Horror Thread: you're a child. that pisses me off

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Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

I really wish there were more British horror movies like Hammer and Amicus. Like hell yeah give me Peter Cushing blasting the gently caress out of the Mummy with a shotgun.

Like just give me that.

Hollismason fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Jul 13, 2023

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Basebf555: Feb 29, 2008; The greatest sensual pleasure there is is to know the desires of another!; Fun Shoe

Honestly I've always just been grateful that Hammer and Amicus were so prolific during those golden years, they really did churn out a ton of films. It's definitely a bummer though when you start to feel like you've seen them all.

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PKMN Trainer Red: Oct 22, 2007

Finally got around to watching Infinity Pool and while I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, the scenes towards the end of Mia Goth shouting at a bus in a weird baby voice, and then getting drunk on the hood of a car during a death march and squealing in a godawful accent was loving hilarious.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 02:25

Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

Basebf555 posted:

Honestly I've always just been grateful that Hammer and Amicus were so prolific during those golden years, they really did churn out a ton of films. It's definitely a bummer though when you start to feel like you've seen them all.

Amicus didn't produce near the number that Hammer did.

Give me gothic horror straight into my veins.

Like The Asphyx is my jam.

Hollismason fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Jul 13, 2023

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Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/JoePassmore/status/1618587006900252673

She's the best

# ? Jul 13, 2023 03:05

gey muckle mowser: Aug 5, 2003; Do you know anything about...
witches?; Buglord

I just noticed that there was a new horror thread and somehow it�s already 16 pages. please stop posting so much everyone

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Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

gey muckle mowser posted:

I just noticed that there was a new horror thread and somehow it�s already 16 pages. please stop posting so much everyone

There was a announcement for like 2 weeks that we were getting a new thread.

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CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

You don�t need to go backwards in this thread

# ? Jul 13, 2023 03:42

MacheteZombie: Feb 4, 2007

gey muckle mowser posted:

I just noticed that there was a new horror thread and somehow it’s already 16 pages. please stop posting so much everyone

Welcome to the party!

Now go watch some koji

# ? Jul 13, 2023 03:46

Basebf555: Feb 29, 2008; The greatest sensual pleasure there is is to know the desires of another!; Fun Shoe

CelticPredator posted:

You don�t need to go backwards in this thread

Speak for yourself my posts are precious

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Pretzel Rod Serling: Aug 6, 2008

I feel like I�m constantly posting around the periphery of actual horror movie stuff but there�s a funny thread on Bluesky with Mike Flanagan posting about the insanely awful notes he got from Netflix execs on his spooky stuff for them�no idea if this link will work but it rocks:

https://bsky.app/profile/flanaganfilm.bsky.social/post/3k2dlcdy34w2j

# ? Jul 13, 2023 03:52

Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:

I feel like I�m constantly posting around the periphery of actual horror movie stuff but there�s a funny thread on Bluesky with Mike Flanagan posting about the insanely awful notes he got from Netflix execs on his spooky stuff for them�no idea if this link will work but it rocks:

https://bsky.app/profile/flanaganfilm.bsky.social/post/3k2dlcdy34w2j

Nope it won't work.

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Pretzel Rod Serling: Aug 6, 2008

Ah gently caress. Let me copy paste

quote:

Wish I'd kept a record of some of the gems from my time at Netflix. Bad notes are bad notes, but that place was special. There were times I seriously wondered if my execs had been drugged

Just a tiny example - there was one exec on Midnight Mass who just couldn't accept that Riley - who had just been released from prison - didn't have a job.

I pointed out that Riley trying to find purpose, and having absolutely nothing, was important for how we meet the character, but they wouldn't be dissuaded.

"We at least need to him filling out job applications."

I pushed back again, and said that Riley specifically talks about life after prison and how he has been reduced to simply existing, without any direction or purpose...

"What about a montage where he fills out a lot of applications on the mainland, but no one calls him back?"

I asked if a single shot of him having to check the box saying he had been convicted of a crime would do it, but the directive came in - it had to be a montage. We really needed to see that he was TRYING to get a job. If he didn't TRY to get a job, we would never understand the character

"He's just some passive guy if he's not trying to fill out job applications."

So we added a few scenes to the pilot script. Each one meant we had to find a new location, just for one shot of Riley asking for - and filling out - a job application. Over and over again

And finally, when they realized the impact it had on the budget create this thrilling, massive "job application" sequence, they let it go.

"Can you just at least add some dialog about him acknowledging that he should be filling out job applications?"

