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

Sorry, missed it. Had to rebookmark a bunch of threads when they were getting out of control.

Saw Mama on a flight and I have a question for horror buffs. The feel of the movie is very similar to dozens of others, including the US remake of The Ring, right down to certain motifs: autumnal setting, sleuthing in spooky libraries/archives, aerial shots of cars driving through woods/mountains, solemn orchestral score, Oscar-nommed actress slumming it, clear if misplaced sense of its own classiness. I feel like I've seen so many so-so horror movies in the past decade that look like this and I wondered what the first was. Does it pre-date The Ring?

Mama was OK but I couldn't even begin to buy Jessica Chastain as a tattooed goth bass-player.

It sounds like you're referring to this hyper-styled, filtered look, which casts everything in perpetual blue shadow. It's a good question. There is a lot of "The Ring" in this movie, and a million other movies, too. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of movie in this movie, which is what lets "Mama" down. Just nothing happening when everyone already seems to know what's happening, for no good reason.

I seem to recall a precursor to the look being Neil Jordan's "In Dreams."

Really wanted to love Black Rock, but with a movie this stripped-down, the execution needs to be pretty much perfect, and key aspects were a little lacking.

intrigued by a field in england, new movie from the guy who did kill list, which got "eh" to "amazing!" responses itt. trailer makes it look like it might scratch the same itch sauna did for me....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRRvzjkzu2U

totally dig the 70s paperback style of the movie poster too

http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/a-field-in-england-poster-1.jpeg

ooh that looks good but i think i would instinctively like it based on the title and poster alone :-/

That dude needs to slow down.

some weird ass remakes coming out too, of 70s aussie sleeper patrick and hated-by-jjjusten mexican cannibal flick we are what we are (the latter by the guy who did stake land).

tho I do believe remakes should be made of small imperfect movies instead of fucking up what was fine to begin with. wish somebody would remake the 70s telekinesis pic the medusa touch. great premise poorly executed.

yeah AFIE looks like total la lechera catnip

xps

AFIE looks amazing pls give me puritan pron!

Saw Mama on a flight and I have a question for horror buffs. The feel of the movie is very similar to dozens of others, including the US remake of The Ring, right down to certain motifs: autumnal setting, sleuthing in spooky libraries/archives, aerial shots of cars driving through woods/mountains, solemn orchestral score, Oscar-nommed actress slumming it, clear if misplaced sense of its own classiness. I feel like I've seen so many so-so horror movies in the past decade that look like this and I wondered what the first was. Does it pre-date The Ring?

Mama was OK but I couldn't even begin to buy Jessica Chastain as a tattooed goth bass-player.

― Deafening silence (DL), Friday, May 24, 2013 8:13 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I feel like Shyamalan kind of midwifed this style.

I think i have a problem taking Reece Shearsmith seriously

Wheatley's Sightseers was dreadful for me, after that he really he needs to make amends. Despite the good reviews it got it was absolute rinse.

couldn't disagree more, DSP. but then i treated Sightseers as a theoretical prequel to my favorite movie of 2011 (Simon Arthur's Silver Tongues), and it just made me love both that much more.

Not seen Silver Tongues, it looks decent. I expected a kind of Mike Leigh's Nuts In May crossed with a Hammer House of Horror vibe from Sightseers and it has no atmosphere, no tension and the writing is dreadful. Whilst watching it I started to think I might have overrated Kill List.

Leigh/NIM, yes. But I don't know what could have led you to expect a HHOH vibe. it's such a thoroughly modern film. Wright's production credit is more key than anyone is willing to acknowledge. I'd also argue that Sightseers is not a horror movie, no matter how high the body count. Just a very black, very British comedy.

I will be looking forward to AFIE so long as there is 0 comedy involved. I didn't detect any in the trailer, but maybe my detector is off?

