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I turned on HDNet this afternoon and they were playing what I would say is a horror adjacent movie called The Show/This is Your Death. While I wouldn't classify it as a "good" movie. It a satire movie about the nature of media/reality television/desperation of people. Basic premise is this, Josh Duhamel is a reality tv show host who at the end of one season of his Bachelor knockoff has a contest go crazy and kills the bachelor and commits suicide. Network executives being who they are base a whole show off people committing suicide. It's a fairly well acted movie, creepy suicides, and directed by Giancarlo Esposito. It's got a decent cast and is like I said reasonably creepy. It is a VERY heavy handed movie and the third act drags a bit. But if you are into movies that just fall short of their premise but still stick with you, worth a shot.
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alf_pogs posted:i'm in just to see what Mr Esposito can do behind the camera honestly Let me know what you think!
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Oct 23, 2021 23:40
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Okay, so I need a spooky movie to watch with someone for Halloween and they’re not a fan of graphic murder or anything. I’ve got a white crayon here. Poltergeist Night of the Living Dead (1960s version) The Ring The Faculty
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Oct 24, 2021 18:09
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Pope Corky the IX posted:They don’t care when it was made, it’s more the graphic depictions of murder and stuff that’s triggering. Stuff like Saw and beyond are out. Got some good suggestions so far, thank you. This is just more of a curiosity question than anything. There is one scene in poltergeist where the guy rips his face off or like The Ring when you see bloated corpses. Are we talking no murder porn like Saw, Slasher gore like Halloween, ect.? Also, A Quiet Place would be a good non-violent scary movie.
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Oct 24, 2021 18:15
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I have only seen clips but if you really want a scary movie that sticks with you, Threads. No gore so to speak, just all of the existential dread.
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Oct 25, 2021 00:14
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Do you think Jason and girl in the well from the Ring would get along?
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Oct 27, 2021 03:11
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Timeless Appeal posted:I really disagree. 2, 4, and 6 aren't just favs, but genuinely better on a technical level than 1. I don't love 3 and 7, but they're both better as well. I am going to throw this out there but while Jason goes to Hell isn't good or really, cohesive. I appreciate the effort to try something different. Jason X is ok too if you take it for what it is. Its too bad the Ronald Moore script for Freddy vs. Jason didn't get the go ahead. The idea that Jason has been tortured by Freddy for years and made him the way he was, while Jason stands trial would of been interesting and batshit insane and I would of loved it.
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Oct 27, 2021 12:50
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BioTech posted:
The Faculty (I really like this movie for some odd reason) Dreamcatcher (not a good a movie) Signs Critters The Day the Earth Stood Still
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Oct 27, 2021 17:26
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Hollismason posted:The outlook for us getting another Jasoncentric horror movie is very grim. I just don't think it's ever going to happen. The remake was in 2009 so its been more than 10 years. Honestly, they should let it go back to its low-budget, DIY origins as a movie. Though if Dead Meat is anything to go by, maybe a more professional crew than some of the original movies.
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Oct 28, 2021 00:19
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:Anyone have a good recommendation for the "Devil Made Me Do It" square on the horror bingo card? The requirements are: The Exorcist obviously. Event Horizon Ghost Ship (worth it really for the opening scene and then towards the end of the movie how the crew went nuts and killed everyone. Split Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and New Nightmare Jennifer's Body It (any version) ok, so this is a cheat because It has control over the town so, not sure if that counts.
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Oct 28, 2021 00:50
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:im going to have to disagree... it has some cool moments but Jason not being physically on-screen for most of the movie hurts it imo. I appreciate Jason Goes to Hell for trying to do something different.
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Oct 28, 2021 03:59
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alf_pogs posted:late forgotten reply to the "alien invasion" square but the excellent Japanese found footage movie OCCULT by koji shiraishi is utterly bizarre and a bit spooky and really worth a go. and even better some entrepreneurial character has it up on youtube OH I never saw this movie but Fire in the Sky
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Oct 28, 2021 17:54
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StrixNebulosa posted:...ah man, I think I made a mistake. I was looking at this list: https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/pb_article_type/749418-10-rowdy-punk-rockers-horror From wikipedia: " Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record labels." In that vein... Night/Dawn of the Dead Evil Dead Last House on the Left But I don't think they fit the punk aesthetic.
