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Darthemed posted:It's being nit-picky, but the group I watched it with kept calling out stuff, like the shotgun blast going through Sam like wind the first time, but hitting him later. How fast-acting the candy was, how nobody noticed the kid being dragged inside, the difficulty getting to the shotgun when it landed a couple of inches out of reach, who was in the bed (or was it just a detached hand?), why the dog was killed, when it clearly had Halloween spirit, things like that. Stuff where if you're in the mood to go along with the ride, it probably doesn't stand out, but just kept building up once we started picking at it. Sounds like a fun group
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18. Mercy 3/10 I'm not sure where to start with this movie. It's a Stephen King adaptation about a child who, along with his mother and sister, come to take care of their mentally unstable grandmother who may or may not see demons/creatures/something. I'm a sucker for folklore horror movies and this one had that in spades, along with some genuinely creepy moments and imagery. That being said, I felt like I was drifting in and out of a much longer movie. The movie's pacing is bizarre and awful with too much exposition where it's unnecessary and not enough where you'd like to have more. It's got a decent concept and a decent cast, but the whole ordeal felt like it had scenes missing and rushed along through the barely coherent story. 19. House on Haunted Hill (1959) 9/10 Still one of my all-time favorite spooky movies. This is a rewatch, but I watched the colorized version for the first time. I still prefer the b&w version, but this was a good colorization, as far as I could tell.
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Phantasm I think I have seen one of the sequels on TV when I was younger, but I have never seen the original. Kind of a crazy movie that I wasn't expecting. OK, but a C-level franchise.  .5/5Messiah of Evil A public domain classic. I've been meaning to watch this for the past couple years and glad I finally got around to it this year. /5I Walked With a Zombie (1943) Another movie I was long overdo watching. Not the best Tourneur horror movie, but still wonderful. The scene of Betsy and Jessica walking through the talls reeds while the wind howls is just wonderful. /5
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Watrick posted:#92.Sweet Home (1989). A film crew goes to explore an old mansion to document it's frescos. It turns out it's haunted. Huh. Just looked this up and it's a Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie. I'd be interested in checking that out, where did you find it?
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Sarchasm posted:Huh. Just looked this up and it's a Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie. I'd be interested in checking that out, where did you find it? YouTube. Also, I know this isn't Games, but the remake of Sweet Home is what turned into Resident Evil.
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Day 21 - You know, I thought Motel Hell was going to be an early slasher film that borrowed heavily from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I couldn't have been more wrong. Farmer Vincent makes the best smoked sausage in the county thanks to his secret ingredient. There's also some people in it to go with the preservatives. But he becomes infatuated with a woman who fell into one of his tourist traps and that sets off some mayhem. What I didn't know going in was the Motel Hell is a comedy. it's light-hearted, goofy, amusing, and then it turns gruesome on occasion. I don't think it's quite up to Evil Dead 2 standards, but it's definitely in that same family. The jokes didn't always land for me in Motel Hell, but they kept them coming fast. Rory Calhoun as Farmer Vincent stands on his hind legs admirably to carry the film. His pontificating while killing people is very memorable. My biggest problem with Motel Hell is that the other characters don't make a bit of sense. They seem to act like they do mainly to move the plot along. The romance plot in particular is just a head scratcher. Still, that was a fun movie, and one that was intentionally so. Way better than I was expecting it to be.
