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I actually find The Good Place to lean more in the horror than the comedy. I don’t find it funny at all, just sad and depressing!
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Casimir Radon posted:Ready or Not is a lot of fun, even though it doesn't quite stick the landing. That's interesting. I feel like the movie starts and finishes strong but has a really weak middle.
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Sarchasm posted:That's interesting. I feel like the movie starts and finishes strong but has a really weak middle. It's a better, funnier You're Next
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CelticPredator posted:I actually find The Good Place to lean more in the horror than the comedy. I don’t find it funny at all, just sad and depressing! Same but with marvel movies.
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What are the best horror movie freeze-frame endings? Preferably with the credits rolling over the image. Sleepaway Camp is the one that jumps out to me
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Blast Fantasto posted:What are the best horror movie freeze-frame endings? Preferably with the credits rolling over the image. The Beyond
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Casimir Radon posted:The ending is Deus Ex Machina with a bit of a fake out. Not bad but still felt like a bit of a letdown. Alex turning on her was also kind of dumb. I saw the ending as more of a punchline than a Deus ex Machina. That was the joke the whole movie was building towards: yes, the curse is real and now the whole family dies in a cartoonishly hilarious fashion.
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Casimir Radon posted:It's a better, funnier You're Next
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CelticPredator posted:I don’t like when people separate horror. Every genre is a horror Considering how many not-horror films I've sat through that were so abysmally bad I guess you could consider them a subgenre of horror in that they exist.
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Just saw Creepshow for the first time, kind of a downer honestly.
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COOL CORN posted:drat have a fun 5-6 hours It was v fun. Ready or Not was a blast and exactly what it advertised on the tin—really glad they didn't let the dude off the hook for being selfish enough to put her in that position. Surprisingly Midsommar didn't drag at all. It was very long but I can't really imagine a shorter version of the narrative that I'd enjoy more. If I'm seeing slow on-the-nose self-indulgent folk horror, I want it to be very slow, very on-the-nose, very self-indulgent, and very folksy. It was actually a great double-feature from a thematic point, too.
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Blast Fantasto posted:What are the best horror movie freeze-frame endings? Preferably with the credits rolling over the image. Sleepaway Camp 2 ”Howdy partners!” always gets me.
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Latest news report on Halloween Kills: Lindsey will also be returning ... played by the original actress, Kyle Richards. So if nothing else it's setting a new record for longest gap between playing the same character in a movie.
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Blast Fantasto posted:What are the best horror movie freeze-frame endings? Preferably with the credits rolling over the image. The Curse of Frankenstein Also isn't there a folk horror movie that ends with a static shot of a swinging noose rope? Or am I imagining that.
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Blast Fantasto posted:What are the best horror movie freeze-frame endings? Preferably with the credits rolling over the image. Funny Games for the music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35AWnBZgs0c&t=270s
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Casimir Radon posted:The ending is Deus Ex Machina with a bit of a fake out. Not bad but still felt like a bit of a letdown. Alex turning on her was also kind of dumb. I can see that. I personally enjoyed Ready or Not's ending based simply on the fact that it made me laugh. The husband's heel turn was necessary but too sudden--if the middle of the film was anything but the bride running from the butler they might have done something more interesting with the character. I appreciate how straightforward and simple the movie is, but I do wish there had been some kind of reversal or new wrinkle to the plot at the midway point. As it is the movie feels a little monotone. Anyway, good movie. Not great, but good.
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alf_pogs posted:Theatre Of Blood owns. leaning into how the villain is a bonkers melodramatic over-actor and then having Price deliver all these insane monologues is terrific. the party scene where he's mocked and delivering a monologue from the other side of the glass is actually super poignant and incredible as well. Loved Theatre of Blood. It's got the perfect tone of dark humour, camp and grizzly horror moments and Price is a delight in every scene. When I realised King Lear was going to be the final play, I knew where they would go with it and it gave the ending this great melancholic inevitability Saw Horror Express just last week. I'd put it off for ages because although it's on Prime UK, the sound and picture quality is terrible. I ended up subscribing to Arrow to see it. Comparison:  wtf Amazon, you find that reel in a dumpster? Anyway, movie was good.
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Kvlt! posted:Arrow has a streaming SERVICE?!?!?! It's more of a Prime add-in they call 'channels' There's a shitload of them including Arrow and Shudder.
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Yea the recent restoration is crucial for Horror Express, don't accept the lovely version.
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bitterandtwisted posted:It's more of a Prime add-in they call 'channels' I gotta look into that. Re: Horror Express, I bought the Arrow blu ray and it is probably the best blind buy I have ever made. Literally the perfect horror movie.
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Stink Billyums posted:Funny Games for the music
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Sarchasm posted:I can see that. I personally enjoyed Ready or Not's ending based simply on the fact that it made me laugh. The husband's heel turn was necessary but too sudden--if the middle of the film was anything but the bride running from the butler they might have done something more interesting with the character. Had similar thoughts when I watched. It’s hard to fault it when my complaints boil down to “I wanted more” but Ready or Not feels just a few scenes short of being a great movie instead of just a good one.
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How the hell do you get to the Arrow channel on Prime? I don't see it here and searching or googling just brings up the Green Arrow tv show.
