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« Reply #180 on: October 30, 2009, 04:24:41 PM » |
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12 from my list so far....
Aliens - #5 on my list
Friday the 13th (original) - #11 on my list
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original) - #19 on my list
Rocky Horror Picture Show - #21 on my list
American Werewolf in London - #16 on my list
Day of the Dead (original) - #9 on my list
Lost Boys - #15 on my list
Evil Dead - #10 on my list
NOES - #13 on my list
Dawn of the Dead - #7 on my list
Shaun of the Dead - #6 on my list
Halloween - #12 on my list
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« Reply #181 on: October 30, 2009, 05:45:01 PM » |
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# 8 - Dawn of The Dead Filming at the Monroeville Mall took pThe MPAA had threatened to impose the X rating if George A. Romero didn't make cuts. Romero did not want to cut the film, and he was adamant against an X rating, due to its stigma of hard-core pornography. In the end, Romero was able to persuade his distributors to release the film with no rating, although on all advertising and trailers, there was a disclaimer that in effect read that while there was no explicit sex in the film, the movie was of such a violent nature that no one under 17 would be admitted. lace during the winter of 1976-77, with a three week reprieve during December (during which other footage, e.g. the TV studio, was shot). Filming at the mall began around 10 p.m., shortly after the mall closed, and finished at 6 a.m. The mall didn't open until 9, but at 6 the Muzak came on and no one knew how to turn it off. Wow! This is SUCH an intense zombie film that even a paragraph that died after 6 words and one letter 'ressurrected' itself to become the undead next paragraph! [I suspect the first paragraph I included here was supposed to read: "Filming at the Monroeville Mall took place during the winter of 1976-77...".] |
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« Reply #182 on: October 30, 2009, 05:51:00 PM » |
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Wow! This is SUCH an intense zombie film that even a paragraph that died after 6 words and one letter 'ressurrected' itself to become the undead next paragraph!
Thank you for that, I had a good laugh. I think I've fixed it now. |
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« Reply #183 on: October 30, 2009, 06:16:00 PM » |
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Glad to be of service.  Well, of the last three days (13 films), only two (Beetlejuice and Young Frankenstein) had been on my list. But I must say, I'm gonna' have'ta look for Shaun of the Dead. I remember seeing trailers for it on TV and thinking "gotta see that" but forgetting by the time it came out on video. I am interested to see what the final 4 will be. I have no clue at this point, given that most have been bouncing back and forth from bloody films to humorous ones. |
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« Reply #184 on: October 30, 2009, 08:09:29 PM » |
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I think I can guess at least two of them, but that's all. Seems like nearly all the obvious choices have made it already.
And go watch Shaun! It's one of my favorite movies, in the zombie, comedy, horror, and romance genres.
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« Reply #185 on: October 30, 2009, 08:25:28 PM » |
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I really wanted to watch SotD tonight (on BD). Alas, I don't have it. I sold my DVD and haven't bought the BD yet. So I had to "settle" with Young Frankenstein and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Not bad, all in all.
Oh, that reminds me, I think I know 3 of tomorrow's 4.
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« Reply #186 on: October 30, 2009, 08:26:42 PM » |
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Well I don't think I did all that well and I'd be surprised if the remaining ones are any from my list. Ah well.
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« Reply #187 on: October 30, 2009, 08:58:26 PM » |
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Oh, that reminds me, I think I know 3 of tomorrow's 4.
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« Reply #188 on: October 30, 2009, 10:45:34 PM » |
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woooo number one voter on dawn and day. ive given up hope on the top of my list making it  surprise me! |
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« Reply #189 on: October 31, 2009, 11:54:54 AM » |
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# 4 - Poltergeist 9 lists, 129 points, highest ranking # 3 Johnny Unusual
The house used to film this movie is located in Simi Valley, California where it still stands today. The family who owned it when this movie was filmed still live there today.
Stephen King was briefly approached to write the screenplay. It would have been the first written by King directly for the screen, but the parties could not agree on the terms.
The weird way the family members descend the stairs at the beginning of the film was created by having the actors walk backward up the stairs and playing the film in reverse. The same effect was used later in the movie for ghosts.
Contrary to the depictions in this film, many paranormal researchers believe poltergeist activity to be the manifestation of energy by a living person, often a young teenaged girl undergoing emotional stress.
Though on-screen credit goes to Tobe Hooper, a wealth of evidence suggests that most of the directorial decisions were made by Steven Spielberg. Members of the cast and crew, including Executive Producer Frank Marshall and actress Zelda Rubinstein, have stated that Spielberg cast the film, directed the actors, and designed every single storyboard for the movie himself.
