ok lets all shit our pants to something new: post 2005 horror film thread

the monsters were the best thing about the movie hence my annoyance that they were barely in it

they could have at least eaten skip la doo or whatever that actor's name is to make up for all that wandering around

Has that movie gotten the Rifftrax treatment yet? It nearly outdoes Manos for aimless wandering. (THRILL TO THE OUTBOARD MOTOR REPAIR SCENE!)

i dont really get how you can feel like a genre based on people avoiding getting killed is generally drama free.

I dunno, I love horror, but "who will survive?" isn't enough to hold my attention in more than the most rote way. Start throwing "how" and "why" in there and yeah, things get more interesting. But how and why is not always horror's strongest suit (or point).

Man, there's a bit in the new Liam Neeson movie where the bad guy, after the massively implausible/impossible scheme is revealed, declares "it was easy!" My wife and I had a blast with that line, like the filmmakers just did not give a fuck about the "how" part.

lol phil otm, definitely had manos-levels of aimlessness

Oh, come on now.

sorry dude but that shit was BOOOOOOOOORING

and pointless

I ain't afraid of no boring.

it felt really mumblecore iirc

yeah

Dream home is fucking fantastic

― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Thursday, February 27, 2014 7:51 PM (5 days ago)

just finally got around to watching the american remake of shutter and wow, i think it takes the title for worst remake i have ever ever seen

Maybe if The Fog didn't exist.

Just watched In Fear, not bad at all!

How do you defend the last hour of that movie Chap? It is terrible.

What after matey turns up in the back seat? The tension definitely drops after that point, but it remains unsettling. I thought his performance was great. I like how it's not really explained fully what's going on.

Come off it, the back seat guy is a dreadfully conceived villian and as for the finale .. oh words cannot express how shit that is.

Agree to disagree. Wasn't mad keen on the denouement, everything up to that point was fine.

Children of Sorrow. Slow-burn found-footage autopsy of a desert death cult that coceals a character study of pure evil. Didn't love it, and was frustrated by how often the simple story loses focus, but i think it's still well worth seeing for Bill Oberst, Jr.'s ferocious star turn as the cult leader. Should be interesting to compare this one, the work of new director Jourdan McCloure, with Ti West's forthcoming FF Jonestown riff, The Sacrament.

I have heard almost nothing good about The Sacrament.

he certainly has his fans. i'm not really one of them. i'll see it for Seimetz, Swanberg, Bowen, Reeder, etc.

make that Sheil. don't know where i got Reeder. i always enjoy West's casts.

(glowingly) positive review here: http://movierehab.com/sacrament-movie-review/

Anyone seen We Are What We Are or Contracted? Both just appeared on Netflix.

i thought Contracted was terrible. the director has something to say, but no idea how to say it. characters and situations are also totally unbelievable.
the WAWWA remake is worth watching. an interesting companion piece to the original. very Americanized, though the techniques and themes are true to the Mexican original.

Cool - thanks!

BTW, someone on Facebook just shared this little two-minute horror short:

http://vimeo.com/82920243

It scarred the crap out of me!

http://bitchmagazine.org/post/the-feminist-power-of-female-ghosts
worth a glance

A FIELD IN ENGLAND:
I still don't know exactly what was happening in a few parts but I liked it; it had some really beautiful sequences, great music and impressive techniques.
I was lukewarm on Kill List and his overly straightforward ABC segment but I'm more enthusiastic about the potential of Wheatley now.

UNDER THE SKIN:
I know this book/film has two threads but I'll put it here. I saw this film in the same location as the early parts of the film and that was quite strange. I think Glasgow people nervously half expect to see themselves in the film.
Even though I knew I shouldn't set my expectations too high, I was slightly underwhelmed because some people built this film up as an eternal mighty masterpiece. Although I wouldn't urge people to see it, it is a good strange atmospheric film with some really striking moments.

