yes, the ending had me shook.
as an aspiring cyberpsychologist, it's always good to hear more internet/tech horror! recently watched Kairo (or 'Pulse', 2001 (yeah sorry i know this is post 2005 thread) - spirits leaking from the afterlife via the internet, or something. gorgeous, aesthetically - really interesting sound design that recalled early BBC radiophonic workshop/derbyshire editing. saw 'Unfriended - Dark Web' at the cinema recently, too. pretty silly, but i just loved how it was all set from the OS desktop. unfortunately computer-screen films don't seem to date too well, given the rate of tech progression -- original 'Unfriended', set over skype only four years ago looks pretty old already...
― meaulnes, Thursday, 22 November 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
pulse rules
i would like to reiterate: the strangers prey at night is the best recent horror movie i’ve seen
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 22 November 2018 05:24 (five years ago) link
I thought it was pretty good but the swimming pool scene was incredible
― i know kore-eda (or something), Thursday, 22 November 2018 12:06 (five years ago) link
The Suspiria remake is a right old mess - some good moments (loved the scene when we spy on the witches taunting the naked policeman), but far too long and too many dance sequences, crappy effects, a near-disastrous last twenty minutes. I'm not, to put it mildly, a Radiohead fan, so for me the soundtrack was a real turn-off - Thom Yorke's usual ghostly or ghastly singing backed by some fairly routine creepy minimalist signifiers. The remake, perhaps wisely, doesn't even attempt to match the original's stunning first half hour in terms of intensity, sound, colour, décor - and is in fact almost totally not scary throughout.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 22 November 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
yeah it’s all over the place. the dancing was wicked though they basically spoiled the volk performance by making it really REALLY unpleasant to watch
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 22 November 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
It Comes At Night is definitely great peak prepper thriller, which seems to be a trend right now, but don't sleep on The Survivalist, which is equally intense.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 November 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
ICaN did nothing for me tbh. Showcased all the "gentrified genre movie" stereotypes unfairly thrown at so many other recent American horror movies
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 22 November 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
Another thumbs up for Evolution.
Someone said November is on the American version of amazon prime but without subtitles.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 23 November 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
New Suspiria is not good, aside from some nice cinematography and the odd pan and zoom. 'That' casting decision didn't work for me at all
― or something, Friday, 23 November 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
And it's sooooo looooong yes, I was writhing in my seat
― or something, Friday, 23 November 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
Jessica Harper?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 23 November 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
No she was fine, I thought it would be obvious but Tilda Swinton as Father Merrin
― or something, Friday, 23 November 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
Horror crew who have Shudder, what do you recommend? I signed up thinking I'd watch Mandy and cancel before my free trial is over, but it's cheap enough that I might keep it for a month or two, maybe watch the Argento and Bava films.
― WmC, Sunday, 2 December 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
if you like mandy and haven't seen beyond the black rainbow imo do that. also: fulci's the beyond and zombie; one of my favorite slasher sequels ever hello mary lou: prom night 2; abel ferrara's feminist masterpiece ms. 45; gaspar noe's biggest influence which is 1000x better than any gaspar noe film, angst; all the phantasm movies (they're missing phantasm 2 unfortunately); starry eyes is a body horror that freaked me out so much i never want to watch it again; everyone has to watch death bed: the bed that eats at least once
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 December 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
also my favorite movie the exorcist iii
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 December 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
and one probably not for everyone but: tense dreamy identity crisis thriller always shine is one of my favorite movies of the past few years
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 December 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
Thanks! I have a pretty weak constitution when it comes to horror but I want to check some things out. I watched Mandy this evening and liked it a lot.
― WmC, Sunday, 2 December 2018 03:57 (five years ago) link
ok then i take back starry eyes and maybe angst (less scary than stomach-churning) but the rest definitely
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:01 (five years ago) link
omg there is so much to recommend on shudder -- it would be easier to recommend if we knew what you like/are looking for?! :)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:12 (five years ago) link
beyond mandy, i mean
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
oh! i really enjoyed the channel zero series -- all three seasons tbh
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:14 (five years ago) link
i've heard almost exclusively good things about channel zero, i should finally check it out
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
each season has its charms so far -- 2 and 3 in particular (2 thematically and 3 visually -- the Return to Oz factor is very high iirc) i guess there are two more seasons that have aired but i haven't seen. i kind of can't believe this show was on tv?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:22 (five years ago) link
I'm more or less okay with gore, I like tension but I'm a little wary of jump scares. I'm still trying to figure out what I like after a lifetime of avoiding horror. I watched Audition many years ago and thought it was a terrific film but it left me a mess for a few days and I haven't sought out anything like it.
― WmC, Sunday, 2 December 2018 04:26 (five years ago) link
Things I have watched/plan to watch on Shudder, some of them familiar favorites: Bava and Argento, check; Carpenter's Halloween and The Fog; Ghostwatch; Re-Animator; Short Night of Glass Dolls; the Fulci movies BradNelson mentions; The Old Dark House; Daughters of Darkness; Lords of Salem
Shudder just added some King-related titles and I have watched/will watch Silver Bullet, Creepshow, and Salem's Lot
obv most of these are pre- rather than post-2005
― Brad C., Sunday, 2 December 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
Does shudder as subcomponent of Amazon Prime have all the same selections as shudder standalone?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 2 December 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
Is that the original Old Dark House? I've probably seen 75% of the horror movies released in the '30s and that's probably top five from that decade imo.