Mrs. Freeling's line "Mmmm... smell that mimosa." is taken directly from The Uninvited (1944).
The film was originally given a R rating, but the filmmakers protested successfully and got a PG rating (the PG-13 rating did not exist at the time).
The skeletons that Diane sees are actual skeletons. JoBeth Williams didn't know this until after the scene was shot.
A model of the house, about four feet across, was used towards the end of the film.
Both of the terrors that plague Robbie came from Steven Spielberg's own fears as a child, a fear of clowns and a tree outside his window.
A common translation of the German word "Poltergeist" is "rumbling spirit". From poltern, meaning to rumble or make noise, and Geist, meaning "ghost" or "spirit".
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« Reply #190 on: October 31, 2009, 11:58:10 AM » |
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# 3 - Ghostbusters 9 lists, 131 points, highest ranking # 1 Imrahil
Dan Aykroyd's original version of the script began with the Ecto-mobile flying out of Ghostbusters HQ, but director Ivan Reitman suggested that it would be better to show how the team got started.
The green ghost was called Onionhead in the script, and a deleted scene depicts it's stinky nature more obviously. Since it was never referred to in the movie, the writers of the animated show came up for a different name for the green ghost: Slimer.
When Alice the librarian is queried as to whether anyone in her family had ever had any history of mental illness, she replies she had an uncle who thought he was St. Jerome. Jerome is the patron saint of librarians.
Flashbulbs were used on the business end of the proton pack weapons so that the special effects creators could properly synch up the effects with the action.
The Ectomobile was originally painted black until it was pointed out that most driving would be at night and the car would be difficult to see. It was then repainted white.
'Dan Ackroyd''s original title for the film was "Ghost Smashers".
The role of Louis Tully was originally written for John Candy.
The role of Peter Venkman was originally written for John Belushi.
The role of Winston was originally written for Eddie Murphy.
Gozer was originally going to be played by Paul Reubens, who turned down the role. In the original script, Gozer appeared as a normal man in a business suit.
For the first ghost that Venkman, Spengler and encounter, there was an even more ferocious puppet that was going to be used, but it was rejected. However, it was recycled and used in another successful Columbia Pictures film released one year after this one, Fright Night (1985).
Exterior scenes of the Ghostbusters headquarters were filmed at the Hook and Ladder #8 Firehouse in the Tribeca section of New York City. Inside the firehouse are a Ghostbusters sign and photos taken with the cast and crew.
On the set, Dan Aykroyd referred to the "Slimer" ghost as the ghost of John Belushi.
In the middle of the film's initial release, to keep interest going, Ivan Reitman had a trailer run, which was basically the commercial the Ghostbusters' use in the movie, but with the 555 number replaced with a 1-800 number, allowing people to call. They got a recorded message of Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd saying something to the effect of "Hi. We're out catching ghosts right now." They got 1,000 calls per hour, 24 hours a day, for six weeks.
The schedule for getting the movie into theatres for its scheduled release date in summer 1984 was so tight, director Ivan Reitman said that the final print included incomplete special effects shots and errors like "wires showing" but, "remarkably, people didn't care".
Initally, Ray Parker Jr. was having trouble writing the theme song to the film. It's been said alternately that the problem was solved when he saw the TV commercial for the Ghostbusters business in the film, and that it was when he saw a commercial for a drain company. Parker was inspired to write the song like a advertising jingle for the Ghostbusters business. The song was a #1 hit for three weeks.
Coincidentally with a movie about ghosts and ghost-busting, the filming of the jail scene was actually a prison reported to be haunted, and the dailies had many scratches all over with no apparent physical cause. Ivan Reitman was concerned about returning there, but the crew was very relieved to find enough footage to complete the scene without returning.
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« Reply #191 on: October 31, 2009, 11:59:23 AM » |
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9 lists, 131 points, highest ranking # 1 Imrahil
I'm shocked that this is #3 and not #2 (I know what #1 will be), and I'm shocked that Tripe didn't vote it #1 too! |
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« Reply #192 on: October 31, 2009, 12:01:50 PM » |
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# 2 - The Nightmare Before Christmas 8 lists, 152 points, highest ranking # 1 stansimpson
The genesis of the neo-gothic surrealistic film known as The Nightmare Before Christmas started with a poem by Tim Burton as a Disney animator in the early-1980s. With the success of Vincent in 1982, Disney started to consider The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short subject or 30-minute television special. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and in 1990, Burton and Disney made a development deal. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco. Walt Disney Pictures decided to release the film under their Touchstone Pictures banner because they thought Nightmare would be "too dark and scary for kids".
