Combined of course with my complete rejection of bizarre gate keeping of what gets to be horror, which is the other recent topic.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Monday, 8 August 2016 05:12 (eight years ago) link
what is it not possible to have fun with something while acknowledging its limitations? I get that it's sometimes frustrating when ppl do that (I felt a similar frustration with people going out of their way to call all that jazz "not great" in its thread, but idk this movie was kinda not great! also to get into why I'd have to prob talk about the tension-destroying twist
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 8 August 2016 06:56 (eight years ago) link
Wow, reviews of the new Rob Zombie have been haaaaaaaarsh.
assuming this January comment meant "Rob Zombie's 31", I just saw an hour of it and am convinced the guy has brain damage and isn't telling anybody.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
it was on some Fathom Events thing. every gore sequence has shaky cam so you can barely see whose intestines are getting cut out, and for all of his hate of teenyboppers, this is basically Hunger Games with smelly ugly clowns and dwarf Nazis.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:09 (eight years ago) link
fortunately I got in free with a gift card.
enjoyed Lights Out a lot.
thought Conjuring 2 was way more enjoyable than the first Conjuring
didn't think Don't Breathe was as good as it should have been - once it turned into "blind guy is omniscient megawarrior" type ridiculousness at the 2/3rds point it started to lose me
― Neanderthal, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/2016-upcoming-new-horror-movies.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=7zOoexfSyqk
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 4 September 2016 05:53 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1rMTHBSwuI
i like it!
― Nhex, Monday, 5 September 2016 05:06 (eight years ago) link
Don't Breathe got some of the most entertaining general-audience reactions I've ever witnessed.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 5 September 2016 05:34 (eight years ago) link
Don't Breathe was less terrible and had fewer plot holes than most other modern horror films I've seen but it was still pretty un-scary and un-interesting.
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 September 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
Like the nicest thing I can say about it is that it wasn't abysmal?
I didn't really get the hype either. it had decent atmosphere but as I said upthread, once it went from semi-grounded home invasion horror to SUPERBLIND HULK it lost me fairly quickly.
the dialogue about God towards the end reminded me of one of teh Joker speeches in TDK
― Neanderthal, Monday, 5 September 2016 21:22 (eight years ago) link
I've heard there's a horror film that's a big success recently, is it Don't Breathe?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 5 September 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
I think so, yeah. Also **SPOILER ALERT*** how bizarre that this blind dude (who one would assume would have keen hearing) would a) sleep through a break-in b) not notice someone like walking in the same fucking hallway he's walking through but then c) like hear someone across the damn house by the end of the film
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 September 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
I kept waiting for it to get so twisted or so scary and it didn't
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 September 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link
They definitely seemed to handicap the burglars a bit too much to bring the thrills which kind of robbed it of intensity.
Moments where characters unnecessarily stay stationary or do very unbelievable thingsI mean lol "horror" but it felt like one of those "zombies are slow, just outrun them" films
― Neanderthal, Monday, 5 September 2016 21:55 (eight years ago) link
it was a solid B-movie imo. problem for was that they gave away over half the scares/twists in the damn trailer
― Nhex, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 02:45 (eight years ago) link
I love that the wannabe gangsta guy went by "Money"
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 02:46 (eight years ago) link
Just rewatched "Triangle" again. Not really horror, I suppose, but what a really effective thinky thriller. Lots of horror movies about parents and the unique stresses of special needs kids these days. "Triangle," "Babadook," "Finding Dory" ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 03:30 (eight years ago) link
It's definitely a good fear to mine
― Nhex, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 04:23 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I liked Triangle. Would quite like to watch it again soon, which is unusual for me b/c I tend to have a low tolerance for rewatches. Though actually I guess horror does tend to be the exception to that rule so maybe not that unusual... Hm.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 12:53 (eight years ago) link
Shallows spoilers (not much to spoil, but ...)
I thought "The Shallows" started out fine. Not scary but serious enough to make up for its silliness. Then it's like at the end they realized they needed to end it, and happened to have some extra money lying around, and figured, fuck it, we'll light a just shy of good enough CGI shark on fire then have it vindictively race our protagonist to the bottom of the sea where it impales itself.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 September 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
I loved Triangle and Coherence and Primer. What other films are like those?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 16 September 2016 22:22 (eight years ago) link
Timecrimes.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 September 2016 22:23 (eight years ago) link
Recently watched Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning and talked about it in the "last movies you saw" thread. It's definitely more of a horror movie than an action movie, and extremely gory and violent. It borrows a lot from Blade Runner and Apocalypse Now, and even more from David Lynch (Lost Highway) and Gaspar Noé. Very bleak and disturbing, and repeatedly wrong-foots the viewer; highly recommended.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 16 September 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
Timecrimes is p good, way better than Primer that's for sure
xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 16 September 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
Wait I thought you guys have been talking about a more recent Triangle itt lately but are you talking about the one from several years back by the Black Death director?
