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

yah, it was streamed on some russian site somewhere about a month ago

Sigh

i mean i'm not proud! but no, there's no way to watch it legally as a stream.

been laughing at this all morning thank you very much. pic.twitter.com/VyjeHENRXR

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"Woman Bites Dog."

I know most people were disappointed by In The Earth but I don't have any real complaints, pretty good. For a while I thought it might be a sequel to A Field In England and Reece Shearsmith had been wandering around the same location for hundreds of years getting crazier

x was so so so so so good

also probably the only post-credits sequence that made me like a movie even more for it being there

! with friends and walked out before that, thanks.

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That should be the tagline for the horror movie based on ILX

bracing myself for disappointment with X cos because of incessant Instagram marketing and also Ti West so I'm cautiously welcoming your enthusiasm

This looks interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt81CJcWZy8

i am asking BradNelson in a polite, nonchallenging way to please expand on his enthusiasm for X, bc i thought it was meh. well-acted in general but not much else about it stood out to me - no surprises, no visual flair, etc. also the central premise seemed to be west trying to have it both ways (see spoiler below for more detail)

it felt like west would say the movie was about the sadness of aging and was intended to be sympathetic to pearl, but also 90% of the horror was based on "ew old people expressing their sexuality"

again - not trying to be a jerk - i appreciate Brad's general enthusiasm. i would just like to hear more about what you liked about it.

the movie is def trying to have it both ways in the sense that mia goth is playing the old woman and is made up to look consumptive as possible, but also the movie definitely knows that "ew old people expressing their sexuality" is a projection of the audience and of literally every character in the film, so it worked for me!

it was also a highly enjoyable hangout movie (with notes of dread) for the first hour. the characters are very charming! i loved the microdynamics of the crew, partic the film school dork and his "churchmouse" boom operator gf

also no visual flair? what amount mia goth in the lake with the alligator? i thought there was a ton to drink in visually!

i did like the lake bit.

also NA my pronouns are they/them (and you do not need to apologize)

OK thanks for letting me know

I loved X. it's not groundbreaking (Ti West rarely is, he just enjoys putting his own wrinkle on existing templates) but stylistically it's marvelous. I love all of the beautiful shots at the farm, the set pieces, and the overall ambience and mood, as well as how ugly things get by the ending.

not to mention that when the blood starts spraying, there are some brutal murder scenes that are visceral as all fuck. well staged on top of that.

really enjoyed Kid Cudi too.

That looks fun

Censor didn't really do anything for me. Niamh Algar was great and Michael Smiley immediately ratchets up the tension in anything he's in, but ultimately I couldn't suspend my disbelief and found the conceit(s) clumsy.

Luz: The Flower Of Evil - Nutty christians losing their shit again. But it's set in the Colombian mountains and it looks really good, striking colors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5PW5r3pEOg

trailer for ti west's x prequel, pearl. imo fuck yeah

Stories by Michael Shea and Henry Kuttner!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwVv6QEzqSs

so excited for my october horror marathon this year https://letterboxd.com/unbornwhiskey/list/halloween-2022-dead-by-dawn/

I have no idea why, but I saw the trailer for One Dark Night when I was, what, 8? Something like that. And it's stuck with me ever since. I've never seen the movie.

Do you lead up to the best budget/production films or intersperse them? Darkness was really satisfying, and I have hope for Halloween Ends, despite the last being a mixed bag. Just watched Black Cat. You could play a drinking game each time Bela flares his eyes or Boris has a spaced frozen expression, but it was still a fun watch.

honestly i just arranged the films by title/poster this year

i am sooooo excited to see darkness

Oh man, I have never heard of Blood Theatre. That looks so bad/great.

good picks! Doing Winterbeast and Monster Dog back to back is heroic and bold. I love them both but they are real mind melters.

Thumbs up for The Shout and Boxer's Omen

meant to report here on orphan: first kill and i'm not even gonna suggest it's "good" or anything on the level of the first orphan in terms of filmmaking (which makes the trashiest concept into a super stressful and effective thriller) but it IS fucking crazy entertaining and i was on the verge of hooting and hollering in the theater all through the second half. i think i prefer it to the first on every level except visually lol (but some shots are great! it's just lit like grey digital soup. but i don't even care!!!! five stars)

saw Barbarian last night: not a horror connoisseur by any means but I think the hype is well-deserved

Yeah, I've kept myself in the dark about that one because I've heard nothing but good things (and also to keep myself in the dark).

Meanwhile, looks like Ti West turned around that prequel to "X" impressively fast (maybe I read that he filmed some of it at the same time?). And from the trailer, at least, "Pearl" seems pretty different from its predecessor.

Would recommend Hellbender, if you run across it. Low-budget, family directed/acted as press says. Found it realized and focused, and thought the mom and daughter sold their characters.

I watched the Conjuring a couple of nights ago - the ending felt kind of limp, the exorcism wasn't that difficult?

Film's kinda overrated, it's boilerplate Catholic guilt horror. Sequel is far better

Saloum on Shudder was very enjoyable. It’s by the same guy who did the Senegalese cop show Sakho & Mangane for Netflix.

Seen so many horror trailers at cinema last week, everything looks competent and professional but nothing grabbing me at all. Is Two Witches any good?

Have you seen Barbarian? People love that one.

Two Witches ... is that, like Hellbender, another mother-daughter movie about, um, two witches?

I'll keep Barbarian in mind but I generally feel wary about the hyped ones if the trailer isn't grabbing me at all. Still haven't seen Titane, Bliss and Possum and some of them are getting a bit old now. These days I want a bit more allure and glamour, ideally artsploitation.

My reservation about Two Witches is it might be overdoing the scary face thing clumsily. I've went on at length about how much I like scary faces but I'm not sure about this one.

Earwig looks pretty good

I really ought to keep track of cinematographers more because a good one looks downright heroic now

At this point, I'm tired of possession or demon films. Haunt films are ok if they're not a visual-only "no rules" affair.

Zombie films only acceptable if they're approaching from an interesting angle (a la The Cured. Romero formula and winky comedy formula are played).

Seems like there are pretty frequently good zombie films from new angles, even if those are still sometimes hit or miss. That Native American zombie movie (great idea, ok movie), One Cut of the Dead, Train to Busan (which I never made it through, but which people love) ...

Possession films are often pretty boring, imo, because they are so tied in to theology - do non-Catholics exist in the world of movie demons and exorcisms and evil nuns and whatnot? - but for some reason I feel like haunt movies have been explored less, or often only by way of spooky kid movies.

Train to Busan is great

Okay, managed to go into Barbarian totally blind, per recommendations. It starts off pretty smart and well made, then it goes off the rails in a stupid and lazy way. Ways, really. There are a lot of similar movies I liked better and still didn't like that I would recommend over this, but I won't spoil any surprises this may have in store by mentioning them.

Men, nice building atmosphere of dread and the movie is gorgeous. Goes enough into metaphor that I lost connection with the protagonist, but still enjoyed the film overall. Bonus for the best analytical reviews of a horror movie I've read on IMDB.