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thethuthinnang posted:Just saw Adam Green's Frozen. I never imagined a movie about three people stuck on a chairlift could play out so well. Highly recommended.
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InfiniteZero posted:If you liked "Paranormal Activity" you might like "Rec", "Rec2", or "The Fourth Kind" I guess. The recommendation thread seems to be full of normal movies, I want horror, but I will que up some of the classics there to watch later. Already seen Rec, watching Rec2 now, seems they went a very different angle with it, but so far I like it. And I did find The Fourth Kind to be entertaining, but not really frightening.
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frozenpeas posted:Did anyone see The Horde? I'd like to hear some goon opinions on it. I walked out of it, camera wouldn't sit still for a second, couldn't tell what the hell was going on so I just walked out.
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Scissorfighter posted:I just watched it, and this is explained in the movie. He for some reason likes to keep someone alive in a box, and the guy in the box said he was "bait." Yeah but The Collector had repeatedly tried to kill him before then.
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rxcowboy posted:Hey guys, I know this is a very open request but I'm in the mood for a good "scary" horror movie to watch tonight since I have jack poo poo to do. Movies like the original Exorcist and Paranormal activity creep me out the most, I end up laughing at Friday the 13th and zombie movies. Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated! Lake Mungo. It is a lot like Paranormal Activity but weirder and leaves more things unexplained. Also the characters are much less annoying.
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Industrial posted:Lake Mungo. It is a lot like Paranormal Activity but weirder and leaves more things unexplained. Also the characters are much less annoying. Also it's incredibly boring and literally nothing happens and it's not in the least bit scary.
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Sep 14, 2010 01:48
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Dickeye posted:Also it's incredibly boring and literally nothing happens and it's not in the least bit scary. That's what a lot of people said about Paranormal Activity too. If you like one it's likely that you will like the other.
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I thought Lake Mungo was entertaining. I hated Paranormal Activity. Neither was particularly scary, but Lake Mungo was at least sort of creepy, and didn't have something retardedly tension-destroying happening every 15 minutes like PA.
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Industrial posted:That's what a lot of people said about Paranormal Activity too. If you like one it's likely that you will like the other. I loved Paranormal Activity and think that Lake Mungo is one of the most boring and least scary movies I've ever seen, on the same level that I despise Blair Witch. WE SAW HER GHOST and then it was a trick AND THEN WE SAW HER FACE and it was a reflection AND THEN FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER THIS IS THE MOVIE
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Two things for horror requesters to remember: (1) "Scary" is subjective. Something that scares the poo poo out of you will do nothing to the person next door and vice versa. Saying "I want to see something actually scary" is like saying "I want to see some art that's actually good". (2) If a movie that is intended to be scary doesn't scare you, nobody gives a poo poo. I think part of it too is that you need to remember that people enjoy the genre for different reasons. Some people want to "be scared" - these people tend to want to be absorbed into the movie and 'experience' it. Others (I'm in this category) want to sit back and laugh and have a good time - normally this type of person is disconnected from the screen and reality so they're not often scared because they're always aware either of the film itself and/or the 'experience of' being an audience member (like a circus ride). TLDR - "scary" is subjective
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I don't think Lake Mungo was trying to be scary, honestly. I think it was trying to be a "what if there was a ghost story that turned out to be something more?" movie, and I don't think it did that very well. Everything seemed so...dull, lifeless, just pure boring
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frozenpeas posted:Did anyone see The Horde? I'd like to hear some goon opinions on it. Pretty terrible action flick with zombies in it. For the person who wanted scary movies like The Exorcist and PA, both of those movies terrified me and I found Ju-On The Grudge to be creepy as all get out.
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rxcowboy posted:Hey guys, I know this is a very open request but I'm in the mood for a good "scary" horror movie to watch tonight since I have jack poo poo to do. Movies like the original Exorcist and Paranormal activity creep me out the most, I end up laughing at Friday the 13th and zombie movies. Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated! You've probably seen them, but when someone is looking for a genuinely scary/creepy movie I always bust out these two recommendations: Jacob's Ladder, and The Thing.
