So true. I had to turn it off as soon as that stairwell scene happened. Didn't finish it. I can't say that about many films. I basically can't watch anything with cruelty to animals. Unless they are human. And then go ahead and bash some skulls in. Not sure how I'm desensitized that way.rsmurphy wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:41 pm The Innocents
*movies about scary kids or kids with powers aren't usually my go-to, but this Norwegian chiller has phenomenal acting from its very young stars, as well as a horrific take on what can be loosely based on superhero contexts...and I don't care much for superhero contexts. Not for cat-lovers
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152tommy!
I finally watched Terrifier 2 and boy did it stink! I was forcing myself awake to make it to the finish. Like, at least three times. So long. There is no reason in the world it should have been that long. Hated everyone, especially that kid. I want to see that kid and the Babadook kid in a street fight. Loser immediately becomes the other kid.
I finally watched Terrifier 2 and boy did it stink! I was forcing myself awake to make it to the finish. Like, at least three times. So long. There is no reason in the world it should have been that long. Hated everyone, especially that kid. I want to see that kid and the Babadook kid in a street fight. Loser immediately becomes the other kid.
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153Versus from 2000. Right up there with Ichi the Killer in my opinion.
I was going to say Carnival of Souls but i guess that is pretty well known.
I was going to say Carnival of Souls but i guess that is pretty well known.
"There's a felling I get when I look to the west"
"When the meaningful words. When they cease to function. When there's nothing to say."
"When the meaningful words. When they cease to function. When there's nothing to say."
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154You're doing the lord's work, bless uprsmurphy wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:41 pm I know you have all been chomping at the bit to cast a gaze from your beady li'l eyes upon my 2022 horror listicle
Speak No Evil
*uncomfortable Danish film about the limits one will take in order to be polite. Genuinely fucked-up ending.
The Sadness
*Deliciously violent, disgusting, and taboo-destroying flick out of Taiwan about a pandemic turning people into homicidal maniacs. Get some.
Satan's Slaves 2: Communion
*didn't enjoy it as much as the first Satan's Slaves, but this Indonesian take on genealogical occultish bloodlines has authentically freakish and terrifying sequences. There's one where someone is hiding in a trash chute and a couple of demons are talking in a gleefully sadistic high-pitched girlish tone about how they are about to get sent to hell to be tormented forever just because. Infernal.
The Innocents
*movies about scary kids or kids with powers aren't usually my go-to, but this Norwegian chiller has phenomenal acting from its very young stars, as well as a horrific take on what can be loosely based on superhero contexts...and I don't care much for superhero contexts. Not for cat-lovers
Mad God
*surreal stop-motion horror from Phil Tippett. No plot, just scene after scene of nightmarish scenarios.
Moloch
*another entry about bloodlines, family curses, and destinies. Depressing!
A Wounded Fawn
*late-entry starring the criminally adorable Josh Ruben as a serial killer who receives his comeuppance via the three furies in Greek mythology. Weird, psychedelic, and freakish feminist horror with a truly wtf-ending for the ages.
Watcher
*Paranoid and suspenseful flick starring Maika Monroe being stalked in a new, foreign city.
Resurrection
*what can't Rebecca Hall do? I love her, especially in this supremely strange film about psychologically abusive relationships, power dynamics, and baby-eating.
EDIT: Forgot about Deadstream. Horror-comedy that's unabashedly cheesy during it's first half but has more than a few creepout moments. Second half had me howling with laughter as well as nervous laughter from being scared in a fun way. A cancelled influencer tries to win back his audience by live-streaming one night in a haunted house.
If you're looking for light-entertainment that mocks the social-media-online blogosphere, then put this in your pen and vape it.
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155Yes!Mickey242 wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:05 pm I was going to say Carnival of Souls but i guess that is pretty well known.
I am not the original author of this thread, but without speaking for them I'm all for having this thread be the catch-all for horror. Am I really going to start a separate thread for Underwater co-starring TJ Miller? Yeah. I just watched that shit and it was awful. Where else am I gonna kvetch? Kristen Stewart was boring. What was Vincent Cassel even doing there? Did I mention that TJ Miller is wisecrackin' thru half of it?
Crap
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156This was fun and while it was generally easy to follow, it did some unexpected things. Her expressions at the end were hilarious. The horror of banality. I see this one as an homage to The Society, The Stuff, and The Stepford Wives.TylerDeadPine wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:10 amGreat episode. Great actingkmc wrote: Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:37 am Episode 4 of Cabinet of Curiosities "The Outside" directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night and The Bad Batch) is really terrific, gross, and hilarious horror...though unlikely lesser known. Recommended
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157Baby Blood, which was actually really funny, and XTRO, which was fucking nuts, kinda like a more surreal and playful take on late 70's italian horror. Fulci meets Cronenberg on acid.
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158TJ Miller can't act to save his life. Very punch able face though.rsmurphy wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:06 amYes!Mickey242 wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:05 pm I was going to say Carnival of Souls but i guess that is pretty well known.
I am not the original author of this thread, but without speaking for them I'm all for having this thread be the catch-all for horror. Am I really going to start a separate thread for Underwater co-starring TJ Miller? Yeah. I just watched that shit and it was awful. Where else am I gonna kvetch? Kristen Stewart was boring. What was Vincent Cassel even doing there? Did I mention that TJ Miller is wisecrackin' thru half of it?
Crap
I take it Vincent Cassel had to make a mortgage payment.
Pretty bad film.
"There's a felling I get when I look to the west"
"When the meaningful words. When they cease to function. When there's nothing to say."
"When the meaningful words. When they cease to function. When there's nothing to say."
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160kmc wrote:Anyone see Spring? There is a good movie in there somewhere, but the dude in it pretty much ruined it.
Caught Benson & Moorhead's new flick Something in the Dirt a few nights back. Thought it was just OK. I'm still on board with their trip and the dominant theme - which I've yet to fully grasp - running through all of their films, but SitD felt a little off. More comedic which is fine, I guess, but ultimately unrewarding in the grand scale of the universe they are building. They have great chemistry, though, and I love watching them play off of each other.vibracobra wrote:Spring was kinda meh.
The guy's face is one of the things I can't remember.
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