david_a posted:

Not my idea, but Jim Henson’s Creature Shop working on a kaiju movie would have been amazing. They could have pulled off some insane giant puppet thing for Godzilla to fight

Edit: for that matter, them making any large monster in a horror movie would have been amazing too. Thinking of something like the giant thing at the end of Species II

A True Jar Jar Fan posted:

What's everyone's comfort horror? I'm going through some rough stuff medically right now and I've been rewatching all the Corman Poe movies. The whole vibe of these movies just makes me feel good.

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Wish I'd kept a record of some of the gems from my time at Netflix. Bad notes are bad notes, but that place was special. There were times I seriously wondered if my execs had been drugged

Just a tiny example - there was one exec on Midnight Mass who just couldn't accept that Riley - who had just been released from prison - didn't have a job.

I pointed out that Riley trying to find purpose, and having absolutely nothing, was important for how we meet the character, but they wouldn't be dissuaded.

"We at least need to him filling out job applications."

I pushed back again, and said that Riley specifically talks about life after prison and how he has been reduced to simply existing, without any direction or purpose...

"What about a montage where he fills out a lot of applications on the mainland, but no one calls him back?"

I asked if a single shot of him having to check the box saying he had been convicted of a crime would do it, but the directive came in - it had to be a montage. We really needed to see that he was TRYING to get a job. If he didn't TRY to get a job, we would never understand the character

"He's just some passive guy if he's not trying to fill out job applications."

So we added a few scenes to the pilot script. Each one meant we had to find a new location, just for one shot of Riley asking for - and filling out - a job application. Over and over again

And finally, when they realized the impact it had on the budget create this thrilling, massive "job application" sequence, they let it go.

"Can you just at least add some dialog about him acknowledging that he should be filling out job applications?"

We added several lines. I cut them in post.

Oh, and one last one - they put enormous pressure on us to "add scares" to the pilot of Midnight Mass. One scene they insisted on doing as additional photography was to help "explain what happened to the cats."

They pitched a scene where we see the "angel" stalking and killing a stray cat. I HATED it. They dug in, though - "if we don't see this, no one will understand what happened to the cats, and this will add a huge scare to the pilot"

I protested and protested and protested but ultimately we lost the battle. So there is this scene in the first episode where we follow a cat, who just walks around, and then there's a POV shot through the bushes, and then it gets grabbed out of frame.

It's like a feline Friday the 13th scene. It remains the stupidest scene I've ever filmed.

Okay okay okay last one - THE MIDNIGHT CLUB.

"We need to know why Ilonka chose to go to Brightcliffe."

"Well it's a hospice, and she has cancer -"

"But what mysteries can she unlock there?"

"Well we have a bit about her thinking she might find a cure"

"And does she?"

"... "

"You mean, does she find a cure for cancer?"

"Yes."

"No, she doesn't."

"Why?"

"... well there is no cure, that we know of"

"I really thought she'd find one."

"... wouldn't that be insulting to the many people who deal with cancer?"

"I don't know, it's depressing if she doesn't cure it."

Martman posted:

I think there was some throwaway line about Madison being a girl scout. I think it was while the villain was befriending her, and she probably ignored it because people assume girl scouts are BS.

PKMN Trainer Red posted:

The Baby (1973), which is... a helluva movie.

CelticPredator posted:

It’s Killer Klowns from Outer Space by the dickies

Magic Hate Ball posted:

Sort of related, but the Carrie musical kicks rear end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYFL9hm1k9I

PKMN Trainer Red posted:

Gonz posted:

Earlier this evening, I explained to someone the plot of Highlander 2, and they were incredulous over it.

flashy_mcflash posted:

Nothing precludes you from remaking something down the line if it means a lot to you. Lucky Mckee did it with All Cheerleaders Die which was one of his early shorts. Not the same but Malum was also a remake in pretty short order. My unsolicited advice is make what you love, now and always. People know when you haven't.

Space Fish posted:

FYI for those going in blind: no Eurythmics at all

Spermanent Record posted:

Have you got any horror short story recommendations for Grade 7, 12 years olds?

I'm thinking The Jaunt, to start them off with a bang (after editing out that line about dog semen wtf).

Something I don't have to check line by line for obscenity, but will still give them a good spook.

Xiahou Dun posted:

I started that conversation because I feel like a lot of horror soundtracks wind up feeling very same-y. A majority of them are trying to do the same poo poo, e.g. be vaguely spoopy or provide stings, so they kind of just do that in the obvious ways over and over.

Just once, I want some action-horror murder nonsense set to Jerusalem Ridge.

I don't think that's such a big ask.

Halloween Jack posted:

I think that movie for me is Rock & Rule. I tried to describe it to the kids in my kindergarten class and they thought it sounded like the stupidest thing ever.

TOOT BOOT posted:

I really liked One Of The Dead but things where you can't tell people why it's worthwhile without spoiling the whole thing are frustrating to recommend to people.

King Vidiot posted:

For a $160 plastic animated skeleton from Costco, this loving guy didn't need to go this hard: https://www.costco.com/6%27-punk-rocker-animated-skeleton.product.4000154176.html

You need to go back and pick that guy up, you need him in your life.

CelticPredator posted:

Watch Chucky start a loving war

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

Kanopy is a lot more expensive for libraries to get a subscription to (this also determines how many kanopy credits you get in a month)

if you're a comic book nerd though, it is absolutely ridonkulous how many great comics you can read for free on Hoopla (including lots of Creepy and Eerie collections for us horror heads). Even before Comixology got bought by Amazon and poo poo the bed, Hoopla had rendered it completely obsolete for me.

drrockso20 posted:

There's several flash emulators out there you can use

Uncle Boogeyman posted:

the original short story is so awesome, i dunno how faithful that short adaptation is but i've always thought a faithful short adaptation would be sick.

Shrecknet posted:

SAW II is wretched, Whannel has openly said it was a repurposed spec-script rush job and it shows.

STAC Goat posted:

On the other hand you’re giving money to James Dolan. So no winners.

Xiahou Dun posted:

Isn’t Final Destination set in Montauk or something?

Shrecknet posted:

b) Ghosts are real

c) We have the technology to put ghosts in Billy puppets

Stryder posted:

last time this topic came up, I recommended Turkey Shoot from 1982. I discovered it on Shudder last year and it's starts as just another take on The Most Dangerous Game/Running Man but then gets totally bonkers. Best to go into it blind because there's one part that literally made me and shout, "NO loving WAY!" The hero is played by Steve Railsback, best known as the star of Lifeforce and his costar is Olivia Hussey, AKA Juliet from the Zefirelli Romeo & Juliet that we all had to watch in high school.