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veni veni veni posted:Was rewatching Blair Witch 2016 and I still feel like it's way better than it gets credit for, but I also realize I might be the only person on earth that likes that movie. But honestly it's impossible to really make the Blair Witch Project 2 because while it's a good movie on its own, it's also an amazing magic trick nobody is ever going to be able to pull off again.
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Seems like it's mostly forgotten now that they were able to actually keep Blair Witch(2016) a secret until like the month of it's release. Up to that point it was supposed to just be an Adam Wingard movie that took place in the woods, nobody knew it was a Blair Witch sequel. So that was pretty cool at least, you rarely see that kind of surprise because of the way movies are marketed these days.
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Yeah I think ultimately the Blair Witch attachment actually made people generally more critical of it. On it's own merits, I think it has a good atmosphere, is genuinely spooky at times with a few really good scares, and has a pretty good pacing. All around solid but not amazing horror movie. A lot of people seem to dislike the characters, but I always thought they were...fine? They get the job done.
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I appreciated Wingards willingness to actually deliver the Blair Witch itself at the end of the movie. That took balls and it's a problem with a lot of found footage movies that try to imitate the original Blair Witch Project, it's a lot of running around acting scared with very little payoff.
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Kvlt! posted:can you watch Spiral from home or is it only in theaters? Theaters for now, but a lot of these COVID delayed films have been getting compressed release schedules where the VOD release is only like a month after the theatrical. So you may not have to wait that long.
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May 14, 2021 20:04
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that lost romero movie is going to be on shudder in june https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLw_CYP02lg
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May 14, 2021 20:07
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Yea Disney just announced a few titles that'll spend 45 days in theaters before making their way to their streaming service. They're going to set the standard going forward I think.
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah I think ultimately the Blair Witch attachment actually made people generally more critical of it. Even though the characters in the original Blair Witch weren't exactly smart, the ones in 2016 are even dumberer and constantly making worse decisions every single time any problem presents itself, and they feel fakey hollywood fake written on top of it, which was the one thing the original avoided. It's like if the scene where that one idiot threw away the map happened every 5 minutes.
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Basebf555 posted:Theaters for now, but a lot of these COVID delayed films have been getting compressed release schedules where the VOD release is only like a month after the theatrical. So you may not have to wait that long. Yeah its playing near me and even tho im fully vaxxed im hesitant to go to a theater. On the other hand maybe its just been-in-a-pandemic-too-long anxiety and I should go, since I really do miss the theater and Saw is one of my fav series.
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May 14, 2021 20:12
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Lurdiak posted:Even though the characters in the original Blair Witch weren't exactly smart, the ones in 2016 are even dumberer and constantly making worse decisions every single time any problem presents itself, and they feel fakey hollywood fake written on top of it, which was the one thing the original avoided. It's like if the scene where that one idiot threw away the map happened every 5 minutes. yeah it's a very blatant example of just slapping a generic slasher movie cast together for your not-a-slasher movie and hoping for the best
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May 14, 2021 20:13
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Kvlt! posted:Yeah its playing near me and even tho im fully vaxxed im hesitant to go to a theater. On the other hand maybe its just been-in-a-pandemic-too-long anxiety and I should go, since I really do miss the theater and Saw is one of my fav series. I'm definitely going back to the theater once my vaccine fully kicks in about a week from now. At the latest I'll definitely be there for Fast & Furious 9.
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Mines fully kicked in (been 3 weeks since my 2nd shot) so I think im just being paranoid. Im gonna try to go tonight or tomorrow.
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Kvlt! posted:Yeah its playing near me and even tho im fully vaxxed im hesitant to go to a theater. On the other hand maybe its just been-in-a-pandemic-too-long anxiety and I should go, since I really do miss the theater and Saw is one of my fav series. I've seen 3 movies in theaters since being fully innoculated. its not that big of a deal. I just keep my mask on if im not eating or drinking anything and put it back on after im done doing so. also if you're buying tickets online after you select a seat they block out the two seats on the right and left of you so you have your own bubble. its pretty great.
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May 14, 2021 20:19
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I also tend to go on like, Sunday mornings so it's not like I'll be sitting in a packed weekend night showing.
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May 14, 2021 20:24
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May 14, 2021 20:29
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Basebf555 posted:Seems like it's mostly forgotten now that they were able to actually keep Blair Witch(2016) a secret until like the month of it's release. Up to that point it was supposed to just be an Adam Wingard movie that took place in the woods, nobody knew it was a Blair Witch sequel. So that was pretty cool at least, you rarely see that kind of surprise because of the way movies are marketed these days. I dunno if Wingard is really built for found footage. He has like the most forgettable parts of V/H/S 1&2.
