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I've been busy and didn't realize that nominations had already started until Goat messaged me. Thanks, Goat! I tried to skim but I am at work so I went quickly. I want to nominate now just in case I miss out, deepest apologies if I try to nominate one of my old teams and someone else has poached from them. #ThrowbackThursday Adam Wingard Blair Witch You're Next Death Note A Horrible Way to Die Pop Skull Ti West Pearl X (Upcoming in 2024) MaXXXine The Innkeepers The House of the Devil Both V/H/S ABCs of Death Cloverfield +1 Dan Trachtenberg 10 Cloverfield Lane Prey Matt Reeves Cloverfield Let Me In Julius Onah The Cloverfield Paradox The Girl is in Trouble Dansk Buds Eskil Vogt The Innocents Lars Von Trier Antichrist Epidemic Johannes Nyholm Koko-Di Koko-Da Jonas Alexander Arnby When Animals Dream Ali Abbasi Shelley Samfucius fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Dec 12, 2023 |
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And a new team Argenterror Ivan Noel The Tutor Ellos Volvieron Children of the Night Vuelve Demián Rugna Terrified When Evil Lurks The Last Gateway Cursed Bastards
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Dec 12, 2023 07:41
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Sorry for the multi-post. One last one, and it is loosely based on visually unique or experimental horror I Ain't Never Seen This Before Kyle Edward Bell Skinamarink Phil Tippett Mad God Starship Troopers 2 (I had no idea he directed this, but it is horror and rules are rules) Valdimar Jóhannsson Lamb Edmund Elias Merhige Begotten Shadow of the Vampire John Parker Dementia
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Dec 12, 2023 08:16
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Kangra posted:Samfucious, I'm pretty sure Matt Reeves has already had both films in the tourney. But you can take Babak Anvari, who I'm releasing from my team. Of course he's not a +1 and his Cloverfield film is not released yet, so maybe not. Oh wild. I nominated this exact team last year too  I'll take Babak if that's ok. He's close in spirit.
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Dec 12, 2023 13:47
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I nominate Alfred Hitchcock. I also hate Alfred Hitchcock.
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Dec 15, 2023 01:33
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I'll re-nominate my team from last year, TaBOO!
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Dec 16, 2023 02:11
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I'll use my bye on I Ain't Never Seen This Before
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Dec 17, 2023 15:26
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Hey Goat, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is in the veterans pool twice, once near the top and again at the bottom. Edit: he's also in the solo directors pool twice Samfucius fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Dec 19, 2023 |
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Dec 19, 2023 00:04
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I've only ever watched Dead Heat in theatres with crowds that were absolutely stoked to see it, it's so odd to see it considered tepid here.
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Sister Death was way better than I was expecting, but the butcher scene from Dead Heat could just about carry the movie all by itself. I am a shameful horror fan, having no idea that a 1972 tales from the crypt movie even existed. I love, love, love red acrylic paint blood too! Over here in China I just can't find a reliable connection to Tormented or Torture Dungeon, if anyone could throw a link my way I'd be happy as a clam.
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Jan 6, 2024 01:52
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Whoever said that Torture Dungeon was a bunch of Shakespeare in the park actors was spot on. Edit: it was Goat. Good call, Goat.
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Jan 7, 2024 15:50
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Babysitter was actively grating. Maybe I'm just too old for movies that are this easy to call. I turned to my wife 2/3 of the way through and said "this movie is going to end with a CG ghoulie lunging at the audience" and sure enough. The inclusion of ugly Minions killed me. The worst part was Tom Felton, who is not a bad actor in general but came straight from wacky community theatre guy casting agency. Was he directed to act like that? Sorry for the rant, watched it last night and it really annoyed me. You'll notice I spent no time here talking about why Blair Witch was good, because with the exception of a few scenes it really wasn't. It still came out miles ahead.
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Jan 13, 2024 01:16
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Absolutely no argument about The Transfiguration, though. Good stuff.
