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

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.

man do i really have to get halloween II from netflix then? i was not expecting to have to bother with that one

stuff that would probably make my list, if i was making one

drag me to hell
visitor q (love that this is here)
wolf creek
martyrs
inland empire (love that this is here too)
pulse

not that all the rest are crap by any means (though maybe 1/5th actually ARE crap).

xpost: JOHN, NO YOU DON'T.

I'll just say trust your instincts about Halloween 2 and leave it at that.

i rubbernecked through the remake of the first one because i'm a masochist. two made me actively angry, rather than passively in a "well at least they haven't shit all over robocop in the 21st century yet" sort of way.

ok well then I am leaving Stake Land at the top of my queue because i am way more interested in that one

somehow managed to end up with symbiopsychotaxiplasm/exporting raymond sitting here at the house despite wanting to just be loaded up w/horror this week. dumb me.

i did send back the STUNNINGLY BAD sucker punch this morning tho after watching like 15 minutes of it

lol u watched 15 minutes of sucker punch

truth in advertising there

It was better than uh sky captain and the world of color correction I guess

lol i liked sucker punch. u gotta take it on its terms i think & have a strong tolerance 4 indie dance fuxxors jams from 2007

that's no way to talk about lords of acid

o wait im thinking of donkey punch nvr mind

Halloween II is dull and ugly.

house of the devil which is the most overrated wink wink style exercise ever

eh? yeah, it's a style exercise, but it mostly refrains from any sort of LOL/winking-at-audience bullshit from what i remember.

Working title - House of the Devil: look at my Walkman for the 40th time.

I love how all the time wasting/filler in that movie is just like those VHS-designed horror flicks you rent when you're young and basing your decision on the box/title only to find little in the way of payoff. Except this movie was in on the joke, and the joke is that it takes itself totally seriously.

Working title - House of the Devil: look at my Walkman for the 40th time

XD

just watched it last weekend and thought it was pretty bad. everything up to the last 15mins was super-tedious and then the climax was ineptly executed and fell flat.

so annoying how pretty much every review of house of the devil talk abt what a SLOW BURN it is and how its so great at BUILDING TENSION and really its just super boring

Man, now I'm afraid to say I mostly liked Halloween II. Mostly. Could've cut way back on the Sherri Moon Zombie stuff, but the whole opening sequence was terrific and there was some almost-real pathos from Dourif.

I liked House of the Devil. Mary Woronov!!! I love her.

just watched it last weekend and thought it was pretty bad. everything up to the last 15mins was super-tedious and then the climax was ineptly executed and fell flat.

― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Monday, October 24, 2011 11:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

so annoying how pretty much every review of house of the devil talk abt what a SLOW BURN it is and how its so great at BUILDING TENSION and really its just super boring

― just sayin, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:32 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

I watched it just last week too. I didn't know anything about it but found it on instant view. I thought the tension was pretty good but I agree with this entirely "the climax was ineptly executed and fell flat". I was sort of enjoying it up until the end and then I was like ._. that's it?! Thumbs down.

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

― Threat Level: Panda (jjjusten), Monday, October 24, 2011 4:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

I loved The Strangers.

After I watched it I read all about the real murders it was based on. Some creepy-ass shit right there.

I watched it just last week too. I didn't know anything about it but found it on instant view. I thought the tension was pretty good but I agree with this entirely "the climax was ineptly executed and fell flat". I was sort of enjoying it up until the end and then I was like ._. that's it?!

That's what I love about it! It's all slooooowwww build, and then the payoff is both more or less exactly as promised by the title yet somehow much, much less. It's like a low-budget equivalent of "Suspiria" or something.

I mean, the looooooooong time spent with her just killing time in the living room? Awesome.