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Does anyone know if this is going to see an Australian release?
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 09:45 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 01:23 |
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This did not disappoint at all. Overall, I think the weakest story was either the glitch killer in the woods or the skype one. The gore level is pretty high, but I would say the brutality of some of the scenes is pretty intense. The found footage format + anthology format works really well, and the overlying plot wasn't as lame as I thought it was going to be. I'll jump back in to discuss after others have seen it.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 13:23 |
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Parachute posted:This did not disappoint at all. Overall, I think the weakest story was either the skype one. The concept/twist in that one was fantastic though, how can you not think Aliens posing as ghost kids isn't incredible? The moment the guy walked through the door I was just blown away.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 13:53 |
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:The concept/twist in that one was fantastic though, how can you not think Aliens posing as ghost kids isn't incredible? The moment the guy walked through the door I was just blown away. My big problem with it was pretty much limited by the format.While I agree that the twist was fantastic, I felt that there was no tension until the nighttime sequences and we were just waiting around for the "ghosts" to come back. Since it was done via Skype conversations, I guess that's how it had to be. I suppose it's not really a complaint, but the format of the really made me think about what I like about found-footage films - the sound. There's something about the sound of a hand gripping the leather hand strap on a camera, or the sound of it being picked up off of the ground that really works for me. Maybe it's because it takes me back to being a kid and filming my own stuff with the family camera, and this is all nostalgia talking.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 14:02 |
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Parachute posted:My big problem with it was pretty much limited by the format.While I agree that the twist was fantastic, I felt that there was no tension until the nighttime sequences and we were just waiting around for the "ghosts" to come back. Since it was done via Skype conversations, I guess that's how it had to be. Oh, well that's true. As much as I don't want to admit it to SomethingAwful of all places, I liked that one a lot because that's how me and my wife communicated for about 3 years, so it added this little extra hint of tension.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 14:16 |
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I have to say this might be one of my favorite horror films of the past few years. The grittiness of its visual style, the brutality of its gore, and the nightmare-like quality of each story seriously made me feel dirty as I watched it. I would definitely say it's the best found-footage film I've seen because it presents itself to the viewer as if they really were watching some disturbing as hell lost footage. There's a quote in the trailer that says the film "plays on a primal nightmare level" and I couldn't agree more. The only segment that disappointed me was the glitchy killer in the woods. I felt like it the director did a really good job developing an eerie tension, especially when the main girl says "You're all going to gently caress die up here" so casually but then the killer is revealed by throwing a knife through someone's head and the girl's story is explained. The killer just feels campy and I think there's just too much exposition given by the girl
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 14:21 |
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Nothing in here is a major spoiler, but I'm blacking it out just in case. I thought the Skype one was the most creative use of the medium. The creativity in the medium kind of goes up as the movie goes on until the last one where it drops back to the starting point. The vampire one was pretty much a straight forward found footage movie but it did some neat things with it (especially the last few shots). The most interesting about it shooting wise is the use of a head mounted camera. The vacation on had the idea of the killer handling the camera while the main characters were unaware adding a real feeling of violation to the whole thing. The slasher one heavily used VHS style distortion as a tool with awesome looking, horrifying results. The Skype one made it so we could focus on two main characters at once while making it feel really intimate. And then the last one is also pretty straightforward with a bunch of really cool shots. This one also uses a head mounted camera, but not quite as creatively. Most of the creativity is reserved for the awesome effects that were above and beyond what normally shows up in a found footage film. Rottenapple posted:The only segment that disappointed me was the glitchy killer in the woods. I felt like it the director did a really good job developing an eerie tension, especially when the main girl says "You're all going to gently caress die up here" so casually but then the killer is revealed by throwing a knife through someone's head and the girl's story is explained. The killer just feels campy and I think there's just too much exposition given by the girl I do think that one was going for a little bit campy though. I mean look at it's title (which is in the OP). They were trying to do a 80s style slasher film. axleblaze fucked around with this message at Aug 7, 2012 around 14:26 |
| # ? Aug 7, 2012 14:24 |
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Just had an opportunity to see the movie this morning and I'm certainly impressed. If you're reading this now and haven't seen it yet, get out of the thread and find this movie! I'll be inviting a friend over tonight for a re-watch, pretty excited to see it again.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 16:32 |
