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Megasabin posted:Holy poo poo, gently caress yes. I wonder if he's still gonna play with horror movie conventions/tropes, or just make a more traditional all out scary movie now that it's Blair Witch themed. Probably the former. Like when you think about it the original blair witch movie was basically the proto mumblegore flick. So I imagine Wingard has a lot to say with it. Sir Kodiak posted:I had not realized there was that much enthusiasm for a return to the Blair Witch franchise. If it was anyone but Wingard, I wouldn't be this excited.
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PBS Newshour posted:If it was anyone but Wingard, I wouldn't be this excited. I'm definitely excited because of Adam Wingard, but the reveal was very much "oh, okay, that's fine."
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Jul 23, 2016 07:34
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...and just like that my excitement for this movie is zero.
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Yaws posted:...and just like that my excitement for this movie is zero. But then you get the scene with the girl breaking the bundle of sticks and... Well I hope they use the BWP tropes in fun subversive ways. BWP was one of the first times I followed a movie's hype, and the first movie I went out of my way to see in previews before general release. Always struck a chord with me. I just hope they do another well done SciFi fauxcumentary like the original had.
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Here's an article about the process of keeping the movie title secret & a bit about the making of the movie itself http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/22/blair-witch-project-sequel-secret-comic-con?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter & here's segments from the comic con Q&A http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3400236/blair-witch-video-images-comic-con-screening-qa/
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This is one of the craziest fakeouts in recent memory. I wonder if this was planned before 10 Cloverfield Lane.
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Oh. A sequel. I hope they do something with it.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:This is one of the craziest fakeouts in recent memory. I wonder if this was planned before 10 Cloverfield Lane. That article says it was pitched to them in March 2013 & shot in June/July 2015 so presumably. Also fun fact from that article is that Simon Barrett was apparently a Private Investigator for 10 years (funny cuz he directed the frame story in VHS 2)
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Wow, I'm really disappointed. The marketing for The Woods was really cool and really hyped up the idea that it was wholly something new and original in horror. "Nah, fooled you, it's a sequel. Here's our new generic trailer with Inception BWAAAHs and a hundred jump scares." Post from earlier in the thread before the reveal: sticklefifer posted:I'm mainly wondering what possible conceit could be central to this film so as to be "genre-defining" the way Blair Witch was. I feel like the answer to that is going to disappoint me. Yep. sticklefifer fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Jul 23, 2016 |
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Being an avid horror fan myself I know what it's like to get desensitized to things. Or get bored with certain over used ideas. There are moments in this film that gave me chills on first watch. And that was before sound design, color and mix. I am completely confident in this project and the design I put on it uses techniques that have never been used in horror. I'm really excited for its release. Of course I'm horribly biased. 
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sticklefifer posted:"Nah, fooled you, it's a sequel. Here's our new generic trailer with Inception BWAAAHs and a hundred jump scares." Not to mention that cover of a Police song... that I seem to recall being used in some other horror movie trailer. Was it just what they used in the previous teaser when it was called "The Woods"? e: Also yes, I've pretty much lost most of my interest in this apart from it being Adam Wingard. He's literally the only thing that has me remotely hopeful.
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Jst0rm posted:Being an avid horror fan myself I know what it's like to get desensitized to things. Or get bored with certain over used ideas. There are moments in this film that gave me chills on first watch. And that was before sound design, color and mix. I am completely confident in this project and the design I put on it uses techniques that have never been used in horror. I'm really excited for its release. Well, I'm fuckin pumped and anytime the creators believe in a project it usually turns out good and you seem genuinely excited about this, sooooo heck yes.
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holy poo poo HOLY poo poo
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King Vidiot posted:Not to mention that cover of a Police song... that I seem to recall being used in some other horror movie trailer. That poo poo's my #1 pet peeve for this generation of films.
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JoeRules posted:holy poo poo Pretty much. I'm psyched as gently caress right about now. And also legit shocked that things can still be kept under wraps in the internet age.
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I liked blair witch. Seriously it scared the poo poo out of me when I first saw it when I was a teenager. I'm not actually sure why. This could be really awesome.
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Seriously, like original Blair Witch has a lot more in common with the independent horror movies of today with stuff that was coming out back then, and was pretty proto mumblegore. Like that is what makes Wingard perfect for this. If it was anyone else or a secret sequel to some other horror movie, I would probably be a bit disappointed too.
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precision posted:Pretty much. I'm psyched as gently caress right about now. yeah I can't believe that it stayed secret wow. Not sure how I feel about it being a Blair Witch sequel. The trailer is so good and I really liked the title.
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King Vidiot posted:Not to mention that cover of a Police song... that I seem to recall being used in some other horror movie trailer. Was it just what they used in the previous teaser when it was called "The Woods"? To be fair: if you've ever read the lyrics for that song, it is creepy as gently caress.
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InfiniteZero posted:To be fair: if you've ever read the lyrics for that song, it is creepy as gently caress. True, but it's just ridiculous how many times somebody has taken (or made) a slowed-down, stripped-down eerie cover of a pop song and used it in a horror trailer or on a film soundtrack. Or used a totally innocuous 50's or 60's pop song playing on an old record player as something "creepy" or atmospheric.
