The Horror Thread: Did the whole US throw up?

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

M_Sinistrari posted:

Pretty much 3rd and 4th Doctor are the ones to watch. Rest of Old Who's 'meh' and the new seasons aren't worth watching at all.

Nah. That�s not true at all.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2020 02:38

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 03:49

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Human Centipede actor Dieter Laser has died. :smith:

# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 01:00

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Kvlt! posted:

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 16:57

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

General good spooky (real life) podcasts:
- Lore
- Unexplained
- Astonishing Legends

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 19:53

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

M_Sinistrari posted:

Considering everyone I know's been dreaming really weird lately, I think weirder's yet to come.

Oh yeah, that�s everywhere right now. It�s all super odd.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2020 05:12

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Neo Rasa posted:

Fantasy Island sure was bad, like drat.

I'm surprised it was billed as a "horror remake" though. The script has this vibe of uh, goofy TV pilot movie? They should have just gone full comedy with it honestly.

On the DVD/BR there�s an Unrated Version, and I wonder how far that would go to make it a little better.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2020 17:38

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

That felt like me, sorry all.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2020 20:31

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The phrase �Poltergeist episode� reminded me out of nowhere, that a Poltergeist tv series existed and lasted for 4 seasons.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2020 16:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Event Horizon gives Paul WaterSports Anderson a lot of goodwill.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 00:30

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Shudder related: The Exorcist and the various F13s are all listed as �Leaving Soon�, so that was short lived.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 19:20

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

COOL CORN posted:

It might have been mentioned in here, but you can use code "shutin" to get a free month of Shudder, even if you're already a member. Big help for me since I'm having to cut back on a lot of my expenditures and had cut off Shudder

My 30 day free trial ended today, so I went into my account and it let me use the code again?! So now I have another 30 days!

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 19:50

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Heh, as if by magic this appeared today on the Kermode youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdj_22hHRyM

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 22:23

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I find the (early, 1-3) Paranormal Activity films to be fairly scary as there�s elements in there which take strongly from real life accounts of hauntings.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2020 16:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

dorium posted:

that's a series i haven't thought about in awhile. how do any of the sequels hold up past 3? that's where i think i stopped watching.

4 has some nicely creepy moments, and 5 (Ghost Dimension) is just terrible, straining too hard to keep its 3D gimmick. I haven�t seen the Marked Ones, but apparently that�s alright?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2020 18:56

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Dark Mijo is quite good.

What�s that?

# ¿ Apr 27, 2020 06:10

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

The Latinx themed entry in the Paranormal Activity series: The Marked Ones.

Searching for it just brings up a band.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2020 17:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Shudder needs a PlayStation app, because I don�t want to have to buy a chromecast. :argh:

# ¿ Apr 28, 2020 06:17

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Basebf555 posted:

If you asked me which theoretical horror movie I'd want to SEE, that's would be a different answer. Because I'd knock my own grandmother over to get in the theater to see Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness.

Oh god, same.

Failing that, my own version of it. Go film in Iceland or something, spare no expense. Jeffrey Wright as Dyer, get Combs in there as Lake.

# ¿ May 1, 2020 16:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

OpenSourceBurger posted:

Question: What are some of your personal choices for great TV horror films/specials? McPherson is an obvious choice but what are some others.

Ghostwatch, definitely.

# ¿ May 1, 2020 18:09

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

M_Sinistrari posted:

Just in case anyone here didn't know, Texas Frightmare's holding a lockdown version of the convention this weekend since they can't hold the actual one. It's free and streaming.

https://www.texasfrightmareweekend.com/subscribe-to-the-new-frightmare-hq/

Trying to view this site on mobile is an exercise in hatred. So many ads, the page is virtually unreadable.

# ¿ May 1, 2020 22:20

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Pomp posted:

I get a video date with a cute queer and we watched knife + heart and it's still really good y'all, make other queers watch it with you

I like that Shudder has a little curated queer section. I�m going to watch Stranger by the Lake at some point.

# ¿ May 2, 2020 16:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Pomp posted:

It owns so much. Has anyone watched SbtL? The shudder reviews called it basically porn so I passed it over

I�d take that with a huge pinch of salt, given straight people reviewing. �Ew guys kissing, I don�t want to watch gay porn.�*

* I haven�t seen it, So I could be way wrong and it might be borderline porn.

