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 6. From Beyond (1986) Dr. Pretorius and his assistant Crawford Tillinghast are working on a resonator that stimulates the pineal gland, which Pretorius believes will awaken a person's "third eye" and allow them to perceive a new level of reality. Amazingly, he is successful, however this new dimension has inhabitants that can see us back, and they are not friendly. This starts a chain of events that leads to, well... it's hard to really summarize the plot without giving away the surprises. I love this movie so much. You know you're in for a wild ride when Jeffrey Combs is bitten in the face by a flying eel from another dimension less than 2 minutes into the film. The practical special effects are wonderful, everything is just so drat gooey. I think Re-Animator is a bit better overall, but this is a more than worthy follow up and pushes the boundaries on the gore, creature designs, and weird sex stuff even more. I don't think I need to sell anyone in this thread on it, but if you somehow haven't seen it, you need to fix that immediately. One of my favorite horror films of the '80s.  7. 13 Ghosts (1960) When the Zorba family inherits an old mansion from an estranged uncle, they are elated, but become somewhat less enthusiastic when they learn that they have also inherited their weird uncle's collection of ghosts! The ghosts can only be seen through a special pair of goggles that serve no real purpose in the story but contribute to the film's gimmick, which I'll get to in a minute. After they move into the house, the usual spooky ghost stuff happens. This isn't a very good movie. In looks and tone it feels more like a '50s sitcom than a horror film, and it is just about as scary as one. The ghosts are just these floating images superimposed on the film that don't really interact with the characters, and despite all the warnings that the family receives, they don't seem much of a threat at all. The silliest ghost is a chef with a huge goofy fake mustache, and there is also a headless lion tamer along with the lion who killed him - those count as two separate ghosts I guess. The rest are very generic ghosts that do nothing other than hover and make the standard moaning noises. The only real reason this film is still remembered today is because the director, William Castle, was famous for the various gimmicks he created for his movies. His most famous film, House on Haunted Hill, had a gimmick called "Emergo", which was basically just a skeleton on a wire that flew out over the audience at a key point in the movie. Other gimmicks included vibrating seats to simulate the attack of a creature, and a film where the audience could vote on the villain's fate, and depending on the results one of two endings was shown (supposedly, no audience ever chose mercy). The gimmick that went along with 13 Ghosts was a "ghost viewer", which the audience could look through to either see the ghosts or hide them. At certain points (usually after a character puts on the goggles) the film is tinted blue, indicating that the audience should look through the viewer, and it returns to black and white once the ghost scene is over. Castle himself appears at the beginning of the movie to give instructions on how to use it. It is all very campy, but was probably fun at the time. Unfortunately, no viewer was included with the version I watched, although the blue/red tinted portions were left intact. I can't recommend this one. Other than the gimmick, it's pretty dull and forgettable. I like the poster, though. Movies Seen: The Witching Season | Lifeforce | Terrifier | Unsane | I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | From Beyond | 13 Ghosts Total: 7
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8. Scream 4 (2011) Another perfectly fine slasher film with some fun performances, a lot more gore and an uneven message about internet culture and remakes. This time around, the cast is "holy poo poo, that person from 2000s television!" with Hayden Panittiere being the standout of the new crop. Watching both of these movies has really solidified my opinion of Courtney Cox as underrated standout of the Friends cast; I might even go watch some Cougar Town, who knows? The third act twist was unexpected, but I don't think that makes it good. The metacommentary that reached its peak in the first two movies is way overblown by this point and I'm kind of glad that the franchise appears to have gone out on this note.
