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Goddamn it American Horror Story, I thought I could quit you, but that looks so good.
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Jumping on the shark craze a little late here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KVkpQMSjHY Plus, Open Water did this premise (minus the rogue wave) a little over a decade ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWBRpZhk_vA
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Oct 28, 2016 18:44
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:That's sick. I wouldn't say it's great but the idea is great. The first half is structured a bit like The Fourth Kind (though not nearly as creative), but suffers a lot from the crushing blandness of its yuppie lead couple. The second part plays out more like Grave Encounters 2, but again nowhere near as good. There's also a terrible and boring subplot about a cannibal redneck family.
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Oct 28, 2016 20:07
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Bad Ben is a FF movie on Amazon Prime and if you liked the first Paranormal Activity movie, you'll probably like this one. It's one of the few clones that does it right, despite it's problems. It's also the only movie I know of where you'll get to see a guy use a selfie stick to record himself exorcising his house.
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Oct 29, 2016 00:33
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The Last Broadcast is back on Youtube. If you haven't seen it yet, take a look. The first time I saw it was ideal: I got home alone and turned on the TV past midnight, missed the first 10 mins and had no idea what I was watching and if it was real. That creeped me out. Yeah, and then there's final scene.  But hey, 95% of it is well judged and effective. E: Bought the DVD of BWP and I think the film holds up well. The director's commentary adds a lot and the extras flesh out the BWP mythos. You don't need to know the extra stuff but it does contribute. Happy Halloween! 
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Oct 30, 2016 11:30
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i said this in another thread but back around when it would've come out i caught it on ifc or something and thought it was real so that final scene was a huge mindfuck.
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Oct 30, 2016 12:25
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I thought the twist of The Last Broadcast was super dumb, liked everything else about the movie. My favorite scene is the cop talking about IRC.
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Oct 30, 2016 23:09
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precision posted:Goddamn it American Horror Story, I thought I could quit you, but that looks so good. So I started watching this last night, about 4-5 episodes in and they aren't really doing anything interesting with the concept yet.
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Oct 31, 2016 17:30
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MacheteZombie posted:So I started watching this last night, about 4-5 episodes in and they aren't really doing anything interesting with the concept yet. the change in format starts at ep6
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Nov 1, 2016 03:22
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I was looking for the home invasion scene from Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer on youtube but couldn't find it. Watching that movie again (there's a 4K restoration that's been screening in select cities), I forgot how little violence you actually see. Most is either after the fact, off-camera, or it goes down so fast, you barely have a chance to register it as it happens. The two goriest shots in the movie are a slow pan across a mutilated prostitute in a bathroom and Otis' decapitation, but even then, you only see the head, and you can only hear Henry cutting the head off in the tub, you never see him sawing into the body. I'm not sure what this poster is from (it's dated 2012), but it captures the aesthetic and feel of Henry the way very few other images do. 
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Nov 1, 2016 18:12
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The Saddest Rhino posted:the change in format starts at ep6 I've been sticking with the show, and am super disappointed by the lack of creativity with the hidden cameras. Some of the angles are quite nice, but then there's also like 1000000000 angles they cut to and most are uninteresting. Every character running with their camera phone in front of them if hilarious though. Probably my favorite detail in this back half of episodes. The "I survive" part of the first half was a let down though. They didn't make it trashy enough at all. It should have felt like "Paranormal Witness" combined with "Forensic Files" but it just never gets there.
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Nov 8, 2016 16:33
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I read through this thread really quickly, but I can't remember if anyone mentioned Ghostwatch:Wikipedia posted:The 90-minute film was a horror story shot in a documentary style and appeared as part of BBC Drama's Screen One series. It involved BBC reporters performing a live, on-air investigation of a house in Northolt, Greater London, at which poltergeist activity was believed to be taking place. I think you can find it on YouTube or Vimeo, but it may be broken up into different parts. I haven't seen the WNUF Halloween Special, but from the description it sounds like a comedy version of Ghostwatch. In a similar vein, there's Special Bulletin: Wikipedia posted:In this movie, a terrorist group brings a homemade atomic bomb aboard a tugboat in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina in order to blackmail the U.S. Government into disabling its nuclear weapons, and the incident is caught live on television. The movie simulates a series of live news broadcasts on the fictional RBS Network. Another one like Special Bulletin is Countdown to Looking Glass: Wikipedia posted:The movie presents a fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons, which was triggered by a banking crisis, from the perspective of an ongoing news broadcast. While not specifically "found" footage, all of these have the same "this is really happening" feel, since they are portrayed as live news broadcasts. Although Ghostwatch was creepy in a  kind of way, I think Special Bulletin and Countdown to Looking Glass are scarier, simply because they could really happen.edit: If you like your "found/real footage" with a side of comedy, check out Sex House, an Onion-produced reality show in the vein of Big Brother. Although "dark comedy" may be a better description. ZoeDomingo fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Nov 9, 2016 |
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Nov 9, 2016 16:00
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You guys weren't kidding, Troll Hunter is the poo poo. One of the most fun and exciting found footage movies I've seen.
