Your Favourite Horror Film from 2008

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #1 28th April 2011, 05:53 PM

2008 was a year for some decent horror films, but which one is your favourite? What makes it special to you? When did you first see it? Would you recommend it to the uninitiated?

Sometimes it's a hard decision to just pick one film (even when you're limiting it to a single year!), but my favourite film of 2008 is...

Martyrs - Pascal Laugier

Another fine entry into the French horror new-wave, Martyrs is a shocking, yet beautiful film. Some superb visual effects combine with a harrowing, gripping story to create on of the finest films of the 2000s.

Trailer:

Runners Up:
Bad Biology
Embodiment of Evil
Gutterballs
The Machine Girl
Mum & Dad
Splinter
Tokyo Gore Police

Pete · #2 28th April 2011, 05:58 PM

TOKYO GORE POLICE is ace.

I have the optimum BD of MARTYRS but haven't watched it yet.

BioZombie · #3 28th April 2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete

TOKYO GORE POLICE is ace.

I have the optimum BD of MARTYRS but haven't watched it yet.

Agreed Tokyo Gore Police is ace, but I think I actually prefer Machine Girl, it has some really inventive gore effects and I think it has a bit more of a stucture than TGP.

Martyrs great too Pete, you should watch it asap.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #4 28th April 2011, 07:02 PM

Martyrs is a horrible film, sick , vile, depraved, you feel like you need a shower after watching it.

That must be why i like it, it provokes a reaction.

Slicer probably thinks its a kids film, and has double bills with Toy Story 3.

Jani · #5 4th May 2011, 08:52 AM

Martyrs it is,I won't even go mentioning anything else here.Such a punishing film,really makes you think about the mental state of it's makers.Great stuff.

Gojirosan · #6 1st August 2011, 05:58 PM

Eden Lake, Martyrs, Diary of The Dead, The Cottage, Outpost,...seems like a good year!

Then you remember Zombie Strippers, Train, the Shutter remake, Quarantine,Cloverfield, Prom Night...

The winner: Let The Right One In

Demdike@Cult Labs · #7 1st August 2011, 06:29 PM

Train was terrible, it had excellent production values, but the script was so poor. The characters choices of what to do in each situation were so unbelievable.

I know lets go with this woman we have never seen before on her private train.

Lets give our passports to two train conductors who have cuts and bruises all over and look like they have just been fighting in the local pub.

Thats just for starters. Bloody terrible.

Baseball Fury · #8 2nd August 2011, 06:53 AM

Eden Lake was a great film. Kept me tense the whole way through. Martyrs was also good, I did find it quite hard to watch in the middle third though.

And I liked Cloverfield!

Make Them Die Slowly · #9 3rd August 2011, 10:39 PM

"Gutterballs" is such puerile foulness you just have to love it.

"Martyrs" is excellent, with such an interesting idea behind all the gore and torture.

blu · #10 11th August 2011, 10:41 PM

I really liked Let the Right One In. Heard the remake was pretty good too but I haven't gotten around to renting it yet.

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Originally Posted by Demdike

Martyrs is a horrible film, sick , vile, depraved, you feel like you need a shower after watching it.

Agreed. It was worth a viewing but I doubt I could sit through it again.