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 10)Dave Made a Maze Ok, it's more quirky indy film than even quirky indy horror comedy. It's got horror elements and is kind of a quirky comedy version of the Navidison Record from house of leaves.But it is in hulu's horror section so I"m counting it. More importantly it's good, which is something I needed after the last few flicks I've watched 4/5
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14. Ghostbusters (2016) Oh yeah, it's this film. The one that caused a massive Internet backlash between hardcore Ghostbusters nerds and trolls who get angry at the sight of a female lead. We all know the story behind it and I'm merely addressing the elephant in the room. That all being said: this is not a good film. It has none of the comedic genius and timing the original had (even the second one) and it's just so drat dull. Even though it got the blessings of Dan Ackroyd (who spent 20 years trying to get Ghostbusters 3 made and settled for the 2009 video game) and has cameos from all the surviving Ghostbusters plus Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver it just doesn't work at all. The script is lifeless with no jokes ever landing and the story is just...bleh. Kate MacKinnon (a very talented comedian) just has no luck and this is yet another film featuring her that is dragging her movie career down. Buy the 2009 video game and enjoy that, it's really drat good and a literal third Ghostbusters entry.  /5Total: 1. The Conjuring 2 (2016), 2. Terrifier (2016), 3. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), 4. Split (2017), 5. The First Purge (2018), 6. Trick 'R Treat (2009), 7. Wolf Creek (2005), 8. King Kong (1976), 9. Halloween II (2009), 10. Pumpkinhead (1988), 11. House on Haunted Hill (1959), 12. House on Haunted Hill (1999), 13. What We Do in the Shadows (2014), 14. Ghostbusters (2016)
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Lumbermouth posted:8. Scream 4 (2011) As a last hurrah for Wes Craven I loved it. I really hope they let it stay dead. But I know they won't.
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They made it into a Netflix show a few years back (it's still running). I watched a few episodes and it's not bad but, yeah, the series has run out of steam.
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Ambitious Spider posted:10)Dave Made a Maze Well poo poo I guess I have to add that to my list. 10. Poltergeist  A family is put to the test when a poltergeist shows up and their daughter disappears. I vaguely thought that I had seen this movie before, but I think that might have entirely been cultural memory. I liked this movie a lot. Whether or not he directed, you can feel Spielberg in the family dynamics. Mom and dad obviously love each other, both parents parent, and show their affection for the kids. It is an idyllic family unit. And then the titular poltergeist shows up. It's funny! (I think most of the Craig T. Nelson stuff is terrible dad humor though.) There is a large and obvious not-tree tree in their yard, that eventually springs to action. Mom's initial reaction to weird phenomena is to play with it. At one point one of the ghost hunters goes for a snack and pulls out a chicken leg and a raw steak. Zelda Rubenstein is wonderful. You’ve never done this before! Neither have you! You’re right, you go! There's a long conversation with a psychologist (who dabbles in ghost hunting) who explains the different between hauntings and poltergeists. Poltergeists are generally gone within a week or so, ghosts affecting a single person, no big deal. Hauntings are much worse. Of course this doesn't really turn out to be true. I like that the movie spends time telling us the audience that this really won't be a big deal. Some of the effects don't really hold up, including the tree and some flying objects later, but it has some genuinely good scares. It's a fun watch. /5(uncounted) Devil Fetus 2: The Rape After  I'm not going to count this one because I fell asleep and missed the ending, but I think I got the gist of it. A local photographer/playboy invites a model over to his place after a shoot. He tries to impress her by showing off the cool goblin statue he stole from the church, and then they get wasted. After they both pass out, the goblin statue comes to life and rapes and impregnates her. He takes her for an abortion, but you can't abort a devil fetus. Duh. She later confronts him and forces him to take her to the hospital to give birth. They fight on the way, and she dies in a car crash. Death can't stop a devil fetus though so it begins causing havoc, and the playboy enlists the help of a wizard. The wizard fails, and undead are unleashed, and some more stuff probably happens but I fell asleep. I like to think that the playboy learned some valuable lessons about stealing ancient statues from a church, or maybe about caring for other people - in between each of those events he basically completely forgets that the girl exists. But, from Hollis's description, I doubt it. That poster/image above features two of the more memorable scenes from the movie: the birth, and a bird vs man fight. I think I fell asleep before that dude at the bottom showed up. .5/5
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Day -7 - It Happened at Lakewood Manner (aka ANTS!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMosqx9Sr9k There's an actual movie poster and video cover that were used in markets outside the US, but they feature a topless woman covered in ants so I thought that wouldn't be nice to put in my post. Watch that video, though, it's the commercial for the broadcast and it's very 70's television cheesy. So I thought a fun thing for this rewatch would be one of those movies that left a visible impression in my mind from childhood even though I knew it wouldn't be any good. Apparently I'm far from the only person who remembered certain scenes and had trouble with the title since from what I can tell this is the answer to the commonly asked question "What was that movie where people are covered in ants and breathing through straws? It freaked me out as a kid." For a long time I thought it was Empire of the Ants or Phase IV, other killer ant movies from about the same time because in the 70's everyone was all about animals having enough of humanity's poo poo. And it doesn't help that it aired in syndication packages endlessly as Ants!, the most unsearchable title ever. For those of you who want to see this schlocky film for yourself, though, it's easily found on Youtube. So next door to a luxury hotel, a new casino is going in. And by next door, I mean they're using heavy equipment twenty feet from their pool. The construction disturbs a nest of super ants who have had enough of humanity's poo poo (seriously, there's a scene where they say pretty much exactly this) and overrun the hotel. A standard set of 70's disaster movie archetypes portrayed by lower-tier 1970's TV stars have to go on the run from the ants. Human villains include evil hotel magnate and OSHA inspect who insists on investigating the deaths of two construction workers rather than just letting people go back to work an hour later. This movie works so hard to fit into the formulas that it doesn't even understand why. There's a guy who refuses to believe ants are killing people but insists that it must be a mysterious disease. A disease which would be caused by poor sanitation at the hotel he runs so he's arguing that the natural cause can't possibly be the case and the he's the one killing people (this film being shot in the wake of the Legionaire's disease outbreak caused by poor sanitation at a hotel). The hotel would have to be shut down either way. As you might expect from a lovely made for TV horror movie, there's way fewer ant attacks than you'd want, the production values are laughably terrible, and there's a lot of things that don't make a bit of sense (continuity is especially bad in this as there's a lot of shots that don't match). If you like bad animal attack movies, then this is pretty bad. And yes, there was the scene that stuck in my brain from childhood and it was still freaky.
