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

I haven't seen either of the last two. I think I'm going to watch "Them" tonight.

"Them" is another good one to watch sans distractions, in the dark. No pausing.

Good to know.

i thought i mentioned severance on here somewhere - i like it, if i was ever going to do my horror comedy rundown it would be the late in the night kinda nasty one to keep people awake at night. lots of fun.

so pontypool was ok? i enjoyed some of it quite a bit. barely barely horror tho, which isnt a bad thing.

also curious about what enbb thought of Them

pontypool is way horror! it's a zombie movie fer chrissakes! yeah it's thoughtful and it generates a lot of its horror off-screen, but it's tense, claustrophobic, nightmarish. the scene where the guy on the phone is succumbing to the plague is one of my favorite horror moments of the last few years.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/713_fi_x491_pontypool.jpg

x-post - I totally fell asleep and didn't watch it. Plan to tonight. I will let you know!

its a light hearted romp!

ok not really at all

Started S&Man last night. Got interrupted about 20 minutes in but wow. Can't wait to finish it.

I liked Pontypool in a lot of ways, steven mchattie was fantastic, but its (to me) def a different kind of film draped in a lot of horror tropes. i didnt really ever feel any menace or scares at any point, but not because of any failing in the movie, i just dont think thats what the guy was really trying to do - and maybe because the concept itself was so intellectual and unreal? in other words, it felt like the makers knew that there was no believability to the scenario, so they presented it more as a thought experiment than anything with any real weight.

its hard for me to explain. and i definitely mostly liked it, although the ending was kinda the last nail in the wink wink nudge nudge coffin for me.

btw anyone here watching american horror story at all? the first episode was a godawful worthless mess, but the second episode was much much better. i dont have a lot of confidence as a whole, but i am def enjoying it more than the walking dead as far as tv horror attempts go.

that grimm thing on the other hand is all but guaranteed to be a complete shitshow

agree the ending of pontypool was a little eh (and I totally could've done without the post credits subsubsub-tarantino whatever that was) but I totally bought the conceit (zombies are kind of ridiculous anyway). they got the atmosphere right, the desolation of the setting creeped me out so I never felt at an intellectual remove from what was happening.

yeah actually the post credit thing was the only thing that i actively disliked about the movie.

and there are def some spots that stuck with me that i dont want to get too specific about and spoilering - first driving moment and teakettle in particular stand out.

yeah that opening in the snow is great - the movie's like a demonstration of how to be scary without showing anything at all

I'm watching american horror story. yeah the first episode was a mess. I get the feeling they were trying to condense about 5 episodes into one on the pilot. It's improved since then, but we'll see where it goes. Overall it's a pretty silly show, but I'm a silly person with low expectations when it comes to television horror.

Coincidentally (or not, given the time of year and all), my paper this week asked our local horror maven (she's an editor for Rue Morgue) for a guide to recent stuff that most people might be unaware of. So, here 'tis. I've seen very few of them. (Yes, it does have House of the Devil.)

Cool - I need to track down Stake Land and I Sell the Dead.

Man, the vast majority of those are not streaming on Netflix. If Netflix really wants its streaming service to supplant its DVDs, it needs to offer, like, every genre movie available to stream.

Thats a pretty cool list, although I am not a fan of I sell the dead. A++++ choice on dog soldiers which everyone should see.

I'll let my mom know

Does she like dogs and/or soldiers?

she likes gentle period movies and romantic comedies and despises violence

Anyone see Lake Mungo? Any thoughts?

I thought Dog Soldiers was OK, but all I remember was people running around the woods willy-nilly being chased by werewolves.

i didnt like lake mungo at all, but lots of people did so ?

Lake Mungo is great.

yeah, i liked both lake mungo and dog soldiers

also curious about what enbb thought of Them

― ride the dronosaur (jjjusten), Thursday, October

Just watched it. I LOVED it.

It was 70 some odd minutes of me peeking through my hands and actually screaming out loud - twice. I never ever do either of those. I thought it was excellently done and was completely freaked out and engaged throughout the whole thing. When they got to the big reveal I was genuinely surprised and it upped the creepy factor by 10. Also - the noisemaker at the end - brilliant. It was so good.

Also, I liked that it was short. In general I think most movies should be 90 mins or less so I really appreciated that part.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

What should I watch on instantview next! Nothing foreign this time because I'm gonna be making stuff while I watch so I need to be able to look away from the screen now and then.

The French dude was really hot too. That was also nice.

A few decent non-foreign, newer horror movies currently streaming (or at least were recently):

Let Me In
Black Death
The House of the Devil
Stuck
Triangle

Yeah "House of the Devil" is the perfect choice to have play in the background, actually.

I love Stuck!

I also love stuck.

However, if "the signal" is still available, give that a shot maybe.

enbb, you ever tried lake placid?

Yeah The Signal is quite good - I could really go for a film-length exploration of the dark splatstick vibe of the middle segment.

Nope, never seen lake placid.

The signal isn't available. Gonna go with Stuck - will report back.

Oh hey another option would be "session 9" which is a great straight up spook out horror masterpiece.

yep.
you would like placid. giant crocodile and betty white. Plus oliver platt!

Just finished "stake land", and it was pretty damn good actually.

Hey, what do you know: "Trick R Treat" is pretty good fun!

(It does feature an unusual degree of cruel and serious child endangerment stuff, but hey, it's a horror movie)

Stuck was good!

Will try another tonight. Maybe even TWO. O_O

Stuck was good!

ugh jesus no.

sometimes i worry about you people. </morbius>

Pontypool came up on Netflix Instant today. OT

Watched Dragged Me to Hell last night - it was allright, a little one note. definitely some good scares tho

Pontypool came up on Netflix Instant today.

sweet! been waiting for this!

Tellin' you, it's Halloween, so watch "Trick r Treat." Dunno why the studio dumped this one.