I suppose it was the HHOH element of the 2nd half of Kill List that endeared me to it and I expected more of the sameish. "it's such a thoroughly modern film." Maybe that is what I hate about it, it reminds of that Danny Boyle type of film making, that seems calculating and competent but always weighs the same. Or maybe you could sub DB for British.

netflix streaming has been a goddamn death zone for horror adds for weeks

a death zone sounds like it would be a great source for horror movies. or did you mean more "stagnant, useless"?

a health clinic of horror adds

Alright fuck it, watching hatchet 2

Hahaha that was glorious stupid fantastic self-aware fun! I know I am normally mr. serious moody creepfest much of the time on this thread but that was every right kind of ridiculous.

Plz note: this is custom built for gorehound return of the living dead 2 types, if that is not your scene don't bother. Funniest moment is a Venetian closet nod gag that is an all time winner.

Ok on the more sober side of the day, I might have oversold that a little. First 5-10 minutes are a little worrisome, the middle is mostly gore free but full of some clever nods and awesome cameos, and the last 30 are non stop ridiculous bloodbath fun.

Going to find out if V/H/S/2 is any good tonight, didn't mind the first one and some reviewers have been raving about it.

never bothered with the first, but gotta say, the raid guy doing a short has me interested

It is a piss poor horror anthology but the Welsh bloke who made raid really delivers, the rest are shit. His short about a deranged doomsday cult is totally in the wrong company.

i pretty much HATED the first V/H/S, so it's going to be tough to get me to go back to the well on that one.

should be getting "some guy who kills people" on disc tonight via netflix, will report back

If you hated V/H/S give it a wide berth, because overall 2 is even worse. But I would recommend fastforwarding to the Gareth Evans contribution, which is in a different class to the other 3/4 of the movie.

Evans/Tjahjanto segment of V/H/S 2 almost did me in. More the un-steady cam than the intensity. Though that, too.

when the idea is good i can bring a lot of good will to the table (to make it work for me) and on that level VSH got it: an underground vhs tape exchange network that focus on "paranormal" snuff videos. dude, that creeps me out.

woops VSH... i got a bit ill at ease at the first one , the second one not so much. maybe because i am getting used to the aesthetic. i hoped they would play down the paranormal/supernatural direction or at least frame it in a "scientific" way , example: what seems like possession is in fact (insert fanfiction) in a way that actually enhances the spooky indice.

OK, "Hatchet" ... I confess I've never heard of it. Is the film a proper silly homage, or a confrontational let's see how far we can push the sleaze plus add tons of sadism up the ante fest like the Gutterballs idiot?

Some guy who kills people - likable fun comedy, not really horror at all. Lots of fun though, and Kevin Corrigan and Brian Bostwick are both great!

Been enjoying "Hatchet," glad it was brought up here (again?) since it gets retro-ish horror comedy better than most these days. I'm all fine with the gore and boobs, but so many of these aware retreads don't exactly retread, because they up the sleaze and sex and sadism and flat-out meanness to an unnecessary degree, all while forgetting the fun.

Wait, were you talking about Hatchet? I have like ten minutes left, and don't recall coming across Kevin Corrigan or Brian Bostwick.

Oh, shit, I get it! I thought you were describing "Hatchet" as "some guy who kills people." That's hilarious.

hey guys I finally watched this movie called wolf creek lemme tell you all about it

is there a wolf in it

SPOILER: it's a husky

there is neither a wolf nor a creek it is a total ripoff

hadn't heard of Hatchet before, sounds pretty fun. Joel Murray!

Hatchet is...not great. Go in with low expectations and it's quite fun though.

i dont really remember how i felt abt hatchet tbh, the one i was talking abt in this thread recently was hatchet 2

there is neither a wolf nor a creek it is a total ripoff

p sure there ws at least one creek in the background there at some point.

John Jarratt would def. be considered a wolf in certain social circles.

Checked out THE EMPTY ACRE based on the recommendation upthread that compared it to ABSENTIA. I think it's a good comparison texture-wise, but I could not deal with the movie. The editing was really poor. Actually, it's interesting to me how I can put up with poor acting, effects, etc, but poor editing just had me tapping my foot like a madman. It's the one element of the amateurish that, apparently, I can't stand.

I guess wolf creek 2 is gonna make or break greg mclean after the rogue debacle huh

Is Rogue the crocodile movie? I liked that one, actually.

ha well that makes one of us