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Basebf555 posted:So for one of these Fran Challenges in the other thread, I've narrowed my choices down to The Stepfather 3, Thankskilling, and The Being(1983). Last page, but while I don't know anything about The Stepfather 3 or The Being, but Thankskilling is loving awful. It fails as a movie, it fails as a horror movie specifically, and it fails at being a self-aware parody. You can find something better to do with your time to fill this challenge.
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May 14, 2021 21:02
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The Stepfather 3 is kind of lovely as well. No Terry O'Quinn. There's not a good number of part 3 that totally loving own. There's a few like NOES 3 and Exorcist 3 that totally own.
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Hollismason posted:The Stepfather 3 is kind of lovely as well. No Terry O'Quinn.
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Class3KillStorm posted:Last page, but while I don't know anything about The Stepfather 3 or The Being, but Thankskilling is loving awful. It fails as a movie, it fails as a horror movie specifically, and it fails at being a self-aware parody. You can find something better to do with your time to fill this challenge. Yea that's why I came to the thread for help. I figured there was probably a clear choice of the three, and The Being definitely seems to be it. Thanks!
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Timeless Appeal posted:Army of Darkness, Day of the Dead, The Creature Walks Among Us, Paranormal Activity 3... It's not a large list. Also Army of Darkness while being the 3rd film is actually a sequel. If I'm nitpicking it.
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Stink Billyums posted:that lost romero movie is going to be on shudder in june This looks really cool. I never knew there was a lost Romero film.
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Timeless Appeal posted:Army of Darkness, Day of the Dead, The Creature Walks Among Us, Paranormal Activity 3... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (I know it's not horror I just love Last Crusade)
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Hollismason posted:It's not a large list. Also Army of Darkness while being the 3rd film is actually a sequel. If I'm nitpicking it.
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Timeless Appeal posted:Yeah I had to stop there before squinting at movies that are fiiiiine Yeah i mean there are perfectly fine threequels , but the ones that are like actually outstanding is far and few between.
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May 14, 2021 22:43
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veni veni veni posted:Was rewatching Blair Witch 2016 and I still feel like it's way better than it gets credit for, but I also realize I might be the only person on earth that likes that movie. No, it really is extremely good. It just happened to hit when people were getting tired of false document films, and is better understood as a sister film to As Above So Below than a Blair Witch movie. Ironically, it may have been better received if they had just kept it The Woods.
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Week 20 Bracketology Streams! 
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Kvlt! posted:Yeah its playing near me and even tho im fully vaxxed im hesitant to go to a theater. On the other hand maybe its just been-in-a-pandemic-too-long anxiety and I should go, since I really do miss the theater and Saw is one of my fav series. It apparently doesn't have any sort of announced release strategy here in Canada where theatres aren't open yet. Which is kind of ironic since it was shot here in Toronto.
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What other "lost horror movies" are there which actually have a chance of coming out one day?
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May 14, 2021 23:45
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feedmyleg posted:What other "lost horror movies" are there which actually have a chance of coming out one day? If we knew that they wouldn't be lost
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May 14, 2021 23:58
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I thought we'd known about Amusement Park but were unsure if the original elements still existed?
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feedmyleg posted:What other "lost horror movies" are there which actually have a chance of coming out one day? The Twin Towers That Ate New York has been in the vault since its planned release in November 2001.
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feedmyleg posted:What other "lost horror movies" are there which actually have a chance of coming out one day? Actually have a chance is debateable, but one always lives in hope that a bunch of silent era stuff like London After Midnight will one day turn up in someone's attic.
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I watched Lost Highway for the first time last year and loved it so much it momentarily tricked me into trying to listen to 90’s industrial again like I did in high-school. Turns out I don’t like it outside of the context of the movie.
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Lurdiak posted:Even though the characters in the original Blair Witch weren't exactly smart, the ones in 2016 are even dumberer and constantly making worse decisions every single time any problem presents itself, and they feel fakey hollywood fake written on top of it, which was the one thing the original avoided. It's like if the scene where that one idiot threw away the map happened every 5 minutes. Can I ask which decisions you found particularly terrible? They seemed fairly reasonable to me, outside of people always seeming to go to piss or look for fire wood a half mile away from the camp site which was pretty dumb. They were boned the second they entered the woods. They tried to leave the second poo poo got weird. They brought a GPS and tried to use it. There was really nothing that stood out to me that they could have done that would have helped them, or really any glaringly stupid things they did. Don't get me wrong they aren't particularly smart characters, but I didn't really find any of them so dumb that it was distracting. I didn't find myself yelling "why are you doing this?!" at the screen like I do with a lot of horror movies.
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My first movie back at the theater was Spiral and all I can say is FINALLY a rap remix of Hello Zepp over the credits
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Has anyone went and seen Army of the Dead in the theater? I'm super stoked for Friday to be able to watch it on Netfli.
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Hollismason posted:Has anyone went and seen Army of the Dead in the theater? I'm super stoked for Friday to be able to watch it on Netfli. Several snyderdome posters have and they loved it
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