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Charles Gnarwin posted:I think the Bourdain news is hitting me harder than any celebrity death. Nothing will fill the void he leaves behind. This and Robin Williams. I feel like actually crushed.
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CobiWann posted:Jason Voorhees is my favorite slasher villain and I've always described him as a "force of nature." He'll leave you alone unless you cross his path at which point he will absolutely gently caress you up. Yeah Jason is definitely a force of nature. When I first saw Halloween I thought the ending meant he was like a force of evil, or a ghost (for lack of a better word) always there to haunt those on Halloween, never being able to be rid of. That's how I interpreted the look Dr. Loomis gave at the end of the film. Obviously "just" making him a man kind of diluted that but it added what I was talking about before. There are really good arguments to be made about making him Laurie's brother and Jamie's uncle bothersome and terrible but it also made him such an efficient killer. Again, he could wait decades (in the case of Laurie and Jamie) but he knew he would get you. I thought that was cool because with Jason there was a "final person" who was never mentioned again (except I guess for the final girl in 1, who gets killed in 2). Michael never really had too many, and I am willing to bet if Donald Pleasance lived longer they would have killed him (the ambiguous ending to 6, as Spikeguy mentioned, may have killed him or it may have just been the curse of the thorn like in the producer's cut). Hell I wouldn't be surprised if 6 didn't suck so bad they would have gotten around to killing Doyle. All I want from Halloween is Michael stalking, in the shadows, loving with them all. Some good directing that doesn't feel the need to have jump/slash cuts every three seconds and lets a scene play out with him in the background, creeping closer... And Laurie kicking rear end. H20 kind of had that, and the ending where she beheaded him (better to imagine 8 never happened) was baller but the trope of "I've been preparing for you oh poo poo one thing went wrong and now I'm barely surviving by the skin on my chin" is overdone. I hope Laurie does kick his rear end, taking on her demons. Rob Zombie's Halloween however bored me to tears to the point I started re-imagining it as a Die Hard movie and yelling quotes at the screen. I've never seen 2 and don't care to.
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Charles Gnarwin posted:I think the Bourdain news is hitting me harder than any celebrity death. Nothing will fill the void he leaves behind. I sobbed like a newborn when Leonard Cohen died (though that was from leukemia, gently caress cancer), and I cried when Chris Cornell killed himself, but this has definitely gotten me teary-eyed multiple times today.
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Charles Gnarwin posted:I think the Bourdain news is hitting me harder than any celebrity death. Nothing will fill the void he leaves behind. Yeah I feel pretty much the exact same way as when Hunter Thompson died. Today was a bad day.
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Hunter S Thompson dying was a real kick to the gut, yeah. It was odd because it was such a bizarrely "Hunter" way for him to go out though, and he was certainly a guy who lived and died completely on his own terms, but it still hosed with my head. Re: modern horror - most everything nowadays is filled with jumpscares or dull attempts to make the characters genre-savvy/meta. I don't blame Scream, because it did it in a clever way, but then that got aped to death. I like that movies have shifted away from that somewhat but the jumpscares and lovely make-up effects aren't particularly endearing either. Ironically (it's both genre-savvy AND uses make-up effects), the scariest "horror" I've seen in recent times is the Teddy Perkins episode of Atlanta. That was like watching The Shining for the first time all over again. Just this visceral sense that what you were seeing was wrong in some way, this permeating sense of unease and disgust that builds and builds till the truly hosed up climax. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Jun 9, 2018 |
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Jun 9, 2018 00:38
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i'm scared of being scared.