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axleblaze posted:Nothing in here is a major spoiler, but I'm blacking it out just in case. Succubus, actually, hence the whole "Man I gotta gently caress this girl" vibe going right before she changed and started eating people
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 16:45 |
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Stop tempting me! I'm trying my damndest to wait it out and see this in theaters in October, because it sounds like the perfect movie to plan a Saturday around in the fall. But everyone is raving, there's a torrent out already and then it's legally available on demand at the end of the month; it's so hard to resist ganking or renting it before then, because I love anthology horror. My self-control is weakening.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 16:51 |
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I feel the same way but I really want to see this in theatres. I'm not going to bother with VOD.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 16:52 |
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Dickeye posted:Succubus, actually, hence the whole "Man I gotta gently caress this girl" vibe going right before she changed and started eating people Counterpoint: She turns into a giant bat. Also, I thought this wasn't on demand until the end of the month. How are you people seeing this? I mean, maybe it leaked online or something and in that case you should not answer but also don't tell people that they got to drop what they're doing in see this right now when there's not a clear way of seeing it.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 16:57 |
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I love these found footage movies only because they capture the tension/dread I miss in current and Hell most horror movies, (yes I follow the thriller/horror thread). What I love about these the most is it makes me want to go onto Youtube and find something that is actually like this, real found footage but has a WTF thing happen in it.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 16:58 |
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I feel like the aesthetic of the movie works better watching it on a tv screen rather than in a movie theater, akin to The Ring. It would be cool if they actually released the movie on VHS tapes.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 16:58 |
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axleblaze posted:Counterpoint: She turns into a giant bat. It's been shown a bunch at various festivals and the like, I caught a screening in Edinburgh last month. It did get leaked though which is probs. how most people are seeing it right now.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 17:23 |
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axleblaze posted:Counterpoint: She turns into a giant bat. You're totally right. Just saying that if it's playing anywhere nearby it's worth a trip to watch.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 17:30 |
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:It's been shown a bunch at various festivals and the like, I caught a screening in Edinburgh last month. It did get leaked though which is probs. how most people are seeing it right now. My assumption was someone in Canada found a way to rip a copy of the rental off of iTunes and that's what's starting to make the rounds.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 19:19 |
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All I know is I saw it when I was hired to find a specific tape in this random house.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 19:30 |
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This will be the first thing I ever watch on In-Demand. Theater release is too far away. I've been chomping at the bit to see this film ever since I first heard about it.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 20:11 |
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Can't really decide if I like it or not. I saw it without seeing the trailer though, so if you can avoid that, go for it. Pros! Did not expect the ending to any of them The last story was god damned terrifying Cons! We ended up fast forwarding through a good bit of 2 of the stories. Once out of "Oh, that's not cool" and one out of "PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD loving HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN" None of the stories had any sort of theme to them to tie em all together. Quite a few "What the gently caress?" moments, like the naked guy in the basement, that just kinda fell flat. Could have lived without seeing a dudes cock and balls ripped off. Really wish there was some kinda viral marketing or a novel or something to explain some of the endings or movies a bit better, specifically the skype one, or the camping one. Weirdly enough, there was barely any bad acting in the movie. That tends to happen a lot in the "found footage" genre, so not having it happen here was kinda nice. Worth watching. I'd give it a solid 3.5 out of 5 tapes.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 23:24 |
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Fast forwarding? Really? You couldn't take ten minutes of character development and atmosphere building? "I had trouble following the story!" *fast forwards through the plot parts* Also the movies did have some themes between them. There was alot of male gaze going on plus a general vibe of exploitation and sexual violation through the camera. It was a coincidence though because the filmmakers just made what they wanted without talking to each other. axleblaze fucked around with this message at Aug 7, 2012 around 23:38 |
| # ? Aug 7, 2012 23:35 |
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I think it says a lot about horror film that so many different directors could be given the freedom to make whatever they want and they all end up discussing sexual violence. It really ties the movie together. Misogyny is really fertile ground for horror films.