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Random Stranger posted:Rory Calhoun as Farmer Vincent stands on his hind legs admirably to carry the film. I'd just like to say I appreciate this. In other news: #41. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (AKA The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue AKA Don't Open the Window) (1974) While driving up to the Northern UK, Edna accidentally gets in an accident with George, damaging his motorcycle. She's going to nearly the same area as him and agrees to give him a lift while his vehicle's in the shop. George is an unpleasant post-free love political hippie type, often angry and short with everyone. Edna's a typical 70s female character, there to cling to the men. Edna's brother-in-law is killed by a man who's supposed to be dead, and the stern police blame it on her heroin addicted sister. George investigates the area and finds an experimental sound technology being used as a pesticide. It turns out it also brings the recently dead humans to life, who attack and eat the living, and are capable of passing on their infection to other dead through physical contact. As the zombie population rises, the police still thing the hippies are responsible. Will the epidemic be stopped? I've been meaning to watch this one for years. It often gets regarded as the British step-sibling to Romero's Dead Cycle, and I can see why. His trademarks of bleak nihilism, mistrustful incompetent authority, and deep political subtext are all here. There's also some good ideas special effects wise, such as a corpse that gets zombosis while sitting on the morgue table, spending the whole rest of the movie with a huge autopsy stitching going down his torso. Other gore effects are also good, but the film isn't really about that as much as a slow moving sense of dread that permeates the gray countryside of Northern England. Worth a watch. /5
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I've probably watched more movies this month than I have in quite a few, and although not all of them are horror I've managed to get a good amount in and as we get closer to Halloween I'll probably watch even more. 1. Blood Feast (1963) 2. The Gore Gore Girls (1972) 3. Final Destination (2000) (rewatch) 4. Witchfinder General (1968) 5. Final Destination 2 (2003) (rewatch) 6. Final Destination 3 (2006) 7. Deathgasm (2015) 8. The Final Destination (2009) 9. Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) 10. Final Destination 5 (2011) 11. Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014) 12. Goosebumps (2015) So I'm about 10 down from averaging one a day, but maybe I can catch up to 31 before the month is out.
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TrixRabbi posted:So I'm about 10 down from averaging one a day, but maybe I can catch up to 31 before the month is out. I've just accepted that my schedule doesn't allow for a movie a day. I'm aiming for ten new movies before the month is out, and I'm on target so far. Earlier this week I got to watch Goodnight Mommy, a German horror film currently in limited release. It's about twins who find that their mother has become cold and cruel after returning home from cosmetic surgery, and they begin to question whether the woman that came back from the hospital is really their mother. The movie has a slow ramp up, but once it hits its stride it becomes genuinely difficult to watch. It's light on gore and jump scares, but it knows how to get under your skin in other ways. Well shot, well acted, and worth a rewatch if you can sit through the final act again. I give it four spinning pumpkins out of five.
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#96.Opera (1987). An opera singer is forced to watch people around her die by a sadistic killer. Arguably Argento's last great movie (I really like the Stendhal Syndrome), Opera is both beautiful and brutal. The killer forces the lead to watch his killing by taping needles under her eyes. Heavy metal kicks in during the kills adding a fun component. #97.The House of the Devil. A girl gets a babysitting job watching a couples mother during a lunar eclipse. Sloooooow burn. Ultra slow my biggest problem with this when it came out was all the hype about its packaging (it came on VHS) as well as looking like it was from the 70's. When I saw it I was ambivalent towards it. Now, after watching it again, it's better than I remember. Not perfect by any stretch. I think at points it's more concerned with being a movie from the 70's more than anything else. Watching it gave me a better opportunity to soak in the visuals. It really is visually striking. #98.Demon Wind (1990). A group of people go to a guys family farm to help explore what happened to his family. I've seen this many times and it's still fun. There were a few twists that aren't common in a 'bunch of people get turned into demons' movie. The demons look decent, there are some fun kills, and the FX are good. The plot is nonsensical and the characters are cannon fodder. With some more polish to the script this could have been pretty big. #99. Gutterballs (2008). A group of bowlers brutally rape a girl, after a killer who wears a bowling bag on their head shows up and kills mostly by using bowling theme kills, picks players off at a tournament. The amount of misogyny and homophobia in the first five minutes would cause Tumblr to explode. I think the word human being is used over 100 times in this move easily. Even the ball polisher machine calls the characters human being. The kills are exceptionally brutal and gory. The version I watched is unrated and it's a porn at points. If you really want to watch something sick, this is the flick for you.
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Opera is loving amazing. It's not quite my favorite Argento, but it's way the hell up there.
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#19 Deep Red Third ever giallo movie for me, though I'm not sure I would count this one as horror. It's a pretty decent whodunit with a killer soundtrack that would be a lot better without the half an hour of unnecessary subplot. I was not surprised to read afterwards that the original version released in the US cut out all the stuff which didn't do it for me. I really should give the trimmed version a try, because it clearly had a lot of good scenes, but it got dragged down by nearly everything featuring the reporter. Removing those weird and unnecessary breaks should really increase the tension. #20 Trick 'r Treat Funny without being a comedy, bloody without being a gorefest and the occasional scare without being scary, I feel they got the Halloween vibe down very well. Unfortunately they don't really do anything unique or special with all of that, leaving me to think this was very vanilla. It was entertaining and fun, but I won't remember it for anything in particular.
