As a sort of long stand-alone episode, I thought Oculus was one of the few to actually stick the ending (once you get past the fact that the whole setup doesn't make a ton of sense). Speaking of which, the lightbulb-eating scene in that movie has stuck with me and still makes me shudder on a regular basis.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
Badabook from trailers reminds me of Mama, Orphanage, House Of Voices and lots of the J-horror wave, more than anything like Insidious. I prefer this style of film to a lot of things but I just wish they had a bit more going on.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
i mentioned insidious cuz i see it as helping to kick off the recent flurry of housebound supernatural horror flicks, but yeah, the two don't have much in common
― no Mmmmbob (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
I'd suggest paranormal activity did it.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
I thought Oculus was one of the few to actually stick the ending (once you get past the fact that the whole setup doesn't make a ton of sense)
agree w this completely
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
like there's no reason given that they don't just smash the mirror immediately but setting that aside everything else about it was v good imo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
i wanted, for no good reason, to distinguish the current haunted everything trendlet from the ongoing found-footage boom. have to concede that insidious took after the paranormal activity flicks, though. in a broader sense, 1999 was ground zero for all such stuff (the sixth sense, the blair witch project, ringu outside japan).
― no Mmmmbob (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
i get you there
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
my problem with the ending of oculus is that it was telegraphed so relentlessly and delivered so suddenly that it couldn't help but feel a bit anticlimactic. "o shit!", roll credits. didn't sabotage the film, but i enjoyed the build-up a lot more than the payoff.
― no Mmmmbob (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
somebody tell me if we did this already, but do folks have a top 10 2014 horror films list?
I've got 13 sins, taking of deborah logan, big bad wolves and oculus as to be watchedAlready saw Babadook, Under the Skin, A Girl Walks Home at Night Alone
Curious what others would point out as high points for the year.
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
(outside of contendo of course)
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
Did you see that Fright link above?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
Haven't seen 13 Sins (or Cheap Thrills, for that matter), but 13: Game of Death, the 2006 Thai film it adapts, is great white-knuckle fun.
― no Mmmmbob (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
I still think Last Will & Testament of Rosalind Leigh rates as top 2014.
― The Thnig, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
i have a field in england on my shortlist for netflix now
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
Field in England is incredible. idk how much of it is horror really but it's something.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
Field in England is topsWas Rosalind Leigh 2014?! Jesus that year went by slowly. Rosalind L > Deborah L, though the latter is well worth watching esp for the acting
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
It Follows is great. One of my favourite horrors for a long time. It didn't have a flawed ending either, which I think is really notable for an exciting scary film in the last few years. I saw it in the cinema in 2014 but it's not getting a general release till later this year.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 22:45 (nine years ago) link
awesome, been looking forward to that one for months.
― no Mmmmbob (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
Other horror(ish) titles I'm anticipating in the one five:
Crimson Peak - Guillermo Del Toro directs a bunch of famous people in a spooky gothic period pieceHigh Rise - Ben Wheatley (A Field in England, Kill List) adapting J.G. Ballard, sign me the fuck upThe Duke of Burgundy - oddball relationship drama from Peter Strickland, who I'll follow anywhere after Berberian Sound StudioAmong the Living - latest from Bustillo & Maury (Inside, Livide)Harbinger Down - long delayed, practical-effects driven tribute to Carpenter's The ThingThe Editor - tongue-in-cheek giallo homage from the Astron-6 crew (Father's Day)Green Inferno - Eli Roth's 70s-style cannibal flick, almost certainly awful, but pushed back so long I'm now dying to see itA Girl Walks Home Alone at Night - still haven't caught this >:[It Follows - like kraudive saysFinal Girl - not much to go on, the but premise (hit girl vs murder boys) and word of mouth are promisingCooties - horror comedy about schoolteachers battling a pack of monsterized kids, can't miss!
― no Mmmmbob (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
my favs from 2014. roughly in this order :
starry eyeshoneymoonhouseboundlate phasescoherenceabc's of death 2the babadook
'oculus' and 'among the living' were ok, and i didn't hate 'the sacrament' as much as most people here, i guess - same goes for 'mockingbird' until that absolutely dreadful ending. 'the purge: anarchy' was way better than the first one, but that doesn't really count for much, does it?
still need to see : it follows, man in the orange jacket, a girls walks home alone at night, der samurai, under the skin. is 'the canal' any good? story doesn't seem that appealing, but i've seen some people rate it highly
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
i didn't hate 'the sacrament' as much as most people here, i guess - same goes for 'mockingbird' until that absolutely dreadful ending
^^ considering they're both ff, that is. something i find truly off putting these days.
