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

And in those years they could have made at least three movies better than this one :(

I joked afterward that it should've been called Peter! Ashley! Lisa! James! (Heather) and it might have been slightly more interesting, like a throwaway catchy song with a goof title rather than something that required the highest possible security clearance.

will no one stay awake with me?
Peter...
Lisa...
James...

will none of you wait with me?
Peter...
Lisa....
James

These are friends of mine, these are friends of mine
And they've got something that's so hard to find
James and petey
Lisa and Ashley

Thought there were glimmers of good ideas in the movie, but didn't push them far enough at all. Ultimately just OK. Disappointed in Wingard, considering how much I enjoyed his last two films.

Lane and Talia too

all these friends are in the woods
and they've got nothin' to do

xp

bummed to hear that about Blair Witch but I just realized I haven't seen the OG Blair Witch since I saw it in the theatre in 1999 so at least this film is inspiring me to do that congrats nu-Blair Witch.

Saw some indication that shifting perception of time or some such thing is a major component, but that was one of the coolest things about "Grave Encounters," which of course is directly derivative of Blair Witch, because of course it is because these things are all related.

Wonder if Wingard et al. were approached to make this as a sequel, or if it was their idea.

i had fun at blair witch, and you can detect wingard/barrett pushing at the edges of the idea throughout, but i get why people are disappointing. my expectations were really relaxed after the dive it took on rotten tomatoes the day before i saw it lol

last 20 minutes are terrifying though

lol i get why people are disappointed*

i did like the final part too.
haven't seen Grave Encounters, but Wingard did say one of the ideas he pushed (with the two different groups here) was how they could experience totally different aspects/timelines/stories in the same forest. again, wish he had gone even further with this idea, along with the Dream Warriors-esque puzzling the characters would do, knowing some of the rules set up from the first movie and new ones set up in this one.

Lol Blair Witch what the fuck was this movie.

I just saw You're Next for the first time last week, and it was pretty good and ridiculous. And The Guest was, likewise, good and ridiculous. And I also realized last week that the dudes who made those movies were the guys who made Blair Witch and I was briefly excited but then I realized that their sensibility seems all wrong for a Blair Witch movie. I'll probably still see it, though.

I finally saw The Witch on the weekend, fucking great I loved it so much
Creepy as fuck
Had to turn subtitles on to catch all the puritan-ese

Thank you! I don't know what people's problem is with that movie. You may not dig its aims, but said aims were flawlessly achieved imo.

"Wouldst thou like the taste of butter and pretty dress?"

The Witch was great, Black Philip for global emperor unless he already is acting emperor and in that case FOUR MORE YEARS!

Thank you! I don't know what people's problem is with that movie.

― ALL TACOE'S 1/2 HALF "OFF" (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 September 2016 18:06

Their problem is they are pure jobbies who'd prefer shite like Insidious and The Conjuring.

Just finished watching The VVitch myself (streaming for free on Amazon Prime). Highly recommended.

BLACK PHILLIP BLACK PHILLIP DA DA DA DA DAAAA

those two little ones were so perfectly rad and annoying and creepy, i loved then

*them

A crown grows on his head

Just watched The Witch. New classic. Not a false move in it.

Subtitles recommended. Good advice VG.

Babak Anvari's debut Under The Shadow sounds quite ace. It is a supernatural horror movie set against the backdrop of the Iran/Iraq war, it is getting rave reviews so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHVFP80Upxw

The Blackcoat's Daughter, which is definitely one of the better things I have seen recently, is on UK Netflix under the original title of February as of yesterday.

cool! i downloaded that movie for some reason a month or so ago and have a v fond memory of it... great atmosphere

recommended to other ppl who like horror movies that have a great vibe

Starry Eyes did a whole, whole lotta things right, and Alexandra Essoe was great, but it ultimately fell into the distressing pattern I've noticed way too many times over the past decade of almost-great horror films that just don't know how to stick the landing. In that respect, the movie reminded me a great deal of The House of the Devil. But I think I still recommend it?

I liked it way better than HOtD

I did, too. It just (imo) fumbles the ball in a similar way.

Like, I get that you really dig the end of Rosemary's Baby, guys, but that type of ending has limited efficacy.

february is a remarkable first feature for oz perkins - eager to see the upcoming i am the pretty thing that lives in the house. altough nothing quite matches the invitation imho, it's been a very decent year for these sort of slow build/paranoid/tense creepers, with stuff like the whitch, observance and even the polanski rehash of darling all worthy of mention.

or the yuppie horror stylings of the ones below - pacific heights meets hand that rocks the cradle? - aiming for that grey area. the gift was better on that front tho. and a part of me expected knock knock to go down that path.

Just saw ALL HALLOWS' EVE and liked it. Really reminded me of CREEPSHOW in tone, how it could be ridiculous and scary all at once. Appreciated its abandonment of logic in favor of terror.

Googling a quick description, scans like Rob Zombie doing "V/H/S." Yuck.

Well, that sounds yuck to me too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU0oW2UtiOs
Rob Zombie gone a bit weird.

i think my fav modern horror movie right now is the conversation, which i saw last week. it just leveled me

i'd also like to rep for they're watching which is the silliest found footage horror i've ever seen, last twenty minutes are sooooooooooooo awesome, but ymmv re: found footage directed and written by former spongebob writers

i think my fav modern horror movie right now is the conversation, which i saw last week. it just leveled me

uh... i meant the invitation, i am very tired

to be fair the scenes in the adjoining hotel rooms are pretty horror

lol agreed

Loved the Invitation. v tense

excited everybody is repping the invitation since iirc it is on NF streaming and I've had little luck finding more horror to watch in their portfolio

Also really liked THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE but I'm guessing this was discussed upthread somewhere.

i wish someone would do a killer-dog horror about Marmaduke and title it HE THINKS HE'S PEOPLE

haha!

so I saw The Greasy Strangler the other day, which was touted as this John Waters-ish gross-out horror comedy.

it was really more like John Waters by way of Napoleon Dynamite, and the 'horror' was not even remotely presented as 'horror', and I was p bored with 20 minutes left to go, despite most of it being hilarious.

there were only so many non-sequiturs I could stomach.

Anyone know anything about "Train to Busan?" Korean zombie thriller? Have we talked about it? Been hearing good things.