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The only 'recent' movie to scare me was Session 9. I'm interested in urbex though and could put myself in that setting. Plus how can you not watch a movie with this: 
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Boinks posted:
Caruso deserves an award for that scene. That's amazing.
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Apparently there's some fuckery afoot with the trailer on the Paranormal Activity 2 site. There's a really brief snippet of footage right after the bit where the pans are waving back and forth in the kitchen. Keep cycling back over it. Eventually something ... weird ... happens. Not sure what it means, and I'd love to see it slowed down because I thought I caught some text in there. And if you do the above then wait for the very end of the trailer, you'll get a very slow, panning zoom into the final shot. You can control it, to an extent. No idea what to make of it.
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I can't believe no one knows what Paranormal Activity 2 is about yet. The only thing anyone knows is that Katie is in it and maybe Micah again too.
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Toaster Beef posted:Apparently there's some fuckery afoot with the trailer on the Paranormal Activity 2 site. There's definitely something there, I caught it the first time. Just drag the slider back to the flash and hold it there. No idea what the gently caress it is. e: I was messing with the final shot thing, and the zoom plus the "demon distortion" noises freaked me out too much and I had to stop.
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TOOT BOOT posted:I can't believe no one knows what Paranormal Activity 2 is about yet. The only thing anyone knows is that Katie is in it and maybe Micah again too. And the important thing we all want to know is if Katie will spend a lot of time running around in a tight t-shirt.
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Slasherfan posted:Looks like there was a screening for Let Me In as reviews have started to come in. Dang I was all pumped to hate on this, too. I'll probably check it out if for no other reason than I love the original too much to pass up a remake, regardless of quality.
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Slasherfan posted:It's an 80s movie but I always recommend The Changeling (not the recent movie directed by Clint Eastwood) for someone looking for a good scare. I love The Changeling!! Along those lines, check out Peter Straub's Ghost Story as well for all your campy 80's spookiness featuring aging British theater actors! Industrial posted:Lake Mungo. It is a lot like Paranormal Activity but weirder and leaves more things unexplained. Also the characters are much less annoying. Lake Mungo was boring as gently caress. I can't believe you recommended it. It wasn't disturbing or eerie or anything, it was just boring. I see later that someone agrees with me, that's what I get for replying to posts as I read them. Defleshed fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Sep 14, 2010 |
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Lake Mungo was slow but absolutely fantastic for watching at like two in the morning, so you haters can go hate on something that actually sucks
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If Lake Mungo had been framed a little bit differently and removed the "oh well in these photos" bullshit and just been about a girl vanishing and her fmaily finding out about bits and pieces of a secret life she led, that might be interesting. As it was? Nope.
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Just saw Frozen as well and am throwing in another recommendation for it. A simple premise executed really, really well. Much better than say, Open Water in my opinion. It helps that all of the actors were pretty solid, especially Emma Bell. This is coming from someone who hated Hatchet.
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qbert posted:Just saw Frozen as well and am throwing in another recommendation for it. A simple premise executed really, really well. Much better than say, Open Water in my opinion. It helps that all of the actors were pretty solid, especially Emma Bell. Good to hear she can act, she's been cast as the lead in Final Destination 5.
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Slasherfan posted:Good to hear she can act, she's been cast as the lead in Final Destination 5. She's also in the new Walking Dead series!