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Spatulater bro! posted:You guys weren't kidding, Troll Hunter is the poo poo. One of the most fun and exciting found footage movies I've seen. Between Troll Hunter and AASB, found footage really works for more adventurous movies as much or more than straight horror.
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Nov 14, 2016 04:01
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Spatulater bro! posted:You guys weren't kidding, Troll Hunter is the poo poo. One of the most fun and exciting found footage movies I've seen. The Frankenstein Theory is a similar (though lesser) movie in that vein.
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Nov 14, 2016 15:51
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alansmithee posted:The Frankenstein Theory is a similar (though lesser) movie in that vein. I liked the setting of Frankenstein Theory. It was also pretty low key if I remember correctly. Dyatlov Pass is another decent snow setting found footage flick. A bit off the rails and questionable effects for some people though.
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Nov 14, 2016 15:58
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Spatulater bro! posted:You guys weren't kidding, Troll Hunter is the poo poo. One of the most fun and exciting found footage movies I've seen. I think my favorite thing in that movie is how mundane the title character finds his job. The scene where he's filling out his required forms is hilarious.
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Nov 14, 2016 17:37
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Hodgepodge posted:Between Troll Hunter and AASB, found footage really works for more adventurous movies as much or more than straight horror. Definitely more. I posted about this probably on the first page, but the best found footage uses creative locations. Its so wasted when the whole movie takes place in some house a school or a warehouse or the even woods. If you're putting me in the shoes of the people in the movie than they should go someplace ridiculous that a normal person could never go. Troll Hunter and AASB are prime examples, but Europa Report is another one like that.
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I just watched The Borderlands. Man, what a letdown. The set-up is fine, the pay-off could have been great just because the concept is so bizarre, but just doesn't get from one to the other in an even slightly interesting way. The title also made me wish it would turn out to be a stealth adaptation of The House on the Borderland or something. This movie is what happens when people believe that the point of found footage horror movies is "unscripted" banter.
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Basebf555 posted:Definitely more. I posted about this probably on the first page, but the best found footage uses creative locations. Its so wasted when the whole movie takes place in some house a school or a warehouse or the even woods. If you're putting me in the shoes of the people in the movie than they should go someplace ridiculous that a normal person could never go. Troll Hunter and AASB are prime examples, but Europa Report is another one like that. Europa Report really plays up the awe and wonder of space exploration, while still reminding you that space is huge and dangerous and does not give a poo poo if you gently caress up. ZoeDomingo posted:I read through this thread really quickly, but I can't remember if anyone mentioned Ghostwatch: Sex House is loving great (pun intended  ), I need to rewatch it.On the topic of faux news broadcasts, the Dawn of the Dead remake included a faux news broadcast about the zombie outbreak and the collapse of society as an extra feature on the DVD release (but not the bluray). It's also on YouTube. Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Nov 15, 2016 |
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Nov 14, 2016 20:13
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Xenomrph posted:On the topic of faux news broadcasts, the Dawn of the Dead remake included a faux news broadcast about the zombie outbreak and the collapse of society as an extra feature on the DVD release (but not the bluray). It's also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ly7Laj8Yp6w Not trying to get you in trouble or anything, you linking this reminds me: is linking to this sort of stuff considered  ? I had a moment in PYF recently that would've been a lot easier to explain had I just linked to the episode of the TV show on YouTube, but I was too chickenshit to link it.
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Nov 15, 2016 00:03
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MisterBibs posted:Not trying to get you in trouble or anything, you linking this reminds me: is linking to this sort of stuff considered I'll edit my post just to be safe. I figured it wouldn't be a huge deal because it's an obscure special feature on the DVD of a 12 year old movie, but better safe than sorry, haha. If you could edit your quote too, that'd be sweet. 
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MisterBibs posted:Not trying to get you in trouble or anything, you linking this reminds me: is linking to this sort of stuff considered It's not files afaik. GenChat regularly passes around youtube links to full movies. Usually obscure stuff tho so i wouldn't link to something released this year or in the past few. I'm sure a dvd extra from Dawn of the Dead is fine haha. Now if it's something brand spanking new like a youtube of Arrival or something than ya, that will probably get shut down.
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Yeah, I've never seen that taken down.