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| # ? Aug 7, 2012 23:47 |
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axleblaze posted:Fast forwarding? Really? You couldn't take ten minutes of character development and atmosphere building? Didn't say I had trouble following the stories, just that one of em was boring as poo poo. The other was just due to me REALLY not liking rapey scenes. The way I had heard the movie described was all the stories had something tying them all together. I took that as a plot idea, and not as a "theme" like misogyny. Having the movie start out with Dead guy watching VHS tapes, showing me a movie, then having him disappear for a time, then reappear, naked guy in the basement, whoops, other dude's gone gotta watch this poo poo, oh hey dead guys gone again! OMG HE'S A ZOMBIE made no god drat sense to me with the way the rest of the stories were set up. Hell even on it's own it makes no god damned sense. Doesn't make part of it less spooky though.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 00:03 |
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Just finished watching this. Really great found footage movie, probably one of the best. Every time a new story started I was excited and wondering "what horror sub-genre or what monster will it be this time?". The first one was definitely the best of them all. The actress playing the succubus had really big and creepy eyes, every scene with her made me nervous. And the whispering, oh god, the whispering  Second one (couple on vacation) was the worst, although it had its moments. I was disappointed that it wasn't anything paranormal. At least the stabbing scene was amazingly done. Third one is basically just Friday the 13th but with a way cooler villain. A bit campy, but overall very nice. Fourth one (skype conversations) had a great premise and creepy scenes, but honestly... I don't understand the plot at all. I'm not even sure if I missed something or is it meant to be so mysterious and weird. Last one is just a spooky haunted house, but it had some great visuals. It also reminded me a little bit of The Last Exorcism. I'm also pretty sure I saw hands coming out of the walls in some other found footage horror movie. I'm gonna recommend this to all my friends. I loving love found footage movies, and I really like this one. VHS for me is probably on the same level as Blair Witch, REC 1, Paranormal Activity 1 and Lake Mungo. Attention Horse fucked around with this message at Aug 8, 2012 around 00:34 |
| # ? Aug 8, 2012 00:27 |
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Attention Horse posted:but it had some great visuals. It also reminded me a little bit of The Last Exorcism. I'm also pretty sure I saw hands coming out of the walls in some other found footage horror movie. I think Grave Encounters had a similar scene
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 00:43 |
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What happened to Lisa, the girl who passed out in the hotel room in Amateur Night? (The first story)
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 00:54 |
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Parachute posted:What happened to Lisa, the girl who passed out in the hotel room in Amateur Night? (The first story) Nothing, she was asleep during the whole massacre in the hotel room.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 00:58 |
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Parachute posted:What happened to Lisa, the girl who passed out in the hotel room in Amateur Night? (The first story) I really don't think they made it clear. She was still unconscious when the guy wearing the glasses went from her side of the room (with the bathroom) to the door-side, and if I recall correctly the kid left shortly after only to be picked up a few seconds later by the bat-woman. I kind of assumed she was left alone
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 01:00 |
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Trap Star posted:I really don't think they made it clear. She was still unconscious when the guy wearing the glasses went from her side of the room (with the bathroom) to the door-side, and if I recall correctly the kid left shortly after only to be picked up a few seconds later by the bat-woman. I kind of assumed she was left alone Oh man, wouldn't that be a fun morning!
