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I hated Ils, for the same reason you didn't enjoy Lake Mungo. I thought it tried way too hard to keep up a pace that was unobtainable. But that's really the beauty of horror or comedy - so much of it is cerebral that it's impossible to completely disregard someone's opinion.
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Scissorfighter posted:I'm not sure I get the House of the Devil praise. From what I remember, the entire first half didn't have any kind of foreshadowing or eeriness except the guy needing a house sitter was ugly and the fact that you know it's a horror movie. I think there were 3 separate '80s dance montages that did a lot to kill the tension for me in the 2nd half. Well, I think the title "House of the Devil" was also a pretty big indicator of what the film was about. I think the whole film had a dramatic irony about it, because the audience knew that a major event was going to occur, but the film purposely delayed that response for such a long period of time, and the girl had no idea of the terror of the situation she was in until it was too late. There was the pizza delivery scene, where it was really the son! The dance sequences, to me, were horrifying because it was a continual monologue in my head of, "Oh poo poo, she's not GOING TO HEAR!" I don't remember three of them, and I just re-watched the film a few weeks ago, but it wasn't something I was actively counting. Also, there was the scene where the son shoots the girl's friend. I think the son played a large part in the eeriness, because it showed the audience the ruthlessness and violence of the situation, which ramped up the tension. Plus, the father was so weird, that the situation felt atypical.
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Nov 6, 2011 16:31
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Scissorfighter posted:I'm not sure I get the House of the Devil praise. From what I remember, the entire first half didn't have any kind of foreshadowing or eeriness except the guy needing a house sitter was ugly and the fact that you know it's a horror movie. I think there were 3 separate '80s dance montages that did a lot to kill the tension for me in the 2nd half. There's one. And it's probably the best scene in the movie.
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Nov 6, 2011 16:44
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:What'd you think of The Strangers? Liked it significantly more than Ils but it's still not the kind of movie I'd go back to over and over again. I thought it built the tension better and those masks are way scarier than little kids in hoodies.
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Nov 6, 2011 17:42
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House of the Devil is a great slow, slow build. If you don't like those types I can see why you don't like the movie.
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Nov 6, 2011 19:11
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wormil posted:Haven't seen it but with a description like that, anything less than pure revulsion on my part would be disappointment. Eh gently caress it, it's only 74 minutes... I'll let you know. Thanks for taking one for the team. Sounds putrid.
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Nov 6, 2011 19:28
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Ugh. Really? That sounds awful. New apocalyptic movies on the horizon! YAY YAY YAY YAY! The Divide by Xavier Gens Melancholia by everyones favorite self absorbed rear end in a top hat Lars von Trier. There's finally a trailer for Livid as well. Looks creepy.
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Nov 6, 2011 20:21
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RBX posted:House of the Devil is a great slow, slow build. If you don't like those types I can see why you don't like the movie. I love slow builds, but I just didn't find a college girl needing to pay her rent very captivating for the first 45 minutes. Didn't exactly have me on the edge of my seat the entire time like, say, Rosemary's Baby.
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I've been seeing this type of creature show up in a lot of horror lately: Was there anything preceding Del Toro's Mimic or Reapers that originated this type of creature design? It's possible that it's all being influenced by The Descent. Not really sure. EDIT: Talking about the dark-dwelling wall-crawling humanoid that has an aversion to some type of light. Not things that look like demons or goblins, obviously. VVVV I wrote this before I saw your reply so it is not a sarcastic edit directed at you. I can definitely see the creature influence as well from the Mummy soldiers Mouser.. fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Nov 7, 2011 |
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Nov 7, 2011 01:37
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Mouser.. posted:I've been seeing this type of creature show up in a lot of horror lately: I figure the Mummy movies had a hand in it. They were after Mimic, but really cashed in the big mouthed skinny bastard thing. 
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Man, those Mummy effects do not hold up in the least.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Man, those Mummy effects do not hold up in the least. That's from the second one, which were even bad for the time. Remember this?  The first one fares a little better, actually.
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Oh, I know, I saw Mummy 2 in theatres. I remember thinking at that part, "why do they do the big mouth thing? Because Imhotep did it in the first one?" Wasn't the story with Mummy 2 that they literally ran out of money and never got to do a final pass on the effects or something?
