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STAC Goat posted:So Poltergeist becomes “Spielberg or Hooper?” when it’s just both guys making a film. https://youtu.be/S-Ph5eTtoWQ?si=lNmQLjgvpCCQ2s0n
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:When he got his Cannon deal, he did Lifeforce, Invaders From Mars, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II in a two year span. It's crazy how that run in some ways killed his career too, because TCM 2 was really supposed to be the "Ok fine, I'll give you what you want" movie that they'd offered him the contract for in the first place. And he did not give them what they wanted at all with TCM 2.
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They're moving forward with more Exorcists. Mike Flanagan in talks for the next one https://deadline.com/2024/05/mike-flanagan-in-talks-to-direct-next-exorcist-movie-blumhouse-universal-1235903358/
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Whatever anybody may want to say about TV Flanagan (I ignore it* because it's all been perfect imo), Film Flanagan, man Oculus Hush Ouija: Origin of Evil Doctor Sleep all in a 6 year span. goddamn do I talk someone up for a while if they have that kind of fantastic run. Especially with two of those in the same year! *And I’ll continue to ignore it it seems. This is the only place I’ve seen be anywhere near so negative about him or modern horror lol; I’ll never get it, nor do I want to. The future and present are just as bright (if not moreso) than the past, easily Chris James 2 fucked around with this message at 06:40 on May 3, 2024 |
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Chris James 2 posted:Whatever anybody may want to say about TV Flanagan (I ignore it because it's all been perfect imo), Film Flanagan, man i think we are from different planets because i would give all those movies a big fat "meh"
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alf_pogs posted:i think we are from different planets because i would give all those movies a big fat "meh" yeah i actually thought you were making GBS threads on him lol
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Snooze Cruise posted:with the SOTAR translation Oh, wow. I started skimming through the episodes I'd already seen , and I knew those were a bad translation, but not that bad. Some parts stuff is completely wrong in every way. The girl confessing to being a bully in this translation was about her being possessed by a blob in the one I watched. I"m questioning if I was really following along at all now.
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Flubby posted:The girl confessing to being a bully in this translation was about her being possessed by a blob in the one I watched. Huh.... That must really change the emotional care of that episode...
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Flubby posted:Oh, wow. I started skimming through the episodes I'd already seen , and I knew those were a bad translation, but not that bad. Some parts stuff is completely wrong in every way. The girl confessing to being a bully in this translation was about her being possessed by a blob in the one I watched. I"m questioning if I was really following along at all now. This is honestly a big part of why I haven’t started any of them, I’ve heard about different translations and entirely different interpretations depending on where you view them
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SOTAR is the agree upon best subtitles that are public. The issue is they are ESL. The releases are always subtitled in Russian first, and then they do the English subtitles. The grammar is often not great, but the subs for the most part aren't going to be getting details completely wrong either. Everything else you find is probably MTL with no editing or SOTARs subtitles with the credits removed.
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I liked Flanagan when he made breezy 90 minute movies but the TV shows broke him. Haaaaaaated Doctor Sleep. Tarot is dumb slop. Probably not worth going to a theater but I endorse getting drunk and hitting play on Netflix in ~4 omnths.
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Didn't really like Final Chapter tbh. It kinda lost me. Perverted Shiraishi is worst Shiraishi. It's like the kind of stuff I didn't really enjoy about A Record of Sweet Murder, and I loved the first movie. A lot of weird bullshit and callbacks. I like the weird dimensions and effects and Ishikawa Kudo but I'm sorta underwhelmed. Like the whole panty theft sexual assault what the gently caress, Cool flesh cannon though Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 08:28 on May 3, 2024 |
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Didn't really like Final Chapter tbh. It kinda lost me. Perverted Shiraishi is worst Shiraishi. It's like the kind of stuff I didn't really enjoy about A Record of Sweet Murder, and I loved the first movie. A lot of weird bullshit and callbacks. I like the weird dimensions and effects and Ishikawa Kudo but I'm sorta underwhelmed. Like the whole panty theft sexual assault what the gently caress, eeeeesh i've put off watching the last two as a treat but now it sounds like i may as well stop here
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The perverted bits can be easily fast forwarded through with little lost imo. It's bad but at least it only lasts for a short bit
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I"m at a loss, honestly. I binged the show. Ep 1 had such restraint. The only time you got to see the slit mouth woman without the mask it was dark and grainy. That final shot as they go out the door was creepy. I was pretty excited to get X-files with yokai. Restraint went out the window at the end of episode 4 and on. Effects in broad daylight. I'm not even talking dated cg or bad practical. Those worm creatures look like they were animated in a paint program. I could have pinched myself when green snake bottem Kudo had a kaiju battle with smokey giant woman-demon. It's not like I wasn't entertained. It's certainly a spectacle of a sort. It just had such promise as an episodic show with a real feeling of dread.
