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veni veni veni posted:Is channel zero worth watching and if so what's the best season? it's an anthology show right? I've seen the first three seasons and they're all pretty drat well done, really drat good series and it's a god drat shame it's done with.
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sigher posted:I've seen the first three seasons and they're all pretty drat well done, really drat good series and it's a god drat shame it's done with. yea  part of the fun was trying to see what creepypasta they would adapt next. if we ever got more seasons which would yall have liked to see tackled? i can never remember the name of it but it's like 3 people driving around being hunted/stalked by things and they either scream/howl...at one point they end up in an abandoned town/lodge. GOD what was it called. anyway i remember thinking it would have made a good movie so probably would have made a good season of channel zero.
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Feb 22, 2020 23:43
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veni veni veni posted:Is channel zero worth watching and if so what's the best season? it's an anthology show right? I thought it was OK, but I only saw the first two seasons (well, part of the second season). Ignore that they're supposed to be based on anything and you'll be better off-I think there actually almost seems to be a fight between the story that they are telling and them cramming in references to the source stories. It would've been better IMO had they just went fully in either direction. S01 had the feel of a poor-man's Stephen King story. I thought it had some really cool images that got overused so they lose their impact near the end. I liked it better than S02 though. S02 I kinda felt was a bit of a mess-there's actually some good parts but a lot of the emotional weight didn't hit with me because a) I was still kinda upset it basically disregarded the source material and b) the acting was really meh to me and I thought the characters themselves weren't that compelling. Others have thought much better of it though so it's hard to tell how it will hit you. One thing I think works against it a bit is I don't think you'll really get a feel for what it's doing until maybe the 3rd or so episode, which means you've already committed a bit of time.
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meat glitter posted:yea I only saw the first two seasons but I'm still waiting for them to adapt one creepypasta story. S1 they mostly hit the points of the story, but being that it took all of 20 minutes combined, I don't blame them for fleshing things out with basically a totally unrelated story. S2 I was seriously disappointed with in that they basically abandoned any similarity to the story ASAP. It kinda reminded me of those African movie posters where the artists painted them based solely on the name and whatever they knew from word of mouth without actually having seen the movie. I just don't think either of those seasons had the feel of what I think makes the (decent/good) creepypasta stories interesting. Although I tend to be a bit harder on series than on movies. That said, although they're not based on them, Darknet has a lot more of the creepypasta "feel" imo. That's a show I wish they would've made more of.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:https://deadline.com/2020/02/brahms-the-boy-iis-william-brent-bell-to-direct-orphan-prequel-esther-for-eone-efm-1202864302/ Holy poo poo
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Creepshow is really good and the dollhouse story is one of the best things I have ever seen in all of horror fiction God bless
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married but discreet posted:Hm, what's the thread opinion on The Blackcoat's Daughter? I really thought the initial setup would lead to something interesting but it's painfully average all around, the most by the A24 numbers I've seen in a while. One of my favorites of the decade
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Origami Dali posted:One of my favorites of the decade Holy poo poo why do I barely even know anything about this movie
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Saw The Lodge today and loved it. Creepy as poo poo. Similar in tone to Hereditary (and there are similarities in some of the themes and imagery too, although the story is very different). The actress who played Grace reminded me of Elisabeth Moss.married but discreet posted:Hm, what's the thread opinion on The Blackcoat's Daughter? I really thought the initial setup would lead to something interesting but it's painfully average all around, the most by the A24 numbers I've seen in a while. It rules. I love the cold dreary atmosphere, the score, and I think Kiernan Shipka is great in it. I’d call it my third favorite A24 horror film, behind Hereditary and The Witch.
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Feb 23, 2020 01:21
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Hot take, there needs to be more Junji Ito adaptations
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Hot take: Junji Ito stories are very well suited to their medium which makes adaptation a bit tricky without losing something along the way.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Hot take: You're not strictly wrong but a lot of his short stories would make loving amazing segments in an anthology movie if they were done well
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FreudianSlippers posted:Hot take: Agreed. I love Junji Ito but he's as hard (or harder) to adapt than Lovecraft. The bulk of that work needs to be left alone. But I wouldn't mind seeing him collaborate with a director like Guillermo del Toro.