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feedmyleg posted:How the hell do you get to the Arrow channel on Prime? I don't see it here and searching or googling just brings up the Green Arrow tv show. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/o...7326_1949156858 It might be region locked
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Man, The People Under the Stairs really doesn't get as much love as it should. It's such a fun and grimey movie. But I also want it to be remade. It's a fun story and the actors are great... but Craven's writing of black character does get a bit cringey.
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Timeless Appeal posted:Man, The People Under the Stairs really doesn't get as much love as it should. It's such a fun and grimey movie. Bu I also want it to be remade. It's a fun story and the actors are great... but Craven's writing of black character does get a bit cringey. It loving rules. It’s also an interesting snapshot into a time when Twin Peaks was the biggest show in the world, so Craven just grabs an already existing married couple from that show and they both kick rear end in the movie.
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Casimir Radon posted:Ready or Not is a lot of fun, even though it doesn't quite stick the landing. My wife and I just got back from seeing it. I thought the ending would be some hubris-fueled self-fulfilling prophecy since the Dad mentioned that other rich family burning to death, but I was tickled fuckin pink by what actually happened. I blurted out "HAH!" and scared my wife  It was a lot of fun. Was slow in some parts, but overall really fun.
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Followed the old horror thread for years and had to drop out around 2014 or so because life got in the way of keeping up with it. I've been keeping up with the biggest theatrical releases in horror and most of the big stuff that popped up on Netflix, but I miss the days of being clued in on random borderline cult classics. S&Man, Excision, and Lake Mungo were all fun flicks I remember encountering thanks to this thread. So, my absurdly wide open question is, what have I missed in the last half decade that fits this bill?
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Upgrade. It isn’t a horror but it was made by a horror man and it’s amazing and I wish it was more beloved
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I thought the twist in Ready or Not was super obvious and telegraphed almost from the beginning of the film, and this made the ending kind of bleh and anticlimactic for me. I wanted to like it but was sorry I paid to watch it in the theater.
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I’d say Upgrade is at the very least horror-adjacent. The kills seem to dip into slasher territory vs. what you’d see in a typical action movie.
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j. alfred moonrock posted:Followed the old horror thread for years and had to drop out around 2014 or so because life got in the way of keeping up with it. I've been keeping up with the biggest theatrical releases in horror and most of the big stuff that popped up on Netflix, but I miss the days of being clued in on random borderline cult classics. S&Man, Excision, and Lake Mungo were all fun flicks I remember encountering thanks to this thread. So, my absurdly wide open question is, what have I missed in the last half decade that fits this bill? Knife + Heart and The Eyes Of My Mother are two masterpieces imo. Blast Fantasto posted:I’d say Upgrade is at the very least horror-adjacent. The kills seem to dip into slasher territory vs. what you’d see in a typical action movie. If I hear one more person try to convince me that "BRO TERMINATOR IS A SLASHER" I'm going to vomit on their face. Slashers don't use guns. It's in the loving NAME. SLASHER. SLASH. LIKE WITH A KNIFE.
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Kvlt! posted:Slashers don't use guns. Jason has killed people with a harpoon gun before. Are you telling me that Jason isn't a slasher?
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Mulva posted:Jason has killed people with a harpoon gun before. Are you telling me that Jason isn't a slasher? The only reason Jason doesn't use guns is because his mom always told him that good boys don't play with fire arms
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j. alfred moonrock posted:Followed the old horror thread for years and had to drop out around 2014 or so because life got in the way of keeping up with it. I've been keeping up with the biggest theatrical releases in horror and most of the big stuff that popped up on Netflix, but I miss the days of being clued in on random borderline cult classics. S&Man, Excision, and Lake Mungo were all fun flicks I remember encountering thanks to this thread. So, my absurdly wide open question is, what have I missed in the last half decade that fits this bill? I don't remember what's been on Netflix but for non-wide releases I'd say these are worth a look One Cut of the Dead Creep Creep 2 Mandy Hell House LLC Train to Busan The Wailing The Endless The House That Jack Built I Am Not a Serial Killer The Autopsy of Jane Doe The Clovehitch Killer The Invitation Mom and Dad Savageland The Eyes of My Mother Under the Shadow November Southbound Summer of '84 Never Hike Alone Hush Raw Baskin The Blackcoat's Daughter A Dark Song The Devil's Candy The Void Bone Tomahawk
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Kvlt! posted:Knife + Heart and The Eyes Of My Mother are two masterpieces imo. Plenty of slasher villains don’t use knives.
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Mulva posted:Jason has killed people with a harpoon gun before. Are you telling me that Jason isn't a slasher? True let me amend my statement: slashers don't use GUNPOWDER BASED FIREARMS sponges posted:Plenty of slasher villains don’t use knives. Yeah I just used that as kinda a joke but my point was more they dont use guns
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I watched Evil Bong last weekend to prepare for your writeup. Just so you know.
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Kvlt! posted:If I hear one more person try to convince me that "BRO TERMINATOR IS A SLASHER" I'm going to vomit on their face. I can’t tell if you’re disagreeing with me or just making an unrelated comment but someone gets absolutely destroyed with a knife in Upgrade which is what inspired my slasher territory comment.
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