Hellbender was quite good. Some rough edges but they didn’t detract, more like hearing a sloppy chord in a live recording.

Ace K wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:07 pm Hellbender was quite good.

+1

I'm into the Adams family's deal but their latest, Hell Hole, unfortunately didn't do it for me.

Favorite metal-themed horror movies

Pyewacket
The Devil's Candy
Hellbender
Trick or Treat

Where is Mandy? I've gotta watch it again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:47 pm

Ace K wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:07 pm Hellbender was quite good.

+1

I'm into the Adams family's deal but their latest, Hell Hole, unfortunately didn't do it for me.

Agreed, Hell Hole was very disappointing. It felt amateurish [derogatory] rather than amateurish [laudatory] and lacked chemistry between the actors. The daughters weren't in it either and they're very good!

Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 7:14 pm Found Oddity stagey and airless, which is weird because Caveat had a terrific mood, even though it had an equally pedestrian, though less fussy, 'Tales of the Unexpected' type story. I suppose in general I don't like classic/corny horror cliches, or filmmakers who say they enjoy 'playing' with them [vomit], but at least something like 'Inside Number 9', which this reminded me of, is funny. Musty stuff.

Watched Oddity again and my position has changed to a solid not crap. Everything hit stronger watching alone at home. What a spooky little film and definitely a fun one. Couple of phenomenal sequences: 1: when Yana gets spooked by Dani's ghost and runs from the house 2: Ivan's comeuppance via the wooden man. Just as with Caveat I was fully immersed, body scrunching, insides screaming no but also maniacally giggling like on a roller coaster.

Looking forward to The Substance and Daddy's Head

^Tau received poor reviews, and it isn't great, but I thought it was a good twist on the Beauty and the Beast tale. It's not a stone classic like Donald Cammell's Demon Seed, which it also has a few things in common with, but it's worth checking out if you've already seen that one.

rsmurphy wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:48 pm

Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 7:14 pm Found Oddity stagey and airless, which is weird because Caveat had a terrific mood, even though it had an equally pedestrian, though less fussy, 'Tales of the Unexpected' type story. I suppose in general I don't like classic/corny horror cliches, or filmmakers who say they enjoy 'playing' with them [vomit], but at least something like 'Inside Number 9', which this reminded me of, is funny. Musty stuff.

Watched Oddity again and my position has changed to a solid not crap. Everything hit stronger watching alone at home. What a spooky little film and definitely a fun one. Couple of phenomenal sequences: 1: when Yana gets spooked by Dani's ghost and runs from the house 2: Ivan's comeuppance via the wooden man. Just as with Caveat I was fully immersed, body scrunching, insides screaming no but also maniacally giggling like on a roller coaster.

Looking forward to The Substance and Daddy's Head

Watched Oddity tonight. It was fun! Very gothic in the old school sense. Good fun. Stuck the landing, which is the main issue I see in horror movies recently.

^ brief interview with Damian McCarthy about his process for Oddity which also explains the lack of a strong narrative for Caveat: people be doin' too much. I also appreciates his acronym for Oddity because it reminded me of the boys in Complete and how they came across their band name.

Maybe stretching the thread a bit but I really like the dread-inducing style of this artist Briscoe Park, who posts videos of nighttime flashlight explorations in dilapidated houses and such:



His still photography has a "Clarence John Laughlin listening to Midwife" kind of vibe.

Based on Gretchen Felker-Martin's recommendation, I checked out Red Rooms, a Canadian thriller about two women drawn to a series of murders-for-internet-snuff and the related trial. It was extremely disturbing in a "social mores" way but also thought-provoking - the ending is somehow both ambiguous and resolved. Recommended.

My partner and I both like cutesy goth comedy horror when it's done tastefully, and Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person fills that bill. If you found Lisa Frankenstein overbearingly referential & cutesy but otherwise fine, then you might like this one more.

Better than I thought it would be, but my expectations were super low: Influencer
Worse than I thought it would be, and my expectations were still super low: Beezel

brephophagist wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:09 pm Maybe stretching the thread a bit but I really like the dread-inducing style of this artist Briscoe Park, who posts videos of nighttime flashlight explorations in dilapidated houses and such:



His still photography has a "Clarence John Laughlin listening to Midwife" kind of vibe.

Thanks for this!

My partner and I both like cutesy goth comedy horror when it's done tastefully, and Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person fills that bill. If you found Lisa Frankenstein overbearingly referential & cutesy but otherwise fine, then you might like this one more.

This isn't gothy but it's kinda cutesy, tasteful, funny, and bloody. A teen coming-of-age horror comedy amidst a high school where people start spontaneously combusting all over the place. I dug it!

Better than I thought it would be, but my expectations were super low: Influencer

Don't remember too much from Influencer but I remember not liking the ending, like, not at all.

Worse than I thought it would be, and my expectations were still super low: Beezel

People keep big-upping this movie but I watched like 10 seconds of the trailer and it looked so chintzy. I like to be proven wrong in these occasions but your write-up bolsters my hesitation with it.

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 10:12 pm

Worse than I thought it would be, and my expectations were still super low: Beezel

People keep big-upping this movie but I watched like 10 seconds of the trailer and it looked so chintzy. I like to be proven wrong in these occasions but your write-up bolsters my hesitation with it.

Your instincts were better than mine. The basement witch looks pretty good for a movie with this low of a budget, but that's the best thing I can say about it. The "multiple time periods" thing got me interested, but it didn't pan out. Dumb jump scares, director's wife plays a lead role featuring gratuitous sex scene... it's nothing special.

Thanks for recommending Spontaneous!

Oh and yeah, the ending of Influencer blew pretty hard. It turned into this "oh you dang ol rascal" kind of thing when it probably should have been dark as hell.
I was mostly impressed that the movie had more than one peak/valley.