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Boinks posted:The only 'recent' movie to scare me was Session 9. I'm interested in urbex though and could put myself in that setting. I'd never heard of 'Frozen', I think I'll have to check it out. Recent horror movies I enjoyed: - The Hitcher (remake). I want to watch the original, although I've seen the final confrontation on youtube. Sean Bean was awesome as the villain, he was menacing as gently caress. And Sophia Bush is really cute. - Pandorum. I like Dennis Quaid a lot no matter what he's doing, and the movie had a really cool claustrophobic vibe. The set design and general atmosphere reminded me a lot of "Dead Space", and it generally felt a lot like 'Event Horizon' crossed with 'Alien'. I dug the really bleak "this ain't gonna have a happy ending" vibe that carried 90% of the movie, so I was actually a little let down at the very end when it ended up having a really saccharine ending. v  v- Blood Creek. I like wacky occult WWII super-science stuff and the villain was nuts. I liked the siege elements, I liked the ending a lot, although I wish the main character had started asking questions a little earlier into the movie. He gets roped into all this craziness and just goes along with his brother without actually asking what he's doing or why (like taking a shitload of guns and assaulting some random farmhouse. I dunno about other people, but I'd probably stop and ask some questions before I blindly went along with that plan).
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The biggest problem with Frozen is the lovely writing. It suffers so much from lovely stupid people doing lovely stupid things which never would have put them in that situation it's hard to believe. I mean, the truck is literally right beneath them and NO ONE thinks to throw a drat thing at the truck until it starts moving away and then they just miss it the entire time? The dude who jumps doesn't think to jump to a tree to break the fall? (lynch fears hitting the trees when he tries to climb down) They both sleep far apart through the night instead of huddled for warmth? they don't think to cover her exposed hand? the list goes on edit: the puppies were really beautiful Guilty fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Sep 15, 2010 |
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Guilty posted:The biggest problem with Frozen is the lovely writing. It suffers so much from lovely stupid people doing lovely stupid things which never would have put them in that situation it's hard to believe. I mean, the truck is literally right beneath them and NO ONE thinks to throw a drat thing at the truck until it starts moving away and then they just miss it the entire time? The dude who jumps doesn't think to jump to a tree to break the fall? (lynch fears hitting the trees when he tries to climb down) They both sleep far apart through the night instead of huddled for warmth? they don't think to cover her exposed hand? the list goes on YES this is what bothered me as well. Climbing along the cable, just let your legs hang! Jumping from the lift, straight legs to the ground! I'm not usually the type to nit pick but this film just had to much going on with me responding ?what?.
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eckoelab posted:just saw a preview for a new Italian zombie flick called Eaters UWE BOLL PRESENTS... Is that one of the people behind it, to whom you were referring? Checking the rest of the credits, it doesn't seem like he had anything to do with the production, so he could just be helping with distribution and getting to slap his name on it in return. Looks like some really neat gore FX, mostly a remake of Day of the Dead. Stryder fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Sep 17, 2010 |
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Guilty posted:The biggest problem with Frozen is the lovely writing. It suffers so much from lovely stupid people doing lovely stupid things which never would have put them in that situation it's hard to believe. I mean, the truck is literally right beneath them and NO ONE thinks to throw a drat thing at the truck until it starts moving away and then they just miss it the entire time? The dude who jumps doesn't think to jump to a tree to break the fall? (lynch fears hitting the trees when he tries to climb down) They both sleep far apart through the night instead of huddled for warmth? they don't think to cover her exposed hand? the list goes on Given the extreme emotions of the situation I don't think they do anything too stupid. Granted, maybe I should be watching more episodes of Survivorman or something but I'd probably be about as lost as they were in that situation. Some of the things they did may have been stupid, but not necessarily unbelievably stupid.
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Toaster Beef posted:Lake Mungo was slow but absolutely fantastic for watching at like two in the morning, so you haters can go hate on something that actually sucks Yeah I think Lake Mungo was pretty good, though you'll be pretty disappointed if you go into it looking for another Paranormal Activity. It's really more of a slightly eerie drama with one or two scary moments than an actual horror film.