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For some weird reason, I decided to give Marble Hornets another try a couple weeks ago, and I've been watching, like, 5-10 entries a night. I'm enjoying it a lot more now that it's all complete and put into one single channel along with the totheark entries. There were several entries with a very unsettling atmosphere, and i think they very effectively built a good sense of dread and tension in quite a few spots. My main gripe is that anytime Operator/Slender Man is within twenty feet of the camera, it looks very, very silly. I'm sure the ending will turf out completely, but it's almost kind of the nature of any long narrative that the ending cannot possibly live up to your expectations, and they almost always feel kind of disappointing. I haven't seen the movie, but I haven't heard very much positive buzz on it. I'll probably watch it anyway out of a sense of completionism.
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MacheteZombie posted:It's not files afaik. Not like it's difficult for companies to pull down stuff they don't want on youtube
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ZoeDomingo posted:I think my favorite thing in that movie is how mundane the title character finds his job. The scene where he's filling out his required forms is hilarious. I'd say that was one of my favorite elements too. That guy was so cool.
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Hat Thoughts posted:Not like it's difficult for companies to pull down stuff they don't want on youtube True. Trollhunter has some great moments. Hans trying to lure the bridge troll out using three billy goats is hilarious.
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MacheteZombie posted:Trollhunter has some great moments. Hans trying to lure the bridge troll out using three billy goats is hilarious. Yes! I was laughing as I realized the reference they were setting up. And I was delighted that none of the characters pointed it out.
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Spatulater bro! posted:Yes! I was laughing as I realized the reference they were setting up. And I was delighted that none of the characters pointed it out. The stuff about the power lines and farmers being unable to stop predators because of Norwegian regulations was pretty funny too, but I'm not familiar enough with their politics to know how much of that is satire of Norwegian politics. E: the new episode of American Horror story (ep9) was really good. Had a new character that was right up CineD's alley. It also made good use of the ff format. MacheteZombie fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Nov 15, 2016 |
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While I mostly enjoyed how Marble Hornets wrapped up in the last 10 episodes, what I ended up completely hating was the constant wet coughing and ragged, phlegmy breathing. It actually got bad enough that I had to stop listening on headphones. I'm really not so delicate when it comes to human noises, but holy Christ it was just never ending and it started making nauseous. It was part of the story they were trying to tell and everything, but it became too much fairly quickly.
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Nov 16, 2016 03:33
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Marble Hornets should have been about half of its length and somewhere near the end of season 2 it becomes abundantly clear they have no endgame.
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I agree, but that's also true of probably 90% of all scripted serial entertainment.
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I just want to show some love for The Tunnel since I saw it got dumped on a little earlier. Maybe I'm looking at it from a different perspective since I'm a huge RPG nerd and consider it an excellent example of a clan Nosferatu vampire gone feral The opening interview with the homeless man sets up a very traumatizing creature, though the subsequent interviews with the main cast as part of the documentary portion was hit or miss for me. The parts of them listening to the audio and reacting was decent acting. The footage of the event itself was pretty good. A very creepy monster which you never really get a good look at. A lot of people give a movie poo poo for this, but I like that aspect of the unknown. Your imagination fills in the gaps and makes for a more terrifying monster.
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MacheteZombie posted:The stuff about the power lines and farmers being unable to stop predators because of Norwegian regulations was pretty funny too, but I'm not familiar enough with their politics to know how much of that is satire of Norwegian politics. AHS went for broke with the final two episodes this season, but botched their Investigation Discovery pastiche by being waaay less trashy than a real ID show, their ghost hunter pastiche by being way less stupid, and their "it's not found footage anymore!" moment by redoing a shot they'd already done better like 47 times over the course of the season. I appreciate that the resolution is the reverse of The Ring 2/Orphan but go all the way and drop a I am your loving mommy if you're gonna do it. There's a great 4 hour mini series trapped in the bloated, dumped in the river corpse of this season, and it needs a lot more of the dickhead Ryan Murphy self insert character in it IMO
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Is it all done? If so it's time to binge.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Is it all done? If so it's time to binge. Last night was the season finale, haven't watched it yet myself.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Is it all done? If so it's time to binge. Yeah it's done and probably better as a binge than it was week to week. I watched the last two episodes last night. I'll be very surprised if you don't agree about not-Ryan Murphy and especially the Investigation Discovery bit. DeimosRising fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Nov 18, 2016 |
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Nov 18, 2016 01:11
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Ep. 10 is closer to how ep. 1-5 should have been.
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DeimosRising posted:Yeah it's done and probably better as a binge than it was week to week. I watched the last two episodes last night. I'll be very surprised if you don't agree about not-Ryan Murphy and especially the Investigation Discovery bit. Not Ryan Murphy is the producer guy right? What a great character. Also the guy that does the narration for naked and afraid does the narration for some of ep 10.
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