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XIII posted:I'd recommend The Tunnel Movie. You can download it for free (legally), so there's really no excuse not to watch it. I can't find a free download link on the website; only links to buy it on DVD and iTunes. Looks good, though.
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Saw Season of the Witch tonight. Wasn't bad. Damned sure wasn't fantastic, but it was watchable. Kinda odd that Nic Cage keeps his accent in the movie steadier than Robin Hood's Kevin Costner did. I am of the firm belief that most anything that contains Ron Perlman is worth watching though, so that may color my tastes a bit. Kinda reminded me a bit of Soloman Kane, so if you liked that one, you would probably dig this one.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Saw Season of the Witch tonight.
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Total Film did a piece on the Final Destination 5 footage shown at Comic Con. http://www.totalfilm.com/news/comic-con-2011-final-destination-5-bridge-scene-revealed quote:The footage aired in a purpose-built portable cinema that only served to crank up the claustrophobic feeling of escalating horror.
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AGirlWonder posted:I can't find a free download link on the website; only links to buy it on DVD and iTunes. Looks good, though. Oh, wow, they've changed the site since I bookmarked it. They might not be offering it for free download anymore.... EDIT: Found it! The DL link was in the shop. I'm going to replace my original link. XIII fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jul 25, 2011 |
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Jul 25, 2011 16:50
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Craig Spradlin posted:Oh drat, I turned on the TV in the middle of Special Bulletin when I was a little kid and it freaked all the gently caress out of me. Loved Lake Mungo here. It built really well to a climax that, well, on paper isn't really that scary, but works so well. It didn't hurt that my friend and I were watching it with our girlfriends who were suitably freaked the whole time and exploded at THAT part.
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Jul 25, 2011 17:51
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I'm going to suggest 2 that aren't the usual suspects: Without Warning is super corny but I love it to death. Scared the hell out of me when it ran originally on tv. I think Lake Mungo works but I don't think it's particularly scary. It's just a kind of half baked idea that's presented in a really interesting way.
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Jul 25, 2011 18:01
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I really liked Noroi. It's kind of slow but it creeped me the gently caress out. I don't think it has a US DVD release unfortunately.
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Xenomrph posted:I stumbled across the trailer for Grave Encounters and it creeped me the gently caress out, but as I've mentioned I'm a huge sucker for "found footage" movies. I've seen grave encounters recently, the Vicious Brothers even presented their film and basically said that they didn't know that Euros weren't aware that telereality shows about ghost hunters existed... But I don't think you need to know that type of show to watch the movie. It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen but it had some ideas. If you like that type of movie (Found footage) I guess you'll enjoy it. Having said that my GF was very disappointed cause they advertised the movie as horror / comedy and we had a hard time finding the comedy part.
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Jul 25, 2011 18:26
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weekly font posted:Loved Lake Mungo here. It built really well to a climax that, well, on paper isn't really that scary, but works so well. It didn't hurt that my friend and I were watching it with our girlfriends who were suitably freaked the whole time and exploded at THAT part. Something about the atmosphere of Lake Mungo really got to me. All the slow builds and red herrings and then THAT scene as you say really brought it home. I've talked a few people into seeing it without any details and they all came back pissed off the next day, not expecting quite what they got (in a good way).
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Jul 25, 2011 18:49
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Also liked Lake Mungo. Obviously I knew it was a movie, but it felt like I was going through a family's private photos and videos and memories, it felt kind of weird and uncomfortable, in a way. And THAT scene was asfnajghaskfaksfvjmske. Didn't someone say that if you look closely you can see that she IS in fact in every single photo, and not just photoshopped in by the brother? Because I never noticed and  Frozen had a good concept but the wolves were so... unwolflike.
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Whispering Machines posted:Didn't someone say that if you look closely you can see that she IS in fact in every single photo, and not just photoshopped in by the brother? Because I never noticed and Right before the credits they go back and zoom on all of them. poo poo, I just got chills thinking about it.
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Whispering Machines posted:Didn't someone say that if you look closely you can see that she IS in fact in every single photo, and not just photoshopped in by the brother? Because I never noticed and Not only is this true, it's also what - in my opinion - totally saves the movie from being lackluster. Right near the end all I could think was it would be so loving cool if they revealed she was actually in every scene/photo and we just haven't noticed yet ... and then they go and do it. On one hand, I guess it's bad to be expecting or hoping for that sort of 'twist' before it actually happens, but on the other hand it was done very well and justified - in my view - the slower parts of the movie.
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RichterIX posted:I really liked Noroi. It's kind of slow but it creeped me the gently caress out. I don't think it has a US DVD release unfortunately. I loved Noroi. It hasn't had a region 2 release either and I really wish it had. It is all up on youtube though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zha9jJuB2yg
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Saw Case 39 yesterday. It wasn't awful, but it was kinda silly. The premise is girl gets rescued from her murderous parents by a social worker played by Renée Zellweger, but it turns out she's the evil one! I also just realized the kid's name is also Lilith. Getting creative I see. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it if you have something else worth seeing, but it's not boring, which in my view is the worst sin a movie can make. It's just not a very compelling story when you know whats going to happen. That said, I'd be interested to hear what anyone thinks who went in without knowing the plot ahead of time. EDIT: Fixed some bad sentence structure. StickySweater fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Jul 25, 2011 |
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Jul 25, 2011 20:08
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Crackerman posted:I loved Noroi. It hasn't had a region 2 release either and I really wish it had. It is all up on youtube though: Noroi has a very gritty, very natural feel that many j-horror films don't bother with. Love that movie.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Noroi has a very gritty, very natural feel that many j-horror films don't bother with. Love that movie. I thought Noroi was fanfuckingtastic. The very last scene is a bit "ehhhh..." but, like Lake Mungo, everything builds to to some excellent payoffs.
