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ObamaPhone posted:Here's my entire list of favorite horror movies, sorted chronologically by decade, starting with the 1970's and stopping with the 2010's: Dang. I was mostly with you on your choices, I can respect all of them until I got to this: Alien "1979 – The pacing has aged badly by today's standards. Only included because of it's iconic legacy." I think I had a seizure or something reading that 
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Now that the thread title's changed I can finally say it, I've had sex.
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Jedit posted:We were talking found footage horror movies a few pages back, and I completely forgot one of the best: Series 7: The Contenders. Yeah, this one is really good. It has almost Stephen King's The Long Walk.
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Hat Thoughts posted:Now that the thread title's changed I can finally say it, I've had sex. Bullshit.
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Ramadu posted:Dang. I was mostly with you on your choices, I can respect all of them until I got to this: Alien is another movie, like Jaws, where there is only one monster. I'm familiar with the artwork of H.R. Giger since I was a kid, and the first Alien just didn't hold up as a admirable foe by the time I saw it years later. I realize that many, if not most people disagree with me on this, but Aliens the sequel was the hallmark of the series. I'm in the middle of watching Alien 3: Assembly Cut ATM, and I regard Alien: Resurrection as the superior film by a slight margin.
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Obamaphone, Jaws has 2 monsters and they are profit and Quint in that order
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ObamaPhone posted:Here's my entire list of favorite horror movies, sorted chronologically by decade, starting with the 1970's and stopping with the 2010's: An American Werewolf in London (Full Moon Edition) [Blu-ray] "1981 – The best werewolf on film... Until Underworld." Hrmmmmmm.... that is not a good opinion that I would share with the outside world. I do not see Possession on this list. We need to talk.
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Hollismason posted:An American Werewolf in London (Full Moon Edition) [Blu-ray] Possession is not a good movie. The Possession of Michael King is the superior of these two flicks and it came out 2 years later. Scratch both of those though because The Conjuring is the best of this lot. Also, what other werewolf movies do you prefer? Off the top of my head, I'm thinking Silver Bullet, Bad Moon, The Howling, Dog Soldiers, and maybe Monster Squad. ObamaPhone fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Jul 23, 2016 |
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ObamaPhone posted:Possession is not a good movie. Oh boy I would not say that in this thread.
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Jul 23, 2016 03:05
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Jedit posted:We were talking found footage horror movies a few pages back, and I completely forgot one of the best: Series 7: The Contenders. I'm not sure if you could call a mock reality show "found" footage. Cinema vérité maybe?
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Jul 23, 2016 03:09
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ObamaPhone posted:Possession is not a good movie. Are you sure you're thinking about the right movie because I'm having trouble imagining a human being who doesn't think Possession is a good movie
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Irony.or.Death posted:Are you sure you're thinking about the right movie because I'm having trouble imagining a human being who doesn't think Possession is a good movie RU4RL? 
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Jul 23, 2016 03:23
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Possession is the perfect film. It is sublime.
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Kvlt! posted:I saw Lights Out last night. It was pretty bad. There really wasn't any tension, dread, or horror that wasn't based around jump scares or the anticipation of a jump scare. If you watch the original short you pretty much get the "scary" parts, the rest is just filler. I saw it this evening, and I'll second that. It's pretty much what The Babadook would've been if The Babadook had been a bad movie. There's some seeds for a decent horror flick in there; the ghost lady looks great when she's a clawed silhouette with faint glowing eyes, and there's some mileage in the idea of her being a metaphor for depression. The problem is that the movie doesn't trust the audience to read any subtext so it underlines the "ghost lady = depression" angle with a felt marker, then the last half of the movie resolves itself with a "let's defeat the monster" scenario that doesn't suit the metaphor. On top of that, the movie climaxes with the depressed mother saving the day by shooting herself in the head, which is so terrible that it's actually kind of amazing it ended up as the actual ending. The only silver lining is that it's made me want to watch both The Babadook and Mama again.
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Kvlt! posted:Oh boy I would not say that in this thread. I mean, he'll get jumped on but its not haram to say like saying that lake mungo is trash for trash people is
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Out of BioZombie and Gnaw: Food of the Gods II, what should be a higher priority for me to watch?
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Just watched Green Room. Holy poo poo that was brutal. Anton Yelchin was great 
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Irony.or.Death posted:Are you sure you're thinking about the right movie because I'm having trouble imagining a human being who doesn't think Possession is a good movie Possession is great, but I have absolutely no trouble imagining someone not liking it. It's a very unusual film.
