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LostInThought
Looking for some new movies to watch. Wondering if I've seen all the newer paranormal movies out or if I missed a couple!
So list the best paranormal movies that you have seen that have came out in the past 5 years!

Mine has to be The Day After Tomorrow and possibly that Tom Cruise one..
Incorrigible1
How is The Day After Tomorrow paranormal?

Nine years is beyond your time frame, but the best paranormal movie in a generation was The Sixth Sense.
LostInThought
QUOTE (Incorrigible1 @ Jul 8 2008, 08:35 PM) *
How is The Day After Tomorrow paranormal?

Nine years is beyond your time frame, but the best paranormal movie in a generation was The Sixth Sense.


Yeah that was good.

The Day After Tomorrow...dunno what I was thinking, it's not really paranormal..but it is an end of days kind of movie..I like those too.
LIGhostChick
Fire in the Sky (aliens) & 1408 (ghosts) was pretty good too
kreestar
28 Days later/weeks later.
Anukis
K-PAX
Dragonfly
1408
The Others
The Sixth Sense
Signs
Slumber Talk
A certain part of The Eye was alright, before it spiralled into a world of ridiculous (Some parts made me laugh a bit). The concepts were there, but the execution ><;;;;

I haven't seen the original yet, but I'm looking forward to (I forgot the title, I came accross it on a whim)


Another movie that comes to mind is El Orfanato(The Orphanage). The movie dealt with spirits playing games, and a mystery that needs solving. While some of it may seem far fetched, there's a scene with a medium and paranormal investigators. Also, there's a really creepy mask that's worth a look, haha. I enjoyed the movie quite a bit (Made by the the people who produced El Laberinto del fauno aka Pan's Labyrinth).

Those 2 are the only movies coming to mind, atm.
the14u2cee
You said NEW, so i would assume Movies that are out now or on the way.....

Mirrors look,s good-- http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/883074/m...ler_070108.html

Mutant Chronicles-- http://www.thomasjane.com/mutantChronicles/

monster slayer-- http://www.joblo.com/video/joblo/player.php?video=jackbrooks

quarantine-- this one looks freaky-- http://www.joblo.com/video/joblo/player.ph...rantinetrlr.mov <and by the way some of you Dexter fans will recognize the lead actress.

Here's a few...







Anukis
QUOTE (the14u2cee @ Jul 9 2008, 03:43 PM) *
You said NEW, so i would assume Movies that are out now or on the way.....

Mirrors look,s good-- http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/883074/m...ler_070108.html

Mutant Chronicles-- http://www.thomasjane.com/mutantChronicles/

monster slayer-- http://www.joblo.com/video/joblo/player.php?video=jackbrooks

quarantine-- this one looks freaky-- http://www.joblo.com/video/joblo/player.ph...rantinetrlr.mov <and by the way some of you Dexter fans will recognize the lead actress.

Here's a few...


checked the trailers, creepy stuff! thumbsup.gif i liked mirrors best tho, seems like it will be a cool movie.
LostInThought
I just found out they are making a remake of:

Friday the 13th
Hellraiser
and Nightmare on Elm Street.

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Other movies I found that might be good:

Insanitarium
Wizard of Gore
Rest Stop
Trailer Park of Terror (lmao)
Mightnight Meat Train
Open Graves
The Uninvited
Twilight
Lt_Ripley
I still love

Ghost Story
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing

a movie based on a novel by Peter Straubb ( Jaws) the book was great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ__dDCOHeo

The Changling
It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house seems all the room that John needs to write music and reflect. He does not realize that he is not alone in the house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSx5zepTvo4

Phantasm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQMaVRG0Ow


* I really liked the Uninvited and my old stand by just for creepiness and camp - From Beyond.

dlv
QUOTE (Lt_Ripley @ Jul 10 2008, 03:21 AM) *
* I really liked the Uninvited
Ghost Story

The Changling
If it's the Ray Milland version of the The Univited, then definitely! Since you mentioned The Changeling and Ghost Story, you may want to check out The Woman in Black (1989), available on Amazon dot com.
Plainbob13
To many to name. But almost any Japanese and Korean ghost movies.
MaggieDruydess
Ghost story was filmed in part in Lake Helen FL at the cemetery and other locations. I grew up there only a quarter mile from that cemetery.
The changling was also pretty cool. Those are old though good.

Those trailers looked alright. Mirrors and Knowing looked the best though.
dlv
QUOTE (LostInThought @ Jul 9 2008, 01:28 AM) *
So list the best paranormal movies that you have seen that have came out in the past 5 years!

