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

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

I seen Dream Home a few days ago and it was okay; some of it really nasty.

Not really a horror film but this 8min video is great...
http://vimeo.com/83390470

Allison Schulnik done some Grizzly Bear videos, an unofficial Scott Walker video and she's a great painter. I think she's one of the best artists alive today. I really wish there was more opportunities for more expressive animation like this.

Insidious 2 is a big ol waste of time, fyi

Watched that and the conjuring recently and man how did James wan remember which ghost hunters help tormented family haunted by serial killers movie he was working on - at least Patrick Wilson switched roles.

I am watching The Borderlands tonight, it looks pretty solid from the reviews. It's a found footage account of some Vatican paranormal team sent to investigate a haunted West Country church.

I would thoroughly recommend The Borderlands, definitely the best British horror movie I have seen in a long time.

Afflicted is decent as well, it is a fucking Canadian found footage vampire film. As appalling as that sounds it actually is a very decent low budget horror movie.

Just watched 100 Bloody Acres, Aussie comedy horror starring Damon Herriman, the bumbling nazi buddy from Justified, and I absolutely loved it.

Like srsly watch this immediately if you want to see Wolf Creek channelled through the coen brothers with one foot in blood simple and the other in raising Arizona.

It isn't bad at all is 100 bloody acres, it reminded me of early PJ with all the bawdy humour and severed limbs etc.

On the other hand, "all the boys love Mandy lane" is complete fucking dreck

^^ cosign the hate for this. tries so desperately to convey some sort of hazy atmosphere ('virgins suicides' much?) but fails completely.

Saw that about 5 years back at a fastival. I find it amusing how in the meantime it's developed a mystique by not being released; it's not good. Levine is such a hack.

Just watched Sokurov's Faust. It has really nice visual effects and some great images but I didn't care for the constant rambling talk and Constance of characters stumbling around, weakly struggling against each other.

By Sean O'Neal Apr 15, 2014 1:35 PM
As teased by that final, surprise shot of a hand bursting out to sign an agreement relinquishing all of Warner Bros.’ financial rights, Friday The 13th is set to rise again, again, at Paramount, with a reboot of the reboot of the long-running franchise last rebooted in 2009. Hoping to reboot the story of Jason Vorhees for a newer, younger generation of five years later, the studio is reportedly in talks with director David Bruckner, whose “Amateur Night” segment was a standout in the horror anthology movie V/H/S. As The Wrap suggests, Bruckner’s involvement could mean producers are interested in employing a found-footage approach to Friday The 13th, as “found footage” is among the few remaining gimmicks yet to be applied to a franchise that’s already employed 3-D multiple times, had crossovers with other horror movies, and sent its character to New York, Hell, and outer space. The remaining options would therefore be found footage or sending Jason to “Da Hood.”

Like the 2009 reboot of Friday The 13th, the new Friday The 13th reboot will also be produced through Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, where even the most recent of horror movie reboots are soon swallowed by the wind-whipped sands of time. While most of the details are still being decided, the release date has long been set for Friday, March 13, 2015, which is, frankly, the only detail that has ever mattered to Paramount.

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I've seen an animated gif several times of a film that I don't recognise. It looks quite slick and modern with production values that suggest it isn't totally obscure. It has a woman unknowingly lying in bed next to a scary looking sharp toothed guy who is facing the camera.
Does this ring any bells?

sounds like the last few secs of this short?
http://vimeo.com/82920243

Hey, heads up, H6: diary of a serial killer/assassin, despite some positive reviews is hot fucking garbage and a waste of time

Xp to Robert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xGU2_g9s

That "Lights Out" short was really good. Sweaty palms towards the end.

Just watched "Lights Out" and "Bedfellows." So basically they're both just variants of the stare at the screen and then Regan from the Exorcist pops up gag? "Lights Out" was done really well, though.

Lights Out was OK, but the payoff wasn't up to the build.

I'm assuming Circa1916 linked to "Bedfellows", but for some reason linked videos on this forum don't show up on my kindle. I looked for it on vimeo and it is indeed the film I was looking for. I think the rock music in the credits was a bad idea and with a few changes it could have been a lot scarier.

Thanks.

so i also saw the conjuring and while it was way, way better than insidious 2 (low bar there) and had some nice moves in it, theres just this weird patina of unbelievableness to the whole thing that i cant really put my finger on. and i am a huge suspension of disbelief type wrt to horror, as has come up many times on this thread, but it sorta felt like the writers/director/actors all couldnt get past their skepticism abt psychic detectives or whatever even while the movie was being filmes, and it really seemed to show through, especially for the last 15-20 minutes somehow.

Or maybe they just realized they had made a feature length version of Friday the 13th the Series and fell into a deep funk.

the original "compact of doom" episode from Friday the 13th: The Series was kind of good

Bedfellows was a hundred times scarier as a screen shot, to the point where it still creeps me out now.

