https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNFAMPDqdVA
black christmas is getting remade! again! but this time it's helmed by sophia takal who directed one of my favorite horror films of the last few years, always shine
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
honestly I don't like the look of that at all, and after getting burned by the Pet Sematary remake on the basis of a promising director attachment + cast I refuse to get my hopes up again
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
i like the look of it but i like blumhouse garbage
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link
also i loved the last black christmas remake and i'm enjoying that it's turning into a franchise of remakes at this point lol
AGNES
― FUCK YOUR POTATO (Neanderthal), Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
THIS IS BILLY
Oh I recently watched Escape Room, which was...fine. Every single moment not spent in an escape room (incl flashbacks) was unwatchable
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZgkHjpUM8w
also: here's the trailer for the new oz perkins thing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
which looks amazing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
Watched Starfish the other day, and surprised myself by liking it a lot. The trailer sells it as a quirky apocalyptic film with monsters, but it's actually a slow-paced metaphoric meditation on grief and forgiveness. The monsters are an add-on - though there's a big monster that's gorgeous - and the plot doesn't always make sense. The director name-checks Gareth Edwards in the credits, so if you dug "Monsters", you'll appreciate the one scene the big monster shows up in. The film goes heavily meta at one point, but I was already swayed to its "understand the subtext here and appreciate the images" logic, and didn't mind so much. Good soundtrack and visuals, too.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 5 September 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI8fjr4Va7QBliss (2019). Vampire film with drugs and painting.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 7 September 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
I thought Ready or Not was some good, ridiculous and just mean spirited enough fun. Loved the ending.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 September 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
I watched The Innkeepers last night. Jeez. I like an old-fashioned haunting but this felt like something from tea-time on BBC2, circa 1983. No peril, barely any story and shitty production values. Perhaps I was having an off night.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Sunday, 29 September 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
nah i've seen it, it's rubbish
― Dominc Coombesings (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 29 September 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
I thought it was fun
― frame casual (dog latin), Sunday, 29 September 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
It was boring.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Monday, 30 September 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
I agree w/ Eric and NV. aside from HotD, Ti West is pretty useless
― Simon H., Monday, 30 September 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
I thought it was slightly better than HotD, but ultimately just fine.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 30 September 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
Hotd is slightly better but they're both rubbish
― or something, Monday, 30 September 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
They both feel a lot older than 10 years - like relics, and not in a positive, aesthetic choice kind of way.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Monday, 30 September 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
Could've been made for TV tbh, and I mean pre HBO
― honk hunk blue (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 September 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
that mini-wave of ghost movies when stuff like The Others was made was all at least more entertaining than this
― honk hunk blue (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 September 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
posts way upthread otm about One Cut of the Dead, so much better than I expected it to be
― Brad C., Wednesday, 9 October 2019 01:34 (four years ago) link
Right? I'm glad it's got a US theatrical release.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 03:23 (four years ago) link
I just read that it's made $30 million worldwide on a $25,000 budget!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 12:52 (four years ago) link
I watched The Ghoul last night, a British psychological horror film from 2017, directed by Gareth Tunney, an associate of Ben Wheatley. The basic premise was interesting enough - an undercover detective investigates a double shooting and becomes embroiled in what appears to be an occult plot, involving two psychotherapists - but the execution was a bit of a mess. The logic was Lynchian dream logic at heart, using a Mobius strip as shorthand for the slow dissolving of reality but the reality was never real enough and the unreality never quite perilous or unsettling enough. I love elisions but this was more hole than substance.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Sunday, 13 October 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
The Dead Center is an effective, moody little thriller w/ the bonus boost of Shane Carruth in the lead role
― Simon H., Sunday, 13 October 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
this looks fun to me!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIsI-EQ9Xs
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 14 October 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
Well, it looks better than the Jarmusch movie and Zombieland 2, so there's that. But ... I think I'll pass on this one, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 October 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
ma: destined to be hated by most but i loved every second of it. octavia spencer is wonderful and i appreciated what a solid high school movie it was and the dialogue is so often outrageous that i feel like whoever wrote it was having the time of their lives
creep: the mark duplass one, simple and excellent
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 14 October 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
The sequel is pretty good, too! At least up until the very last shot, but the rest is solid and smart.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 October 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed Ma. Some of the flashbacks reminded me of Happy Birthday to Me
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 October 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
i had fun during the set-up but it fizzled pretty badly in the second half
― na (NA), Monday, 14 October 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
Wounds by the guy who did Under The Shadow is on Netflix now. It’s not bad but a wasted opportunity with a decent cast and a promising central idea.
― Srinivasaraghavan VONCataraghavan (ShariVari), Saturday, 19 October 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
the story it’s based on is not great but pretty good... seems faithfully adapted?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 21 October 2019 04:32 (four years ago) link
Little Monsters is mostly nice enough garbage but mostly worth it for Lupita in full on badass mode
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 21 October 2019 04:52 (four years ago) link
xp, aha, that explains it.
I have never actually read any Ballingrud. It’s great that writers like him, Barron, etc are having their work adapted, but I wonder if the dominance of short / novella length fiction means that stuff like Wounds and They Remain are up against it when it comes to faithful adaptations also coming out as satisfying films.
― Srinivasaraghavan VONCataraghavan (ShariVari), Monday, 21 October 2019 11:44 (four years ago) link
I’ve been wary about They Remain just bc the story it’s based on is such a hothouse piece, like The Thing but with only two characters... just feels like it could go badly. Should I go for it?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 21 October 2019 21:58 (four years ago) link
It's a very faithful adaptation - so any fears you may have are likely to be justified. It's done well enough but adds little / nothing to the story.
― Srinivasaraghavan VONCataraghavan (ShariVari), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 10:39 (four years ago) link
Little Monsters (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond) was great! The kids were very good and very cute. Breezy and wry.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
Luz = more like Lame
High concept horror w great score but not a lot of ideas
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 26 October 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
Also overly cryptic snd repetitive
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 26 October 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
Glad to see some of the Hagazussa love here.
It might be about a syphilis outbreak, but I kind of took it more as a story about anti-Semitism? i mean, there are some pretty notable lines about "evil Jews," directed at Abrun? i feel like anyone not mentioning that when writing about the film is kind of missing one of its huge 'moral' points.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
Caught up with some 2019 stuff in the last couple weeks and never would've thought I'd arrive at this ranking...
Child's Play > Ready or Not > Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
None of them are really very good, but the Chucky remake was at least bad-faith fun.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
Might fuck around and go see Doctor Sleep tomorrow.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 30 October 2019 04:12 (four years ago) link
Early release? I thought it was coming out November 8th.
― mh, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
but I kind of took it more as a story about anti-Semitism? i mean, there are some pretty notable lines about "evil Jews," directed at Abrun?
i did not catch any of this and i watched it twice
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
incredible movie though
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Yeah, one-off screening tonight.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Hey y'all, what would you say is like your top 5 from say the past decade? I watch old horror films like a madman but I've been sorely remiss when it comes to the nu-skool classics that everyone raves about. I saw and loved The VVitch, Mandy, Get Out, and Green Room, I have Us and the two Ari Aster joints sitting on my shelf at home, and I thought A Quiet Place was pretty much dumb as hell. What are the other musts?
― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link