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

Avoid A Night In The Woods at all costs. It's from the producers of The Children and Monsters, so you'd expect it to be competent, if nothing else, but it is absolutely dire. The worst kind of zero-effort Blair Witch rip-off. Has literally nothing going for it at all.

I walked out of Scream 4 in the theaters, which is saying something, because the only reason I was there was to kill time. I think I made it until 10 minutes before the end, with its "don't you see!!?!" lecture about social media and reality shows or something, and I just couldn't take it anymore. I knew there was nothing that could happen in those last few minutes to make me hate the movie any less.

Said it before, but Wes Craven has got to be one of the smartest worst filmmaker on earth. For every great movie he made, he made a decade of stinkers. "Redeye" was really good, though. And I should revisit "The Serpent and the Rainbow," which iirc had one of the scariest trailers I've ever seen. "Don't bury me! I'm not dead!!!"

Had high hopes for Silent House, but ended up getting somewhat bored by the end.

Original or remake?

The one with that new Olson which I assume is a remake. Wasn't aware of a different version.

the original is about 1000 times better, the remake is one of the worst recent horror films ive seen

In preparation for Christmas I've watched Sint (which I loved) and Rare Exports (which I couldn't be bothered with), currently rewatching Carpenter's version of The Thing. Why can't films be like that any more?

Huh, I liked Rare Exports a lot. Not really horror, per se, so much as a fun lark.

i was fine with the doctor in pontypool what i couldnt stand was the wet blanket radio producer character, she was just awful

it is pretty great that they made a canadian film where english is the enemy and they have to speak french to survive, i relished that

Ok so if you haven't seen "kill list" yet, stop wasting time and go find it right now. Just watched it, best horror film of 2011, bar none.

I reserve the right to call myself an idiot tomorrow after I actually go through the list of 2011 horror films, but holy shit, close to perfect.

:}

that's supposed to be a :) at the previous comment. must learn to concentrate.

I liked about half of Kill List, but hated the whole Wicker Man sub-plot. Would quite happily have watched a full-length film of just the hitman plot.

Wicker Man subplot was totally lame. Like, well made, well filmed, but lame. Mentioned above, maybe, but Kill List was like Wicker Man + A Serbian Film, some dark unpleasantness in service of ... nada. Surprised Pontypool could be your boogeyman but this one gets a total pass.

kill list is good

It is good, or at least worth seeing. But as much as I appreciate the complete left turn it takes at the end, I can't fully support it.

I hear Wicker Man subplot and I hope, but this movie sounds terrible.

It's not 100% successful but it's not terrible. It doesn't really go into enough detail with the subplot for it not to feel a bit tacked-on and it's not explained in a totally satisfactory way but it's an ok film.

I know a lot more people who have more trouble with the accents than with the ending, tbh.

I was wondering how many people would have to play it with subtitles.

re kill list: i think i made the "wicker man + a serbian film" comparison upthread, and yeah. kind of dug the hitman stuff, was halfway on board with the turn to paranoid folk horror, but the ASF element killed it dead for me. wound up disappointed.

i think i made the "wicker man + a serbian film" comparison upthread

uh, just checked, and no i didn't. some other board, i guess. anyway, josh in chicago otm.

i dug the turn. i love movies that change genres unexpectedly.

yeah it sounds way up my alley. Totes gonna watch.

hey so instead of the 2012 fast poll i talked about, here's what i did, would appreciate it if peeps participated: 2011 Horror Flash Poll nominations thread

The Corridor (on nf streaming) made me really happy. Imagine if someone forgot everything about Dreamcatcher except the general vibe and then made an excellent little indie horror based on those incorrect memories. I passed this by while browsing dozens of times.

Is Jonesy in it

Kind of!

no shitweasels tho

Jonesy!

SSDD

2010 Horror Flash Poll nominations because hey, I am bored at work

V/H/S? more like total/fucking/garbage

i saw that went up on streaming. You're the third or fourth person i've heard to dislike it.

it is like 90% terrible, the only part i liked somewhat was the joe swanberg segment

About watch the wicker tree thx to 2011 poll, followed by 388 arletta ave

Uh is this supposed to be a comedy

Sorry in advance LL

Holy crap this might be amazing if this is intentional.

I don't wven

Bahaha cat what the shit

Ok somewhere around 45 minutes this turned from laughably terrible to totally amazing

I mean in many ways it is still terrible but it's just odd enough that I am totally sold

And now it is just terrible again?

Aaaaarrerrgggh, just finished. Infuriating movie. When it finds its step, it's great, but it spends most of its time being fucking inexcusably bad.

Yeah it's not great but as I mentioned, there is a lot of natural-seeming nudity (as opposed to contrived nudity) and that has to count for something?

388 arletta ave really didnt do it for me either. ive got the hammer horror doc coming, so that should tide me over for a bit i suppose. also watched the corridor, and mostly liked it but was not blown away. good actors, looked great, kinda eh on the plot.

aw well I'm glad you watched it. It really struck a chord with me.

(corridor, not 388 arletta)