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 01:02 |
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Attention Horse posted:Fourth one (skype conversations) had a great premise and creepy scenes, but honestly... I don't understand the plot at all. I'm not even sure if I missed something or is it meant to be so mysterious and weird. Spoilers regarding the above: The plot is awesome in that one, but pretty confusing. Was I saw it, aliens pose as ghosts to implant half-human half-alien babies in unsuspecting women, using the dude-doctor to extract them when they're ready. The guy has to live right by the 'host' and pretend hes miles away. This happens as many times as the 'host' can take it, after which they just die and the alienghosts move on I guess. Most of that is picked together from the last 10 minutes or so. Its one hell of a twist.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 01:58 |
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:The way I had heard the movie described was all the stories had something tying them all together. I took that as a plot idea, and not as a "theme" like misogyny. They did, it's called a framing story and it's the bits in-between the tapes.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 02:11 |
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:Spoilers regarding the above: The plot is awesome in that one, but pretty confusing. Was I saw it, aliens pose as ghosts to implant half-human half-alien babies in unsuspecting women, using the dude-doctor to extract them when they're ready. The guy has to live right by the 'host' and pretend hes miles away. This happens as many times as the 'host' can take it, after which they just die and the alienghosts move on I guess. Most of that is picked together from the last 10 minutes or so. Its one hell of a twist. This is what I thought had happened during that segment, and guess I was right. But it was so poorly explained that it ended up just being stupid in my opinion; they kind of overreached on that one. Overall, I wasn't impressed with this. Without seeing any trailers and going into this pretty much blind, I still figured out most of the twists before they happened and was left thoroughly disappointed. The stories felt generic in most segments, particularly the vampire/succubus one, the haunted house with the attempted exorcism, and the teenage campers getting killed by ethereal digi-Jason. The only twist I didn't see coming was the wife going all crazy lesbian and having her husband killed by her lover. Even then, though, that particular story was pretty lacking in all parts up until the climax which resulted in my just saying "Oh..." at the end of it. That said, the wrap-around segment was probably the worst, and its concept just completely falls flat on its face. I mean, honestly, did anyone who has seen it not figure that the old dead guy would be the one killing the guys stealing the million dollar VHS tape? Ominously showing him in the background shots was kind of funny though. I wanted to like this, based on all the hype I've read, but in no way is this on th same level of REC, Blair Witch, or Paranormal Activity 1 (my benchmarks of found footage horror films). Everything just felt... stale.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 06:26 |
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teagone posted:This is what I thought had happened during that segment, and guess I was right. But it was so poorly explained that it ended up just being stupid in my opinion; they kind of overreached on that one. "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" was the weakest of the bunch for me, even if I love that title. The characters don't just behave in a stupid manner — I'm used to tolerating that as a horror fan — but their behavior is incredibly odd and unconvincing. "Tuesday the 17th," "Tape 56" and "Second Honeymoon" were all so-so, which was disappointing. I love Ti West and I've heard good things about Adam Wingard, but they really didn't click with me. "10/31/98," though, was loving fantastic. It may not have been quite as scary as "Amateur Night," but it was short, creative and the closest thing we may ever see to a film adaptation of House of Leaves.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 06:34 |
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This was awesome. If you like horror, this movie has everything. On the whole, some of the stories were weaker than others and there was some instances of shaky acting, but each of them still brought something really original to the table. Most of the dialogue was surprisingly well-written and believable. Also as the OP said, you never question why they're filming. In fact they give some really interesting and original reasons to be filming (my favorite was the nanny cam Halloween costume). Oh yeah, and the whole film's got a lot of very nice tits in it. Also a lot of man-rear end, if you're into that. Individually... "Tape 56": Decent excuse for a framing story. Pretty much served as connective tissue, but with a couple decent scares, and the creepiness of the dead guy moving between segments. "Amateur Night": One of the better segments, and genuinely had a great build of tension. Am I weird for thinking the succubus was cute as hell? The character was creepy, but the actress is adorable. "Second Honeymoon": It