I didn't quite catch it, but did Rockwell's character die or not?
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31 Days of Horror 4 |OT| The October Movie Marathon
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I didn't quite catch it, but did Rockwell's character die or not?
Dandy Crocodile
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Haven't posted at all since October started, so this'll be in one lump. 
October 1: V/H/S (2012)
I'd been meaning to watch this fro quite some time after hearing very disparate reviews. While not as collectively fantastic as, say, Trick r' Treat, it was a solid collection.
The framing story was a bit bland but two or three of the five shorts were unique and scary and I thoroughly enjoyed them.
I'm very much looking forward to watching the sequel in the coming days.
7.5/10
October 2: Saw (2004)
My only rewatch this year, thanks to the recently released blu-ray collection of all seven films.
This franchise is one of my favorites and despite the occasional stumbles (one might have bad traps, the next might have a bad overall plot, etc.) I think it really solidifes into a memorable and decently constructed series.
It's too bad Cary Elwes' acting gets worse every time I watch it.
9/10
October 3: Dolls (1987)
Fun and very 80's, Dolls was cute. Not much else to say, really, other than that I liked it.
8/10
October 4: Annabelle (2014)
The second doll-based film this year, and the second that I'd heard very dissenting opinions on.
I didn't care for The Conjuring when I watched it last year, or when I watched it again last month. It was solid but not scary in the least.
I really enjoyed Annabelle.
It was very obviously paying homage to both Rosemary's Baby and Child's Play, even going as far as naming the main character Mia after Mia Farrow.
It had some great suspenseful and scary scenes (
) and a satisfyingly creepy buildup towards the final act.
I could have done without the
trope, though.
8/10
October 5: Orphan (2009)
I'd been meaning to see this for a while, and had known the twist before watching.
Nonetheless, Orphan was a great thriller with an interesting villain.
Fuhrman was utterly fantastic in this, as was Farmiga.
And what a satisfying ending! Even knowing what was coming, this movie was still suspenseful and thrilling so I bet it will hold up very well for rewatching.
9/10
No bad movies watched yet! I'm having a great month so far.
October 1: V/H/S (2012)
I'd been meaning to watch this fro quite some time after hearing very disparate reviews. While not as collectively fantastic as, say, Trick r' Treat, it was a solid collection.
The framing story was a bit bland but two or three of the five shorts were unique and scary and I thoroughly enjoyed them.
I'm very much looking forward to watching the sequel in the coming days.
7.5/10
October 2: Saw (2004)
My only rewatch this year, thanks to the recently released blu-ray collection of all seven films.
This franchise is one of my favorites and despite the occasional stumbles (one might have bad traps, the next might have a bad overall plot, etc.) I think it really solidifes into a memorable and decently constructed series.
It's too bad Cary Elwes' acting gets worse every time I watch it.
9/10
October 3: Dolls (1987)
Fun and very 80's, Dolls was cute. Not much else to say, really, other than that I liked it.
8/10
October 4: Annabelle (2014)
The second doll-based film this year, and the second that I'd heard very dissenting opinions on.
I didn't care for The Conjuring when I watched it last year, or when I watched it again last month. It was solid but not scary in the least.
I really enjoyed Annabelle.
It was very obviously paying homage to both Rosemary's Baby and Child's Play, even going as far as naming the main character Mia after Mia Farrow.
It had some great suspenseful and scary scenes (
the elevator kept opening!!!, the demon behind the bassinet in the basement, the demon climbing the stairs!
I could have done without the
magical black person
8/10
October 5: Orphan (2009)
I'd been meaning to see this for a while, and had known the twist before watching.
Nonetheless, Orphan was a great thriller with an interesting villain.
Fuhrman was utterly fantastic in this, as was Farmiga.
And what a satisfying ending! Even knowing what was coming, this movie was still suspenseful and thrilling so I bet it will hold up very well for rewatching.
9/10
No bad movies watched yet! I'm having a great month so far.
#5 Dawn of the Dead (1971)
One of those films that unexpectedly holds up. While there's been plenty of imitations since then in the form of video games and the like. This film still manages to be pretty intense and has great gore and neat post-apocalyptic atmosphere. Just a damn good horror film.
#6 The Brood
Felt like pretty low-tier cronenberg, but it was still awesome as fuck, and kind of neat seeing a introduction to a lot of his themes. The ending also manages to come off as both incredibly bitter-sweet in the context of everything the characters have experienced and shocking.
One of those films that unexpectedly holds up. While there's been plenty of imitations since then in the form of video games and the like. This film still manages to be pretty intense and has great gore and neat post-apocalyptic atmosphere. Just a damn good horror film.
#6 The Brood
Felt like pretty low-tier cronenberg, but it was still awesome as fuck, and kind of neat seeing a introduction to a lot of his themes. The ending also manages to come off as both incredibly bitter-sweet in the context of everything the characters have experienced and shocking.
BattleMonkey
Member
Don't think it's specifically stated what happened.
obin_gam
Member
Is it anything like The Others other than in the concept?5. I Am A Ghost 4/5
Oooh, this is a good one! Not only is the concept very creative and interesting (we see everything from a ghost's pov), but it also offers interesting perspectives on the concept of a ghost and how we perceive it in film. I love how the film portraysthat a ghost is not really a sentient being, but a collection of memories in an endless loop
A lot of food for thought in this film. If you want to include something unique and offbeat in your marathon, consider this.
