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Uncle Boogeyman posted:i wouldn't say no to a good Salem's Lot movie. i finally read the book last year and loved it but the TV movie is pretty underwhelming. According to the article, it’s an adaptation of the short story Jerusalem’s Lot, not the full length novel Salem’s Lot. Jerusalem’s Lot is about the founding of the town and all the crazy cult poo poo that happened to the founding families. Also, watch Castle Rock S2 if you haven’t. It’s a great twist on the Salem’s Lot story. M_Sinistrari posted:I was kinda meh about S1, but S2 was great. I've always had a soft spot for 'Salem's Lot.  I love that S2 had characters from Misery and Stand By Me as well. Ace Merrill is one of my favorite Stephen King greaser bullies. ruddiger fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:i wouldn't say no to a good Salem's Lot movie. i finally read the book last year and loved it but the TV movie is pretty underwhelming. Yea I saw it for the first time in October and underwhelmed is definitely a good way to describe my thoughts. Basebf555 posted:I tried to watch the full 3 hour miniseries and I think that was probably a mistake. I'm told there's a 90 minute theatrical version that I imagine is much better just because there's a lot of boring filler here. King of course spends a lot of time allowing you to get to know the whole town, and there's an attempt to do that here but I found myself not very interested in any of the characters. A lot of that was definitely due to the actors, who mostly were third rate and not up to the material. There were a few exceptions but all in all the whole thing felt pretty rote and uninteresting. Barlow himself was a highlight but there isn't nearly enough of him to justify 3 hours.
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ruddiger posted:According to the article, it’s an adaptation of the short story Jerusalem’s Lot, not the full length novel Salem’s Lot. Jerusalem’s Lot is about the founding of the town and all the crazy cult poo poo that happened to the founding families. There's the novel and the two short stories focused on the town. This one's the cult stuff which made it an appealing location to the vampires and the other short story's on the aftermath of the novel with the nearby towns dealing with what vampires are still lurking around.
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M_Sinistrari posted:There's the novel and the two short stories focused on the town. This one's the cult stuff which made it an appealing location to the vampires and the other short story's on the aftermath of the novel with the nearby towns dealing with what vampires are still lurking around. Ah, that’s right. I forgot there were two short stories. They’re both in the same collection too, I think.
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ruddiger posted:
I thought they did an incredible job detailing Annie Wilkes . It makes me want to sit through Misery again.
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M_Sinistrari posted:There's the novel and the two short stories focused on the town. This one's the cult stuff which made it an appealing location to the vampires and the other short story's on the aftermath of the novel with the nearby towns dealing with what vampires are still lurking around. The short story is really cool. King really shows his Lovecraft influences in it. I’ll definitely be watching.
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I felt like S2 was actually a lot more Jerusalem's Lot than Salem's Lot.
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M_Sinistrari posted:I thought they did an incredible job detailing Annie Wilkes . It makes me want to sit through Misery again. As soon as I finish Dr. Sleep that’s next on my reading list specifically because of CRS2.
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fran you coward banning me because i speak tbe truth that part 8 is the best friday i shall not be silenced
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Part 8 is two halves of two good movies, which do not add up to one good movie.
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Halloween Jack posted:Part 8 is two halves of two good movies, which do not add up to one good movie. Have to frank I was annoyed that they did a remake/reboot/whatever of Friday the 13th instead of just doing a remake of Jason Takes Manhattan with more time spent in Manhattan.
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They should remake VII also so they can have a Jason that good but make the movie a lot better and gorier.
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Part 8 makes very little sense even by '80s slasher standards. How does the boat get to Manhattan from Crystal Lake, which is supposed to be in New Jersey and nowhere near the ocean? Even assuming it was possible, why wouldn't they just take a bus and get there in like a half hour? Why is the senior class made up of like 10 people? I like most everything after they actually get to Manhattan but the first hour is very bad.
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Neo Rasa posted:They should remake VII also so they can have a Jason that good but make the movie a lot better and gorier. The MPAA massacred part 7, and I've long said a restored version would probably be my favorite in the series.
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gey muckle mowser posted:Part 8 makes very little sense even by '80s slasher standards. How does the boat get to Manhattan from Crystal Lake, which is supposed to be in New Jersey and nowhere near the ocean? Even assuming it was possible, why wouldn't they just take a bus and get there in like a half hour? Why is the senior class made up of like 10 people? I like most everything after they actually get to Manhattan but the first hour is very bad. It's discussed in detail in Crystal Lake Memories and yea they basically just needed a way to have Jason end up in Manhattan so they said gently caress it lets act like Crystal Lake is connected to the ocean somehow. The mistake was in assuming people would care how Jason got to NY. Just have him show up in some coroner's office or whatever, maybe his body was transported there for some reason. Who gives a poo poo.
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Basebf555 posted:It's discussed in detail in Crystal Lake Memories and yea they basically just needed a way to have Jason end up in Manhattan so they said gently caress it lets act like Crystal Lake is connected to the ocean somehow. If that was the real reason the boat sequence wouldn't be an hour long.
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Lurdiak posted:If that was the real reason the boat sequence wouldn't be an hour long. That's how it started. Then along the way the budget kept getting slashed and slashed some more, so they had to keep shifting more of the movie to the boat and away from Manhattan. Originally the boat portion of the story was only supposed to be like 15 minutes.