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Chris James 2 posted:Whatever anybody may want to say about TV Flanagan (I ignore it* because it's all been perfect imo), Film Flanagan, man Frankly, I've never met a Flanagan joint I haven't enjoyed. He creates VIBES and I'm here for his output.
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Flubby posted:I"m at a loss, honestly. I binged the show. Ep 1 had such restraint. The only time you got to see the slit mouth woman without the mask it was dark and grainy. That final shot as they go out the door was creepy. I was pretty excited to get X-files with yokai. Restraint went out the window at the end of episode 4 and on. Effects in broad daylight. I'm not even talking dated cg or bad practical. Those worm creatures look like they were animated in a paint program. I could have pinched myself when green snake bottem Kudo had a kaiju battle with smokey giant woman-demon. It's not like I wasn't entertained. It's certainly a spectacle of a sort. It just had such promise as an episodic show with a real feeling of dread. Yeah episode 4 is one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
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lonelylikezoidberg posted:How the gently caress is there a new Russell Crowe exorcism movie coming out that is not a sequel to "The Pope's Exorcist"?!?!? Don't worry, we're getting that too  https://twitter.com/PodKatz/status/1785827304213745886Levantine posted:Frankly, I've never met a Flanagan joint I haven't enjoyed. He creates VIBES and I'm here for his output.  Only ones I haven't seen are Absentia and Before I Wake. Liked Gerald's Game, loved everything else, and Doctor Sleep, Bly Manor and Fall of Usher are all-time favs of mine
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Chris James 2 posted:Whatever anybody may want to say about TV Flanagan (I ignore it* because it's all been perfect imo), Film Flanagan,
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Fall of the House of Usher was the first Flanagan thing I really disliked. Even so, you had killer performances from Mark Hamill and Carl Lumbly, so it's not all bad. I just was really struggling to finish it by the end, and I'm someone who watched Midnight Mass over the course of 2 days, Hill House in like a day and a half, etc. I'm hoping Life of Chuck is good, I'm curious just how you turn that short story into a movie.Chris James 2 posted:Don't worry, we're getting that too My Dad cannot watch movies about exorcisms because he was raised Catholic and his great-uncle supposedly performed a real exorcism on a kid and shared that story with my then 8-year old Dad and scarred him for life. But he loved Pope's Exorcist and has watched it 3 or 4 times on Netflix. I'm happy he has his own little horror franchise building.
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Shrecknet posted:man that movie is SO much better than "sequel to a kids toy tie-in movie" ought to be I think a lot of Flanagan's success has to do with his casting. He has his favorites and they all are really good at what they do. Henry Thomas has been such a workhorse for him and is always great. I feel like it would have been easy to be real lazy since there were less than zero expectations for a Ouija sequel, but they went and made an actual movie instead.
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Both Absentia and Before I Wake are worth watching if you like his other output. Absentia is a bit rougher around the edges but still a good watch. e: whoops, sorry for the double post
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The Saddest Rhino posted:The perverted bits can be easily fast forwarded through with little lost imo. It's bad but at least it only lasts for a short bit It's just that I loved the Most Terrifying Movie so much that I was shocked at how much of the movie was just kinda eh for me (when it wasn't outright offensive). Similarly got disappointed straying into 2000s Hooper. 2005's Mortuary has solid ratings on average (3 outta 5) but it's this 2000s gray drab thing that feels like it lacks the magic and eye for composition and color of stuff like Spontaneous Combustion and Invaders From Mars. I've been spoiled, I know. Not terrible but it's forgettable imo. It feels like a lot of horror masters hit the 2000s and started having trouble. I guess a combination of them getting old as gently caress and mainstream post-9/11 era horror just having lame rear end vibes for a while? You get Carpenter, Craven, Hooper (though I still plan to check out some more of his later stuff), I feel like Raimi was the only one that gave me something with Drag Me to Hell and he's younger anyway. Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 15:58 on May 3, 2024 |
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Didn't really like Final Chapter tbh. It kinda lost me. Perverted Shiraishi is worst Shiraishi. It's like the kind of stuff I didn't really enjoy about A Record of Sweet Murder, and I loved the first movie. A lot of weird bullshit and callbacks. I like the weird dimensions and effects and Ishikawa Kudo but I'm sorta underwhelmed. Like the whole panty theft sexual assault what the gently caress, Yeah the sexual assault bits are the one part that keeps me fulling recommending Koji Shiraishi found footage wholeheartedly to everyone I meet. In a way it does feel like a testament for how much I love his stuff that for the most part I can look past that, but it can get really rough. Overall Final Chapter does feel like a weaker one even without that yeah. I personally love all the callbacks and the introduction of the Koji multiverse and the bits with Shohei Eno actually made me tear up in places, but as a whole it just kinda... lacks a really good connective tissue. Ideas I like in a very messy entry. Flubby posted:I"m at a loss, honestly. I binged the show. Ep 1 had such restraint. The only time you got to see the slit mouth woman without the mask it was dark and grainy. That final shot as they go out the door was creepy. I was pretty excited to get X-files with yokai. Restraint went out the window at the end of episode 4 and on. Effects in broad daylight. I'm not even talking dated cg or bad practical. Those worm creatures look like they were animated in a paint program. I could have pinched myself when green snake bottem Kudo had a kaiju battle with smokey giant woman-demon. It's not like I wasn't entertained. It's certainly a spectacle of a sort. It just had such promise as an episodic show with a real feeling of dread. Episode 4 is the best one, smh...