Night 5
Pleasantly surprised by this movie. Absolutely the kind of film you don't want to know more about before taking the dive. Adam Wingard has definitely levelled up in my estimation, and I can't wait to see his new film The Guest.
7/10
Another entry in the might-like-if-you-have-low-standards collection. The Shrine essentially feels like a SyFy original movie with slightly better acting and direction. The faux Eastern European setting cements this. It has a few good moments of atmosphere, but you'll guess everything that's going to happen and there's not much that will leave you satisfied.
3.5/10
Pleasantly surprised by this movie. Absolutely the kind of film you don't want to know more about before taking the dive. Adam Wingard has definitely levelled up in my estimation, and I can't wait to see his new film The Guest.
7/10
Another entry in the might-like-if-you-have-low-standards collection. The Shrine essentially feels like a SyFy original movie with slightly better acting and direction. The faux Eastern European setting cements this. It has a few good moments of atmosphere, but you'll guess everything that's going to happen and there's not much that will leave you satisfied.
3.5/10
Broadbandito
Member
1. Annabelle
2.5/5
Being a huge fan of The Conjuring, I was disappointed in this movie. The previews revealed too much and there were only one or two scenes that turned out alright. The guy that plays the husband was terrible.
2. The Cabin in the Woods
4.5/5
I know the movie is satire, but it really ends up being one of my favorite movies in the horror genre. It has some jumps, brings the laughs, and is definitely one of the most unique and creative movies the genre has to offer. This was probably my 15th time watching this.
Wan was not attached to Annabelle at all. The director was the guy that directed Mortal Kombat Annihilation....
edit: Sorry, Wan was attached as a producer
2.5/5
Being a huge fan of The Conjuring, I was disappointed in this movie. The previews revealed too much and there were only one or two scenes that turned out alright. The guy that plays the husband was terrible.
2. The Cabin in the Woods
4.5/5
I know the movie is satire, but it really ends up being one of my favorite movies in the horror genre. It has some jumps, brings the laughs, and is definitely one of the most unique and creative movies the genre has to offer. This was probably my 15th time watching this.
Wan was not attached to Annabelle at all. The director was the guy that directed Mortal Kombat Annihilation....
edit: Sorry, Wan was attached as a producer
Weekend Round Up!
#1 The Conjuring
#2 Insidious
#3 Insidious: Chapter 2
#4 Sinister
#5 The Awakening
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#6 Hellraiser
The only classic horror movie franchise I've never seen any entries of and I have to say I was a little surprised, in both good and bad ways. A lot of the movie is very dated, from the clothes to the practical and uh, CG (?) effects. But I appreciated that the movie involved some mysticism that is lacking in other horror movies from that time period (Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc) and didn't try to bring the movie down by trying to pin down the exact origins of the cube. I was also surprised that Pinhead was not really the main focus of the movie like I expected. I'm sure that changes a bit in the sequels but here I was pleased that Hellraiser tried to be a little different/original and not just chase the pile of money that those other franchises had stumbled on to at the time. 3/5
#7 The Last Exorcism
I'm a sucker for found footage films so even though the title is a bit of a misnomer
I was along for the ride the whole way. The dialog and cinematography were loose enough that the movie seemed believably real enough to "buy in" to the concept of the movie, so to speak. Even though the movie doesn't ultimately take the concept as far as it could have, making the finale a little underwhelming, I had no real misgivings about spending my time with this. 3/5
#8 The Last Exorcism Part 2
What is it about horror movie sequels that no one can seem to ever get one right? I do applaud the writers for trying to move things a BIT beyond the original (as opposed to Insidious 2 which felt like a carbon copy of the first), ditching the found footage aspect, as well as almost all of the main cast, but the scares were sparse and cheap and the mystic black woman who shows up halfway through with all the answers was a little heavy handed, not to mention awfully stereotype. Still, there's something to be said for never showing the demon and leaving it up to your imagination. I want to hate this but in actuality it wasn't THAT bad. 2.5/5
#9 You're Next
The first movie I've watched due to recommendations in this thread and I am SO glad I did. I was expecting a more drawn-out or slow-burn/suspenseful type of movie and had my guard down, totally getting invested into HOW MUCH OF A DICK the older brother is when
and never let up after that. I loved the style of the movie; from the sound track to the masks to the unapologetic use of blood and gore. It actually reminded me of Hotline Miami quite a bit due to all of that. I did think the reveal that
could have been saved for a little later in the movie but I guess it made up for it with the other reveal that