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Dr.Caligari posted:Messiah of Evil Speaking of lost public domain classics, I'm always trying to get folks to see The Sadist because that little movie was way better than it had any right to be.
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October Tally - New (Total) - (1). Scream (1996) / 1 (2). Shocker (1989) / - (3). Grave Encounters (2011) / 2 (4). The Babadook (2014) / - (5). Beetlejuice (1989) / - (6). House on Haunted Hill (1999) / - (7). The Leprechaun (1993) / 3 (8). As Above, So Below (2014) / 4 (9). The Possession of Michael King (2014) / 5 (10). The Unborn (2009) / 6 (11). They (2002) / 7 (12). Devil's Due (2014) / 8 (13). Ouija (2014) / 9. (14) Oculus (2013) / 10 (15). Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) / 11 (16). Haunter (2013) / 12 (17). The Lazarus Effect (2015) / 13 (18). Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) / - (19). The Frighteners (1996) / 14 (20). The Loved Ones (2009) / 15 (21). The Shrine (2010) Massive catchup. I'm still behind, plus I haven't updated in here in a few days. So a big post as I gear up for another double or triple feature tonight to try and catch up. - (22). Grave Encounters 2 (2012) - A film student becomes obsessed with the original film and his theory that it was real so naturally when you think there's a haunted asylum filled with evil spirits that won't let you escape you round up some friends and go there. What could go wrong with that plan? Ok, I told people not to watch this when I talked up the original but then people defended it. So I decided to turn it on while I was cooking one night and give it another chance. On second viewing I don't hate it like I did. I still think a lot of the third act elements are very silly and stupid but the second act still has the same basic scares of the original. But it doesn't really add anything new there, just hits a few of the same scares and then veers off into its weird third act. In the end it wasn't the worst movie or anything, just a downgrade from the original. 2.5/5  16 (23). The Pact (2012) - When a young woman's abusive mother passes away she's guilted into returning to her old home to support her family, but when her sister goes missing she begins to unravel a supernatural mystery behind her home. This was solid, if unspectacular. Like a lot of cheap films it excels when its playing with tension and what's lurking in the dark instead of when they do actual affects and someone starts flying around the room. It just ends up looking silly. But there's not a lot of it that and the movie generally keeps a good tense tone. The third act twist was pretty interesting and I didn't exactly see it coming. I'm pretty sure the trick of having the ghost be the good guy trying to help people against the living killer has been done before but I can't remember where and its still pretty creepy. In the end the idea that people are the scariest is one I've always responded to in horror. Ok film, not great. 3/5  17 (24). The Ouija Experiment (2011) - A bunch of really annoying people who don't especially know or like each other decide to play around with a Ouija board, repeatedly break "the rules", and then suffer for it. This was utter garbage. Another movie I turned on while I was doing thing so I wasn't expecting much but it was so much worse. Every character was utterly unlikable (like, I can't stress that enough), they didn't seem remotely bothered by the idea of ghosts haunting them, and the underlying plot of how the ghosts die was boring and utterly pointless. In the third act of the film after the usual stretches found footage films make to try and justify the filming of things the movie utterly discards the found footage format to show a lengthy flashback of the ghosts dying. Why? I have no idea. And then just for the hell of it the movie at the end has a ghost grab a camera for about the least surprising surprise in horror history. Do not watch this movie. For any reason. Even if you want to MST3K it with fans its too boring to be worth that. 1/5  18 (25). Pontypool (2008) - Shock jock Grant Mazzy has been relegated to a remote Canadian town but in the middle of a depressing blizzard the town of Pontypool becomes the source of a strange outbreak of violence and death as Mazzy, his staff, and people outside the station try and determine what's happening and how to survive it. That was... weird. I was expecting a zombie movie and while it is sort of one from the basic theme it was something else entirely that I find hard to explain without spoilers. Actually I have trouble explaining it WITH spoilers as a zombie virus that infects people through random words in the English language doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Its a head scratcher and a mind gently caress almost of Lovecraftian style. But its an effective atmosphere. I wouldn't call it scary but its uncomfortable and strange and there's something a little alarming about the the basic complete confusion of the situation and even the idea that attempting to understand it may actually be what makes you succumb to it. Its weird. Stephen McHattie does a great job in the lead role and as a former radio guy myself reminded me of why I failed in that job. And he does a great job as the kind of pretentious but still likable guy who is usually to smart for his own good but is frustrated that he can't wrap his mind around this madness. And the implied idea that his nonsensical word play game at the start of the film might have actually started all this is kind of an interesting thing that seems to weigh on him and contribute to his frustration even if its never outright stated. Its weird. Definitely worth checking out as I suspect some people would love this if they like weirder things. 