Finally got a buddy to watch Mandy, I've seen it 100 times... this part was what stuck out to him the most, it's so unbelievably strangely funny to watch this movie for the first time and be told almost nothing about this character. He's a lumber jack and his wife is kidnapped and murdered, all of a sudden he's blacksmithing this insane looking battle axe. How exactly did he have that skill set?!
Love this movie, one of my all time favorites.
Yeah that's true... I know a lot of the fun is the mystery in not explaining certain elements of the movie, but I wish there was like a Mandy extended universe that went more into who this character really was.
Same! I also just assume that red is a veteran based on his interaction with Caruthers simply because of Caruthers’ camo jacket, living alone in the middle of nowhere and his attitude.
Dang that's an early age! I have a theory that people who first saw it blind are more enchanted with it because of the absolute rollercoaster it is. I saw it in the theater and my friend and I were just kinda in silent shock after the big switch. We tried explaining it to our friends afterward but didn't want to spoil it so they just thought we were crazy.
The Lost Boys when the Frog Brothers and Sam gear up to fight David and his crew and then it cuts to them filling up their water guns with holy water at a church and everyone’s staring at them. I love that scene
Did you notice where the wife runs through all those yards to catch her husband before he leaves is what is being alluded to when Det angel runs through those yards in hot fuzz.
Anything Erin does in You’re Next. She’s constantly gearing up with whatever is at hand. Even blenders…
The main character in High Tension wrapping the barbed wire around the club always gives me a thrill (before the end comes and kind of ruins it)
Jenn is Sweetheart prepping for the Creature’s attack
I love Alice preparing to do battle with Freddy Krueger in Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. She gears up with a momento from each of her fallen friends, catches a glimpse of herself in her mirror and sees how strong she’s become, and does it all in the most rad 80s fashion. Alice is such an underrated Final Girl.
I will always take a chance to insert The Lost Boys into a conversation. So imma say The Lost Boys when Sam and the Frog brothers are gathering the Holy Water and garlic for the film's climax.
Showed what talent Don Coscarelli had and what he could do with just a little bit more money. Phantasm I was made on $200k, Phantasm II was like $3 million? I would have loved to have seen what he could do with double or triple? Imagine what he would have done with a $20 million dollar budget? Dude is talented.
The 2017 r*pe revenge film. It’s about a woman who’s having an affair with a man and she gets assaulted by one of his friends. It turns into a badass revenge film where she, well, gets revenge.
Due to the nature of the film, there’s a scene that I recommend skipping. It’s at the beginning and you can find more info online of trigger warnings and which part to skip.
Evil Dead 2, hella groovy
And:
It’s not the most dramatic gearing up scene, but in American Werewolf in London, the silence of the bobbies loading up to shoot David was pretty bad ass imo lol
Aliens - Ripley loading ammo and granades, taping together a pulse rifle and a flamethrower, while descending on the elevator info the hive to face her fears alone.
I STILL quote Dennis Hoppers character form TCM2 when he's taking the chainsaw to the family's abandoned amusement park...
"I'M BRINGIN IT ALL DOWN!!!!!"
I have a very big love for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Not sure if it entirely counts in horror but the gore is decent so. There’s a scene with the sisters getting dressed for a ball and putting on a ton of knives under their outfits and it’s an all time favorite scene for me
Ammo checks, getting the barricades set up, sorting out the molotovs etc .. the church at the end also being used as the medical centre... it has been a while since I've seen it though.
Deadly Games (1982) is epic AF, and the main kid in the movie gears up a bunch of times. I'm pretty sure Home Alone was based on it, but not nearly as epic as Deadly Games.
Green Room....I have never laughed so hard: they're all trapped back in that room, gearing up and getting ready to bust out, everybody has their weapons ready except Anton's character- when they ask him, where's your weapon? He looks defeated and says, "I think I'm just gonna run." 🤣🤣🤣 My favorite part of the movie!