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graventy posted:(uncounted) Devil Fetus 2: The Rape After Sounds like you didn't last much longer than me. Last scene I remember clearly was the "autopsy" scene after the firey car crash. I must have been super tired that THAT didn't keep me awake.
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10. The Devil's Rejects - 4.5/5quote:Sloppier than House of 1000 Corpses, but still kicks unbelievable amounts of rear end. I'm a bit sad Zombie traded the carnival funhouse look for gritty brown, but such is the 00s. Whatever issues I had with the plot are pretty much whatever, because the Rejects' charisma and chemistry is so perfect. There will never be a better use of Freebird —or Midnight Rider, for that matter—in any media.
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So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help!Presently mandated films posted:Ramadu--Ravenous Choco1980 fucked around with this message at 08:30 on Sep 25, 2018 |
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6/31. - Creepshow 2 This is the worst movie I’ve watched so far. The bits that start the movie and each story are unbelievably bad. I actually liked Chief Woodenhead, though I agree it went on a bit too long. I can’t agree with those who think The Raft is the best entry in the entire series (I do need to watch the original movie again). It relies on the victims being so stupid. It’s coming up from the raft eating your friend, you are clearly not safe on that thing loving swim while it’s busy! And then they throw in some sexual assault to boot. The hitchhiker was a complete snooze fest and the only thing worse than it were the cartoon parts.
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Random Stranger posted:Day -7 - It Happened at Lakewood Manner (aka ANTS!) Every time I walked past that coverbox at Blockbuster, I'd think the title really should've been TITS!
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Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! That is a lot of horror movies so I tried to come up with the most obscure things I've seen in the past few years that are interesting. So Kuroneko is a genuinely great movie from the director of Onibaba which has many of the same themes. Kuroneko is much more obscure, though, so even people who have seen Onibaba are unlikely to have seen it. I had a different Nakagawa film selected, but then I noticed you've never seen Jigoku which is his most famous film so that's the one to watch and then decide if you want to dive deeper into his movies. Comedy option that came up while I was looking at the page with the J's and K's: Jaws 4 is on Amazon Prime at the moment! Edit: I was suggesting things for you, but to force you to watch something, go with Black Cat Mansion because I want someone else besides me to have seen that movie. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Sep 25, 2018 |
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Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! Have you seen The Transfiguration from 2016? I heard about it from someone in the discord channel months ago so I’m kinda poaching their find but it’s on Netflix.
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Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! I notice a distinctly Belladonna of Sadness-shaped hole in your Letterboxd. It needs to get filled with some Tatsuya Nakadai-voiced satan dick.
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Choco1980 posted:Sounds like you didn't last much longer than me. Last scene I remember clearly was the "autopsy" scene after the firey car crash. I must have been super tired that THAT didn't keep me awake. You missed the main scene on the cover, then, which was a wizard fighting birds and flaming birds. Kinda fun and goofy and it turns out probably sleep inducing. Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! You should watch The Autopsy of Jane Doe, which I didn’t see.
