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lessthankyle posted:Just watched Isolation and found it to be pretty good. It's a weird premise if you go by the plot summary on Netflix. It's about a cattle farmer who rents his cows out to an experiment and the terrible after-effects. I was impressed that they managed to turn the story into something interesting, and the unique take on the setting and creature (to an extent) was fun. It has some good atmosphere in the beginning and middle, but the end turns fairly generic. And good impressive gross practical effects too.
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Horns posted:All of the characters are pretty annoying in Evidence. Everyone just constantly screeches at each other and the dude holding the camera comes off as a massive prick. It's almost worth sitting through for the third act, though. Don't want to give away too much even in spoiler tags, but poo poo goes really off the rails for the last 20 minutes or so. Yes, yes it did. EgillSkallagrimsson posted:This is actually an understatement, too. I still don't know if I liked this movie or not. The first half was annoying but that second half was just one long wtf experience. I think I hated it. But I'm not 100% sure that I hated it. When it ended I just kinda sat there, looked at my wife, and was like.... "well then."
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There is a new horror movie opening here next week called Storage 24, it looks like an Alien attack movie, it's from the same director as a movie called F which is a movie I thought was decent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dNQKQuDpDY Also out next week is a horror movie called Lovely Molly which I haven't heard of. Also Chernobyl Diaries opened today. Didn't this movie tank in the united states? They are pushing it hard over here, TV spots everywhere, posters everywhere.
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lessthankyle posted:Just watched Isolation and found it to be pretty good. It's a weird premise if you go by the plot summary on Netflix. It's about a cattle farmer who rents his cows out to an experiment and the terrible after-effects. I was impressed that they managed to turn the story into something interesting, and the unique take on the setting and creature (to an extent) was fun. It has some good atmosphere in the beginning and middle, but the end turns fairly generic. Just watched this based on your reccommendation and I definitely agree - it's a shame the didn't have a slightly higher budget so the creature could look better though. A nice final scene as well. Overall, I'd say it was much better than its premise would suggest.
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Did anyone here watch The Moth Diaries? Is it any good?
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Slasherfan posted:There is a new horror movie opening here next week called Storage 24, it looks like an Alien attack movie, it's from the same director as a movie called F which is a movie I thought was decent. Lovely Molly is from one of the directors of The Blair Witch project and I thought it dealt with the 'found footage' aspect in an interesting way. This isn't a spoiler but there's only certain segments that represent footage shot by the character. So at least then you don't get the question of 'Why is this person filming every mundane detail'?
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Last night I watched Episode 50, a terrible, terrible knockoff of Grave Encounters. Two teams of paranormal investigators, one driven to debunk them and another to prove their connection to religion, both get permission to investigate an abandoned West Virginia insane asylum, "the most haunted place in the United States" the lawyer for the owner says. That's pretty much her only line. Similar to that, almost all the dialogue is blatant exposition. "THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO US AS KIDS!", etc. It frequently uses closeup shots of newspapers to establish backstory, but they're full of stupid bullshit. I can't even describe how terrible the movie is. Basic facts about what is going on don't stay consistent. We're told early on that five homeless men broke into the property a while back to escape the cold, and all three were found dead, killed by fright. You know how most movies like this have a scene early on when someone says "is that someone in that window?" and points to a high window and the curtains kind of move but its hard to tell what's going on? In this, there's a woman wearing very bright colors who very clearly moves the curtains on the second floor. There's no way it was ambiguous in any way, thus it makes no sense that it isn't brought up again till later, when its just like "oh yeah look at the footage, it was someone," and then dropped again. The ghost they summon is both an adult and a kid, for some reason? The nurse that's trying to communicate with them murdered the kid they say, but also was murdered by an adult. That nurse kidnaps one of them and electroshock-tortures them, but then lets them go as a way of saying "I mean you no harm"? What the hell? When they do finally figure out what's going on, it turns out it was an old patient (who I guess was pretending to be a kid so they would summon him, then it turned out he was just tricking them I guess) who then runs around for a while and kills some lady. His summoning also opened a portal to hell, but that can only happen on a drawn pentagram, which he did in a prison across town which is from a far-back time known as the 80s. Because that prison is so old, it's a museum now. In the museum-prison, there's now a portal to hell (even though we're exposited earlier that the insane asylum is "the portal to hell"…) With a CGI demon standing in front of it flexing. Even seeing this, the leader of the skeptical group needs to be told "After all you've seen, you need to believe!" so he can attempt to shut the portal. The found-footage gimmick (which, since this is attempted to be a discarded episode of a television show, needs to be strictly adhered to) doesn't even really make much sense, as there are shots from angles at which there is clearly no camera, and high definition surveillance footage from an abandoned mental asylum. The last scene is so loving goofy too. The producer of the fake show crying as he watches the footage. If you're going to watch this, watch the first ten minutes as one of the crews investigates another haunting, then shut it off. That part's actually kind of entertaining.