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Jerusalem posted:Hunter S Thompson dying was a real kick to the gut, yeah. It was odd because it was such a bizarrely "Hunter" way for him to go out though, and he was certainly a guy who lived and died completely on his own terms, but it still hosed with my head. Stay away from most multiplex horror and there's tons of good stuff out there that doesn't use jump scares as a crutch. That being said, both Hereditary and The Endless are loving amazing and are currently in fairly wide release right now. Both deserve your money, IMO Completely agree on Teddy Perkins though, that's exactly my vibe, horror wise, and is one of the best episodes of TV I've ever seen. https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/06/lakeith-stanfield-had-no-idea-donald-glover-was-teddy-perkins-during-filming
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Jun 9, 2018 01:57
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flashy_mcflash posted:Hereditary Does she chop that birds head off or what
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Jun 9, 2018 03:19
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i was real sad when trent reznor died
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Jun 9, 2018 03:21
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I like the original Halloween the best because it focused on being a scary film, and not on "let's see how creative we can get with the gore" like so many of the imitators that followed it. Not that I have anything against gory movies (Carpenter's The Thing and the original Dawn of the Dead are two of my all-time favorite movies), but more often than not slasher flicks just aren't scary.
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Does she chop that birds head off or what She sure does. I never watched the trailer going in so it really came out of left field for me. The movie is goddamn great though, and is a career performance from Toni Collette.
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achillesforever6 posted:I just wish the Halloween franchise became a Halloween themed anthology series instead of the "Michael Myers series" That's what Carpenter wanted to do starting with Halloween III: Season of the Witch, but apparently audiences weren't up for it at the time, so they went back to Michael Myers instead.
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Jun 9, 2018 04:51
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they're removing the vegas golden knights jersey from the fake statue of liberty tomorrow 
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There was this Cronenberg horror joint that I absolutely loved. It was the one where they had this Canadian high rise building get hit with a horny zombie virus. Its absolute carnage. I also really dig those found footage horror stuff. The shakey cam gimmick really ramps my anxiety up(in a good way). That kinda show to imply horrible stuff is happening part of horror really excites me. I like never getting to see what they were "poo poo! what the gently caress was that?" doing all 90 minutes. Blair Witch blew my mind. I didn't know you could make a movie that tense. Its a shame all those reality TV show ghost hunt shows never learned from the found footage movies on how to present their stuff. Its all so hilariously over produced you never get a good scare. Which reminds me, there's a netflix horror jam about a reality tv crew that gets stuck in a haunted sanitarium that's kinda FF but its really all the about the well done jump scares. Oh and finally in my, gently caress you're gonna have to google this stuff yourself picks, there's a kickstarter funded horror flick on Netflix about a lady that has to declare her husband dead because he's been missing forever. Then the next night he shows back up dun dun dunnnnn. It gets real scary batshit from there. PS I googled this one, YellowBrickRoad, hiking a haunted trail based on an actual scary thing that really happened and its scary and dramatic as gently caress.
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flashy_mcflash posted:She sure does. I never watched the trailer going in so it really came out of left field for me. The movie is goddamn great though, and is a career performance from Toni Collette. Dang dude, that’s wild. I have this weird thing where I don’t like horror movies, but I still want to know everything that happens in them.
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coconono posted:There was this Cronenberg horror joint that I absolutely loved. It was the one where they had this Canadian high rise building get hit with a horny zombie virus. Its absolute carnage. gently caress was that?" doing all 90 minutes. Blair Witch blew my mind. I didn't know you could make a movie that tense. That was Shivers aka They Came From Within and it is indeed great. Early Cronenberg body horror is some of the best stuff, ever, really. Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome... 
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Oh my God Videodrome is such a headfuck, I have no idea what was going on (even though it's actually laid out pretty clearly) and I love it all the more for it.
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Jun 9, 2018 06:29
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coconono posted:There was this Cronenberg horror joint that I absolutely loved. It was the one where they had this Canadian high rise building get hit with a horny zombie virus. Its absolute carnage. Grave Encounters 1 and 2 are my favorite found footage movies.
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Jun 9, 2018 06:38
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i watched all the cronenberg movies last month & shivers is a highlight of his early stuff for sure.
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Jun 9, 2018 07:51
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Charles Gnarwin posted:I think the Bourdain news is hitting me harder than any celebrity death. Nothing will fill the void he leaves behind. My new boss at work actually managed to have dinner with him once upon a time. She said that he was one of very few people she looked up to. She looked completely miserable. 
