There's some superior fan made "Mist" ending on youtube. Or at least there was. Maybe this is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuLVpJqxy4Y
Love the option of watching the movie in black and white on DVD. Makes the gore less gratuitous.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
nah, THIS is how the movie should have ended
http://oneshort.ytmnd.com/
― well pull down my pants and call me swamp thing (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 October 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
the original ending of The Mist is perfect, complete w/ great Thomas Jane overacting.
― Simon H., Friday, 23 October 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
The Orphanage was pretty good, kinda similar to The Haunting in Connecticut in that it sort of sheds its horror movie skin by the end
― had died in a balloon accident several years in a ballooning accident (dyao), Friday, 23 October 2009 02:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Just watched Trick R Treat. That was pretty fun.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Saturday, 24 October 2009 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Has anybody see Voice? I just read a pretty enthusiastic write up about it and it seems promising.
I've got The Thaw and End of the Line coming next from Netflix. Probably add House of the Devil, too.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Saturday, 24 October 2009 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
The Descent is great until the monsters show up
otm
30 days of night got off to such a great start, and i was so excited about it, and then it just stopped being scary and turned cartoonish
also otm
has anyone seen the woods (lucky mckee)? i liked may, but that's all i've seen by him.
― STRATE IN2 DAKRNESS (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 24 October 2009 05:03 (fourteen years ago) link
omg Teeth was amazing.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 24 October 2009 05:15 (fourteen years ago) link
It didn't scare me, but The Devil's Rejects was certainly the best horror-ish film of this time span. Inland Empire is beyond genre, but without a doubt the scariest movie I've seen in the last five years.
― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:16 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
what about the sequence in the diner in Mulholland Drive where the guy is recounting his dream? I think that's the scariest thing I've experienced as an adult.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 24 October 2009 09:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I like how Lynch's "eye of the duck" moments are either strangely beautiful or HOLY FUCK I THINK I MAY HAVE CRAPPED MY PANTS.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 24 October 2009 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link
The Mist is pretty full on! The Marcia Gay Harden stuff was kind of overdone though.
I think someone said they hated the ending upthread. I thought it was brutal! Far more nihilistic and fucked up than them all just dying.
― His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. (chap), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
If he'd shot them and then stepped out into the unknown Mist to face Fate, maybe nihilistic and fucked up. Still would have preferred the ambiguity of counting the rounds and fading out.
Shooting them, stepping out into the Mist and then the Army rolling through is just a cheesy GOTCHA, should have listened to the other folks!
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Basically, I think any horror movie with that kind of turnabout ending is taking the easy route - providing pat answers and a neat finale to the audience.
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Nah, the mood of the whole movie is a total horrible downer and I think the ending fits.
― His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. (chap), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
But I think the human aspects could've been more well handled - like MGH should've been less obviously batshit, and the atmosphere in the supermarket should've built for mild consternation rather than everybody just shitting their pants from the minute the mist rolled in.
― His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. (chap), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
The ending is less bleak than the rest of the movie, though.
end of the world, no hope at all vs. oops u shot ur kid, should have waited three minutes
Shock endings suck.
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
It's bleaker for our viewpoint character. Worst possible outcome for him.
― His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. (chap), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't enjoy any horror films from this period (not really my genre), but I did enjoy thinking about some films that borrowed the zombie trope.
In particular Les Revanants/They Came Back (2005 outside of France), which is a slow, pensive film about the undead who silently want their lives (jobs/relationships/parents) back. I, like many others, felt left down by the ending, but it kept my attention for most the running time.
Also Deadgirl (2008), a discomfiting film about teenage lust, objectivization, and the loss of friendship. A summary of the later (teen outcasts find an undead woman tied up in a basement, and act upon their instincts) doesn't quite do it justice.
― Deliquescing (Derelict), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
tonight i am watching "the collector" by the saw guys, looks feh
and tomorrow paranormal 'tivs.
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Monday, 26 October 2009 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link
based on the john fowles book slock?
― ian, Monday, 26 October 2009 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont think so! actually im sure its not. it looks like saw with... uh... a different guy.
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link
milo so otm about the mist
― President Deez (some dude), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:05 (fourteen years ago) link
haven't seen the mist, should watch it.
― ian, Monday, 26 October 2009 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i cant believe u mist it
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
been wanting to see this for a while, such a fantastic concept...
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
still kinda baffled by y'all who think the mist > 30 days of night
30 days of night is kind of cartoonish but it was, uh, based on a comic book
the mist had really bad cgi, bunch of contrived character types, and an unearned suhprise! ending
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
really? how so? i would think it would be a quintessential movie theater movie!!
