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My number one is The Exorcist! Should be in about 13 hours.
Followed by the two sequels. (Cant be bothered by Dominion/the Beginning)
I have seen the original many many times, but never seen Heretic and 3.
3 is rad!!!!
My number one is The Exorcist! Should be in about 13 hours.
Followed by the two sequels. (Cant be bothered by Dominion/the Beginning)
I have seen the original many many times, but never seen Heretic and 3.
Finished "the Mist". Now onto "they live"
Reading up on the production history on Ravenous,
Mystics in Bali: not as funny as I was expecting it to be. The pacing is pretty bad and we have a while to wait until we get to see the flying severed head. Once we get to that point the film finally gets interesting but those scenes are few and far between.
The director's later film Lady Terminator is a better "bad" film. Never a dull moment and incredibly OTT.
I thought we were waiting til the 16th to watch ravenous?
At last...
Oct 1st
White Zombie (YouTube)
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Verdict: Much more fun than I expected it to be. Will definitely be checking out some more Bela Lugosi films.
9/30 - V/H/S and V/H/S/2
Since my list is too long, I decided to start early and watched V/H/S 1 and 2. I figured I'd get those out of the way early since I'd heard very mixed things about them.
I can't say I was too impressed. The quality of each individual short aside, their biggest failing is how thoroughly they botch being "found footage" films. For all the emphasis they place on the idea that the footage on these tapes is real, they don't even try to actually convince the audience of that. The sound editing is so thick it's practically a soundtrack. There are so many cameras that just happen to be around capturing every angle of every scene that it might as well just be a normal film. I'll be the first to admit that nearly every found footage horror film has that problem to some degree, but it was really bad in these. It seems to me that the sole reason to use the found footage style is to create an illusion of reality and boost immersion, but neither V/H/S film even tried to do that. And the whole concept of using the VHS medium seems pointlessly contrived. At least make the shorts somewhat retro to fit that vibe. Why the hell is there a Skype video call on a VHS tape?
That said, a couple of the shorts were decent, ignoring the specific subgenre failings. Most of them at least didn't offend me with their awfulness even if they didn't grab my interest either...most. The prosthetic eye one was pretty damn bad, mostly because the idea actually had some potential that it didn't even come close to realizing. Safe Haven was probably the best in terms of tension and payoff, even if the ending was kind of campy. I'm ok with that.
I dunno. The creators of these films just seem so edgy and full of themselves. As if to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt their disregard for subtlety and immersion, they end both movies with super loud edgy rock songs over the credits along with montages of all the goriest scenes from the film. Yeah, we get it, your movie is super messed up or whatever. Next time stop trying so hard to gross me out, which - believe me - is hard to do, and instead try to actually get me interested in the stories you're telling.
@JBourne: The House of the Devil is an excellent movie, and unfortunately I've yet to see another work by Ti West that comes close to that quality.
9/30 - V/H/S and V/H/S/2
Since my list is too long, I decided to start early and watched V/H/S 1 and 2. I figured I'd get those out of the way early since I'd heard very mixed things about them.
I can't say I was too impressed. The quality of each individual short aside, their biggest failing is how thoroughly they botch being "found footage" films. For all the emphasis they place on the idea that the footage on these tapes is real, they don't even try to actually convince the audience of that. The sound editing is so thick it's practically a soundtrack. There are so many cameras that just happen to be around capturing every angle of every scene that it might as well just be a normal film. I'll be the first to admit that nearly every found footage horror film has that problem to some degree, but it was really bad in these. It seems to me that the sole reason to use the found footage style is to create an illusion of reality and boost immersion, but neither V/H/S film even tried to do that. And the whole concept of using the VHS medium seems pointlessly contrived. At least make the shorts somewhat retro to fit that vibe. Why the hell is there a Skype video call on a VHS tape?
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Lol. I actually dig them...the only short I remember having multiple cameras is Safe Haven. Lol why is there a Skype video on a VHS......simply because that's something the horror vhs community would release.
I watched The Conjuring late last night to kick off the month and it was fucking terrifying
I went to bed and had nightmares. Can't remember the last time a movie has done that to me.
The Conjuring is one of best mainstream horror flicks out there. I had a blast the first time I watched itI watched The Conjuring late last night to kick off the month and it was fucking terrifying
I went to bed and had nightmares. Can't remember the last time a movie has done that to me.
I just watched REC, holy cow that was great!
Now onto REC 2 and Kill List!
Damn, really? I am thinking about watching that and now I'm not so sure. My tolerance for really scary shit seems to be getting lower as I get into my 30's here.
I'm taking my 14-yr old sister in law to see Annabelle this weekend though. Not sure what to think now! LOL
I dig them as well but in my opinion none of the shorts live up to the first two in the first film.
After those two the rest felt pretty bland and unoriginal.
I just watched REC, holy cow that was great!
Now onto REC 2 and Kill List!
Had high hopes for that new Ti West after I liked his previous two movies but unfortunately The Sacrament was a major disappointment to me. I hope you do enjoy it though.Starting off with The Sacrament. No idea what the hell it is. Thoughts? About to start