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Nov 7, 2011 02:24
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Mouser.. posted:I've been seeing this type of creature show up in a lot of horror lately: Playing off of people's Gollumphobia. I watched The Shrine and while I didn't love it, the twist totally suckered me. If you stick with it through a first 35 minutes you've seen a hundred times before you might enjoy it.
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Nov 7, 2011 02:25
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penismightier posted:That's from the second one, which were even bad for the time. Remember this? God drat I still can't believe how bad that was. Just remember, Jurassic Park came out in '93. I mean, poo poo. Edit: V Whoops. spixxor fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Nov 7, 2011 |
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Nov 7, 2011 02:27
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Jurassic Park is '93. But yeah, I'm in awe of that scorpion king scene to this day - that poo poo is N64 caliber.HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Oh, I know, I saw Mummy 2 in theatres. I remember thinking at that part, "why do they do the big mouth thing? Because Imhotep did it in the first one?" Wasn't the story with Mummy 2 that they literally ran out of money and never got to do a final pass on the effects or something? I didn't know that. That's hilarious.
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It gave us this amazing sequence, as well:
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It gave us this amazing sequence, as well: There's no way that spear would have supported his weight, dammit. It wasn't even barbed. 
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You could pick anything out in that scene and find something totally ridiculous about it. Speaking of, now I remember (although I'm still tracking down an article) - The Mummy Returns had a set in stone release date (the same weekend the original came out) before the drat thing even had a finished script. Instead of postponing the movie until it was finished, they just stapled it together and hoped it wouldn't fall apart.
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Nov 7, 2011 02:42
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Him rushing in with that pose while pyro goes off behind him is absolutely hilarious
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It gave us this amazing sequence, as well: Find me a gif of when he gives the people's eyebrow.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It gave us this amazing sequence, as well: Hahaha, I remember when I was like 13 or something and we had it on DVD I would put this one shot on a 'A -> B' loop and laugh like an idiot. Like the 5th time you're seeing it you just sort of mentally erase The PSX-quality Rock and you can see clearly how ridiculous everything in that shot is. That loving run and DRAMATIC POSE. I love it.
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It's in the bone, it's in the bone!
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penismightier posted:Find me a gif of when he gives the people's eyebrow. I wish. I've only found stills.
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Insidious is on Netflix Instant. If you haven't seen this movie, give it a watch.
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Nov 9, 2011 16:32
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Watched Rare Exports the other day. Seriously awesome movie. I plan on making it a Christmas tradition to watch this movie.
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foodfight posted:Watched Rare Exports the other day. Seriously awesome movie. I plan on making it a Christmas tradition to watch this movie. Might as well recommend this again for anyone looking for a great comedy-horror flick. Who knew a film about Santa Claus would be so awesome?
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Mouser.. posted:The last time I saw something like this was Burning Bright. I guess I'm a sucker for simplicity.
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The Woman is absolutely brilliant and kind of crap at the same time. It's all spoilers from hereon out so don't read this if you haven't seen it. I absolutely loved the slow motion effects that begin as a blissful evocation of family life are gradually revealed to be the inescapable, fugue state that each character exists in. Watching them swimming through treacle both dream-like and disturbing, which sets the tone for the rest of the movie. Not too much to say about the rest of the plot, the feminist allegory is astonishingly well-integrated into the narrative. Almost everything you see in the movie, from the son watching the kids "play" with his sister, to the father's predatory job is "on message." My favorite scene was the chewing gum in the hairbrush encounter - knock the woman down so you can pick her up again. The son's baby-steps towards patriarchy are almost tender and we can see that this isn't something he is just imitating from his father - it's something he fully understands and embraces, but he's also a victim, this is how he has been taught to express himself. Performances are all great with the exception of the teacher, but this works to the film's advantage because it marks her out as being something wholly distinct from the family unit. I didn't feel much when she got chowed down upon though and I'd like to have connected with her plight a little more. There are various ways to read the woman; a symbol of the corruption of the family unit, their internal strife, the external harm that misogyny inflicts on both its victims and its perpetrators, or the need that weak men have of women in order to define themselves. Because the film is rooted in allegory the interactions between the family and the woman can become difficult to read on a literal level, which somewhat weakens the impact of the ending. I actually wish the ending