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

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.

Halloween 2 is terrible in conception and execution. Ever wonder why Michael Myers is the way he is? Me neither. "Human Centipede" is neither scary nor particularly gross, concept aside. It's less a horror movie than it is a horrible comedy; a least, its humorous bits are its best bits, not least because the not humorous bits are sort of darkly funny, too. "Antichrist" does not sit with my Von Trier antipathy. Misogyny couched as misanthropy is more banal than scary.

Hold on though, Brad Dourif has a pivotal role in Halloween 2? That's a major selling point for me...

That Top 25 list contains a lot of films for which I've never any praise before...

I am down with 95% of that list i think!

curious which films you havent seen praised, pretty much everything on there other than halloween 2 seems to be pretty solidly well regarded.

ok maybe not war of the worlds, but i thought that was surprisingly good, if not very rooted in horror imo

I thought e.g. Strangers and Bug were p much disregarded?

(there's a lot on that list I haven't seen which is the only reason I'm askin')

I am huge fan of the strangers, and bug has its moments, mostly thx to the weirdo dude thats in it being pretty captivatingly fucked up every moment throughout.

but oh man, the strangers is great, a must see

its really the first american film thats really tried to tackle that whole ILS(them)/eden lake/funny games territory and gotten it almost 100% right. its fucking fantastic.

a lot of stuff on that list I haven't seen (mostly the foreign entries - I'm rather apprehensive about Miike based on what I've read for ex) but that Halloween movie is fucking garbage.

Happy to see The Strangers, Bug, Inland Empire, and Inside. I find Pulse weirdly overrated. Don't get the HII love, at all.

Also, the two big Belgian shockers of the aughts (Calvaire, Ex-Drummer) are both better than any of the New French Horror flicks.

is Drag Me To Hell actually good? I gave up on Raimi a long time ago... been curious about Bug for awhile tho

It's loads of fun IMO. Also, least fortunate protag of the 00s.