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My God, Calvaire is so so bleak. Like I've rewatched Martyrs, Inside, Last House etc multiple times and been fine. Calvaire is just so oppressive compared to almost anything for me. Great movie.
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Finally got to see You're Next. I loved like 99% of it. The ending totally pissed me off though. she fought drat hard that it's so lovely that she just gets shot and the murders, not to mention the cops death, are probably going to get pinned on her. But everything before the final 4 minutes are just great.
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Just watched How To Be A Serial Killer. It's not the worst thing I've ever seen, but don't watch it.
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Sweeney Tom posted:In addition to ABCs of Death 2 coming out later this year, ABCs of Death 1.5 has just been announced, which comes out sometime this quarter. The premise behind it is, for ABCs of Death 2, they received 541 fan-submitted entries for the letter M. The producers liked a great deal of the submissions, and saw a chance to both expand the series and give great opportunities to some of the fans who worked hard or did really good, yet wouldn't be showcased normally. ABCs of Death 1.5 is composed of nothing but entries for the letter M. Cool to see a post about this here. 'Messiah' has a bunch of people I know in it, and the director's a good friend of mine. He also directed the Little Mermaid short on Fearnet, which I think I posted about earlier in the thread. Originally it was a popular vote contest to get into the top 6 because they were going to choose one to be in ABCD2. I'm not sure if they're still doing that or not, but Messiah made it into the top 10 for the fan vote.
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Jan 10, 2014 11:05
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Skywalker OG posted:Just watched How To Be A Serial Killer. Care to elaborate?
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Jan 10, 2014 16:10
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Coffee And Pie posted:Care to elaborate? Sure. I'm not great at articulating my opinions, but I just didn't think it was very good. It's about this charismatic guy who gets this downtrodden, simple guy to be his student in the way of killing. It has two framing devices, 1. Old Guy explaining what a serial killer is, and 2. Killer's lessons in the form of a magic show. They establish the scene but the killer rarely heeds his own advice. It feels like a ripoff of Bronson after awhile and having two is totally unnecessary, like they just didn't want to deal with making story transitions. For some reason after scenes with the killer the protege or the girlfriend will be interviewed about the scene they were just in. Not sure why that was necessary, it is never established that this is a documentary, nor is it filmed as one. The music is this really generic doop be bee boop booop ba doobedee boop doop but is mixed too loud and is too divorced from the scenes to not be anything but distracting. The movie tries to establish the killer's motives but kind of fails to make it stick. It would have been better if it was nastier and aside from all of the questionable narrative choices I think totally it exists in the Behind the Mask quirky nega-zone where it tries to remain fun and jaunty and that carries over to and destroys the more serious parts. Jigoku fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Jan 11, 2014 |
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Jan 10, 2014 20:24
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Glamorama26 posted:My God, Calvaire is so so bleak. Like I've rewatched Martyrs, Inside, Last House etc multiple times and been fine. Calvaire is just so oppressive compared to almost anything for me. Great movie. Hmm, I also think Inside and Martyrs especially are great movies, but never heard of Calvaire. I'll give it a go sometime soon. Also, a bit of callback to an earlier post from Xandoom about August Underground. I remembered an interview Fred Vogel did where he responds to his inspiration for the movie: edit: source http://www.atrocitiescinema.com/interviews/fredvogel.html quote:Atrocities Cinema: What was the original inspiration for the August Underground series? He also answers why he was arrested in Canada: quote:Atrocities Cinema: Tell me a bit about your recent arrest in Canada. I don't really know much about the guy otherwise. I vaguely remember skipping through some of his movies years ago, but it's not for me. Curious though, isn't a movie like Maniac a lot more interesting in following the serial killer perspective?
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Jan 10, 2014 21:59
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Acht posted:Hmm, I also think Inside and Martyrs especially are great movies, but never heard of Calvaire. I'll give it a go sometime soon.
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Jan 11, 2014 01:53
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Sweeney Tom posted:In addition to ABCs of Death 2 coming out later this year, ABCs of Death 1.5 has just been announced, which comes out sometime this quarter. The premise behind it is, for ABCs of Death 2, they received 541 fan-submitted entries for the letter M. The producers liked a great deal of the submissions, and saw a chance to both expand the series and give great opportunities to some of the fans who worked hard or did really good, yet wouldn't be showcased normally. ABCs of Death 1.5 is composed of nothing but entries for the letter M. All that and no M is for Myiasis? Seems like a real obvious body horror short.
