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Tart Kitty posted:I've been playing Days Gone and while it's a bold choice to cast the player as a walking Monster energy drink can, there is a huge missed opportunity in not making Skoal cans healing items. Sean of the Dead
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Iron Crowned posted:Sean of the Dead I've never heard of that film. But have you heard of Shaun of the Dead? The zombies are not very scary in that, and in fact there is an entire sequence where a zombie is pelted with various household objects.
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Tart Kitty posted:I've been playing Days Gone and while it's a bold choice to cast the player as a walking Monster energy drink can, there is a huge missed opportunity in not making Skoal cans healing items. Resident Evil 2 remake?
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May 25, 2019 02:23
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Lurdiak posted:I've never heard of that film. But have you heard of Shaun of the Dead? The zombies are not very scary in that, and in fact there is an entire sequence where a zombie is pelted with various household objects. It's been some years but that last stand in the bar was pretty tense
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King Vidiot posted:Who's to say it won't be? Jobriath
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Tart Kitty posted:But it got me to thinking; when was the last time zombies were truly scary? I'm wracking my brain and I can't think of much recently. And I'm talking real-deal Zombie zombies. I think the last zombie movie to actually get under my skin was [REC], and that was 2007.
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Yooooooo, Brightburn was really fun. I knew it was gonna be a Superman but evil movie from the trailer, but it went in an even darker direction than I anticipated. It had several crazy kills and some gory-rear end gore. I was laughing during all the kills because of how absurdly violent they were. Just a joy to watch 
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Rageaholic posted:Yooooooo, Brightburn was really fun. I knew it was gonna be a Superman but evil movie from the trailer, but it went in an even darker direction than I anticipated. It had several crazy kills and some gory-rear end gore. I was laughing during all the kills because of how absurdly violent they were. Just a joy to watch I know what I'm doing tonight.
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Drunkboxer posted:IIRC FvJ is structured more like a Freddy movie anyway. Yeah its a Freddy movie where only Jason kills anyone, outside of one. That part is so weird.
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Rageaholic posted:Yooooooo, Brightburn was really fun. I knew it was gonna be a Superman but evil movie from the trailer, but it went in an even darker direction than I anticipated. It had several crazy kills and some gory-rear end gore. I was laughing during all the kills because of how absurdly violent they were. Just a joy to watch Told you guys it was a straight up, really personal gory horror movie and not the "oh Superman kills people" that you may have thought otherwise.
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I said in the rate-your-latest thread, but Brightburn kinda undercuts the weight behind your standard what-if-Hero-was-bad story by flat out telling you early on that whoever sent the kid to Earth were invaders who specifically sent the kid down to be evil. Without that nugget of hope, without the wonder if someone is going to save this kid, without the notion that the kid could've been a Ka'el or a Hal Jordan, it's all just kinda... there, I guess? Movies like this are required to be, on some level, tragedies, and I didn't get that feeling from the movie. I was really hoping for at least one scene where the kid overhears / superhears his parents having a non-cliched discussion about their kid, something to let him know that after all he's done, his parents are still concerned for him and his future, and fundamentally love him. I mean, I had to avert my own eye at the glass in the eye scene, and my theater was sensibly chuckling when the dad offered to take his Currently Established To Be Super Strong And Stuff Alien Son hunting, but otherwise, whatever. MisterBibs fucked around with this message at 04:17 on May 25, 2019 |
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Darko posted:Yeah its a Freddy movie where only Jason kills anyone, outside of one. That part is so weird. Being finally nearly finished with the Friday series I'm honestly not sure how you COULD write a movie that was either 50/50 Jason/Freddy or a Jason movie with Freddy in it. Like what would that be? Jason roaming through the woods killing random people and zeroing in on a final girl while Freddy torments her and her friends in their dreams? Doesn't that then become a Freddy movie because Freddy's MO is just so much more involved than Jason's rampaging indiscriminate animal MO.
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MisterBibs posted:I said in the rate-your-latest thread, but Brightburn kinda undercuts the weight behind your standard what-if-Hero-was-bad story by flat out telling you early on that whoever sent the kid to Earth were invaders who specifically sent the kid down to be evil. Without that nugget of hope, without the wonder if someone is going to save this kid, without the notion that the kid could've been a Ka'el or a Hal Jordan, it's all just kinda... there, I guess? Movies like this are required to be, on some level, tragedies, and I didn't get that feeling from the movie. They were so concerned with Brightbrun being a slasher horror movie that they didn't really explore the really interesting parts of the premise in favor of dumb gore and jump scares.
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For me, it was Return of the Living Dead. With how fast they could run, I knew there'd be no way for me to outrun them.
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REC and Quarantine both genuinely scared me. Train to Busan affected me but I don't think it scared me. Zombie Honeymoon actually really "scared" me in an emotional way but not the way we're talking. I think 28 Days Later managed to work up some tension? That's all that really comes to mind off the top of my head. Return of the Living Dead sent a very young me from the spot I was hiding in behind the couch (so I could stay up and watch the R movie I wasn't supposed to be watching) running into the arms of my dad.
