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A Proper Uppercut posted:I'll second Mike Birbiglia. He's pretty clean and pretty drat funny. Mike Birbiglia has some funny rear end poo poo. I loving pissed myself like a giant pussy laughing at his routine. I must go kill myself now.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Not on Netflix, but Brian Regan does solid old-school stand-up comedy that's also completely PG-rated. I love alt-comics and irony and filth as much as the next guy but sometimes it's fun to have a guy yell and make funny faces while telling stories about the waiting room at the doctor's office. Tom segura has a great special up, and the sklar brothers, but they're pretty edgy. Brian Regan had like 4 specials on Netflix, I guess they've been taken down. There's a ton of PG specials on Netflix, I just think those comedians use pretty one-note jokes. Like Gabriel iglesias's entire hour is just various forms of "I'm fat".
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What are some good horror films that are streaming now? This question is coming from the perspective of a someone who's seen like the Conjuring and a couple Saw movies so we are not dealing with a refined palate edit: scrolling back a half dozen pages looks like you're next is a decent option The Chad Jihad fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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John Mulaney has a great special that is p clean except for some swear words, shame about his impending suicide I guess.
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theflyingexecutive posted:John Mulaney has a great special that is p clean except for some swear words, shame about his impending suicide I guess. Well he does have a sit-com on Fox...
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RentACop posted:What are some good horror films that are streaming now? This question is coming from the perspective of a someone who's seen like the Conjuring and a couple Saw movies so we are not dealing with a refined palate Pontypool might up their game. Troll Hunter is an honest to goodness neat found footage movie. Ravenous needs more love. Cannibal Curses! Stakeland was a decent post apoc v vamps movie. Hollow was from what I recall another decent found footage slow burn Let the Right One In is the best vampire love story I have ever seen What level of gore or pacing are they looking for? I can barely remember how SAW movies even went.
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Junkie Disease posted:From the oft cited thread go to collection, Let the right one in is one of the best movies ever. It has romance, gore, violence, and is just visually beautiful. I can't recommend it enough.
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I need to see Stakeland since it's by the same director of We Are What We Are.
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Didn't really like We are what we are but Stakeland is pretty decent. Seconding Ravenous being great/weird.
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RentACop posted:What are some good horror films that are streaming now? This question is coming from the perspective of a someone who's seen like the Conjuring and a couple Saw movies so we are not dealing with a refined palate I think the horror section of Netflix is a little bare at the moment, but I would recommend The Innkeepers. I don't think it's the best horror film on Netflix, but it's a good place to start with their current selection. It's well-written, well-shot, has some good scares, and doesn't rely on a found-footage gimmick. Give it a shot.
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Sarchasm posted:I think the horror section of Netflix is a little bare at the moment, but I would recommend The Innkeepers. I don't think it's the best horror film on Netflix, but it's a good place to start with their current selection. It's well-written, well-shot, has some good scares, and doesn't rely on a found-footage gimmick. Give it a shot.
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From the same director as the Innkeepers, House of the Devil is occasionally on Netflix and is pretty superior.
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You're Next was pretty good, not very scary but entertaining and not what I was expecting.Junkie Disease posted:From the oft cited thread go to collection, Sarchasm posted:I think the horror section of Netflix is a little bare at the moment, but I would recommend The Innkeepers. I don't think it's the best horror film on Netflix, but it's a good place to start with their current selection. It's well-written, well-shot, has some good scares, and doesn't rely on a found-footage gimmick. Give it a shot. Awesome, I'll start going through these, thanks guys. I actually don't even really like gore all that much but the end of the first Saw kind of retroactively made me love the film and get invested in the franchise.
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Was looking for some horror myself tonight an just watched The Den. It was pretty entertaining albeit a bit dumb. Kind of like Hostel meets chat roulette.
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NESguerilla posted:Was looking for some horror myself tonight an just watched The Den. It was pretty entertaining albeit a bit dumb. Kind of like Hostel meets chat roulette. Meets a shoehorned ending, made to make ya real think about it. I applaud them for decent use of their format being laptops, can only really fault them for writing and premise.
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If you're a blank slate then maybe start earlier with 80s horror staples? Hellraiser 1/2 Re-animator Fright Night House CHUD The Stuff
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Assuming they're still up V/H/S and V/H/S/2 are pretty great. Also, if you haven't seen it, watch The People Under the Stairs. Other good ones include From Dusk Til Dawn, Rosemary's Baby, Resolution, Candyman, The Pact, and Apartment 143.
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axleblaze posted:Candyman Everyone who hasn't seen it really should check out Candyman, it's a fantastic early 90's psychological horror film. Amazing music from Philip Glass too. I would almost put it up there with Silence of the Lambs as one of the better horror flicks of that decade.
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Baron von Eevl posted:From the same director as the Innkeepers, House of the Devil is occasionally on Netflix and is pretty superior. It's on Netflix right now! I agree with you, House of the Devil is an excellent film, and probably my pick for the best horror film of the past few years. But it's also a film made to appeal to horror buffs, and I think would be a strange introduction to the genre as a whole.