I feel that way about the animated gif

Has anyone seen The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears? It's the follow-up from the directors of Amer and one of the only good segments in the mostly-shit The ABCs of Death, but it doesn't seem to have gotten much of a US release, if any at all. There's no DVD or stream yet, either...

I watched it in a bit of a sleepy haze, but I would rank it significantly lower than Amer.

I've heard good things from film buddies, but they're more art film types than horror nerds.

been trying to catch up on recent stuff...

A Field in England (2013, Ben Wheatley)
Battlefield deserters in search of a pint get dragooned by an alchemist who may possess magical powers. (Great Britain) A strange, hypnotic and stunningly beautiful slice of magic-realist historical psychedelia. Funny, baffling, wonderfully well-written & entirely satisfying. Instant favorite.

Frankenstein's Army (2013, Richard Raaphorst)
Found-footage horror about a WWII-era Soviet reconnaisance unit that falls afoul of the mad doctor's madder descendant. Kind of loved this. Obviously made on a meager budget and prizing lunatic monter mayhem above all else, it never lets practical limitations get in the way of unhinged imagination. A blast.

Moebius (2013, Ki-duk Kim)
Said to be wordless, abstract & quite violent (S. Korea). Again, that description right on the money. It's hard for me to rate this one. It's a brave and gorgeous film, exquisitely well crafted and obviously the product of a singular and deeply personal cinematic vision. On the other hand, it's relentlessly unpleasant and almost absurdly on-the-nose. Admirable in its way and obviously bound for infamy, but I can't say I enjoyed it much.

Oculus (2013, Mike Flanagan)
Supernatural thriller about a haunted mirror. Not a bad movie by any means, but a bit bland and underwhelming. I quite enjoyed the first hour or so, but as the mysteries resolved themseves, my interest dissipated. Dull conclusion, too.

Open Grave (2013, Gonzalo López-Gallego)
Existential mystery about a man who wakes up in a pit of human bodies without any memory of his identity or past. Easily spoiled, so I'll just say it's a fairly clever and suspenseful variation on a well-worn horror theme. I can see why many praised this film, but it didn't do much for me.

Rigor Mortis (2013, Juno Mak)
Update of the 80s "Mr. Vampire" series (Hong Kong). Though I've never seen any of the films to which it pays tribute, I loved every minute of this action-packed supernatural drama. Atmospheric cinematography and striking special effects are certainly welcome, but it's the phenomenal ensemble cast and emotionally resonant storytelling that really stand out. Entirely satisfying, if a bit darker than necessary.

Under the Skin (2013, Jonathan Glazer)
Alien in human guise seduces hitchhikers in Scotland, said to be quite abstract (UK). WONDERFUL MOVIE! In the running for the best I've seen this year. Extremely eerie and at times disturbing, often as a product of its coldly dispassionate, successfully alien tone. Great soundtrack, too.

Adam Chaplin (2012, Emanuele De Santi)
Italian "bloodiest movie ever", said to be in the vein of Rikki-Oh (prod. by Necrostorm). A stupendously violent demon-as-superhero revenge story, simple as can be, but equipped with memorable villains, knockout gore effects, and go-for-broke pacing. Bad by any conventional measure, but distinctive, inventive and never less than entertaining. Suprisingly decent production values for such a low-budget effort, too.

Byzantium (2012, Neil Jordan)
Said to be a non-traditional vampire tale featuring two blood-sucking sisters holed up in a small Irish town. A character-driven movie with a rich sense of place, more gothic drama than horror. Could be accused of a romantic sentimentality not uncommon to Jordan's films, but strong performances and melancholy atmosphere kept me engaged. Not a great movie, perhaps, but one I enjoyed a great deal.

Stitches (2012, Connor McMahon)
Ghost clown horror comedy, going in w/ low expectations. Though it's quite gory, Stitches puts the comedy first at every turn. On that level, it easily outclasses most films of its ilk. Helped by a charming cast, good character & gag writing and some surprisingly inventive camerawork. Too facile to sustain interest all the way through, but consistently better than it has to be.

Taeter City (2012, Giulio De Santi)
Sci-fi gore epic set in a dystopian future metropolis (prod. by Necrostorm). Superficially quite similar to Adam Chaplin, but nowhere near as successful. The pacing is more breakneck still and the lovingly depicted gore becomes nearly constant, but the genre context switches from spooky demonic horror to blackly comic dystopian sci-fi. Pointless, incoherent and numbingly repetitive.

Thanatomorphose (2012, Éric Falardeau)
Canadian, a woman rots away from within (expect bleak, slow, gruesome). And yeah: bleak, slow, gruesome. Not much more than that. To be commended for making the most of obviously limited resources, as it features one location and, for the most part, one actor. Still oppressively dull and unpleasant, undone by poor performances, murky lighting and heavy-handed thematic underlining. Great gore effects, though...

