idk as much as i'm shocked i'm kinda totally psyched
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 July 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
I am so all in on this one.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Saturday, 23 July 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
I AM SO ALL IN ON THIS ONE!!!
and i didn't even really like the blair witch project
― Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony said (contenderizer), Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
deathgasm was not great, but cute and fun, way better than most of the recent splatter-comedy glut
― Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony said (contenderizer), Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
but given that just about every found footage movie is to some degree a Blair Witch sequel, I don't see the point. Like Avatar, it's a movie I've never heard anyone truly want more of.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, July 23, 2016 5:36 AM (2 hours ago)
it's seriously loved by a lot of younger horror fans
― Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony said (contenderizer), Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
Did they change it cause there's already a pretty fine The Woods by lucky mckee?
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
xpost I liked Blair Witch a lot and have no problem with the first movie. I just mean that nobody wanted *more* Blair Witch, in the form of a reboot/sequel.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 July 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
i watched book of shadows recently and it is almost unbelievably horrible
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 July 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
not even really enjoyably so, though there are parts
McKee's The Woods was terrific. The best kind of moody, and with one of my favorite performances from Patricia Clarkson. It wasn't as showy as May, so it never seemed to gain much traction, even among horror fans.
I'm game for the new Blair Witch. Book Of Shadows was damn near unwatchable, so this will at least have a very, very low bar to clear.
― jon_oh, Saturday, 23 July 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
There was once a great feature in a film magazine with quotes from film people before and after their film was out. For Book Of Shadows it was the director sayingBefore: I think people will be satisfied.After: People were not satisfied.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 23 July 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
watched the blackcoat's daughter last night, had a good vibe, i was into it
― just sayin, Saturday, 23 July 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
not super happy about The Woods turning into Blair Witch redux but eh i'm in anyway
― Nhex, Sunday, 24 July 2016 01:24 (seven years ago) link
really not looking forward to another nauseating found footage FPS theatrical experience tho
I met McKee once, super nice guy who I made laugh w a very corny joke
The Woman is my fave of his
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 24 July 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
blair witch (the new one) does not actually seem like it's found footage/fps
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 24 July 2016 05:50 (seven years ago) link
parts of the trailer seemed like it... but yeah, it's probably not gonna be the whole thing like the original Blair Witch (or Paranormal Activity, The Visit, etc.)
― Nhex, Sunday, 24 July 2016 05:54 (seven years ago) link
Mainly, the film is shown though ear cameras (basically Bluetooth headsets with cameras on them), drone footage, and a super HD SLR.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/movie-review-blair-witch-is-the-amazing-sequel-you-nev-1784170295
― just sayin, Sunday, 24 July 2016 06:07 (seven years ago) link
You guys. "The Boy" is really, really good. I'm as baffled as you are.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 04:05 (seven years ago) link
saw "green room" -- it was engaging, well-made, but didn't really add up to much IMO.
although i watched it at 3 AM after having read a bunch of articles about rabid anti-immigrant groups in idaho and the combo made me really paranoid about some future dystopia where we are all on the run from neo-nazi punk rockers.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 04:46 (seven years ago) link
i def. think green room is only marginally a horror movie -- by noel carroll's widely-embraced theory of horror it isn't a horror film at all. but even by a less rigid definition, the reliance on horror syntax is mostly limited to the second-to-last reel.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 04:51 (seven years ago) link
the boy was not very good at all imo, but it was entertaining
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 05:08 (seven years ago) link
What does that even mean?
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Monday, 8 August 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
uh that it was fun to watch even though it's super flimsy and the whole final act is real rough?
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 8 August 2016 04:26 (seven years ago) link
So flimsy because?
