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I loved Midsommar tge first time I saw it and went back to see the Directors Cut when it came to theatres. I feel like the Directors Cut took a lot of the nuance out of the film. I think adding more context to the argument about sharing the same thesis was a good addition but the boyfriend was a lot more understanding & somewhat of a sympathetic character in the theatrical cut whereas in the directors cut, he was a totally irredeemable gaslighting shitbag to Florence Pugh and that hurt the movie
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The_Doctor posted:A film I see mentioned a lot in non-horror films with excellent horror sections is A Field in England. Anyone have opinions before I sit down to watch it? I liked it but found it hard to follow, mostly because I was high but also because the accents were tough to decipher and it's intentionally disorienting
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married but discreet posted:Ok I finally watched Rosemary's Baby, what an amazing ending. I wanted that bassinet something fierce for my kids.
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gey muckle mowser posted:I liked it but found it hard to follow, mostly because I was high but also because the accents were tough to decipher and it's intentionally disorienting Well I’m English anyway, so I should be alright with accents.
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Feb 8, 2020 06:06
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Yo Holls, what's your favorite of the Hammer horror anthology series
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The_Doctor posted:A film I see mentioned a lot in non-horror films with excellent horror sections is A Field in England. Anyone have opinions before I sit down to watch it? It's absolutely a horror movie, people are just thrown because it's a really unique film in general.
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I just saw Bram Stoker's Dracula for the first time I've got some pretty angry things to say about how the female characters are treated. Lucy: I really don't like how the movie implies that the reason Lucy is turned into a vampire is because she's so horny/sexy. In the book the reason she ultimately ends up getting turned is because her mother throws out the garlic flowers Van Helsing brings over and leaves a window open, so the moral is more "If a doctor does something for a loved one you shouldn't undo it, even if you think it seems silly, because you could end up causing them great harm" rather than "Slutty sluts are more prone to vampirism." Mina: I really REALLY loving hate that she's made into Dracula's loving love interest. In the book she's smart, competent, and strong willed. In the movie she's just super horny for Dracula and the way he preys upon her is romanticized in a extremely creepy way. The novel isn't perfect and does quite a few creepy/sexist things of its own (like constantly talking about how hot Lucy's corpse is after she dies), but it was also written in 1897, and still managed to treat the female leads with more dignity and respect than a movie made nearly a hundred years later in 1992.
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Feb 8, 2020 09:50
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Everybody’s super horny in Coppola’s Dracula. Van Helsing has a super crazy boner for Dracula, that’s how horny the movie is.
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Feb 8, 2020 10:23
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The only thing I really liked about Dracula was the bitching suit of armor he had.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I just saw Bram Stoker's Dracula for the first time I've got some pretty angry things to say about how the female characters are treated. 
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ruddiger posted:Everybody’s super horny in Coppola’s Dracula. Van Helsing has a super crazy boner for Dracula, that’s how horny the movie is. This is true, it is a SUPER horny movie, in fact I'd argue it is, for better or worse, one of the horniest horror movies of all time despite not having any sex scenes (unless the vampire feedings count as sex scenes? Like, they're shot like sex scenes, but it's left ambiguous whether any sex is actually happening or if it's all just a really horny metaphor). Now, in the books defense, Lucy doesn't JUST have to be killed for being too sexy for Victorian society (although she is a super sexy dead lady, Brahm Stoker will not let you forget that), the main reason she has to die after going full vampire is because she keeps eating kids, which was strongly frowned upon back then.
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My cousin saw Coppola’s Dracula before I got to see it and the first thing he told me about it was “a girl has sex with a werewolf” and I knew right then and there that movie was made for me.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:This is true, it is a SUPER horny movie, in fact I'd argue it is, for better or worse, one of the horniest horror movies of all time despite not having any sex scenes (unless the vampire feedings count as sex scenes? Like, they're shot like sex scenes, but it's left ambiguous whether any sex is actually happening or if it's all just a really horny metaphor). There's a chick getting boned by a werewolf, at least. Also, A Modest Proposal was written almost 150 years before Dragula, so they would be pretty up to date on the eating of kids and the pros/cons of societal reform.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:There's a chick getting boned by a werewolf, at least. DIG THROUGH THE DITCHES AND BURN THROUGH THE WITCHES
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:There's a chick getting boned by a werewolf, at least. That wasn't a werewolf, that was Dracula in wolf form, and like I said it's left unclear whether he's just eating Lucy or eating her and also banging her. It is absolutely shot like a sex scene though, that much we know for sure.
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surprised he hasn't been renamed Fuckula to be honest
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Feb 8, 2020 15:14
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It was established awhile ago that Dracula is actually a pre-modern incel. Whereas Frankenstein, he fucks.
