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

I remain intrigued because reactions have been so polarized. But the very existence of the film introduces ... issues. That is, the only justification for remaking Suspiria at all is to jetison all the things that were worthwhile about the original, which is tbh overwhelmingly its visual style. Get rid of that though and what's left isn't terribly compelling imo. So I can only assume that the cast and running time portends something different, which begs the question, then why remake the movie at all?

It takes the spirit of the original and adds new elements -- it's a very weird remake and I was dubious/bored for a while but it delivered eventually! Why? Witches, that's why. :)

The original is one of my favorite least suspenseful films ever. Student enters scary school run by apparent witches that is apparently ... run by witches. So they kill her. The end.

So they kill her.

Wait, what?

I was gonna say.

Assuming you're not concerned about OG Suspiria spoilers ...

... that's how I remember it ending?

It's p much exactly the other way around

Huh? The stuff with the lightning and outline ... isn't that the head witch?

Yes, who the student then kills.

Oh! I think there was some confusion over who I meant by her. I meant her, the head which!

And they I admit was confusing, I meant she, the student. I was thinking of her and her friend as a they, but of course her friend was under the control of the witch. so she, the singular student, killed her, the head witch.

Hagazussa - Adam Groves (Bedlam Files) said this was better than The Witch, I don't agree but I can see why some would prefer this. Like The Witch it features an outsider family in the wilderness but I even saw (coincidental) similarities in Mandy, because it's a very quiet mood piece (soundtrack by drone/doom band MMMD) with some similar slow closeups of faces, a character going through a harrowing ordeal yet with an often spaced out feeling that stoners will appreciate.
I looked at the sleeve notes (all in German, I think the only disc releases are German so far but I made sure mine had English subtitles) and there was an even better reference point which may have been a direct influence on this film: Valhalla Rising.

I enjoyed and recommend it, the woman getting incredible sexual bliss from milking a goat and the writhing mushroom were both quite striking. Parents and baby enthusiasts may be particularly disturbed by some scenes.

There's a US Blu-Ray edition. I loved Valhalla Rising and The Witch so am inclined to check this out.

I see it's on amazon prime too, but not in UK

I finally watched nu-Suspiria and am sad I missed it in the theater. Saw the original in a showing right before it came out, though. nu-version hits some of the notes in the same way, not 100% sold on the historical backdrop and parts of the resolution, but overall it was an excellent experience

did not think the new Suspiria was grey and miserable, i really liked the visual style

Not sure about the very, very end, but I liked Creep 2.

I never saw Resolution or Spring, but I really liked The Endless

Can anyone who's seen The Wind say why it was terrible? I liked the trailer a lot.

it's boring, predictable, poorly paced, and has delusions of depth that it doesn't achieve. I went in with no expectations and wanting to like it but would recommend skipping.

Thanks!

if they could somehow take the dancing parts (the only good bits really) from nu-suspiria and transplant them into the old suspiria, that would bang

New Peter Strickland!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SpAUPdKKe8

!!!!!!

whoa, that looks phenomenal

it does; killer cast and a neat idea. US Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biHUTtV4K40

yeah i cannot wait to see that

Brightburn - Clumsy as fuck. Somewhat interesting premise ruined by Snyder-esque pacing, and not settling on whether it wants to be cornball or serious. One next level gore scene though.

Ma - This was fun! Felt like a throwback to 80s revenge slasher flicks.

On the one hand, I feel like Blumhouse's big knock is that they never strive for anything above a B plus effort, but this was a fun B-plus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlya92LZqZw

I've seen In Fabric. It's not bad, but don't get too hyped about it.

Yeah it's pretty good but inessential and definitely plays to his comic sensibilities more than anything before. I would rather he had either ditched the anthology theme and made the first story the whole film, or balanced the timings better - it was either 20 mins too long or 45 too short. And I really didn't understand what was happening at the end.

I think I actually enjoyed his segment in Field Guide To Evil more.

Wait, In Fabric is an anthology of sorts?

You'll see.

Quite.

Berberian Sound Studio felt like a comedy to me

which is why I don't really like it

i think the duke of burgundy is phenomenal, is why i was excited

I think both of his last movies played like really uneasy comedies, and some sense.

made the first story the whole film, or balanced the timings better - it was either 20 mins too long or 45 too short

otm - the second section should have been shorter, with an even faster third movement wrapping up.

https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Midsommar.jpg?w=960&ssl=1

Duke of Burgundy > Berberian >> the new one

Can't disagree with that ranking.

i'm sure the new child play will suck but i saw this poster at the train station this morning and it made me laugh:
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2019-04/30/14/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-02/sub-buzz-12164-1556649988-1.jpg

there was another version with the slinky dog getting roasted over a fire

Reminds me of years and years ago when a band I was in was on tour and we stopped in a truck stop and bought a Redd Foxx concert cassette. Iirc it was one of the least funny things I've ever heard, but a bit about fighting a midget (his word) has stuck with me. He just kind of grumbled (in front of what sounded like a very small dinner club theatre): "If you ever get into a fight with a midget ... just stab them in the head!" It was so not funny.

Anyway, that's what I think about Child's Play.

Escape Room was good dumb clean fun; really more an exercise in franchise building and action/adventure than horror tbh

Watched "Southbound" last night. a little uneven and certainly suffered from the "trailer gives everything away" problem, but did kind of enjoy the fact that some loose ends left a foreboding ambiguity to the thing as a whole.

examples:

- what does the tall guy whisper to the wife in the home invasion sequence? what did the husband do?
- what's the deal with the roughneck tattoo people, or the fat naked goblin types who are stripping the brother in the previous sequence?

"ma" was pretty entertaining for the first hour but fell apart badly in the climax

free ari aster conversation at lincoln center film on July 9... midsommar opens july 3 so you'd wanna see that quickly
https://www.filmlinc.org/events/film-comment-talk-ari-aster-on-midsommar/

Liked "Escape Room", primarily for the heroine, and appreciated the explanation for "how did they set all that up and with what money?" vs. house trap films like "The Collector" or the "Saw" films. And looking forward to seeing "Body at Brighton Rock" after liking "Southbound" a lot.