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Friday, 16 September 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
No, the Aussie co-production one with Thor's brother.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 September 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
I loved Day of Reckoning for pretty much the same reasons. There's also a decent chunk of Cronenberg in there- not in the usual obvious body-horror way but in the way everyday reality feels just horribly *wrong*, like everything from eXistenZ onward
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Saturday, 17 September 2016 01:45 (eight years ago) link
Forgot to finish that thought: ...which is why I'm so excited about John Hyams' upcoming Maniac Cop remake. It's produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (I enjoy his films, but I cannot defend them), but it also has the blessing of Bill Lustig and Hyams seems like a much smarter director in a lot of ways than Refn- I get the impression that his days making documentaries and DTV work have served him well there
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Saturday, 17 September 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
I was curious what he'd do next. I've never seen the original Maniac Cop but will definitely check out a Hyams version.
The only Refn movie I like is Valhalla Rising.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 17 September 2016 10:42 (eight years ago) link
Damn, how u guys get me interested in Universal Soldier sequels in 2016
― ALL TACOE'S 1/2 HALF "OFF" (Old Lunch), Saturday, 17 September 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
I can safely not recommend Blair Witch. It had some moments/elements but ultimately did not capture much of what I liked about the first one. Some of the imagery was enjoyable but not nearly enough to save it.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 17 September 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
I just can't get over the weirdness of taking an about to be released movie that's unconnected to Blair witch and retitling it Blair witch at the last moment
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 17 September 2016 16:16 (eight years ago) link
Well, it turned out it was Blair Witch all along, they just kept it secret for about two years and ultimately decided to just keep going with the secret until Comic Con.
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 September 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
And in those years they could have made at least three movies better than this one :(
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 17 September 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
I joked afterward that it should've been called Peter! Ashley! Lisa! James! (Heather) and it might have been slightly more interesting, like a throwaway catchy song with a goof title rather than something that required the highest possible security clearance.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 17 September 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
will no one stay awake with me?Peter...Lisa...James...
will none of you wait with me?Peter...Lisa....James
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 17 September 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
These are friends of mine, these are friends of mineAnd they've got something that's so hard to find James and peteyLisa and Ashley
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 17 September 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
Thought there were glimmers of good ideas in the movie, but didn't push them far enough at all. Ultimately just OK. Disappointed in Wingard, considering how much I enjoyed his last two films.
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 September 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
Lane and Talia too
all these friends are in the woods and they've got nothin' to do
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 17 September 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
bummed to hear that about Blair Witch but I just realized I haven't seen the OG Blair Witch since I saw it in the theatre in 1999 so at least this film is inspiring me to do that congrats nu-Blair Witch.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 17 September 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
Saw some indication that shifting perception of time or some such thing is a major component, but that was one of the coolest things about "Grave Encounters," which of course is directly derivative of Blair Witch, because of course it is because these things are all related.
Wonder if Wingard et al. were approached to make this as a sequel, or if it was their idea.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
i had fun at blair witch, and you can detect wingard/barrett pushing at the edges of the idea throughout, but i get why people are disappointing. my expectations were really relaxed after the dive it took on rotten tomatoes the day before i saw it lol
last 20 minutes are terrifying though
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
lol i get why people are disappointed*
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
i did like the final part too.haven't seen Grave Encounters, but Wingard did say one of the ideas he pushed (with the two different groups here) was how they could experience totally different aspects/timelines/stories in the same forest. again, wish he had gone even further with this idea, along with the Dream Warriors-esque puzzling the characters would do, knowing some of the rules set up from the first movie and new ones set up in this one.
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 September 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
Lol Blair Witch what the fuck was this movie.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 19 September 2016 02:20 (eight years ago) link
I just saw You're Next for the first time last week, and it was pretty good and ridiculous. And The Guest was, likewise, good and ridiculous. And I also realized last week that the dudes who made those movies were the guys who made Blair Witch and I was briefly excited but then I realized that their sensibility seems all wrong for a Blair Witch movie. I'll probably still see it, though.
― ALL TACOE'S 1/2 HALF "OFF" (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 September 2016 12:30 (eight years ago) link
I finally saw The Witch on the weekend, fucking great I loved it so muchCreepy as fuckHad to turn subtitles on to catch all the puritan-ese
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 September 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link