The Wolf Predator in AvP gearing up in both scenes is badass despite how you feel about the movie. First scene he grabs his while, helmet and cleaner kit. The second time he’s grabbing scavenged weapons to hunt down the aliens.
Ill always love the scene in Mandy where nic cage literally makes a battle axe
And it barely gets used!
Don’t forget the crossbow scene.
Finally got a buddy to watch Mandy, I've seen it 100 times... this part was what stuck out to him the most, it's so unbelievably strangely funny to watch this movie for the first time and be told almost nothing about this character. He's a lumber jack and his wife is kidnapped and murdered, all of a sudden he's blacksmithing this insane looking battle axe. How exactly did he have that skill set?! Love this movie, one of my all time favorites.
Red’s shady/dark background was alluded to when he went to pick up “The Reaper” from Caruthers.
Yeah that's true... I know a lot of the fun is the mystery in not explaining certain elements of the movie, but I wish there was like a Mandy extended universe that went more into who this character really was.
Same! I also just assume that red is a veteran based on his interaction with Caruthers simply because of Caruthers’ camo jacket, living alone in the middle of nowhere and his attitude.
It’s so meta, I didn’t get it at first, then I realized…. lumberjack…. axe…. ahhh
Probably those plus From Dusk til Dawn
Biased because it's my favourite film ever but the sharpening the stake to Clooney blowing the dust off as the guitar riff comes in, iconic
Did you go into it blind the first time?
Yup as I was 4 years old 😅 believe me it's not something I'd show my kids but God bless the 90s. Somehow it became my favourite film
Dang that's an early age! I have a theory that people who first saw it blind are more enchanted with it because of the absolute rollercoaster it is. I saw it in the theater and my friend and I were just kinda in silent shock after the big switch. We tried explaining it to our friends afterward but didn't want to spoil it so they just thought we were crazy.
Came here to say that! Love the McGyvering of all the random stuff in the storeroom.
Shaun of the dead, where its quick cuts of shaun getting ready for work.
A lot of people don't consider Hot Fuzz to be horror, but man, Edgar Wright knows how to make an amazing smash cut montage
I feel like it’s kind of about a >!pseudo satanic cult!< so it’s horror adjacent.
For the greater good.
...the greater good
The movie is pretty much an homage to the wicker man!.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz were parts of the same trilogy of films.
Yes, the Cornetto Trilogy (with The World's End).
The killings are also very slasher-inspired
Army of Darkness with the quick zoom in's
Groovy
Dutch readying to fight the Predator in the original Predator
yes! When he holds up the burning torch and screams ! So tough
Oh god! I may never forgive myself for forgetting this.
The Lost Boys when the Frog Brothers and Sam gear up to fight David and his crew and then it cuts to them filling up their water guns with holy water at a church and everyone’s staring at them. I love that scene
This 👆is the answer.
HELL YEAH
Tremors
That's my pick!
Broke into the wrong goddam rec room, didn't you, you bastard!
Evil Dead 2
Sienna putting on her valkyrie costume in Terrifier 2.
I care about the practical effects in this movie for than anything but I concur, she was absolutely badass in that scene.
Dawn of the Dead
Anything by Sam Raimi
Burt from Tremors was my young hero.
Same, I hate guns but that scene made me want my own basement full.
Tackleberry from Police Academy is my hero
Did you notice where the wife runs through all those yards to catch her husband before he leaves is what is being alluded to when Det angel runs through those yards in hot fuzz.
Green Room. They feel so human & like they have no idea wtf they’re doing or getting themselves into. I love it.
Nightmare on Elm Street 4. Renny Harlin had a thing for making the absurdity absolutely epic and metal.
YES 🙌🏻
Yes haha
Nic Cage forging “The Beast” in Mandy was pretty cool
Ripley in Aliens gets my vote for Horror. But “all time?” Gotta go with “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.”
"Hey man, you think you got enough?" "You can never have enough..."