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Jun 9, 2018 13:23
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I am hungover on whiskey and feel like poo poo. What should I do to not feel like poo poo?
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Jun 9, 2018 13:55
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Dimebags Brain posted:I am hungover on whiskey and feel like poo poo. What should I do to not feel like poo poo?
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Dimebags Brain posted:I am hungover on whiskey and feel like poo poo. What should I do to not feel like poo poo? Grease, Lots of grease.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:That was Shivers aka They Came From Within and it is indeed great. Early Cronenberg body horror is some of the best stuff, ever, really. Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome... Jerusalem posted:Oh my God Videodrome is such a headfuck, I have no idea what was going on (even though it's actually laid out pretty clearly) and I love it all the more for it. Agreed completely, Videodrome's still one of my fav films In other horror film opinions, I'm real excited for the Suspiria remake/reboot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylmDXfTA8rg
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:Dang dude, that’s wild. I have this weird thing where I don’t like horror movies, but I still want to know everything that happens in them. I think even if you don't like horror, it's worth giving Hereditary a go. It upends a lot of traditional horror tropes and honestly, reading a plot synopsis doesn't do justice to the experience. It's the feel-bad movie of the year, so far.
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Caníbal Holocaust
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I saw Upgrade this week and boy is it good
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Hey did you goons know that Dave Meltzer was the co-host of Video Power back in 1992? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQvbC4MLx0U&t=612s
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I can't watch Dominion until tomorrow and it's taking all of my power to not spoil myself
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Dimebags Brain posted:I am hungover on whiskey and feel like poo poo. What should I do to not feel like poo poo? Have a little weed
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Jack Anderson posted:Grease, Lots of grease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKPYe53h78 
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Jenkem Delivery posted:Have a little weed 2nding this one
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DoctorGonzo posted:Caníbal Holocaust also this, everyone go watch cannibal holocaust
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Jackie D posted:I can't watch Dominion until tomorrow and it's taking all of my power to not spoil myself I put up a whole bunch of filters on Twitter and literally the first post I saw this morning spoiled the main event, ah well. I knew it was gonna happen cause I can't watch it til Monday but still lol
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:also this, everyone go watch cannibal holocaust If it's all the same to you guys, I'll skip the movie with scenes of actual animal cruelty, thanks.
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Cannibal Holocaust has an opening theme that's legit one of my favorite pieces of music ever, and that's probably one of the only positives I have to say about it, if not the only positive
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Sydney Bottocks posted:If it's all the same to you guys, I'll skip the movie with scenes of actual animal cruelty, thanks.
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Chris James 2 posted:Cannibal Holocaust has an opening theme that's legit one of my favorite pieces of music ever, and that's probably one of the only positives I have to say about it, if not the only positive There is a bit of an interesting bit of trivia surrounding the film, though: Ruggero Deodato, the movie's director, apparently studied at the Bill Watts School of Kayfabe, as he signed most of the actors to contracts that prevented them from appearing or working in any other media for a year after production wrapped, to add to the illusion that the movie was a real "found footage" film. So they basically stayed out of sight for a full year, so nobody could say they saw them in another movie or TV show or whatever. Then he got arrested for obscenity charges shortly after the film was released...and after viewing the film, the courts added murder to the charges as well, believing they had an actual snuff film on their hands, as some of the deaths depicted in the movie looked a bit too authentic. And since the actors were basically hiding out for a year, supposedly nobody had seen them alive since the film had wrapped. Whoops! 
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Yeah, the other positives were "it wasn't an actual snuff film, so the crew were only Almost imprisoned for life", and "it gave other filmmakers an all-time example of what not to do"
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Chris James 2 posted:Yeah, the other positives were "it wasn't an actual snuff film, so the crew were only Almost imprisoned for life", and "it gave other filmmakers an all-time example of what not to do" Also a good exercise in hypocrisy, since Deodato claimed it was a critique of the lengths the media will go to get a controversial story for ratings/sales/etc. ... which he achieved by actually doing a lot of the poo poo in his film that he was supposedly critical of the media doing themselves.
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