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weekly font posted:I thought Noroi was fanfuckingtastic. The very last scene is a bit "ehhhh..." but, like Lake Mungo, everything builds to to some excellent payoffs. By last scene, do you mean the end of the documentary with them running around the woods and THAT THING or the scene after in the kitchen? Because I agree on the first, but I thought the second was really effective. The wife setting herself (and the house) on fire genuinely horrified me.
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I saw Lake Mungo, but I don't remember any scenes that I would call "THAT scene". What are you all referring to?
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Topper Harley posted:I saw Lake Mungo, but I don't remember any scenes that I would call "THAT scene". What are you all referring to? I would guess when you see the footage on the cellphone, with the zombie-fied girl wandering around and being scary. I liked the movie. It wasn't particularly scary, but it had a pervasive sense of uneasiness that I really dug. I watched Black Death yesterday and drat, I really liked it. Is there anything like it on Netflix Instant?
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Popular Human posted:By last scene, do you mean the end of the documentary with them running around the woods and THAT THING or the scene after in the kitchen? Because I agree on the first, but I thought the second was really effective. The wife setting herself (and the house) on fire genuinely horrified me. Both kind of. The first one yeah, and I agree with you on the second but when the little girl shows up at the very end it kinda takes the whole ending to  territory for me. Ornamented Death posted:I would guess when you see the footage on the cellphone, with the zombie-fied girl wandering around and being scary. Yep. It's the only scene in the movie that really warrants CAPS, since the movie doesn't really "do" jump scares. Also, it's not a zombified girl, it's a vision of her own death, which, to me, is wayyy scarier.
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weekly font posted:Yep. It's the only scene in the movie that really warrants CAPS, since the movie doesn't really "do" jump scares. Also, it's not a zombified girl, it's a vision of her own death, which, to me, is wayyy scarier. I know what it was, that was just the easiest way to explain it  .
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Ornamented Death posted:I know what it was, that was just the easiest way to explain it Oh okay, sorry buddy.
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Can someone please explain Lake Mungo to me? I followed it, but I don't *get* it. So the whole point is she hangs around after dying because she wanted people to know that she knew she was going to die and was getting boned by the neighbor?
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rxcowboy posted:Can someone please explain Lake Mungo to me? She's...a ghost. What do you need explained, it's a supernatural movie.
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Industrial posted:She's...a ghost. What do you need explained, it's a supernatural movie. I guess I was just confused because it's a ghost movie where the ghost never does anything and there is no resolution at the end because when Alice was talking to Ray she sees her mother walking out as if she doesn't see her anymore, so what I took away from it was that the ghost was still there, the family just got their closure so they left.
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You should all see The Woman. I'm too lazy to write anything about it at the moment but I highly recommend it. Edit: If a film can get this reaction you know it's good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lUAZLB4JY
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Hedenius posted:
Good? I'm sure Serbian Film or Human Centipede got reactions like this too.
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weekly font posted:Good? I'm sure Serbian Film or Human Centipede got reactions like this too.
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Jul 26, 2011 15:20
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Lucky McKee makes smart but difficult to stomach genre movies, and this sounds no different.
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e: Nevermind I decided to not be lazy and checked. Only thing I've seen of his is May which is great.
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If you only get to see another of his films, watch The Woods.
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Yeah the description of The Woman doesn't make it sound like it's gore for the sake of gore like Serbian Film or torture porn like Hostel. On the other hand, I hated Martyrs and Inside so maybe this movie isn't for me anyway. I'm not sure what that guy's freakout was about but I'm feeling PR stunt, personally. e: Oh, gently caress, I've seen The Woods. I IMDB'd it and immediately recognized it. It was years ago that I saw it, probably when it first came out. I remember enjoying it for the most part but thought it fell apart some near the end.
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Speaking of The Woman an unfortunately poor quality trailer of it was released earlier. Probably NSFW given the content of the film.
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The trailer for The Woman looks interesting. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/45962/latest-international-trailer-woman-has-bite
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Juanito posted:The trailer for The Woman looks interesting. It looked interesting until the big chompy sound effects. Is this supposed to be serious or silly? I don't think that I have seen any of his other films.
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I've seen May and The Woods, so I'm guessing the tone of that trailer is misleading.
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The Woman is actually about the horrors of the patriarchy. Lucky is a feminist.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:If you only get to see another of his films, watch The Woods. The Woods is honestly the least-"Lucky Mckee" of all of Lucky Mckee's movies (also, the only one where he didn't have a hand in the screenplay). Roman and the Masters of Horror episode "Sick Girl" are much closer in tone and, to my mind, much better.
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:The Woods is honestly the least-"Lucky Mckee" of all of Lucky Mckee's movies (also, the only one where he didn't have a hand in the screenplay). Roman and the Masters of Horror episode "Sick Girl" are much closer in tone and, to my mind, much better.
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