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In some ways it’s an homage to King Kong
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gey muckle mowser posted:Part 8 makes very little sense even by '80s slasher standards. How does the boat get to Manhattan from Crystal Lake, which is supposed to be in New Jersey and nowhere near the ocean? Even assuming it was possible, why wouldn't they just take a bus and get there in like a half hour? Why is the senior class made up of like 10 people? I like most everything after they actually get to Manhattan but the first hour is very bad. The school’s star athlete being a boxer is odd too. It’s like the movie has no idea what highschool is and just took its best guess.
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 'Tis the friday before X-mas, folks, and starting at 6:30 EST, I've got a holiday lineup for you.  Gremlins  Krampus  Better Watch Out  Silent Night Deadly Night 2 And some other christmas Tune in!
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Blast Fantasto posted:garbage day I couldn't stop laughing at the guy's facial expressions, like he kept swapping back and forth between serious killer face and maniacal psycho laugh almost as if he had a counter going in his head where he had to switch ever 5 seconds.
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Basebf555 posted:I couldn't stop laughing at the guy's facial expressions, like he kept swapping back and forth between serious killer face and maniacal psycho laugh almost as if he had a counter going in his head where he had to switch ever 5 seconds. anyone else think he looks kinda like Donald Trump Jr?
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:anyone else think he looks kinda like Donald Trump Jr? His jaw is too defined for Don Jr.
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I won't be able to make tonight's stream since I'm working. I hope everyone has a good time tonight.
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Ok I watched The Tall Man with Jessica Biel expecting dollar store Slenderman, and what the absolute poo poo? I have never seen a movie go this idiotically off the rails and come to such a bonkers conclusion. Don't sleep on it like I did lmao edit: ok collecting my thoughts about really really stupid movies, maybe Serenity (2019) compares married but discreet fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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Drunkboxer posted:The school’s star athlete being a boxer is odd too. It’s like the movie has no idea what highschool is and just took its best guess. Jason Takes Manhattan was made in 1989 but going by the timeline doesn't it take place in like 1998? It's sci-fi/speculative fiction really like the high school at the beginning of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.
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Has the thread posted best of the decade lists yet? I took a shot at my highly subjective top 10 list and I’m really not satisfied with it for a number of reasons. The decade was just really good for the genre. I feel like an rear end leaving It Follows, Midsommer and Us off of it. 1. The Witch (2015) 2. Hereditary (2018) 3. Mandy (2018) 4. The Lighthouse (2019) 5. Bone Tomahawk (2015) 6. Green Room (2015) 7. Get Out (2017) 8. Snowtown (2011) 9. A Dark Song (2016) 10. Evil Dead (2013) https://boxd.it/4o4Iw Yes I consider The Lighthouse a horror film and yes I like it that much. Bone Tomahawk might have been my number 1 but the stuff about the director has soured me to it that much, unfortunately. I don’t think it wholly invalidates the movie for me though. edit: Other ones I feel like an rear end leaving off are Kill List, Mother!, As Above So Below, You’re Next and probably like 5 or 6 more. What a good horror decade. Drunkboxer fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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I made a top 30 list: https://boxd.it/4codu It started as top 25 but I couldn't narrow it down. My top 10 are: 1. Hereditary 2. It Follows 3. The Witch 4. Mandy 5. Get Out 6. Tucker & Dale vs Evil 7. Knife + Heart 8. Revenge 9. What We Do in the Shadows 10. Raw
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Not going to rank them but my top ten would be: Evil Dead Eyes of My Mother Gerald's Game Get Out Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Halloween Hereditary Lords of Salem Mandy Raw Honestly this was harder than I thought it was going to be and my list would probably change a bit if I happened to post it yesterday or tomorrow.
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Holy poo poo Aftershock is honestly one of the most brutally bad movies I've seen in a long time. An entire movie full of rape, wanton misery and murder, racism and hatred of women ends with one of the biggest gently caress you endings I've seen in a long time. gently caress that garbage pile of a movie.
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Top 10 Mandy The Lighthouse Hereditary Get Out Green Room It Follows The Witch Lords of Salem The House that Jack Built Halloween 2018 (for the music alone)
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The Eyes of My Mother Raw The Endless The VVitch Annihilation Get Out It Follows A Cure For Wellness Under the Skin What We Do In The Shadows Vaguely in that order, but maybe not exactly in that order. I almost put Spring on there as well but wanted to keep it to one Benson/Moorehead eh
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Dang, no love for mother!.
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Darthemed posted:Dang, no love for mother!. I wanted to add it but it’s a crowded decade.
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Darthemed posted:Dang, no love for mother!. I have it at number 16 on my list, it’s fantastic but there is a lot of stiff competition. It has been a really excellent decade for horror movies.
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I watched Species in theaters in 1995 as a teen. I proceeded to not think about it for 25 years, until i saw all 4(!) Species movies were added to streaming. I watched the aggressively mediocre Species 2 last night; I will be livetweeting Species 3 starting in 5m
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i made a list the list is in no specific order The Lighthouse Hereditary One Cut of the Dead Midsommar It Follows The Witch The Babadook Parasite The Wailing Under the Skin
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