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Guilty posted:The biggest problem with Frozen is the lovely writing. It suffers so much from lovely stupid people doing lovely stupid things which never would have put them in that situation it's hard to believe. I mean, the truck is literally right beneath them and NO ONE thinks to throw a drat thing at the truck until it starts moving away and then they just miss it the entire time? The dude who jumps doesn't think to jump to a tree to break the fall? (lynch fears hitting the trees when he tries to climb down) They both sleep far apart through the night instead of huddled for warmth? they don't think to cover her exposed hand? the list goes on The movie had some huge issues, but they weren't mostly character decision issues as much as writing contrivances to put them in bad situations. As for the truck, when it pulled up they thought it saw them. Once it started leaving, they realized it didn't, and threw something at it. Made sense in context. Not too much of a problem. Now as for the jumping guy, yes, that was utterly retarded. Why the hell would he jump straight down on two legs? I don't buy the tree thing since there was nothing that close shown in frame, technically (and it was a kind of "now or never move) - but jumping down and rolling with the impact, or swinging with the snowboard or jumping and falling on your rear end even make a ton of more sense, and go through your head first. As for cuddling, yeah, stupid...I expected them too but...no idea. My biggest issue was the wolves though. They were just too obvious of a plot device that existed to remove any feasible way of escape, and were annoying because of that.
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Kentucky Shark posted:Yeah I think Lake Mungo was pretty good, though you'll be pretty disappointed if you go into it looking for another Paranormal Activity. It's really more of a slightly eerie drama with one or two scary moments than an actual horror film. There you go, that's the best way to describe it. The idea of your daughter vanishing without a trace, and learning about her secret life afterwards, that's a little weird, but it's definitely not scary.
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qbert posted:Given the extreme emotions of the situation I don't think they do anything too stupid. Granted, maybe I should be watching more episodes of Survivorman or something but I'd probably be about as lost as they were in that situation. Some of the things they did may have been stupid, but not necessarily unbelievably stupid. It really doesn't take watching episodes of survivorman to realize you need to huddle close to a warm body in order to stay warm in the cold, or that even if you think a truck sees you should intentionally throw something AT the vehicle to make sure it sees and recognizes you, or that jumping AT a tree instead of directly down to the ground would be a better idea (they show shots of trees directly underneath lynch when he goes to climb the cable in order to try and establish how high they are, the other guy could have jumped at the trees) Not even going to get into the sperginess of their situation (the wolves, the frostbite), since you could forgive a lot of it for dramatic effect. Still, I couldn't tell if the acting or anything else was good because of the utter retardedness of the lovely, lovely writing. (the dialog was pretty bad too) Edit: now that I think about it, Frozen had worse writing and more plot holes than Donkey Punch, and that's saying something.
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About Lake Mungo (which I actually liked): After the ending, did anyone go back and check to see if the daughter was actually present in the original scenes where her image was later revealed? I remember being pleased when I rewound Timecrimes and spotted a hiding character's arm in the background of the first time travel machine scene after seeing it portrayed from that character's point of view toward the end. I like the idea of a movie playing things fair and betting that you'll miss details like those the first time around. Corin Tucker's Stalker fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Sep 16, 2010 |
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http://www.paranormalmovie.com/ Another Paranormal Activity 2 teaser. This one might actually turn out to be pretty good.
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The Phantom Goat posted:http://www.paranormalmovie.com/ I moved the slider forward to skip the dumb jump scare that it starts with only for the entire screen to freak out with stuff flying at the screen. I do hope that they play up the distortion effect a lot in this one since it seems to have the budget to do so. It's been a while since I saw the first one but I remember the distortion on Katie's voice before the final scene to be pretty bad. Interesting that the entire thing seems to play up the Mother/Son angle a lot.
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Stryder posted:UWE BOLL PRESENTS... Is that one of the people behind it, to whom you were referring? yes, but I thought he had more involvement. Good to know he is just slapping his name on it, as it might have some saving grace. Regardless, it appears to be a good run-of-the-mill zombie flick.
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