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rxcowboy posted:Yellowbrickroad's ending was so loving out there that any attempt to go "This is what it meant" strikes me as BS because it's so hosed up that unless the film maker comes out with a memo that says "This is what happened" I think any interpretation is an opinion with very little to back it. This isn't always a bad thing though. Can someone spoil the ending? I don't really have any interest in seeing the movie, but people keep bringing up how crazy it is.
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Hakkesshu posted:Can someone spoil the ending? I don't really have any interest in seeing the movie, but people keep bringing up how crazy it is. In The Mouth Of Madness, but terrible.
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May 3, 2012 11:47
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Hakkesshu posted:Can someone spoil the ending? I don't really have any interest in seeing the movie, but people keep bringing up how crazy it is. It's been a while. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Everyone dies and the only one left is the main guy, I think his name is Teddy. He continues along the path to the source of the 1940s music they've been hearing and ends up at a building. The building turns out to be the cinema in the town that was abandoned. Inside the cinema, Teddy finds everyone who disappeared in 1940s. They are staring at the cinema screen with disturbing smiles on their faces.
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May 3, 2012 12:24
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frozenpeas posted:White Noise 2 is a bad movie. How bad is it? I lost the will to live after watching it. My wife divorced me and I gambled all my money away trying to win the illusive golden Pog. It's so bad that it killed me and I'm writing this as a ghost. There is a great feature on the dvd where Nathan Fillion joins somebody from the production who believes in ghosts to tour one of the shooting locations that is supposedly haunted, and it's great because he just rips on her the whole time and talks about how ghosts are stupid and make no sense. I don't think he means to be mean-spirited, but he completely undermines the probable intention of the bonus feature.
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Pornography addiction is a real problem that faces many people today and is no laughing matter. But this is: HARMLESS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfOqCyXgAY "The story is about a husband and father and his battle with pornography. Actual home movies and interviews tell the story of the terror the family faces when a box of pornography is opened and something is unleashed."
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May 5, 2012 01:54
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Tomero_the_Great posted:Pornography addiction is a real problem that faces many people today and is no laughing matter. They just hit every found footage horror cliche they could, didn't they?
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May 5, 2012 01:59
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Tomero_the_Great posted:Pornography addiction is a real problem that faces many people today and is no laughing matter. The only way I'm seeing this is if Jesus himself comes out of a long-lost family Bible to destroy the evil Porn Monster once and for all. Edit: Now that I found their Kickstarter video, I think my Jesus ending may not be too far off the mark. pantslesswithwolves fucked around with this message at 02:49 on May 5, 2012 |
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May 5, 2012 02:31
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I just watched The Devil Inside. And I knew what was coming at the end. But, boy was I still disappointed I really would like to have a resolution to that.
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May 6, 2012 02:27
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Original Last House on the Left is on. I haven't seen that one so I think I'll watch it tonight. E: eh, never d. My fiancé REALLY doesn't like rape scenes, even the one in Watchmen big time pissed him off so Im watching "Shadow" (2009) on netflix instead. English language Italian film with a Wrong Turn/Hills Have Eyes flavor. 54 40 or fuck fucked around with this message at 03:51 on May 6, 2012 |
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May 6, 2012 03:28
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suboptimal posted:The only way I'm seeing this is if Jesus himself comes out of a long-lost family Bible to destroy the evil Porn Monster once and for all. Hopefully a porn star does the $7500 reward and gets them to shoot a different type of scene. 
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May 6, 2012 03:40
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Woods porn was a blessing in the early 90s before anybody I knew had the internet. There was nothing evil about it. God bless you mysterious porn fairy that left random magazines in the woods so that I might see that men in the 80s had to use machetes like jungle explorers just to find holes to plug.
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May 6, 2012 03:55
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So I finally watched The Strangers, after reading some good things about it here (I think?). It was the first time I've ever felt sorry for the protagonists in a horror film. I really liked it, and it scared the crap out of me.
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The Strangers is very well shot and directed (especially for such a fresh-faced newbie), but the script really lets it down, I think. It's a shame it's not more memorable than it is, but the movie does now pretty much wears the crown for greatest "killer appears nonchalantly in the background unbeknownst to victim in the foreground" shot.
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The Strangers was so unsettling because it was plausible. Likely? No, but plausible still.