What a fun movie! Everyone should watch this. 4/5
#1 The Conjuring
#2 Insidious
#3 Insidious: Chapter 2
#4 Sinister
#5 The Awakening
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#6 Hellraiser
The only classic horror movie franchise I've never seen any entries of and I have to say I was a little surprised, in both good and bad ways. A lot of the movie is very dated, from the clothes to the practical and uh, CG (?) effects. But I appreciated that the movie involved some mysticism that is lacking in other horror movies from that time period (Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc) and didn't try to bring the movie down by trying to pin down the exact origins of the cube. I was also surprised that Pinhead was not really the main focus of the movie like I expected. I'm sure that changes a bit in the sequels but here I was pleased that Hellraiser tried to be a little different/original and not just chase the pile of money that those other franchises had stumbled on to at the time. 3/5
#7 The Last Exorcism
I'm a sucker for found footage films so even though the title is a bit of a misnomer
There's never actually a real exorcism
#8 The Last Exorcism Part 2
What is it about horror movie sequels that no one can seem to ever get one right? I do applaud the writers for trying to move things a BIT beyond the original (as opposed to Insidious 2 which felt like a carbon copy of the first), ditching the found footage aspect, as well as almost all of the main cast, but the scares were sparse and cheap and the mystic black woman who shows up halfway through with all the answers was a little heavy handed, not to mention awfully stereotype. Still, there's something to be said for never showing the demon and leaving it up to your imagination. I want to hate this but in actuality it wasn't THAT bad. 2.5/5
#9 You're Next
The first movie I've watched due to recommendations in this thread and I am SO glad I did. I was expecting a more drawn-out or slow-burn/suspenseful type of movie and had my guard down, totally getting invested into HOW MUCH OF A DICK the older brother is when
shit hit the fan at the dinner scene
Felix and Zee were the masterminds behind it all
Crispin was in on it too. I did not see that coming. He disappeared half way through the movie and once his girlfriend set up the axe trap at the front door I thought for sure he would be the unwilling victim to that, so I appreciated the twist of his involvement with the scheme. And then to close the movie with the cop getting it instead I thought was really great, the way the screen cut to black with the blood spatter logo left a big goofy grin on my face.
No, this one's very experimental and low-budget. Very claustrophobic too. The concept may seem similar, but it's not really the same. It's hard to talk about it without spoiling stuff. Just watch it, runtime's only an hour.
pitcairn55
Member
Film 7 Thale (DVD)
Though marketed as a supernatural horror movie, this low budget Norwegian gem is more fantasy than anything. Im not complaining though, because the story of two crime scene cleaners who discover a creature from Scandinavian myth hiding in a concealed basement is absolutely bloody great. As you might expect from a film that only cost $10000 to make, the CGI occasionally leaves a little to be desired, but that doesnt detract from the enjoyment at all, and the film never looks cheap. The acting is excellent throughout, the soundtracks really good, and the Norwegian countryside is beautiful.
Verdict: Eerie, moving and just my cup of tea.
Though marketed as a supernatural horror movie, this low budget Norwegian gem is more fantasy than anything. Im not complaining though, because the story of two crime scene cleaners who discover a creature from Scandinavian myth hiding in a concealed basement is absolutely bloody great. As you might expect from a film that only cost $10000 to make, the CGI occasionally leaves a little to be desired, but that doesnt detract from the enjoyment at all, and the film never looks cheap. The acting is excellent throughout, the soundtracks really good, and the Norwegian countryside is beautiful.
Verdict: Eerie, moving and just my cup of tea.
LFMartins86
Member
Day 6 - I Am A Ghost
Quite a nice little gem we have here. H.P. Mendoza´s ghost story is one of a kind and offers a different and interesting perspective on hauntings. It´s definitely a slow burner but if offers quite an eerie atmosphere and a good performance from Anna Ishida as the soul as the trapped soul that doesn´t immediately realize what has happened to her and why is she still living a series of different memories in a loop.
Highly recommended.
Day 1 - House On Haunted Hill (1959)
Day 2 - House On Haunted Hill (1999)
Day 3 - Oculus
Day 4 - Silent House
Day 5 - Cry_Wolf
Day 6 - I Am A Ghost
Quite a nice little gem we have here. H.P. Mendoza´s ghost story is one of a kind and offers a different and interesting perspective on hauntings. It´s definitely a slow burner but if offers quite an eerie atmosphere and a good performance from Anna Ishida as the soul as the trapped soul that doesn´t immediately realize what has happened to her and why is she still living a series of different memories in a loop.
Highly recommended.