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Jan 11, 2014 05:43
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All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Not really sure what I just saw, but it was the quickest reversal of a twist I remember. I do remember hearing about this movie years ago but never seeing it released. Turns out it was made in like 2006 and was released pretty recently. It's a slasher/survival with Amber Heard and well the twist is that the killer is the outcast friend but it turns out Heard's character was in on it. The ultimate goal was to kill all the popular kids on the farm, then off themselves. Heard changes her mind at the very last moment and decides to kill her outcast friend and save the farmhand who she originally left for dead. That's it I now understand why it was on the shelf for 7 years.
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Jan 11, 2014 05:44
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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones was kinda poo poo, some really good tension but christ having grown up around lovely neighborhoods in LA the level of 90s cholo hit comical levels in this, no one talks like that. Definitely check it out if you like the rest of the series.
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Sire Oblivion posted:Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones was kinda poo poo, some really good tension but christ having grown up around lovely neighborhoods in LA the level of 90s cholo hit comical levels in this, no one talks like that. Definitely check it out if you like the rest of the series. I definitely could have done without the introduction of time travel in this film series. I mean, c'mon. C'mon. There were some decent scenes in the movie, though. Especially the Simon machine stuff.
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Gonz posted:I definitely could have done without the introduction of time travel in this film series. I mean, c'mon. C'mon. There were some decent scenes in the movie, though. Especially the Simon machine stuff. Its right up with turning into a giant snake. It never helps and often hinders significantly. For me the weirdest bit of dialogue was When they introduce the bat in the car for later:  - Hey dude, why do you have a bat in your car?I dunno, maybe it has to do with the fact that you guys have been physically attacked twice since this movie started. You live in a scary loving neighborhood dude.
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Jan 12, 2014 21:51
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Gonz posted:I definitely could have done without the introduction of time travel in this film series. I mean, c'mon. C'mon. There were some decent scenes in the movie, though. Especially the Simon machine stuff. You need to spoil this for me and explain how this works in the movie.
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Volume posted:You need to spoil this for me and explain how this works in the movie. The dude finds a portal that brings him back to the end of the third movie where the coven witches chase him, then another portal that brings him to the end of the first movie where you find out he was the reason Katie was screaming downstairs. About as silly as it sounds.
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Jan 13, 2014 00:36
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Acht posted:Also, a bit of callback to an earlier post from Xandoom about August Underground. I remembered an interview Fred Vogel did where he responds to his inspiration for the movie: I tried watching one of these a couple of weeks ago, but in spite of all the violence and general horrific actions, the actors couldn't really sell what was happening. In combination with some of the more extreme stuff going on, it seemed like a movie that aliens would make if they were trying to crudely mimic human activity that they'd picked up via a telescope or something, and also the aliens are all chubby crust punks. I don't remember the subtitle for the one I saw, but I wouldn't even call it a horror movie - more like unintentional abstract art film. EDIT: There's also the whole "The Aristocrats!" thing running through it, where it seems so desperate to shock that it's unable to. a foolish pianist fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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If you guys wanna just direct me to the discussion you've no doubt already had about the subject or maybe just give me a quick overview, what's the general opinion of the blu-ray release of The Wicker Man that Lion's Gate just put out? Is it worth picking up?
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Jan 13, 2014 01:09
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LightsGameraAction posted:If you guys wanna just direct me to the discussion you've no doubt already had about the subject or maybe just give me a quick overview, what's the general opinion of the blu-ray release of The Wicker Man that Lion's Gate just put out? Is it worth picking up? If you mean the Final Cut edition, the short answer is "Yes". The longer answer is "gently caress, yes".
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Jan 13, 2014 01:41
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Jedit posted:If you mean the Final Cut edition, the short answer is "Yes". The longer answer is "gently caress, yes". Yeah that one. I saw it on Amazon and was going to pick it up but noticed a lot of customer reviews bitching about missing footage and longer editions. I'm not sure which version I've seen already.
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sticklefifer posted:The dude finds a portal that brings him back to the end of the third movie where the coven witches chase him, then another portal that brings him to the end of the first movie where you find out he was the reason Katie was screaming downstairs. I don't think this is quite accurate, there's only one time warp, the one at the end where he zips to the end of the first movie. Before that, they are indeed at the same house from the end of the third movie, it's just still there in the present day.
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Am I the only one who thought it ended kind of weakly? I liked the time travel door stuff, but then he's just running around the dark house, and a spooky monster shows up, cut to black, the end.
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Jan 13, 2014 02:24
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Coffee And Pie posted:Am I the only one who thought it ended kind of weakly? I liked the time travel door stuff, but then he's just running around the dark house, and a spooky monster shows up, cut to black, the end. Considering the standard found footage ending is 'just running around a dark house, spooky monster shows up, cut to black, the end', this is actually a significant step forward. Also, the whole climax leading up to that was pretty lengthy and well done for a found footage flick, there was the blowing witches away with guns bit, and a surprisingly suspenseful trapped/cornered/chase scene which is tough to do in found footage, I think.
