Movie Recommendations

Rali · Unread post by **Rali** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:06 pm

Dead Birds [Link] (Would make an excelent victim game!)

Cursed (Not the Wes Craven movie) [Link]

Jason Richards · Tue May 10, 2005 1:55 pm

Rose Red was also good.

Oh, and I don't see why these don't qualify:

Sphere

Event Horizon

Danger · Unread post by **Danger** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:53 pm

Here's a few more suggestions:

Movies

Hellraiser
Alien/Aliens (Series)
Christine
Carrie
The Frighteners
Predator/Predator II
Creepshow/Creepshow II
Highlander
The Blob
Re-Animator (series)
The Shining
Constantine
Powder
Phenomenon
Ghost
Tremors (series)

TV Series -

X-Files
Kolchak: The Nightstalker
Twilight Zone
Monsters
Tales from the Darkside
Night Gallery
Highlander
Scooby Doo (Don't laugh)
Jonny Quest (Original)

Also look up H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Clive Barker, Alfred Hitchcock & Stephen King on IMDB.com for more ideas.

Killer Cyborg · Tue May 10, 2005 10:12 pm

Ravenous
The Phantasm movies
Eyes of Fire
The Blair Witch Project
The Night Flyer
The Exorcist 1 & 3
The Last Broadcast
The Haunting (The original)
The Ring
The Grudge
The Wicker Man
Gremlins
Firestarter
Carrie
Wrong Turn
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Pumpkinhead
The Witches of Eastwick
Little Shop of Horrors
Psycho
Halloween III
6th Sense
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
CHUD
The Prophecy
Prophecy (Christopher Walken)
Fallen
The Poltergeist series
Angelheart
Unbreakable
The Legend of Hell House
Creepshow
Creepshow II
John Carpenter's The Thing
John Carpenter's Body Bags
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
There's Nothing Out There
The Beast Must Die!
Deep Rising
House on Haunted Hill
Valentine
Scream
Event Horizon
8-Legged Freaks
The Mermaid's Scar
Akira

(That's all I got for now)

Kalinda · Unread post by **Kalinda** » Wed May 11, 2005 1:46 am

C.R.A.F.T. wrote:Name a movie that can't be translated into some aspect of gaming?

Fahrenheit 9/11. :-P

Killer Cyborg · Wed May 11, 2005 2:07 am

Kalinda wrote:
C.R.A.F.T. wrote:Name a movie that can't be translated into some aspect of gaming?

Fahrenheit 9/11.

I thought of that one, but before I could post it I thought of a dozen different adventures that could be based off of it...

Jesterzzn · Unread post by **Jesterzzn** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:21 am

C.R.A.F.T. wrote:Name a movie that can't be translated into some aspect of gaming?

Dumb and Dumberer

Shawn Merrow · Thu May 12, 2005 12:34 pm

Some anime suggestions.

3x3 Eyes
Akira
Blood the Last Vampire
Blue Seed
Demon City Shinjuku
Gungrave
Witch Hunter Robin
Wolf's Rain

Chuck Lang · Unread post by **Chuck Lang** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:02 pm

I can recommend a move not to see, but one that wouldn't make a bad BTS adventure: Alone in the Dark.

As an "A" movie, this was one of the biggest piece of crap films I have ever seen. The plot/script was so bad and convoluted they needed Christian Slater to narrate to make things "clear." The sex scene was forced, sudden, and backed with horrid music. The lead female was one of the most unconvincing archaeologist, intellects I have ever seen. And several scenes could have been cut to make the length of the movie far less painful.

Now, if we deem this a "B" movie, it was okay. The narration can be chalked up to well-executed, cheesy story flavor. In "B" movies, sex scenes are required no matter how forced they are. A "B" movie that has extra cash in its budget will always highlight scenes they are proud of even though they should have been cut. Sexy, female scientist? Well duh, there's thousands of those in "B" movies. Just add square, black glasses, pull hair back into pony tail, and you get insta-smart!