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Snooze Cruise posted:Overall Final Chapter does feel like a weaker one even without that yeah. I personally love all the callbacks and the introduction of the Koji multiverse and the bits with Shohei Eno actually made me tear up in places, but as a whole it just kinda... lacks a really good connective tissue. Ideas I like in a very messy entry. Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 16:49 on May 3, 2024 |
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CelticPredator posted:Minor chucky spoilers Watched this last night and yeah, it was pretty great. I really hope we get a season 4, I really enjoy this show and I think they've hit the perfect vibes between humor and horror. Plus it's a loving treat to get so much Brad Douriff.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:I liked Flanagan when he made breezy 90 minute movies but the TV shows broke him. Haaaaaaated Doctor Sleep. I usually love or hate what he does without a lot between. Dr. Sleep had an insanely harrowing, terrifying abduction and murder of a child that was wrapped with boring, plodding Stephen King mythos and Flanagan familial trauma.
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Nothing else in Usher could live up to that club scene, but if your show's going to peak early that's an insane peak to do it with.
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Snooze Cruise posted:Yeah the sexual assault bits are the one part that keeps me fulling recommending Koji Shiraishi found footage wholeheartedly to everyone I meet. In a way it does feel like a testament for how much I love his stuff that for the most part I can look past that, but it can get really rough. I'm not trying to convince anyone that the material is necessary to the movies, but kojis inclusion of it in final chapter and record of a Sweet Murder feel like him working through ideas on the cultures attitudes of sexual issues and the voyeurism/fetishism aspects of those topics. The panty thing especially plays into the issue of men violating women in that manner that folks even internationally have seen reports on over the years. It gets tricky because he's having the character he's playing do it so save Ichikawa and Kudo, but i do think Koji has a fascination with people doing awful things for supposedly righteous reasons even though those things are a bit self serving (the guy in record of a sweet murder gets the girl he likes back and koji gets his paranormal crew back and gets to keep hunting phenomena to be rich/famous)
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alf_pogs posted:yeah some people hated the ending of Occult because of the FX but his consistent use of wild cheap cg is terrific. nightmarish Lovecraftian creatures from beyond manifesting as looney tunes Japanese Monty Python is way more fun than 90% of horror visuals they're objectively wrong. This Is Hell is iconic and incredible
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TheMopeSquad posted:I liked the part where Carla Gugino was acting like a monkey. Honestly the high point for the show for me. That and Flanagan's wife giving a deranged monologue about how she's a ceiling fan. A lot of Falagan doesn't work for me, his TV stuff is mostly a miss for me. But I liked more than not of Midnignt Mass (not the dealing death monologues episode though, fuuuck) and Usher.
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So sometime this week The Coffee Table finally went up for purchase on Amazon VOD, didn't notice until today and checked it out. Saw a friend on social compare it to When Evil Lurks, and it's not anywhere near that relentless or bloody. But drat does it get dark, and drat does it linger in that darkness for over half the film successfully. Kinda don't even know how to begin broaching talking about it outside of that or spoilers
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Nothing else in Usher could live up to that club scene, but if your show's going to peak early that's an insane peak to do it with. Kinda feel that way about the original Poe tbh "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all" gives me chills just typing it
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Open Source Idiom posted:A lot of Falagan doesn't work for me, his TV stuff is mostly a miss for me. But I liked more than not of Midnignt Mass (not the dealing death monologues episode though, fuuuck) and Usher. I really liked Hill House, Usher, and somewhat Bly, but definitely disliked Midnight Mass a lot. The monologues killed it for me but also just the pedestrian story. Also kinda broke when the cop was able to deliver a full monologue in a town meeting full of racist Massachusetts islanders without being shouted down at all. Made all of it feel like Flanagan had something to say instead of creating an interesting, nuanced story. Oculus, Hush, Ouiji, Before I Wake, and Gerald's Game were all pretty solid movies but Absentia and Dr. Sleep, ugh. I just don't prefer his meandering creations over his ones that seem more focused. It feels like everything he does has some holy crap that was awesome moments and if he could just create an entire film or TV series like that he'd be a slam dunk whenever I see his name pop up.
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