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Oct 29, 2021 15:19
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Basebf555 posted:Michael Myers absorbs a ton of punishment in his movies too it just doesn't really phase him that much so it's not the same. Ghostface taking comical pratfalls was a pretty novel thing, it's pretty genius because you'd think that maybe it would make him less scary but it actually doesn't. The fact that he's clearly a regular clumsy human being under the costume actually makes him scarier in a way. Scream took a "realistic?" approach to the movie. This guy is a normal human prone to bad mistakes, fatigue and everything. So it was just a regular hosed up human doing something hosed up.
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Nov 2, 2021 13:07
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Iron Crowned posted:The Oh MY GOD WE'RE TURNING INTO A CLOCK
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I was thinking of things that are scary to me and a few things commonalities of movies I noticed. *the visceral violence of some movies where you aren't given a quick death. Scream fits this for me. *Movies where you have little or no chance of escape, no where safe. Nightmare on Elm street scared the hell out of me as a kid because, you have to sleep at some point. Jason and Michael Myers are easily avoided, stay out of Crystal Lake or Haddonfield. Final Destination also tapped into this for me. Alien too. *Movies where society/a group of people turn against you. Children of the Corn is not a good movie, but the first scene where the adults are killed sticks with me to this day. Cult movies kind of operate on this level too. Though, with Midsommar at some point they are going to piss of the wrong person if they are actively enticing people, which i know breaks the movie applying real world logic. I am sure I can think of more but this was my quick list.
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Nov 3, 2021 18:02
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Iron Crowned posted:I don't believe anyone's horror recommendations if House of 1,000 Corpses is their favorite horror movie. It's a good movie but Rob Zombie's schtick started to feel old.
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Nov 4, 2021 00:46
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The NOES series works because even the bad movies have some interesting dream sequences in it. I don't know why James A. Janisse hates on 5 so much, I think its at least better than 4 and Freddy v. Jason.
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Nov 5, 2021 22:13
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Stink Billyums posted:The Vampire in Brooklyn guy made Music of the Heart? The guy who made Music of the Heart made Shocker?
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Nov 6, 2021 02:47
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Snooze Cruise posted:he had to pay for the crime of that facial hair They couldn't of known this at the time be he had to pay the price of being Jamie Kennedy.
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Nov 7, 2021 00:40
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Freddy's Dead is a mess, but at this point I find it to be an entertaining mess (although not nearly as entertaining as a movie still in Rachel Talalay's future, Tank Girl). Freddy's dead feels like 4 different movies that on their own had interesting premises but ultimately just never come together in any coherent way. Like there is some good forward momentum in the first 30 or 40 minutes but after the plot switch to Lisa Zane actually being Freddy's daughter, the movie just never finds its footing again. I find the opening sequence scary and when they travel through the now desolate Springwood scary, especially when they come from the school. I must be the only person who likes 5. Good kills scary kills, a plot that carries the whole way through, decent acting. Ok the kid is annoying but you know....can't win them all? Also, I imagine my infinity for 5 is from watching it on USA in the afternoon.
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Nov 11, 2021 13:16
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King Vidiot posted:Can't wait for the endless string of anti-capitalist Korean TV shows about playing kid's games with killer dolls who cuss like sailors. so they live but korean?
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Nov 21, 2021 16:42
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Wait are people hating on the Rob Zombie Munsters because he's actually like kinda sticking to the comedy/kitchness of the original?
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CelticPredator posted:Rob Zombie has made kickass movies and that’s why munsters looks like rear end That's my point though. It's ok if Rob Zombie wants to make some kitchy non-violent 60s/70s culture piece. And in fact if he went the other way with his aestic he'd be way too edgelord-ish. Anyways, I just watched Scream 5 and thought it was good. Though I do feel like the first part of the movie felt more thought through. Like the movie losses a bit of steam after the hospital attack and the movie kinda spins for a few minutes. I wonder if if Scream 6 is going to take on the Halloween re-remakes about reexamining thoughts of gender and sexuality or something.
