and the good news is that Rick Baker (American Werewolf etc.) is behind the creature effects so it doesn't look to yet another lame 100% CGI sellout ala Van Helsing


http://www.horror-asylum.com/database/data-images/5028c.jpg

See, to me, that just looks like a well taken picture of a mask that you bought at walmart for $25. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but seriously, that doesn't look like anything I can buy into. It's a guy in a mask.

See, to me, that just looks like a well taken picture of a mask that you bought at walmart for $25. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but seriously, that doesn't look like anything I can buy into. It's a guy in a mask.

It's The Wolf Man.. what should he look like then?

what should he look like then?
just for you :grrhee:

http://www.ioberon.cz/wallpapers/albums/userpics/normal_van-helsing-dracula-wolf.jpg

lmao. It is true though. That CGI wolfman does look better.

The CGI wolfman looks like something that belongs on the side of Cheech and Chong's van.

Hey, if you liked Van Helsing more power to ya. They made that movie just for you.

van hesling was terrible and obviously the company just wanted to push something out for the summer to make some cheap scratch.

Nothing Hugh Jackman related is terrible. That is why Australia is such a great country.

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Nothing Hugh Jackman related is terrible. That is why Australia is such a great country.

Hugh should have stayed home when they filmed this turd. 80 years of Universal classic horror down the toiled in one stroke...

I'm way more interested in his role as Che Guevara....those movies are going to be AWESOME! (I don't know if you guys have heard about them, but he's made two movies as "Che Guevara"...should be amazing)

Hugh should have stayed home when they filmed this turd. 80 years of Universal classic horror down the toiled in one stroke...

Quite a few strokes, actually.
So, how many "Frankenstein" references and knockoffs have there been? In the hundreds, I'd say...

Classic Horror is more painful to watch than Van Helsing. I'm sorry. It's a huge insult, and I like neither one. But classic horror is terrible and about as cheesey as films ever were.

Classic Horror is more painful to watch than Van Helsing. I'm sorry. It's a huge insult, and I like neither one. But classic horror is terrible and about as cheesey as films ever were.

Cite some examples of classic horror. If you're thinking about the same films that I am, you're totally wrong

Nah, I just came back to emphasize when i think classic horror, I'm thinking about the cheesey black and white movies, to the friday the 13ths, the nightmare on elm streets, texas chainsaw massacre etc.
The frankenstein, wolfman, blob, birds, all that was just terrible though, if that's what we're considering classic horror.

but maybe not?

Nah, I just came back to emphasize when i think classic horror, I'm thinking about the cheesey black and white movies, to the friday the 13ths, the nightmare on elm streets, texas chainsaw massacre etc.
The frankenstein, wolfman, blob, birds, all that was just terrible though, if that's what we're considering classic horror.

but maybe not?

Glote is obviously not a true horror buff but more of a common trend-ster so there is no real discussion here to be had with him...

So explain what you mean by classic horror? Unless those are, or just movies like them that nobody has heard of. In that case, you just like crappy movies.
And that's cool. I like crappy martial arts movies. With tons of wires, terrible voice-overs, and crazy sound effects.

Gloat is right, there's always a charm with the old, old movies like that.

My preference had nothing to do with the movies, just the quality of that picture of the costume and makeup v. CGI. To me a guy in a wolf mask looks like that, whereas some of the CGI stuff can make a more realistic blend. I certainly wasn't a fan of van helsing as a movie. I'm not talking about character development, plot, etc... just how the wolfman looks.

So explain what you mean by classic horror? Unless those are, or just movies like them that nobody has heard of. In that case, you just like crappy movies.
And that's cool. I like crappy martial arts movies. With tons of wires, terrible voice-overs, and crazy sound effects.

Classic horror is Lon Chaney, Karloff, Lugosi, Vincent Price etc. The old Universal and Hammer films etc. If that stuff doesn't do much for you then you're simply not a classic horror buff. Nuthin wrong with that, just makes it difficult to discuss stuff like The Wolf Man on the same level...

Gloat is right, there's always a charm with the old, old movies like that.

Gloat said the old horror movies sucked...

My preference had nothing to do with the movies, just the quality of that picture of the costume and makeup v. CGI. To me a guy in a wolf mask looks like that, whereas some of the CGI stuff can make a more realistic blend. I certainly wasn't a fan of van helsing as a movie. I'm not talking about character development, plot, etc... just how the wolfman looks.

CGI is great for backdrops, transitions etc. but is nowhere near as convincing as prop or well done makeup effects on the level of Rick Baker, Savini etc. It is what it is - a cartoon. The creatures in Van Helsing looked so absolutely phony it was comical. I'm sorry, Karloff in costume filmed in 1933 is still far scarier and realistic than that stupid jar-headed joke from Van Helsing - same for the rest of characters...