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Feb 8, 2020 15:23
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What are you talking about, Dracula fucks (obviously)
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married but discreet posted:What are you talking about, Dracula fucks (obviously) Stephen King summed it up best: vampires are sexy, but they're dead from the neck down.
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Feb 8, 2020 16:38
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In 1724 when Peter Plogojowitz, the first historically documented vampire (alleged), was exumed and a wooden stake driven into his corpse showed "wild signs" that the writer, Imperial Provisor Frombald, chose not to comment further on for the sake of good taste. I.e. a boner
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Back in the old days of the internet a buddy of mine used to do a weekly email newsletter telling all kinds of old historical "vampire" stories like that and I really miss it.
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That scene where the brides grind up on Keanu was laser etched onto my 11 year old brain.
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Drunkboxer posted:That scene where the brides grind up on Keanu was laser etched onto my 11 year old brain. Monica belucci might not even be the hottest bride in that scene and it’s got Keanu in it. The film’s horny is a good horny, and a strong one
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:the main reason she has to die after going full vampire is because she keeps eating kids, which was strongly frowned upon back then. Yeah the British had a strong aversion to necrophilia back then.
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married but discreet posted:Ok I finally watched Rosemary's Baby, what an amazing ending. One of the best, for sure. "What have you done to his eyes?" remains one of the most chilling lines in all of horror.
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Feb 8, 2020 19:10
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Anyone watched Luz on Shudder? Is it worth checking out?
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LemonLimeSoda posted:but the boyfriend was a lot more understanding & somewhat of a sympathetic character in the theatrical cut whereas in the directors cut, he was a totally irredeemable gaslighting shitbag to Florence Pugh and that hurt the movie
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The boyfriend in Midsommar is not a can of worms you want to open on the SA forums. Trust me on this.
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I thought the boyfriend was fine. I actually think besides how well they portrayed what it's like to be in mushrooms that I think it was a really good portrayal of how draining a relationship like that can be for both parties, especially at their age/stage in life.
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Thanks for everyone that recommended Hereditary over Midsommar, it was great. Those people really could've avoided a lot of trouble if they had gotten some family therapy huh?
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Midsommar is a film about everyone enabling everyone else's worst behaviour. It's a complete mess of unhealthy relationships on every level everywhere.
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veni veni veni posted:Anyone watched Luz on Shudder? Is it worth checking out? I liked it but didn't love it. It's a good-looking movie and it juggles multiple layers of reality in an interesting way, but otherwise it's pretty insubstantial.
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FordCQC posted:Thanks for everyone that recommended Hereditary over Midsommar, it was great. nah because the problems are hereditary
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OpenSourceBurger posted:Does anyone else prefer Creepshow 2 to the original? Chief Wooden Head is kind of a clunker but The Raft and The Hitchhiker are both fantastic and the animated parts are primo 80s cheese. The Raft blows. Creepshow 2 would probably not get included in my Halloween marathon every year if it didn't pair so well with the first one, it's a really big step down. I mean it's still good, but the first two segments are insanely dragged out, and there's not enough variety, and the animation on the framing device is godawful.
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Evan Dorkin and his buddy admit they love Creepshow 2 more than the original on one of their newest episodes of the Tear Them Apart podcast.
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Neo Rasa posted:What's everyone's favorite Something To Tide You Over, followed closely by The Hitchhiker.
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Creepshow is an immortal masterpiece of cinema and a heartfelt homage to the EC tradition of horror comics Ms possibly the best Stephen King film. Creepshow 2 is alright. We don't talk about Creepshow 3.
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Creepshow owns, Tales From the Crypt owns, Tales From the Darkside owns.
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Lurdiak posted:The Raft blows. Creepshow 2 would probably not get included in my Halloween marathon every year if it didn't pair so well with the first one, it's a really big step down. I mean it's still good, but the first two segments are insanely dragged out, and there's not enough variety, and the animation on the framing device is godawful. Rewatching The Raft after having just finished reading the story really shows how much pacing can change a story. They both hit pretty much the same points, but the short story really makes a meal out of lengthening the time that they’re out there and really lays on how hopeless the situation is, while the segment blows so fast through everything. Plus you don’t get the main characters thoughts so you just see a dude swim to a raft then IMMEDIATELY start screaming about how this...black trashbag pile is alive. (I still love the ending of the Creepshow one more, though)
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married but discreet posted:Ok I finally watched Rosemary's Baby, what an amazing ending. Btw for those of you who haven’t seen it, which is probably most people cause it’s been kind of a hassle to find, The Tenant is streaming on prime now. The third of Polanski’s “apartment trilogy” of horror movies and every bit as good as repulsion and rosemary
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