had been a little more violent. It was attempting to hit you on a visceral level in order to be cathartic but it needed to be harder hitting if it wanted to compete with the superior allegorical nature of the climax. You might say that the ending was predictable, and it's certainly something you can see coming, but there's a difference between waiting for something to happen and wanting it to happen. If you have fully internalized the film's message by that point then it should have been something you were screaming for, rather than fearing. The initial tension with the loose screw, where we ARE expected to fear her escape, shows how far you are expected to have come. The absolute best thing about the film, for me, was that the twist turned out to be that the woman was NOT AN ANIMAL. We are led to believe that she is animalistic and in need of taming, which, even if we don't agree with the actions of the father, makes us complicit in his ugly view of women. It turns out that she does not kill indiscriminately and that she is capable of language, moral judgement and mercy. Her feral aggression turns out to be resistance to his own uncivilized behaviour. She is uncivilized and dangerous because he makes her that way. It's a very smart little turnaround that show's us just how pervasive the male gaze really is. Good movie. Definitely worth seeing. Spermanent Record fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Nov 12, 2011 |
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After reading about such glowing praise from you guys about Lake Mungo I checked it out. Really enjoyed it, although it would have been better if they just had different actors in the interview bits, but it wouldn't really work I guess, due to the structure. I thought the lake photo bit to be one of the most haunting parts, there are figures next to her look really creepy, like a Blake image or something. And the pay-off was amazing. If find sod to be tough to sustain when watching ''horror'', but Lake Mungo was an injecting of Viagra into my sod gland. Very effective too.
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weekly font posted:Him rushing in with that pose while pyro goes off behind him is absolutely hilarious It just makes me think he's going "gently caress I MISSED MY CUE!"
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I noticed that Pontypool is on on Netflix now and watched it. Pretty neat idea for a zombie movie, even if it had a sinister francophone agenda.
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Drunkboxer posted:I noticed that Pontypool is on on Netflix now and watched it. Pretty neat idea for a zombie movie, even if it had a sinister francophone agenda. Also a third act that I like to interpret as the audience being infected by the insanity inducing word virus, because what the gently caress. That is some serious "we are making a film filled with ACTING" crazy time. Good crazy time. I could listen to that man's voice all day long.
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I really should rewatch Pontypool, it was great. The moments when a person keeps talking and sudenly shows a word pattern that could be indicative of infection were so tense.
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Decided to re watch Jason X for some reason. Overall it's really, really horrible but the scene with Uber Jason beating one camper to death with another made the rest of the bullshit worthwhile.
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Cinnamon Bastard posted:Also a third act that I like to interpret as the audience being infected by the insanity inducing word virus, because what the gently caress. That is some serious "we are making a film filled with ACTING" crazy time. Yeah. In the last 1/3rd of the movie it kind of matures into the B-movie it was born to be or something. It's definitely not as tense as the beginning of the movie, but it was still great. woodenchicken posted:I really should rewatch Pontypool, it was great. The moments when a person keeps talking and sudenly shows a word pattern that could be indicative of infection were so tense. That part where the woman talks to her daughter was like that. Saying all the terms of endearment and everything. Or if anyone said anything with alliteration.
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In Pontypool the part that really struck me was the phone interview where the reporter/bystander? found the kid in the silo speaking strangely, all the while the radio host just listens. I've seen that movie at least twice now and each time that scene in particular just gets to me. And I agree with the other poster, I'd listen to any radio show that man made, goddamn does he have a voice perfect for radio. I need to rewatch that movie now.
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I'd like to make another recommendation for a movie that seems to have slipped under the radar.  quote:Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a man is washed ashore with news of an airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe. Trailer Amazingly they seemed to work the trailer around the idea that it's full of spoilers but it's really not. What look like spoilers or hints as to whats really happening are a rather well done double and triple-bluff. Just don't read the youtube comments. But that should go without saying. Really liked the atmosphere on this one and the tension between all three characters. It's definitely a slow burner but all three main characters are great and really well acted. Don't expect your typical home invasion movie though. This one is all about who we trust when we have no external information to base our decisions on. It's also rather sad which I found interesting. It's on netflix and I'd recommend it if you like a little slow build before the explosive payoff. Also, Cillian Murphy is downright fantastic in it. Local Group Bus fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Nov 14, 2011 |
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