cheesy horror flicks

[MickeyMousePal]

Friday the 13th: The first one is best of the series, then the sequeals start to suck. Teenagers lost intrest in the Friday the 13th series.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: All of them are my favorite, but its very scary to watch even if you are old enough.
Leprechaun: Very, very lame how can a leprechaun be so strong? Why does he lose his pot of gold and a shamrock cover kills him if it goes in his mouth, so lame.
Child's Play: A doll is super strong and wants a body. First one is great but the sequels lose it's value.
Hellraiser: All of them are classic great to watch.
Halloween: Very good series except for Halloween 3 very lame.
Poltergeist: Very original all sequeals are great so is the tv series.
The Gate: Very, Very scary when I watch it for a first time.
Scream: The classic Triology Series.
I know what you did last summer: Very, very lame.
Final Destiny: Great for entertainment a must watch.

[2099net]

In the end though, I think Ronny Yu delivered exactly what the fans wanted. As for Bride Of Chucky, I'm sure 2099net will leap to it's defence any minute now...

OK - here's my Bride of Chucky defence.

Firstly, the whole premise of the Child's Play films is complete nonsense. Absolute tripe. Any attempt to keep the films serious is bound to fail. So, the original Child's Play films added wit and humour to the mix (mainly in the form of witty one-liners from Chucky, but there was also a few sly digs at how toys are advertised and sold to children too).

But that approach alone wouldn't substain a string of movies (and one could argue that it didn't as, from what I remember Child's Play 3 was a disappointment). So for Child's Play 4, the creators decided to play up the ridiculousness of the whole concept, and in my opinion managed to create a film that's wonderfully tounge-in-cheek and superbly entertaining. So it's not scary, who cares? Most of the films on this list aren't "scary".

I think some people here are confusing "shocks" (for want of a better word) with "scares". Most of the films listed here have one of two shocking moments, but don't have the full atmosphere and, even, concepts to be "scary". A cat jumping out in the dark can be shocking if done right, but it's not scary.

Was the original Child's Play scary? It may of shocked in some places but it wasn't disturbing. Not in the way Jacob's Ladder is scary and disturbing, or the original Haunting is scary and disturbing.

Personally, I like my horror movies to be half-shocks and half-laughs. Freddy Vs Jason gets the mix about right IMOHO.

My favourite Friday 13th is Jason Lives. Again it has an absurd plot - Jason is hit by lightening and comes back as a Zombie? Why? But isn't afraid to acknowledge this in the film. Plus, I love how virtually everyone is killed by Jason but not a single child at the camp is killed, or even injured. Just put the film on and have a wild ride watching it. Who could ask for more?

[STASHONE]

I agree with just about everything you stated, but I think you're giving some of these directors credit for decisions that were based on anything but irony. Im all for satirical and sardonic plot driven camp, witty one-liners and schlocky eccentricity is fine by me - I was born in 82 man, I was raised on movies like Creepshow and Friday The 13th, etc. but do you really believe that people like Ronny Yu actually interpreted any of this into their films... I mean, a toy doll getting hitched and hitting the road to Vegas, checking into a motel and having doll sex with it's plastic fiance... I fail to see anything of justifiable viewing in that pretentious wreck. If I want to laugh at people getting senselessly butchered in an asinine half-witted impractical and moronic way, I'd watch a tiny Irish midget do it in Leprechaun or Slumber Party Massacre, and it doesnt get much more retarded than a rock n roll guitar wielding power drill maniac wailing through dance numbers to horrible new wave 80s rock riffs that looks like an acid induced fantasy episode of Saved By The Bell with more boobies and dead people. At least that makes for wholesome, late-night drunken entertainment.

[2099net]

but do you really believe that people like Ronny Yu actually interpreted any of this into their films... I mean, a toy doll getting hitched and hitting the road to Vegas, checking into a motel and having doll sex with it's plastic fiance... I fail to see anything of justifiable viewing in that pretentious wreck.

I wouldn't call it pretentious. How can a film with a couple of homicidal living dolls be called pretentious? It's obviously self-aware to some extent and Chucky and Tiffiny know how stupid it must seem throughout the movie, so I guess Ronny Yu and the writers did something right. Plus, look at the wonderful Bride of Frankenstein sequence when Chucky kills Tiffiny - a great filmic moment.

Bride of Chucky is what the title suggests it is. Enjoyable nonsense (and Seed of Chucky sounds even better - check out the commentary on the disc which gives most of the plot details for the follow-up away). But is it a horror film? Perhaps not to be honest, but I do think it is a comedy.

[MickeyMouseboy]

I watched Gothika last night that movie was kinda freaky, it had it jumping out of the couch moments hehe over all it was nice movie to see once.

[Maerj]

But is it a horror film? Perhaps not to be honest, but I do think it is a comedy.

Perhaps these could be more accuratly described as "dark fantasy" films rather than horror? I don't know what you call them and it really doesn't matter. Either you enjoy them or you don't and there is no point in trying to over-analyze these films.

I went to see Bride of Chucky in the theater on opening night and it was a fun movie going experience. The audience was really into it and having a good time. The best thing about that movie is that just when you think they went too far, they go farther! When Chucky and Tiff 'did it' everyone was going nuts!