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

Wheatley's new movie A Field in England is already available on the t0rrentz for those that are inclined that way. It looks a lot better than Sightseers.

It was on Channel 4 last night. I really enjoyed it, but it's not a horror film in any way, shape or form. Wants to be Jodorwsky more than anything else.

I didn't realise it wasn't a cinema release, only just read Bradshaw's review yesterday.

So, Calvin Reeder's THE RAMBLER... that was, uh, Calvin Reeder's THE RAMBLER.

it is a cinema release, it was released to theaters, disc, VOD, etc, simultaneously. some kind of experimental distribution strategy I guess.

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For a few minutes I thought "The Conjuring" was going to be a self-aware horror movie. Pretty soon I realized it was just every single ghost/haunted house/possession movie ever made, all at once, including Wan's last film "Insidious." This was better than that, amassing a few good brute force scares, but it unfortunately falls prey to many of the same things that have hampered, well, just about every single ghost/haunted house/possession ever made.

I wonder if Lili Taylor remembers she starred in 1999's "The Haunting?"

About to watch "Mama", lets see how this goes

It goes on for quite a bit, actually.

I kind of hated The Conjuring and I have no idea why anyone finds it scary/compelling.

I liked The Conjuring just enough. No masterpiece, but easily improves on Insidious.

Really, when it starts with killer demonic doll, I figured it would ridiculous on purpose, but no, it's just next stop, sillyville station.

The Insidious train just sat still next to the not-scary-in-the-slightest platform.

Mama is 90% pretty fucking fantastic, but unfortunately that last 10% is another terrible shitshow of an ending. Fuckers.

Lemme be fair here though, it's a killer first full length and I have to give this dude a ton of credit for that.

Also holy shit, I had no idea that was Jessica Chastain until the closing credits

I can't say enough nice things about The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh. a "ghost" story with one set, and basically one actor, but beautiful, original, chilling, and deeply moving. I think it hits VOD this week or next.

Found - not a FF horror, thank goodness - was at least halfway to greatness. meaning, it was great for at least half its runtime - but went terribly awry from there.

sinister - shit yeah

1) saw the conjuring last night and there is not enough time in the world for me to list the plot holes and gripes i have with this movie
2) still, i screamed 2x
3) how does a movie this weak (a "witch" from the salem witch trials"? really?) get vera farmiga and lili taylor?!

Farmiga's done a ton of schlock. Taylor probably needed the work

I keep asking the same thing every time I see Julianne Moore et al. in the "Carrie" trailer (which is basically just the entire movie in two minutes; there aren't enough plot twists they can throw in to justify showing the pig's blood dump in the promo).

anyone here seen francis ford coppola's twixt? looks like some kind of ghost story (?), gots elle fanning and val kilmer.

lili taylor was in hemlock grove so

And she was in "The Haunting," so

i haven't watched hemlock grove -- my lili taylor memories are mostly of her playing cool/weird people, not chirpy/possessed mothers of 5 married to office space guy.

http://www.releasedonkey.com/big/TVY1Qk1Ua3dNamt3TkRZME5WNUJNbDVCYW5CblhrRnRaVGN3T1RjNE5qWXpOUQ/picture-of-liam-neeson-lili-taylor-catherine-zeta-jones-and-owen-wilson-in-castelul-b-x26-xe2-ntuit-large-picture-number-12.jpg

anyway you all know this movie sucks, stop pretending

is that scooby doo?

Pretty sure the past several posts including mine have been degrees of "The Conjuring sucks."

oh i thought you were trying to tell me i was wrong to expect lili taylor to be good
whatever! this movie suuuuuucks.

Photo is from "The Haunting" remake, which was awful EXCEPT for the casting of Taylor.

omg she plays the nervous woman? does she fall in love with CZJ?
now i remember that. super weird casting!

Owen Wilson played "Luke" in the film

ugh the haunting remake

the haunting remake of what

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocy8TseK88I

Hey wait you guys didn't tell me The Conjuring was based on the warrens!

and it still sucked!

watching a report on the local news right now about how droves of ppl are visiting the original farmhouse where the conjuring occurred and it's irritating the shit out of the owners and their neighbors

Thanks to Steve Bissette's Facebook feed I just learned the first Ed and Lorraine Warren-based movie was the TV movie The Demon Murder Case (1983), which is in YouTube in its entirety and features a wee Kevin Bacon.

There's a throwaway line (among many) in "The Conjuring" where they talk about another possible haunting ... in Long Island.

http://www.impawards.com/1979/posters/amityville_horror_xlg.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpPdgrr5diM

I hope the Conjuring sequel is about the Smurls.

I have read good reviews of the Conjuring so I'm surprised to see it get no love here.

I just went to see it today and liked it pretty well. More than Insidious, definitely.

I did some seriously embarrassing yelling and clutching of poor Je55e's arm.

Watched The Collection (sequel to the collector) on Netflix streaming last night, and lets be clear, it's a hot mess of stupid post saw dumbness, but watchable, at least if you go in brainfree or at least super drunk. Def the worst movie to feature one dude from oz and another from the wire that I have ever seen.

i have 'House at the end of the street' (HATEOTS) to watch tonight...is it any good?

I can't remember? That's probably neither a good nor a terrible sign.

I could swear I talked abt it on this thread? But I am on iPhone so can not search worth a shit

welp i'm bored so it's getting a spin