Don't forget about The Wild Bunch. That movie changed cinema.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter"
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> Keith, my first thought into your statement is that America is a
culture that has been hyperobsessed with ultraviolence for years. We
gave the world Dirty Harry, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and other paens
to carnage.
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Don't See SAW
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Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:28:02 +0000
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From : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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Agreed. Remember a year or so ago there was a news story published
about a recent study on what kinds of horror movies scare people in
different countries? I think Tracey published the article here. One
thing it pointed out was that in Asian countries like South Korea,
audiences found the disembodied sounds of children laughing to be
extremely frightening. Americans didn't find that so much. It seemed
to me that other countries' audiences were more into true suspense,
atmosphere, etc., while Americans were about louder, gorier, more
blatant stuff.
> Wonder why that is?
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> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Bosco Bosco
> With horror films, gore or no, it's pretty easy. If it's made by an
American Studio, it's most likely gonna suck. American horror films
tend toward extreme suckage so often that they're rarely worth
watching even if you get in for free.
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> B
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> --- On Tue, 11/18/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Don't See SAW
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 10:35 PM
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>
> Same here. I can't abide watching films that revel in literal blood
and guts, dismemberment, and the like.
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> ------------ -- Original message ------------ --
> From: "Justin Mohareb"
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> I'm one up on you. I haven't seen one, two, three, four, OR five.
>
> I mean, sure he doesn't get paid not to act, but I'm just not into
torture porn.
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> JJ Mohareb
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> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:27 PM, ravenadal wrote:
> > The good news is SAW V has stalled at $81 million (SAW IV made
$139
> > million).
> >
> > The bad news is Tobin Bell, who plays the diabolically ethical
villain
> > Jigsaw - who, incidentally DIED at the end of SAW III - has been
> > signed to star in FIVE more SAW movies.
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