Starry Eyes def recommended, but iirc it's more unnerving than like gory or whatever. If you can stomach Mandy, you can probably stomach that one.
― all lite up and very romatic (Old Lunch), Sunday, 2 December 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
yes, Shudder has the 1932 Old Dark House with Karloff ... I agree it's one of the best 1930s horror movies
recently I read the novel it's based on, J.B. Priestley's Benighted, and was surprised to discover that the movie is a faithful adaptation
― Brad C., Sunday, 2 December 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
Does the novel shed any light on the casting choice Whale made for the father?
― all lite up and very romatic (Old Lunch), Sunday, 2 December 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
no, I think that was all Whale
― Brad C., Sunday, 2 December 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link
I didn’t think much of the Strangers sequel, unfortunately. Hendricks was wasted and it had very little of the first one’s menace and tension.
Let The Corpses Tan is on Amazon Prime Video, in the U.K. at least.
― ShariVari, Sunday, 16 December 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
i suffered through Corpses. fun style, for a few minutes
― Nhex, Sunday, 16 December 2018 07:26 (five years ago) link
Switched that off after twenty mins, despite liking Amer and SCOYBT
― or something, Sunday, 16 December 2018 08:04 (five years ago) link
I think they’re onto an interesting thing but they’re never really pulling it off.
― circa1916, Sunday, 16 December 2018 08:13 (five years ago) link
That’s a shame, I’ll give it a go.
― ShariVari, Sunday, 16 December 2018 08:25 (five years ago) link
Rewatching The House of the Devil (2009), looking v crisp in BluRay, and I'm loving the early Cronenberg aesthetic (def. seeing why multipele reviews mention The Brood). Good, unsettling stuff.
Also, Greta Gerwig!
And this tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHYIGy1dyd8
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
The creature and the performances in Mara aren't enough to outweigh its already-seen mixture of The Grudge / Ring / The Boogeyman / etc.
Unfriended Dark Web has a decent idea and cool resolution, but the visuals (pop-up windows for actors & info with small text) quickly lost my interest. The first one - supernatural plot - I thought was decent enough to keep me engaged.
Both library borrows, so less a dissatisfied feeling, more checkboxing the genre. Besides Mandy sticking with me, the last five minutes of Kin (sci-fi, not horror) is the best thing I've seen lately.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
"Revenge" is super lurid, trashy, ridiculous, OTT stylized, and OK, not really horror or even remotely suspenseful but it is pretty gory and in the end probably perfect midnight movie fare.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 January 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
watching Endless and Annihilation back to back highlighted all the things the former does right and the latter does poorly.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 24 January 2019 04:28 (five years ago) link
that's rough, but i get it
― Nhex, Thursday, 24 January 2019 05:14 (five years ago) link
rough in the sense that it's hard on Annihilation or that I'm not making my point clear?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 24 January 2019 05:33 (five years ago) link
the first. though i also think that Endless is slept on (and like Annihilation, it being a messy, imperfect but ultimately cool mystery)
― Nhex, Thursday, 24 January 2019 06:49 (five years ago) link
I noticed there's a remake of blairw proj. Wtf. Is it as crap as I think it is?I'm reading the Devil's Advocates series. So awesome.
― nathom, Thursday, 24 January 2019 10:12 (five years ago) link
xp, yeah I get it. Annihilation's gender flip of the standard "four guys confront the horror" trope seemed the only interesting twist for me. Endless is definitely messy and features an unnecessary and poorly structured first fifteen minutes or so (also, due respect, but Justin Benson shouldn't be starring in his movies)... but it is far more evocative with far less in the same general field. TBH, the Resolution callback had me bouncing off the couch so my enthusiasm is at least partially due to the stylistic approach being more wry and self-aware but hooooo boy could Annihilation have used a dose of self-awareness. Made Interstellar look carefree.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 24 January 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
The Blair Witch remake, which I haven't seen, was directed by Adam Wingard. People were psyched about a followup to You're Next and The Guest, and it was originally called The Woods. But then it was revealed to be a secret Blair Witch reboot, and it's supposed to be terrible, so terrible that even Wingard has seemed sort of apologetic about it and almost acts like he was blackmailed into doing it. I think he did a movie after that that no one saw/liked, but then they dumped a bunch of money at his house to do Godzilla vs. King Kong, so who the fuck knows what kind of favor he did or was owed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
it's not a remake. It's a direct sequel to the first move
but it is crap, yeah
― Number None, Thursday, 24 January 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
Or is it a ... soft reboot?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
it's a sequel. it's not "good" but i enjoyed it in the theater regardless
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 January 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
not entirely sure why you keep talking about things you haven't seen as if you've seen them
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 January 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
Blair Witch '16 was definitely a disappointment compared to Wingard's other films. It was... OK. I suppose if you were an fan of the original you'd be even more disappointed; he had one or two interesting ideas, the rest was pretty mediocre. I still haven't seen his Death Note movie for Netflix which is also supposed to be bad, but I'll watch it someday. Surprised he got the Kong gig afterwards, but he's definitely a capable director - I still love the hell out of The Guest, and You're Next was really fun.
― Nhex, Thursday, 24 January 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link