3.5/5  19 (26). The Honeymoon (2014) - Newlyweds Bea and Paul are completely in love. So completely, head over heels, heartwarming, sometimes sickening, totally in love. The only thing that could hurt this relationship is Bea wandering into the woods one night, being found naked with strange marks on her, and beginning to act strange and distant. Speaking of weird films. This one at its core is pretty straight forward, but done well. Two talented actors (Rose Leslie of Game of Thrones and Harry Treadaway of Penny Dreadful) with good chemistry that carry 90% of the film between each other and how good their relationship is and how the fact that its breaking down so quickly is in and of itself the scariest thing that causes alarm. I felt for them and its especially effective that I felt for both of them. The nature of what's happening to Bea is kept well ambiguous enough that you can still tell that she seems to be as stressed as Paul by all this. I kind of saw the whole alien thing coming from some of the hints in the film but I couldn't really figure out what Bea's exact deal was and the fact that she was still Bea but "losing herself" to the alien infection caught me a little by surprise and made the emotions of the movie much more powerful. This one actually kind of got to me. I wasn't scared but when it was done I was sad and a little uncomfortable. Watching it and Pontypool back to back and then going to be led to a really weird night of dreams, I'll tell you that much. 3.5/5
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STAC Goat posted:October Tally - New (Total) I think I was one of the ones who sorta defended it. It's an odd film. The first act is a total deliberate deconstruction of the first film, the second act is a retread of what made the first film good, and then the third act goes off the rails into deliberate stupid parody. Like, it's not as clever as it thinks it is, but it's more clever than the average review gives it credit for. It's a curious film.
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34. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) The music is catchy. The plant is incredible. Rick Moranis is amazing. The effects are a blast. Steve Martin is perfect. Five stars. That woman's voice is so annoying. Minus one star. 35. Evil Dead II (1987) It is impossible for me to separate this movie from my fondness for Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. I waffle between Evil Dead 1 and Evil Dead 2 being my favorite movies in the trilogy. I think the original wins. But this is some drat good stuff. The commentary on the original DVD release is the gold standard by which commentaries will always be judged. 36. Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) The word "art" is thrown around a good deal these days, often referring to items I would no sooner employ to polish my mud goblet than call "art". But every once in a while a film comes along that earns such a designation. A film not built to rest on the laurels of its three predecessors. A film that speaks to generation, after generation, after generation. Mr. John R. Cherry III commands every frame of this film, and it goes without saying that Jim Varney turns in an Oscar-worthy performance as Ernest P. Worrell- a man battling with the curses and blessings of his forefathers. Click here to learn more about mud goblets 37. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) The Halloween series really encapsulates everything that was/is great about the slasher genre. There are great Halloween films. REALLY great ones, actually. There are silly, but ultimately very fun Halloween films. There are dreadful, untwachable Halloween films. This one is right in the middle of the road. 3 stars.
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24. Tremors 2 (1996): you ever watch a movie and think that it must have started out as a script for a completely different franchise? That's how I felt watching Tremors 2. This one has a lot of ties to the original. Earl from the first one is the main character, and he's hunting graboids at a oil refinery in Mexico. Well, kind of. We really don't get a lot of graboids. Instead, we get some prehistoric bipedal reptilian monsters that walk around. They detect humans based on movement. Prehistoric bipedal reptilian monsters sound like a bad ninja turtle rip off. But it also sounds a lot like what moviegoers saw a few years earlier in Jurassic Park. That's what this movie felt like. It felt more like a dinosaur movie than a tremors movie. As far as the movie quality itself, I'd say it's just okay at best. It's a horror comedy, so it's not particularly scary. The first one wasn't scary either, but it had some good tension towards the end. There's not a particular large amount of tension at all in this one. There's not a lot of gore or anything either (at least in the AMC tv edit I watched). But still, it's an okay tribute to 50s sci-fi movies that doesn't measure up to its predecessors, but never gets boring either.
