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FFA Top 200 Horror Movies of All Time: #107: They Live (31 Viewers)
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IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Glad I wasn't all by myself on this one. Is it the scariest movie? No. Is it particularly scary at all? No, not really. But it has Tarantino, Kurt Russell, a tasteful and refined lap-dance scene with all of the subtlety we would expect from QT, and the best live car-chase I have ever seen. More like horror-action than horror though, admittedly.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I barely remember it and didn't feel qualified to rank it. I was expecting it to place higher, too.
Scoresman
Footballguy
I sure can.
zamboni
Footballguy
Courtney Gains’ second best role (as Malachai) after Kenneth in Can’t Buy Me Love. Followed by Whitey in Colors.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Really funny too
Tick
Footballguy
So... I've never seen this movie. It has crappy ratings at IMDB/MC/RT. What do people like about it?
80's cheesy horror movie
ETA: One of the few listed so far I have heard of and actually seen
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Obviously it’s dated and won’t actually scare anyone but it’s a good movie. A good drama centered around the occult.
Frostillicus
Footballguy
You might not like it if you were to see it now for the first time. A lot of nostalgia involved.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
This one would have been a fantastic short in an anthology movie.
Of the 30 movies listed so far:
My goal is to have actually heard of 75 of the movies on the list and to have seen 30 of them.
- I have heard of 9 of them: Split, Child's Play, Doctor Sleep, Frank/Wolfman, I Know what..., Candyman, Gothika, Terminator, Children of the Corn
- I have seen 3 of them (Children of the Corn, Terminator, & Child's Play)
My goal is to have actually heard of 75 of the movies on the list and to have seen 30 of them.
Keith R
The Don
I remember seeing this as a kid and liking it except for the ending. I've seen it since and liked it less. Not timeless, more like a staple of sorts of its era
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Me? The concept from Stephen King was awesome… then they made a movie based on that concept…
Keith R
The Don
The ones I've listed should be your highest priority
Osaurus
Footballguy
It’s not so good. It does “star” Peter Horton from very few films like Side Out. The remake wasn’t any better imo
Scoresman
Footballguy
This is the part of the list where you're going to see the movies you may have never heard of. Anything ranked approximately 20 or higher on individual lists made the main list whether they were the only one who had it or not. We've had a lot of one offs so far and many more to come.
Scoresman
Footballguy
When this is over and everyone's full list is revealed, you'll have to explain all your weird ****.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
And I will, in annoying detail
The Gator
Footballguy
Same. Think I had it in the 60s then it ended up bumped.
And a Great!! kill scene. Original and wtf?!?
jwb
Footballguy
Video stores were great, weren't they? Particularly for horror.
For what it's worth, Amazon rents tons of movies for a few bucks ($3-$4 in most cases). I've watched a lot of stuff that way.
Bingo! I actually just saw this for the first time this past October and was not impressed. Guessing it would have been much better seeing it when it came out.
zamboni
Footballguy
The mid-to-late ‘80s were the time of peak King novels and adaptations thereof, and I ate them all up. Corn wasn’t the greatest of the adaptation movies, but was reasonably close to the book.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
No. It was pretty universally recognized as a sub-par movie. As a kid I did like it. As an adult, not really.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I loved them as a kid but looking back now most of them are pretty bad
zamboni
Footballguy
There’s one or two that still hold up IMO, but I don’t want to spotlight them in case they show up later on.
Keith R
The Don
I would find that shocking but I guess one never knows
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I flirted about taking this off my list because it hasn't aged well, but left it on for nostalgic reasons. Watched this so many times as a kid.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Still haven't seen this but have been meaning to.
Of those who ranked this, how many have read the short story? I'm not a huge horror movie guy, but I am a big King fan so I watch a lot of adaptations of his works. This is one I have never seen mostly because I have heard so much of the criticism noted here, that it hasn't aged well and is kind of cheesy. I love the story, though. I have a list ranking my favorite King stories (novels, novellas, and short stories) and this sits at #9, the second-highest ranked short story.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
This one should have been higher up the list.
Todem
Footballguy
The story is great…..the film adaption fell flat on it’s face. I enjoyed the opening scenes and build up and then it went really off the rails.
Yes it has not aged well at all. The sequels were all pure straight to video crap.
But Kings story is diabolical indeed. I would like to see a true and better film adaption
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I have, but I had already seen the movie multiple times before reading it.
Todem
Footballguy
I enjoyed Death Proof. Would it make my top 200….that is debatable. But it is a stylistic action/horror film. And Kurt Russel is the man.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
I agree, there are no good movies in this franchise. There are 11 movies, and I can't remember enjoying any of them. The short story is really good and the premise, as I have said before, is great.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
There are 11 of those movies?!? After a while you'd think those kids would get tired of all that corn.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Watched it once and thought "meh" but maybe I should try again.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Enjoying the differing opinions so far.
Keith R
The Don
It was much better as a theater experience
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I got to see this as a double feature with that intentionally-bad "aliens invade this rural community" film (Planet Terror). That was seriously a lot of fun. Campy, but fun.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Pretty sure one of them had zero kids in it.
WVU Alum
Footballguy
Same. I enjoyed them as a piece. Separately they are campy fun, but they shine as a double feature.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I'm not enjoying it at all.
simey
Footballguy
I agree Corn wasn't the greatest adaptation, but it wasn't the worst either. I think the actor who played Isaac was great and creepy as hell. It helped that he was actually 23 years old at the time, but he had a growth hormone deficiency so he looked like an elementary/middle school kid, but had a voice of a high school/college age guy. The guy who plays Malachai does a good job, too. The movie certainly could have been better and falls short in several areas, but it does give off an eerie atmosphere at times and has some semi-spooky moments. I was a senior in high school when it was released in the spring of '84. I think the movie worked better during that time/era, and for its target market at the time.
Todem
Footballguy
Yeah I was 14......and I did like the first act..things kinda fell apart after the reveal.
Todem
Footballguy
Yes same here....it definitely helps watching that as a double feature. They went for the entire 70's schlock drive-in fare with these two flicks.