i think King approves of it which is as damning as it gets
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
Wait: does someone in this movie actually sincerely say 'curses!' because I didn't realize this movie was Hocus Pocus.
― Maybe you wanna lay off the Mountain Dew, there, Burt. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
I’ve seen ppl giving MF credit for his attempt to “reconcile” Kubrick’s vision with King’s, ymmv on whether this kind of puppyish eagerness to please all the people all the time makes for good horror but it certainly doesn’t seem like a trait that either of the SKs share
― YouGov to see it (wins), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
I’m paraphrasing the “curses” part but it kind of is hocus pocus yes
wins pretty much has it
I was joking with a friend that half the plot is the same as The Last Jedi, with a prospective teacher hiding his magic powers away for decades and spurning a young apprentice
― mh, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
FWIW I thought the shot recreations were artfully integrated and way preferable to reused footage. And the astral projection sequence was cool.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
It's annoying that Flanagan is so respectful of King.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
On the marketing side, I'm pleasantly surprised that the execs didn't push hard for The Shining 2. Particularly since Doctor Sleep is and always has been a really awful title.
― Maybe you wanna lay off the Mountain Dew, there, Burt. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
Having not been a Stephen King reader but having watched a number of film adaptations, I'm wondering: is the Overlook as a place that feeds on those with the shining something that was extrapolated on more in the books? It wasn't quite clunky, but as a parallel to these energy vampire people who also feed, it made me wonder why they didn't seem to know such places existed.
― mh, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
The series is, like the book, much more about alcoholism than Kubrick’s version.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
(And the scene that would be the ‘here’s Johnny’ scene is completely trapped by the Kubrick version - it’s kind of interesting)
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
― YouGov to see it (wins), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
lol, this looks abundantly bad; somebody watch it and tell me if you diehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=1WbXAOBuo6A
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
i can't find the thread wherein people post their favorite jump scares or scenes from horror films.. help?
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 16 November 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
Best and/or Scariest and/or Creepiest Scenes Ever (from horror films or TV shows or whatever, I don't care)
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 02:46 (four years ago) link
There's really not much to it - medieval-ish monster hunter doing the rounds a la "The Witcher" - and I can see why the ending might be divisive (it also gives it an ironic horror anthology vibe), but I thought "The Head Hunter" was extremely well done, especially since it reportedly only cost $30,000. If that's true that's crazy, because it looks great, the props are great, the location shooting perfect, even the make-up an sound design is pretty good. Very impressed.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 November 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
Never heard of this before.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 23 November 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZqtRbifT6Q
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 November 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
I was shocked to learn it was filmed in Portugal! I would have guessed Iceland, or someplace Scandinavian.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 November 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
that movie was really well made, and imo also had a lot to say about masculinity, self-destruction, and self-preservation in an abstract/emotional sense. excellent movie if you like this sort of thing.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 23 November 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
Also work/life balance!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 November 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
Has anyone else watched the Channel Zero series on Shudder? I have now watched all four seasons and...enjoyed every single one! Would recommend. S4 was especially interesting in its treatment of coping with childhood trauma. A lot of the show has to do with that now that I think about it. Very relatable for a horror series!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
will check it out; thanks for the recommend!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 December 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
I saw all of s2 and s3 and parts of the other two - good production values and a few supremely creepy moments but neither of the seasons I finished quite came together for me in the end
― Simon H., Monday, 2 December 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
I mean it's not the world's greatest or High Art or anything -- but I found each season compelling enough to watch the whole thing. That's pretty rare for me.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 2 December 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
Oh it's def solid and watchable, it was diverting enough on a long train ride
― Simon H., Monday, 2 December 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
I watched the Netflix zombie thing with Martin Freeman, Cargo last night. It's alright, really. Low-budget (presumably they spent it all on Tim) and has a central, largely under-conceptualised free-floating metaphor for the horror visited on the Aboriginal people, but it's pretty affecting, is well played (especially Simone Landers, playing a young Aboriginal girl) and it looks half-decent.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