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Day 22 - If I didn't know that Terrorvision was made in 1986 I'd swear it was made twenty years later as some kind of weird parody of the 1980's. It's a distorted, overblown version of the 1980's in the exact same way that people would misremember the 1980's years later. An alien planet accidently sends a monster to earth on a television signal where it emerges from a "normal" 80's family's television to devour them. It's up the kids to fight back. I seriously don't know what to say about Terrorvision. It's an experience that you have to let wash over you. This is certainly a unique film. I definitely wasn't expect the change up that occurs about halfway through the movie, but then I could hardly expect anything in it. And it kept going to such bizarre places. Terrorvision is definitely in the "you've got to see it to believe it" category. Oh, I hated the theme song. But there's something to be said for weird movies having their own theme songs...
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Random Stranger posted:Oh, I hated the theme song. But there's something to be said for weird movies having their own theme songs... I hope you were hearing "Killer Klowns" in your head when you typed this.
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STAC Goat posted:I hope you were hearing "Killer Klowns" in your head when you typed this. So much terrible 80's rock this month...
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Random Stranger posted:Day 22 - If I didn't know that Terrorvision was made in 1986 I'd swear it was made twenty years later as some kind of weird parody of the 1980's. It's a distorted, overblown version of the 1980's in the exact same way that people would misremember the 1980's years later. In interviews, Ted Nicolaou has said that he purposefully crafted the characters out of stereotypes about folks living in Los Angeles at the time. The sound stage makes things even weirder. It reminds me of Shock Treatment. Also the set was inspired by porno mags and created by an Italian art director at a time when Band was making movies in Rome. So it all gets put through this weird filter and comes out the other side looking totally unique. cthulusnewzulubbq fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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STAC Goat posted:I hope you were hearing "Killer Klowns" in your head when you typed this. I like the Killer Klowns song  .
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Watrick posted:I like the Killer Klowns song The whole EP is great. Booby Trap is the best song by The Dickies. They're such a weird uneven band for me though, where like when there's a song by them I like, I like it A LOT. The rest of the time I think their songs are pretty terrible.
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You want a earworm, you can't beat out the Silver Shamrock jingle from Halloween 3: Season of The Witch, or the jingle for The Stuff Also been trying to get through Q: The Winged Serpent the last couple of days, but it's been more difficult than it should be, maybe I'll switch to a different movie for now and come back to it later
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Choco1980 posted:The whole EP is great. Booby Trap is the best song by The Dickies. They're such a weird uneven band for me though, where like when there's a song by them I like, I like it A LOT. The rest of the time I think their songs are pretty terrible. I never knew who it was by. I avoided it because if I got the song I would listen to it until I hated it, and I don't want that.
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Day 22 - The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death Thursday is podcast review day. Super disappointed in this. The first movie wasn't exactly horror gold but it at least did a good job of making its cheap jump scares startling. This movie was so dark, you could barely tell what was happening on screen. Totally ruins anything spooky when you can't even see if there's a creepy hand in the back or not. The scares are few and the ones that are there lack any punch. I am angry at how boring and pointless this was. Full Review 3.5 out of 10
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#21 Friday the 13th This was a disappointment. I read it was the movie that popularized the slasher genre after Halloween, but I just don't see it. I felt that nothing really happened and the movie just wandered around aimlessly. It didn't use this calm to build tension, develop the characters in any meaningful way or go somewhere, it just was. Like, it was a movie about some bored teens and then some of them just happen to get killed and it didn't seem to matter. I was surprised Jason didn't show up in his mask, with what little I know about the Friday movies that was the one thing I expected. I assume he only becomes a factor in the sequels, but much like Halloween, NoES and Hellraiser I'm not sure I want to walk through that minefield.
