Best Horror Movies pre-2000

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Yes i remember both of them, god i just aged myself lol.

Just curious mate, I'm guessing we're pretty much the same age. I was born in 1970 (the year of one of our Premierships). I assume you're around the same time?

 

[horrie hastings]

Just curious mate, I'm guessing we're pretty much the same age. I was born in 1970 (the year of one of our Premierships). I assume you're around the same time?

I'm a bit older, born in 1963.
Lived half a block away from the old Sports Ground. I remember 1970 very well mainly because my father sold the property at Paddington and we moved out to Kingsford. We moved out of Paddington NYE 1970

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Living so close to the ground would have felt like you were there with all the crowd noise. Must have been awesome.

 

[horrie hastings]

Living so close to the ground would have felt like you were there with all the crowd noise. Must have been awesome.

You could hear the roar of the crowd and the sirens from the backyard. I went a few times with my father to the games, probably started around 1967 i would think, i remember being more interested in sliding down the hill than watching the game then.
The noise from the speedway at the Showground was another thing i remember living so close.

 

[Generalzod]

 

[The Mad Hatter]

This is it Jennifer, you’re big break on TV, welcome to prime time bitch..lol

#3 is full of quotes galore.
The bit with Zsa Zsa Gabor just before your quote and the host Dick Cavett says - let me ask you something…who gives a f**k what you think?
My wife and I tease each other with that every so often. lol

 

[Generalzod]

The Omen

I didn't see it at the theatres and caught it on TV, thought it was a nice tight thriller, obviously a few scenes were cut on TV and one day i got it out on VHS and one scene left me going WTF, it was the scene when the truck rolled back with the plate glass on it, the way it was done on TV you saw the truck roll back and then it was cut but you knew what happened, however when i viewed on VHS it showed the glass sliding off the back of the truck and slicing off David Warner's head, i was horrified and thought it really cheapened the movie and it lost a few points from me. Still a good horror movie though and the priest getting speared by the lightning rod is a great scene.

A great Richard Donner, The Omen 2 was also great, So was The final conflict with Sam Neil.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

A great Richard Donner, The Omen 2 was also great, So was The final conflict with Sam Neil.

A rare example of a franchise staying strong all the way through.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

#3 is full of quotes galore.
The bit with Zsa Zsa Gabor just before your quote and the host Dick Cavett says - let me ask you something…who gives a f**k what you think?
My wife and I tease each other with that every so often. lol

That's one area Freddie has over Michael and Jason - the quips. The latter two being so taciturn had to let their actions do all the talking. Freddie got to go all Groucho Marx all the time.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

I gotta throw in Alien as a sci fi horror.
Come out in 79, and is way better than the Alien movies you see coming out nowadays, although much of that could be the mystery of the Alien is no longer present.

 

[horrie hastings]

A great Richard Donner, The Omen 2 was also great, So was The final conflict with Sam Neil.

I always liked Damien Omen 2.
Someone copied the the series for me including The Final Conflict and The Awakening. even though i already had the first movie on DVD. Have not watched the Final Conflict since it screened on TV in 1983 apart from watching a few minutes when it last aired on TV, have not seen The Awakening at all.

 

[horrie hastings]

A rare example of a franchise staying strong all the way through.

Yes unlike The Exorcist, the second movie The Heretic was a jumbled mess

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Yes unlike The Exorcist, the second movie The Heretic was a jumbled mess

Yep, it was a real letdown. Should have been much,much better.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

#3 is full of quotes galore.
The bit with Zsa Zsa Gabor just before your quote and the host Dick Cavett says - let me ask you something…who gives a f**k what you think?
My wife and I tease each other with that every so often. lol

my favourite would probably be this one from Pt 4.
"You can check in but can't check out" (the old advertising slogan for Roach Motels.

 

[horrie hastings]

In the early 70 s there was a series on TV called Ghost Story /Circle Of Fear which was opened by Sebastian Cabot, it featured many stars of the day. Two that i remember was one had Karen Black in it called Bad Connection and another with Susan Dey called Doorway to Death, there were many more which i watched but these two stick in my head.
Not sure whether the whole series is available but there are plenty available on you tube.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

In the early 70 s there was a series on TV called Ghost Story /Circle Of Fear which was opened by Sebastian Cabot, it featured many stars of the day. Two that i remember was one had Karen Black in it called Bad Connection and another with Susan Dey called Doorway to Death, there were many more which i watched but these two stick in my head.
Not sure whether the whole series is available but there are plenty available on you tube.

Looks to be about 9 eps up on TPB (including the Susan Dey one). Unfortunately doesn't appear to be any seeders at the moment.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Curious what everybodys fave. Stephen King adaptation is. Obviously most will opt for The Shining, but I have Christine a close second then probably Salems Lot next. Lots of really good ones to choose from.

 

[PJ]

Curious what everybodys fave. Stephen King adaptation is. Obviously most will opt for The Shining, but I have Christine a close second then probably Salems Lot next. Lots of really good ones to choose from.

The Mist is right up there.

 

[Generalzod]

Yep, it was a real letdown. Should have been much,much better.

Exorcist 3 is awesome:

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

The Mist is right up there.

Yep, thought The Mist was excellent.