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Toriori posted:The Strangers was so unsettling because it was plausible. Likely? No, but plausible still. I was just disappointed because the true story was infinitely more horrific. I thought The Strangers was just dull. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Keddie_Murders Silver Newt fucked around with this message at 16:09 on May 6, 2012 |
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May 6, 2012 16:06
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I found The Strangers to be really good up until the part where he shoots his friends in the chest. After that, I found it lost tension.
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Silver Newt posted:I was just disappointed because the true story was infinitely more horrific. I thought The Strangers was just dull.
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Silver Newt posted:I was just disappointed because the true story was infinitely more horrific. I thought The Strangers was just dull. Yea I have trouble watching the 'based on a true event' thing when I know the event, just because I find myself going 'woah those nutjobs were WAY worse than this'. The Strangers was a well done movie, but I'm just a weird nerd who knew the context so it was hard to get as shocked as my friends, though of course actually 'seeing' it did get a few 'oh poo poo' moments. I do respect movies like The Strangers, though, because they do an excellent job in creating an aura of real dread. Not so much fear, but just that pit in your stomach you get when someone's creeping down the hall and you think 'oh god, what's gonna happen now'.
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May 6, 2012 16:48
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Silver Newt posted:I was just disappointed because the true story was infinitely more horrific. I thought The Strangers was just dull. Yikes. I thought The Strangers was pretty bad and (aside from the poster) wholly forgettable. But at least Dennis Reynolds gets what's been coming to him for 7 seasons now.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Yikes.
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Finally caught Grave Encounters, and meh. As someone else has said in the thread, it did a good job ramping up tension and I really dug the architectural horror, but once the ghosts became people running around screaming it just got cheesy and jump-scary. I felt like it wasn't sure if it wanted to be a ghost story or a demon story, so it just wedged in every idea they had. It did have a lot of great ideas, but it didn't quite gel them all together.
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I think the real discussion they had after a bong rip or two was Man, how do we combine House of Leaves with Paranormal Activity.
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In Grave Encounters, in the fictional show, did they mention the satanic activity the doctor was involved in? A real ghost show would've thrown that around every 5 seconds, with Zelda Rubinstein doing the voiceover. If she wasn't dead.
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About the Yellowbrickroad ending:swoollacott posted:It's been a while. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. You probably blocked out the worst part that happened right after that. Seriously, spoilers, but it kind of killed the movie for me: Everybody in the cinema turns out to be watching his dead wife burning in hell (ooooooh!). It cuts back to the guy, everybody around him has turned into decomposing corpses, and he screams. Roll credits. Meanwhile, here's a trailer for The Loved Ones, a teen-comedy/torture-porn mashup (PS, Apple's version is more geared for horror audiences but is quite spoilery). I'll just say it looks like a really weird blend of Hostel-style horror (although maybe better done) with high-school level comedy. And yet, I'll probably see it. f#a# fucked around with this message at 01:49 on May 9, 2012 |
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leokitty posted:I wasn't able to check the thread earlier today, how'd you enjoy Tenebrae? I am almost positive it was a BRD but I didn't think it looked too bad for the most part. I enjoyed it! Seeing the film with an audience for the first time was like watching it with fresh eyes. There should be a Giallo Theater erected somewhere in the East or West Village; I would go there every week. I watched a very clean bootleg of "Livide" recently (that had horribly translated English subtitles) and it is definitely worth a watch for anyone interested in fairytale horror. Some of the imagery reminded me of Silent Hill. I felt that the movie didn't reach its full potential, but it is worth a watch if you appreciate French/fantasy horror.
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f#a# posted:Meanwhile, here's a trailer for The Loved Ones, a teen-comedy/torture-porn mashup (PS, Apple's version is more geared for horror audiences but is quite spoilery). I'll just say it looks like a really weird blend of Hostel-style horror (although maybe better done) with high-school level comedy. And yet, I'll probably see it. It's a hell of a movie. I'd probably recommend it.
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f#a# posted:Meanwhile, here's a trailer for The Loved Ones, a teen-comedy/torture-porn mashup (PS, Apple's version is more geared for horror audiences but is quite spoilery). I'll just say it looks like a really weird blend of Hostel-style horror (although maybe better done) with high-school level comedy. And yet, I'll probably see it. The Loved Ones is really good and doesn't feel torture-porny at all honestly.