As an adventure the movie presents nice combat scenes, dark organizations, an orphanage run by a nun, street chases and fights, a run in with the big monster in a museum, scientific experiments, archaeological finds, zombie altercations, supernatural creatures who come from an underworld dimension and are connected to the power of artifacts which also might lead GMs to create some cool artifact props. In fact, a GM could break this down into several adventures (2-8 perhaps).

Shawn Merrow · Unread post by **Shawn Merrow** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:24 pm

The Omen series of movies.

gaby · Unread post by **gaby** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:34 am

I loved all the Scream,s movies,Tremors and Deep Rising.

Scream was the Best because the Identity of the Killer was Unknown until the last part of it.
This Mystery made the Movie Wokr.

Friday the 13th would have better if they gone this way.
But they use Jason ,well that was o.k but they shoud have ended in with Ft13:4 Final Chapter.

The Friday the 13th Tv show was Good too.

Too bad ther was no Magic object that empowered him with powers in the Movie.

Chuck Lang · Unread post by **Chuck Lang** » Sat May 14, 2005 1:04 pm

Nerdbane wrote:But, on the other hand, Ninth Gate was pretty bad, IMHO.

Which doesn't mean it doesn't belong on this list [...]

Agreed.

Chuck Lang · Unread post by **Chuck Lang** » Sat May 14, 2005 1:08 pm

Sightblinder wrote:
mindwyr wrote:I can recommend a move not to see, but one that wouldn't make a bad BTS adventure: Alone in the Dark.

Ha ha! Sucker!! I knew Uwe Boll made that mvie, so I avoided it!

Yeah, I knew the movie was going to suck as well before I rented it, just not this hard. My main reason for renting it was because the synopsis had so many BtS-like elements that I thought it might be a good basis for an adventure; it turns out I was right, which doesn't decrease the agony caused by watching it.

Chuck Lang · Unread post by **Chuck Lang** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:18 pm

Colonel Lyboc wrote:Lifeforce - It has vampires from space, which sounds cheesy, but it's actually pretty well done. There are a lot of great elements for a BtS game in the film.

And, if I remember correctly, it has a pretty cool theme song.

Jesterzzn · Unread post by **Jesterzzn** » Fri May 20, 2005 10:28 pm

Atramentus wrote:
The Gift (story about a psychic, directed by Sam Raimi and he made them wait on Spider-man 1 so he could do this film)

I am just glad they didn't see this before he started on Spider-man or they might have fired him on the spot.

Gallahan · Unread post by **Gallahan** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:57 am

A lot of movies were listed. Here are a several TV series that might add something to the mix...

- Kolchak The Night Stalker (five BTS stars!!!!!)
- Twin Peaks (great weirdness factor mixed with supernatural and FBI)
- Friday the 13th The Series (nothing whatever to do with the movies, but GREAT in its own right; used to be regular on Sci Fi Channel, but not anymore to my knowledge; gems of episodes with a DIRECT BTS campaign feel; recovering cursed items kind of thing; five BTS stars!!!!!)
- Poltergeist The Legacy; similar to Friday the 13th series, only without as much chemistry, although they really tried and it's really good too.

Gallahan · Unread post by **Gallahan** » Mon May 23, 2005 9:28 pm

I think Nickelodian had one called:

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?

It might have been scripted by the famous R.L. Stine, who wrote all those teen Fear Street Saga books (I forget how he actually spelled "fear.")

Beelzebozo · Unread post by **Beelzebozo** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:55 pm

Another TV series to add would be Gargoyles. More Nightbane-ish than BtS, but if your game leans toward urban/modern fantasy instead of true horror, it's gold. Hell, it's gold even if your game doesn't.

Season 1 is currently out on DVD, with season 2 in the works. Some especially appropriate episodes from season 1 would be "Temptation" (intolerance, sorcery, and tampering with the mind), "Enter MacBeth" (even without his immortality, most monster hunters could learn a few tricks from the Scotsman), "The Long Way to Morning" (its structure would be useful for "flashback" sequences in a game), "Reawakening" (Science + sorcery = monster!. Oh, and the theme of protecting the city.).

