Horror/Thriller films that aren't torture porn • Non-Gaming • Film • Eurogamer.net

Tonka 21 Oct 2009 18:32:35 31,980 posts
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OK, I would love some recommendations on the above. Things like Jeepers Creepers and Scream. Tense, scary but without the latest trend of realistic torture.

No Martyrs or "The Hills Have eyes" please.

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Rec?

Tonka 21 Oct 2009 18:39:37 31,980 posts
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Rec is a great example.
Thanks!

Matt_B 21 Oct 2009 18:40:00 512 posts
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Not my genre, but I remember ...Dead End being quiet entertaining when I saw it a few years back. Not sure that the trailer does it any favours.

Tonka 21 Oct 2009 18:40:02 31,980 posts
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BTW I was one post away from winning a PS3 Slim with borderlands today...

Deleted user 21 October 2009 18:40:21

Teeth. Fucking awesome film.

If you like slashers you'd enjoy Hatchett a lot as well, although make sure you've seen all the classics or you might miss a reference.

BinaryBob101 21 Oct 2009 18:40:31 27,756 posts
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The Mist.

Let The Right One In, although I find it hard to classify as straight up horror.

Coming soon, Paranormal Activity.

Tonka 21 Oct 2009 18:41:12 31,980 posts
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Dead End looks great. It's torture free right?

Deleted user 21 October 2009 18:42:34

Donkey Punch is semi-decent for a thriller horror as well. Nice bewbs in there as well.

Deleted user 21 October 2009 18:44:10

Descent?

Tonka 21 Oct 2009 18:44:58 31,980 posts
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Any thriller sugegstions? Like seven or Rear Window (I even liked the Shia LeBiff rip off f Rear Window)

Decent is great. Seen it too recently though. Loved it

Deleted user 21 October 2009 18:45:08

BinaryBob101 wrote:
The Mist.

Let The Right One In, although I find it hard to classify as straight up horror.

Coming soon, Paranormal Activity.

And The House Of The Devil too.

Matt_B 21 Oct 2009 18:46:59 512 posts
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Tonka wrote:
Dead End looks great. It's torture free right?

She's torture free.

Deleted user 21 October 2009 18:56:56

Drag Me to Hell is good.

And A Tale of Two Sisters is great.

Matt_B 21 Oct 2009 18:57:14 512 posts
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No Country for Old Men

Dirtbox 21 Oct 2009 18:58:48 92,596 posts
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Venkman90 21 Oct 2009 19:00:05 4,430 posts
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Paranormal Activity (you will sleep with the lights on for weeks)

Another nod for .Rec, my Spanish mate lent it to me...yikes!

LFMartins 21 Oct 2009 19:31:44 5,704 posts
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Speaking of spanish movies, Tesis and Los Sin Nombre are two great spanish thrillers.
There�s also Ne Le Dis � Personne - Tell No One, a fantastic french thriller.
Frailty is another great thriller, an underrated gem that proves that Matthew McConaughey can actually do something good.

Articulate-Troll 21 Oct 2009 20:34:49 3,098 posts
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Ils (Them) is a brilliant, tense horror movie, which never resorts to gore for cheap thrills.

PazJohnMitch 21 Oct 2009 20:37:08 17,276 posts
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Articulate-Troll wrote:
Ils (Them) is a brilliant, tense horror movie, which never resorts to gore for cheap thrills.

That film is terrible!

PazJohnMitch 21 Oct 2009 20:39:02 17,276 posts
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The best horror film I know of is a Korean one called:

A Tale of Two Sisters

Stunningly good and has no torture.

corimi 21 Oct 2009 20:40:10 1,310 posts
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I really hope Paranormal Activity makes it to the UK at some point. Looks ace!

corimi 21 Oct 2009 20:40:12 1,310 posts
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I really hope Paranormal Activity makes it to the UK at some point. Looks ace!

EDIT: Oh shart, double post plus olded by Venkman AND Bob.
/cat o nine tails

GrandpaUlrira 21 Oct 2009 20:45:34 3,879 posts
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The Mist was the first one that came to mind for me. Drag Me To Hell is great fun too.

PearOfAnguish 21 Oct 2009 20:48:33 7,573 posts
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The Hitcher. It's a classic.

PazJohnMitch 21 Oct 2009 20:51:11 17,276 posts
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BinaryBob101 wrote:
The Mist.

Let The Right One In, although I find it hard to classify as straight up horror.

Coming soon, Paranormal Activity.

Let The Right One In, is another brilliant vampire film. And I got a completely different impression of the film than most.

Please do not read the following spoiler unless you have seen the film. It is such a large spoiler it would ruin the film. (And the film is brilliant and deserves to be watched).

I fealt that the vampire girl was just using the boy. She essentially groomed him as a replacement for her last slave. (I felt that the man she refered to has her father was actually someone she had previously groomed. I got the impression they had been together since he was a child but he became a bit of a liability now he is older. So she replaced him). I know it was supposed to be a love story but I only saw one of the couple actually in love. She just seemed to be doing everything she could to gain his trust.

Venkman90 21 Oct 2009 21:02:08 4,430 posts
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PazJohnMitch wrote:

BinaryBob101 wrote:
The Mist.

Let The Right One In, although I find it hard to classify as straight up horror.

Coming soon, Paranormal Activity.

Let The Right One In, is another brilliant vampire film. And I got a completely different impression of the film than most.

Please do not read the following spoiler unless you have seen the film. It is such a large spoiler it would ruin the film. (And the film is brilliant and deserves to be watched).

I fealt that the vampire girl was just using the boy. She essentially groomed him as a replacement for her last slave. (I felt that the man she refered to has her father was actually someone she had previously groomed. I got the impression they had been together since he was a child but he became a bit of a liability now he is older. So she replaced him). I know it was supposed to be a love story but I only saw one of the couple actually in love. She just seemed to be doing everything she could to gain his trust.

Oooh, interesting idea, never looked at it that way

/thumbs up

hypernova 21 Oct 2009 21:23:19 1,969 posts
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'Jacob's Ladder'.

Also stuff like Session 9 and John Carpenter's 'The Thing' (probably the most perfect film ever imo).

iokthemonkey 21 Oct 2009 21:24:59 4,662 posts
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If you're not turned off by black and white/slow-paced/intelligent movies, try The Innocents, The Haunting (the original) and Night of the Demon.

Hammer's Quatermass & The Pit is a great bit of sci-fi/horror, as is The Stone Tape, a teleplay by Nigel Kneale, the creator of Quatermass.

The BBC's MR James' Ghost Stories for Christmas are superb, especially A Warning to the Curious, Lost Hearts and more recently, A View from a Hill. Also try the B&W TV play Oh Whistle And I'll Come to You.