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Baller Witness Bro posted:I'd truly love to hear from everyone in this thread what they want in a horror movie. What's "out of the ordinary"? It seems like it's hard to do anything "fresh" that isn't just pandering to a current trend (i.e. The Den's use of webcam footage - this isn't a knock since I really enjoyed that film) or specifically made to gross you out. Do you want to see really weird poo poo? I'd like to see more extreme horror with some more brains behind it. Like the extremeness of August Underground with the brilliance of Martyrs
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HaroldofTheRock posted:What's a good movie that has a bleak, oppressive, hopeless tone? Like things just get worse and worse. The characters are trapped and pitted against something they don't understand; utter helplessness. Something along the lines of The Mist, Grave Encounters (preferably without ghosts though if possible), or maybe The Raft. We all already lost our poo poo over it a few pages ago, but if you ain't seen it yet, The Den. Also my favorite found footage movie of all time and one that completely matches your requested tone is The MacPherson Tape.
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I loved The MacPherson tape. Also, echo that Altered was pretty entertaining.
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Thanks for the recommendations, guys. Unfortunately I've already seen those movies, but they are exactly the type I'm looking for 
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HaroldofTheRock posted:What's a good movie that has a bleak, oppressive, hopeless tone? Like things just get worse and worse. The characters are trapped and pitted against something they don't understand; utter helplessness. Something along the lines of The Mist, Grave Encounters (preferably without ghosts though if possible), or maybe The Raft. Inside, The Hitcher (debatable), The Den, [REC], Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Beyond, Wake In Fright
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As for stuff I'd like to see more of: horror fantasy. Something with the craftsmanship of Peter Jackson's orc sequences, but with an R rating. I think sci-horror already has its gem with Alien(s), but there hasn't really been something to scratch the same itch with fantasy. For me, anyway.justlikedunkirk posted:Hotel Which Hotel are you talking about? I'm googling for "Hotel horror movie" and the like but all I'm seeing are pages for 1408 Sad Mammal fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Aug 15, 2014 |
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Sad Mammal posted:As for stuff I'd like to see more of: horror fantasy. Something with the craftsmanship of Peter Jackson's orc sequences, but with an R rating. I think sci-horror already has its gem with Alien(s), but there hasn't really been something to scratch the same itch with fantasy. For me, anyway. Fantasy is lame. Case in point: Thale. Best you're gonna get: Troll Hunter (which I really like, actually)
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Sad Mammal posted:Which Hotel are you talking about? I'm googling for "Hotel horror movie" and the like but all I'm seeing are pages for 1408 I believe he means this one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415855/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_5 As per the current open question, I think the ideal that I'm always chasing in horror is the feeling of complete dread when you know something really bad is about to happen, but don't have any idea of what it's going to be. One of the king examples for me is the scene in The Thing where Norris has the heart attack. Simultaneously in that scene you have MacReady coming unhinged and threatening everyone with the dynamite, the beardy dog kennel guy gearing up to try and attack him, the doctor trying to revive Norris, all on top of the base premise that any of these characters could be an alien and attack at any moment. It's obvious that the situation is coming to some sort of dire climax, but there's no way to tell how the scene will resolve until it actually does, and when it does you're as caught up in the moment as the characters. Contrast versus 90% of all horror movies across all subgenres where all the scary scenes are built up around the basic framework of "character wanders around alone in the dark until they get attacked by something". These scenes can be well constructed enough not to bore, but something is always missing if you know how a scary scene is going to end almost as soon as it starts. King of Bleh fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Aug 15, 2014 |
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I think fantasy is particularly easy to make lame from a lack or budget of creativity. I think even with classics of the genre it wasn't until Lord of the Rings pumped the budget way the gently caress up that you had the sheer technical precision to convince people that a band of something like orcs could be legit grisly and unpleasant, unlike the Harryhausen kinda-goofiness of fantasy classics like Conan. But I don't think that that should be a condemnation of fantasy horror. I think some non-movie stuff nowadays demonstrates there's some good potential out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtc42B58KI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJbZ2thxCaI 
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HaroldofTheRock posted:Thanks for the recommendations, guys. Unfortunately I've already seen those movies, but they are exactly the type I'm looking for Kill List? Have you seen Kill List?