Day 1 - House On Haunted Hill (1959)
Day 2 - House On Haunted Hill (1999)
Day 3 - Oculus
Day 4 - Silent House
Day 5 - Cry_Wolf
Day 6 - I Am A Ghost
Chainsawkitten
Member
The Hands of Orlac Edition
Pretty slow buildup but with lovely visuals and atmosphere. It's sometimes a bit difficult to piece together what's going on but that does kinda add to the mystery aspect of it (I don't get the mystery aspect at all in the other adaptations but that may simply be because I watched this first, though the others do feel more straight-forward). 3/3
The horror is completely gone in this version (although the original wasn't huge on horror either). On one hand, Peter Lorre is fantastic as usual, on the other hand there's the characters of the journalist and the drunken maid which make me cringe everytime they're on screen. And the wacky misunderstandings are straight out of a romantic comedy (albeit a kinda fucked up one). 2/3
The mostly forgotten Hands of Orlac adaptation no one cares about, and rightly so. The horror is again gone. I wouldn't classify it as a horror film at all. The pacing is weird and it seems to completely skip past important story beats that the other two versions took great care to set up (the actual operation itself is glanced over at best). The acting is pretty bad except of course for Christopher Lee who's a lot of fun. He can't save it, though. 1/3
Pretty slow buildup but with lovely visuals and atmosphere. It's sometimes a bit difficult to piece together what's going on but that does kinda add to the mystery aspect of it (I don't get the mystery aspect at all in the other adaptations but that may simply be because I watched this first, though the others do feel more straight-forward). 3/3
The horror is completely gone in this version (although the original wasn't huge on horror either). On one hand, Peter Lorre is fantastic as usual, on the other hand there's the characters of the journalist and the drunken maid which make me cringe everytime they're on screen. And the wacky misunderstandings are straight out of a romantic comedy (albeit a kinda fucked up one). 2/3
The mostly forgotten Hands of Orlac adaptation no one cares about, and rightly so. The horror is again gone. I wouldn't classify it as a horror film at all. The pacing is weird and it seems to completely skip past important story beats that the other two versions took great care to set up (the actual operation itself is glanced over at best). The acting is pretty bad except of course for Christopher Lee who's a lot of fun. He can't save it, though. 1/3
Gameboy415
Member
1. Lifeforce (Blu-Ray)
2. Sleepaway Camp (Blu-Ray)
3. White Zombie (Netflix)
4. The Video Dead (Blu-Ray)
5. Prince of Darkness (Blu-Ray)
-I really enjoyed this one! The music & cinematography were great and the slow build-up as things got progressively crazier was really well-paced.
2. Sleepaway Camp (Blu-Ray)
3. White Zombie (Netflix)
4. The Video Dead (Blu-Ray)
5. Prince of Darkness (Blu-Ray)
-I really enjoyed this one! The music & cinematography were great and the slow build-up as things got progressively crazier was really well-paced.
Lufiaddict
Member
#1 White Zombie (1932) (October 1)
#2 Zombie Strippers (2008) (October 2 - 3)
#3 Sweet Home (1989) (October 3)
#4 Cradle of Fear (2001) (October 4 - 5)
#5 I Bury the Living (1958) (October 5 - 6)
TROLOLOL
Great movie but fuck that ending.
And M. Night Shyamalan should totally remake this.
Oh, and being a non-native English speaker, I don't think I understood a single line uttered by the cemetery caretaker.
#2 Zombie Strippers (2008) (October 2 - 3)
#3 Sweet Home (1989) (October 3)
#4 Cradle of Fear (2001) (October 4 - 5)
#5 I Bury the Living (1958) (October 5 - 6)
TROLOLOL
Great movie but fuck that ending.
And M. Night Shyamalan should totally remake this.
Oh, and being a non-native English speaker, I don't think I understood a single line uttered by the cemetery caretaker.
zero shift
Banned
Not really horror horror, but I enjoyed it. The film has aged crazy well for something that is over forty years old. My only complaint was that it felt...unfinished. It felt like there was a segment missing, the meat of the film ended too early. I do love how
you are never really sure if their friend got shot or if the man with the shotgun on the hill was the hillbilly who assisted the rape.
J-Roderton
Member
Completely scrapped my list and going with films I've never seen before from now on, with the exception of2 or 3.
mechashiva
Member
10. Stalled (Amazon) a friend of mine from England recommended this one and it didn't disappoint. Fun little zombie focused around a janitor stuck in the women's bathroom. Ratings had it at 3/5 but it was a firm four for me. It was able to stay fresh in the small environment and had some fun camerawork. I definitely dug it.
1. Aaah! Zombies!! (Hulu) decent
2. Candyman (Crackle) good
3. Silent Night, Zombie Night (Hulu) forgettable, not worth your time
4. White Zombie (Hulu) didn't get into it
5. The Blob (1958) (Hulu) good
6. Carrie (2013) (Amazon) bad
7. Student Bodies (Amazon) bad
8. The Battery (Hulu) great
9. Phantoms (Amazon) surprisingly good, Ben Affleck is the bomb in it
10. Stalled (Amazon) great
1. Aaah! Zombies!! (Hulu) decent
2. Candyman (Crackle) good
3. Silent Night, Zombie Night (Hulu) forgettable, not worth your time
4. White Zombie (Hulu) didn't get into it
5. The Blob (1958) (Hulu) good
6. Carrie (2013) (Amazon) bad
7. Student Bodies (Amazon) bad
8. The Battery (Hulu) great
9. Phantoms (Amazon) surprisingly good, Ben Affleck is the bomb in it
10. Stalled (Amazon) great
06. The Burning [1981]
Pretty cool slasher very similar to but doesn't quite nail the atmosphere of Friday 13th, the music isn't as good and the fact most of it was set during the day. The raft scene with the shot used for all the marketing is excellent and i have to admit the ending got me.
Just as I'm thinking 'wtf, he doesn't even come back, lame, they're never dead on....BAM! god dammit.
7/10
J-Roderton
Member
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Pontypool
Awful. I don't get it. I thought this would be a zombie movie, and I guess, in a way, it is. It all went over my head. Ending was pretty cool but I have no idea what to think of the rest. Anyone care to fill me in?
1/5
And just gonna recap what i have so far:
1. Rosemary's Baby
2. White Zombie
3. House of The Devil
4. The Sacrament
5. A Nightmare On Elm Street
6. Pontypool
7. Just Before Dawn
8. House At The End of The Street.
Pontypool
Awful. I don't get it. I thought this would be a zombie movie, and I guess, in a way, it is. It all went over my head. Ending was pretty cool but I have no idea what to think of the rest. Anyone care to fill me in?
