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Just showed the wife the awesomeness that is Fright Night. Brewster, you're so cool!
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Narzack posted:Just showed the wife the awesomeness that is Fright Night. I'm sure you've seen it, but the documentary on the production is fantastic.
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Jun 17, 2019 06:00
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Boar is worth watching for John Jarrett alone
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Jun 17, 2019 07:09
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TheKingslayer posted:I'm sure you've seen it, but the documentary on the production is fantastic. I haven't! What is it called?
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Jun 17, 2019 13:03
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Narzack posted:I haven't! What is it called? You're So Cool, Brewster!: The Story of Fright Night.
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Jun 17, 2019 13:27
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I started listening to The Evolution of Horror podcast this morning, and I'm surprisingly impressed by how detailed and respectful of the genre it is. I was expecting your generic "here are the top 10 horror movies and why they're important" rehashing that we've seen a thousand times (*cough Eli Roth's history of horror on Shudder cough*) but they get pretty in depth with some relatively obscure stuff and the interview with Kim Newman is really great. They actually made a pretty interesting point that the reason Carpenter's Halloween is so good is because we relate to and love Laurie so much, whereas Michael is just a non-person entity - more a plot point than anything else. And the reason Rob Zombie's Halloween fails so hard is because he loves Michael so much and doesn't give a poo poo about Laurie. I think that's a very good reading of the situation. Anyway, I've only listened to the first episode, but I'm impressed and can recommend it.
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Jun 17, 2019 13:38
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COOL CORN posted:They actually made a pretty interesting point that the reason Carpenter's Halloween is so good is because we relate to and love Laurie so much, whereas Michael is just a non-person entity - more a plot point than anything else. And the reason Rob Zombie's Halloween fails so hard is because he loves Michael so much and doesn't give a poo poo about Laurie. I think that's a very good reading of the situation. That's certainly a legitimate opinion to have but I admit it annoys me when it's presented as this accepted fact that nobody could ever disagree with. As if it would be impossible for someone to enjoy Zombie's take on Michael just as much as Carpenter's. Gejimayu posted:Id really love to hear people's Top 3 (or 5?) Exorcism movies. 1. The Exorcist 2. The Exorcist III 3. Exorcist II: The Heretic 4. Dominion No need to watch any other Exorcism movies imo
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Jun 17, 2019 13:49
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s.i.r.e. posted:I don't think there's a cut of the film without the scene but it's only a single scene but it also lasts forever, it's loving horrid and the director is a piece of poo poo for it. The film's pretty dull outside of that and you ain't missing much if you skip out on it. He's a piece of poo poo for... documenting a licensed group of hunters doing what they normally do and using the footage with the full blessing of the society for prevention of cruelty to animals?
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Jun 17, 2019 13:58
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Catfishenfuego posted:He's a piece of poo poo for... documenting a licensed group of hunters doing what they normally do and using the footage with the full blessing of the society for prevention of cruelty to animals? Yeah I didn’t want to argue about this but I guess the angle was to highlight the cruelty of the hunts to try to get them banned. There’s also this which seems a little hard to believe but I guess no ones disputing it: quote:Producer George Willoughby reportedly fainted after seeing a kangaroo "splattered in a particularly spectacular fashion". The crew orchestrated a power failure in order to end the hunt. That said I think the footage was mainly in the movie because it’s shocking and it wasn’t entirely some brave deed on behalf of the kangaroos. I also understand why someone wouldn’t necessarily want to see it. I like the movie a lot regardless.
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Jun 17, 2019 14:11
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Oh it's perfectly understandable to not want to watch it but it sounds like s.i.r.e thinks the director orchestrated the killing himself for the movie like cannibal holocaust or something.
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Jun 17, 2019 14:13
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Basebf555 posted:That's certainly a legitimate opinion to have but I admit it annoys me when it's presented as this accepted fact that nobody could ever disagree with. As if it would be impossible for someone to enjoy Zombie's take on Michael just as much as Carpenter's. Oh I didn't mean to present it as indisputable fact, and I don't think the podcast does either. I just think it's an interesting opinion I hadn't heard before, and one that resonates with me.