# ¿ May 2, 2020 17:09

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Kvlt! posted:

a 10 second IMDB search told me that there's "Graphic depictions of unsimulated masturbation, ejaculation, rimming, fellatio" so i think it's safe to say it's borderline porn regardless of whether its two dudes doing it or not

Oof, lots to look forward to then.

# ¿ May 2, 2020 17:26

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Debbie Does Dagon posted:

Is it gauche to just copy and paste Letterboxd reviews? In any case I really, really loved Stranger by the Lake. It's probably my favourite suspense thriller of recent memory, and I saw Diabolique last month. I'm just kicking myself that I didn't discover it sooner, it would have been perfect for the April thread.

Do it!

# ¿ May 3, 2020 06:30

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Stryder posted:

Plus, like a lot of zombie movies, logic goes right out the window when they needed to move the plot forward.

Fun story, I once wrote a zombie movie script for some people who came to me with the smallest of plot ideas, and I expanded it out. This was about 10 years ago when zombies were riding the crest of their popularity wave, and I hated it because they were absolutely everywhere.

My first bare bones draft came back with the note that virtually no-one died, save for the villain and the roaming undead. I quickly realised that I�d made my ragtag group of survivors all too sensible, and subsequently had to dumb a few of them down so they could get picked off. :eng99:

# ¿ May 3, 2020 16:52

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

TheOmegaWalrus posted:

Yall hosed me goons.

And not in a sexy Stranger by the Lake way.

# ¿ May 3, 2020 19:43

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Burkion posted:

Thing 2011 talk back- A perfectly fine B movie. As a fan of B monster movies, it works well enough. The CGI is unfortunate but the few, very few, practical effects are great

From what I understand, there were going to be many more practical effects, but the studio got cold feet and demanded more �safe� CGI.

# ¿ May 3, 2020 23:30

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

feedmyleg posted:

Does Thing '11 even imply an extraterrestrial origin? Are the stakes literally just the people worried about themselves against an unknown monster?

They go inside the alien ship, so yes.

# ¿ May 4, 2020 02:37

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Gillis & Woodruff�s VFX tests for Thing 11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R8ASn25GLg

# ¿ May 4, 2020 16:24

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I got the book a few days ago, and I�m very much looking forward to reading it in prep.

# ¿ May 4, 2020 17:22

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Burkion posted:

How much does Jordan even have to do with this series, compared to what he 'does' for Twilight Zone

He�s an Executive Producer, which means little to no involvement.

# ¿ May 4, 2020 17:52

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

US forces you to read it as metaphor, because the concept falls apart you put any sort of thought into it.

# ¿ May 4, 2020 19:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I watched the first episode, with Kumail Nanjiani, and its worst crime was that it was achingly dull, and got the twist across within minutes. But then you have to sit through the rest of the episode as it all plays out glacially slowly.

# ¿ May 4, 2020 22:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Yeah, the Paranormal Activity movies are fairly jump-scare prone.

# ¿ May 5, 2020 02:03

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I think it was Conjuring 2 that gave me jump scare fatigue while watching it.

# ¿ May 5, 2020 17:54

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Finally got to watch Stranger by the Lake, and it�s surprisingly porny in places (oh French cinema, you�re wonderful). It�s quite slow, but keeps up its suspense through the back half.

Poor Henri and the inspector.

# ¿ May 7, 2020 20:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Shrecknet posted:

Watching the extras for Underwater, the best horror movie in 2020 (RIP movie theaters), and apparently they shot the entire movie with TJ Miller carrying a real bunny befpre they realized it was too cute and distracted from The actors and reshot everything with a stuffed bunny.

Another strike on the Alien-o-meter then. Alien had a cat, Underwater gets a rabbit.

# ¿ May 8, 2020 04:35

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The Lodge is my new favourite Christmas movie.

# ¿ May 8, 2020 18:19

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

flashy_mcflash posted:

The feel-good movie of the year!

This holiday season, a family is brought together!

# ¿ May 8, 2020 18:31

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 03:49

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The Lodge�s villain is the dad, and the other factors didn�t help either.

# ¿ May 10, 2020 15:38

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