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:35 PM
^ yes
― am0n, Monday, 26 October 2009 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I want to see Deadgirl, but reviews are pretty mixed - seems like it's hard to get a good read on indie horror quality. Critics automatically downplay the flicks, while horror fans get excited over pretty much anything.
It's a year too soon for this, but the Dawn of the Dead remake was really, really good.
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I still wanna see the black and white version of the mist, seems like it might redeem at least the cgi stuff
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
but reviews are pretty mixed
it's KIDS... with zombies!!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 26 October 2009 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Dawn of the Dead was good...especially the part with the preggers girl
― had died in a balloon accident several years in a ballooning accident (dyao), Monday, 26 October 2009 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
bugcrush is kinda good. (i guess the whole thing's not up on youtube anymore, but it might be around somewhere.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kExFp8VT9eE
― STRATE IN2 DAKRNESS (tipsy mothra), Monday, 26 October 2009 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.arachnoid.com/ChildrenOfNarcissus/images/sutherland_invasion_1978.jpg
― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Monday, 26 October 2009 04:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Deadgirl is amazing
― Don Quishote (jjjusten), Monday, 26 October 2009 05:08 (fourteen years ago) link
my thoughts from that itr thread where i do one sentence reviews of streaming netflix stuff i watch at odd hours:
deadgirl - this is going to be another one of those recommendations that isnt really one, i thought it was great, some weird rivers edge/brick/donnie darko/grossout horror flick blender action going on, really really mean spirited, another wonderful film designed to make you feel like people are just basically horrible and evil, dont know if anyone else should really watch it if they dont want to feel dirty and simultaneously violated and entertained, oddly wacky and slapstick in all the wrong parts, at least one (maybe both) of the leads is shockingly brilliant and will probably never get cast again. A-
― Don Quishote (jjjusten), Monday, 26 October 2009 05:10 (fourteen years ago) link
ok just watched The Woods mentioned upthread (thx streaming netflix) and that is def one of the best horror things ive seen in recent memory.
― Don Quishote (jjjusten), Monday, 26 October 2009 07:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, cool. i'll have to check it out. have you seen may? that's good too.
― STRATE IN2 DAKRNESS (tipsy mothra), Monday, 26 October 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
collector was pathetic
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Monday, 26 October 2009 14:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Haven't seen anything super-recent. Mist was okay-ish, kinda hokey/kinda entertaining, like a better-than average Sci-Fi Channel monster movie for most of its running time, but the ending fucking sucked. Not because it was "nihilistic" or whatever, just because it was cheap, ridiculously overstated and lame. Should have ended with the Great Old One lurching by overhead as the Jeep ran out of gas. Maybe with the hero counting bullets, counting heads. But fuck everything that came after.
Couldn't make it through 30 Days of Night. Started out cool enough, but got boring fast.
The Woods is awesome.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Monday, 26 October 2009 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Has anybody see Voice?
Is this the Korean film? I thought it was o-k but a letdown if considered as the 4th film in the 'Whispering Corridors' series. The 2nd - 'Memento Mori' - is the strongest. Incidentally the 5th film just came out but I'm a little hesitant.
Maybe I'll see 'The Woods' tonight.
― xcixxorx, Monday, 26 October 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
2009, 'horror' movies
LMAO
― Great Scott! It's Molecular Man. (Ste), Monday, 26 October 2009 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i still can't get over how good the woods was. looks beautiful, great performances, well written dialog, smart as hell. no idea why this movie is kind of a blip rather than well known.
― Don Quishote (jjjusten), Monday, 26 October 2009 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I really dug may but never checked out the woods due to mixed reviews
director got fired off his last film, too
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 26 October 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
am about to watch Martyrs. Wish me luck!
― you just freaked out more than our director of lols (Pillbox), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
THE STRANGERS is hands down the best I've seen this half of the decade. THE ORPHANAGE is terrible boring conventional bullshit.
― ben folds' cover of "such great heights" (Tape Store), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
THE ORPHANAGE is terrible boring conventional bullshit
+sugared +embossed +pretentious +not at all scary
― cough syrup in coke cans (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, The Orphanage gets a lot of praise, but I'm not sure why. It's decent for an old-fashioned ghost story, but nothing special. Same goes for The Others and most of the post-Sixth-Sense "grown up ghost story" genre.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Jesus Camp still scares me.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 04:46 (fourteen years ago) link
paranormal activity was ok
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 05:43 (fourteen years ago) link
not the scariest movie ever made? i want it to be the scariest movie ever made.
― from alcoholism to fleshly concerns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link