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gey muckle mowser posted:Kiernan Shipka Oh poo poo now I have to see this
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Reminder that there's a 4 episode Uzumaki anime airing on Adult Swim this year.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Yes, probably season 3 but they're all very different so it's a matter of what you're looking for. Hard disagree, I felt season 3 was weakest (the butcher one?) and recommend season 4, the dream door, the most
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Grant DaNasty posted:I saw The Lodge tonight. I went into it blind and holy poo poo. To me it was like Hereditary in that it's really well made and nightmarish, and I never need to see it again. Hard second on this review. It was exhausting but extremely good. I had a couple ideas of where it was going based on Goodnight Mommy but it kept me guessing for the whole thing. Easily one of the best of this year, I think.
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The Lodge: The moment my heart soared and then was shot out of the sky almost immediately, was on hearing the kids drive off in the car, and then 10 seconds later hearing the sound of stuck tires.
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The_Doctor posted:The Lodge: The moment my heart soared and then was shot out of the sky almost immediately, was on hearing the kids drive off in the car, and then 10 seconds later hearing the sound of stuck tires. Goddamit yes. There's about a hundred moments like this where the editing just shines.
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Never even heard of The Lodge. This is a theatrical release?
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The Lodge was so unpleasant and I mean that in the best way possible. Not a perfect film but the best of the year so far. I predict it will be incredibly divisive with audiences as the audience groaned and grumbled at the end while I loved it, much like It Comes at Night. Also, a level of tension I haven’t felt watching a movie in years.
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The_Doctor posted:The Lodge: The moment my heart soared and then was shot out of the sky almost immediately, was on hearing the kids drive off in the car, and then 10 seconds later hearing the sound of stuck tires. Your heart should soar because they're going to get their brains blown out for being massive shitbirds. gently caress those stupid rear end kids.
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Gary the Llama posted:The Lodge was so unpleasant and I mean that in the best way possible. Funny enough, I was on a first date when I watched it this weekend. We wanted to go see a scary movie so I picked The Lodge because I saw it had a good RT score. After the first big shock, I was like "oh drat, I hosed up" because this movie was emotionally heavy. Luckily she liked the movie too, but it definitely killed the fun mood. 
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Grant DaNasty posted:Funny enough, I was on a first date when I watched it this weekend. We wanted to go see a scary movie so I picked The Lodge because I saw it had a good RT score. After the first big shock, I was like "oh drat, I hosed up" because this movie was emotionally heavy. Luckily she liked the movie too, but it definitely killed the fun mood. I took my partner to see Pan's Labyrinth on our first date, and I had the same "oh poo poo" moment when the dad character began hitting thay guy in the face with a hammer. We're still together 14 years later though, so maybe it's a good omen for you 
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Stink Billyums posted:Reminder that there's a 4 episode Uzumaki anime airing on Adult Swim this year. I hope it's not like the Junji Ito Collection, those totally fell apart for me. Like the "animated" manga dubs on youtube are more effective. I think you'd have to reimagine them so much to make them effective in an animated form, the static-ness of the manga really works with the scares of his stories. Uzumaki might be the hardest one to adapt because it goes batshit at the end haha.
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zentigeist posted:I hope it's not like the Junji Ito Collection, those totally fell apart for me. Like the "animated" manga dubs on youtube are more effective. Maybe look it up before talking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDEQyK5ZH-E
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sigher posted:Your heart should soar because they're going to get their brains blown out for being massive shitbirds. gently caress those stupid rear end kids. That’s what’s so weird and great about this movie. The ”bad guy” is a mentally ill cult survivor whose medication is taken away from her. I legitimately felt terrible for her once I realized what was happening. BUT I also sympathized with the kids. My parents split under similar circumstances and my mom was depressed and suicidal. She only hung on because of us kids. I loving hated the woman my dad cheated on my mom with. I wanted her dead because my 7 year old brain blamed her for ruining my family. Basically I felt bad for every single person in the movie except for the dad.