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 44- Them! 1954 I admit to having a bit of a soft spot for giant bug films, and since moving out to New Mexico and having been to places like Alamogordo just boosts my loving this movie that extra bit more. I do have to admit that sometimes during the summer at night and I hear some noise in the distance that sounds like the giant ants, a little part of me wonders if I'm going to see them tramping down San Mateo Boulevard.  45- The Deadly Mantis 1957 This was the first not-Godzilla/not-Gamera giant monster film I saw as a kid so I'm partial. As far as the story goes, it's standard b-movie drive in fare. Funny enough ever since I sat through It Came from Hollywood, each time I see a clip from this movie I still hear Cheech Marin calling this 'Attack of the 50ft Chicken Wing'.
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TheBizzness posted:...they throw in some sexual assault to boot... That's tamed down from the outright penetrative rape King had written in the original story. So they kinda did us all a favor of sorts there.
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Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! e; Wait, you haven't seen Eyes Without A Face? Definitely that. If you have seen it, Homicidal (1961) . If you also saw that... Microwave Massacre. Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Sep 25, 2018 |
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Dr.Caligari posted:Microwave Massacre That's just mean.
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Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! Unless it’s on the list and I just missed it, I’d go with City of The Living Dead. Gotta complete the trilogy.
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Chalk me up as one more in the praise pile for Mandy. One half deliberately paced dreamy arthouse piece, another half grindhouse revenge thriller, and all of it bolstered by incredibly strong cinematography, lighting and sound design. In particular I want to highlight Mandy's scene with the cult leader, which absolutely nails the drug/dream logic of being stuck in a tense situation that you aren't mentally capable of fully comprehending or steering yourself out of. Now if you excuse me, I'mma go make myself some Cheddar Goblin. Movies Watched (1) : Mandy
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Random Stranger posted:That is a lot of horror movies so I tried to come up with the most obscure things I've seen in the past few years that are interesting. So Kuroneko is a genuinely great movie from the director of Onibaba which has many of the same themes. Kuroneko is much more obscure, though, so even people who have seen Onibaba are unlikely to have seen it. Well you're a butt for suggesting so much. I'll see what I can do as the month goes on. Drunkboxer posted:Have you seen The Transfiguration from 2016? I heard about it from someone in the discord channel months ago so I’m kinda poaching their find but it’s on Netflix. graventy posted:You should watch The Autopsy of Jane Doe, which I didn’t see. 21st Century made films, especially from this decade are the biggest gaps in my viewing. Noted. LORD OF BOOTY posted:I notice a distinctly Belladonna of Sadness-shaped hole in your Letterboxd. It needs to get filled with some Tatsuya Nakadai-voiced satan dick.  Dr.Caligari posted:
yeah....I've tried that movie several times. I've got strange issues with Black and White French subtitled films. They're like my kryptonite. (and that made film school difficult at times) I was planning on trying again for Yeux Sans Visage this year, but now I can blame you. Friends Are Evil posted:Unless it’s on the list and I just missed it, I’d go with City of The Living Dead. Gotta complete the trilogy. You must have, because yeah, I went and double checked, and it shows as "watched" on there.
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Ok, this is probably going to be a really hated hot take especially considering its ill timed placement in the middle of all the universal Mandy love.. 6 (8). Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)  A mad self help "doctor" is holding a psychic teen prisoner at Epcot Center at the behest of the Teletubbies? Honestly, I don't know what the gently caress this movie was about. Seriously, what the gently caress? About 20 minutes in I started to get annoyed that I had finished all my phone game chores so I couldn't distract myself. 20 minutes later I had kind of gotten distracted anyway when Devo showed up and I was really confused so I rewound to figure out what was going on. It didn't help. Like an hour in I most have dozed off because I was suddenly woken by the sound of someone vomiting intensely. I begrudgingly rewound again and I've got no clue. I can appreciate "style over substance", but like the style is "institutional 60s decor" and "three watercolors"? What must the editing process have been like for this film? Hell, I'd kill to see the script. I just read the Wikipedia plot description and I don't think I missed anything but like... was that an actual story? I'm sorry, was that a zombie? How high was I supposed to get to appreciate this film? If you can still ask its not enough.  Yo! Yo? Yo. Yo... SNAP! Wait, was this a slapstick comedy the whole time? September Tally - New (Total) 1 (1). A Cure For Wellness (2016) / - (2). Slither (2006) / 2 (3). Castle Rock (2018) / - (4). The Forsaken (2001) / 3 (5). The Night Eats the World (2018) / 4 (6). The Girl With All The Gifts (2016) / 5 (7). The Voices (2014) / 6 (8). Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
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8. Belladonna of Sadness That is a lot of rape and a lot of penis. This felt more like a fairy tale on acid than what I would call horror, but it was beautiful and well done. Between this, Critters 2, Deathdream and The Wicker Man I now saw 4 staff picks. Aside from Deathdream I already had these movies lying around, the rest of the staff picks I've already seen (trying not to do rewatches), or I don't have access too, so not sure if more will follow.