It took a group of around 100 people three years to complete this movie. For one second of film, up to 12 stop-motion moves had to be made.
In the song, "This is Halloween," the lyrics "... tender lumplings everywhere...” refers to "Tender Lumplings," a song done by composer Danny Elfman when he was with Oingo Boingo.
Tim Burton has said the original poem was inspired after seeing Halloween merchandise display in a store being taken down and replaced by a Christmas display. The juxtaposition of ghouls and goblins with Santa and his reindeer sparked his imagination.
This was the first movie to ever be fully animated using the stop-motion technique that was favored by Tim Burton for special effects in some of his other movies for its surreal quality. The animators received Oscar nominations for Best Visual Effects as a result, but lost to ILM who created the dinosaurs for Jurassic Park (1993).
Tim Burton had hoped to direct, but placed Henry Selick in the director's chair instead as Burton was busy working on Batman Returns (1992).
A version of Jack makes his first lengthy appearance in Beetle Juice (1988) on top of Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton)'s carousel hat towards the end when Beetlejuice rises out of the floor, after summoned by Lydia (Winona Ryder). Although this was Jack's longer appearance, he actually first appeared in Tim Burton's "Vincent" (1982), in minute 4:45, even if it is a very brief appearance.
Two items were invented to facilitate the filming of the movie: One was a "light alarm" which would warn the animators if any of the stage lights failed to come on. The other was a system that enabled a puppeteer to seamlessly switch to a replacement puppet if a puppet broke during a shot. Prior to this, either situation, a light failing to come on or a puppet breaking would destroy a shot.
In 2001, Walt Disney Pictures began to consider producing a sequel, but rather than using stop motion, Disney wanted to use computer animation. Burton convinced Disney to drop the idea. "I was always very protective of [Nightmare] not to do sequels or things of that kind," Burton explained. "You know, 'Jack visits Thanksgiving world' or other kinds of things just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it," Burton said.
Danny Elfman did the singing voice for Jack because Chris Sarandon said he did not have a good singing voice.
According to Henry Selick, Vincent Price was originally cast as Santa Claus. However, after the death of Price's wife, his own health began to fail and his voice performance was very frail and weak. The tracks were deemed unusable which led to, much to Selick's regret, the role being recast.
At the end of the movie, when the vampires are playing hockey, the jack-o-lantern was originally Tim Burton's head. this deleted scene can be seen it the special edition dvd.
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« Reply #193 on: October 31, 2009, 12:04:48 PM » |
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# 1 - Plan 9 From Outer Space  15 lists, 203 points, highest ranking # 1 TorJohnsonRules
The plot of the film is focused on extraterrestrial beings who are seeking to stop humans from creating a doomsday weapon that would destroy the universe. In the course of doing so, the aliens implement "Plan 9", a scheme to resurrect Earth's dead as zombies to get the planet's attention, causing chaos.
Funded by a Baptist church, several members of the cast let themselves be baptized.
Bela Lugosi's role in the film is listed in the credits as "The Ghoul Man". In Wood's screenplay it is called "the Dracula character".
Named 'Worst Film of All Time' in the book "The Golden Turkey Awards".
This film was shot in late 1956. It took almost three years to find a distributor who would handle it.
The film's original title was "Grave Robbers from Outer Space", but, supposedly, the Baptist ministers who financed the picture objected to it, so Edward D. Wood Jr. changed it to "Plan 9".
According to Maila Nurmi, she would put on her Vampira makeup and costume at home and then take a bus to the Quality Studios soundstage where her scenes were filmed.
The scar worn by actor Tor Johnson had to be moved every day, as it caused severe skin irritation.
When Gregory Walcott read the script, he told Edward D. Wood Jr. that it was the worst script he had ever read. He reluctantly signed on.
Contrary to popular belief, the detective that points his gun at himself several times was actually testing director Edward D. Wood Jr. to see if he would notice. Needless to say, Ed Wood didn't notice.
Copies of the original 35mm release prints are extremely rare. There were reportedly fewer than 20 release prints struck for the original release. As part of the distribution deal with the Distributors Corporation of America (DCA), producer J. Edward Reynolds had to pay for the release prints and advertising material.
Footage from the same shoot that produced Bela Lugosi's performance in this movie was meant to be used to make another film, "The Ghoul on the Moon". When Edward D. Wood Jr. went to retrieve the film he found it had been ruined, so the new movie was scrapped.
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« Reply #194 on: October 31, 2009, 12:10:36 PM » |
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Shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so it's not really # 1. It was on my list, though.
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