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

theatrical or dvd or "wink wink" or?

Wink wink. So I presume uncut. But given this movie's clear artistic distance from the average exploitation, I'm really surprised it's getting banned left and right. Yes, it's gonzo with its gore and sexual violence, but it would take a real freak to read it as titillating. And indeed, its very protagonist takes issue with its content, basically.

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Cruising my way through the last few years of extreme, I was pretty let down by "Martyrs." It felt like it was adapted from a (very) short story and then padded out to feature length, glimmers of ambition countered by its bucket of bullshit. A lot of these French extreme directors (was this movement sent in motion by the goofy "High Tension?") just want attention to get to the US, though I admire the fact that the folks behind "Inside" (up next in my queue) opted not to go the American studio horror route, yet, though I did find it amusing that both they and the "Martyrs" guy were at one point attached to a remake of "Hellraiser."

I've debated this here a couple times, but for me claire denis' trouble every day was the initial french film to feature loving arthouse cinematography of blood drenched tableaux. tho it's missing the exploitation vibe of the fancy grindhouse fare that came later, it was a style marker pointing the way. I guess high tension was the first one to present the whole dubious package.

Not surprisingly, there is a wiki associated with this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_French_Extremity

Though reading this, I'd put Gasper Noe's "I Stand Alone" and maybe even something like "Baise-Moi" at the fore of this Euro "extreme" movement.

there is also an ilx thread iirc

OK, Inside was just garbage. Makes Martyrs seem all the more ambitious.

should I saw the devil get its own thread y/n

anybody see the scary moon movie or the del toro related remake yet? optimistic about the first one, reaaaaaal worried about the second one being awful

apollo 18 and dont be afraid of the dark, respectively, once i actually thought for a second

I am trying to figure out if you meant "The Orphanage" or "Don't Be Afraid Of Katie Holmes's 'Acting'"

xp: lol

I initially thought you were talking about a movie and its remake, and was all "I don't think the moon has anything to do with DBAOTD or 'The Orphanage'"

does anyone have any interest in doing a ballot style poll culled from this thread plus nominations now that we're at the end of 2010? i had this idea a few nights ago, but it was late and i was drunk so
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:13 AM (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Did this never happen?

Also, Rubber not bad, but not very good either. Mostly just loved Jack Plotnick in it because I have a small crush on him.

Stake Land is also worth checking out.

"The Reef" is a good old fashioned shark film on netflix WI.

still trying to decide if i think Insidious was ok or crap

its kinda interesting in that it is a gore free horror flick which is super rare these days, and there were some pretty great "woman in the trapdoor in the haunting" style super creepout moments, but oof that last half hour and the general incomprehensible plot were rough. been a while since someone made a proper old school haunted house (yeah yeah i know) movie.

you can always hang your hopes on DREAM HOUSE

oh yeah that will suck

Thought Insidious was pretty weak overall.

dude who directed DREAM HOUSE has the weirdest filmog

2011 Dream House

2009 Brothers

2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2002 In America

1997 The Boxer

1993 In the Name of the Father

1990 The Field

1989 My Left Foot

I think it came out in 2004, but I really enjoyed A Tale of Two Sisters over the weekend.

yeah i am a huge huge fan of tale of two sisters, its one of my favorites

that list does not inspire confidence in dream house

insidious was pretty shitty but i have to give it a couple of points for good use of "tiptoe through the tulips"

Wow, has anyone seen "S&Man?" It's on Netflix streaming right now. Sort of fucked up, but also sort of inspired, and worth seeing with no prior knowledge.

oooh! i want to talk about JT Petty's S&Man - but only with people who have already seen it. anyone?

― babytown frolics (Mr. Hal Jam), Monday, November 8, 2010 3:21 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark

There we go! Anyway, worth seeing! If everyone else wants to leave the room, I'm here to talk.

paranormal activity 2 seemed really good until it was over and i realized i didnt really like it at all - like scanning the images to try and see if anything is changing seems involving at the time but then you realize that the movie sucks

pontypool is now on instant watch netflix fyi. as is dreaded and surely terrible Red State

a kevin smith social commentary torture porn movie, how bad can that be

also <3 pontypool

I just read the plot of Red State

please don't watch it

ooh! I saw Slither over the weekend (is that post-2005)? That was amazing. Easily one of my most favorite relatively recent horror films. I laughed all the way through it.

was super-happy to see the nods to Hennenlotter and Troma too

I love Slither so so much. i think its fantastic.

I don't really seek out horror that much but I accidentally ended up watching Rubber the other day and I kind of enjoyed it.

I love Slither so so much. i think its fantastic.

I know rite? bummed that it bombed :(

Slither is super-clever.

I just finally "Monsters." Obviously, due to its premise it gets/got branded as horror, or neo-horror, or sci-fi or whatever, but I actually thought it a beautiful little movie. Sort of like "Before Sunrise" with giant alien octopi.

good description. not a great movie but interesting.

whoops i am a huge liar, pontypool is on comcast/xfinity/whatever the fuck instant viewing in HD, not netflix. sorry dudes

Tucker and Dale is great though - I'm shocked there was no attempt to make it a mainstream hit, as it's easily the best horror-comedy since Shaun of the Dead

― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Saturday, June 4, 2011 4:01 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark

^^ otm this was so much fun

25 Best Horror Films of the Aughts

i've seen surprisingly few of those

Seen all but five or six of those, and would also argue that five or six of those have no place on a list like that. Also lame that they include "Let Me In" and "Let the Right One In," both.

i think i'm gonna be okay living my whole life not seeing either human centipede or antichrist

didnt realise halloween 2 was rated v highly?

I don't think it is in most circles

xxxxpost Pontypool is so fkin great. Do whatever it takes to see it.

Was sick over the weekend, so:

THE LAST EXORCISM - was really psyched to see this based on Ebert's description of it as an unironic, earnest, smart exorcism movie. It's on instawatch now. I loved the shit out of it til the last 10 minutes no no no why they do that?!?! Pretty cool minimal solo acoustic score by Nathan Barr who does the True Blood music.

THE FORGOTTEN - McNulty and the cop who masterminded Hamsterdam costarring in a dark sci-fi thing with Julianne Moore who remembers her babby but everyone else says there never was a babby? Basically an above-average episode of X-Files with one treasurable moment where a truly freaky special effect happens to Alfre Woodard.