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BioTech posted:#21 Friday the 13th from what I've heard the films from 2 onward are better, at least for the first couple of them, also you should give The Burning a watch, supposedly it does what Friday The 13th in a better fashion or at least a more entertaining one
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BioTech posted:#21 Friday the 13th I agree with you that Friday the 13th doesn't really stand on its own the way the first Nightmare on Elm Street or Halloween films do. For me the Friday the 13th series doesn't get good until the third movie, which is when Jason really becomes Jason, and then it stays good for about three sequels after that up until Jason Takes Manhattan. Really though I'd recommend watching them all at least the one time, its like a horror fan rite of passage.
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#22 The Brood I had no idea how anyone would make a serious horror movie about killer mutant midgets, but Cronenberg sure managed. It has an interesting struggle at the heart of it and while it takes a while to get weird the final act is wondrously creepy and has a strong, but depressing ending. I really enjoyed this movie. Videodrome and The Fly are great as well, so I just might fill my last October slot with The Dead Zone or Scanners to get more Cronenberg.
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I hit 100!! I met my goal this month! #100.Black Sunday (1960). A witch returns two centuries after her death to gain new life and to fulfill a curse she placed. For being from 1960 this has some teeth. I was surprised by some of the effects they used. They story was good and engaging. The pacing worked too. In many ways it didn't feel as old as it was. #101. Clownhouse (1989). Escapes mental patients kill three clown, steal their costumes, and torment three brothers. This was pretty bad. I'm not sure why it was rated R. Somehow the there mental patients find the kids house and try to kill them because...I don't know. It would be scary if people are afraid of clowns. The characters make some infuriating choices too. I just don't get it, this seems more like an exercise in patience than a horror flick. Also, there was way too many scantly clad kids. Avoid this. #102. The Unseen (1980). Three girls stay at a house because their hotel didn't get their reservation. They stay at a house where something is killing them through the vents. Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this one. The acting was superb, so was the camera work. The story is what got me. There were a few inconsistencies which hurt it for me. The pros were that it built really well. #103. Long Dream (2000). A doctor at a hospital studies a patient who has dreams that last for increasingly amounts of time causing his body to mutate. Another movie based on a Junji Ito comic that's directed by Higuchinsky? Yes please. I love me some Uzumaki, so this movie is a treat. Clocking in at only an hour, this doesn't overstay at all. We need more live action Ito, well, good live action Ito.
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38. Creepshow (1982) I love this movie. Every story is better than the last, until you get to the last one (which is still pretty good). Just noticed that the song playing on the jukebox at the beginning of the final story is the end credits song from Evil Dead. Also, this is the 3rd movie I've seen this month with Adrianne Barbeau in it. 39. The Gift (2015) If someone gave me the gift that Jason Bateman received in this movie, I would probably ask if they got a receipt. But Jason Bateman deserved it. 40. Curse of Chucky (2013) This was so much better than Seed of Chucky. Eating dog poo poo would be better than Seed of Chucky, so this movie didn't have to try too hard. Thankfully, this one ranks up there with Bride of Chucky where entertainment value is concerned. Fun movie. Topper Harley fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Oct 24, 2015 |
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1. Psycho 2. Black Christmas 3. Deep Red 4. Wicker Man 5. The Mummy 6. The Curse of Frankenstein 7. Drag Me to Hell 8. Candyman 9. Child’s Play 10. Lords of Salem 11. Suspiria 12. Hellraiser 13. From Beyond 14. Evil Dead 15. Evil Dead II 16. Re-Animator 17. Necronomicon 18. The Wolfman 19. The Howling 20. An American Werewolf in London 21. Poltergeist 22. City of the Living Dead 23. Sleep Hollow 24. Curse of Chucky 25. Dracula(1931) 26. Horror of Dracula 27. Dracula(1973) 28. Dracula(1979) 29. Nosferatu The Vampyre For me this may not be the best adaptation of Dracula, but it is the scariest. Klaus Kinski is not human in this movie, he feels like a real monster, like Herzog pulled a Shadow of the Vampire or something. One of the things Herzog talks about in the commentary for Aguirre is that he loved the way Kinski moved in that film, that it brought a whole different element to the character that wasn't on the page. Kinski's performance is similar here in that so much of it is in the way he moves through a scene. Very few actors could pull of the glacially slow, overly dramatic gesticulations of this character, luckily Herzog was best friends/mortal enemies with one of them. The film is just as beautiful visually as you'd expect from Herzog, one of my favorite shots in any Dracula adaptation is the introduction of Harker as he walks down the street in Wismar. Everything is so dreamlike, yet somehow feels very real at the same time, I don't really know how to articulate how Herzog does that. It drags towards the end, I've noticed that all three times I've watched the film, but overall all this is a must watch for a Dracula fan.
