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

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

Going to sleep, but just watched you're next and need to unravel my thoughts on it tomorrow

Was disappointed in that one after a bunch a friends talked it up

Easily my favourite moment in Livide was when the girl walks through the garden along with some really enchanting guitar sounds at that brief moment. It stuck out in my memory. It's funny that often the best moments in horror films are just people walking around places (Lynch and Argento in particular)
It had a lot of good things but the animal sound effects for the scary people sounded like cheap videogame stuff. There is also too much of that jerky editing of movements to make someone look twisted/fucked up, the sort they used to use in nu-metal era music videos, maybe even that Christina Aguilera video.
If it weren't for a few ill advised effects it would have been much better. It's really annoying how many good films are spoiled by special effects scenes that could easily been avoided.

The 13 Assassins bull scene was a great idea and obviously they couldn't have done it without cgi but they really should have left it out because it just looked far too fake.

the most illuminating thing for me abt you're next is watching the special features making of (yeah i know) and having a bunch of the involved dudes talk about how funny it was intended to be and how they were trying to revamp the home invasion thing, and thinking that they really failed on both accounts. I didn't dislike the movie, but there was a def feel that they were trying to do something and missed the mark pretty completely, esp knowing what that something was. also the twist was a no brainer through the entire movie. i think wingard is an interesting dude, and i do like pop skull for what it is, but yeah, a little too inside his own head about how surprising he thinks this movie was.

yeah I did an interview with Simon Barrett before you're next came out and everything he said he was trying to do with it, comedy-wise, made me really psyched to see it...and then I watched it and I was like, okay wtf happened

I liked You're Next, but wow, has it faded from my mind. I don't remember shit about it now. Except how awesome Joe Swanberg's character was.

I was surprised youre next didnt do well at the box office but then again it makes sense, lionsgate originally planned for a Halloween release when they acquired and I think releasing it when they did was a bit of a mistake.

I liked Livide although it was a little hard to follow near the end. I enjoyed how dark much of the film was and like Inside I was actually scared and didn't know what was coming. I didn't mind the jerking movements since the girl was broken. I'm excited to see what they do next.

The thing i liked best about You're Next, is that it continued the trend of Ti West as supporting actor in mediocre independent films. Not sure if anyones seen the trailer for his next film, about the Jonestown style cult, but it looks kind of interesting.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/27/phantasm-5-ravager-trailer-exclusive/

http://mashable.com/2014/03/27/oculus-rift-facebook-horror-movie-social-media/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfZTk1bWF5OWh3bXozM3BrdHprM2JydDJvd2RfIn0