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Horror Fan Era: Eternally Overlooked
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There's already a trailer? Damn, they really rushed that into production.
There was a trailer attached to Halloween.
Wasn't a fan of the original but the trailer looked good for fans.
Decided to skip Suspiria for now (with how diverse and long the movie is), but I just came back from seeing Overlord tonight, which I enjoyed quite a bit actually. Could have probably taken the horror aspect further, but still a solid and enjoyable film. Love that kid also lol.
It was ok, but I enjoyed Ravenous (AKA Les affamés, very good zombie flick), Annihilation, I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House, Gerald's Game, and Errementari - The Blacksmith and the Devil more. The latter is more Toro-esque fantasy than horror though. Ritual was fine until the turn of events towards the end, and I didn't enjoy Calibre that much either. I haven't had time to watch Apostle yet.
Well, three episodes in and it's absolutely great so far, I love it.
Yes! He's amazing.
And holy shit I just got to a big reveal halfway through the season.
edit: two episodes left, wtf is happening
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Cam, a newer release from Blumhouse, just hit on Netflix. It got great buzz out of Fantastic Fest earlier this year, so I was excited to check it out. It's not particularly scary, but hits anxiety and dread really well.
It follows a cam girl trying to solve how to get her identity back after someone or something locks her out of her account and begins streaming literally as her. Think Black Mirror in terms of premise, but with an added focus on some parts of the sex industry that don't get examined much by film. It was written and co-directed by a former cam streamer too.
Here's the trailer:
Here's an article with the creative leads of the movie discussing the film:
https://nylon.com/cam-netflix-film-sex-work
It follows a cam girl trying to solve how to get her identity back after someone or something locks her out of her account and begins streaming literally as her. Think Black Mirror in terms of premise, but with an added focus on some parts of the sex industry that don't get examined much by film. It was written and co-directed by a former cam streamer too.
Here's the trailer:
Here's an article with the creative leads of the movie discussing the film:
https://nylon.com/cam-netflix-film-sex-work
Just got out of suspiria and boy did I not like it. So boring. So drab. Despite its lengthy run time felt under cooked and disjointed.
I will never understand some people's definition of scary, if that's not it. Anyway, thanks for the heads up with this. Going to watch it tomorrow I think.
I'm on the opposite side. Saw it this week and absolutely loved it. It's so much more interesting and memorable than recent films as Hereditary or A Quiet Place.
I watched the original Suspiria as well again and it's really neat how different little character names and details from the original were re-used in different ways.
I think that stuff is full blown terrifying, but I find that, when talking to people, they think of "scary" as the stuff that kept them from sleeping when they were kids and not the stuff that keeps them from sleeping as adults.
Agreed. A lot of people see "scary" as movies terrifying them like when they were younger, scared to turn off the bedroom light, getting nightmares, covering their eyes during the movie, etc
Halfway through season 2 of The Exorcist and I like it just as much as season 1. I had a few issues with the second part of the first season.
Fuck, I'm gonna miss these characters. I'll have watched the two seasons in about three days and I would love more of it :(
Fuck, I'm gonna miss these characters. I'll have watched the two seasons in about three days and I would love more of it :(
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Watched Cam and May The Devil Take You recently, both were pretty good
Cam
May The Devil Take You
Cam
May The Devil Take You
I thought of it being more of a mix between Black Mirror and The Dark Half, only briefly registering Perfect Blue, with the emphasis on Black Mirror. That movie is probably the more apt comparison. I haven't seen it since its original release while half asleep though, which is probably why I didn't think much about it.
I still want to know what "it" was supposed to be. The Lawnmower Man? A Ghost in the Shell? Lucy? Skynet?
Now that I've finished The Exorcist, I'd like another horror series, or just with some dark or mystery elements. Even if it's "light" like the new Sabrina show. I've watched The Haunting of Hill House, I've watched Requiem, I've got my fill of Channel Zero with the first three seasons so I'm gonna wait a bit before I watch the last one. I know there's American Horror Story but I dropped after one episode of season 4, I hated it, and I'm not sure I want to watch an anthology right now.
First world problems. If I don't find anything I guess I'll go back to Supernatural, just to see some monsters and demons.
edit: I've had Hemlock Grove on my watchlist for a longtime... And I also said that I'd watch Bates Motel soon. Decisions decisions.
First world problems. If I don't find anything I guess I'll go back to Supernatural, just to see some monsters and demons.
edit: I've had Hemlock Grove on my watchlist for a longtime... And I also said that I'd watch Bates Motel soon. Decisions decisions.
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Have you watched Dark on Netflix? Also, Hemlock Grove is...not the greatest, but easy to get sucked into until the end. Also, American Horror Story was very hit and miss with me, but mostly miss. My favorite season by far was the third, and the eighth that just ended ties back to it and the first. Another show to watch, depending on whether or not you enjoy animated shows would be Castlevania, and even potentially Berserk and Attack on Titan if you haven't seen them either.