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Episode 3 of Horror Kiwi is finally done! This time we had japanese monster expert Zack Davisson join us! In this episode we talked about : Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, Ju-On: The Curse 1 & 2, Occult, Cult, POV: A Cursed Film, Hausu, and Sweet Home. Here's the YouTube And here's the Audio-Only There is some good talking going on in this episode. It was a lot of fun to record. e: Sorry about the lovely audio at the beginning and end. I did everything within my ability to fix it and it was MUCH worse before I messed with it. mikeycp fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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22: Antichrist (2009) : Lars von Trier My Rating : 7.5/10 This movie may just be the very epitome of slow burn. A couple lose their son under tragic circumstances, and retreat to a cabin in an isolated wood where "he", a talented therapist, attempts to coach "she" through the trauma. This is a Lars Von Trier venture, so you know there is going to be no holding back or pulling punches, and indeed, the man has about as much fear of an NC-17 rating as Hillary Clinton does of Benghazi hearing committees. The sex is explicit, (we're talking full penetration here, people), the (very limited) violence is horrific, and the story is brooding, dark and abstract. Perhaps that was my only real issue with the film - while it's often nice to watch something with a little more thought required, a lot of the allusions here are so cryptic as to be incomprehensible if you don't have directors commentary to accompany it. I feel that Von Trier really jumped into the whole "David Lynch" thing here, and while still a good film (with breathtaking cinematography), I still feel it's one of his weaker ones, although it certainly did have one of the most disturbing climaxes [spoiler] literally [/spoiler ] I've ever seen. 26: I Saw the Devil (2010) : Ji-woon Kim My Rating : 8.5/10 This one was a nice surprise. Amazing the amount of great thrillers/horrors that have come out of Korea the past few years. This movie can sit right up there with the likes of "Old Boy", "The Host", and "A Tale of Two Sisters' as a prime example of this. Basically the movie explores a brutal cat and mouse game between a sadistic serial killer, and a special forces agent who has a score to settle with him. As much of a cliche as that may sound, it was quite thrilling throughout, and , perhaps because it was not a Hollywood production, it never felt old or stale. A really nice surprise 29: Funny Games (1997) : Michael Haneke My Rating : 10/10 Here we have it - my first perfect 10 of the challenge. I remember seeing the US remake of this a few years ago, and enjoying it, but (as is usually the case), the original is probably the superior of the two versions. This movie is Haneke holding a mirror up to horror fans, and challenging them with some of the most brutal, least enjoyable and most disturbing home-invasion torture porn you're ever likely to suffer through. What is specifically great about this film is how the protagonists are well aware that they're doing this for the entertainment of you, the viewer. That is their motivation, whereas the family are not in on the joke, and are suffering throughout. This movie really is a tour de force of what exceptional film-making should be - terrific performances, wonderful cinematography (including a glacial 14 minute single take that really does take ones breath away). If you haven't seen this yet, you really need to. 31: From Beyond (1997) :Stuart Gordon My Rating : 8/10 This was a fun little romp, and no mistake. I'd never have checked it out if it weren't for the rest of this thread praising it, and everybody was right - just a really good time, and makes me want to check out Gordons other films. I really like the whole "Lovecraftian other sinister world just behind ours" theme, and need to check out some other movies like that (maybe I need to rewatch Hellraiser 1 & 2 in that regard).
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wuLFe posted:I really like the whole "Lovecraftian other sinister world just behind ours" theme, and need to check out some other movies like that (maybe I need to rewatch Hellraiser 1 & 2 in that regard). The first Hellraiser is particularly good because it doesn't rely on the outer beings to carry the film.