ANTICHRIST:
I'm amazed this film was from 5 years ago, it feels like much less. I'm finding myself lured to things I wasn't interested in at the time they came out but start to really desire in a change of mood.
I have no problem with extreme violence but it puts me off when I hear about endurance test style violence, which makes me wince and squirm and that tends to be closer to annoying than harrowing (like somebody pinging your ear and fingering your belly). Maybe loads of horror fans really do get turned on by violence because drawn out scenes that somehow bore, annoy and wincify me would make sense in that light. I think the violence in this film was exaggerated by the media.
I really liked this, especially in the aesthetics but the level of craziness of the woman escalating that much seems like too much of a jump for me; I know she had horrendous grief but it didn't really account for how extreme it goes, am I missing something? I'm sure there is lots of discussion online and probably on this forum but I'm not sure I can be bothered.

These 3 films above are making me increasingly of the opinion that a lot of the best films don't entirely add up /make a coherent whole. For me, a film being a unique and interesting experience is the most precious and rare thing. It's amazing how much I swing so far in and out of enthusiasm about films. I've seen a lot of really stimulating stuff recently and it's hard to see why I was so unenthusiastic a few months ago. Maybe I used to be too intent in getting certain types of films.

Anyone else see that French film Livid from a few years ago? Pretty decent, some were saying it was a bit like a new Jean Rollin film but there were several computer and sound effects that significantly spoiled the whole thing. I hope the director goes on to better things because I liked the general approach of the film.

The directors of Livide Bustillo & Maury also made Inside. I definitely have both eyes on their next project, Among the Living.

^^ high expectations for 'among the living' too. and this movie called 'starry eyes' seems promising from what i read.

speaking of cults, 'faults' seems to be something along the lines of 'sound of my voice' or 'mmmm'. might be of interest.

loved 'a field in england'. still, i'm something of a wheatley stan - didn't care much for his 'ABC's' short and never saw 'down terrace' tho. he already proved he knew how to tell a story on 'kill list' and 'sightseers', 'a field in england' shows he can deal in more abstract waters with impressive results. he manages to pull some great performances from his casts as well.

I finally saw Big Bad Wolves...I think I wasn't in the right mood for it? like it wasn't really that much of a twist. idk, I was bummed, I'd been looking forward to it.

I continue to find those guys really overrated

tonally it kinda bothered me too

BBW's brilliance isn't in the delivery of big plot twists, but in the utter unease generated by the skilled juggling of deadly serious and darkly comic scenes. Even if you thought the plot predictable, you can't tell me that you were able to anticipate the relentless tonal shifts. I thought they made for an exceptionally tense and entertaining watch.

But i don't think Simon and i have agreed even once in this thread. So i am not shocked.

fwiw I love Inside so we agree on that probably?

I found the folksy levity during the torture irritating, all that shit with the grandfather etc... I get the juxtaposition etc but it's not really new? it just felt like padding to me

I don't know how Livide slipped by me, can't wait to watch it!!! Especially since the last horror movie I watched was The Returned. It started out with a great idea, but then they made the love story the central plot with no horror. I wanted a zombie outbreak at the end.

We're apparently bound to disagree on this one, VG? The tonal shifts kept me on edge and felt fully functional. It was one of the more effective uses i've seen for this particular dramatic device. As for the grandfather,, maybe i'm more forgiving because I've known Israelis my whole life and, yeah, they're just like that.

The line must be drawn here, etc

Am I supposed to know what you mean by that? Because I really do not. Not an inkling.

re: tonal shifts + torture; The Loved Ones did it better.

xpost forget it. picard line from a star trek movie, my material
is wasted itt ;)

Never got into the Star Wars.

The Loved Ones has not held up all that well. Diminishing returns with each re-viewing. I suspect my admiration for BBW will only deep with time and familiarity.

*deepen

t's possible I would like BBW better had I not seen Rabies.

Was decidedly nonplussed with "the lived ones"

Loved ones