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
i thought Babadook was brilliant in its depiction of the mother's mental state, feeling alone and completely overwhelmed. it was very hard to watch! the horror elements, though, were pretty standard fare.
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
What We Do in the Shadows is being released in Japan: http://t.co/GzTiH5NJZ2
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
put a bunch of these on netflix instant, thx
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 January 2015 06:07 (nine years ago) link
People shitting themselves over The Witch at Sundance.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 January 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
There's two films with that title this year. This sundance one is set in 1600s?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I think? New England. People are saying it's like a Kubrick "Crucible" or something along those lines.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link
Actually the titles are slightly different
The Witchhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/?ref_=rvi_tt
Witchhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2936638/?ref_=rvi_tt
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 January 2015 23:21 (nine years ago) link
Which Witch is which?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 January 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
The first is the sundance one I'm sure
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 January 2015 23:39 (nine years ago) link
http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/over-your-dead-body/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link
I guess this isn't horror but this is pretty much the only film thread I follow - anyone heard anything about this? The trailer looks amazing: http://www.okayafrica.com/news/ethiopian-post-apocalyptic-sci-fi-film-crumbs-trailer/
(Or point me to a good thread to discuss it on.)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
that looks amazing and plenty horror enough for this thread. unfortunately, i have little to add to the discussion beyond "yes, please". and thank you.
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
will watch
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
This is really, really good, and fits on this thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK-gwgaR0QI
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
cast of that is great, nonetheless, couldn't make it past more than a couple minutes. Adult Swim is the worst.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
^^ came across that trailer on fb yesterday. it looks amazing indeed.
― rusty_allen, Thursday, 12 February 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
Saw As Above So Below finally and. Well, I'm not really sure where I fall on it. So much almost good, nothing per se terrible. Still sorting it out.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 February 2015 06:33 (nine years ago) link
Since I'm on zing I can't bump the lets shit something old thread, so happy Friday the 13th y'all.
Chi chi chi chi chi ma am ma ma
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 13 February 2015 13:56 (nine years ago) link
did anyone see 'the pact 2'?
im not invested in the pact franchise as it were, but the ppl involved in 'entrance' wrote & directed I believe so my interest was def piqued
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 February 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
Crimson Peak trailer looks okay. Not much to say I suppose.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 14 February 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zBlG8Lv01k
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 14 February 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
Finally saw Pontypool a few nights ago. My god what a dreadful, implausible film.
Housebound, which we watched last night, was pretty fun, although I wasn't sure about the big reveal in the last third which seemed a little bit overdone for my tastes *SPOILER* how to explain the teddy bear?
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Monday, 16 February 2015 10:41 (nine years ago) link
Honeymoon, with Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway, was decent enough. Breaks no new ground whatsoever but nicely executed and well acted.
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Monday, 16 February 2015 11:58 (nine years ago) link
Didn't the guy in the attic reprogram the bear? Thought Housebound was maybe an hour too long.
Wait, did you just call Pontypool implausible? that's pretty much the least controversial thing you can say about it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 February 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
ah, that would make sense.
Pontypool, and the whole 'speaking disease' premise and how they dealt with it, just didn't make any sense, not even for a horror/zombie movie. Nice idea to try an make a single-room, no monsters, zombie movie but the whole thing got so hammy by the end I just couldn't deal with it.
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Monday, 16 February 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
I almost feel as though Housebound could have made for a more streamlined film if they'd either dispensed with the whole Eugene plot or introduced his presence a little earlier on.
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Monday, 16 February 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
Pontypool, and the whole 'speaking disease' premise and how they dealt with it, just didn't make any sense, not even for a horror/zombie movie.
it makes perfect sense. it's not in the least plausible, but i don't see how that's a problem.
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 07:00 (nine years ago) link
Wait wait how would this even work? I don't want to spoiler Housebound, but that's a little like saying psycho would have been more streamlined if they'd thrown a shot of Normans mother in after the shower scene.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 23 February 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link