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So, I finally watched Black Christmas from last year. I honestly have no idea why it's so hated, beyond the obvious. Like, it's a perfectly fine slasher, even if it breaks the rule of making it PG-13 (I wouldn't have even known what the rating was until I saw a few people mention it). It gets a little silly, but maybe it was because I had finished the Nightmare on Elm Street remake the night before.
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Dec 21, 2020 19:02
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Twin Cinema posted:So, I finally watched Black Christmas from last year. I honestly have no idea why it's so hated, beyond the obvious. Like, it's a perfectly fine slasher, even if it breaks the rule of making it PG-13 (I wouldn't have even known what the rating was until I saw a few people mention it). It gets a little silly, but maybe it was because I had finished the Nightmare on Elm Street remake the night before. im worried about your mental health please stop hurting yourself with bad remakes
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Twin Cinema posted:So, I finally watched Black Christmas from last year. I honestly have no idea why it's so hated, beyond the obvious. Like, it's a perfectly fine slasher, even if it breaks the rule of making it PG-13 (I wouldn't have even known what the rating was until I saw a few people mention it). It gets a little silly, but maybe it was because I had finished the Nightmare on Elm Street remake the night before. I think it's a weird mix of issues for me: --It feels a bit slight in its handling of rape and sexism --The characters feel a bit half-baked. The whole thing feels like it should be workshopped. There are things like the heel turn then are interesting but not fully developed or when our white main character is lecturing our black activist character about not going to the police that feel contrived. Like the interaction is a bit tone deaf based on race, but also doesn't track with how that specific character has been established. It's not an earned reversal. The characters have the beats of decent arcs and reveals, but it doesn't feel like the work was put in. --If you're going to roll with such a ridiculous plot, go all the way there. The ending should have been a lot stupider. --It's been twenty-five years since Scream. Feminist horror is not some novelty, but a key pillar of the genre. You actually have to say something. Timeless Appeal fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Dec 21, 2020 |
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Dec 21, 2020 20:04
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So the third Black Christmas remake, that's going to involve cyborg misogynist time traveling lizard people right? Every single remake has taken what's one of hte most down to earth and heavy slashers ever made to sillier and sillier places
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Dec 21, 2020 20:23
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Burkion posted:So the third Black Christmas remake, that's going to involve cyborg misogynist time traveling lizard people right? I'd actually watch that.
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Dec 21, 2020 20:49
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Black Christmas (2033) is the climatic ending to Marvel Phase 6. Everyone cries when Adam Warlock is killed by a plastic bag.
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Dec 21, 2020 20:55
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Black Christmas IV: Black Hannukah
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Dec 21, 2020 20:56
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Kvlt! posted:Black Christmas IV: Black Hannukah You raise a good point. ARE there any good Hanukkah horror movies? Holy Moses, someone finally decided to make one in 2019! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2562146/ And it's Sid Haig's final film! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxcgDmZ4iZU Stryder fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Dec 24, 2020 |
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Dec 21, 2020 21:05
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Kvlt! posted:Black Christmas
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Dec 21, 2020 21:08
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Kvlt! posted:im worried about your mental health please stop hurting yourself with bad remakes But I have already seen Black Christmas (2006)! Timeless Appeal posted:It's almost there and Takai is a good director. I can't disagree with any of this. The film is pretty heavy-handed, the plot does get ridiculous before reeling it back a little. I wish it'd just take one more step into the magic stuff Keep in mind, this is a middling film to me. I thought it was very okay while watching it. But, I was just surprised to see such a negative reaction beyond the obvious. It's not a film I'd ever recommend. e: I can't believe my post is "but it's mediocre, not bad!!!"
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Dec 21, 2020 21:40
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Honestly, I think a lot of the negativity comes from a place where it looked really fun.
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Dec 21, 2020 21:50
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Twin Cinema posted:But I have already seen Black Christmas (2006)! I said BAD remakes, not good ones!
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Dec 21, 2020 21:59
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 https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1341167885050408963?s=20 Whatever, I guess... The series is best horror movie ever, one interesting and cool sequel (3) and then a bunch of poop.
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Dec 22, 2020 02:00
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The Exorcist is such a self contained story it never needed a sequel. Legion/3 is more of another story set in the same world than it is a sequel. Blumhouse just tryna cash in on the name
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Dec 22, 2020 02:10
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I actually have always been in the minority with The Exorcist, I think it's one of the best and most consistent horror series out there. Outside of the Renny Harlin abomination I don't feel there's been a bad Exorcist film. I enjoy The Heretic and Dominion a lot and I don't skip them when I watch the series.
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Dec 22, 2020 02:13
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Theres 2 prequels right? I remember one of them being decent
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Dec 22, 2020 02:20
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Kvlt! posted:Theres 2 prequels right? I remember one of them being decent They're technically the same movie. The studio had the movie 95% reshot, and then when it flopped they decided to release the original cut as its own film.