was refreshing to have a non-supernatural road trip flick in the mix, although you could argue that the prophetic fortune served that purpose. It was done well, and I didn't see the end coming. "Tuesday the 17th": I thought the glitch killer was brilliant conceptually. They even included the audio interference. It was a bit weaker aside from that, in part due to some meh acting from the female lead, but I give it points for originality. "The Sick Thing...": I didn't pick up on the explanation of the ending that some other people seemed to. What confused me was how Emily writes it all off as her being "crazy", yet the guy said multiple times that he saw the ghosts too. That just makes her whole "You deserve someone who doesn't have so many problems" thing at the end kind of heartbreaking though. Weakest segment for me, even if I did appreciate the narrative device and the characters. "10/31/98": The guys doing the exorcism were kind of poorly acted and cheesy, but beyond that it was fun. As I said I loved the reason for there being a camera in this one. Unfortunately it's also very derivative of Grave Encounters due to the (spoilers for both films) architectural horror, white-clothed ghost people, cult rituals, and the ghost hands coming out of the walls, all of which GE did to better effect. It's funny how heavily it borrows from that film, considering GE borrows heavily from a lot of other films. Speaking of which... jeremy stinkyhole posted:the closest thing we may ever see to a film adaptation of House of Leaves. V/H/S blows GE away though, and for anthologies, it also blows away Trick R' Treat. Highly recommended.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 07:18 |
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sticklefifer posted:V/H/S blows GE away though, and for anthologies, it also blows away Trick R' Treat. Highly recommended. Man, I don't know about that. At least Trick R' Treat interlinked all of its stories in interesting ways, like a horror film version of Pulp Fiction or something. While that wasn't really the concept of V/H/S, its main segment that served as the "connection" between all of the stories was terrible. "Guys, guys, these public molestation/titty groping videos we're making suck... we gotta get this one tape, from some random old guys house, and make AWESOME AMOUNTS OF MONEY by selling it." Amazing.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 07:32 |
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axleblaze posted:These films also manage to avoid a major shortcoming of the genre in that non of them make you question why the characters are filming.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 08:30 |
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Trick R Treat had lovely cinematography and feel. VHS isnt ment to look like a movie but something shot of a camcorder. And I would say it was rather creative I never got board and kinda freaked at a few points.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 10:46 |
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Illinois Smith posted:So why were Those drat Wraparound Burglars filming themselves breaking into a guy's house? I mean, I can look past them filming their hit & run molestations (that they sell to some website?) on a huge old VHS camera but that just seemed weird. They were filming it because it was part of the deal. They had to film it like they normally do to get the job which in turn was clearly a setup by someone who collected tapes of people filming themselves dying.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 10:50 |
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Ah, I wasn't paying a lot of attention to them talking when they were still at home / outside the house. That does make sense.
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| # ? Aug 8, 2012 11:07 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 01:23 |
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I got it from iTunes Canada, and I assume that's where everyone else is getting it too. I plan on seeing it in the theater as well if it gets a wide enough release. I would love to see it on a big screen with a bunch of other people.sticklefifer posted:"Second Honeymoon": It was refreshing to have a non-supernatural road trip flick in the mix, although you could argue that the prophetic fortune served that purpose. It was done well, and I didn't see the end coming. The death scene in this one has now been added to my list of deaths that make me physically uncomfortable. It was so unexpected and vulgar. It's up there with Sleep Tight and Saving Private Ryan now. I think it's the length and the person knowing that they're dying that gets to me. I can't say I enjoy the feeling but it does make me appreciate the movie more. sticklefifer posted:"Tuesday the 17th": I thought the glitch killer was brilliant conceptually. They even included the audio interference. It was a bit weaker aside from that, in part due to some meh acting from the female lead, but I give it points for originality. Did they just find that girl hanging out in an alley or something? She was a dreadful actress and I'm glad someone else noticed that. Everyone else in the movie played their part well, even the hipster burglars, but her delivery was very stilted and off.
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