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Basebf555 posted:I think this year I'm going to finally, once and for all, add Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror to my anthology collection. Sadly its never been released on blu ray but I'm willing in this case to make a rare DVD purchase. I have not seen that. But might as well watch that with a double feature with Tales from the Hood
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Tales from the Hood is like 50x better. Watch it 2nd if you haven't seen it.
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Aug 3, 2015 20:13
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Parachute posted:Tales from the Hood is like 50x better. Watch it 2nd if you haven't seen it. Yeah, absolutely.
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Aug 3, 2015 20:14
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DeimosRising posted:LtKen/Hundu, have either of you read the "new" Shirley Jackson collection? If it's anything but random garbage she binned I'm tempted to let it jump to the top of my pile no, but then i still haven't read We Have Always Lived in the Castle either. also would like to second Tales From the Hood being legit awesome.
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Aug 3, 2015 20:19
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On the topic of straight up anti-capitalist horror Bloody-Disgusting reports that there's going to be a US remake of Black Mirror. Any bets as to what they'll figure out to make the enemy for US audiences? These damned kids and their cell phones?
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Aug 3, 2015 20:37
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Parachute posted:Tales from the Hood is like 50x better. Watch it 2nd if you haven't seen it. Hood of Horror isn't as "good" but I feel its more fun. Snoop as the Cryptkeeper character is great and the stories are over the top in a good way.
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Skyscraper posted:On the topic of straight up anti-capitalist horror Bloody-Disgusting reports that there's going to be a US remake of Black Mirror. Any bets as to what they'll figure out to make the enemy for US audiences? These damned kids and their cell phones? Like half the Black Mirror episodes are already about cellphones so probably.
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Aug 3, 2015 20:48
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Like half the Black Mirror episodes are already about cellphones so probably. Eh, they feature prominently, but I think they're just there for Charlie to sneer at briefly without being the actual, uh, villains? of the story.
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Aug 3, 2015 21:42
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Wait, is Black Mirror a serial? I thought it was just a Twilight Zone-style anthology. e: oh okay Charlie Brooker is the showrunner, nevermind.
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Aug 3, 2015 21:48
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Parachute posted:Tales from the Hood is like 50x better. Watch it 2nd if you haven't seen it. It's also one of the best anthology films.
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Aug 3, 2015 21:52
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Sire Oblivion posted:It's also one of the best anthology films. absolutely. up there with Creepshow, Dead of Night, Black Sabbath, and the original Tales From the Crypt. this all reminds me, i still need to see Kwaidan.
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Aug 3, 2015 22:04
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I'm partial to Asylum and Torture Garden has a great cast.
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Aug 3, 2015 22:15
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:absolutely. up there with Creepshow, Dead of Night, Black Sabbath, and the original Tales From the Crypt. I'd be curious to see what you thought of Kwadian.
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Aug 3, 2015 22:21
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I'd be curious to see what you thought of Kwadian. apparently Criterion's putting out the never-released-in-america 3 hour cut on blu ray soon, so i'm waitin for that. i also wanna read the book it's based on by the awesomely named Lafcadio Hearn.
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Aug 3, 2015 22:24
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:apparently Criterion's putting out the never-released-in-america 3 hour cut on blu ray soon, so i'm waitin for that. I discovered last night that i own it but i have no recollection of buying it? I only recognized it because that name is unforgettable. edit: turns out I own a different book of Japanese ghost stories by Lafcadio Hearn, and the movie is based on one that's actually called "Kwaidan".I guess he wrote several. Uncle Boogeyman posted:no, but then i still haven't read We Have Always Lived in the Castle either. Get thee (back) to the library DeimosRising fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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Aug 3, 2015 23:23
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Skyscraper posted:On the topic of straight up anti-capitalist horror Bloody-Disgusting reports that there's going to be a US remake of Black Mirror. Any bets as to what they'll figure out to make the enemy for US audiences? These damned kids and their cell phones? I really hate Black Mirror. Am I the only one? Every episode just made me go "Christ that's dumb."
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Aug 3, 2015 23:25
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DeimosRising posted:Get thee (back) to the library maybe i'll read it this week, it looks like the kind of book you could blow through in an afternoon (i think i read all or most of the Haunting in one night, such an incredible book).
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Aug 3, 2015 23:30
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Holy poo poo Kwadian is anthology? I'd have just blind-bought it a long time ago if I knew that. I guess I need to make a point to see it ASAP.
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Basebf555 posted:Holy poo poo Kwadian is anthology? I'd have just blind-bought it a long time ago if I knew that. I guess I need to make a point to see it ASAP. i'm also given to understand that the best segment of my other favorite anthology movie, Tales From the Darkside, is based off one of the stories from Kwaidan.
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Aug 4, 2015 00:01
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:maybe i'll read it this week, it looks like the kind of book you could blow through in an afternoon (i think i read all or most of the Haunting in one night, such an incredible book). WHALITC is a bit tougher. It's a great book, though, probably better than The Haunting of Hill House if not as approachable.
