House of the Devil burned me so badly that it will take a really desperate night of netflix streaming for me to even think about giving this dude another shot.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
Innkeepers is a totally different vibe. Definitely lots of laughs. Triggerman has its fans, but it was only in cropped form when it was being streamed.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, August 29, 2012 11:20 AM (8 minutes ago)
this isn't a recommendation, cuz i think you'd probably hate it, but i hated house of the devil and at least half liked the inkeepers. spent most of the first 45 minutes wondering how i'd let myself get fooled again, though.
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
i sort of liked the house of the devil, enough to watch it twice. i thought is it was very "neat", every facets of the retro fetish thing, the photography, costumes, lame intrigue, just a retro-licious neat litle bad horror movies like i have seen when i was a kid on on Commander USA's Groovie Movies and stuff. anyone remember a psycho knockoff from the late 70's early 80's where the killer inject a syringe of blood in a blow up doll full of water? that one was odd.
― Sébastien, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
google tells me it looks like it was "Private Parts " . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mURQ4OKRygA will have to watch that one again i think.
― Sébastien, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't hate HOTD, but my main impression was that I'd liked to have seen Tom Noonan's awesome creepy dude performance basically C&Pd into a better, scarier movie.
― Broney, Pt. 1 (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
maybe if i was a walkman enthusiast i would like that movie
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
emil.y, i look forward to hearing yr report on Berberian Sound System and am, right this v second, happy to accept that it is as horribly horrible as repulsion
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 30 August 2012 09:02 (eleven years ago) link
Just watched The Caller, which is sorta like a remake of that Dennis Quaid movie Frequency with less laughing. Really dug it -- effectively wrings every bit of unpleasantness out of the situation, possibilities of which only dawned upon me slightly before the happened in the movie. Mostly, though, it made me depressed that good solid Grade B+ horror films like this never make it to the U.S. multiplex anymore and instead we get sludge like The Roommate and Sorority Row.
― The Thnig, Friday, 31 August 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
caught Berberian Sound Studio a couple of mornings ago, liked it a lot.
― Simon H., Friday, 31 August 2012 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
damn, berberian sound studios is a great gis
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/BerberianSoundStudio1.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/BerberianSoundStudio2.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/Berberian-Sound-Studio.jpg
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 31 August 2012 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
Saw Berberian Sound Studio last night - think it's one of the best films i've seen in years. wrote a bit about why here.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 2 September 2012 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
I agree! Really really great.
Do you mind if I post your link over on the Berberian Sound Studio thread?
― emil.y, Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
no, not at all. didn't realise there was a thread.
― Fizzles, Monday, 3 September 2012 06:43 (eleven years ago) link
ok watched a couple of new ones
The Final - i really should have known better, but yeah its a stupid revenge topical bully egdy columbine what if that is a complete movie execs try to imagine the slipknot generation 4 years too late clusterfuck trainwreck. avoid avoid avoid.
Snowtown/alt title The Snowtown Murders - well if you are craving a soul-destroying bleak horror skincrawler ala Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer this is one for you. its fairly brilliant, and incredibly well-acted, and deeply in the camp of "movies that are so hard to watch that i dont really recommend them". its a rough one, and gets worse when you find out that it is a true story.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
available on netflix streaming, if you want to ruin your day instantly on demand.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, this looks either stupid or brilliant:
http://cf.drafthouse.com/_uploads/drafthousefilms/galleries/16162/abcdeathxa-poster2__poster.jpg
― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
it can be both!
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
actually i cant really blow up the picture in a way that gives me most of the info at the top abt the directors
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
if they are all troma directors or mick garris is involved i retract my brilliant comment
The ABC's OF DEATH is an ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the motion picture is comprised of 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death. Provocative, shocking, funny and ultimately confrontational; THE ABC's OF DEATH is the definitive snapshot of the diversity of modern horror. Drafthouse Films, Magnet Pictures and Timpson Films are proud to present this alphabetical arsenal of destruction orchestrated by what Fangoria calls "a stunning roll call of some of the most exciting names in horror across the world."