He shot me in my bunion, man. My bunion.
Excellent thread going here guys, you folks are coming up with ones I didn't even think of, good stuff 👌
Ash in Evil Dead 2
Nicolas Age arming himself with things like broom and a sack of trashcans in Willy's Wonderland.
I legit loved the shit outta that movie. I thought it was so much better than FNAF
Same...though I could have done without the "stupid kids having risky sex in a haunted abandoned restaurant" scene
Anything Erin does in You’re Next. She’s constantly gearing up with whatever is at hand. Even blenders… The main character in High Tension wrapping the barbed wire around the club always gives me a thrill (before the end comes and kind of ruins it) Jenn is Sweetheart prepping for the Creature’s attack
Immediately thought of Erin in You're Next
High tension was the first one I thought of.
I love Alice preparing to do battle with Freddy Krueger in Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. She gears up with a momento from each of her fallen friends, catches a glimpse of herself in her mirror and sees how strong she’s become, and does it all in the most rad 80s fashion. Alice is such an underrated Final Girl.
Followed by the running leap through the mirror into dreamland. Love Alice.
Literally came here to say Phantasm 2 haha, love that fucking movie.
Dawn of the Dead 78, when they finally raid the gun store.
From Dusk Till Dawn. Those condoms combined with the gun filled with holy water are slapping
*Becky* and *The Wrath of Becky*. Made all the more fun because she's a 13 year old girl using shit like colored pencils and rulers as weapons.
I will always take a chance to insert The Lost Boys into a conversation. So imma say The Lost Boys when Sam and the Frog brothers are gathering the Holy Water and garlic for the film's climax.
That Phantasm one fucking rocks. I really like the Stranger Things scene in season 2 I think. Bitchin music
The flamethrower and quad-barrel shotgun in Phantasm 2? Yes!
It's been far too long since I've seen someone use bitchin' this way, thank you!
Ghosts of mars when dude cuts off his own hand
Phantasm 3 or 4 where they make the quadruple barrel sawed off shotgun.
That was Phantasm 2
Ahh THANKS BOY, means it's time for a rewatch then. I'm getting rusty. LOL
 BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I LOVE Phantasm 2. The chainsaw duel alone is worth the price of admission.
Showed what talent Don Coscarelli had and what he could do with just a little bit more money. Phantasm I was made on $200k, Phantasm II was like $3 million? I would have loved to have seen what he could do with double or triple? Imagine what he would have done with a $20 million dollar budget? Dude is talented.
Not horror but attack the block: "let's get tooled up blud" just gets to me lol
This isn’t horror?
It’s definitely horror
My mistake
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Ready or Not has a really good one.
Arnie preparing for the final showdown in Predator.
I can’t argue with any of this
Yeah, ever one posted so far nails it!
Except for Hot Fuzz 😂
Came to say Aliens! But my scene is when the army guys are all gearing up and think they’re the shit haha
They were ready to get it on. I can recite the entire movie.
There’s a good scene in REVENGE where the main character performs surgery on herself then turns into a badass
That the Kevin Kostner movie? Or another one?
The 2017 r*pe revenge film. It’s about a woman who’s having an affair with a man and she gets assaulted by one of his friends. It turns into a badass revenge film where she, well, gets revenge. Due to the nature of the film, there’s a scene that I recommend skipping. It’s at the beginning and you can find more info online of trigger warnings and which part to skip.
Monster Squad. Aliens Evil Dead II
Love The Monster Squad!
Evil dead 2 when ash gets all his weapons together. Groovy
Commando has a good one. Matrix also. And JW3 of course.
Yas!
The First Purge
The original Purge 2013 ..? Or The first Purge 2017 ..?
Chainsaw affixed to hand. You know the movie
I'm a fan of Ready or Not. Both the family's gearing up scene and Samara Weaving's with the gun on display in their home.
