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

yeah i was thinking of soliciting "top ten watched it this year" lists from thread regulars for halloween, either here or on their own thread. i would say top ten horror from 2012 but its been pretty much a wasteland for me so far this year.

I respect "The Hills Have Eyes" but it's a rare case where I think the remake is, if not a better movie, a little more competently executed, at least. Although nothing beats having Michael Berryman in your movie.

i rate the remake higher than the original i think

they are two very different versions of abject nihilistic world hate tho, so im not sure if its fair for me to compare them

based on its rep, yes I was expecting something a little more "competently executed" as Phil says. a lot of it struck me as lazy and sloppy. and I actually lol'd at the ridiculously abrupt ending.

the sloppiness of early Craven kind of works for me. been a while since i've seen Hills, but Last House on the Left is a fractured, half-competent mess that still manages to be great.

hm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0j7K6-0Ak4#!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0j7K6-0Ak4

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0j7K6-0Ak4

Apartment 143 was pretty great. Thanks for the tip, jjj. OTM that it's the strength of the performances that really carries this thing. The same is true of The Innkeepers which I watched the night before. That screwball tone between the two leads could have been excruciating; instead it was a joy. These were both a nice reminder that even in this genre if you've got really good acting you need almost nothing else.

Anyone seen The Outcast, which is part of the same logo-series as Yellowbrickroad, The Woman, and Cold Fish?

i thought v/h/s was not bad but i think i value it for just the vouyerisem & the conceits of not internally 'explaining' the vignettes or trying 2 tie them together

Made it through most of Apartment 143, which is pretty good so far. It really underscores that as much as haters want to, um, hate, "Paranormal Activity" is ingeniously effective, in that it invented an endlessly mutable low-budget horror model. That is, this movie is a clear imitator, and yet none the worse for it, unlike, say, all the "Jaws" imitators or "Halloween" imitators.

I don't recommend Rogue River unless you are wanting a poorly thought out contender to A Serbian Movie.

Watched the Innkeepers, thought it was really disappointing but I kept thinking about it, suddenly (spoilerette) figured out that Kelly McGillis's character is a psychic and not a clairvoyant, and decided it was a cool little movie.

I watched The Innkeepers on Saturday, and maybe I was just tired or couldn't get into the rhythms, but the whole thing struck me as a real shaggy-dog-story waste of time.

re: Kelly McGillis, all I could think was, "Well, there'll be no 'Top Gun' reunion anytime soon, will there?"

Maybe "Return to Witness," though!

Personally, I really like the shaggy dog quality of Ti West. They always feel mildly subversive to me, waiting for a payoff that's rarely there.

Yeah, I don't know, maybe it was me. I really liked House of the Devil!

No, I think the pay-off was there -- the hotel was haunted, warnings from beyond were real, but the timeline was screwed up and the jump moment was supposed to take place in your head, not on screen.

Well, I saw VHS. Was neither won over nor totally repulsed. I guess it made me feel kinda gross afterwards for having watched it, but not severely.

Would watch a movie about Kelly McGillis' life. It would be more upsetting than a lot of the movies in this thread.

sinister anyone? thinking of heading out to watch it tomorrow night.

great commercial, 90% chance of sucking

needs a more generic name

"scary"

"boo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YrDQ18P9x4

so nobody's seen it then cos i got all that.

Poster from my friend's first movie:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/156554_439169819451760_805380985_n.jpg

That is a badass poster and makes me want to see that movie.

anyone heard anything about any of these? friend of mine wants to go to a night, but i don't know what's what.

http://www.afi.com/silver/films/2012/v9i4/spookyfest.aspx

Huh, a few of those movies look great. A few more, not so much.

Watched "Tall Man" on netflix last night. Certainly defied my expectations, I'll say that much!

Is it a phantasm spin off?

I wish!

That is a badass poster and makes me want to see that movie.

― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 8:29 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

slated for weekend viewing: Tall Man, Silent House, Pulse

Earlier, I'd briefly confused Silent House w/ Silent Hill, and read the wiki for the latter (2006 film adaptation, not game). I'm always wary of game-to-film adaptations, but this Ebert pan actually has me slightly intrigued:

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one and a half stars (out of four), calling it "an incredibly good-looking film", but said that he "did not understand the story" and criticized how "all through the movie, characters are pausing in order to offer arcane back-stories and historical perspectives and metaphysical insights and occult orientations."

Silent House is very attractive to look at, but falls apart if you look at it too closely; therefore best to not look at it too closely and enjoy it on a purely aesthetic (Olsen) level.

Has anyone seen Lovely Molly? We watched it last night and I loved it, but I think Tera has reach a threshold with horror films. It's time for a break. After Rogue River, Chernobyl Diaries, Tall Man, basically every horror film mentioned here in the last few months, I think she feels worn down with these movies, with nightmares and being spooked. Anyway Lovely Molly really succeeded for me, had me confused, creeped out and scared. I didn't realize the director was involved with the Blair witch movies.

Sinister sucked. Only virtue: James Ransone.

please please people, watch the original silent house, not the remake

duly noted. will do.

saw the uruguayan silent house at the pictures. it was ok, wasn't crazy about the ending iirc. didn't get round to seeing sinister the other night, pencilled in tomorrow. hearing very mixed reviews.

Beyond the black rainbow arrives at my house on Monday, will report back

just finished Yellowbrickroad. Kicked my ass.

Watching In My Skin and feeling quite nauseous indeed

dans ma peau? yeah that'll set yr teeth on edge

Watched "Tall Man" on netflix last night. Certainly defied my expectations, I'll say that much!

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Friday, October 12, 2012 9:33 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is it a phantasm spin off?

― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, October 12, 2012 3:08 PM (2 days ago)

martyrs' director follow up

I started watching, it's shot really well, but it wasn't grabbing me. haven't gotten around to finishing it. avoid reading the spoileriffic wiki entry btw.

Wow, never heard of "Yelowbrickroad," but a quick check to make sure it was on Netflix and some intriguing reviews (I avoided spoilers) has jumped this to the top of my must-sees.