The Messenger. It basically destroyed the Pang Bros' reputation. Oh well. Another flash in the pan. Then again, a really good horror/supernatural film is almost impossible to do. Anything good is impossible to do. Most genre films nowadays fall flat and buried. So, what does one do? Lower one's expectation? We all know the answer to that one, don't we?

Truth is: I would be very embarrassed, indeed, to make a list of supernatural films "that have come out in the past 5 years!"
Shankpin
QUOTE (dlv @ Aug 6 2008, 12:20 AM) *
[size=3]The Messenger. It basically destroyed the Pang Bros' reputation.


Pang brother's Messengers that bad??


The best paranormal movies are by far Asian. Ours (U.S) sucks, to put it slightly.

Gin Gwai (The Eye) is awesome..
"The shutter" (i think it's Thailand) it's pretty darn good.


dlv
QUOTE (Shankpin @ Aug 6 2008, 06:35 AM) *
Pang brother's Messengers that bad??


The best paranormal movies are by far Asian. Ours (U.S) sucks, to put it slightly.

Gin Gwai (The Eye) is awesome..
"The shutter" (i think it's Thailand) it's pretty darn good.

In terms of corny, flying/levitating ghosties, special effects? I think I'll pass. The thing with American film makers: They're too embarrassed to do the same things that have been done in the golden age of 70s. The film community in the US is very small and reputation is always on the line. Asians can afford to be copycats. The 80s tried to recapture the glory days, but alas, most are tired. 90s and to now, it's all about money and cheesy laughs. The art in horror is gone in the American soil and elsewhere, at least so far. Most just go for the glossy look and cheap gore and loud scare tactics.

Only if you don't mind reading subtitles and miss out on the total cinematic experience, perhaps the Asian menu is passable, if nothing else, laughable. I would rather read a book, actually. So, I totally disagree that "the best paranormal movies are by far Asian," especially with their bad scripts and dialog.

"Shutter" is an okay, another Ringu-like film, and I'm not saying that the Ringu chick is that original either. After Linda Blair in Exorcist, everything else is an anti-climax.
Rosewin
I am with Shanky cause she knows what she is talking about as usual and The Messengers was not that bad. They Eye one and two are good and Pang brothers directed as well. Even the American remake was not that bad. I also liked The Covenant for the coolness factor. Lady in the Water was awesome but not everyone will like the slow pace of beauty unfolding.
dlv
QUOTE (Rosewin @ Aug 6 2008, 09:23 AM) *
I am with Shanky cause she knows what she is talking about as usual and The Messengers was not that bad.

And I don't know what I'm talking about. Right. Sounds like you're just settling for less, just like most people in this century. But, "that's okay." No accounting for taste, however. cool.gif
Phase 3
The Orphanage
Kuri
I have a fear of eyes, so The Eye wasn't a good movie for me xD;
I liked the new X Files movie, but I know a lot of people who didn't.
I suppose it depends on the person, really.
Jason KB
"The Mist" comes to mind.
Incorrigible1
The world could use a good movie about a daring cryptozooligist. An Indy Jones chasing bigfoot, chupacabra, and Nessie.
Jason KB
QUOTE (Incorrigible1 @ Aug 12 2008, 02:56 AM) *
The world could use a good movie about a daring cryptozooligist. An Indy Jones chasing bigfoot, chupacabra, and Nessie.


Havent you seen Strange Wilderness? The movie I'll forever remember as having a scene in which a group of people puke into a shark's mouth. Just see the movie, if you dare. It does involve hunting Bigfoot.

But no, seriously...that was a "comedy." I totally like that idea you said though. That has potential to be an awesome movie. I hope something along those lines is taken seriously and produced, because I'd love to check it out.
ValkyrieVoice
QUOTE (LostInThought @ Jul 8 2008, 08:28 PM) *
Looking for some new movies to watch. Wondering if I've seen all the newer paranormal movies out or if I missed a couple!
So list the best paranormal movies that you have seen that have came out in the past 5 years!

Mine has to be The Day After Tomorrow and possibly that Tom Cruise one..

I'm waiting to see the new one called "Mirrors". It looks as though it might touch on some of the things that paranormal investigators have brought out to the forefront. Hope it's good!
garnettarun
Hi Friends,
Could anybody here please tell me what's the best ever paranormal movie that can be seen over and over again without gettting bored?
please feel free to mail to garnettarun@gmail.com
sedai
I saw a movie not too long ago named 2012: Doomsday. It came out this year so it is still new.

Info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132130/
Bish815
Others with Nicole Kidmen
Sixth sense w/ Bruce Willis
Butterfly Effect w/ Ashton Kutcher
The Ring
The Grudge with Sarah Michelle Gellar
DeathDealer
Most of the stuff you see these days are just crazy. In my opinion, the best paranormal movies would have to be Dragonfly and What Lies Beneath
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