1/5
And just gonna recap what i have so far:
1. Rosemary's Baby
2. White Zombie
3. House of The Devil
4. The Sacrament
5. A Nightmare On Elm Street
6. Pontypool
7. Just Before Dawn
8. House At The End of The Street.
Movie #5 - The Thing (1982) - TiVo
Haven't seen this one in ages and it holds up very well. The gory effects still look great and makes you appreciate it more with all the CGI that goes on nowadays. Acting was great, the setting of being isolated in the snowy Antarctic is a great change of pace vs. the normal setting of haunted houses and such. So yeah, over thirty years later, still a good horror flick. Thumbs up.
Movie #6 - Cabin In the Woods (2012) - Netflix
One of my favorite horror flicks that I don't mind watching it again and again. A satirical horror film that has a different take with the slasher flicks where you are wondering what the hell is going on as two stories are playing out, but as the pieces comes together, it becomes funny, scary and thrilling all at the same time. Highly recommended. Thumbs way up.
Haven't seen this one in ages and it holds up very well. The gory effects still look great and makes you appreciate it more with all the CGI that goes on nowadays. Acting was great, the setting of being isolated in the snowy Antarctic is a great change of pace vs. the normal setting of haunted houses and such. So yeah, over thirty years later, still a good horror flick. Thumbs up.
Movie #6 - Cabin In the Woods (2012) - Netflix
One of my favorite horror flicks that I don't mind watching it again and again. A satirical horror film that has a different take with the slasher flicks where you are wondering what the hell is going on as two stories are playing out, but as the pieces comes together, it becomes funny, scary and thrilling all at the same time. Highly recommended. Thumbs way up.
October 5th Movie #5 Ravenous
This is the one film on my list I've seen before, but was required viewing as per the set up. It's just as funny and well made as I remember. Carlyle and Pearce are both absolutely fantastic, and it's brutal and violent in an easy-to-take, silly kind of way.
October 6th Movie #6 V/H/S/2
late edit:
Not good, only slightly better than the first at times (zombie story and aliens). There were some legit scares in the first, this just had interesting ideas, but lacked scares.
This is the one film on my list I've seen before, but was required viewing as per the set up. It's just as funny and well made as I remember. Carlyle and Pearce are both absolutely fantastic, and it's brutal and violent in an easy-to-take, silly kind of way.
October 6th Movie #6 V/H/S/2
late edit:
Not good, only slightly better than the first at times (zombie story and aliens). There were some legit scares in the first, this just had interesting ideas, but lacked scares.
ErinIsADrunk
Member
Movie #6: Death Spa.
What a supremely stupid movie not to mention not scary at all but I'll be damned that is a really fun horror flick. The acting isn't very good but it works for what they are going for in terms of camp and there plenty of entertaining deaths. I thought it was really strangely shot in places like when they inexplicably fade to black as if they are heading into a commercial break on TV. Highly enjoyable. After watching a bunch of straight horror for the past week it was nice to have something light and frivolous like this.
What a supremely stupid movie not to mention not scary at all but I'll be damned that is a really fun horror flick. The acting isn't very good but it works for what they are going for in terms of camp and there plenty of entertaining deaths. I thought it was really strangely shot in places like when they inexplicably fade to black as if they are heading into a commercial break on TV. Highly enjoyable. After watching a bunch of straight horror for the past week it was nice to have something light and frivolous like this.
1) Annabelle (Theater)
2) Carrie ('76, Netflix US)
3) Carrie ('13, Netflix US)
4) Scream 3 (Netflix US)
5) Hostel (Netflix Mexico): 4/5 I'm a big fan of the Saw movies, so this is right up my alley. There is gore and scenes that will make you want to turn away. Kind of takes a bit to get going however.
2) Carrie ('76, Netflix US)
3) Carrie ('13, Netflix US)
4) Scream 3 (Netflix US)
5) Hostel (Netflix Mexico): 4/5 I'm a big fan of the Saw movies, so this is right up my alley. There is gore and scenes that will make you want to turn away. Kind of takes a bit to get going however.
J-Roderton
Member
Love Hostel and how it shows how fucked up people can be. I usually can't handle flicks that show so much dismemberment and such but Hostel is just fuckin cool.
The blowtorch to the face and the cutting off the eyeball were crazy insane. And the satisfying scene where he runs over the women. So good.
J-Roderton
Member
Right? After 1 and 2, which I loved, watching 3 left me pissed off and disappointed. Major dip in quality.
zero shift
Banned
What should I watch tonight?
Drag Me Down to Hell or V/H/S?
Drag Me Down to Hell or V/H/S?
walkmetothelake
Banned
Definitely not much of a typical horror film but I really enjoyed it. Fantastic soundtrack and atmosphere.
Film is pretty chilling to think about when you know about the lead actress.
Decided it was finally time to give this one a go after enjoying the remake quite a bit. Got going much faster than I expected and never really let up
(the first half of the film or so is just Ash constantly getting wrecked haha.)
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OP.