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Debbie Does Dagon posted:I took my partner to see Pan's Labyrinth on our first date, and I had the same "oh poo poo" moment when the dad character began hitting thay guy in the face with a hammer. We're still together 14 years later though, so maybe it's a good omen for you It was a bottle to the face! I only remember that because it's stuck with me so hard all these years.
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Grant DaNasty posted:Funny enough, I was on a first date when I watched it this weekend. We wanted to go see a scary movie so I picked The Lodge because I saw it had a good RT score. After the first big shock, I was like "oh drat, I hosed up" because this movie was emotionally heavy. Luckily she liked the movie too, but it definitely killed the fun mood. Debbie Does Dagon posted:I took my partner to see Pan's Labyrinth on our first date, and I had the same "oh poo poo" moment when the dad character began hitting thay guy in the face with a hammer. We're still together 14 years later though, so maybe it's a good omen for you My first date film with my fiance was Devil's Rejects. At the time, he really hadn't watched much if any horror films and thought we were going to see some sort of women's film like The Notebook. Fast forward to now and Devil's Rejects is one of his favorite films, he's able to quote a fair amount of horror films, and can recognize Argento films from a still.
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Lurdiak posted:Maybe look it up before talking. Fair play.
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Lurdiak posted:Maybe look it up before talking. It's really the best/only way to do it, minimally animated, let Ito's original artwork do all the heavy lifting and just add interstitial frames. It looks more animated than something like Belladonna of Sadness but it still lets the illustrations shine through. The music and sound design seem good as well, I guess it all comes down to how everything meshes together along with the voice acting and overall direction. I haven't even read Uzumaki, I just started reading Ito's short story collections, but I'm so looking forward to this.
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Ehud posted:That’s what’s so weird and great about this movie. The ”bad guy” is a mentally ill cult survivor whose medication is taken away from her. I legitimately felt terrible for her once I realized what was happening. The dad is also to blame because he asked the kids if they were ok being left alone with her for a couple of days and they both emphatically told him no. They Did Not Want That. He failed to listen to his children, and ignored their wants because of his own selfish desires. On top of that, he was super unethical in his relationship with Grace anyway. She was one of the subjects of his book about the cult, and to get involved in a non-professional relationship with someone you’re writing about is morally dark grey.
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The_Doctor posted:The dad is also to blame because he asked the kids if they were ok being left alone with her for a couple of days and they both emphatically told him no. They Did Not Want That. He failed to listen to his children, and ignored their wants because of his own selfish desires. The only blameless character in the movie is the dog
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Ehud posted:That’s what’s so weird and great about this movie. The ”bad guy” is a mentally ill cult survivor whose medication is taken away from her. I legitimately felt terrible for her once I realized what was happening. I can't imagine watching this movie when you connect so much with that experience, goddamn. I kinda figured something was up with the kids after seeing Goodnight Mommy but wasn't sure what kind of angle it was going to take. Like that movie it plays masterfully with misdirection. Ehud posted:The only blameless character in the movie is the dog
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All the love is really making it hard for me to decide whether to see The Lodge or Portrait of A Lady On Fire today. What a waste of a great title on a non horror movie of course.
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There is an incredible horror game out now. It is currently in early access but you can download a demo on their website and see if you like it https://panstasz.itch.io/world-of-horror World of Horror is a roguelike horror rpg where you play an investigator looking into occult and hosed up mysteries.   
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:There is an incredible horror game out now. It is currently in early access but you can download a demo on their website and see if you like it Thanks for posting this. Brewing a fresh pot of coffee now so I have a warm beverage to sip while playing the demo. Update: Okay, that was cool. Will definitely be looking for the final version when it leaves early access. Sarchasm fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Feb 23, 2020 |
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COOL CORN posted:It was a bottle to the face! I only remember that because it's stuck with me so hard all these years. !!! I really wish my brain wouldn't trick me with these bootleg alternative cut memories
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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Horror Thread: Macabre Memoir of Morbid Mermaids
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