also it has one of the best musical sequences in the history of cinema imo
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 03:58 (eight years ago) link
oh whoops, it was just a 2011 specific poll i think
eh anyway, off the top of my head:deadgirlevil dead remakethe taking of deborah loganthe childrenbabadook100 bloody acresabsentiabagheadthe innkeepersthe guest
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 04:42 (eight years ago) link
Innkeepers was great
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 04:46 (eight years ago) link
ah shit, also eden lake. and lords of salem. and hostel 2. and 50 other things im not remembering right now.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 04:47 (eight years ago) link
innkeepers is the ti west movie i throw down for, as a dude who hates house of the devil
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 04:48 (eight years ago) link
of interest wrt to this topic, btw: Hey it's halloween, everybody should shit their pants - ilx horror crew top tens.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 04:50 (eight years ago) link
Sooooo...Halloween 2. That sure was brutal. Not sure I understand why people tend to over- or underpraise it, as it's roughly on par with its predecessor. Malcolm McDowell was pretty good in his inverted portrayal of Dr. Loomis as a pissy famewhore. Essentially, though, if you think Zombie's first Halloween was disappointingly bereft of graphic head smashing and visceral neck sawing, this is the film for you!
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 13:06 (eight years ago) link
Was it Halloween or the sequel that begins with an extended rape scene?
I have trouble slotting The Guest in as horror. It starts off like it could be horror, but it slowly morphs into "The Terminator" as directed by John Carpenter.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 13:22 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, The Guest isn't horror - it's a throwback action movie. And a great one.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
Another vote for The Children. (Not to be confused with the kids-in-a-schoolbus-who-give-toxic-hugs The Children, which is also great, but in a different way).
― The Thnig, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
man it's been a slow year for horror, huh? I wanna catch The Witch and that's about it.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Did anyone see Cooties? I heard good things but the trailer seemed to negate the good things that I'd heard.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
My list would look similar to the others here, I'll add theseThe BatteryLa Casa MudaCitadelLovely MollyTriangleFound
― JacobSanders, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
Lovely Molly was good yeah
Anyone seen the german thing this year with the mom that comes back from cosmetic surgery all sinister?
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link
Goodnight, Mommy. Yeah, it's very good. Goes in a direction I wasn't expecting.
― The Thnig, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
^^ loved it. truly disturbing.
some great choices around here. without repeating names (i hope)here are a few more :
end of the linegracehere comes the devil/penumbra/36 pasos red velvet388 arletta avenuesaunathe signal (canadian one)tears of kali
not quite horror, but still worth mentioning : blue ruin
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
it was ok, i guess - a few good gags and rainn wilson. quite a number of horror comedies surfacing this year - bloodsucking bastards, deathgasm, the editor and that new one with zombies and boy scouts or something come to mind. but everything pales in comparison to 'what we do in the shadows' obv.
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
i mean, is there any need for more zom coms? or even vamp coms for that matter?
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 22:10 (eight years ago) link
zombie comedies pretty well-worn territory at this point. I liked What We Do in the Shadows okay.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
and also on a "is it really horror" type of situation, tho truly devastating and disturbing i need to add 'red, white & blue'
― rusty_allen, Thursday, 22 October 2015 05:30 (eight years ago) link
I was very impressed by Triangle and Kill List. In fact it's high time I saw these again.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 22 October 2015 10:37 (eight years ago) link
I caught Red, White and Blue at a genre fest some years back - maybe it was because it was kinda hyped in that context, but I was nonplussed by it.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 22 October 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link
Anyone care to vet this list of underrated horror films available on Netflix? Some of the selections have gotten a round of thumbs ups in this thread so I'm curious about the rest.
― I Was Picking Up A Teaspoon When Something Happened To My Spine (Old Lunch), Saturday, 24 October 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
The Sacrament = Ti West = not to be trusted
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Saturday, 24 October 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
Mr Jones is watchable but not good in any meaningful sense.
I didn't like Creep at all but can see why it has its fans.
The Shrine is actively bad.
Taking of Deborah Logan is excellent and everyone should see it.
The Sacrament isn't really a horror film - it's Ti West's take on Jonestown by another name and although the lead Jim Jonesish performance is great, the film feels very shallow.
Let's not go over Pontypool again.
I gave up on The Canal after about half an hour, despite it being Irish.
I gave up on From The Dark after fifteen minutes despite it being set in my adopted obscure Irish county.
― Al Ain Delon (ShariVari), Saturday, 24 October 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
Stakeland is not worthwhile.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 October 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
Damn, Stake Land and The Shrine are the two I put on my Amazon watch list. (I'm a little bit of a Jonestown/Peoples Temple freak - I find the whole cult thing fascinating.)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 24 October 2015 23:31 (eight years ago) link
I liked stakeland a lot.