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King Vidiot posted:True, but it's just ridiculous how many times somebody has taken (or made) a slowed-down, stripped-down eerie cover of a pop song and used it in a horror trailer or on a film soundtrack. Or used a totally innocuous 50's or 60's pop song playing on an old record player as something "creepy" or atmospheric. Horror movies are often formulaic and trailers even more so. Might as well embrace it. Reward creators who try to bring something new to the table, sure. But if the formulas make you mad, the genre will make you mad.
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King Vidiot posted:True, but it's just ridiculous how many times somebody has taken (or made) a slowed-down, stripped-down eerie cover of a pop song and used it in a horror trailer or on a film soundtrack. Or used a totally innocuous 50's or 60's pop song playing on an old record player as something "creepy" or atmospheric. I wish I knew more about music licensing because the way these trends go in movies seems directly related and probably worthy of its own thread.
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The mark of a good pop song is precisely in how well it can slot into a horror soundtrack.
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Ironic doo-wop in horror has been a thing for like, decades.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Ironic doo-wop in horror has been a thing for like, decades. Creepy 30s/40s music isn't a puzzling thing. Microphone design and radio/speakers of the era basically served as a low-pass filter which cut out a lot of the bass in a song. Badly mastered songs of the time have an underlying tinny sound. This is especially true for singers, so the result is that something sounds off to the modern ear. So even a bright and bouncy song sounds a little weird. Doubly so if it's off of a wobbly record. Bioshock used this to great effect. Don't forget the trend of using a creeeeeepy jack-in-the-box song, or a little girl uttering a nursery rhyme. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:music licensing. VvV Right? That was good poo poo. Jeepers Creepers was a cute choice, too. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Jul 25, 2016 |
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Mr. Sandman in Halloween 2 was choice as hell.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Ironic doo-wop in horror has been a thing for like, decades. Same with breathy sparse singing in an echo chamber ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lfzuBij18w
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:The mark of a good pop song is precisely in how well it can slot into a horror soundtrack. I unironically would love to listen to a horror version of Shake It Off
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:The mark of a good pop song is precisely in how well it can slot into a horror soundtrack. I'll contend that Dwight Twilley Band's Looking For the Magic in You're Next was the best use of a pop song coming from a record player in a horror movie I've ever seen. And the song on its own also rules.
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The Saddest Rhino posted:I unironically would love to listen to a horror version of Shake It Off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzuebUoo_O4 That guy's pretty good, at least. His vocals remind me of Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) // found it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BetP6RMVrBc
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Hat Thoughts posted:Here's an article about the process of keeping the movie title secret & a bit about the making of the movie itself quote:In February 2013, Constantine invited the pair to a secret meeting at Lionsgate where he personally pitched them on the idea of writing and directing a new Blair Witch movie. “We were blown away by Adam Wingard’s complete mastery of the genre in You’re Next and felt that Adam, and Simon, and Keith (Calder), and Jessica (Wu), the producers, were an extraordinary filmmaking unit,” says Constantine. “When we saw You’re Next and saw [V/H/S], it was like, ‘You know what? Adam Wingard and his writing partner are the guys that we should go to, to [make] a reboot of Blair Witch.’ And so, we arranged a secret meeting with them, we pitched them the idea.” Translation from the studio end: "Adam Wingard makes movies on the cheap and millenials like them." Translation from Wingard's end: "They handed us a big pile of money and it was gonna be a real lovely movie if we didn't make it."
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Translation from the studio end: "Adam Wingard makes movies on the cheap and millenials like them." Well, that's not a quote from Wingard so uhhh nah, and man maybe but they clearly rly do like the movie. Barrett even posted on Facebook about going through the Blair Witch books after (apparently theyre not very good who knew)...like...dont need to be so rude cynical style...also dont use the word "millenials" its illegal
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:The mark of a good pop song is precisely in how well it can slot into a horror soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsyfGwlf_l0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42OhzVWzc0 Tears for fears, the embodiment of that fleetful grasp at the past, with a sound as haunting to match.
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In Dreams by Roy Orbison in Blue Velvet is my favorite use of a doo-woppy song in a movie.
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So was this any good?
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Ramadu posted:So was this any good? Oh no it was complete trash please avoid.
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FilthyImp posted:Was this, The Woods, a movie that isn't out yet and was just revealed to be stealth-hype for a new Blair Witch movie, specifically, good? They showed the entire movie to the Comic-Con audience, dude.
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Pirate Jet posted:They showed the entire movie to the Comic-Con audience, dude. hahahaha if you think there isn't a heavy NDA on it
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Ramadu posted:So was this any good? I hear it's going to change the face of horror cinema forever. I heard you should "forget everything you think you know"!
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If you had asked me like a week ago if I wanted a new Blair Witch movie I'd have laughed in your face, but put Wingard behind it and It's my most anticipated movie of the year. I'm still kind of hoping they dropped the found footage aspect, but I know they didn't because it's loving Blair Witch. Either way, I've been waiting for this since The Guest came out.
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