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

I really really really liked the strangers until the end

another one of the many horror movies with a great setup and no idea how to exit in a satisfactory manner

part of why I loved martyrs so much was that it found a graceful way out of its narrative challenges

Pontypool is another recent one that takes place in a DJ booth & another one which really doesn't exit in a satisfactory manner. It's worth a look though.

Has anyone seen Grace or Giallo?

I AM A GHOST. THIS IS A TAKEOVER.

I enjoyed turistas. then again, I went into it with really low expectations. I've never seen anybody say anything good about it, but it's got great cinematography, some creative set scenes, and realistic acting. the xenophobia aspect of the premise is sorta o_O but the same could be said about eden lake.

Would've been great if Giallo was a 'Grindhouse'-style homage to all those 70s films. Instead it's:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ne5Lb2SiFHg/SpvbzxSGD8I/AAAAAAAAkb8/COv33HMJVmo/s400/giallo_poster.jpg
"i am a dud!"

the unborn was supposedly crap but I wanna see it for some reason

still haven't seen the orphanage

and speaking of korean films, chan-wook park's new one, thirst, is about a vampire priest, it played for 5 days here and I missed it... grrr

btw I owned this record as a kid, can I just

http://tcmmoviemorlocks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/famous-monsters-speak2.jpg

this one too

http://www.wxyc.org/blog/dwf.jpg

sorry what were we talking about

The Descent is great until the monsters show up

Paranormal Activity is bad, unless you really loved the Blair Witch Project

Last House on the Left remake has an interminable rape scene that kind of ruined the rest of the movie.

The Unborn was okay, kinda creepy when you find out the little girl star is an actual little girl

Halloween remake was terrible

Drag Me To Hell was pretty boring

Devil's Rejects is fantastic, a million times better than anything else Rob Zombie has done.

28 Weeks Later > 28 Days Later, but both are pretty good

Got dragged to see The Collector, which was one of the worst movie experiences of my life. People who enjoy that kind of shit make me do the arched-eyebrow emoticon.

http://io9.com/5387328/see-the-beginning-of-the-descent-2

i rep for 'rec' btw. not sure about the upcoming sequel since the demonic possession/religious stuff in the first one seemed pretty weak & tacked on, but i hope it's good.

I watched the last 20 minutes of the ruins last week, it seemed terrible

Last House on the Left remake has an interminable rape scene that kind of ruined the rest of the movie.

not sure how this differs from the original

Is the original rape scene 10 minutes long?

I didn't bring my stopwatch

did a search on imdb for horror movies released in 2009

PowerSearch Results
Here are the 1514 matching titles:

o_o

that's excluding tv and video stuff

and speaking of korean films, chan-wook park's new one, thirst, is about a vampire priest, it played for 5 days here and I missed it... grrr

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:32 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

terrible, terrible movie

did you like his other films

i rep for 'rec' btw. not sure about the upcoming sequel since the demonic possession/religious stuff in the first one seemed pretty weak & tacked on, but i hope it's good.

I thought REC was great. I wasn't looking forward to the sequal but the one report I've heard about it was positive, so...

I didn't much care for the Brit horror movies mentioned above - Eden Lake, Severance, whathaveyou - though none are as bad as The Cottage. srsly do not watch the Cottage.

(oh wait, Brit horror The Descent was excellent).

martyrs fucked me up - i think i started a thread on it/french horror

the last house on the left remake was way less hateful and violent than the original but i kept getting distracted cuz the avenging moneyed class heroes had this fishy shadow over innsmouth look to them

i rep for it in basic ever ile horror film thread but home movie is the best dv/found footage horror movie ive seen - one of the best build-ups in a move ive seen recently

did anybody see friedkin's bug? seems like it might be good in an off the wall kind of way.

i'm assuming you're not talking about the chris smith doc that i've been meaning to see for years

xp

bug was kinda bad, with some good parts. it would be better on stage, i'm guessing.

The Haunting In Connecticut

i may have this mixed up w/ one of the other stories abt waspy white kids w/demons but was this the one with the medium and the sick kid? i liked it too although i almost felt it was more like a suspense or mystery film - washed out and grainy look and how sick and sallow every1 looked reminded me of british crime dramas

lol i have terrible taste but i also really vibed cry_wolf which is a pretty tense but hilarious teen horror/murder mystery

bug sucked btw

home movie not on netflix :(

It didn't scare me, but The Devil's Rejects was certainly the best horror-ish film of this time span. Inland Empire is beyond genre, but without a doubt the scariest movie I've seen in the last five years.

http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gallery/albums/userpics//poster_p2.jpg

haven't seen [rec] or quarantine

Inland Empire is beyond genre, but without a doubt the scariest movie I've seen in the last five years.

^ this

lol i saw p2

i also half saw half slept thru trick or treat last night

did you like his other films

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:55 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

liked old boy, hated lady vengeance

P2 is dope - ondemand all star

Trick r' Treat
Splinter
Them

hated lady vengeance

u mad

jordan i think home movie is (certainly was) only available on ifc/comcast video on demand if u have it

lol @ inland empire. slocki iirc ud rep for the final destination series right? i think theyre good entertainment a+ death sequences imo

[rec]/quarantine are aight but not as great as the premise promises. havent seen the orphanage which is supposed to be a pretty good spanish horror film

the signal is a good one but it's so weird that i don't recommend it to many people

i never saw diary of the dead b/c of bad reviews, but apparently i like camcorder/found footage zombie movies, so maybe i should give it a shot?

btw if you see one of rec/quarantine, you really really dont need to see the other one, startlingly slavish remake for the most part, a few degrees south of that goddamn psycho redo

xpost i thought the signal was great great great, but yeah, really odd

app i like the word really

Diary of the Dead kind of sucked unfortunately, imho.

bug is terrrrrrible

I kinda loved Thirst and don't get the hate.

For:
Drag Me to Hell
The Descent
28 Days/Weeks Later
Pontypool
Inside
Rec
The Children
Home Movie
The Loved Ones (brilliant, funny Aussie horror)
The Strangers

Against:
Martyrs
Paranormal Activity
Hostel (never saw Hostel 2)
all the remakes (Friday the 13th, Halloween, Hills Have Eyes, etc.)
most big J-horror

also The Signal is pretty rad.

lol doesnt the signal have the same premise as the s.king novel cell??

"The Orphanage" is surprisingly moving, even sentimental. "rec" isn't bad, but it's essentially "Resident Evil" in Spanish.

havent seen the orphanage which is supposed to be a pretty good spanish horror film

It's good. But more of a ghost story/mystery than an outright horror film.