We added several lines. I cut them in post.

Oh, and one last one - they put enormous pressure on us to "add scares" to the pilot of Midnight Mass. One scene they insisted on doing as additional photography was to help "explain what happened to the cats."

They pitched a scene where we see the "angel" stalking and killing a stray cat. I HATED it. They dug in, though - "if we don't see this, no one will understand what happened to the cats, and this will add a huge scare to the pilot"

I protested and protested and protested but ultimately we lost the battle. So there is this scene in the first episode where we follow a cat, who just walks around, and then there's a POV shot through the bushes, and then it gets grabbed out of frame.

It's like a feline Friday the 13th scene. It remains the stupidest scene I've ever filmed.

Okay okay okay last one - THE MIDNIGHT CLUB.

"We need to know why Ilonka chose to go to Brightcliffe."

"Well it's a hospice, and she has cancer -"

"But what mysteries can she unlock there?"

"Well we have a bit about her thinking she might find a cure"

"And does she?"

"... "

"You mean, does she find a cure for cancer?"

"Yes."

"No, she doesn't."

"Why?"

"... well there is no cure, that we know of"

"I really thought she'd find one."

"... wouldn't that be insulting to the many people who deal with cancer?"

"I don't know, it's depressing if she doesn't cure it."

he goes on to say that, on the other hand, the teams on Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and Gerald�s Game were all actually fantastic and really helped improve and protect the work, so it�s not all bad. but funny trivia for the Mikeheads

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CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

That sounds about right for those kinds of ghouls.

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flashy_mcflash: Feb 7, 2011

The cancer thing is hilarious, and makes me think that even an idiot like me can be a Netflix exec one day.

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Baron von Eevl: Jan 24, 2005; WHITE NOISE
GENERATOR
🔊😴

I was interning at a place doing post production work and even just getting coffee for them it was incredible how dumb the executive producers hanging out would be. One always wrote down her order (never said a word to me) for "café olé."

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alf_pogs: Feb 15, 2012

i liked the vampire killing the cat scene! It's like a feline Friday the 13th scene

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MrMojok: Jan 28, 2011

Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:

Ah gently caress. Let me copy paste

Bear in mind that the producers and studio bigwigs who give these notes are the same ones who are right now planning to �break� the WGA.

They supposedly intend to keep the strike going through at least late October, with the idea that after five months with no income, writers will be on the way to losing their houses and apartments.

They don�t care if the actors guild strikes too, they are still supposedly going through with this plan.

(I realize this isn�t horror-related, but it effects the film industry as a whole, and therefore this genre)

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Ghislaine of YOSPOS: Apr 19, 2020

Creep is one of the worst movies I�ve ever seen wow. pretty much every movie in that first two rows of best of Netflix are unwatchable. it follows was good. i will stick with goon recs.

edit�oh my GOD this poo poo had 90% on RT?!
spoilers follow. the android app lets you click a button and immediately add spoiler tags and images iOS users are being robbed.
there�s a scene where you think the movie is throwing you a curveball and it doesn�t, then it continues to play out incredibly linearly and predictably. nothing but jump scares to pay off the forever shots.

Ghislaine of YOSPOS fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jul 13, 2023

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FueledBySatan: Nov 26, 2006; We are but men

Does Alan Wake count for the horror thread?

I'm playing it for the first time. Am I the only one that thinks the main voice-over sounds incredibly... trite and corny? It almost feels like it's on purpose, but I really don't think it is. People laud this game as one of their all-time favorite games, and the drat voice-over keeps jarring me out of the story. I will admit the actual game play and controls are better than other modern "play a movie" games like The Dark Pictures games and The Quarry.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 05:57

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Ghislaine of YOSPOS posted:

Creep is one of the worst movies I�ve ever seen wow. pretty much every movie in that first two rows of best of Netflix are unwatchable. it follows was good. i will stick with goon recs.

edit�oh my GOD this poo poo had 90% on RT?!
spoilers follow. the android app lets you click a button and immediately add spoiler tags and images iOS users are being robbed.
there�s a scene where you think the movie is throwing you a curveball and it doesn�t, then it continues to play out incredibly linearly and predictably. nothing but jump scares to pay off the forever shots.

Creep kicks rear end

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alf_pogs: Feb 15, 2012

Creep is pretty good but Creep II is even better

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Stink Billyums: Jul 7, 2006; MAGNUM

creep is generally well liked in this thread

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MacheteZombie: Feb 4, 2007

alf_pogs posted:

Creep is pretty good but Creep II is even better

Yep

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Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

sometimes a movie is about just having one really good performance and that is ok and creep does that and its good

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FueledBySatan: Nov 26, 2006; We are but men

Eh, Creep wasn't ground breaking, but I'm a sucker for any even halfway competent found footage movie.

