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

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.

I was glad to see both Let The Right One In and Let Me In on there. I watched them back to back on successive nights and thought the US version more than justified itself. The contrasts were super interesting to me.

I found the American one better than it could have been but still totally unnecessary, since the best bits were lifted directly from the other one.

Was Paranormal Activity on that list? Should have been.

watched insidious over the weekend- don't deny that it's pretty crap, but there were some v. effective scares and the score was hilariously (and also effectively) waaaay over the top. All in all a fun ghost movie w/ very little blood for those of us that can't swim in the same waters as the Mr. Hal Jams of the world.

Yeah I've been hearing good things about Insidious' music from film score freaks. Should check out.

There are a couple movies I wish hadn't made the list, but I'm pleased with it overall.

wolf creek & the descent are def my fav two horror movies of the 00s

which ones dont you like eric (or is that a professional secret or whatever)?

To me, "The Descent" and "Wolf Creek" epitomize a trend divide between horror and the horrible (the latter not in the qualitative stuff, just that "Wolf Creek" isn't scary so much as unpleasant, though the build-up is strong). "The Descent" is one of those movies I'm glad I saw in the theater, in the dark, when I couldn't pause it.

my list would def be different, but the only ones that really jump out at me from that one that are bad calls are history of violence as a not horror film (although an ok film otherwise) and house of the devil which is the most overrated wink wink style exercise ever. i know some of you dudes like it but that movie is a PIECE OF SHIT.

Mostly the ones I wish weren't on the list are the ones that stretch the definition of "horror" a little too far for my taste (this coming from someone who wanted Irreversible included). Mostly that means A History of Violence.

xpost yep, tho I think AHoV isn't really a very good film apart from not being horror

Yeah, if something like History of Violence makes it, then Irreversible should be on there, too.

Loved "House of the Devil."

I also would've put Let the Right One In and Let Me In in a single slot, even tho they're both valid entries on their own.

i would include irreversible way before i'd include hov.

this is still a pretty good list, even if a large chunk of it makes me 0_o.

far less than even a dedicated horror site's list would make me 0_o though tbf.