

blacklight_uk · Post by **blacklight_uk** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:28 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by BrianFantana
 Platoon owns them all.

My grandfather was in WWII, and told my dad that Saving Private Ryan "was a fairy tale" compared to the real deal.
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I bet. Those guys really saw hell

Wow lots of suggestions

Forgot to mention I'd seen Band of Brothers. Absolutely love that series especially the Normandy landing episode and the Bastogne episodes. You really feel like you're one of the guys in the series and it's sad when it ends. Made me want to smoke too haha!

I watched Platoon again last week, still love that film. Also The Thin Red Line, don't think anyone mentioned that one, which has an interesting story behind it. Apparently it took over 20 years to make and featured Billy Bob Thornton, Mickey Rourke and Martin Sheen but none of their parts were included in the final cut.

I watched All Quiet On The Western Front last year too and though it isn't as well shot or edited as modern films it really moved me. There was some great acting and a fantastic script.

Will definitely check out some of those suggestions, thanks guys.

Oh and Van_Cleef I love horror films! I agree with you about Excorcist III too. I'm pretty hardened to horror films having watched so many but that film scared the crap out of me! Another one that got me was Ringu, the Japanese Ring trilogy. Reeeeeally creepy. Oh and The Grudge still gets my pulse going.

blackcloud45 · Post by **blackcloud45** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:53 pm

My wife loves horror flicks, she puts them so that she can sleep :0! I won't let her leave the exorcist on 'cause it gives me nightmares if I watch right before sleep.

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