Wither (2012, Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund)
"The Swedish Evil Dead". An attractive group of young stranded at a cabin in the woods endure standard zombie flick trial-by-trauma. Though well-executed, suspenseful and cinematically "professional", I found this an almost entirely empty viewing experience. No ideas or personality, just a competent handling of overly familiar material.

Masks (2011, Andreas Marschall)
Giallo homage about a girl enrolled in a mysterious acting school (Germany). A nice surprise after the promising but lacklustre Tears of Kali. Owes a huge and undisguised debt to Suspiria, with enjoyably expressionistic visuals and a wonderful layering of sound & music. Atmospheric, oddly romantic and, like Marschall's earlier film, based around some novel ideas & interests.

The Road (2011, Yam Laranas)
A lonely stretch of road connects three independent stories with shared characters (Phillipines). An ambitious and involving supernatural mystery spanning three decades, concerning the persistence of past in present. The conclusion comes as no suprise, but I suspect the filmmakers were more interested in tragic resonance than pulling a fast one on the audience. Liked the way each story layer deepened the last.

Tomie: Unlimited (2011, Noboru Iguchi)
Reboot of the long-running ghost girl franchise (Japan). Wallows in deliberate cheese & low-budget cruddiness, tries for Hausu-style psychotronic oddity & occasionally succeeds. Lacks that film's visual flair and sugar-buzzed energy. Still quite entertaining.

Tormented (aka "Rabbit Horror") (2011, Takashi Shimizu)
Supernatural mystery (Japan), linked companion piece to Shock Labyrinth. Enjoyable, if overly melodramic in the spirit of its predecessor. Chris Doyle's cinematography & some wonderfully weird, rabbit-themed pop surrrealism help elevate this installment a notch above Shock Labyrinth.

Visible Secret (2011, Ann Hui)
The budding relationship between two young people is complicated by her ability to see ghosts (Hong Kong). Much more digressive and zany than I anticipated, and stressing the romantic and comedic aspects of the story over its horror trappings. Took me a while to orient myself, but once I got the hang of the film's loopy rhythms, I enjoyed it well enough.

The Last Circus (aka "Balada Triste de Trompeta") (2010, Álex de la Iglesia)
Two deranged clowns compete for the affections of a beautiful trapeze artist (comingling of drama, comedy & horror). There's something rather obvious about de la Iglesia's self-indulgent weirdness, and he can't tell a story to save his life, but I enjoyed this film's colorful oddity and constant tonal shifts enough to keep me on board all the way through.

Shock Labyrinth (2009, Takashi Shimizu)
Supernatural mystery, linked companion piece to Tormented (Japan). Slick, commercial and fairly ambitious, but the convoluted narrative is a good deal less interesting than the filmmakers seems to think. And too bathetic by half. Still "watchable", and I did enjoy the old-fashioned, haunted-house atmosphere.

Sick Nurses (2009, Piraphan Laoyont and Thodsapol Siriwiwat)
A vengeful ghost pursues a philandering doctor and his staff of comely young nurses (Thailand). Truly terrible but somehow charming in its screwball ineptitude and go-for-broke nuttiness. I admit the possibility that my opinion may have been swayed by the near-constant (though quaintly chaste) cheesecake parade. Perfect junk food cinema.

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu)
Transfer-student vampire and spare-parts vixen compete for the affections of a timid young man (Japan). Utter garbage. Boorish, witless pandering of the saddest sort.

Dorothy Mills (2008, Agnès Merlet)
Mystery thriller about a possibly possessed girl, looks great. Wound up a big disappointment. Sleepy, low-intensity gothic mystery about a seemingly possessed girl and a small island town's dark secrets. Initially interesting in that it could be described as an inverted version of The Wicker Man, but descends quickly into soppy melodrama. No pulse, no style, might as well have been a TV movie.

Gutterballs (2008, Ryan Nicholson)
Ugly, irritating bullshit.

Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater (2006, Gye-soo Jeon)
Korean fantasy about a young girl's encounter with the ghostly inhabitants of a decrepit movie theater. A bit overlong and heavy on both gratingly wacky spirit hijinks and at borderline maudlin sentimentality, this film's inventiveness and good cheer manage to see it through. Memorable songs, atmospheric sets and an appealing cast certainly don't hurt.

Contenderizer- I've been enjoying your arguments and contributions to many threads recently, so much so I can almost forgive you for not liking Tideland. Keep it up.

xpost But what did you watch the next night?

That is a good and useful list.

hi dere contenderizer!

got plague town coming tomorrow, i predict it will be great or crap, thats def what the imdb reviews seem to suggest

this just in - imdb reviews for horror movies are 100% useless discuss

i mean, not that they are great across the board on films in general, but i pretty much just mentally add 2 points to anything in the horror genre since that site is clearly full of would be movie critic horror haters