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Jun 17, 2019 14:15
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Basebf555 posted:That's certainly a legitimate opinion to have but I admit it annoys me when it's presented as this accepted fact that nobody could ever disagree with. As if it would be impossible for someone to enjoy Zombie's take on Michael just as much as Carpenter's. A lot of movie opnions are exactly this, there's no real reason to accept the recieved wisdom of consensus on anything because the stakes couldn't be lower.
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Jun 17, 2019 14:19
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s.i.r.e. posted:I don't think there's a cut of the film without the scene but it's only a single scene but it also lasts forever, it's loving horrid and the director is a piece of poo poo for it. The film's pretty dull outside of that and you ain't missing much if you skip out on it. Wake in Fright is top tier horror, you're definitely missing out if you don't watch it. Fair enough if you don't because of the kangaroos of course.
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Jun 17, 2019 14:22
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:A lot of movie opnions are exactly this, there's no real reason to accept the recieved wisdom of consensus on anything because the stakes couldn't be lower. Plus, I don't know how you can watch H2 and come out of it thinking that Zombie isn't interested in the Laurie character. In H1, Laurie simply gets less emphasis because she's the film's antagonist.
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Jun 17, 2019 14:28
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COOL CORN posted:Oh I didn't mean to present it as indisputable fact, and I don't think the podcast does either. I just think it's an interesting opinion I hadn't heard before, and one that resonates with me. Yea I wasn't referring to you as much as the podcast, but you've listened to it and I haven't. Roth has a way of presenting his opinion as the Horror Gospel though, which sometimes annoys me.
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Jun 17, 2019 14:28
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Franchescanado posted:You're So Cool, Brewster!: The Story of Fright Night. Gracias!
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Jun 17, 2019 14:29
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Basebf555 posted:Roth has a way of presenting his opinion as the Horror Gospel though, which sometimes annoys me. I think we've all been guilty of this at some point. In my case it's around my 'enough to drink to words start slurring' point.
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Jun 17, 2019 16:03
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Gejimayu posted:Id really love to hear people's Top 3 (or 5?) Exorcism movies. No particular order: Abby Exorcist Exorcist III There are others that are good but those are the absolute must watches to me. Also if you haven't seen it, the Exorcist TV series is legit outstanding. Like I still can't believe it was cancelled but also still can't believe it came out as good as it did. They managed to make a show where all of the philosophical underpinnings of what a demon is/etc. from Exorcist 1 and 3 work while actually going into new territory that is good regarding why possession happens the way it does and stuff while still being JUST vague enough to not feel like things are over-explained or obvious. I was so skeptical of it for even existing but I love it. Avoid spoilers too because both seasons have a twist about halfway through that are both really well done and game changing for how that season's story plays out. There's an overarching story but each season focuses on one particular case that gets fully resolved.
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Jun 17, 2019 16:55
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M_Sinistrari posted:I think we've all been guilty of this at some point. In my case it's around my 'enough to drink to words start slurring' point. Yea but all my spook a doodle pals in the horror thread get the benefit of the doubt, Eli Roth doesn't.
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Jun 17, 2019 16:57
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Basebf555 posted:Yea but all my spook a doodle pals in the horror thread get the benefit of the doubt, Eli Roth doesn't. 
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Jun 17, 2019 17:03
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I saw The Dead Don't Die yesterday. It was pretty good but it requires some effort. It's very slow and deadpan, has a lot of weird underacting, but I liked it a lot. If someone told me David Lynch was the assistant director or something like that I'd believe it. It's a very meta movie so if you're gonna see it you should be prepared for that because it results in a couple of eye-rolling moments. Girlfriend loved every second of it. Also saw Ma a few days ago and I liked it a whole lot more than I thought I would. I figured it would be a standard thriller movie, but it tips full-on into stalker-horror about halfway through and kept ramping up. Each time something would happen I was like "this is as dark as they're gonna let this get" but then there they go making it even darker. It was super weird seeing Octavia Spencer in a role like that, and she did a really great job. I'd see it again.