1. Halloween (1978)
2. The Battery
3. Halloween II (1981)
4. Annabelle
5. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
6. The Wicker Man
7. The Wicker Tree
J-Roderton
Member
I don't think I ever watched the whole thing. I remember being bored and just feeling too disappointed to even want to continue.
What didn't you get? The doctor in the movie pretty much explained everything. The virus was language, a nonspecific sequence of words/sounds in English that when you heard them, would infect you. There's the emergency French broadcast at the beginning that explains that it is mostly terms of endearment that cause the infection. The VERY beginning of the movie talks about some woman's cat missing, named "Honey" and that fliers looking for it were all over town. Presumably, that is how the outbreak started.
It wasn't the best movie ever but I thought it was unique enough in presentation and idea that I would never call it awful.
J-Roderton
Member
That's it? I series of words that turn you into a zombie killer? And I figured the cat flier had something to do with it.. Either way I thought it did a poor job of explaining anything. Maybe it could use a second viewing. I guess my misunderstanding of the premise of this film makes it harder for me to understand how the Dj cured everyone
even though there was that countdown at the end. ??????
Here
1.75/5
I thought the way he cured his assistant was extremely clever. Have you ever thought or looked at a word for so long that it loses it's meaning and connotation of understanding? That's basically what he did.
And though he tried to cure everyone over the air the government bombed the town to contain the outbreak because that's what the government does in these kinds of movies.
Never heard of this but now I'm intrigued. If only I didn't run out of marijuana the other day :|
#7 Rosemary's Baby
Another rewatch. I absolutely love this movie, to the extent that I have to put aside my disgust for its director. The slow build is ridiculously tense, and the final 10 minutes or so is one of my favorite horror movie payoffs. Classic, everyone should watch this at some point in their lifetime.
Another rewatch. I absolutely love this movie, to the extent that I have to put aside my disgust for its director. The slow build is ridiculously tense, and the final 10 minutes or so is one of my favorite horror movie payoffs. Classic, everyone should watch this at some point in their lifetime.
Inspired is the wrong word for it I think.
Parodied? idk
WEEK TWO (Oct 6): MEDICAL ISSUES
Well, here it is: the bottom. At some point during one of my marathons, I do run into *that* film that is just so indescribably stupid, so aggressively bad, so unbelievably ridiculous that there's no way that I can imagine how it could possibly get worse. Last year, the original We Are What We Are fit the bill in spades, which was so inept that you couldn't even feel bad for how hard the filmmakers were trying to make some good out of it. I saw that film on October 6, 2013. I didn't intend any symmetry this year, but somehow, some way, I managed to watch a film possibly even dumber than that one in Anatomy. Note to self: stop doing that on October 6.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if people who ordinarily make films like She's All That or 10 Things I Hate About You tried their hand at a horror film? Anatomy fitfully answers the question that has never been asked with a film seems a great deal more comfortable with beautiful college students having fun while Fatboy Slim plays in the background than the icky business of slicing up said beautiful college students and displaying them in one of those college buildings that seem to exist only in movies. You know, the ones that have cavernous metal walls and seem to get their lighting fixtures from the same guys that worked on Russell Mulcahy music videos from the 80s. Not that you ever really get the chance to marvel at the phoniness of it all, since the shots are usually so tight in on the actors that you probably count the pores on their nose, and the editing whenever something more complex than people sitting down and talking about, like, ohmigosh, guys are hot but so dumb (or whatever the equivalent it is in German, which probably makes me fortunate that I didn't watch it in English) tends to have more awkward jumps than a 3-year old trying to play a Mario Bros. game. Franka Potente is clearly struggling with not bursting out in laughter at the whole enterprise, especially around the chief antagonist, who looks a bit like Alexander Skarsgard but with none of the charming self-deprecation, leading to a lot of overacting that comes more from the school of recent Sharlto Copley performances. There's an subplot involving some bunch that call themselves the Antihippocratics or some other such nonsense, but any potential is squandered when the antagonist is outed as being too extreme for a group that counted Josef Mengele in their ranks. Or something like that, I don't know, it gets dropped pretty quickly.
Do not see this movie.
Well, here it is: the bottom. At some point during one of my marathons, I do run into *that* film that is just so indescribably stupid, so aggressively bad, so unbelievably ridiculous that there's no way that I can imagine how it could possibly get worse. Last year, the original We Are What We Are fit the bill in spades, which was so inept that you couldn't even feel bad for how hard the filmmakers were trying to make some good out of it. I saw that film on October 6, 2013. I didn't intend any symmetry this year, but somehow, some way, I managed to watch a film possibly even dumber than that one in Anatomy. Note to self: stop doing that on October 6.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if people who ordinarily make films like She's All That or 10 Things I Hate About You tried their hand at a horror film? Anatomy fitfully answers the question that has never been asked with a film seems a great deal more comfortable with beautiful college students having fun while Fatboy Slim plays in the background than the icky business of slicing up said beautiful college students and displaying them in one of those college buildings that seem to exist only in movies. You know, the ones that have cavernous metal walls and seem to get their lighting fixtures from the same guys that worked on Russell Mulcahy music videos from the 80s. Not that you ever really get the chance to marvel at the phoniness of it all, since the shots are usually so tight in on the actors that you probably count the pores on their nose, and the editing whenever something more complex than people sitting down and talking about, like, ohmigosh, guys are hot but so dumb (or whatever the equivalent it is in German, which probably makes me fortunate that I didn't watch it in English) tends to have more awkward jumps than a 3-year old trying to play a Mario Bros. game. Franka Potente is clearly struggling with not bursting out in laughter at the whole enterprise, especially around the chief antagonist, who looks a bit like Alexander Skarsgard but with none of the charming self-deprecation, leading to a lot of overacting that comes more from the school of recent Sharlto Copley performances. There's an subplot involving some bunch that call themselves the Antihippocratics or some other such nonsense, but any potential is squandered when the antagonist is outed as being too extreme for a group that counted Josef Mengele in their ranks. Or something like that, I don't know, it gets dropped pretty quickly.