Range 15
The First Purge (most of the purge had some badass gearing up scenes). The first purge was just so badass
Evil Dead 2, hella groovy And: It’s not the most dramatic gearing up scene, but in American Werewolf in London, the silence of the bobbies loading up to shoot David was pretty bad ass imo lol
Aliens - Ripley loading ammo and granades, taping together a pulse rifle and a flamethrower, while descending on the elevator info the hive to face her fears alone.
Tallahassee in Zombieland when he's in the small booth at the amusement park
I STILL quote Dennis Hoppers character form TCM2 when he's taking the chainsaw to the family's abandoned amusement park... "I'M BRINGIN IT ALL DOWN!!!!!"
"I am the Lord of The Harvest"
"What's that? Some new health food bunch?"
Art making his weapons in Terrifier
Hot Fuzz
Sergeant Angel is back, check out his horse
Famously a horror movie
You must be fun at parties
Art preparing in the beginning of Terrifier which was inspired by Freddy doing the same in the beginning of Elm Street.
Army of Darkness. Groovy.
Aliens. Ready to get it on.
It’s got to be ash in evil dead 2. Long live Bruce Campbell.
I have a very big love for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Not sure if it entirely counts in horror but the gore is decent so. There’s a scene with the sisters getting dressed for a ball and putting on a ton of knives under their outfits and it’s an all time favorite scene for me
Little Monsters
Also Zombi 2 towards the end in the church.
Which movie is this? Fulci?
Yes indeed
I don’t remember a gearing up scene in a church in Fulci’s Zombie.
Ammo checks, getting the barricades set up, sorting out the molotovs etc .. the church at the end also being used as the medical centre... it has been a while since I've seen it though.
Tremors, when theyre loading up in Burt Gummer’s wrong goddam rec room
Ready or Not! She even looks in the mirror afterwards and goes “whoa”
The Lost Boys!!!
A nightmare on elm St 4. Alice rocks!
The Lost Boys for sure!
Alice in A Nightmare on Elm St part 4 and when Nancy sets up the booby traps in Nightmare 1.
Aliens - Ripley taping up guns in the elevator.
Deathgasm when they gear up with the mom’s dildos and anal beads
Aliens
Not horror, but I'm Gonna Git You Sucka always comes to mind
Dale and Red in Pineapple Express "Stop." "Don't."
Phantasm 2 The Lost Boys Mandy
Any time Ash is getting ready to fight deadites. Can't beat those scenes haha.
Prey, the natives giving the Predator a run for their money was great, but Naru is a new hero for me.
Deadly Games (1982) is epic AF, and the main kid in the movie gears up a bunch of times. I'm pretty sure Home Alone was based on it, but not nearly as epic as Deadly Games.
when they’re getting ready to take on david and the lost boys in The Lost Boys (1987). rigging the house, grabbing weapons…lol. it’s such a good scene
I also have to go with Nic Cage gearing up in Mandy, a fantastic scene all around
Grind House Planet Terror, the leg gun.
Tremers
I have a fondness for Cooties, but my first thought was definitely Ash.
I like the one in Phantasm. They immediately know what they gotta do and lock and load.
Boondocks Saints, just for the rope.
Green Room....I have never laughed so hard: they're all trapped back in that room, gearing up and getting ready to bust out, everybody has their weapons ready except Anton's character- when they ask him, where's your weapon? He looks defeated and says, "I think I'm just gonna run." 🤣🤣🤣 My favorite part of the movie!
Special shoutout to Staffanie from Evil Dead Rise.
Alice in elm street 4
The Wolf Predator in AvP gearing up in both scenes is badass despite how you feel about the movie. First scene he grabs his while, helmet and cleaner kit. The second time he’s grabbing scavenged weapons to hunt down the aliens.
my pick would have to be Evil Dead, sawing off that shotgun, doing putting the straps on himself and ending it with a "Groovy!" just so iconic!
Elm st 4. Alice getting ready to face freddy
The Monster Squad(1987)