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
i would say anyone who loves the vvitch and slow cinema needs to see hagazussa immediately. lemme see if i can put a top five together
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
I loved The VVitch and Green Room, and will still ride for Lords Of Salem. That's about all I got right now - haven't seen Mandy or either Peele movie yet.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
add Under the Skin to your list, OL
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Yesss. Ones I know I need to see based on the praise I've heard: Under the Skin, It Follows, and A Field in England
I have seen Lords of Salem (damn fine until the maddeningly ill-advised final 5-10 minutes). Also Get Out (pretty solid).
― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
Hereditary and Midsommar
― na (NA), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
It Follows and A Field in England, def. The latter is one of my favorite films of the decade, no question.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
i know this mainly just shows the stark difference in our priorities ol, but the final 5-10 minutes of lords of salem are the best part
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
I couldn't make it through Hereditary or A Field In England.
If The Guest counts as horror, add it to your list.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
xpost LOL, they might've been the best part of a very different movie. It's like tacking five minutes of Evil Dead onto the end of, I dunno, The Innocents.
― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
I did see The Guest! Loved that nutty thing.
Also need to see The Invitation, I know.
― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link