Angela Bettis Hélène Cattet Ernesto Díaz Espinoza Jason Eisener Bruno Forzani Adrián García Bogliano Xavier Gens Noboru Iguchi Thomas Cappelen Malling Jorge Michel Grau Yoshihiro Nishimura Banjong Pisanthanakun Simon Rumley Marcel Sarmiento Jon Schnepp Srdjan Spasojevic Timo Tjahjanto Andrew Traucki Nacho Vigalondo Jake West Ti West Ben Wheatley Adam Wingard Mikael Wulff Yudai Yamaguchi Lee Hardcastle
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
considering how little ti west usually gets done in 90 minutes i am worried abt what he can do in 5
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
super gory trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq0NKDex30U
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
M1ke D'4ngel0 said that Ti West's segment should appeal to the same crowd that digs A Serbian Film. Yay.
― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
since i have nothing today, a brief summary
Angela Bettis - dig her, but roman was just kind of ehHélène Cattet - made amer which is A+++Ernesto Díaz Espinoza - something called mirageman? idkJason Eisener - hobo with a shotgun! getting more promisingBruno Forzani - also amer relatedAdrián García Bogliano - cold sweat? unknown to meXavier Gens - frontier(s), another good sign, potentiallyNoboru Iguchi - the machine girl. not totally my thing, but could be interesting, def will be wacky Thomas Cappelen Malling - did that norwegian ninja thing i still havent watchedJorge Michel Grau - we are what we are? again, idkYoshihiro Nishimura - tokyo gore police, which i liked even less than machine girl. splattertown for this one i am sureBanjong Pisanthanakun - shutter and alone, pretty solidSimon Rumley - red white and blue which i also have only gotten through a little of, pretty slow starterMarcel Sarmiento - deadgirl, which is one of my modern favesJon Schnepp -metalocalypse i guess? something called the removers that i know nothing abtSrdjan Spasojevic - if you couldnt guess from the name, its the serbian film guy. which i still havent seen so i will reserve judgementTimo Tjahjanto - stuff called macabre and dara, no clueAndrew Traucki - black water which sucked, the reef which i never watched because of black water, s for shark or a for alligator i imagine. yawn.Nacho Vigalondo - timecrimes dude! awesome!Jake West - doghouse, which was a knucleheaded assholish messTi West - house of the long naps. yuckBen Wheatley - down terrace and kill list, keep meaning to watch down terrace but haventAdam Wingard - V/H/S, which came out last week and i havent heard much about, along w/his other films pop skull and laura panicMikael Wulff - some show called pandaerne? who knows?Yudai Yamaguchi - versus which is awesome! meatball machine which is not.Lee Hardcastle - apparently a hyper-violent claymation dude? credited with segment "T is for Toilet" which sounds like no thanks to me.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
looks pretty promising to me, although the ultra short format is worrisome.
has anybody heard anything abt V/H/S? i know its a found footagey thing which can be very nagl, but i still hold out hope for the possibility of good work thx to rec etc
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
Reviews have been pretty awesome for it, iirc.
― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Jorge Michel Grau - we are what we are? again, idk
really wanted to see we are what we are, spanish cannibalism flick on the realism tip
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBkNz3_pzsw
― vincent black shadow giallo (Edward III), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
Bogliano is a very interesting Argentinian director. prolific, too. haven't seen Penumbra. Rooms for Tourists is still my favorite. B&W Hitchcock/Argento boarding-house melee with a biting message.Gens made the truly ghastly big-budget nukesploitation slog The Divide. and the even worse Hitman. remind me why we ever cared about this guy? oh, yeah. five minutes I will probably be skipping. but I'm expecting Rumley's short to be my favorite. if it's half as good as his contribution to Little Deaths, I will walk away very satisfied.Macabre is the Western title for Rumah Dara, an Indonesian bloodbath of near-Inside proportions. eager to see what else Tjahjanto can do, esp. without his "team" (The Mo Brothers).Vigalondo's Extraterrestrial is a lot of fun. Edgar Wright-ish sci-fi rom-com. nothing like Timecrimes. he has some range.yeah, Doghouse wasn't so great. but West's Evil Aliens remains a blast. a very wet, very silly blast. he's erratic but talented.Wingard's mumblecorror A Horrible Way to Die made waves earlier this year. no fan of his earlier films, but AHWTD showed some raw promise. with the proper Adam Green-sized breaks, he could go places.Hardcastle is a (relative) unknown whose short became a YouTube sensation and won him a place among the other 25 slots. it's very gross, and very funny.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
oh see i have dodged little deaths because i was afraid it was yet another mediocre trilogy alpped together after three extremes (the first one) had such an impact. i just skipped it on my netflix queue, will amend.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
oh, it is. but Rumley's segment (the last, unfortunately) pulverizes the other two.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
I kind of loved We Are What We Are. Also, it inspired one of Slant's worst (as in worst-written) reviews ever.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
I kinda want to check out ABCs of Death at TIFF but the reviews haven't been so hot and a lot of the directors I recognize are people I "appreciate" but don't enjoy (Wingard, West, Rumley).