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sad question: May 30, 2020

I like how in Creep 2 the protagonist is Immune to his jump scares and he gets increasingly mad.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 06:34

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

FueledBySatan posted:

Does Alan Wake count for the horror thread?

I'm playing it for the first time. Am I the only one that thinks the main voice-over sounds incredibly... trite and corny? It almost feels like it's on purpose, but I really don't think it is. People laud this game as one of their all-time favorite games, and the drat voice-over keeps jarring me out of the story. I will admit the actual game play and controls are better than other modern "play a movie" games like The Dark Pictures games and The Quarry.

It counts for the horror games thread. And yeah, the voice-over is that way on purpose.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 06:37

Punkin Spunkin: Jan 1, 2010

I thought the two Creep movies were fun just as cringe found footage, not amazing but solid. I was almost disappointed with the first one when he actually kills the guy at the end

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grobbo: May 29, 2014

Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:

Ah gently caress. Let me copy paste

he goes on to say that, on the other hand, the teams on Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and Gerald�s Game were all actually fantastic and really helped improve and protect the work, so it�s not all bad. but funny trivia for the Mikeheads

Well, this reads like a man who won't be coming back for House of Usher 2

# ? Jul 13, 2023 11:52

STAC Goat: Mar 12, 2008; Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Flanagan split from Netflix in December and signed a deal with Amazon. Supposedly they�re working on the Dark Tower. House of Usher is just the last project in development over there so I guess he�s on senior day.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 12:08

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

It was a miniseries from the start anyway. Already filmed and releasing this fall

# ? Jul 13, 2023 12:15

STAC Goat: Mar 12, 2008; Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I think Midnight Club was the only of his projects that wasn't a one off but obviously that's probably dead now.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 12:47

PriorMarcus: Oct 17, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT BEING ALLERGIC TO POSITIVITY

STAC Goat posted:

I think Midnight Club was the only of his projects that wasn't a one off but obviously that's probably dead now.

Netflix cancelled it about a month before the deal with Amazon was announced. It's not clear which came first.

That said, I thought Midnight Club was garbage.

Midnight Mass on the other end was great.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 13:30

Crescent Wrench: Sep 30, 2005; The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination.; Grimey Drawer

For comfort horror, I'll second A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, which is the sweet spot between horror and humor and a film for which I have tremendous nostalgia from childhood viewings.

I could also watch Phantasm any time. I've run the series several times even since Ravager came out. (The only photo I've had taken of myself with any kind of celebrity is with Reggie, in fact.)

# ? Jul 13, 2023 14:06

One More Fat Nerd: Apr 13, 2007; Mama’s Lil’ Louie; Nap Ghost

I liked Creep, both the film and the Lonely Island music video featuring Nicki Minaj.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 14:40

Deadite: Aug 30, 2003; A fat guy, a watermelon, and a stack of magazines?
Family.

Ghislaine of YOSPOS posted:

Creep is one of the worst movies I�ve ever seen wow. pretty much every movie in that first two rows of best of Netflix are unwatchable. it follows was good. i will stick with goon recs.

edit�oh my GOD this poo poo had 90% on RT?!
spoilers follow. the android app lets you click a button and immediately add spoiler tags and images iOS users are being robbed.
there�s a scene where you think the movie is throwing you a curveball and it doesn�t, then it continues to play out incredibly linearly and predictably. nothing but jump scares to pay off the forever shots.

I'm with you on not liking creep. I know characters in horror movies generally make bad decisions but the protagonist made so many bad decisions I was hoping he'd die soon just to end the movie, and that's saying something because the movie is only 77 minutes long.

Also that actor chose to wait so long between lines that I'm pretty sure 30 of those minutes are just his pregnant pauses.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 14:48

PKMN Trainer Red: Oct 22, 2007

I'm going to go on record as saying that I like Mark Duplass and that his TV show Room 104 was uneven, but I enjoyed the episode he was in where he played the reclusive musician who murdered his mom and buried her ALL OVER THE YARD, ALLLLL OVER THE YAAAARD, IT'S WHERE MY MEMORIES LIE, ALL OVER THE BACK YAAAAAARD, FIFTY PIECES OF MOMMY BURIED IN THE BACK YARD *strums guitar furiously*.

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