Essential The Official Coli Horror Film Thread: Discussion, Recommendations And Murder.

[storyteller]

This 1974 is lowkey possibly the most disturbing out of the entire franchise. Look at this

WTH

Description:

“Most disturbing film ever made. Look how perfect he played "leatherface", that
confused, horrifying, downsyndrome
shrieking and deranged frustration in the killer, and the pure terror in the victims,by far the most filthy, gritty
psychologically terrifying cult horror film. The way they filmed every scene, the angles and camera work is beyond words. The sounds. Everything. Not a drop of blood or gore needed on screen in the film, but still the effects are so grisly and real, because the audiencehere is almost tricked to be able to imagine and really feel the same pain.
One can almost feel and smell all the stench of rot and slaughterhouse, the
victims' terror and the total madness in the movie. Because it's something that could happen or even exist out there in our real world right now it makes it so
primal. Leatherface isn't an"evil
monster", he is a mentally disabled madman that's very real and you cannot argue or bargain with him.”

Original TCM is in my top three all time with The Shining and Exorcist 3. You're definitely right about how visceral and absorbing it gets to be, there's a lot of weight to everything going on.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Are the movies Flesh Eating Mothers and Spookies worth blind buying?

If you enjoy entertainingly bad horror movies then they are totally worth the purchase.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Original TCM is in my top three all time with The Shining and Exorcist 3. You're definitely right about how visceral and absorbing it gets to be, there's a lot of weight to everything going on.

Especially in the last 15 minutes of the movie (which I’m finishing up now), when they’re all sitting around the table mocking how she screams, with the corpse looking grandpa at the table, the funeral type music playing in the background. The Sheriff yelling at everybody. There is no natural light in the house-which makes the dark setting even more unsettling. Pure chaos.

Noticing on this rewatch that Leatherface changed his wig look in this movie. Never realized that before. Dude went from his day at “work” wig to putting on his formal dining wig. Noticing that his mask changed too- he really put make up on his human face mask. So much graphic

Amazing how they had no CGI back then and less reliance on jump scares - “less is more” conceptually but seriously disturbing without all the extras.

 

[Lootpack]

Are there any more TCM films that scratch that same itch tone wise as the original? Or do they start taking themselves less seriously as the iterations go on?

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Are there any more TCM films that scratch that same itch tone wise as the original? Or do they start taking themselves less seriously as the iterations go on?

TCM 2003 is at that level for me. My favorite besides 74. Then 2006 after that.

The TCM 3D (2013) version with Trey Songz is like a parody. Didn’t like the storyline as much. Feel like they copied the vibe from Halloween with the “niece turns sympathetic to her murderous uncle and assumes the role of the killer as a family tradition”.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

The “Maximum Overdrive” moment at :57

The 6 degrees of seperation between that ^ this

And this


V
2:58-3:10


And lol at the old fat man pushing Emilio estevez out the way and instead of running back into the safety confines of the store, he decides to run a direct straight path by way of the truck.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I just finished watching TCM (1974) again and I still wanna know where that truck driver was running off to.

Nothing was wrong with the truck - once he scooped her, all he had to do was hop back in the truck and drive off. Dude would have been safer in the truck - he acted like running that crazy hillbilly cac over caused the whole truck to break down. That chainsaw wasn’t breaking through the door - dude hustled backwards with the Good Samaritan savior role OMG

Both of them were in the truck and he pulled her to the other side to get back out - watching this movie is like watching for the first time for some reason.

Thats messed up - they let big boy run for his dolo into the unknown after he saves her life

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Next up:
@Lootpack since I’m already on Tubi - I’m going to watch these 2 docs

 

[MenacingMonk]

If you enjoy entertainingly bad horror movies then they are totally worth the purchase.

Yeah, I read they’re in that category, but how’s the gore?

 

[storyteller]

TCM 2003 is at that level for me. My favorite besides 74. Then 2006 after that.

The TCM 3D (2013) version with Trey Songz is like a parody. Didn’t like the storyline as much. Feel like they copied the vibe from Halloween with the “niece turns sympathetic to her murderous uncle and assumes the role of the killer as a family tradition”.

Yeah 2003 is the closest to me, it’s got my favorite mask reveal of the entire franchise at one point (I bet y’all know which I mean).

There’s a “making of TCM” book similar to the Halloween one I’m peeping on audible. That’s got next for me.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Yeah, I read they’re in that category, but how’s the gore?

If memory serves, Flesh Eating Mothers is more gory but in that 1980s style of trashgore.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Are there any more TCM films that scratch that same itch tone wise as the original? Or do they start taking themselves less seriously as the iterations go on?

question similar to yours is posted on Twitter
Lol. Looks like the consensus in the comment section is TCM 2 or TCM 2006.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Agreed - this is as unsettling as the Jeepers Creepers ending.

 

[Lootpack]

question similar to yours is posted on Twitter
Lol. Looks like the consensus in the comment section is TCM 2 or TCM 2006.

Gonna watch TCM 2 tonight after I finish Audition. I forgot all about the 2000s movies.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I forgot that this TCM 3 1990 existed until today.