A good flick made gooder by its batshit bloody existential nightmare of a third act.

Anonymous37 wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:59 pm Someone recommended it in the Netflix/Hulu etc. thread, but I finally caught this on Netflix:



Vivarium is more of a psychological horror movie than a horror movie, but it is genuinely unsettling throughout.

I dug this and am glad that other than the above print I went in blind. Thanks!

I haven't had much luck with haunted house/supernatural scares lately so I decided to hit a few cult nasties

Body Melt: gloopy but crap

The Stuff: not as gloopy as I had hoped. Crap

Street Trash: gloopy and offensive. Not crap

Microwave Massacre: fell asleep before any gloopiness

It's a fairly formulaic teen slasher movie but I thought Thanksgiving was a fun watch. I've become pretty desensitized to horror movie gore but some of the scenes in this had me wincing.

mrcancelled wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:27 pm I've become pretty desensitized to horror movie gore but some of the scenes in this had me wincing.

I recently took a chance on Dead End starring Ray Wise and Lin Shaye. It had Twilight Zone vibes but the script was dumb and the actors did their best, I guess. It would have worked a lot better as a short, but there was a scene that made me retch. It looked cool. Retchy and cool.

The gore in The Green Inferno was decent; I was entertained. Gonna wait until a decent rental price for Thanksgiving.

Not strictly horror but Concrete Utopia is a grim apocalyptic melodrama along the lines of High Rise.

Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:33 pm High Rise

I still need to check this out, thanks for the reminder.



Not the best horror-comedy but not the worst. Took a chance with Uncle Peckerhead (new year new me) and it was OK. The gore is Troma-esque and the characters are likeable. Misfortune on a punk rock band's first tour finds them making a Faustian bargain with a guy with a van. Shady promoters, douchy headliners, and rowdy heshers all get what's coming to them, as does Duh, the band, who kinda rips. The actor/guitarist wrote all of the music.

Currently Joko Anwar is one of my favorite directors. He does creepy real good with no pussyfooting around, you know? Just genuine creepy horror meant to freak you out. His next movie, Grave Torture, is based on his short from years ago and I am excite. He seems to have a predilection for putting young'uns through their paces.

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:47 pm Currently Joko Anwar is one of my favorite directors. He does creepy real good with no pussyfooting around, you know? Just genuine creepy horror meant to freak you out. His next movie, Grave Torture, is based on his short from years ago and I am excite. He seems to have a predilection for putting young'uns through their paces.

Same here, he's fantastic. Your post was the catalyst for us re-watching Impetigore and The Queen of Black Magic this weekend, planning on rewatching the Satan's Slaves movies one night next week. I think Impetigore is my favorite so far but they've all been good.

mrcancelled wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:29 pm re-watching Impetigore and The Queen of Black Magic...

Recently I had planned on doing the same thing but got caught-up as usual with finding something recent that I haven't seen. I re-watched both of the Satan's Slaves movies not very long ago.
Gave this Spanish one called The Elderly a go the other night. It's about a community of elders getting increasingly strange on one of the hottest nights of the year.



Big fan of the SCP Foundation and have been patiently waiting for someone to direct a live action short. Overlord doesn't refer to any specific SCP anomaly, but it's a fairly entertaining watch for anyone familiar with the organization and its purpose. Kickstarter-funded with a budget of $23,000.

Such a wealth of SCP material out there that I'm surprised horror directors are concerned with making the next big sequel, but that's capitalism for ya.