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BioTech posted:8. Belladonna of Sadness  e: also, to BtBR guy, yeah, the movie kinda doesn't make a whole lot of sense, it mostly owns because the aesthetics and mood of it are so loving good
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#3 / 31 - Starry Eyes (2014) ★★☆☆☆ The dumbest aspiring actress of all time goes to a sketchy audition. Satan happens. I really don't know that I can write a fully coherent review of this, since it's 3:30 AM and I'm a little drunk, so I'm just gonna hit some key points that really bugged me, with the caveat that everything else in the movie is pretty much fine to excellent. This movie has a really weird habit of being too clever by half. Like, it really really wants you to know how smart it is, so it ends up just really loving blatantly telegraphing literally everything that happens. If you've seen the first ten minutes or so, you can basically guess how this movie is going to go through its entire runtime, and there's several things that are just hilariously loving on-the-nose; it's like the movie just had absolutely no respect for my intelligence whatsoever. Also, seriously, the protagonist of this movie is rock loving dumb. That's not even a tactical realism complaint on my part, because it's not that the protagonist isn't some ultra-skilled John Wick delta-force operator; it's that she's literally dumber than any human being I have ever met in my time on this Earth. This sort of ties in with the movie telegraphing everything, because the Satanists aren't even remotely trying to be subtle about what they are, and yet somehow nobody catches on (including her) until she looks like loving Brundlefly and literally cannot walk. She's also a pretty bad person through most of the movie. I'm going to be honest, she's frankly really, really loving hard to root for in any sense whatsoever, and at least one scene that was probably meant to be scary just ended up being really, really satisfying as a result. Also also, the technical aspects of this movie are... odd. The editing is really janky in parts, to the extent where the movie sometimes doesn't make a ton of sense moment-to-moment (I got the general picture, but specific bits kinda made me go "wait, huh?"). The look of the movie kind of oscillates between modern and 80s at various times, without it ever really deciding on a coherent aesthetic. There's one scene that's just absurdly loving gory out of nowhere, despite the movie never before or after going quite that far. At one point, the movie just decides it's going to crib a scene out of Rosemary's Baby out of nowhere just in case you still don't get it that the movie's about Satan (see: too clever by half, not respecting my intelligence). watchlist with links WeedlordGoku69 fucked around with this message at 09:44 on Sep 25, 2018 |
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Sep 25, 2018 09:42
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Choco1980 posted:
Wait, if you haven’t seen The Witch I change my suggestion to that. I just assumed you had. Drunkboxer fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Sep 25, 2018 |
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Sep 25, 2018 12:25
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Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! You haven't seen Thoroughbreds yet, right? It's still one of my top faves of the year.