There was also a very short-lived series on NBC called The Others, about a group of psychics hunting ghosts. It had a serious BtS vibe. I don't know what the current status of the series is; as far as I know, it hasn't been released on DVD.

Another series currently airing is Medium, which is a marginal series at best, but can definitely be useful for game fodder. It deals mainly with using psychic abilities to solve conventional crimes, but the feel is about right. I'm personally not a big fan of this one, since its advertising plays up that a "real" psychic is the basis for the main character, and conveniently ignores that real-world "psychics" are at best delusional and at worst con artists. But hey, the loss of critical thinking is a gain for game fodder, I suppose.

I also hesitate to mention science fiction series here, but one episode of Firefly deserves mention. Browncoats looking at BtS will recognize River as the archetype for the Autistic Psychic Savant. The last episode on the DVD set, "Objects in Space", begins with a great look at what life is like for someone with uncontrolled psychic abilities. Anyone playing that type of psychic (or even some of the jumpier Sensitives) should see the episode.

Rayven · Unread post by **Rayven** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:22 am

ash_wednesday wrote:
C.R.A.F.T. wrote:Name a movie that can't be translated into some aspect of gaming?
Debbie does Dallas

Says you. There is a book called "The Book of Erotic Fantasy" that would go great with any pr0n.

Rayven · Unread post by **Rayven** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:25 am

Danger wrote:TV Series -

X-Files
Twilight Zone
Tales from the Darkside

Unless you are playing Conspiracy X, the show Millenium is better than any of these.

Rayven · Unread post by **Rayven** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:26 am

Sightblinder wrote:Ju Oh/The Grudge

It's Ju On, not Ju Oh.

And Ju Rei is just as good, if not a bit like Memento in the way it plays out in some parts.

Killer Cyborg · Wed May 25, 2005 1:10 am

Dracula 2000 is actually a suprisingly good movie, especially for BtS ideas.

Gallahan · Unread post by **Gallahan** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:24 pm

I'm still a HUGE fan of Kolchak: The Nightstalker. I know, I know... it's cheesey and someone even said that the main title music is too cheerful. I think it's perfect, but that's me. There's nothing like the intense and adversarial banter between Karl Kolchak and his boss. And mix that with a "monster" for every episode. Very well done. First, there were 2 movies: The Nightstalker, and The Nightstrangler. Then, the series. About 20 episodes.

Killer Cyborg · Tue May 31, 2005 9:14 pm

Gallahan wrote:I'm still a HUGE fan of Kolchak: The Nightstalker. I know, I know... it's cheesey and someone even said that the main title music is too cheerful. I think it's perfect, but that's me. There's nothing like the intense and adversarial banter between Karl Kolchak and his boss. And mix that with a "monster" for every episode. Very well done. First, there were 2 movies: The Nightstalker, and The Nightstrangler. Then, the series. About 20 episodes.

Me to.
The main problems that I had with the show were:
1. Nobody ever believes Kolchak.
"Sure, Kolchak... Even though you were right about the vampire, the werewolf, the haunted armor, the witches, etc., etc.... There's NO way that I'm gonna believe in lizard people..."

2. Everwhere Kolchak goes, there's supernatural stuff. The X-Files fixed this flaw by having them specifically seeking out paranormal stuff, but Kolchak just stumbled onto it by accident. He couldn't even take a cruise without running into a werewolf...

Bill Scott · Unread post by **Bill Scott** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:52 am

New guy here butting into the conversation

gaby wrote:I loved all the Scream,s movies,Tremors and Deep Rising.

Friday the 13th would have better if they gone this way.
But they use Jason ,well that was o.k but they shoud have ended in with Ft13:4 Final Chapter.

Too bad ther was no Magic object that empowered him with powers in the Movie.

Deep Rising is one of my favorite monster movies of all time. It was great IMHO

As far as Jason/Fri13 is concerned, I ran a GURPS adventure several years ago where a squad of military based occultists were exploring the secret of Camp Crystal Lake. The bottom line is that Jason's mother belonged to a coven of witches who raised him for a reason I can't recall. The adventure was so cool that it led into a entire campaign which lasted nearly a year and a half

gaby · Unread post by **gaby** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:17 am

John Carpenter,s Vampires was Good.