Do not see this movie.
5. Cabin Fever 3 (Netflix)
I was a big fan of the original and was really disappointed with the first sequel (though feel that I should rewatch that again), and this seemed better than that but still not great. Splitting the time between the friends and the scientists was neat at least. Some decent moments, but overall another disappointing sequel.
6. Annabelle (theater)
It was alright. Some decent scares, and I felt like it did a solid job of showing why we should be afraid of the doll (whereas in The Conjuring we only got a door closing and everyone saying to be afraid, telling rather than showing). Some actors that I liked were in it (Master Bra'tac, and the woman from Star Trek First Contact), so that was fun.
7. Sinister (apparently my sister had the dvd, also apparently they still make dvd's)
I rather liked this one. Ethan Hawke was great in it, and while his character is unlikable, I enjoyed the portrayal. The monster was rather unique (essentially a take on the boogieman), and while I felt that it relied too much on "scary moment" tropes (kinda scary thing jumps in front of camera while music blares, ooh scary) the tone worked for a good chunk of the movie. I liked the blend of timeframes, since it uses film reels to progress things but it was clearly set in modern time. Overall not too bad.
8. Blood Night: Legend of Mary Hatchet (HBO Go)
This was pretty awful. I dont mind a low budget, but it needs a solid story and characters and this definitely didn't have either of those. It spent the first half of the movie with the lives of the characters, and while character building is fine, it has to happen to be useful and it just didn't. So at the halfway point I just want all the characters to die, but the killer isn't interesting at all. This was just really bad overall.
I was a big fan of the original and was really disappointed with the first sequel (though feel that I should rewatch that again), and this seemed better than that but still not great. Splitting the time between the friends and the scientists was neat at least. Some decent moments, but overall another disappointing sequel.
6. Annabelle (theater)
It was alright. Some decent scares, and I felt like it did a solid job of showing why we should be afraid of the doll (whereas in The Conjuring we only got a door closing and everyone saying to be afraid, telling rather than showing). Some actors that I liked were in it (Master Bra'tac, and the woman from Star Trek First Contact), so that was fun.
7. Sinister (apparently my sister had the dvd, also apparently they still make dvd's)
I rather liked this one. Ethan Hawke was great in it, and while his character is unlikable, I enjoyed the portrayal. The monster was rather unique (essentially a take on the boogieman), and while I felt that it relied too much on "scary moment" tropes (kinda scary thing jumps in front of camera while music blares, ooh scary) the tone worked for a good chunk of the movie. I liked the blend of timeframes, since it uses film reels to progress things but it was clearly set in modern time. Overall not too bad.
8. Blood Night: Legend of Mary Hatchet (HBO Go)
This was pretty awful. I dont mind a low budget, but it needs a solid story and characters and this definitely didn't have either of those. It spent the first half of the movie with the lives of the characters, and while character building is fine, it has to happen to be useful and it just didn't. So at the halfway point I just want all the characters to die, but the killer isn't interesting at all. This was just really bad overall.
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#4 The Legend of Hell House
Director: John Hough
Now I know where Scary Movie 2 parodied most of it's material.
I quite liked this one. I'm not a big fan of the Haunted House setting, but this was good.
Director: John Hough
Now I know where Scary Movie 2 parodied most of it's material.
I quite liked this one. I'm not a big fan of the Haunted House setting, but this was good.
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5. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Despite being low-budget, the movie does a great job with atmosphere, being trapped in a house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by strange people trying to get you, and with no weapons to help (until the gun is found later). Then the family comes out of the cellar, and it turns to arguments on how to survive. Turn on the TV, and this isn't an isolated incident, it's happening all over the country. Knowing that this movie is the first in a series, that's scary knowing you're witnessing the dawn of the zombie apocalypse, though since this was intended as a one-off, it's still scary knowing that even if you manage to deal with the zombies outside the house, you still have to deal with countless more around the country. Also worth noting that the word "zombie" isn't used, the TV reporter refers to them as "ghouls".
On the downside, the explanation of the zombies is pretty stupid compared to, say, the T-Virus or black magic. Radiation from Venus carried on a probe? Really? Ok, I should cut it some slack since it's a B-movie. Also, the zombies don't really try to break into the house until later. They just seem to stand there, waiting for someone to come out.