I thought "Bliss" was pretty disappointing, like if Gaspar Noe directed a low-budget movie based on someone describing "The Crow" to him.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
I'll probably give it a go. I think Eureka are releasing it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 6 December 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
this may be a case where the preview tells you the whole film or it could be a straight up disaster on contact or it could be a fun novelty flick but one thing is for sure: it took a lot of balls to go with that titlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOn2-ZxiJgI
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 December 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
Low-budget (presumably they spent it all on Tim)
the rest on gennies to recharge lighting and camera batteries for all-day bush shoots
central, largely under-conceptualised free-floating metaphor
it's pretty well-integrated tbf - makes the point strongly in a few different ways without over-egging* the metaphor, and resolves more closely than the narrative has hewn throughout. * six of 'over-egging', half a dozen of 'being even slightly close to the horrible reality'
― insecurity bear (sic), Thursday, 12 December 2019 02:14 (four years ago) link
ready or not: kind of poorly-made, kind of ugly, reminded me way too much of you're next at the outset, yet: too fun to resist
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
Disliked it for almost the whole running time but enjoyed the final tableau.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
I've heard of and seen only two of these (One Cut and Climax). Anyone else? Most look pretty intriguing, imo.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3596045/best-2019-10-best-foreign-horror-films-2019/
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
not yet but i'm gonna use that list for hunting, so thanks!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 19 December 2019 06:28 (four years ago) link
welp the reviews of the new Grudge are pretty much "meh" or worse across the board
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Sunday, 5 January 2020 04:58 (four years ago) link
pfft it’s a horror movie, you think i care about reviews
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 05:15 (four years ago) link
although it seems like it was a victim of studio-mandated reshoots lol so i’m no longer excited
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 05:17 (four years ago) link
anyway thanks for bumping this thread, i wanted to sing the praises of silent hill: revelation 3d
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 05:19 (four years ago) link
which is streaming on netflix rn and is full of very ugly cgi and exposition dumps and functions exactly like a video game and the jump scares are just the sort of camera-shaking cheap shots that ruins the new it adaptations for me and yet.... there is something captivating about it. it’s shot really well, the aimlessness/pointlessness of the plot makes the collapsing meta-realties very effective in a hello mary lou: prom night ii way, and jon snow’s american(???) accent is all over the fuckin place it’s hilarious
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 05:25 (four years ago) link
i went in expecting boring trash that would help me sleep and instead i got this hypnotic weird trash that kept me awake thinking about it
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 05:37 (four years ago) link
malcolm mcdowell is in it for five minutes and chews so much scenery it’s like he eats the movie whole. it’s awesome
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 05:39 (four years ago) link
I really liked Antrum, I thought it managed a lot with its budget and quite silly ideas. Several extremely pant-filling moments.
― glumdalclitch, Sunday, 5 January 2020 06:07 (four years ago) link
i had never seen the original silent hill so i put it on last night and imo it's one of the most beautiful-looking films ever made
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 10:50 (four years ago) link
It nicely recreated a lot of the settings but some of the cgi is terrible (a recurring problem with Gans, which is a shame because he has talent) and the ragged people looked a tad goofy. That's only the visual problems though. Am curious to see his segment of Necronomicon.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 5 January 2020 12:35 (four years ago) link
i kinda liked the ropey creature cgi, it added to the unreality of the film for me. also i gotta say this again: the cinematography is staggering. done by the same guy who did the last two john wick films and crimson peak/shape of water
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 5 January 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
finally caught In Fabric - mixed feelings about it. It looks (and sounds) fantastic but the writing is half-assed and perfunctory. There's no real story or characters per se, just a bunch of strung-together moments and ideas. It's more like a very detailed sketch of a film than a proper film itself.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 6 January 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
Admission: The US remake of the original Grudge and the original Silent Hill film are both flicks I enjoy immensely despite feeling as though I shouldn't.
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Monday, 6 January 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
I haven't seen Silent Hill in a long time but I remember being really impressed by its darkness and weirdness at the time. Some real nightmare-fuel visuals in that movie.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 6 January 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
iknow fans of the game weren't as enthusiastic but I think they nailed it, aesthetic-wise.
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Monday, 6 January 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link