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User-Friendly posted:The found-footage gimmick (which, since this is attempted to be a discarded episode of a television show, needs to be strictly adhered to) doesn't even really make much sense, as there are shots from angles at which there is clearly no camera, and high definition surveillance footage from an abandoned mental asylum. The last scene is so loving goofy too. The producer of the fake show crying as he watches the footage. This makes me think there's a lot of potential in a found footage movie of a ridiculous creepypasta. There's always some fool who is terrified over a haunted "lost episode".
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Watched Chernobyl Diaries,despite all the terrible reviews I was still looking forwards to it. I usually love these kinds of movies, I loved the Hills Have Eyes 2, both versions. For the first part of the movie I was into it but once the horror kicks in the movie just falls apart. There are no likable characters, they spend the movie fighting and moaning. There is no suspence, none, there was two scenes that had a very little suspence but other then that I didn't feel any tension. One thing I thought ruined the suspence was the way the movie was filmed, the camera is constantly bouncing around, it just draws attention to itself, you are very aware there is a cameraman filming this. Then during some scenes it was next to impossible to tell what was going on. This movie tries very hard to hide it's cheap budget. You never see the mutants, they are always off screen and any shot of them is so quick you don't see anything. The deaths are all off screen, people are just pulled off screen never to be seen again, it shows they couldn't even afford gore FX. The movie is just characters running around aimlessly and every now and then someone is yanked off screen, they never even fight the mutants. Don't get me started on the ending of the movie, awful. Slasherfan fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Jun 25, 2012 |
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The other night I had a great horror movie night. The Woman In Black - I liked it a lot the ending kind of pissed me off though. I mean he gave the woman her child back, why did she kill him? Unless that's what he wanted? To be back with his wife? Dog Soldiers - If you haven't seen it yet, put it at the top of your list. Fantastic movie. Haute Tension - An old favorite, especially with how crazy and intense the first scene is. I love it when the guy gets his head taken off with the dresser is awesome. Regnevelc fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Jun 25, 2012 |
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Regnevelc posted:The Woman In Black - I liked it a lot the ending kind of pissed me off though. I mean he gave the woman her child back, why did she kill him? Unless that's what he wanted? To be back with his wife? Arthur, didn't want to be back with his wife. I mean sure he missed her but he had his kid and was happy to spend his life with him. His fault though was assuming what would put Jennet Humfrye's spirit to rest. He knew that the loss and disrespect of her son's death is what pissed her off so he thought that fixing some of that would appease her. However in the scene shortly after that you hear Jennet saying "Never forgive" etc, etc so she shows up at the train station and tries to take Arthur's son. Basically the events of the movie changed nothing and the Woman in Black is still as pissed off as she was at the beginning and that town is hosed.
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Yodzilla posted:Arthur, didn't want to be back with his wife. I mean sure he missed her but he had his kid and was happy to spend his life with him. His fault though was assuming what would put Jennet Humfrye's spirit to rest. He knew that the loss and disrespect of her son's death is what pissed her off so he thought that fixing some of that would appease her. However in the scene shortly after that you hear Jennet saying "Never forgive" etc, etc so she shows up at the train station and tries to take Arthur's son. Makes sense. Thanks
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Regnevelc posted:The other night I had a great horror movie night. Dear loving god yes! If you haven't seen Dog Soldiers then shame on you, goon sir, shame on you. It's a little slow on the get go but once it goes it does not loving stop. As for Haute Tension, High Tension in the states, it's strange. It's along the same lines of movies I hate like Hostile or Turistas but the name does not dissapoint. Way more focus is put on the tension of "the hunt" then anything else and so when the kills come, it doesn't feel torture porny.