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Basebf555 posted:Just watched Errementari: The Devil and the Blacksmith and was blown away by it. It's on Netflix, did I miss a big discussion about this when it came out? I just watched that too and was really pleasantly surprised! The part where the little girl first enters the blacksmith's basement and his snores are echoing throughout it like he's some kind of dragon, and then he wakes up and the whole personal hell he's built for himself comes to life with flames and chains and machinery was awesome. I also liked all the folklore elements, with the slapstick humor and the devil hamming it up relentlessly. The ending made me really appreciate the amount of emotional labor that devils put into making sure all those damned souls get the hell experience that they're expecting. Just a great, fun time all round.
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mcmagic posted:They were so concerned with Brightbrun being a slasher horror movie that they didn't really explore the really interesting parts of the premise in favor of... jump scares. this. it entirely wasted the premise. it was also filled with bad obvious musical cues. there were some cool effects, and it built secent tension in the second act, but it just paid that off with...more jump scares?? seriously there were so many jump scares. it's a huge loving disappointment.
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I dont want to see Brightburn because of it going all in on the horror gore aspect as it really has jumped deep into being an adaptation of Kid Miracleman and that is one of the single most traumatising things i read in my comic days. A movie length version of that just seems overkill and the visceral of not only unpleasant but genuinely uncomfortable.
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Everyone in this thread needs to go watch The Perfection on netflix. I make no promises for quality, but it is utterly ridiculous. A real 'go in blind or not at all' kinda film.
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Okay so I saw a picture of who Michael Rooker plays in Brightburn, I think, and I need to see this ASAP. Lmao. Rooker as an Alex Jones rip-off.
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CelticPredator posted:Okay so I saw a picture of who Michael Rooker plays in Brightburn, I think, and I need to see this ASAP. Lmao.
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CelticPredator posted:Okay so I saw a picture of who Michael Rooker plays in Brightburn, I think, and I need to see this ASAP. Lmao. it's literally like 30 seconds during the credits and not worth sitting through the rest of the movie for. wait till it's on youtube.
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ozebane posted:Everyone in this thread needs to go watch The Perfection on netflix. I make no promises for quality, but it is utterly ridiculous. A real 'go in blind or not at all' kinda film. I wasn't crazy about it but it's worth seeing and definitely go in blind.
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It's funny that the day that I order Blood Harvest from Vinegar Syndrome, Joe Bob shows Blood Harvest on The Last Drive-In... and makes me instantly regret my purchase. 
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ozebane posted:Everyone in this thread needs to go watch The Perfection on netflix. I make no promises for quality, but it is utterly ridiculous. A real 'go in blind or not at all' kinda film. The Perfection totally works for me. The director said in Q&A that part of the movie was inspired by a real life terror of being basically trapped on a bus in Mexico with diarrhea.
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The Perfection is totally hosed up and a good watch. We don't get many good LGBT films and this one is non trope and very good. Also , go in blind. Hollismason fucked around with this message at 14:14 on May 25, 2019 |
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Counterpoint; “The Perfection” is absolute trash with zero redeeming moments.
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PuntCuncher posted:Counterpoint; “The Perfection” is absolute trash with zero redeeming moments. Yet another strong argument to watch it.
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Horror Fans " This movie is unredeemable absolute trash and the worst experience you can have in a theater" Also Horror Fans " I'mma watch it"
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Snack Bitch posted:The Perfection totally works for me. The director said in Q&A that part of the movie was inspired by a real life terror of being basically trapped on a bus in Mexico with diarrhea. It's absolutely the most effective scene too. The rest of the film is shallow as all hell, but everything on the bus was very effective. There was a moment where it seemed like it was going to be a film about a carer who finally gets freedom only to immediately fall in with a much more insidious and toxic dependant. I kinda want to see someone make that movie.
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Is it just a trashier and more exploitative ripoff of The Handmaiden like it sounds?
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Hollismason posted:Horror Fans " This movie is unredeemable absolute trash and the worst experience you can have in a theater" I can't laugh at this. It's been me too many times.
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My standard metric for horror is be anything, but don't be boring. As long as its not a slog, I'll give it a shot. Even if it's utter dreck.
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Tart Kitty posted:My standard metric for horror is be anything, but don't be boring. As long as its not a slog, I'll give it a shot. Even if it's utter dreck. Yeah. And if it feels like the people making it actually care and are sincere, it goes a long way, too. So gently caress Sharknado and its ilk. I'd much rather watch honest garbo like The Dead Hate the Living and Jackhammer Massacre
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I mean that's the thing, though. I can't watch a horrible movie like Wish Upon, The Boy, Bye Bye Man or Truth or Dare and think anyone cared. They just wanted to put something in theaters that desperate horror fans might watch.
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The Perfection was pretty decent. Owes a lot to Korean revenge thrillers. I suspect it wouldn’t hold up as well on a rewatch, but it’s a fun ride. As others have said, definitely go in blind.
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Lurdiak posted:I mean that's the thing, though. I can't watch a horrible movie like Wish Upon, The Boy, Bye Bye Man or Truth or Dare and think anyone cared. They just wanted to put something in theaters that desperate horror fans might watch. There's at least 3 distinctly different categories of "terrible" horror films. 1) Really tried to make a good movie and it turned out terrible but enjoyable in a charming, ambitious, or ironic way. 2) Made no effort except to cash in on fans who will buy anything and its terrible. 3) Tried really hard to make an ironically bad movie on purpose and is just terrible. The only one of those movies you named I've seen is The Boy and I'd put it in the first category since I just respect that they basically thought of like 3 twists and decided to include all of them. Its bad and dumb but in a charming unintentional way to me.
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