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Just finished VHS 2, wow, worlds better than the first, IMHO. I hated the alien segment in the last one and so I begrudgingly watched the last segment, not expecting much. It was great, really enjoyed it but was definitely freaked out as well. I'm very pleased overall.
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Jan 13, 2014 03:59
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Toriori posted:Just finished VHS 2, wow, worlds better than the first, IMHO. I hated the alien segment in the last one and so I begrudgingly watched the last segment, not expecting much. It was great, really enjoyed it but was definitely freaked out as well. I'm very pleased overall. That was one of my favorite segments. Then again aliens freak the poo poo out of me. Also going to echo the "much better than the first" mentality.
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There's this great old cop show called Naked City, and in 1959 they did an episode about a shooting spree, which has a surprisingly intense opening sequence. The choice of stock music will, for horror fans, really take the scene to the next level of creepiness. It went on to be the theme music for Night of the Living Dead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwnLL_hHxW4
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Jan 13, 2014 20:16
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You've watched more Naked City than anyone here, how much of it is location shooting?
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Jan 13, 2014 20:44
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:You've watched more Naked City than anyone here, how much of it is location shooting? Essentially 100%, and any studio stuff is at the old Biograph studios in the south Bronx, so that's basically location anyway.
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Jan 13, 2014 21:14
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Jesus. That's like the Holy Grail.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Jesus. That's like the Holy Grail. That's what I've been sayinggggggg.
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penismightier posted:There's this great old cop show called Naked City, and in 1959 they did an episode about a shooting spree, which has a surprisingly intense opening sequence. The choice of stock music will, for horror fans, really take the scene to the next level of creepiness. It went on to be the theme music for Night of the Living Dead. This is loving great and I should watch Naked City, shouldn't I? On an unrelated note, I just got my criterion blu ray of Videodrome. Hadn't seen it in years, but Jesus Christ, does that thing hold up insanely well. Cronenberg may be my favorite director ever and sometimes even I forget how good he can be. The weird thing is I don't even think Videodrome is in his top 3 films ( I'd go The Fly, The Brood and maybe Dead Ringers or Shivers as 3). But yeah, Videodrome rules and why aren't you watching it now?
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Glamorama26 posted:
I want this sentence painted on my ceiling so it's the first thing i see waking up.
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Do you go with that or "Long live the new flesh" ?
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Glamorama26 posted:Do you go with that or "Long live the new flesh" ? I've always been partial to "Would you like to try a few things?" Videodrome is my fave Cronenberg film (The Brood, Glamorama, really?) with Dead Ringers and The Fly rounding out my Top 3. Cronenberg does horror like nobody else.
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What are the thread's thoughts on House of 1000 Corpses? I finally watched it way after enjoying Devil's Rejects and thought it to be a visually interesting overt mashup of a billion references to genre classics. I'm definitely going to rewatch Devil's Rejects but generally I can sense alot of growth into paring down to the group and the police, since 'House' takes a dramatic left turn in the last half hour that kind of tonally and thematically derails the movie, though it alludes constantly to it.
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Sorry, doublepost. I am a huge idiot.
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Jan 14, 2014 10:03
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I'm in the minority in loving House of 1000 Corpses, it was just a fun movie. A lot of my love for it is based on the strength of the opening though.
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Skywalker OG posted:What are the thread's thoughts on House of 1000 Corpses? I finally watched it way after enjoying Devil's Rejects and thought it to be a visually interesting overt mashup of a billion references to genre classics. I'm definitely going to rewatch Devil's Rejects but generally I can sense alot of growth into paring down to the group and the police, since 'House' takes a dramatic left turn in the last half hour that kind of tonally and thematically derails the movie, though it alludes constantly to it. It's not too well-regarded, but a few of us like it. I like the general aesthetic of it, and while it's somewhat disjointed and uneven, Zombie's love for the genre really shines through. It seems like he was putting everything on the table as it might have been his only shot at making a feature length movie.
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I saw House of 1000 Corpses right around when it came out and hated it. Then I watched it again this year during Halloween season and liked it a lot more. I think it almost works better as a prequel, if you were to watch Devil's Rejects first. After seeing Devil's Rejects you wonder just what the hell the Fireflys have been up to these past 20 or so years, and House of 1000 Corpses shows that part of the story.
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I can't understand how you can love horror movies and not like HOTC. It's so much fun. Do you hate fun?
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schwenz posted:I can't understand how you can love horror movies and not like HOTC. It's so much fun. Do you hate fun? Actually at the time I saw it I kind of did hate fun. At least in horror movies. I was pretty young and I hadn't acquired a taste yet for horror-comedy or really even regular black comedy. Now I eat that poo poo up.
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