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Dec 22, 2020 02:50
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RenegadeStyle1 posted:I watched Krampus today. I know there's more than one, this is the one with Toni Collette and Adam Scott. I really liked it. I went in with really low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. It's got probably the best puppet work in a horror movie in the last 20 years prove me wrong so I have more horror movies with extensive puppeteering
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Dec 22, 2020 02:52
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Twin Cinema posted:So, I finally watched Black Christmas from last year. I honestly have no idea why it's so hated, beyond the obvious. Like, it's a perfectly fine slasher, even if it breaks the rule of making it PG-13 (I wouldn't have even known what the rating was until I saw a few people mention it). It gets a little silly, but maybe it was because I had finished the Nightmare on Elm Street remake the night before. Because A) it's boring and B) it didn't need to be so boring, what it needed to be was "not a slasher" It's a story about a sorority vs. an evil fraternity, there are so many interesting things you can do with that. Instead of trying to turn that concept into a pg 13 slasher where you have to keep cutting away from things right as they're getting good do something else! Go full Home Alone! Get real weird with it! Have some fun! So yeah, I hate it mostly for the wasted potential more than anything.
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Dec 22, 2020 03:00
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Stryder posted:You raise a good point. ARE there any good Hanukkah horror movies? Unfortunate typo, considering the subject of the post. It's not Hanukkah-related but I always liked The Possession as a serious horror rendering of the dybbuk myth. Plus Matisyahu is in it!
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Dec 22, 2020 09:10
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Prince Myshkin posted:Unfortunate typo, considering the subject of the post. that was the one with Jeffrey Dean Morgan right? that was actually a p good movie
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Dec 22, 2020 10:25
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Prince Myshkin posted:Unfortunate typo, considering the subject of the post. If you like that but slept on Demon, you should fix that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GafK0WuRCnk
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Dec 22, 2020 15:05
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Kvlt! posted:im worried about your mental health please stop hurting yourself with bad remakes Says the world's biggest fan of Rob "Halloween" Zombie.
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Dec 22, 2020 15:19
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Jedit posted:Says the world's biggest fan of Rob "Halloween" Zombie. Zing!
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Dec 22, 2020 16:28
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Jedit posted:Says the world's biggest fan of Rob "Halloween" Zombie. Yeah, but -ah, never mind.
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Dec 22, 2020 16:31
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I heard good things about The Exorcist tv series but I've yet to watch it.
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Dec 22, 2020 18:50
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I loved it. Great exorcisms/possession scenes, strong performances, a really interesting demon conspiracy meta plot, and a surprising fluid link to the films. I would highly recommend.
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Dec 22, 2020 20:48
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I watched The Exorcist show on the threads recommendation and I didn't regret it, although fair warning that if you like to avoid shows that don't have satisfying conclusions then you may want to skip it. I'd have loved to see the show go on for another season or two but it was abruptly cancelled.
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Dec 22, 2020 20:51
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Yeah, I definitely think the meta stuff had more room to tell story and with the main characters. The Exorcist has been one of my most disappointing cancelations in some time. But the first two seasons are pretty well self contained from the core plot.
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Dec 22, 2020 20:59
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Benito Cereno posted:Sorry to get self-promote-y for a second, but if you all are interested in obscure, weird, and scary Christmas lore, I have a 12-part video series that covers a lot of that ground, including the Schnabelpercht like in that tweet, the Mari Lwyd, the Yule Lads, the Caga Tio, the various figures of Rauhnächte like Bloody Thomas and the Lutzelfrau, ghostly versions of Saint Barbara that look like Sadako from The Ring, and of course, many styles of Krampus. Also ghosts, witches, werewolves and vampires. Normal Christmas stuff. Been going through all these while I’ve been working this week and they’re super interesting, thanks for posting them. I enjoyed the kitty cat fight club B-plot as well. That being said I will NEVER stop complaining about christmas creep, Saint Martin be damned.
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Dec 22, 2020 21:15
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Look, fair enough. I was just trying to get across that it’s not new
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Dec 23, 2020 02:53
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Dougherty should make a sequel to Krampus called Tales of the Krampus that are all just weird creature feature shorts of other weird Christmas folklore. I want to see a thirty foot tale Yule Cat puppet.
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Dec 23, 2020 15:14
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The reason that Host was so well received this year is because it was under an hour. Please horror producers, make more horror movies under an hour.
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Dec 23, 2020 15:20
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Well there's lots of shorts and anthologies out there. Even among features I don't think too many of them have broken 90 mins this year.
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Dec 23, 2020 15:25
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BisonDollah posted:The reason that Host was so well received this year is because it was under an hour. Please horror producers, make more horror movies under an hour. There are tons of good to great horror short films on YouTube and stuff. You could go through the October Challenge thread where everyone watched a bunch of shorts and find hours worth of quality horror shorts about a half hour long or so.
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Dec 23, 2020 15:38
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Basebf555 posted:I watched The Exorcist show on the threads recommendation and I didn't regret it, although fair warning that if you like to avoid shows that don't have satisfying conclusions then you may want to skip it. I'd have loved to see the show go on for another season or two but it was abruptly cancelled. I watched it when it was live, and unfortunately missed the whole second season, so I really need to go back and revisit. I definitely enjoyed the first season.
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Dec 23, 2020 15:46
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Outcast was also good, it's a show about possessions based on a comic by Robert Kirkman who also wrote The Walking Dead. I believe it also ends unsatisfactory and the comic isn't quite wrapped up yet either, but what was made was pretty cool
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Dec 23, 2020 15:48
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flashy_mcflash posted:Well there's lots of shorts and anthologies out there. Even among features I don't think too many of them have broken 90 mins this year. Bad Hair would have been a fine 25 minutes.
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Dec 23, 2020 15:58
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BisonDollah posted:The reason that Host was so well received this year is because it was under an hour. Please horror producers, make more horror movies under an hour. TV series have made people accustomed to the ~45 minute runtime. Truthfully, I don't want to see films become more series-like.
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