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Choco1980 posted:So. There's one week left til the month starts, and I can actually begin my watching of stuff I've never seen. As I said earlier, I'd love if this year I would get some major goon input what to watch. This is difficult, because as you can see from My Letterboxd which is I'm sure by no means 100% accurate, (not to mention the site has a whole separate section for "thrillers" whatever that means) I've watched quite a few, so this marathon challenge of my personal rules gets harder each year. Anyways, I'm basically asking for your help. I'll let any goon command me in October to watch a horror movie I haven't. Only one title per person, so as not to make a mess of things. I'll do my best to include it in my lineup. There's no toxxing or anything here, it's just for fun, I just like the idea of you all making up my mind for me. To make things least error-filled, I guess you can go through that Letterboxd list linked above. If you name something I've already seen but is missing from the list, we both have a laugh, and you get to choose again. I don't care where you suggest the title to me; here, in the scream stream discord, in my pm inbox, whatever floats your boat. Thanks for the help! Choco1980 posted:21st Century made films, especially from this decade are the biggest gaps in my viewing. Noted. I'll suggest The Blackcoat's Daughter
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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) This is a pretty obscure movie. I bought a six pack DVD of Vestron video releases and this is the only one I had never heard of on it. It was only played at a few festivals at its release and its lovely VHS/DVD cover art didn’t really pop out on the rental shelves. It’s developing a bit of a cult following though, and it’s a decent movie. Its a horror/comedy/western about a group of vampires who have settled down in the Southwest in an attempt to tame their predatory instincts. They have a synthetic blood machine that needs repairs so they call in its designer and well, this is getting a little too re-cappy at this point. Let’s just say the presence of others in town leads to dissent. Oh, and Bruce Campbell shows up as a descendants Van Helsing. It’s a good little movie, and Campbell, M. Emmet Smith and David Carradine completely ham it up. There’s a lot of actors in it that you’ll recognize from other horror movies too. The effects are a bit of a mixed bag. Some stuff looks good but other effects look worse than similar effects from the 40s. It’s a little too convoluted of a plot for the story it’s telling and that holds it back a bit. 105 minutes is just too long for this and it drags at times. Despite a few complaints though I would recommend checking this out if you have the chance. Watched (6) Always Watching: A Marble Hornets story; Terrifier; Boys in the Trees; Creature from Black Lake; Parents; Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
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3) Blood Feast Herschell Gordon Lewis' pioneering gore/splatter film from 1963. An Egyptian caterer is slaughtering and dismembering young women as part of a ritual to resurrect his beloved goddess Ishtar. It's loving terrible, and I loved every minute of it. If it weren't for the gore and the sleazier aspects of the film (more below), this would straight up be a perfect MST3K film to riff on. The gore is ok overall (that tongue scene) if a little tame by today's standards; a lot of the film is in these BRIGHT COLORS, including the blood, and it gives everything a cartoony feel. The script is terrible, the actors are terrible, the editing and staging is terrible, and it's all so perfectly bad. I will admit that while this is an exploitation film and it should be a "duh" sentiment, the inherent goofiness of the film's production makes it even more unsettling when the movie sleazily (and literally!) treats women as meat - the scene where the camera pans across the half-naked, blood-covered corpse of a woman for nearly a minute started feeling a little uncomfortable about 10 seconds in. Then again, this is the sort of movie where in the end, the killer is crushed in the back of a garbage truck, and the police chief delivers a Bond one-liner about how he died "a fitting death, like the garbage he was."
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11. Pumpkinhead (1988) (rewatch) This is a cool witch, one of the best witches. Classic witch:  I probably should have waited for closer to Halloween for this one because this movie is extremely halloweeny. Pumpkin patches, a Stan Winston monster, and a classic witch. I kind of forgot what a gut punch the first 20 minutes of the movie is. A lot of the weight of the movie is on Lance Henriksen's shoulders and he delivers. He somehow convincingly portrays a loving father despite looking like a backwoods skeleton come to life. Also thanks to Amazon Primes player I now know about this dog actor:  That's a quality horror-dog! 4.75/5 Movies seen: 1. Terrifier | 2. A Nightmare on Elm Street | 3. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | 4. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | 5. Scream | 6. Mandy | 7. November | 8. Salem's Lot | 9. The Resurrected | 10. Demon House| 11. Pumpkinhead Drunkboxer fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Sep 25, 2018 |
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Bruteman posted:3) Blood Feast I thought you were talking about Blood Diner, but that goddess is called Sheetar. Turns out Blood Diner was meant to be a sequel, but made into a stand-alone movie. If you want more trash, including a talking serial killer brain, watch Blood Diner next.
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 46- Day the World Ended 1955 This is another one I've always liked to the point when I was taking a class on atomic history in America, I did a paper on this movie. The film starts with a bang, literally. We don't know why but the atomic bombs have been launched. One of the few safe areas is a canyon owned by a retired Navy commander who's worked in the atomic program and prepared for this. The canyon walls/hills are naturally lead bearing and it has it's own fresh water spring. The commander's stocked up on enough supplies for him, his daughter Louise and her fiance to hold out until the fallout dissipates if it does. Due to the suddenness of the attack, Louise's fiance hasn't made it to the canyon yet. They're hoping he's just en route, but hope's dwindling as the movie goes on and some nearby survivors show up. We know this isn't going to end well with the commander not having planned for the possibility of people showing up, one of the survivors being a gangster type out for himself and so on. That we pick up that there's a mutant lurking around from outside the canyon, well, that's to be expected. In a facts sense, there's a lot the movie gets wrong even with what was known about atomics then, but I'll cut Corman slack for cranking out a movie in his usual timeframe. Interestingly, when I was researching the movie for my paper, the press kits made a big deal of the movie having the co-operation of the Atomic Energy Commission. Knowing what we know of Corman, it was probably more along the lines of call and ask for an info packet. I think my favorite part of the movie is when they're looking at sketches of the animals that were mutated by fallout. I wouldn't mind some of those as art prints.  47-Day of the Triffids 1962 I keep meaning to eventually read the book this is based on. What I liked about this one is showing a worldwide catastrophe from elsewhere in the world than the usual. I did like the Triffid design. While they do move fairly slow, they're fast with their whipsting so they're still pretty threatening. Overall, a nice one to sit through.  48- Kwaidan 1965 When people describe films as art, I always think of Kwaidan. The cinematography's a feast for the eyes and the stories are enthralling. At times I forget it's an anthology because it's so smoothly put together. Because of this film, any time see there needing to cover someone head to toe in any protective writing I always think 'don't forget the ears'.
