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Anyone else watch so many goddamn horror movies that other than a few specific ones after several years you can go back and watch something you've watched before and its like a brand new experience.
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Aug 5, 2023 01:16
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Watch pee wee
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Aug 5, 2023 01:19
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Hollismason posted:Anyone else watch so many goddamn horror movies that other than a few specific ones after several years you can go back and watch something you've watched before and its like a brand new experience. I don't think I've seen as many as most people in this thread but yea I feel that.
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Aug 5, 2023 01:59
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I like the first F13 movie just fine, but it’s at most like the 4th best one in the franchise. The Purge is a franchise where the first is probably the weakest (haven’t seen the most recent one though)
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Aug 5, 2023 02:00
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No one said anything so I'm watching Jason X
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Aug 5, 2023 02:07
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Hell yeah
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Aug 5, 2023 02:16
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Hollismason posted:Anyone else watch so many goddamn horror movies that other than a few specific ones after several years you can go back and watch something you've watched before and its like a brand new experience. Or having seen so many, you see a title of one and genuinely can't remember if you've watched it or not.
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Aug 5, 2023 02:16
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:Or having seen so many, you see a title of one and genuinely can't remember if you've watched it or not. Oh yeah that sucks. You'll find something and be like "Oh hell yeah I've never seen this" then 15 minutes later "drat it I watched this"
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Aug 5, 2023 02:19
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Hollismason posted:Oh yeah that sucks. You'll find something and be like "Oh hell yeah I've never seen this" then 15 minutes later "drat it I watched this" This is why I've seen the opening section of Incident in a Ghostland five times.
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Aug 5, 2023 02:24
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That especially happens with netflix/amazon c-list stuff. I'll get halfway in and be like "oh yeah"
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Aug 5, 2023 02:24
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Happened with me the other night watching Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
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Aug 5, 2023 02:25
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It's like one of my major horror movie pet peeves. Like the other day I was like 'Oh you know what I'll watch Popcorn" and then 5 minutes in I was like "Goddamn it I've seen this "
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Aug 5, 2023 02:27
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What kills me is thinking I’ve seen a movie, but I actually watched a completely different movie that had a similar name/ad campaign/vhs box art from when video stores existed. Especially because I’m a dumb weirdo so a lot of stuff isn’t actually that similar.
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Aug 5, 2023 02:32
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Baron von Eevl posted:F13 is where my mind goes when I think of an original movie in a franchise that is disproportionately lovely compared to it's cultural awareness. F13 my be the only movie greatly improved by Me Too. Pamela Vorhees isn't the villain, it's the patriarchy. It's the horror of being a woman in the early 80's.
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Aug 5, 2023 03:13
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One of the main reasons I use Letterboxd is because I often can’t remember if I’ve seen something or what I thought of it, it’s nice being able to quickly check thatHollismason posted:It's like one of my major horror movie pet peeves. Like the other day I was like 'Oh you know what I'll watch Popcorn" and then 5 minutes in I was like "Goddamn it I've seen this " yeah but at least Popcorn rules 
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Aug 5, 2023 03:16
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The Purge is a series that is often mentioned as something that didn't really find it's footing until the sequels. Nobody really cares about the first film. There are plenty of franchises where a particular sequel is considered on par with the original but that's different than saying the original was objectively bad/mediocre. Like there are plenty of people that prefer Aliens to Alien or Hellbound to Hellraiser but most still respect the originals as great films.
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Aug 5, 2023 03:30
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I actually prefer Aliens to Alien. However when I was in college many moons ago I got high as balls and wrote a entire 5 page paper on how Alien is all about the fear of rape and I turned it in. I think I got a good grade. Can't remember.
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Aug 5, 2023 03:39
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MacheteZombie posted:Happened with me the other night watching Don't Be Afraid of the Dark That was the exact example that happened to me, too. Also when it comes to horror comedy stuff, despite the poor effects I quite liked R.I.P.D. The villain's reveal had a pretty cool moment where they corner him finally realising it's him, and he just removes the crucifix that's been stopping the rot from being noticeable and the whole house just collapses and cracks in two from the decay where it was previously immaculate. Also the whole idea of "A ghost who refuses to move on ends up with their soul rotting because it's not supposed to be here" was a neat reason for them being evil, and gave some interesting visual cues for finding them with seeking out anything that's broken or mouldy. I also liked that Jeff Bridges' character hadn't become completely jaded, he actually still had a good amount of curiosity, like when he first brings up that indian food happens to trigger the undead for some reason and correctly guesses that it's because of the cumin (as later on when he's fully outed, the villain triggers his own transformation by snorting a handful of cumin). It's also another movie where Kevin Bacon was having fun.
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Aug 5, 2023 03:50
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Alien vs Aliens is basically just a personality thing. It’s in a relatively unique position where both movies are classics, but the second added elements of another genre until it had its own identity. Most people’s rankings are really just which one happens to be their preferred sub-genre. You like slashers? More likely to like Alien. Action? Aliens. The Evil Dead films have a similar effect. Now if you buy that, we can set aside trying to rank those and get to the much more interesting question : Alien3 or Alien : Resurrection? I think I would have said 3 up until a couple weeks ago but I just did a rewatch and it’s Resurrection by a mile. Charles Dance is lovely as always, but he’s not actually in it for very long. And Resurrection has some dumb poo poo in it, but it has stuff in it at least.
