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Kvlt! posted:Watch Martyrs, it's the best French extreme horror if you want some more of that. I've seen it. Appreciated its style and how soul-crushingly extreme it was, but the philosophical slant turned me off. Looking back though, I think I wasn't in the right mood for it the night I watched it. Might be due for a re-watch.
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Felt the same way about Frontiers as I had just watched at the tail-end of the initial torture porn wave and I guess I was just burned out on it. It felt like "hey what if hostel and tcm had a baby and it spoke french?" I don't know. I think it's probably worth revisiting because lately I've been feeling almost nostalgic for torture porn. Serious family drama about ghosts in a house shot in blue filter is tired as gently caress.
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Skywalker OG posted:Yeah, regardless of how much porn or torture are actually in Hostel and Saw, if you say that combination of words to someone they are now thinking of those two movies. It's not about actual porn, you know. It's referred to as torture porn because the audience are deriving their entertainment solely from watching people get hurt. The movies have little attempt to generate atmosphere and minimal plot beyond that required to get the victims to the torturers.
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Aug 6, 2014 00:40
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Jedit posted:It's not about actual porn, you know. It's referred to as torture porn because the audience are deriving their entertainment solely from watching people get hurt. The movies have little attempt to generate atmosphere and minimal plot beyond that required to get the victims to the torturers. Which, to tie this back to the original complaint about the term, is more than a little reductive. People like things about Saw other than the torture. Like the soap opera-level plot elements where he is her brother, but she is the aunt of that victim, all carried through several movies operating on several different levels of time.
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Aug 6, 2014 01:13
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The only reason I watched the Saw series past 2 was the ridiculous soap opera.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The only reason I watched the Saw series past 2 was the ridiculous soap opera. I kinda think that the convoluted plot twists were really where the creators' passion was, even moreso than the gore.
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Aug 6, 2014 01:25
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Skywalker OG posted:I just finished Inside
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Jedit posted:It's not about actual porn, you know. It's referred to as torture porn because the audience are deriving their entertainment solely from watching people get hurt. The movies have little attempt to generate atmosphere and minimal plot beyond that required to get the victims to the torturers. I know that in this case porn refers to entertainment, I was just trying to use both words in that sentence.
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It Just Got Worse posted:I kinda think that the convoluted plot twists were really where the creators' passion was, even moreso than the gore. Yeah, it was definitely the hook of that series, to the point where the advertising reflected it. It should've been the little Jigsaw doll promising to be a little stinker but in the last few movies, it's like the DVD box set of Six Feet Under or something.
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Aug 6, 2014 01:32
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The only reason I watched the Saw series past 2 was the ridiculous soap opera. The storyline of the Saw series is like if 24 was a horror movie. Its absolutely the main draw of the series and why it maintained a pretty decent core audience through like six sequels.
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Aug 6, 2014 01:34
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Also, Costas Mandylor. I was ridiculously happy to see that guy after Picket Fences, then Fist of the North Star, then nothing. Hey, he basically reprised his role from Picket Fences, just with more death.
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Aug 6, 2014 01:38
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epoch. posted:Felt the same way about Frontiers as I had just watched at the tail-end of the initial torture porn wave and I guess I was just burned out on it. It felt like "hey what if hostel and tcm had a baby and it spoke french?" I don't know. I liked Frontiers because of the reasons you guys hated it. It was like a mash-up of a poo poo load of cool parts of other horror movies like TCM and The Descent.
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Aug 6, 2014 01:54
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Don't think I saw this posted here, but Bodom has a really effective teaser with an excellent dolly shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L84ReH72UI It's based on the Lake Bodom murders in Finland in 1960 (which Finnish metal band Children of Bodom named themselves after). I hope it's good, because I'd like Finland to get more attention for horror. Sauna is one of my favorite movies but I haven't seen much else from the Finns. Speaking of Nordic horror, any others I should keep an eye out for (besides Dead Snow 2)?
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Aug 6, 2014 04:02
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Has anyone here seen PVC-1? It looks interesting because it was shot in one, continuous, 84-min take (like Silent House, but actually done in one go). It's on Hulu Plus, so I'm considering giving it a spin. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1031951/
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Aug 6, 2014 04:11
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This fits under grimy 80s horror and uplifting horror, street trash is an awesome/hilarious piece of trash I kind of love but haven't seen in this thread
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Aug 6, 2014 05:23
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Holy crap, the original Fright Night is so much goddamn fun. Just finished it. Does anyone know how the remake compares to it?
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Circutron posted:Holy crap, the original Fright Night is so much goddamn fun. Just finished it. Does anyone know how the remake compares to it? It has the benefit of not having that teen with the horrible horrible laugh. Apart from that though, the original Fright Night was one of my favorite movies growing up, and while I don't think the remake is quite on the same level, it didn't really disappoint me. I'd say give it a watch, I'm glad I did. It realizes it isn't supposed to be a serious horror movie, and kind of runs with it.