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Monday, 8 August 2016 04:59 (seven years ago) link
Also maybe I'm just getting jaded here, but the vibe of "I enjoyed this but it's not actually good" that keeps showing up in this thread is kind of a bummer. Not trying to single you out Brad.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Monday, 8 August 2016 05:06 (seven years ago) link
Combined of course with my complete rejection of bizarre gate keeping of what gets to be horror, which is the other recent topic.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Monday, 8 August 2016 05:12 (seven years ago) link
what is it not possible to have fun with something while acknowledging its limitations? I get that it's sometimes frustrating when ppl do that (I felt a similar frustration with people going out of their way to call all that jazz "not great" in its thread, but idk this movie was kinda not great! also to get into why I'd have to prob talk about the tension-destroying twist
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 8 August 2016 06:56 (seven years ago) link
Wow, reviews of the new Rob Zombie have been haaaaaaaarsh.
assuming this January comment meant "Rob Zombie's 31", I just saw an hour of it and am convinced the guy has brain damage and isn't telling anybody.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:08 (seven years ago) link
it was on some Fathom Events thing. every gore sequence has shaky cam so you can barely see whose intestines are getting cut out, and for all of his hate of teenyboppers, this is basically Hunger Games with smelly ugly clowns and dwarf Nazis.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:09 (seven years ago) link
fortunately I got in free with a gift card.
enjoyed Lights Out a lot.
thought Conjuring 2 was way more enjoyable than the first Conjuring
didn't think Don't Breathe was as good as it should have been - once it turned into "blind guy is omniscient megawarrior" type ridiculousness at the 2/3rds point it started to lose me
― Neanderthal, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/2016-upcoming-new-horror-movies.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=7zOoexfSyqk
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 4 September 2016 05:53 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1rMTHBSwuI
i like it!
― Nhex, Monday, 5 September 2016 05:06 (seven years ago) link
Don't Breathe got some of the most entertaining general-audience reactions I've ever witnessed.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 5 September 2016 05:34 (seven years ago) link
Don't Breathe was less terrible and had fewer plot holes than most other modern horror films I've seen but it was still pretty un-scary and un-interesting.
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 September 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Like the nicest thing I can say about it is that it wasn't abysmal?
I didn't really get the hype either. it had decent atmosphere but as I said upthread, once it went from semi-grounded home invasion horror to SUPERBLIND HULK it lost me fairly quickly.
the dialogue about God towards the end reminded me of one of teh Joker speeches in TDK
― Neanderthal, Monday, 5 September 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
I've heard there's a horror film that's a big success recently, is it Don't Breathe?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 5 September 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
I think so, yeah. Also **SPOILER ALERT*** how bizarre that this blind dude (who one would assume would have keen hearing) would a) sleep through a break-in b) not notice someone like walking in the same fucking hallway he's walking through but then c) like hear someone across the damn house by the end of the film
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 September 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
I kept waiting for it to get so twisted or so scary and it didn't
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 September 2016 21:27 (seven years ago) link
They definitely seemed to handicap the burglars a bit too much to bring the thrills which kind of robbed it of intensity.
Moments where characters unnecessarily stay stationary or do very unbelievable thingsI mean lol "horror" but it felt like one of those "zombies are slow, just outrun them" films
― Neanderthal, Monday, 5 September 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
it was a solid B-movie imo. problem for was that they gave away over half the scares/twists in the damn trailer
― Nhex, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
I love that the wannabe gangsta guy went by "Money"
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 02:46 (seven years ago) link
Just rewatched "Triangle" again. Not really horror, I suppose, but what a really effective thinky thriller. Lots of horror movies about parents and the unique stresses of special needs kids these days. "Triangle," "Babadook," "Finding Dory" ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
It's definitely a good fear to mine
― Nhex, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 04:23 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I liked Triangle. Would quite like to watch it again soon, which is unusual for me b/c I tend to have a low tolerance for rewatches. Though actually I guess horror does tend to be the exception to that rule so maybe not that unusual... Hm.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
Shallows spoilers (not much to spoil, but ...)
I thought "The Shallows" started out fine. Not scary but serious enough to make up for its silliness. Then it's like at the end they realized they needed to end it, and happened to have some extra money lying around, and figured, fuck it, we'll light a just shy of good enough CGI shark on fire then have it vindictively race our protagonist to the bottom of the sea where it impales itself.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 September 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
I loved Triangle and Coherence and Primer. What other films are like those?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 16 September 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link