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24th April 2011, 02:12 PM
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 Your Favourite Horror Film from 1997
1997 was a year for some brilliant horror films, but which one is your favourite? What makes it special to you? When did you first see it? Would you recommend it to the uninitiated? Sometimes it's a hard decision to just pick one film (even when you're limiting it to a single year!), but my favourite film of 1997 is... Lost Highway - David Lynch Not generally considered a straight up horror movie (but then again what is?), Lynch's Lost Highway is a complex nightmare-like trip that is filled with surreal imagery. Fans of Lynch's work (like I am) will be more attuned to his way of film-making, but for the uninitiated this could prove to be a bit heavy for an introduction to his work. At any rate it is a marvelous film, that I almost wished didn't have to end. Certainly an all-time favourite as well as my favourite for 1997. Trailer: Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. Runners Up: Cube Event Horizon Mimic The Night Flier Nightwatch The Relic The Ugly Uncle Sam Two Orphan Vampires The Wax Mask Wishmaster  |
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25th April 2011, 06:32 PM
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Your choice of Lost Highway probably is the best film from 1997, your other picks of Event Horizon and Wishmaster are also top quality. However to add a little variety i will choose I Know What you did Last Summer. I really enjoyed it at the flicks and have seen it quite a few times since and still enjoy it. Can't say the same about its sequels though. |
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25th April 2011, 06:37 PM
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Not sure I would have called Lost Highway a horror (not that I'm sure what I would call it either, maybe a thriller), but it certainly is an awesome film. I think it may even be my favourite David Lynch film. For some odd reason I dont own it. I guess I will wait for BD now.
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30th July 2011, 04:13 PM
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Like others I've picked from this decade (Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs), I'm again going to go with a film which many don't regard as an outright horror film and agree with bizarre_eye as almost every David Lynch film is genius and has an element of horror. Lost Highway
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30th July 2011, 05:21 PM
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For sheer OTT acting,and one of the best (and always forgotten) portrayals of Satan,then Al Pacino in THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE wins it hands down. For his 'Absentee landlord' speech alone.  Demdike@Cult Labs likes this.
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30th July 2011, 05:24 PM
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Completely forgot Devil's Advocate when i made my choice. I still rate I Know What You Did Last Summer so it doesn't matter. The Reaper Man@Cult Labs likes this. |
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30th July 2011, 05:28 PM
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Good call on The Devil's Advocate. It's one of those where Pacino eating the scenery is part of the character and not an annoying piece of overacting! That list of films by and/or re-watch is growing by the day, if not the hour! The Reaper Man@Cult Labs likes this.
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30th July 2011, 05:34 PM
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Yeah Devil's Advocate was a superb potboiler! I remember going into Virgin in Falkirk and picking up the Warner VHS Boxset which contained the widescreen (a collectable thing back then!) VHS and the source novel.  It was one of my most prized possessions! 
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30th July 2011, 05:36 PM
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30th July 2011, 05:37 PM
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I didn't realise it was based on a novel, so I'll try to buy a copy and read it before I next watch the film.
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