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XIII posted:Has anyone here seen PVC-1? It looks interesting because it was shot in one, continuous, 84-min take (like Silent House, but actually done in one go). It's on Hulu Plus, so I'm considering giving it a spin. I just finished this and it was...okay. I love long shot gimmicks in movies and this one was no small feat, but it seemed more melodramatic than tense(which is strange given the subject matter) and I couldn't fully engage with it. Maybe it's because a good 30 minutes of this movie is a bunch of aimless running around in the woods... Watch it and tell us what you think.
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News update: Marilyn Burns, who played Sally in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, has died aged 65.
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Aug 6, 2014 10:17
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Circutron posted:Holy crap, the original Fright Night is so much goddamn fun. Just finished it. Does anyone know how the remake compares to it? I really liked both, definitely check out the remake.
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Jedit posted:News update: Marilyn Burns, who played Sally in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, has died aged 65.  Definitely one of the all-time greatest final girls.
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Aug 6, 2014 12:31
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You know what she's a stunner in? The Helter Skelter TV movie starring Railsbeck as Charles Manson.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:You know what she's a stunner in? The Helter Skelter TV movie starring Railsbeck as Charles Manson. I've been meaning to rewatch that ever since I saw The Stunt Man. I forgot Marilyn Burns was even in it.
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I really enjoyed The Den. That was a good recommendation, especially for horror on Netflix. I find it's kind of a bitch to find something decent horror related on there.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:23
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I find them really hit or miss but Astron-6 has a new joint called The Editor at TIFF this year, which seems to be some kind of giallo parody.quote:A one-time (and now one-handed) master film editor toiling in the cinematic sweatshops of 1970s Italy becomes the prime suspect in a series of brutal murders, in this loving tribute to/parody of the gory giallo thrillers of Mario Bava and Dario Argento.
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Just got done watching Under the Skin. Wow. I have no clue what my favorite movie of the year will be. I've seen 4 in the last month that I absolutely loved (this, Guardians of the Galaxy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and The Raid 2), but so far horror-wise, it's very likely going to be Under the Skin.
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Circutron posted:Holy crap, the original Fright Night is so much goddamn fun. Just finished it. Does anyone know how the remake compares to it?
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Man, I guess it's an obvoius function of getting older or having a super pregnant wife or something but I can't handle certain horror movies anymore. I couldn't get through The Den, even though i'm in love with the presentation of it.
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Industrial posted:I liked Frontiers because of the reasons you guys hated it. It was like a mash-up of a poo poo load of cool parts of other horror movies like TCM and The Descent. Agreed. Frontiers was awesome. It's a shame actually that the director hasn't come up with anything close to it since then.
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Danger posted:Man, I guess it's an obvoius function of getting older or having a super pregnant wife or something but I can't handle certain horror movies anymore. I couldn't get through The Den, even though i'm in love with the presentation of it. It's extremely good, but Jesus Christ I can't blame you. It's the harshest horror film I've seen since Martyrs. If it helps, though, the pregnant gal survives alright, and there's a legitimate ending to justify sitting through everything.
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What a wildly uncharacteristic SMG post.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:What a wildly uncharacteristic SMG post. Zizek has not yet posted his review of the movie.
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Chris James 2 posted:Just got done watching Under the Skin. Wow. Yeah Under The Skin is my #1 of the year so far too. For all the reviews and stuff said "you really can't pigeonhole this into one genre" and stuff, I see it as a pretty straightforward horror movie.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:What a wildly uncharacteristic SMG post. I think Megan Is Missing is way worse, but The Den does own.
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Do you guys have any reccomendations for some quality religious horror? I went back and watched The Exorcist and The Omen and am looking for some more of that stuff, besides the obvious choices.
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Kvlt! posted:Do you guys have any reccomendations for some quality religious horror? I went back and watched The Exorcist and The Omen and am looking for some more of that stuff, besides the obvious choices. The Devil Rides Out Lords of Salem
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Kvlt! posted:Do you guys have any reccomendations for some quality religious horror? I went back and watched The Exorcist and The Omen and am looking for some more of that stuff, besides the obvious choices. Witchfinder General.
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I always find it kind of funny that Saw gets most of the credit for starting the whole torture porn idea, when the first movie didn't really have much of any gore, aside from the big whammy scene.
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DeathChicken posted:I always find it kind of funny that Saw gets most of the credit for starting the whole torture porn idea, when the first movie didn't really have much of any gore, aside from the big whammy scene. I think it has something to do with how much of the movie takes place in that one room. People who never saw it or haven't seen it since its release think of it as two dudes trapped in a room torturing each other.
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Hat Thoughts posted:What's Fred Vogel like I met him only briefly, but he was very friendly and welcoming to talk to. Dude just loves indulgently disgusting horror. I've never seen Christine, but a local theater is playing it this Fri and I'll probably go. Having just finished up reading The Shining for the first time, I'm on a bit of a Stephen King kick. What other King movie adaptations are essential viewings?
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