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Jul 17, 2022 19:32
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Especially when contemporary critics didn't get a lot of Carpenter's stuff. The Thing is famous for having received terrible reviews at the time. I am not a cinephile or like master of horror knowledge like others here. The Thing isn't my favorite horror movie but like take away the genre and... It's still a very tightly directed movie with a stellar cast that creates tension and suspense. It's cramped and paranoid and loving efficient as a movie. Not a lot of wasted scenes. I am not saying it was some huge technical masterpiece like Blade Runner but like if you had to give a class on how to make a movie, The Thing is a great example.
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Jul 21, 2022 15:58
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Do we count James Cameraon on the horror list? Terminator 1 is horror, Aliens is horror, T2 has horror elements. I know he is more sci-fi mainstream but someone else to add to great horror directors list.
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Jul 21, 2022 19:55
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Burkion posted:
I mean T2 also have a guy getting his eye poked out and another guy getting stabbed through the head pretty brutally. And the nuclear holocaust scene.
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Jul 22, 2022 02:53
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alf_pogs posted:i saw that GHOST SHIP was made in 2002 and gleefully rubbed my hands at the prospect of an intrusive nu-metal soundtrack. boy did it deliver Ghost Ship is a movie that had the potential to be way better than it was. Two really fantastic scenes and then a bunch of meh. Read up on the production though, apparently the actors thought they were signing onto something else.
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So i think I kinda started this derail because I asked if people consider James Cameron a horror director. I considered Terminator and Aliens horror, the question for me is T2 which I ended up leaning yes on. So, taking that aside. Terminator is a horror movie and I would say essentially leans into slasher territory. He's Jason or Freddy or Mike Myers just with a metal body. He kills mostly indiscriminately and I don't see why using a gun is a disqualifier (even though he stabs/beats up the first group of punks at the start and we don't know how Sarah's family is killed) and we don't know WHY he is doing it until Reese shows up and even then we aren't sure what Reese's motivations are until he also kidnaps Sarah.
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Jul 30, 2022 03:35
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MacheteZombie posted:Aliens to me is less horror than Terminator is. Ultimately I guess its all about how you define horror. Yah its an action movie but its a movie about a dwindling group of survivors who have no where to hide. There are some creepy scenes and thus feels horror to me.
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Jul 30, 2022 03:48
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MacheteZombie posted:Yeah I don't disagree calling Aliens horror, Terminator just feels more like a horror film when I've rewatched them in recent years. I just think aliens leans on action/war tropes more than horror ones. That's fair.
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Jul 30, 2022 04:00
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Jedit posted:<screeching halt> The Terminator absolutely doesn't kill indiscriminately. Other than to acquire mission necessities like clothes and guns, the only people it kills are Sarah Connor (twice), people it thinks are Sarah Connor, and people who get between it and Sarah Connor. * turns in his horror movie badge * you're right.
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Jul 30, 2022 11:51
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King Vidiot posted:
Yes, its called the Dead Zone.
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Jul 30, 2022 17:58
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Gonz posted:An uncredited Marlon Brando played the Predator in 1955’s “Abbott and Costello Meet the Predator”. I with The Critic was still a thing because I so desperately need to see this parody. Gonz posted:https://twitter.com/VinnieMancuso1/status/1556422290828664835 Pinhead shows up at the heigh of Roman decadence and gets disgusted.
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Aug 8, 2022 13:59
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CelticPredator posted:Please don’t drop a xenomorph into any time period except in the far far future thanks. Hear me out... Aliens but dropped into the War of the Roses (and killing the monarchy?)
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Aug 8, 2022 15:34
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Hollismason posted:I think I'mma watch Predator 2 again Someone mentioned it up thread but I find Predator 2 interesting because its a movie that clearly is parodying some element of the American view of crime and vigilantism. The police are useless, everyone who uses a gun in the subway scene dies, and they parody the Bernie Geotz incident.
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Aug 8, 2022 19:35
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Biff Rockgroin posted:Jason Has A Short Layover In Manhattan. The only think Jason Briefly Stops in
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Aug 9, 2022 15:53
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Do we include nuclear holocaust movies as horror for the apocalypse recommendations?
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dorium posted:Threads is a horror movie. I watched the bunker scenes during the pandemic and that was not smart for my mental health and now not sure I want to watch any of it.
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Burkion posted:Is Burt Gummer the most successful tertiary character in a movie franchise? Wedge from Star Wars?
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