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Marshal Radisic posted:I saw it this evening, and I'll second that. It's pretty much what The Babadook would've been if The Babadook had been a bad movie. There's some seeds for a decent horror flick in there; the ghost lady looks great when she's a clawed silhouette with faint glowing eyes, and there's some mileage in the idea of her being a metaphor for depression. The problem is that the movie doesn't trust the audience to read any subtext so it underlines the "ghost lady = depression" angle with a felt marker, then the last half of the movie resolves itself with a "let's defeat the monster" scenario that doesn't suit the metaphor. On top of that, the movie climaxes with the depressed mother saving the day by shooting herself in the head, which is so terrible that it's actually kind of amazing it ended up as the actual ending. The only silver lining is that it's made me want to watch both The Babadook and Mama again. The Babadook didn't show enough. I remember a professional critic comparing The Babadook to "the best monster movie since Attack the Block." What a bunch of bull. Mama at least had a capable director behind it that did wonders until Mama was shown in her full CGI mess glory. TBH, there's another horror short that I prefer to Lights Out called Bedfellows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6flB0XvmTo
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Samuel Clemens posted:Possession is great, but I have absolutely no trouble imagining someone not liking it. It's a very unusual film. I've said it before but Possession is basically the most realistic film ever made about divorce. 
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Jul 23, 2016 03:41
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Ramadu posted:I've said it before but Possession is basically the most realistic film ever made about divorce. poo poo I got it rear end backwards then. I'm thinking The Possession that was released in 2012, not the 1981 version!
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Jul 23, 2016 03:55
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The most realistic film about divorce is The Brood.
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Possession is a film that in your teens you think is weird and in your 20s you think is surprisingly accurate.
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Hollismason posted:Possession is a film that in your teens you think is weird and in your 20s you think is surprisingly accurate. My condolences.
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So Adam Wingards new film The Woods isn't actually called that. The real title is Blair Witch. Yes, it's a sequel. I did NOT see that coming.
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Here's the Blair Witch 2 trailer. https://youtu.be/girSv9UH_V8
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Glamorama26 posted:The most realistic film about divorce is The Brood. The Brood and Possession are basically the perfect double feature.
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FreudianSlippers posted:The Brood and Possession are basically the perfect double feature. Also doubles as the perfect double feature to blow your brains out and die alone to.
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Marshal Radisic posted:I saw it this evening, and I'll second that. It's pretty much what The Babadook would've been if The Babadook had been a bad movie. There's some seeds for a decent horror flick in there; the ghost lady looks great when she's a clawed silhouette with faint glowing eyes, and there's some mileage in the idea of her being a metaphor for depression. The problem is that the movie doesn't trust the audience to read any subtext so it underlines the "ghost lady = depression" angle with a felt marker, then the last half of the movie resolves itself with a "let's defeat the monster" scenario that doesn't suit the metaphor. On top of that, the movie climaxes with the depressed mother saving the day by shooting herself in the head, which is so terrible that it's actually kind of amazing it ended up as the actual ending. The only silver lining is that it's made me want to watch both The Babadook and Mama again. Definitely agree about the ending. I actually almost expected that the family would accept Diana and take her in. So much of the movie is talking about dealing with a family members problems instead of running away, and the mother straight up says that this is why she can't get rid of Diana- she won't abandon a "friend." But the suicide ending was really really jarring. I liked it more than The Babadook though. I've never really understood the hype for that movie. It was fine but hardly mindblowing.
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Skeezy posted:Here's the Blair Witch 2 trailer. This is a wonderful swerve.
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ObamaPhone posted:Also, what other werewolf movies do you prefer?
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Skeezy posted:Here's the Blair Witch 2 trailer. That's the Blair Witch 3 trailer, here's the correct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxANWqgmsFc Sir Kodiak fucked around with this message at 09:10 on Jul 23, 2016 |
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Sir Kodiak posted:That's the Blair Witch 3 trailer, here's the correct link: Diggin' the trailer. Will probably be ultimately disappointed, but gently caress it: I'm in!
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I remember I convinced my cousin that The Blair Witch was actually real and he just freaked the gently caress out during the movie. Blair Witch was good and I enjoyed the sequel. It's just super unfortunate that so many movies tried to ape it afterwards.
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The Blair Witch freaked me out conceptually as a kid because I live near some of the places where they filmed the movie. I was pretty disappointed by the movie as an adult, but I had also visited several of the filming locations and they are just littered with goofy graffiti. I'm excited by the new one because i'm a sucker for Adam Wingard and I remember weirdly loving all the side documentaries that came out to supplement the first movie (I'm pretty sure this thread steered me to them).
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Whoah, what a cool direction for The Woods to take. Adam Wingard forever gets the benefit of the doubt from me.
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Man, I'd never seen a Hellraiser movie before but I watched Hellraiser: Revelations and that might be one of the worst movies I've even seen.
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Yaws posted:Man, I'd never seen a Hellraiser movie before but I watched Hellraiser: Revelations and that might be one of the worst movies I've even seen. Don't start with the sequels they are all degrees of terrible. Watch the first 2 then just pretend the franchise ended. Finally watched "Mystics in Bali" last night and holy poo poo what a bonkers movie. The special effects are hilarious, the dubbing is bad but it was still really entertaining. It's not scary because the bad acting kills that but if you haven't seen it and enjoy weird/bad horror movies it's totally worth a watch.
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If Blair Witch can do for Blair Witch what Evil Dead did for Evil Dead (that is, evoke the "feel" and intensity of the original in a way that actually affects my cynical, overexposed self), I'll be sublimely happy. On the Evil Dead tip, is Fede Alvarez' new movie out yet? It looks insane and great. I trust that dude to build tension and atmosphere and actually pay it off.
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