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Volume posted:Dear loving god yes! If you haven't seen Dog Soldiers then shame on you, goon sir, shame on you. It's a little slow on the get go but once it goes it does not loving stop. "Hostile" and Turistas are nothing like each other outside of the base, base, premise/plot outline. Also, Hostel has more hunt/buildup (if you want to call it that - it's more like commentary/symbolism with a slight, slight focus on suspense) than anything near the same genre - even including stuff like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:This makes me think there's a lot of potential in a found footage movie of a ridiculous creepypasta. There's always some fool who is terrified over a haunted "lost episode". ahahaha the thought of Larry David and Seinfeld performing occult rituals on the set of Seinfeld is nuts. That is a great concept though. It could be a documentary style. Have about an hour of setup and lore about a tv show and a "lost episode" with various experts and then just play the entire "lost episode" at the end. It would probably need to be a fake 80s family sitcom or something. Stuff like the whole in-studio audience went crazy and the studio had to pay a bunch of hush money to cover it up.
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There's an art to the silliness of a creepypasta and those two pull it off best. I think about Matt Groening fighting back tears as he hands a cocktail napkin that he's scribbled a URL on to some goon a lot. Especially since Bart The General exists and is as close as you'll ever get to that concept fully realized. I mean seriously look at this: "The episode starts out as normal, with Jerry’s apartment, but the camera is much more steady. Jerry walks out as though he’s been drugged and remarks that all of his family and friends have been dying lately. His buzzer rings and it’s George. George runs up, half crying and tells Jerry he’s seen something terrible. He’s mumbling and stuttering for about five minutes until he can form a sentence. There are still pauses for humor, but there is no audience or laugh track. George informs Jerry that planes have crashed into the twin towers due to a terrorist attack on new york." And tell me it doesn't make you laugh. They could use all of the actors from This Ain't Seinfeld XXX, Tim and Eric style. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Jun 25, 2012 |
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As far as Seinfeld horror is concerned, all I wanna see is a production of The Meatship.
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Jun 25, 2012 20:53
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:There's an art to the silliness of a creepypasta and those two pull it off best. I think about Matt Groening fighting back tears as he hands a cocktail napkin that he's scribbled a URL on to some goon a lot. Especially since Bart The General exists and is as close as you'll ever get to that concept fully realized. Oh my god these are a riot. http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Goosebumps_Lost_Episode quote:“Who are you?” asked Emily in a panicky voice. “Wait’ll my parents get home, they’ll find me.” I love how many of them climax with "and then i vomited."
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drat that's p. deep! Goosebumps finally spooked my guts off!
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I, too, had never heard of creepypasta and just read through a bunch of these. What a bizarre internet phenomena.
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The best ones are usually the television ones, or at least ones that seem to tie into this sort of distant fuzzy memory of forgettable tv or other pop culture minutiae where the line of what we really remember or what we might be able to be convinced we remember is indistinguishable. Like, how many people reading that candlewood cove thing not realizing it was a work of creative fiction might have strained to put together a memory resembling that show.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:drat that's p. deep! Goosebumps finally spooked my guts off! "I tried going online. I browsed around some boards on 4chan, tried reading a few fanfics, but I couldn’t get those words outta my head. I went on Facebook. All these “friends” messaging me, inviting to parties, posting pictures of me. They don’t care about me. Feelings are made up to comfort us. Love is only a chemical reaction. I might as well end it now." Danger posted:Like, how many people reading that candlewood cove thing not realizing it was a work of creative fiction might have strained to put together a memory resembling that show. I just read that one, it's actually really well-done in a goofy sorta way. It's such a rabbit hole of culture because the whole overarching concept would've made a great horror show back in the late '80s alongside the Friday the 13th show, ya know?
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penismightier posted:"I tried going online. I browsed around some boards on 4chan, tried reading a few fanfics, but I couldn’t get those words outta my head. I went on Facebook. All these “friends” messaging me, inviting to parties, posting pictures of me. They don’t care about me. Feelings are made up to comfort us. Love is only a chemical reaction. I might as well end it now." The world is a vampire.
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^ Oh, Hundu  Danger posted:The best ones are usually the television ones, or at least ones that seem to tie into this sort of distant fuzzy memory of forgettable tv or other pop culture minutiae where the line of what we really remember or what we might be able to be convinced we remember is indistinguishable. Like, how many people reading that candlewood cove thing not realizing it was a work of creative fiction might have strained to put together a memory resembling that show. Haha, okay, I actually have a story about Candle Cove. I read it a long time ago, it's pretty well done all things considered. I've mentioned how my younger brother is a fan of horror, and one day we're eating dinner and he goes "hey, did you ever hear about some show called Candle Cove?" Immediately I just tell him it's a made up story on the internet and was just furious at myself later when I realized I could have totally gone with it and scared the poo poo out of him. Anyways I actually started a PYF thread in well...PYF for scary stories: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3461392
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Crap, no Designing Women Lost Episode.