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 25 October 2015 00:03 (eight years ago) link
Sacrament sucked but was the first Ti West dud I've seen
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 25 October 2015 00:04 (eight years ago) link
What's the deal with Cub? I've only seen the poster which is distinctive (am assuming it's horror)
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 25 October 2015 00:05 (eight years ago) link
What did you like about Stakeland? I don't think it's terrible, there are decent shots in it but I found it very bland.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 25 October 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
Just watched You're Next, which was a lot of fun. (It's on Hulu for free.)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 25 October 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
I'll also throw down for stakeland, but from that list taking of Deborah Logan is miles in the lead
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Sunday, 25 October 2015 03:31 (eight years ago) link
came across 'the taking of deborah logan' a bunch of times and it never piqued my interest. this couple of posts of support from credible sources made me give it chance. hope it holds up.
re: cub - liked it, but didn't love it. prefer to think of it as something of an arthouse european/detached take on some slasher tropes - take that as you will, i'd put the emphasis on the psychological aspect of it. beautifully shot and with a great soundtrack by steve moore.
― rusty_allen, Sunday, 25 October 2015 05:07 (eight years ago) link
also, from that list, 'creep' is this sort of unreasonable keeper for me. like it more everytime i think or talk to someone about it. and i found 'the canal' surprisingly touching.
― rusty_allen, Sunday, 25 October 2015 05:12 (eight years ago) link
Not sure if this is a problem now anymore than it has been for the last few decades but I find it difficult to care about most new stuff because there's so many generic characters who are probably supposed to be relatable. As much as I'm tired of scholars, horror writers, detectives, wry outsiders, priests, high society men visiting friends and relatives, it's often better than the modern incarnations of Person Peopleton and Manonymous McMediocre. I actually like somewhat anonymous characters but it's probably the blandly aspirational quality that is part of what is bothering me.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 25 October 2015 10:52 (eight years ago) link
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh is even better than Deborah Logan, though I love them both & often mix up the titles.
― The Thnig, Sunday, 25 October 2015 13:09 (eight years ago) link
"What's the deal with Cub? I've only seen the poster which is distinctive (am assuming it's horror)"
Isn't this the Belgian lost boy scout troop encounters crazy family in woods one? I've heard it's good, but it's not streamable AFAICT.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 25 October 2015 13:20 (eight years ago) link
Let Us Prey, which was added to Netflix USA today, is deeply silly but mildly entertaining.
― Al Ain Delon (ShariVari), Sunday, 25 October 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link
Deborah Logan fell apart when it got to the whole snake thing imo
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 25 October 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, just watched that, and while it starts out OK it devolves into kind of incoherence. Like, were the snakes even poisonous? Certainly no one seemed to be afraid of getting bitten. And I was really put off by the brazen found-footage Mad Libbing. Cameras posted all around? Check. Security camera footage? Check. A sequence with night vision? Check. Running through the woods at night with only the camera for light? Check. Not to mention the usual by the books jump scares. Approaching a character facing the other way? Check. Things that go bump in the attic? Check. Also a little irked by how long they let it go with only a modicum of safety concerns, considering the protagonist was at her best tearing off her own skin and speaking in tongues, at worse prone to attacking/biting people.
Pluses: still well-made, well-acted, and featuring the rare character who literally says fuck it, I'm leaving. Plus a penultimate monster moment on par with the reveal at the end of "Rec."
Docked points for the way it finally ended, which is a whole 'nother lame cliche.
But still: worth seeing, I think!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 October 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
AV Club list of the 25 best horror movies since 2000
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 26 October 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
yeah, drag me to hell and ginger snaps are both excellent
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 October 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
uuuuugh @ It Follows being so high / on that list at all, but not terrible otherwise.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 26 October 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
i loved It Follows, but you should know by now that overhyping a recent/controversial movie for a Top X list is a staple of the modern listicle
― Nhex, Monday, 26 October 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, 10 months ago and Babadook would've been #4 at the lowest.
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Monday, 26 October 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
I watched Knock Knock last weekend. Is Keanu Reeves hurting for work?
― JacobSanders, Monday, 26 October 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
Tarantino was OTM when he described "It Follows" as so good you wish it were great. I think that's the best kind of backhanded compliment I've ever heard, because it's without a doubt a huge compliment. It's rare you encounter a movie so engrossing and so original you're disappointed that it's not perfect, especially in horror, where the standard is typically set so low we praise movies for not being terrible.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 October 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
Always thought Them was so much better than The Strangers.
― Darin, Monday, 26 October 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Them is way better than Strangers.
― JacobSanders, Monday, 26 October 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link