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leokitty posted:The Loved Ones is really good and doesn't feel torture-porny at all honestly. Yeah I really liked The Loved Ones. It's quite odd in ways that you don't really expect a horror movie to be. It's not scary though...In fact, I don't really know what it is.
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frozenpeas posted:Yeah I really liked The Loved Ones. It's quite odd in ways that you don't really expect a horror movie to be. It's not scary though...In fact, I don't really know what it is. My money's on "disturbing." It's not scary, like most torture-based horror movies, but oh boy, some of the poo poo that this movie pulls is pretty hosed up. Pretty good movie overall, I'd say. PaleBlueDot fucked around with this message at 10:49 on May 9, 2012 |
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PaleBlueDot posted:My money's on "disturbing." It's not scary, like most torture-based horror movies, but oh boy, some of the poo poo that this movie pulls is pretty hosed up. Pretty good movie overall, I'd say. I don't know if that's the word. I was expecting the movie to go way further than it did, based on people's descriptions. Instead the thing that stood out the most to me was the editing, which did a very good job at keeping you off balance and loving with your expectations. I'd say it's more of an extremely dark comedy/Texas Chainsaw Massacre parody than anything - definitely unique enough to warrant a watch. Spermanent Record fucked around with this message at 11:01 on May 9, 2012 |
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It will also most definitely evoke some kind of emotion whenever you hear this song after you've seen it. Friend of mine gets the chills every time even if it's just a few seconds. In my book, creating that kind of emotional connection is the sign of a great movie. (Some may consider this spoilers, but it's really just a pop song. Wanted to warn you anyway)
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I'm excited for seeing Piranha 3DD this Friday but so far there have been no reviews over here yet which isn't a good sign although it's been advertised very heavily over here.
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foodfight posted:So I should probably watch TCM then? I've seen a ton of horror but never actually seen TCM. So I watched this last night and while I really didn't watch it under ideal conditions I was pretty impressed. I'm sort of at a disadvantage because I've seen so many movies that have obviously taken elements from TCM that some of it didn't seem very shocking. I loved the grit and the realism of it though and they obviously put a lot of work into the bone/skin sculptures and furniture. It seemed obvious to me (and there is probably a whole bunch of critical analysis out there) that its most direct influence was Psycho. The whole thing was basically Psycho taken to a logical extreme. Now I'm really interested in seeing TCM 2, because where do you go from TCM (I'm asking rhetorically)?
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foodfight posted:Now I'm really interested in seeing TCM 2, because where do you go from TCM (I'm asking rhetorically)? Depending on your inclination, you may or may not be sorry you asked this.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Depending on your inclination, you may or may not be sorry you asked this. If the anwser is parody, then I would probably enjoy it. edit: ok it seems like they just made it MORE extreme. foodfight fucked around with this message at 14:44 on May 9, 2012 |
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foodfight posted:It seemed obvious to me (and there is probably a whole bunch of critical analysis out there) that its most direct influence was Psycho. The whole thing was basically Psycho taken to a logical extreme. Both movies were inspired somewhat by Ed Gein (both heavily fictionalized, of course). TCM is actually probably closer to the real events, at least in the sense that Gein really did make furniture/clothing out of human remains. There is a film called Deranged that claims to be fairly close to the original murders, but I didn't really enjoy it very much.
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foodfight posted:If the anwser is parody, then I would probably enjoy it. It's a little of both, I'd say.
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foodfight posted:Now I'm really interested in seeing TCM 2, because where do you go from TCM (I'm asking rhetorically)? Why, you go to creating one of my all-time favorite movie characters! I think it's pretty solid but I also think that TCM had nowhere to go but down, enjoy stupid splatter comedies, and will watch just about anything to get a dose of Tom Savini and Dennis Hopper, so YMMV. Also, I thought The Loved Ones was awesome, and the different-from-the-usual-fare soundtrack was excellent, too.
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The Strangers was a really frustrating movie for me because it made NO sense. In order for the killers to do all of the things they did in that movie they would need superhero powers. They teleport and apparently communicate telepathically since they always knew where each other are and what they are doing at all times in addition to the victims. There was also a bunch of illogical stuff thrown in probably because it looked creepy, but falls apart if you think about it for more than 2 seconds. For example, when the guy is running around outside and sees one of the female kilers just nonchalantly hanging out on the swingset. So she's just been sitting there for the last half hour and he just happened to walk by? Ooookay.
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