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PateraOctopus posted:I've heard good things about this film, though I have yet to see it. I'm curious--does it distance itself from Man Bites Dog or does it acknowledges it in any way? Given the very similar premises and this movie's film-aware nature it'd seem almost suspicious not to address it in some way. It never directly addresses it, but while the plot is similar, it's way different in tone than Man Bites Dog. Honestly, it has more in common with the Scream movies; it's riffing more on the tropes of the Slasher genre than on actual real-life serial killers. It's pretty okay, but apart from maybe one 30 second sequence about halfway through the movie, it's never even close to scary. I mean, I don't really even think it's trying to be. It's a comedy above all else, I don't think it really belongs in this thread. The lead actor owns, though, and it's worth a watch if you're a horror fan.
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Dalai Lamacide posted:I've never seen "The Thing" or "Prince of Darkness" but I've heard very good things about "The Thing", and the other one pretty much has to be good. I'd rank Prince of Darkness as being decent-to-good, but The Thing is really loving amazing. Like, up there with the original Alien. Definitely see it. I gotta say, though, I feel like the only dude on the internet who wasn't into In the Mouth of Madness. It had a neat premise and its hard to go wrong with Sam Neill/Jurgen Prochnow, but it also just had, like, way too many jump scares to be effective as a horror movie.
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McSpanky posted:Strange Days is a scifi crime thriller that is almost literally psychological: the story is facilitated by a small device that, when placed on the head, records the wearer's experiences and allows others to relive them in full five-senses immersion, as if the memories are their own. This movie is great. But if the OP is still asking for no movies with violence against women, then this is the worst movie you could possibly suggest. The rape/murder scene in this is loving brutal.
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May 24, 2011 03:38
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Old Boot posted:EDIT: What makes it more unnerving in general is what the director ended up doing none too long ago. Not quite as comparable to the Jeepers Creepers poo poo, but there's a rather long article about what he did, and his films show an incredibly distinct pattern. After the two counts of vehicular manslaughter, I'm honestly shocked that he's still allowed to make films. This is a really fascinating and sad story that I had never heard despite being a huge fan of The Hitcher and Near Dark. Thanks for sharing it. edit: i just crossposted it over in Gen Chat, great article. Uncle Boogeyman fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Sep 24, 2014 |
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Rocksicles posted:I mentioned it in the recommend me thread last week, glad someone else has seen it. Yeah I saw it at a sci-fi movie marathon last February completely cold and I really dug it. I keep waiting for it to pop up on Netflix so I can rewatch it.
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Sep 26, 2014 15:39
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Admiral Goodenough posted:For what it's worth, the IMDb page claims that the dialogue was largely improvised. Yeah I saw it with one of the actors doing a Q&A afterwards and he said they didn't have a script so much as a rough outline.
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Oct 12, 2014 19:21
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yeah Horns adds some additional hosed up pacing issues to a book that was already riddled with pacing issues. very disappointing to see something that shoddy come out of an Alexandre Aja/Joe Hill collab.
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Apr 16, 2015 04:40
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Radcliffe was actually surprisingly good. weird example of a movie that's way less than the sum of its parts.
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Apr 16, 2015 04:45
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Ehud posted:I have no idea where else to post this, so uh, is anyone else surprised at the positive reception that The Gift is getting? It's at 91% on RT, "The Gift is wickedly smart and playfully subversive, challenging the audience's expectations while leaving them leaning on the edges of their seats." i haven't seen any previews but i like Joel Edgerton on the basis of Animal Kingdom and The Rover so i'm glad that it sounds to be good
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Aug 7, 2015 21:03
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Periodiko posted:As a kid, I saw Lord of Illusions on TV twice and it really affected me, to the extent that despite having really fond memories of the movie I almost don't want to watch it again because I have a feeling it won't live up to that memory. I remember it as a very strange, bleak, unpredictable film, and it enkindled in me a love of dark occultism and urban fantasy-horror in fiction. director's cut, no question. the theatrical cut is borderline incomprehensible and cuts a couple of the best scenes in the movie.
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Aug 19, 2015 23:44
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Snak posted:I thought The Conjuring was total garbage. Like it was one cliche after another until it finally ended. The only thing that wasn't cliche about it was that it had kind of a happy ending, I think? the plot's nothing new, but it shares Insidious' biggest strength: an unusually well-written, well-acted cast of intelligent adults. plus the John Leonetti cinematography is real good.
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Sep 16, 2015 15:16
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:All very good points. I also thought it was funny how much time they spend sitting around, being bored as hell. I kept thinking, no wonder all they think about is loving eachother. young people in a nutshell. i love the ending, although like a lot of horror movies, the way they "defeat" the monster is vague and doesn't make a lot of sense, and i can see how that would bug somebody.
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Session 9 is great. i really love Brad Anderson's directorial style, he's got a few extremely solid films under his belt, lotta good TV work too (including one of the best Wire episodes)
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