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Sad Mammal posted:
King of Bleh is correct. There's a scene from the film online but it's kind of spoilerish in that it's the only real scene that's outright horror. But if you want to see here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IZagsMysLk There are also trailers online but they're hilariously terrible and poorly market the film as something it isn't.
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Skywalker OG posted:Fantasy is lame. Case in point: Thale. I dunno, The Exorcist is pretty well regarded! 
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Sire Oblivion posted:I dunno, The Exorcist is pretty well regarded! Thought that was religious. Dude asked for orcs and poo poo. Like Twixt or something. Pan's Labyrinth was kind of good.
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Skywalker OG posted:Thought that was religious. 
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HaroldofTheRock posted:What's a good movie that has a bleak, oppressive, hopeless tone? Like things just get worse and worse. The characters are trapped and pitted against something they don't understand; utter helplessness. Something along the lines of The Mist, Grave Encounters (preferably without ghosts though if possible), or maybe The Raft. Absolute and utter unanswerable apocalyptic helplessness did you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsuUS2lcSk4
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HaroldofTheRock posted:What's a good movie that has a bleak, oppressive, hopeless tone? Like things just get worse and worse. The characters are trapped and pitted against something they don't understand; utter helplessness. Something along the lines of The Mist, Grave Encounters (preferably without ghosts though if possible), or maybe The Raft. What about like Threads or something? Or is that not sufficiently horror-y
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From the four movies I had on my list, I now watched the third: Henry; portrait of a serial killer. I'm not sure what to make of it. It deals with murder in an incredible matter-of-fact way. It almost feels like a critique on slashers to show just how bleak and brutal murder is. The entire movie is brown, grey and depressing, oozing a bleak atmosphere that almost explains being a serial killer. I can't say I got anything from it though. It's not fun, there's no relief, hardly any tension. Maybe that's the point, and if so, it does a drat good job of getting that across.
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HaroldofTheRock posted:Thanks for the recommendations, guys. Unfortunately I've already seen those movies, but they are exactly the type I'm looking for What about Hollow?
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I've been wanting to see Hotel for years but can't find a place to watch it.
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weekly font posted:I've been wanting to see Hotel for years but can't find a place to watch it. Two words: Public. Library.
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Grendels Dad posted:Two words: Public. Library. It's an obscure Scandinavian(?) horror film. I don't think my town's lovely public library is gonna help.
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weekly font posted:It's an obscure Scandinavian(?) horror film. I don't think my town's lovely public library is gonna help. You can ask them to get it for you. If any Library has it they can get it sent to them.
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Grendels Dad posted:Two words: Public. Library. Normally I'm the one beating this drum, but this movie might be a bit obscure for that. I work for a very big library with a half a dozen branches and it's part of a very good network that comprises 40 towns and none of their libraries have a copy. axleblaze posted:You can ask them to get it for you. If any Library has it they can get it sent to them. Not all libraries participate in out-of-network ILL. Hell, some libraries won't even send DVDs to libraries within their own network, it's really up to their discretion. Which is not to say it isn't worth a shot. Uncle Boogeyman fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Aug 15, 2014 |
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Baller Witness Bro posted:I'd truly love to hear from everyone in this thread what they want in a horror movie. What's "out of the ordinary"? It seems like it's hard to do anything "fresh" that isn't just pandering to a current trend (i.e. The Den's use of webcam footage - this isn't a knock since I really enjoyed that film) or specifically made to gross you out. Do you want to see really weird poo poo? Good rear end question, and here's the answer: I don't know.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Good rear end question, and here's the answer: I don't know. Like describing what's obscene, "I'll know it when I see it."
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I gotta say, one of my favorite comedy beats in a recent horror film was in The Den when Elizabeth is chatting with a 419 scammer. She asks "Has this ever worked?" and in the most cheerful tone he just replies "Yes!" I love that little dude.
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MacheteZombie posted:Like describing what's obscene, "I'll know it when I see it." Well, I like being surprised (Xtro), but I don't want to be continually surprised (Scream and its sequels). I like "natural acting" (Toad Road), but I also like community theatre/Shakespeare in the Park stuff (Area 407). I like comedy horror (Dead Alive) but not "comedy horror" (Behind the Mask). So I guess I like to give stuff a try?