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or like a Bob Ross one where he inadvertently paints some hellish landscape. Man these things practically write themselves. A This Old House where Villa feverishly tries to save someone he is convinced is trapped in the drywall while the crew looks on bewildered.
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The only one I truly think is well-done and unsettling is Pale Luna. The sheer plausibility of it is what makes it work, for anyone old enough to remember the stuff referenced in the story. Everything else creepypasta? Silly as hell, but entertaining in how many people manage to either screw up a payoff or fail to tell a proper story, period. Also, the comments under the story in that link are pretty hilarious.
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The Cameo posted:Everything else creepypasta? Silly as hell, but entertaining in how many people manage to either screw up a payoff or fail to tell a proper story, period. This one is a wasted opportunity: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Videos_Banned_Episode
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foodfight posted:This one is a wasted opportunity: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Videos_Banned_Episode This one is pretty funny. That Vin Da Bona was one sick gently caress.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:This one is pretty funny. That Vin Da Bona was one sick gently caress. It would have been better if he had written in a studio audience.
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Is antichrist any good?
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RBX posted:Is antichrist any good? Yes I found it to be really disturbing and also visually fantastic at the same time.
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Antichrist is worth it if you go into it with an open mind. Just be aware that the director made it while he was in a deep depression so he could try to get over his emotional state. It has its shocking moments and the plot feels like an afterthought but like most of Lars Von Trier's films it's coming from a very personal place. It's a feast for the eyes too, some really stunning shots throughout.
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I think Antichrist is great, but it is emphatically not suitable to all dispositions or occasions. It's got some general creepy moments and great visuals, but if you want a straightforward horror/torture porn film it's probably not a good choice. If you want to think about the traditional figuration of the woman's body as a site of horror (both in the genre and in culture at large) plus see some really terrible things happen to genitalia then it is an excellent choice.
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Pretty much exactly what Shivcraft said. I'm hardly what you would call squeamish but the genital torture is very hard to watch. I should probably watch it again sometime, it's a weird movie but visually it is very beautiful. Has anyone seen Retreat? The synopsis includes the words "killer disease" and "Cillian Murphy," both of which I rather enjoy in movies. Not sure if it's more thriller-y or horror, I haven't heard a lot about it.
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Retreat is more of a thriller. It has its moments and all three of the leads are really good in it. I enjoyed .it.
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Definitely more of a thriller, but I really enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
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Slasherfan posted:There is a new horror movie opening here next week called Storage 24, it looks like an Alien attack movie, it's from the same director as a movie called F which is a movie I thought was decent. Saw Storage 24 this weekend. I found it pretty dull. I don't mind horror movies being low budget and formulaic but I do object to them being boring. That said, there was one fun moment towards the end that was gloriously silly, where a yapping dog toy with fireworks attached walks slowly towards the alien and blows it up.
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I saw Storage 24 also and found it to be decent enough, nothing special, very forgettable but fun to watch. I thought it was one of those movies where when the monster is attacking it's lots of fun but the character stuff was pretty dull. There are two girls in the movie, one of them is supposed to be the female lead but I thought her friend was a more interesting character.
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Slasherfan posted:I saw Storage 24 also and found it to be decent enough, nothing special, very forgettable but fun to watch. I thought it was one of those movies where when the monster is attacking it's lots of fun but the character stuff was pretty dull. There are two girls in the movie, one of them is supposed to be the female lead but I thought her friend was a more interesting character. I just got out from seeing this and I've got to say that none of the characters seemed particularly interesting to me. I think one of the major problems there is that we just didn't see enough of them before the alien attacked, and their personal emotional states never felt important enough for me to believe they would override the tension of the events. Also storage warehouses seem like a much more American concept to me than would merit their inclusion in a British science fiction, however I understand that the original script was set on the London underground. The alien design was a few revisions shy of being cool though, it just suffered to much from looking like a burn victim for most of the film, even before it was blown up. The end was very predictable, and the spaceship design and effects were awful.
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