What did you think of it?

Killer Cyborg · Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:58 pm

gaby wrote:John Carpenter,s Vampires was Good.

What did you think of it?

The movie is okay.

The original novel, Vampire$, by John Steakley, is 1000x better.

Kalinda · Unread post by **Kalinda** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:06 pm

Killer Cyborg wrote:
gaby wrote:John Carpenter,s Vampires was Good.

What did you think of it?

The movie is okay.

The original novel, Vampire$, by John Steakley, is 1000x better.

1000% agreement here. 8-)

Mr.Blonde · Unread post by **Mr.Blonde** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:03 pm

Kalinda wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:
gaby wrote:John Carpenter,s Vampires was Good.

What did you think of it?

The movie is okay.

The original novel, Vampire$, by John Steakley, is 1000x better.

1000% agreement here.

Isn't the book usually better?

Killer Cyborg · Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:28 pm

Mr.Blonde wrote:
Kalinda wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:
gaby wrote:John Carpenter,s Vampires was Good.

What did you think of it?

The movie is okay.

The original novel, Vampire$, by John Steakley, is 1000x better.

1000% agreement here.

Isn't the book usually better?

Yup.
But in the degree of difference is staggering in this case.

gaby · Unread post by **gaby** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:39 pm

How would you make Christine in BtS?

Is it only a Tectonic or Syphon entity in a Car or could it be some thing more?

Shawn Merrow · Unread post by **Shawn Merrow** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:57 pm

Another good anime to watch is Chrono Crusade. Its set in 1928 and deals with a holy order fighting supernatural evil.

Killer Cyborg · Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:51 pm

SightblinderX wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:
gaby wrote:John Carpenter,s Vampires was Good.

What did you think of it?

The movie is okay.

The original novel, Vampire$, by John Steakley, is 1000x better.

Are you sure that the movie is based on that?

Yes. Completely.
I believe it says so in the credits.
And the names are often the same (Jack Crow, Father Adam, etc), and teh tactics, and the fact that Team Crow works for the Church (although in the book, Crow reports directly to the pope), and some of the scenes are the same.

Killer Cyborg · Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:18 pm

SightblinderX wrote:
Killer Cyborg wrote:Yes. Completely.
I believe it says so in the credits.
And the names are often the same (Jack Crow, Father Adam, etc), and teh tactics, and the fact that Team Crow works for the Church (although in the book, Crow reports directly to the pope), and some of the scenes are the same.

Huh...well, learn something new everyday...

Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire%24

Killer Cyborg · Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:19 pm

Keldonus wrote:Not a movie, but the novel House of Leaves. Holy crap. Scariest thing I've ever encountered. In the period I was reading it, I was nervous all the time, day or night, reading it or not. I hated having my back exposed, and didn't enjoy being home alone, especially in the basement (where I slept at the time). A friend who read it taped his closet door shut, and suffered from a similar nervousness.

Extremely good.

One of my favorite books.

Chuck Lang · Unread post by **Chuck Lang** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:06 am

Killer Cyborg wrote:
Keldonus wrote:Not a movie, but the novel House of Leaves. Holy crap. Scariest thing I've ever encountered. In the period I was reading it, I was nervous all the time, day or night, reading it or not. I hated having my back exposed, and didn't enjoy being home alone, especially in the basement (where I slept at the time). A friend who read it taped his closet door shut, and suffered from a similar nervousness.

Extremely good.

One of my favorite books.

Yep, it's up there for me too. I wouldn't say I was scared reading it, but it was suspenseful and intriguing; that's pretty much as close as I can get to scared when reading something. I think I'm too analyitical, but it definitely did "suck me in."

Rayven · Unread post by **Rayven** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:00 am

ash_wednesday wrote:
C.R.A.F.T. wrote:Name a movie that can't be translated into some aspect of gaming?
Debbie does Dallas

D20 Book of Erotic Fantasy takes that movie to a whole new level.