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Event Horizon is one of my favorite horror movies to think about, because the parts that stick really stick. Even when I was younger horror movies rarely terrified me, but the part with Sam Neil's wife in the vents made me hide behind a couch cushion. There are also a few fun world-building decisions from Sam Neill made, like his cool (or "woke", if you're a jerk) decision to replace the Australian flag on his uniform with the aboriginal flag, in honor of a future he wished for. Unfortunately the rest of the movie isn't quite as good as the best bits, there are some definite peaks and valleys. Anderson shows his video game future by letting the third act become an action sequence, for example. On the other hand I'm just a bit too young for Nightmare to have a cultural hold. I only watch them as the movies that they are, not as the game changers the context of the time would have given me. I certainly like them, but I find the reputation more interesting than the movies themselves. I'll probably vote Event Horizon, but that's not a done deal. I actually watched Jennifer last week, as I put on some Masters of Horror while puttering about. I didn't even realize it was in the tournament. It offers no surprises, you'll have the whole plot figured out from the first scene. And yeah, it's really horny in a way that it never quite earns or justifies. It ain't terrible, but it won't take much to beat.
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Jan 16, 2024 02:40
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Goddammit, I forgot to vote I was away on a work trip
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Jan 22, 2024 11:17
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Huh? I just tried and it rejected me Edit: I'm an idiot and I clicked last week's poll
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Jan 22, 2024 12:01
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Sure, why not.
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Jan 23, 2024 07:47
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I don't have Tubi, could someone kind come through for me with Malpertius and Revenge of the Ninja?
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Jan 25, 2024 11:18
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Kangra posted:Tubi's not even available in many countries that don't restrict internet access. Yeah, it's very American. I remember it not being available in the UK when I lived there. It isn't available here in China either, and my VPN'd wifi sets me to Singapore (where it is also not available). Also hell yeah for the YouTube link, I didn't see it before and I'll use that. Samfucius fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jan 25, 2024 |
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Jan 25, 2024 23:31
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I'm ready to say it, I dug Malpertuis. It's exactly the kinda movie that I should have heard of before, Orson Welles is sewing Greek gods into human flesh! Even the weird incest poo poo makes total sense as soon as they reveal the Greek myth angle, it 100% tracks with old Zeus and the gang.
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Jan 28, 2024 12:59
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The extended slipping scene with Frankenstein and the monster had me giggling.
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Jan 29, 2024 04:00
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In my memory, Sweet Home has a solid ending but it's a slog to get there.
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Jan 29, 2024 23:38
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Watching Dementia, I wonder if it will pass the "is it actually horror" test for other people, but I really liked it. It's plain as paint that the director John Parker had a strong vison that he needed to share, especially considering that he never made another film. The flashback scene in the graveyard was the best example, bringing a living room furniture set and dumping it outside.
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Feb 1, 2024 02:34
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I love Ninja Scroll, and my Wicked City review is basically "I'm glad he got it out of his system before he made Ninja Scroll".
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Feb 1, 2024 17:44
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Basebf555 posted:Yea I love Ninja Scroll and used to regularly get high and watch it in my college dorm room, but even Ninja Scroll has some stuff that I'd probably want to warn someone about if I was recommending it to them. Oh yeah, definitely. Vagina-based weaponry and sexual assaults are part of both movies, but Ninja Scroll just has way less (and way more of rad monster fights)
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Feb 2, 2024 02:00
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I'm obviously biased here, but Inkeepers vs Cirque Du Freak couldn't be an easier choice. Innkeepers is one of those movies that I showed to friends all the time, and not only is Cirque bad, it has the added insult of being a bad adaptation of a book that I absolutely loved when I was 11.
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The opening of Deadly Friend with BB's little nervous goblin noises had Moomin Dreams and I absolutely rolling. Definitely better than Trance.