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Aug 5, 2023 04:08
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Xiahou Dun posted:Alien vs Aliens is basically just a personality thing. It’s in a relatively unique position where both movies are classics, but the second added elements of another genre until it had its own identity. Most people’s rankings are really just which one happens to be their preferred sub-genre. You like slashers? More likely to like Alien. Action? Aliens. Which Alien 3 though? Regular or Assembly Cut because if I have a choice I'd prefer Alien 3 Assembly Cut over Alien Ressurrection.
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Aug 5, 2023 04:11
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Alien and Aliens are different enough that it's tough to compare them, very different from F13 rankings
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Aug 5, 2023 04:19
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I've tried to like Alien 3 every which way, multiple rewatches of both versions and I still prefer Resurrection mostly just because of the Jeunet factor. I love that guy.
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Aug 5, 2023 04:21
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gey muckle mowser posted:One of the main reasons I use Letterboxd is because I often can’t remember if I’ve seen something or what I thought of it, it’s nice being able to quickly check that Yeah, but now instead of "oh, wait, I already saw this," I'll see something about a movie, nothing about the plot synopsis or trailer seems familiar, but then find it on my Letterboxd anyway. Am I watching movies in a fugue state?
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Aug 5, 2023 04:27
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yeah I liked resurrection more because it's very clearly made in jeunet's style
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Aug 5, 2023 04:27
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Alien 3 is great I don’t hate resurrection. The script sucks though
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Aug 5, 2023 04:34
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Resurrection has Brad Douriff so it gets a bonus 10 points
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Aug 5, 2023 04:41
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Remember the dude with his wheelchair of guns? And it’s got Ron Perlman. It does dumb poo poo but it has ideas, it’s trying things.
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Aug 5, 2023 04:51
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The cast is king
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Aug 5, 2023 04:56
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https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3772255/final-destination-6-upcoming-sequel-gets-an-intriguing-new-tease-from-franchise-creator/
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Aug 5, 2023 04:59
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im really good at remembering stuff i watch. i think i gain this ability growing up seeing my mother rent the movie Hitch with like four times and reminding her each time that she has seen this before and didn't like it previously.
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Aug 5, 2023 05:00
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My late father in law was a film guy, MFA in film, made several documentaries with grant funding and edited several others for a friend that have some notability. Guy was also a big scifi/fantasy/space opera nut. Anyway he really lived alien resurrection for the vibes and style and atmosphere even if he readily acknowledged it was kinda lousy otherwise.
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Aug 5, 2023 05:07
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The Newborn is cool as hell too, I'll die on that hill
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Aug 5, 2023 05:10
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That thing grossed me out bigtime but then it got Byford Dolphined so it was like double gross E: I think like a solid half of what I love about Alien is the 70s But The Future aesthetic. Phy fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Aug 5, 2023 |
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Aug 5, 2023 05:31
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Thanks for all the reading recommendations! I'll get my students to make some creepy book covers and post them.
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Aug 5, 2023 05:37
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I get the same effect by being so drat old. I watch I movie I saw in 1978 and I've forgotten so much of it that it's like a new movie. What's weird is now I like stuff I used to hate and the reverse.
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Aug 5, 2023 06:27
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Alien Resurrection is such a digustingly hot wet movie. the physical effects are hosed-looking as well - the chestburster through Ren's head and Distefano getting his head crushed by the newborn are both brutal. also it's got Brad Douriff going HUGE in a few monologues! definitely a lot of redeeming qualities, but that's true of all the lesser alien movies really. alf_pogs fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Aug 5, 2023 |
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Aug 5, 2023 11:20
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Yeah, if I have to watch either 3 or Resurrection, it's Resurrection easy. It's a bit of a mess, but at least it's definitely ambitious. Plus letting Brad Dourif go Full Brad Dourif puts it up a full letter grade.
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Aug 5, 2023 13:05
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I don't really dislike Resurrection at all. Its bad but its fun bad. Good cast, wild ideas, brain off vibe. It doesn't feel like the other Alien films which I think its probably what people have most against it, but 3 bores and pisses me off so I rather at least have some dumb fun.
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Aug 5, 2023 13:23
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The entire reason I started a Letterboxd account was to specifically track my horror watches so I didn't get tangled in on myself especially since I saw so many in such a short amount of time. Now it's fun because I get to decide what counts as horror (with one exception, a non-horror film I reviewed because I just kinda hated it).
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I watched Thirst last night, and it was a wild ride. I've seen a few Park Chan-wook films and always enjoyed them, but this one had more of a bizarre sense of humor than the others from what I recall. I also had forgotten it stars my main man Song Kang-ho, who kills it as always. And I'd never seen Kim Ok-vin in anything before, but her deranged energy complimented him perfectly.
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