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I just saw it last week and I'm right there with you. I'm a huge fan of the original, so I half expected to hate the remake, but it carved out its own identity while keeping a lot of the DNA of Argento's film intact. It was definitely a slow burn, but I thought it kind of needed to be for the story they were trying to tell. Personally I'd love to see Guadagnino's take on the stories behind the other two mothers (and god knows it wouldn't be too hard to make a better film than Argento's Mother of Tears).
I actually loved Hereditary too, and it's probably up there with Suspiria in terms of my favorites from this year. Wasn't a fan of A Quiet Place either though.
Finally got around and saw Mandy... The first like 45 minutes are really, really strange but I guess they needed to be. It was absolutely worth it to hang on and continue watching though. I liked this film.
Also major props for the director for filming some great fighting scenes without using the stupid ass shaky cam.
Also major props for the director for filming some great fighting scenes without using the stupid ass shaky cam.
My first viewing of Videodrome made me really really sad, because had I seen it way back when, I certainly would have lived a happier life
https://letterboxd.com/kinggroin/film/videodrome/
*bow*
https://letterboxd.com/kinggroin/film/videodrome/
*bow*
"Love live the new flesh" couldn't be a more fitting motto for David Cronenberg and his grotesque body of work.
Might wanna fix that motto :p
Love that movie though.
Saw "The Possession of Hannah Grace" last night. Sucked. I know that seems like it should be self-evident to a lot of people, but I thought the movie had some hidden potential as the trailer had some decent scenes, and the premise and setting are inherently pretty spooky. Unfortunately they took that setting and premise and did about the least interesting things they possibly could with them. All the ingredients were there to make a very effective psychological horror movie. Instead they used those ingredients to make a shitty creature feature that at times reminded me of a lesser entry in the "Alien" franchise.
You just saved me some time. I too thought there may be some hidden potential in that movie. That's too bad
I watched The Endless on US Netflix. It's a sci-fi, slow burn with some mystery and horror elements. Pretty good.
If you liked The Endless, I higly recommend the two other movies made by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
The first one they made is called Resolution (2013), and is in fact a direct prequel to The Endless.
Their second movie is called Spring (2015). This one is a bit different than the other two, but you'll still recognize their style. It's a movie that kind of blends horror and... romance? Seems strange but it works. This one is spectacular. I am absolutely in love with this movie.
Thumbs up for Bird Box, that just got its premiere on Netflix. Tense apocalyptic horror with a touch of drama.
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I thought those two characters were familiar. Yes, I have seen Resolution, good stuff.
I think i already watched this movie 10+ times but i still get the shivers in this scene
Absolutely fantastic
Absolutely fantastic
This movie chilled me to the bone, and stayed with me for a long time after I first saw it. Its particular imagery and symbolism were very effective for me.
I know many people find this movie quite silly, and I never understood exactly why. Yeah of course it's not a jump scare kind of horror, but for me as soon as
the little girl got her head severed because of her brother,
the movie then became completely horrifying, kept building on that awful dread, and never let go until the end.
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Saw The Loved Ones yesterday. Between that and Devil's Candy, Sean Byrne is one of my favorite new horror directors. Loved Ones was fantastic; The reviews describing this as a feature-length version of the Texas Chainsaw dinner scene weren't kidding. The Loved Ones is a lean, mean, relentless, nasty little horror gem. Efficiently established characters, effective set-up, a hellish nightmare of a scenario, and a simple plot that keeps you on your toes with one gory surprise and swerve after the other
And between those two movies, he has a really large range, unrelenting darkly-comic gory nightmare versus slow-burn atmospheric psychological horror
And between those two movies, he has a really large range, unrelenting darkly-comic gory nightmare versus slow-burn atmospheric psychological horror
I loved the movie up until the end. I wish it had stopped before
the proclamation part,
I saw The Loved One years ago, but I never see anyone talk about it/mention it. Glad to see it getting some love.
Not seen Devil's Candy though.
The part when the cellar is opened and the feral victims are revealed is such a great "oh it's that kind of movie, didn't see that coming" moment
So, there's this trailer:
Is it too early to predict the movie of the year? Because this is it.
Is it too early to predict the movie of the year? Because this is it.
Spring is great! Didn't realize they had a prequel to endless. Will seek it out.
Ravenous (Les Affamés) is quite good. Fairly standard post-zombie outbreak survival story, but nice cast of characters, very well shot and great atmosphere. They do some interesting things as well with the zombies, who seem to be oddly sentient with hints of a darker mystery.
Much better than Bird Box in any case, which I liked to some degree, but also felt that it featured too much exposition, useless characters and jumps in logic. Simplicity is best, people.
Much better than Bird Box in any case, which I liked to some degree, but also felt that it featured too much exposition, useless characters and jumps in logic. Simplicity is best, people.