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Oct 23, 2015 17:44
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wuLFe posted:26: I Saw the Devil (2010) : Ji-woon Kim Watch The Chaser if you haven't seen it yet. It has a very similar dynamic between a ex-cop pimp and the guy who killed at least one of his girls. It is still a very different movie, has less gore, but it also feels a bit more grounded. I love both of these dearly and together with New World they are my three favorite Korean movies. Also, for Korean horror I cannot recommend Thirst enough. It contrasts the woe-is-me and creature-of-the-night vampire archetypes beautifully.
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Song Kang-Ho rules.
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#42. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) Boonmee is a a widower plantation owner who is dying of kidney disease, needing several dialysis treatments a day within his own home. Sensing his near death, family members, both living, dying, and other, visit him to comfort him in his time of need, including his sister-in-law Jen, his wife Huay that is now a ghost, and his long lost son Boonsong who after an ill-advised trip to the nearby jungle got turned into a ghost-monkey-monster. As he dies, he reflects back on not only his own life, but past lives he's led as well, some of which are quite fantastical themselves. I was recommended this film by a friend as a great introduction to Thai horror, and I can see why. There's many different elements all at once at play here that are quite fantastical. Also, I always love when movies do what is done here, and oddly almost is exclusively an Asian film phenomenon, which is to underplay special effects. When ghosts or monsters or gods show up, there's no big dramatic musical reveal, or close up on their entrance, they just walk in the door or whatever, same as any regular person. People still react to it, but the quiet understatement really creates a neat effect. I also appreciated how despite the scary style of Boonmee's family, they were still 100% welcomed and still loved. "I feel like I'M the strange one here..." remarks the dialysis tech when he shows up at the house having an impromptu family reunion. I would love to learn more about this area's wild and wooly folklore and the sorts of things that show up in horror. .5/5#43. The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) Dan Kristensen returns from his business trip abroad to find his wife missing from their apartment despite the chain still being up on the door. As he begins to investigate it becomes more and more clear that foul play is at hand, with a black gloved killer stalking the apartment building, and the building itself having many of its own secrets... Well then. This movie feels very strongly like it was made in tribute to the Gialli of the 70s, especially with its soundtrack almost entirely coming from past films. Yet at the same time, this beautifully shot film is framed through the eyes of a Giallo fan who has done a LOT of psychedelic substances. Every frame of the film is beautiful, but most are surreal or outright abstract, splitting off in rainbows of colors, multi-shot frames of extreme closeups, even dream-like playing with time and perception. It's an extremely graphic film, with nudity of all stripes being both subtextual and contextual. Don't watch this one around the kids. You'd probably do well not to mix drugs with this one either. /5#44. Horns (2013) Poor Ig Parrish. The love of his life, the first and last girl he loved, Marin, has been murdered. And he's the prime suspect. The court of popular opinion (including his friends and family) all have already made their decision regarding his guilt despite his denials. One morning he suddenly wakes up with horns growing out of his head, without explanation. As they grow, he finds he gains powers that don't exactly shine well towards his apparent fate: Everyone he encounters feels the need to confess their terrible secrets and feelings. He also seems to be able to grant people the compulsion to act on their deep seeded temptations, often with them asking him point blank. These are dangerous talents to possess. But with them, Ig will find out the truth for what happened to his true love, and find justice. This film has a couple of real life legacies behind it that are hard to ignore despite not needing to be relevant. One, it stars Daniel Radcliffe, who will probably never escape the albatross on his neck of having been Harry Potter (though it's heartening that he seems to be mostly working in horror and indie drama following the series), and Two, this is the first feature film to be adapted from the works of Joe Hill, Stephen King's son who has chosen to follow in his father's monumental footsteps writing horror. I have to say, neither factor marred my enjoyment of the film. It's very dark, highlighting just how awful most people are on the inside (and sometimes out) without human decency and politeness getting in the way. As the film goes on, violence and other vile acts become more and more graphic on screen, climaxing in a finale that comes out and totally surprises you with some of its brutality. This is a fantasy about the worst things in real life. This is a horrifying love story. If I had to complain about one thing, it's that some of the special effects (especially with snakes who are seen throughout the film) look very very cheapjack, and pull me out a little. It's not a perfect film, but it's worth your time. .5/5
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