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Just watched Hollow. Woof. I'm pretty tolerant of found-footage films, but this was bad. And boring. I think it's biggest sin was that the actors couldn't even remotely pull off "not acting", so as to seem like real people in real found-footage. And the payoff was barely even a payoff. In a nutshell, an "evil" tree is the site of people hanging themselves throughout the centuries. By the end, something vaguely, maybe, quasi supernatural is present, possibly, and then.... everyone gets hanged. Big whoop.
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bojack horseman is pretty good. I liked how many comedians were a part of it. If you like comedy bang bang then you'll see a lot of comedians you know.
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Sarchasm posted:I agree with you, House of the Devil is an excellent film, and probably my pick for the best horror film of the past few years. But it's also a film made to appeal to horror buffs, and I think would be a strange introduction to the genre as a whole. Not necessarily, I watched it after not having seen a horror movie in years and loved it. The slow pacing makes each moment of horror or even just eeriness really pack a punch. I think I like the build up better than the climax actually. Had the same feeling about The Conjuring and Rosemary's Baby.
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The Conqueror Worm (aka Witchfinder General) is up on Netflix and is a stone cold classic featuring one of Vincent Price's best roles.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Just watched Hollow. Woof. I'm pretty tolerant of found-footage films, but this was bad. And boring. I think it's biggest sin was that the actors couldn't even remotely pull off "not acting", so as to seem like real people in real found-footage. And the payoff was barely even a payoff. In a nutshell, an "evil" tree is the site of people hanging themselves throughout the centuries. By the end, something vaguely, maybe, quasi supernatural is present, possibly, and then.... everyone gets hanged. Big whoop. It's been a while since I have seen it, I will admit to being a sucker for fumbling around at night footage as long as it's outdoors. Also that twist it's pretty much an evil pokemon
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Junkie Disease posted:Meets a shoehorned ending, made to make ya real think about it. I applaud them for decent use of their format being laptops, can only really fault them for writing and premise. What was shoehorned about the ending? The ending was the premise, we just didn't know it until the last 10 minutes or so of the movie. Although I admit once you see the reveal it kind of goes from a scary mystery-thriller into a modern day (spoiler for film comparison) _____8MM________. And that's a pretty unfortunate movie to be compared to.
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Candyman is worth watching just for the Philip Glass score alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2SJdQNOrM0 As for horror movies I would suggest the Elijah Wood remake of Maniac, Henry: Portrait of Serial Killer, and The Serpent and the Rainbow.
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I watched 13 Sins last night. Its more of a Thriller though. Its not too bad.
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King Vidiot posted:What was shoehorned about the ending? The ending was the premise, we just didn't know it until the last 10 minutes or so of the movie. To clarify I'm talking about the Normal Dad on the web ordering torture That part if left out changes little of the narrative.
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It changes little of the narrative, except that it changes the movie completely.
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The ending was a bit corny (so was the whole movie) but it pretty much gives purpose to the entire thing. I wouldn't have taken it out.
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ManOfTheYear posted:"So I got my period today" They just added Jim Jefferies: Bare on the US netflix, you should try that.
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Is Thanks for Sharing any good? Imdb rating of 6,4 isn't encouraging
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I'm trying to find a one man stage play I watched a couple of years ago. It's one guy on a simple stage like (IIRC) a house and he tells various stories about the small southern town he lives in. It was pretty dimly lit and he did a lot of different voices. Incredibly vague I know.  But I figure there can't be that many one man stage plays like this. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Particle Fever was great, and whoever was asking in this thread why we should spend so much money on such a project must must not have actually seen the it, since they spend an entire section of the movie explaining why.
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Short Penguin posted:Let the right one in is one of the best movies ever. It has romance, gore, violence, and is just visually beautiful. I can't recommend it enough. I should really give it another shot. I didn't like it on first watch, but learning Eli is a castrated boy rather than a girl was an interesting twist.
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Cocoa Ninja posted:Particle Fever was great, and whoever was asking in this thread why we should spend so much money on such a project must must not have actually seen the it, since they spend an entire section of the movie explaining why. Well to be fair they never do provide a satisfying answer to anyone who insists on some kind of economic or engineering return. But those people suck.
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Eggnogium posted:Well to be fair they never do provide a satisfying answer to anyone who insists on some kind of economic or engineering return. But those people suck. Yes, they do. 15 minutes in an economist says "what's the return on the LHC?" And the scientist gives the anecdote about radio waves being completely abstract when they were first discovered and now being indispensable to modern life. Asking "what's the return?" is like saying "I won't fund this expedition to the New World before first receiving an itemized list of what you expect to bring back." It doesn't take a ton of imagination to consider how understanding the fundamental forces of nature better might lead to other discoveries. But if you're asking what's the answer for a private investor? This is why I think public funding is so important for science -- no company can be expected to shell out for an LHC investment. Cocoa Ninja fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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