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STAC Goat posted:There’s a lot of content from the books not necessarily trimmed or worked in well enough. A lot of world building and sequel setup and characters and elements that don’t feel fleshed out or especially important to the story at hand. There’s a whole cast of quality actors in that carnival crew that really could have been cut or skimmed down since they don’t really factor into the main story and don’t get enough time in the film to make a mark as a side plot. They’re just kind of there and there’s a lot of stuff like that. And then that takes away from any time to establish the stuff that does matter like the boring lead’s relationships with his family, frenemy, and love interest. I had a similar take but a different conclusion. I remember hearing that the movie was bad, but when I watched the actual freak show scene where all of their characters do their things I thought it was great. It was the most invested I ever got in the movie. And in the context of the books it isn't sequel setup, the main character leaves the circus at the end of the first book and never returns. I loved the first book and hated all of the sequels that I bothered to read because I was interested in the traveling ensemble, dammit. The actual book series just turns into a story about a petty, traditionalist vampire clan. No other freaks allowed. So if the book sequels suck, why not overdevelop all of these side characters that canonically go nowhere and make something good?
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Hell yeah. I was one of the people who absolutely adored Skinamarink, it and Mad God were the reasons I put the team together in the first place. It really does capture that feeling of being alone in a house when you're really young. I'm happy it has some real competition in Pulse, a movie that I'd vote for in many, many matchups. The scene with the ghost having its momentary stumble is a wonderfully successful way to make things feel even more wrong. I'll watch the third movie in the matchup with an open mind but it'll be hard to beat Skinamarink for me. I hope y'all don't hate it, but if you do at least you watched it. Also Thirteen Ghosts slaps. The trailer scared the poo poo out of me when it came out.
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married but discreet posted:Uh, Skinamarink I guess? Pulse is really good but I’ll vote for the more original movie, even if I want many more movies like Pulse but none more like Skinamarink. You're in luck, there are no other movies like Skinamarink. Except for the YouTube short it's loosely based on, I guess. I voted Skinamarink and Anguish, and add me to the pile of people that liked every single movie this week.
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Feb 19, 2024 04:42
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Despite dragging in the middle, I used to show college friends Witching and Bitching all the time. The first and last acts really are that fun.
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Feb 20, 2024 23:42
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I threw Koko Di onto the team to round out the numbers, I didn't expect much of anything. At its worst it reminded me of community theater, but at its best it reminded me of the really strong middle act of Yellowbrickroad. Not in story but in tone. Haven't watched Synchronic yet, and I really like B+M, but I could definitely see myself voting for Koko.
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Mar 1, 2024 03:56
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We're having the darndest time getting ahold of Yokai War and Tomb, any help is appreciated.
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Mar 9, 2024 13:19
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Not in the last two years. I wasn't around before that.
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Mar 12, 2024 00:02
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I read a lot of Michael Crichton in sixth grade and I remember being very disappointed with the Sphere movie adaptation. Time to watch it again!
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Mar 19, 2024 02:03
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Top tip for anyone else who doesn't live in the west and has a hard time accessing the paid services, Deep Freeze is also on YouTube.
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Apr 17, 2024 12:19
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 Terrified was supposed to be the marque movie for the whole team and of course it goes up against one of my favorite movies of all time. Though that's really more fun, two big guys throwing haymakers rather than a beatdown. Echoing Goat, please just watch the movie even if you've already decided.
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I'm having a hell of a time getting Voices From Beyond in case anyone can PM me a link.
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May 5, 2024 10:26
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Another PSA for those of us living outside the West: Cellar Dweller is on YouTube as well as the MST3K episode of The Deadly Mantis, if that's what you're into.
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Class3KillStorm posted:Voted for Van Helsing and The Mummy. Total opposite for me. Mushrooms may not be a horror movie, but neither is Van Helsing, and Mushrooms I actually watched. VH was two hours of "holy poo poo, it's still going". The Mummy was fine, and if it tied with Chronicle I'd vote for it on a gently caress-Max-Landis basis, but Chronicle was so, so, so much better. Entirely different league, much less ball park.
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