omfg possessor
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
it's so good!!!!
― Simon H., Friday, 18 September 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
finally someone made a perfect movie
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link
somehow manages to feel like a '90s industrial cyberpunk body horror film without ever completely looking like one. i bet the films syncs up really nicely to a skinny puppy record
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
dissociation cinema
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
That trailer looks excellent.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 18 September 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
there's a reason I was hyping it up back when it first leaked....it's roughly 10x as good as Antiviral which looks and feels like a student film by comparison
― Simon H., Friday, 18 September 2020 01:59 (three years ago) link
Not sure if this is horror but I'm intriguedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74axp18cK3I
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 September 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
It was 5 years ago but did anyone see WE Are Still Here? Just thinking that I need to see more things with Lisa Marie in them. She hasn't been in anything since that year, sadly.
I wonder how she managed to sell warehouses full of Tim Burton's stuff without his permission. Story is that she had the keys and just sold it off quickly, maybe it was just one buyer.
Kind of forgotten how strong an impression she made on me in her Burton films.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
Saint Maud was worth the wait. Didnt think i had much time for slow burn psychological horror right now but the performances are great and it nails the run down English seaside town psychogeography vibe i assume it's going for
― or something, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 13:00 (three years ago) link
House That Jack Built recently added to Shudder....might be time for a revisit
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
Once was more than enough with that
― or something, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
I'm a huge horror fan and have slogged through my fair share of Von Trier miseryfests but I preemptively nerped the eff out on that one after reading some detailed plot descriptions. No can do.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
its saving grace is that it's frequently pretty funny, and the ending is kind of wonderful. lots of pretty pointlessly ugly sadism in between, of course.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
The Lodge - liked its pacing and felt it earned (and stuck) the ending. The Wretched - decent low-budget flick and performances. I like endings, though, vs. "it ain't over!" endings.Underwater - better than I thought. Kristen Stewart in a Dr. Christmas Jones role - ymmv. Good Lovecraftian monsters, reasonable ending, though I question the last station's safeguards.Black Christmas - hokey premise, but appreciated the #metoo inversion. Thought the end fight veered slightly over the top, and glad they didn't go with the alternate "it ain't over" ending.
Waiting to borrow The Hunt, Relic, Vivarium, Train to Busan 2, Save Yourselves, and Fantasy Island from the library. Love my library.
Is Sputnik worth a $6 rental? Expecting that to be Underwater-grade.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
I sorta hated The Lodge, almost came off as a parody of "elevated horror" at times
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
I can see that. It's definitely aiming for The VVitch territory. I thought Keough did a good job, as did the kids.
Speaking of sorta hating and "elevated" parody, how I'm feeling watching "The Third Day".
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
the lodge is great once you put all notions of “elevated horror” out of your head. singular lonely misanthropic vibes and actually scary! no wonder people hated it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
I wish I could find movies scary again, I blame my years covering Fantasia Fest for completely desensitizing me against both psychological and more demonstrative forms of horror (I still enjoy the movies of course)
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
xpost the suicide in that movie was horrifying
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
i don't really find horror movies scary anymore either but usually if they penetrate my defenses it's got something to do with the strength of the atmosphere, which the lodge has in spades
speaking of being scared, i watched host the other day and for an hour-long horror movie filmed in zoom it has a bunch of quality jump scares
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I find the funhouse aspect of horror movies still scary. Like, do they stick with me and keep me up at night? No. But a jump is a jump, and as simple as the movies are I don't know anyone that liked turning off the lights at home at the end of the day after seeing Paranormal Activity.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
actually, the midsection of Hill House did sort of get to me, I think as a result of prolonged exposure to the characters and the OTT howling despair. but that was a pretty special case.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Looking forward to Possessor, Green Knight and I might give Blood Machines a try but more than ever I never know how and when I'll see a film.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
everyone's raving about possessor but i assume from the cronenberg connection that it's gory/gross ... is that correct?
― na (NA), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
yes it has its moments
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
Wolf of Snow Hollow is a weird one - some compelling moments, lots of iffy ones, but mostly worth seeing just for Jim Cummings, who's an incredibly compelling guy to watch. (Also, features Robert Forster's final role :( )
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 October 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
so ... how violent is "possessor uncut" exactly?
i'm really not crazy about gore, was able to make it through "ichi the killer" and "martyrs" but i think that's about my limit
― the late great, Friday, 16 October 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
if you made it through ichi the killer i'd say you're doing pretty well for gore in general, tho idk about this film
― Dinglebarista (Neanderthal), Friday, 16 October 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
Well, those two are about as gory as it gets, so I imagine (having not seen it) that you're probably ok.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 October 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
xpost
I recced that movie to a friend and he got angry at me and couldn't get past the spooge on the plant 2 minutes in
I've never seen that film but Shinya Tsukamoto used his own jizz for that scene. What a legend.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 16 October 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
mess-od acting
― Dinglebarista (Neanderthal), Friday, 16 October 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
I truly hope that is the only real bodily fluid used in that movie.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 October 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
Don't know where else to post this paintinghttps://beauwhiteart.blogspot.com/2016/09/thirst-oil-on-canvas-2016.html
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 16 October 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link
Possessor is very violent but not quite ichi level
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 16 October 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
also the violence is pretty spread out iirc, comes out in these sudden bursts
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 16 October 2020 21:53 (three years ago) link
seeing host made me seek out unfriended (fine but i hated literally everyone and they deserved to die) and unfriended: dark web (profoundly upsetting on a level i rarely get from horror at this point)
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 16 October 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
(profoundly upsetting on a level i rarely get from horror at this point)
does this count as an endorsement?
― or something, Friday, 16 October 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
i would feel weird recommending it to people but yes i absolutely loved it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 16 October 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
That'll do for me
― or something, Friday, 16 October 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
Ana Lily Amirpour (Girl Walks Home At Night) doing Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (sounds like dark urban fantasy or something) and.... a remake of Cliffhanger!??Maybe this film will explore why Frank was smiling?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOW1rhZCTmg
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 16 October 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
Unfriended Dark Web is great fun imo
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 16 October 2020 23:21 (three years ago) link
Posted on the movie thread, but I guess it's horror, so I'll just say "Save Yourselves!" was great and very funny.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 October 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
We are watching an UNCUT version of Possessor tonight! It's part of an online film fest thing. I didn't know Andrea Riseborough is in it, she's awesome. We also watched a bunch of horror shorts and most of them were pretty good. One called "Selfie" was picked up by Netflix iirc for a full length film!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 18 October 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
Anyone seen Butt Boy?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sRvZ8siWLY
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
two of my good friends have. one of them watched it twice in two days.
i need to uhh see it
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 24 October 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
Sounds like one of those Quentin Dupieux/Mr. Oizo movies.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 October 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
Has the been any films with really fun ultraviolence in the recent past? I noticed that slow intense wincey violence seems to have faded away (I never cared for it much).
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 25 October 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link