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Jun 17, 2019 17:57
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Snack Bitch posted:Boar is worth watching for John Jarrett alone He's barely in it though, it's a total waste. Catfishenfuego posted:He's a piece of poo poo for... documenting a licensed group of hunters doing what they normally do and using the footage with the full blessing of the society for prevention of cruelty to animals? It's a fictional film about shitheads in the boonies, not a documentary about hunting and running over Kangaroos. Catfishenfuego posted:Oh it's perfectly understandable to not want to watch it but it sounds like s.i.r.e thinks the director orchestrated the killing himself for the movie like cannibal holocaust or something. He did though? That stuff wasn't archive footage put into the film, it was an hours long shoot made specifically for the film.
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Jun 17, 2019 18:25
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s.i.r.e. posted:He's barely in it though, it's a total waste. That's not really true. Yea, he makes an early exit but he's more or less the main character for the first half of the movie. I mean, he definitely had enough screen time to develop an actual character that I cared about, so that's usually how I judge these things.
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Jun 17, 2019 18:37
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Null of Undefined posted:I saw The Dead Don't Die yesterday. It was pretty good but it requires some effort. It's very slow and deadpan, has a lot of weird underacting, but I liked it a lot. If someone told me David Lynch was the assistant director or something like that I'd believe it. It's a very meta movie so if you're gonna see it you should be prepared for that because it results in a couple of eye-rolling moments. Girlfriend loved every second of it. I've been hearing mixed so I temporarily downgraded it to 'wait until streaming' until I heard more from others.
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Jun 17, 2019 19:11
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M_Sinistrari posted:I've been hearing mixed so I temporarily downgraded it to 'wait until streaming' until I heard more from others. That's fair, though I can pretty safely say that if I was watching it at home on my TV with the various distractions of my house, I probably wouldn't have made it through.
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Jun 17, 2019 22:39
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s.i.r.e. posted:He's barely in it though, it's a total waste. He literally sabotaged the kangaroo hunt when he saw how bad it was
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Jun 17, 2019 23:22
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I don't even need to scroll up to know you all are probably talking about Wake in Fright
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Jun 17, 2019 23:40
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:He literally sabotaged the kangaroo hunt when he saw how bad it was Except he didn't, his crew did that and lied to the director that they didn't have enough power to continue shooting: quote:“It was becoming this orgy of killing and we (the crew) were getting sick of it.” West had a private word with Tony Tegg, who arranged a 'power failure'. “I told Ted that we didn't have enough light to continue.” The crew headed back to Broken Hill, some of them fighting back tears. Then the next day he shot a scene abusing a drugged up animal.
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Jun 18, 2019 00:17
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Me reading this Wake in Fright argument:
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Jun 18, 2019 00:53
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man Machine Girl is batshit loving insane in the best way haha this movie is nuts
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Jun 18, 2019 00:56
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Just popped on my Facebook feed. I'm curious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYTwUxhAoI
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Jun 18, 2019 01:13
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M_Sinistrari posted:Just popped on my Facebook feed. I'm curious. Same Hope I forget a couple of those beats by the time I see it, there's a couple of potentially good gotcha moments in that trailer
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Jun 18, 2019 01:44
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Well at least somebody is picking up the mantle and making a gory horror black comedy after Adam Wingard started directing nothing but remakes. Remakes and/or big budget sequels.
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Jun 18, 2019 01:51
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M_Sinistrari posted:Just popped on my Facebook feed. I'm curious. It's like Game Night, but good.
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Jun 18, 2019 02:02
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Two things I learned about Ready or Not in the past five minutes: 1) It's directed by the two guys who did the final segment of V/H/S, the group of friends stumbling on a spooky house while looking for a friend's party 2) The lead character here is the babysitter from The Babysitter I take both of these facts as overwhelming positives.
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Jun 18, 2019 02:07
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Anyone watching Los Espookys on HBO? First ep was pretty good.
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Jun 18, 2019 02:36
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Adlai Stevenson posted:Two things I learned about Ready or Not in the past five minutes: Ooh.
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Jun 18, 2019 02:40
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ruddiger posted:Anyone watching Los Espookys on HBO? First ep was pretty good. The trailers looked interesting but I was waiting to hear some opinions first.
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Jun 18, 2019 02:41
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Kvlt! posted:man Machine Girl is batshit loving insane in the best way haha this movie is nuts Anyone know if any others along those lines have come out recently?
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Jun 18, 2019 04:43
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Kvlt! posted:man Machine Girl is batshit loving insane in the best way haha this movie is nuts Oh, man, it's so good.
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