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Aug 4, 2015 00:09
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:absolutely. up there with Creepshow, Dead of Night, Black Sabbath, and the original Tales From the Crypt. I haven't seen those two, so I'll have to check them out. My friend's father worked on the original Tales from the Crypt film, poo poo owns.
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Aug 4, 2015 00:46
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X-Ray Pecs posted:A Nightmare on Elm Street just got added to Netflix Instant, so I rewatched the first kill scene again. Goddamn if that isn't one of my favorite scenes in horror. I feel like Craven doesn't quite get his due as a horror director, because he did some incredible stuff between that, Serpent & The Rainbow, and People Under The Stairs, not to mention his other more well-known movies. This is from a while back, but I can't believe I never noticed until now that the two peacocks visually mirror Freddy's gloves.
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Aug 5, 2015 08:31
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sethsez posted:This is from a while back, but I can't believe I never noticed until now that the two peacocks visually mirror Freddy's gloves. Freddy only has one glove, so no, they don't.
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TheJoker138 posted:Freddy only has one glove, so no, they don't. You forgot the Power Glove.
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Aug 6, 2015 00:59
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TheJoker138 posted:Freddy only has one glove, so no, they don't. no glove, no love sweetheart.....:bigtran:
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Aug 6, 2015 01:00
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Well, thanks to a re-watch of Cronenberg's SHIVERS, I'm probably going to have dreams about parasite sex zombies tonight. I don't understand why I do this to myself. I am compelled to binge watch Lynch and Cronenberg. Doing this with either one can be really hazardous to your sleep/dream patterns.
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InfiniteZero posted:Well, thanks to a re-watch of Cronenberg's SHIVERS, I'm probably going to have dreams about parasite sex zombies tonight. God, I did that two years ago and while what I remember of those two years were rad, I think I may have broken something in my brain.
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TheJoker138 posted:Freddy only has one glove, so no, they don't. That's what I get for trying to think after not sleeping for 30 hours.
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Well, you could've had a nightmare and gotten killed by Freddy so I think you chose the lesser of two evils.
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I watched The Fly a few days ago, and it was easily the best Cronenberg I've seen so far. The saddest film about love and mental/bodily disintegration I've ever watched. The special effects were great(the final transformation of Brundlefly was viscerally disturbing) and the performances were amazing. I thought that Goldblum was overrated, but he is pretty much flawless here. loving insect politics. The greatest body horror flick I've seen. If it was actually any scary, it would be in my top 3 horror films period.
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I really do love how sad and affecting The Fly is.
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Neurophage posted:I watched The Fly a few days ago, and it was easily the best Cronenberg I've seen so far. The saddest film about love and mental/bodily disintegration I've ever watched. The special effects were great(the final transformation of Brundlefly was viscerally disturbing) and the performances were amazing. I thought that Goldblum was overrated, but he is pretty much flawless here. loving insect politics. One thing of many that I love about The Fly is how they treat the ex-boyfriend character. He's a jerk and you spend the whole film thinking he's an rear end in a top hat, and at first when he gets his hand melted off its like a "hell yea!" moment. Then the final transformation happens and its so horrific that the ex-boyfriend instantly transforms into the hero of the movie because he won't loving give up and ends up saving the day. The music during the final scene is really great too, it adds a ton of emotion to it.
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i recently came to the conclusion that the two best body horror films (or maybe I should say "the ultimate body horror films") are The Fly by David Cronenberg and Safe by Todd Haynes.
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Aug 7, 2015 15:25
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Safe, like the rest of Todd Haynes filmography, is extremely good.
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Aug 7, 2015 15:27
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I don't think I've ever seen anything else by him, but I just watched Safe like a month ago and was completely blown away. maybe my new favorite Julianne Moore performance, although that's a crowded field.
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Aug 7, 2015 15:35
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I really do love how sad and affecting The Fly is. "I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over and the insect is awake." drat. Uncle Boogeyman posted:i recently came to the conclusion that the two best body horror films (or maybe I should say "the ultimate body horror films") are The Fly by David Cronenberg and Safe by Todd Haynes. Hellraiser is also pretty high on that list but it's too campy to be really disturbing.
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Aug 7, 2015 15:48
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Neurophage posted:Hellraiser is also pretty high on that list but it's too campy to be really disturbing. despite Hellraiser being in my all-time top 10 in any genre, I always forget about it in the body horror discussion, despite it clearly being a preeminent example. I guess I always think of it as more... I dunno, spirit-horror? The Exorcist is another one like that. Body & Soul Horror.
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Neurophage posted:Hellraiser is also pretty high on that list but it's too campy to be really disturbing. Frank's reformation in the attic is probably my favorite special effects sequence of all-time, but overall there isn't a ton of body horror in Hellraiser. At least compared to something like The Fly, which is just relentless once it gets going.
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Exorcist and The Fly are my top two Vomit Horror films
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Basebf555 posted:Frank's reformation in the attic is probably my favorite special effects sequence of all-time, but overall there isn't a ton of body horror in Hellraiser. At least compared to something like The Fly, which is just relentless once it gets going. the very appearance of the cenobites is kind of a watershed moment in body horror (and horror in general - and, I would argue, in film in general)
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