Basebf555 posted:

I'd like to see Kaneto Shindo(Onibaba, Kuroneko) swapped in for one of the others like maybe Laughton. Night of the Hunter is really good but one film is still just one film. Or maybe Antonia Bird because it's really just Ravenous, I haven't seen Face but it looks like a crime drama?

TrixRabbi posted:

we left off an underrated heavyweight or two.

Shrecknet posted:

You are right, I deleted the main 60 poll because it's not complete/finessed
Again, you're right, but Polanski is a loving pederast so gently caress him. Victor Bava doesn't get on here either.
OK I am sorry and I'm adding Fulci. I'll extend the list past 60 and we can start throwing out 4-film directors when we're ready to move on.

married but discreet posted:

Franchescanado posted:

The Fury is so good that I immediately bought it from Arrow, since it's included in their current sale.

Franchescanado posted:

Kuroneko loving owns. I’ll rewatch both, but I’m already leaning towards Kuroneko, which is my favorite Japanese ghost movie.

Lighthouse vs Blob is gonna be tough

BisonDollah posted:

but we lost Soavi in the first round

Shrecknet posted:

This video encapsulates everything I feel about why Covenant is great while Prometheus remains a turd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIftf6S3hvI

Franchescanado posted:

Also if Home Sick wins, I'm tweeting Adam Wingard that he beat Ridley Scott in a directors tournament with his student film.

quote:

In 2013, Ridley stated that he is an atheist. Although when asked by the BBC in a September 2014 interview if he believes in God, Scott replied:

I'm not sure. I think there's all kinds of questions raised... that's such an exotic question. If we looked at the whole thing practically speaking, the big bang occurred and then we go through this evolution of millions, billions of years where, by coincidence, all the right biological accidents came out the right way. To an extent, that doesn't make sense unless there was a controlling decider or mediator in all of that. So who was that? Or what was that? Are we one big grand experiment in the basic overall blink of the universe, or the galaxy? In which case, who is behind it? Maybe we're an experiment which can last a billion years, but which is a blink in their terms and they can then say: 'Right, that didn't work, let's blow them up!'

Basebf555 posted:

I think you can look at Prometheus/Covenant and see a guy lashing out at the universe for not providing the answers. And I wouldn't want to assume his brother's death was a factor in that but I wouldn't discount it either.

TrixRabbi posted:

Do I think Adam Wingard is a better director than Ridley Scott? Not even close.

Do I think Adam Wingard is more deserving of competing in a tournament of horror film directors than Ridley Scott? Yeah.

Like, I find Scott's late period stuff to actually be really interesting. Even Covenant has interesting ideas it's exploring, though I still think he did it way better the first time around in Prometheus. But part of me, whether we're supposed to or not, is thinking about down the line and who I'd like to see more of in this tournament and I don't feel a great need to push Scott forward, especially on a film that is just middle of the road for me. I will take sloppy, cheap but ambitious and memorable over technically sufficient but lackluster every single day. None of that comes at it from an angle of "so bad it's good."

married but discreet posted:

Good LORD, this person is our mod?

TrixRabbi posted:

Carpenter Line-Up (Not necessarily in order)

Prince of Darkness
Christine
The Thing
Halloween
The Fog
In the Mouth of Madness

Debbie Does Dagon posted:

I'll check them out! Just be forewarned, I've been told that I'm a bad trans because I don't like catgirls, or head pats, so these will be the opinions of someone who has been formally excommunicated.

Debbie Does Dagon posted:

Just a joke but for real, I'm pretty out of touch with the culture of the kids coming up, but I can offer my ancient millennial guidance

The Berzerker posted:

I haven't made a lot of effortposts or anything in this thread but I am really, really enjoying this tournament and some of the movies that I am discovering through it so shout out to Shrecknet for running it and shoutout to all of the posters writing really thoughtful rationales on why they're voting one way or another every round

TrixRabbi posted:

Honestly though, shouldn't presume Tobe Hooper is a shoe-in against Brian Yuzna. I could easily see Salem's Lot or Eaten Alive going down to RotLD 3 or Society. It's really going to come down to the draws here.

Franchescanado posted:

Horror Director Tourney vol 2, winner is excluded.

Franchescanado posted:

I thought about not re-using films, but that's gonna suck for directors like Peele, or strong contenders like Lynch who will make it pretty late into the game.

TrixRabbi posted:

I would not include the Duos in a new bracket but that's just me.