Despite being low-budget, the movie does a great job with atmosphere, being trapped in a house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by strange people trying to get you, and with no weapons to help (until the gun is found later). Then the family comes out of the cellar, and it turns to arguments on how to survive. Turn on the TV, and this isn't an isolated incident, it's happening all over the country. Knowing that this movie is the first in a series, that's scary knowing you're witnessing the dawn of the zombie apocalypse, though since this was intended as a one-off, it's still scary knowing that even if you manage to deal with the zombies outside the house, you still have to deal with countless more around the country. Also worth noting that the word "zombie" isn't used, the TV reporter refers to them as "ghouls".
On the downside, the explanation of the zombies is pretty stupid compared to, say, the T-Virus or black magic. Radiation from Venus carried on a probe? Really? Ok, I should cut it some slack since it's a B-movie. Also, the zombies don't really try to break into the house until later. They just seem to stand there, waiting for someone to come out.
Slightly abridged thoughts because I'm terrible at keeping up with this thread.
#4 Kuroneko (1968) (October 3rd)
A beautifully shot ghost tale. It's interesting in how it presents Samurai as brutal and self-serving. I don't know if I prefer this or Onibaba but both are worth checking out.
#5 House (1977) (October 3rd)
That was um, yeah. Describing House is like trying to explain color to a blind person. It's like a filmed fun house ride using every optical and visual trick around. Just a completely nuts, unique experience.
#6 Jigoku (1960) (October 4th)*Bonus*
I watched House and Kuroneko on the same day and had to find another older Japanese horror movie. It's completely brutal and unrelenting in punishing it's characters with a literal descent into hell.
#7 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (October 5th)
I've seen the original but wasn't really taken with it. I really like this version though. I don't know how it's only rated PG.
#8 Maniac (2012) (October 6th)
A remake from the 2000's that gets it right. I'm a fan of the original, but it doesn't just do the remake thing of making everything louder and gorier. (They don't try and redo one of the all time best shotgun to the head explosions.) The POV style is a gimmick but it manages to work throughout with some really hard to watch scense.
#4 Kuroneko (1968) (October 3rd)
A beautifully shot ghost tale. It's interesting in how it presents Samurai as brutal and self-serving. I don't know if I prefer this or Onibaba but both are worth checking out.
#5 House (1977) (October 3rd)
That was um, yeah. Describing House is like trying to explain color to a blind person. It's like a filmed fun house ride using every optical and visual trick around. Just a completely nuts, unique experience.
#6 Jigoku (1960) (October 4th)*Bonus*
I watched House and Kuroneko on the same day and had to find another older Japanese horror movie. It's completely brutal and unrelenting in punishing it's characters with a literal descent into hell.
#7 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (October 5th)
I've seen the original but wasn't really taken with it. I really like this version though. I don't know how it's only rated PG.
#8 Maniac (2012) (October 6th)
A remake from the 2000's that gets it right. I'm a fan of the original, but it doesn't just do the remake thing of making everything louder and gorier. (They don't try and redo one of the all time best shotgun to the head explosions.) The POV style is a gimmick but it manages to work throughout with some really hard to watch scense.
#5 Black Sabbath
"Embrace me Vladimire...embrace me and blend your kisses with mine!" "I'm sorry, what?"
I may have fabricated part of that exchange, but the important parts are truth. Sabbath peaks early with "The Drop of Water," an eerie and patient dark fable with keen waxy makeup and psychedelic lighting. "The Telephone" seems like it might creep along in the same way, given the slow opening and similarly lavish set. Then the titular object rings and...that's it, that's just about everything right there. Events occur sure but they don't build to anything scary or even attempt to be elusive. "The Wurdalak" sadly matches that second segmentpromising opening, spoiled when the entry abandons tension for Karloff walking around all campily. I bore myself picking on plot stuff, but here it's truly bothersome: the characters spend 10 minutes talking about how Wurdalaks exist, they're vampires they hunt those they love don't let their father in if he's even a second late. Then he's a second late and you think there'll be some dilemma, some argumentation, tension. Nope, he walks in and they all go to bed so that fangs can pierce necks as two boring hot people flirt. still better than The Strain.
#1 White Zombie (10/1)
#2 Strange Circus (10/2)
#3 Night of the Creeps (10/3)
#4 Event Horizon (10/5)
"Embrace me Vladimire...embrace me and blend your kisses with mine!" "I'm sorry, what?"
I may have fabricated part of that exchange, but the important parts are truth. Sabbath peaks early with "The Drop of Water," an eerie and patient dark fable with keen waxy makeup and psychedelic lighting. "The Telephone" seems like it might creep along in the same way, given the slow opening and similarly lavish set. Then the titular object rings and...that's it, that's just about everything right there. Events occur sure but they don't build to anything scary or even attempt to be elusive. "The Wurdalak" sadly matches that second segmentpromising opening, spoiled when the entry abandons tension for Karloff walking around all campily. I bore myself picking on plot stuff, but here it's truly bothersome: the characters spend 10 minutes talking about how Wurdalaks exist, they're vampires they hunt those they love don't let their father in if he's even a second late. Then he's a second late and you think there'll be some dilemma, some argumentation, tension. Nope, he walks in and they all go to bed so that fangs can pierce necks as two boring hot people flirt. still better than The Strain.
#1 White Zombie (10/1)
#2 Strange Circus (10/2)
#3 Night of the Creeps (10/3)
#4 Event Horizon (10/5)