i literally say the same thing at the bottom of my post.
but i'm not comparing him to people like that. i feel like he's in more of the sam raimi field.
regardless of the quality of the movies, i don't find eggers interesting as a horror movie director so far.
i definitely find peele interesting. ti west has been interesting, though hit and miss outside of his main movies. wingard is starting to convince me that he would better outside of the horror field looking at the guest. you're next was a disappointment and so was blair witch, though both enjoyable.
Bitch you barkin up the wrong fuckin' treeOnly movie of his I've seen is Knock Knock, and that was surprisingly really good.
I'd say Rob Zombie and Roth are on about the level but Roth has never made anything like The Devil's Rejects which is probably Zombie's best movie by and far.
Roth is mediocre because he's uninteresting. He says nothing of value or substance. There's no real human insight.
not at all. roth has much more constraint than zombie and is a much better director overall.
I don't think associate Roth's directorial style in most cases with words like constraint even if Zombie is more gratuitous overall.
I wouldn't either but I also wouldn't say him and Zombie are similar directors or are on the same level.
Came for Na Hong-jin. Thank you.
When I say similar I mean the general quality of their output. I also don't think Eli has done anything nearly on the level of the Devil's Rejects but to be fair, neither has Zombie.
Came for Na Hong-jin. Thank you.
Maybe keep Julia Ducournau on the radar? Had her very competent debut with RAW last year.
And what about Pascal Laugier? Haven't heard anything from him after Martyrs though.
Not a fan of Eli Roth. I've only seen Hostel 1 + 2 though. Hated them.
Zombie has much lower lows. I don't think Roth has made anything as bad as 31 either which can be almost aggravatingly bad because of zombie's excess, which is why I mentioned Roth having more restraint in that comparison since a bad zombie movie is made even worse by his directing style.
I would say that Green Inferno is worse than anything Zombie has made, and 31 was borderline unwatchable.
Okay. Not on my priority list then.Laugier made the tall man after. I've seen a little bit but eh. Martyrs came out at the right time. New French Extremity was getting a lot more attention in the states.
I would love to hear why.
If anything, it's incredibly average considering the concept and it's inspirations.
Green Inferno and cannibal movies are a love it or hate it subgenre. It was "problematic" in the 70s, and it's problematic now. But if you can get over the idea of the native other as a amorphous mass of the unknown and generally evil (for the sake of the plot), they can be fun, which is what I thought abouit Green Inferno. I had a good time watching this idealistic college kids who talk a big game about saving the world being sledgehammer-ed by a reality they don't know.I would say that Green Inferno is worse than anything Zombie has made, and 31 was borderline unwatchable.
Green Inferno and cannibal movies are a love it or hate it subgenre. It was "problematic" in the 70s, and it's problematic now. But if you can get over the idea of the native other as a amorphous mass of the unknown and generally evil (for the sake of the plot), they can be fun, which is what I thought abouit Green Inferno. I had a good time watching this idealistic college kids who talk a big game about saving the world being sledgehammer-ed by a reality they don't know.
31 was terrible, but that opening scene and the midget nazi helped the movie go down smoother than it should have.
He's a bit of a budget director. I think he builds his movies around cool scenarios instead of an actual storywhich leads to some paper thin characterizations. I still enjoy them for the most part. I'm really curious how Death Wish is going to be.I like the older Cannibal movies, animal cruelty aside. There's something about the way Roth builds up to things that bugs me. The first 30 minutes to an hour of his movies normally make me check out by the time the gore starts flying. They always feel not cohesive to me, like someone jammed two movie halves together. Only movie of his that felt cohesive to me is Cabin Fever, which isn't great, but its ok.
I thought Knock Knock was a fantastic thriller if you imagine it was filmed over a weekend and the Eli and Keanu were taking a break from their other movies.I thought that Knock Knock and Green Inferno were a big step back from his earlier films.
Also David Robert Mitchell.Fede' Alvarez, Jordan Peele, Adam Wingard, Mike Flanagan, Jeremy Saulnier, James Wan, etc.. are all more interesting modern horror movie directors than Eli Roth.
Will Jordan Peele continue to do Horror movies? I was pretty sure it was only a one-off thing, but I could be wrong.Sure, I was thinking about including him because I think It Follows is modern horror classic however it seems he's not doing any more horror at least any time soon.
Will Jordan Peele continue to do Horror movies? I was pretty sure it was only a one-off thing, but I could be wrong.
thanks, i'll have to check them out. i've been trying to get into giallo recently, so these should be interesting.Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani just came to my mind, too.
I like their neo-giallo approach. Amer was competent, and L'Ă©trange couleur des larmes de ton corps was very enjoyable just for the style, especially the set design and the lighting. Haven't had a chance to see their new feature, Laissez bronzer les cadavres. But reviews seem promising. And man, let them continue making movies if we get more of these beautiful posters!
Okay. Not on my priority list then.
there were a few scenes when they're in that cage that seem out of place like the whole diarrhea bit. green inferno was a definitely a disappointment.Honestly, the only thing I remember from watching the movie is cannibal munchies, which is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen in a movie. Its the kind of terrible movie, where I only remember the experience of not being able to wait for it to be over. If I wasn't watching it in a theater, no way I would have sat all the way through it.
Roth is serviceable as a genre filmmaker. When he gets delusions of profundity and tries to make social statements in his work, that's when it all falls apart.
Sure, I was thinking about including him because I think It Follows is modern horror classic however it seems he's not doing any more horror at least any time soon.
I don't think he is, but only because I haven't seen his movies. and the OP is a well-written and convincing argument for how his career has been interesting—not necessarily good, but always clearly a guy working in dialogue with his knowledge of the history of horror cinema.
That's the thing: I like Wan and Flanagan and Peele and Eggers a lot, but I'd find it difficult to say any one of them is the most interesting director in horror. Either because they're "simply" fantastic craftsmen (Flanagan and Wan) or because they haven't made enough yet to evince common threads (Peele and Eggers).
Ti West is the answer in my mind. Like, The Sacrament sucks. But then The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers are two of the best horror movies of recent years, and Trigger Man and The Roost show that he has a perspective.
Others I think are worth keeping an eye on are Oz Perkins and Jennifer Kent and Sean Byrne.
Jeremy Saulnier has my attention, too. he's only done green room but that movie was so fucking good. he has the potential to make really grounded horror movies if he decides to stick with that. Along with Mickey Keating and the Soska sisters. American Mary is quality body horror and their part in ABCs of Death 2 is nuts in the good way. I would love to see them with a bigger budget or at least more push behind their work.
oops, i meant to clarify. i meant in the horror genre, but yeah, blue ruin is an incredible movie.
He didn't even make the best Hostel movie. He's more hack than anything else. I'd take Jordan Peele over him.