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Sep 25, 2018 14:39
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M_Sinistrari posted:46- Day the World Ended 1955 When was the last time you've contacted your family and friends? Have you gone outside since the challenge began? Are you eating?
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 15. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) Ishirô Honda's last Godzilla film is a much more somber, plot driven affair than the last few entries in the series. Honda is great at taking Godzilla and his enemies and using them to make you think about much larger questions. While asking these questions he chooses to leave a lot of the camp and well.. fun at the door. This isn't to say that Terror doesn't have giant monsters battling, it actually has quite a bit of that, it just chooses to do it in a much more self serious way. Ishirô Honda brings a feeling of consequence that I think Fukuda chooses to leave out in favor of fun, whacky adventure stories. Terror of Mechagodzilla is definitely a good closer to the Showa series. It's one that I really look forward to rewatching in the future, separated from this marathon I've been doing, so that I can experience it without thinking so much about the craziness that came before it. Okay, the Showa era is done. What a tonal rollercoaster that has been. From serious horror to whacky sci-fi romps to psychedelic environmental warnings, I've enjoyed most of them and feel even stronger in my love for the big green atomic lizard. But now I'm going to divert from Godzilla to checkout new to me horror/kaiju before I start the Heisei era of films, most of which will be rewatches.
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 The Tomb of Ligeia(1964) This is a really interesting, and definitely under-appreciated Roger Corman/Vincent Price collaboration. It's yet another story that involves Price living in a vast, slowly decomposing estate with dark secrets, but hey its a great formula so no complaints here. I love that Corman(or his regular set designer) obviously had a thing for multi-colored candles, because they're everywhere and don't seem to serve any purpose other than to add splashes of color to the frame. Even though the set-up is familiar, this movie takes some twists and turns that you may not expect. Even once the big secret is revealed, the final outcome is unclear until the final frames and you really don't know which way it's going to go(although I suppose you could guess given that it's a Poe story). Another important note, The Tomb of Ligeia gives us one of the best looks Vincent Price ever had in a film. Stone cold badass:   Blood and Black Lace(1964) This is flat-out one of the best looking horror films ever made. On a frame by frame basis, I consider it to be superior even to Suspiria. And it's most definitely not a case of just some brightly colored lights. While Bava's use of color is masterful, it's also paired with extremely dynamic lighting that makes every scene interesting to look at in some way.  (one of my favorite opening shots in horror)  The murder mystery is well crafted and takes some Hitchcockian twists and turns. Bava has the confidence to let the mystery simmer for a while, but then at a crucial moment give the audience the answers and allow them to watch the threads unravel. If there's any criticism I have it's that the performances are only serviceable, there aren't really any standouts. But if you enjoy good visuals Blood and Black Lace is essential. If you can, try to see it on blu ray because it rises to a whole new level in that format. Total: 1. Frankenstein(1931) 2. The Old Dark House(1932) 3. The Bride of Frankenstein(1935) 4. The Mummy(1932) 5. The Invisible Man(1933) 6. The Wolfman(1941) 7. House of Frankenstein(1944) 8. House of Dracula(1945) 9. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein(1948) 10. The Boogeyman Will Get You(1942) 11. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms(1953) 12.Gojira(1954) 13. Creature From the Black Lagoon(1954) 14. The Night of the Hunter(1955) 15. The Curse of Frankenstein(1957) 16. Brides of Dracula(1960) 17. The Tomb of Ligeia(1964) 18. Blood and Black Lace(1964)
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