― Simon H., Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
i did see "a horrible way to die", and i think i had kind of mixed feelings about it? i have only fleeting memories of it, which is not usually a good sign. netflix streaming if people are curious.
sounds like i should def check out macabre/rumah dara though
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
honestly i would see abcs of death just to see what else the two people behind Amer have up their sleeve
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
if you liked Amer, you should try to see Blackaria and Last Caress, a pair of absolutely OTFT French giallo homages by François Gaillard and Christophe Robin (probably not his real name). all the blood (my god the blood), boobs, crazy-cam shots, Lifesavers lighting, and throbbing music that Amer emulated, but without all that arty-farty subtlety to harsh the buzz. i loved both of their efforts more than words will allow. total sensory overload junk food.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
^ bookmarked
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
Cattet & Forzani have another feature-length arty-farty giallo homage in the works, I believe. They know their strengths. I'm not complaining.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
Also, it inspired one of Slant's worst (as in worst-written) reviews ever.
*double checks*
Whew!
― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 September 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
I enjoyed The Innkeepers a lot more than House Of The Devil. The plot and characters are, as mentioned upthread, really slight but Paxton is more than engaging enough make you care about her fate. It clearly wasn't interested in breaking new ground but a couple of laughs and a sustained bit of tension is more than i get from most mainstream horror films these days.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Friday, 14 September 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
Just saw "The Grey." Yeah, it's not really horror, but we talked about it a bit here. It was OK, but for a b-movie I guess I wish it was a little less A-ish in aspiration.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 September 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
watched The Reeds the other night. Recently added to NF streaming. Great setting (endless semi-deserted marshland somewhere in England), young-dumbasses-go-camping (in this case boating) plot template but carried off with aplomb and a fair amount of personality despite poor scripting. Has a ~mindblowing gimmick~ which did not succeed in blowing my mind, but at least it tried. Not great but would watch next film by same ppl.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
v/h/s was pretty creepy
― just sayin, Sunday, 16 September 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
Just watched the Innkeepers the other day. I think Ti West is great at creating sympathetic characters (at least "character" enough for this kind of movie) and as SV put it, sustaining tension, but he is so bleh when it comes to pay-offs. I liked House Of The Devil more just cuz he drew that out further, but I wish he'd make something atmospheric that didn't require him to do a big reveal.
― da croupier, Sunday, 16 September 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
or maybe hire someone to create a less generic ghoul for him to put at the end of his next hallway
― da croupier, Sunday, 16 September 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Joe Swanberg's V/H/S segment had me squealing with glee. everything about it just worked for me. or maybe I was just grateful for the temporary respite he granted us from shaky cam. i'll confess that I am not the biggest FF fan. hate the PA series and its imitative ilk. yet I still found V/H/S watchable, on the whole. occasionally even enjoyable. as one should expect, most of the stories are severely underdeveloped, the "watching idiots act like a-holes" thing is tedious in the extreme, the wraparound has no actual payoff, etc. but, man, Swanberg killed it! anyone seen his werewolf movie, Silver Bullets? first segment is the other keeper.
if you like Ti West, it's safe to say that you'll like his contribution. it's sooooooo Ti West. i thought it was eh, ok.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Sunday, 16 September 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
idk i liked ti west's story more than i expected
― just sayin, Sunday, 16 September 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
but yeah joe swanbergs was definitely a highlight
Seems like I mostly agree with jjjusten on things, so I'm surprised by how slowly (even Ti-West-style slowly!) I'm becoming a Ti West die-hard. I can't even put my finger on why. I guess you either groove to his tempo or you don't. Psyched for V/H/S.
― The Thnig, Monday, 17 September 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link