Oh man, I’m totally going to reread this thread.
― jjjusten, Sunday, 29 October 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
This and the comedy were two of my favourite polls.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 October 2017 05:10 (six years ago) link
well worth the reread <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I spent a good portion of this morning reading through this and the comedy poll and adding things to my Letterboxd watchlist that I might otherwise not think to watch.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
Those were the two best polls, basically. Oh, the MUMMY-ries. Guess I'll reread this thing, too, in the spirit of to-GHOUL-therness.
― Winky Carrothers (Old Lunch), Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
excellent poll
pour one out for the results screencaps, also excellent iirc
― Brad C., Sunday, 29 October 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
Forgot this gem from way upthread:
i'm sure i've told this story before, but after the first time me and my sister watched the shining (ages 10 and 8, respectively), i wrote red rum with my mom's lipstick on the bathroom door so she'd see it in the mirror when she came outmy mother was not pleased― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:04 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
my mother was not pleased
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:04 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Winky Carrothers (Old Lunch), Sunday, 29 October 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
<3was it jed who had the story abt his Dad thinking Eraserhead was a tape cleaner
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 29 October 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
is the flickr set still available that had all the images in it? they were so good!!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 29 October 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
Didn't Pillbox create a Tumblr or somesuch after the images disappeared from Flickr? I have vague recollections. God knows how we'd even find it, though, if such a thing existed.
― Winky Carrothers (Old Lunch), Sunday, 29 October 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link
Well hey, would you look at that: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leechlake/sets/72157629754853602And also more broadly: SCREAMcaps! - outtakes, alternatives and other misc. images from the ILX Top 100 HORROR Movies Poll
― Winky Carrothers (Old Lunch), Sunday, 29 October 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
hey guys- I still have all the images. Can we fix this somehow?
― © louis jagger/richards (Pillbox), Thursday, 11 January 2018 08:23 (six years ago) link
I uploaded all of them to flickr at the time.. clearly that was poor long-term planning. They are archived, and I would be happy to dropbox them or something. Also, I am open to suggestions.
― © louis jagger/richards (Pillbox), Thursday, 11 January 2018 08:26 (six years ago) link
I still have the images on my Flickr too. I could see what the urls are. One for mod req
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
Oh wait, that url is just a couple posts above
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 January 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
I just watched THREADS and wow -- the scene quoted upthread where the woman pees her pants stood out to me too. it really accelerates after a year -- i watched most of it last night and the last 20 minutes this morning and omg the horrors just kept coming. one of my favorite images was the black-clad shuffling diggers/ farmers? by that time i couldn't quite tell what they were doing. amazing film. and that it was a TV movie? my feelings can be best summed up by a scream emoji
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 1 September 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
It was certainly the talk of the playground the following day, iirc.
― Category: Animist Rock (Matt #2), Saturday, 1 September 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
i remember there being a real turning point when ruth started gnawing on some radioactive raw meat. that is the most standout moment when i thought "wait kids are watching this?" and after that it didn't slow down, it accelerated. i was really into nuclear disarmament as a kid and if i had seen this, idk what effect it would have had. would i have become even more of an anti-nuke zealot? would i have exploded? either way holy shit.
FYI it is on Shudder and USians you can get that free for a week (in the US at least)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 1 September 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
I told myself I would buy shudder membership for my birthday and then I didn’t do it. Thanks for reminding me!
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 1 September 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
I am SO glad I didn’t see threads as a kid. I still haven’t seen it! I’m still scared to.
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 1 September 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
I will once again recommend the similar, quietly-terrifying Testament. I'm seemingly one of the only people to argue for its deserved status as horror, though, so caveat emptor.
I just bought The Day After sight unseen via a recent Kino sale, curious to see how much nuclear terror that induces in me.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Saturday, 1 September 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
Agree abt Testament
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 1 September 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
It's funny, I actually didn't feel any (old familiar) nuclear terror erupting after seeing Threads -- it didn't make me freak out at all. In fact, I think this movie made me want to live...more?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 1 September 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
Sadly, not in the city anymore.
http://www.tiff.net/calendar?series=new-american-nightmare&list
― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
i am here to report “Hellraiser” is still awesomealso i am finally watching the 2018 green/mcbride Halloween remake and want to stab everyone except JLC
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 November 2021 02:02 (two years ago) link