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Jonny Angel posted:I gotta say, one of my favorite comedy beats in a recent horror film was in The Den when Elizabeth is chatting with a 419 scammer. She asks "Has this ever worked?" and in the most cheerful tone he just replies "Yes!" I love that little dude. It's clearly Tyrone.
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weekly font posted:It's an obscure Scandinavian(?) horror film. I don't think my town's lovely public library is gonna help. Hotel has absolutely no distribution in North America, as far as I know. Your best bet is to get the UK DVD from Amazon. The good news: It's region free (Amazon says region 2, but DVD reviews say it's region 0). The bad news: It's PAL. I had to do a lot of searching myself before I found out how to get the movie. The director has gone on to do a bunch of arthouse movies that earn her praise in Europe (she was just at Cannes for something and got raves), but this movie seems to be very hard to find. Has anyone heard of the movie Left Bank? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0940723/ It got recommended to me a while ago, and it just popped up in my mind again. Is it worth checking out?
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Anymore reccomendations for horror movies with romance as a major part of the plot? I'm thinking along the lines of Let Me In
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Well, I like being surprised (Xtro), but I don't want to be continually surprised (Scream and its sequels). I like "natural acting" (Toad Road), but I also like community theatre/Shakespeare in the Park stuff (Area 407). I like comedy horror (Dead Alive) but not "comedy horror" (Behind the Mask). So I guess I like to give stuff a try? I think I know what you mean. My choices in horror can be all over the place and dependent on my mood that day. I don't know what I want out of a horror movie, but if the movie has something I want, I know it once I've seen it. Evidence (2011) for example, was only so-so, had some interesting stuff going for it, but that climax starts, and I knew 100% that's what I wanted. Edit: Added the year on Evidence, since there are two separate ones. MacheteZombie fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Aug 15, 2014 |
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Kvlt! posted:Anymore reccomendations for horror movies with romance as a major part of the plot? I'm thinking along the lines of Let Me In Double feature of May and Roman.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It's clearly Tyrone. I feel ashamed for not getting this reference.
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Kvlt! posted:Anymore reccomendations for horror movies with romance as a major part of the plot? I'm thinking along the lines of Let Me In The new film, Life After Beth, may be of interest. I actually enjoyed the film. It's about a teenage boy whose girlfriend dies by a snakebite, and he has a hard time getting over her. They were also having some issues before she died. Then, when he returns to her house to talk to her parents, he thinks he sees her in the window. It turns out it is her, and she has returned from the dead, but no one knows why, and no one will tell her that she died. I liked the film because it never devolves into zombie cliches, and actually presents them as humans that slowly lose their essence. In effect, it mirrors the breakdown of a relationship. It's a funny, sweet film that has some elements of horror.
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Kvlt! posted:Anymore reccomendations for horror movies with romance as a major part of the plot? I'm thinking along the lines of Let Me In Embrace of the Vampire and its 2013 remake?
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Kvlt! posted:Anymore reccomendations for horror movies with romance as a major part of the plot? I'm thinking along the lines of Let Me In I started making a list of vampire movies and then I realized it would be easier to make a list of vampire movies that aren't also romances.
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MacheteZombie posted:I think I know what you mean. My choices in horror can be all over the place and dependent on my mood that day. I don't know what I want out of a horror movie, but if the movie has something I want, I know it once I've seen it. This is my exact opinion about Evidence. The speed with which it transitions from "Oh so they're doing the Bigfoot bit from Scare Tactics" to an unholy feverish nightmare is incredible, and once it gets going it doesn't let up.
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Literally The Worst posted:This is my exact opinion about Evidence. The speed with which it transitions from "Oh so they're doing the Bigfoot bit from Scare Tactics" to an unholy feverish nightmare is incredible, and once it gets going it doesn't let up. It was mind blowing the first time I watched it. It just slams into a whole other gear and takes off with no looking back. I absolutely loved it. Evidence (2011) and Lake Mungo are the top two recommends I've received out of this thread. Edit: Added the year on Evidence, since there are two separate ones. \/\/\/Good call, thanks.\/\/\/ MacheteZombie fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Aug 15, 2014 |
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You gotta clarify that you're talking about Evidence (2011) and not Evidence (2013).
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:You gotta clarify that you're talking about Evidence (2011) and not Evidence (2013). Just like how it's Detention (2011) and not Detention (2010).
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