Good, lesser known horror movies

kmc

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Anyone else find diminishing returns on each successive V/H/S/ installment? Also disappointed in the new Salem's Lot: not much added to the original...the fighting spirit of the main kid couldn't save this remake and the Master-monster was not all that menacing.

rsmurphy

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422 by rsmurphy

kmc wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 12:04 pm Anyone else find diminishing returns on each successive V/H/S/ installment? Also disappointed in the new Salem's Lot: not much added to the original...the fighting spirit of the main kid couldn't save this remake and the Master-monster was not all that menacing.

Yes. I am dumbfounded at the amount of praise for V/H/S/Beyond. The epilogue to the wraparound was its creepiest segment, but that wasn't enough to save the earlier chapters which are derivative, pandering, and severely lacking in scares. I will state that I found some entertainment value in the previous two installments, 85 & 99, but generally speaking the franchise should die. Nothing more of substance within the franchise is being created, and since it goes straight to streaming I don't understand how it generates revenue. Not that it should strictly be a money making venture but if it does nothing for the culture and doesn't turn a profit then wtf?

Salem's Lot is on deck, but by this point it's fairly obvious that what made the original miniseries so engrossing and terrifying isn't transferable to a modern feature-length film. Filmmakers need to take into consideration the moment in time that imbue magic to any particular work. We've moved far away from the pre-technological essence of the world into an era that's more artificial where we are personally disconnected from nature and each other. Instead of attempts at recapturing alchemy more attention should be focused on creating new stories that compliment the spirit of the times.

Fuck V/H/S/Beyond for realsies.

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rsmurphy

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423 by rsmurphy

Salem's Lot

What a complete waste of Straker and Barlow. Lewis Pullman looked like he was chewing tobacco throughout the entire movie. The scene of Danny and Ralphie walking through the woods was spectacular. And thinking deeper about it that sequence was a lot clearer than the original which left some confusion to who originally attacked Ralphie. It felt like Dauberman wanted to be faithful in part to the original, while also trying to clear-up some of the ambiguities of the original, in addition to putting his unique spin on the original, all the while hoping to cram the original miniseries worth of character development in 113 minutes which left a big mess of a movie. The vamps being repelled by the glowing crosses was kinda rad tho. Crap.

Uzumaki started of strong as hell. Beautifully disturbing animation

October better start kicking ass soon or I'm going to get upset.

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Ace K

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Red Rooms (2023): A masterpiece of tension let down by one of the most wasted, unfulfilling endings I've seen in a while. Like this is a movie that made a person silently playing internet poker into a scene of extraordinary tension, and then the movie ends with a soft extended fart. What the hell. Stick the landing people.

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Wood Goblin

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425 by Wood Goblin

Any recommendations for something good on Netflix, Prime, Apple, Criterion, or Tubi? My wife is out of town for the next couple days.

rsmurphy

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426 by rsmurphy

Wood Goblin wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:46 am Any recommendations for something good on Netflix

The Ritual - supernatural folk horror. SO GREAT.
His House - supernatural/haunted house. PHENOMENAL.
The Wailing - Korean supernatural thriller. EXCEPTIONAL
Gerald's Game - dark psychological. SPOOKY

Prime

Lake Mungo - mockumentary mystery supernatural. EXTRAORDINARY
Haunt - slasher spooky. FUN
The Innkeepers - supernatural haunted house. FUN
Dog Soldiers - werewolf action. THRILLING

Criterion

The Vanishing (Spoorloos) - mystery drama disturbing. Excellent
Freaks - drama thriller creepy. NOT CRAP
I Walked with a Zombie - drama mystery atmospheric beautiful spooky. MANDATORY
The Uninvited - supernatural eerie haunted house. OUTSTANDING

Tubi

The Harbinger - scary existential supernatural. A BLAST
Tunnel - found footage scary creepy. FUN
Final Prayer - found footage creepy gut punch. AWESOME
The Changeling - supernatural haunted house. TOP NOTCH
Savageland - mockumentary drama creepy underrated. SUPERB
All Hallow's Eve - slasher gory exploitation. FUN
Terrifier - slasher gory exploitation. FUN
Dark Night of the Scarecrow - creepy supernatural. CLASSIC
May - drama creepy slow burn weird. FUCK YEAH
Starry Eyes - body horror occult slow burn. NOT CRAL
The Void - cosmic horror gory. FUN
Grave Encounters - found footage haunted asylum. FUN
Hell House LLC - found footage haunted house. FUN

YMMV especially with the found footage selections. I strongly recommend His House, Lake Mungo, Final Prayer, The Harbinger (dir Andy Mitton), Savageland, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Uninvited, but they are all pretty great.

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Wood Goblin

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427 by Wood Goblin

I knew I could count on you! LOVED Lake Mungo when I watched it a year or two ago. Thanks!

A_Man_Who_Tries

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428 by A_Man_Who_Tries

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:29 pm
Wood Goblin wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:46 am Any recommendations for something good on Netflix
The Ritual - supernatural folk horror. SO GREAT.
His House - supernatural/haunted house. PHENOMENAL.
The Wailing - Korean supernatural thriller. EXCEPTIONAL
Gerald's Game - dark psychological. SPOOKY

Prime
Lake Mungo - mockumentary mystery supernatural. EXTRAORDINARY
Haunt - slasher spooky. FUN
The Innkeepers - supernatural haunted house. FUN
Dog Soldiers - werewolf action. THRILLING

Criterion
The Vanishing (Spoorloos) - mystery drama disturbing. Excellent
Freaks - drama thriller creepy. NOT CRAP
I Walked with a Zombie - drama mystery atmospheric beautiful spooky. MANDATORY
The Uninvited - supernatural eerie haunted house. OUTSTANDING

Tubi
The Harbinger - scary existential supernatural. A BLAST
Tunnel - found footage scary creepy. FUN
Final Prayer - found footage creepy gut punch. AWESOME
The Changeling - supernatural haunted house. TOP NOTCH
Savageland - mockumentary drama creepy underrated. SUPERB
All Hallow's Eve - slasher gory exploitation. FUN
Terrifier - slasher gory exploitation. FUN
Dark Night of the Scarecrow - creepy supernatural. CLASSIC
May - drama creepy slow burn weird. FUCK YEAH
Starry Eyes - body horror occult slow burn. NOT CRAL
The Void - cosmic horror gory. FUN
Grave Encounters - found footage haunted asylum. FUN
Hell House LLC - found footage haunted house. FUN

YMMV especially with the found footage selections. I strongly recommend His House, Lake Mungo, Final Prayer, The Harbinger (dir Andy Mitton), Savageland, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Uninvited, but they are all pretty great.

That's a big old list, and can be rearranged as:

Sporloos

The other ones.

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rsmurphy

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A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:36 pm
That's a big old list, and can be rearranged as:

Sporloos

The other ones.

Man...Spoorloos. What a ride. I wish I saw it back in the day. That ending is something else, but it didn't completely fuck my world up if it weren't for a nasty exploitation flick I saw beforehand called Megan is Missing. To be as clear as possible Spoorloos is the superior film hands down and in no way is comparable to the awfulness of Megan is Missing, except for the ending. After experiencing *that* horror show what happened to Rex in Spoorloos, though dastardly, is a little less so seen through the perspective of the unfortunate fate of preteen Megan and her friend Amy. Big time ick.

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gaetano dimita

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430 by gaetano dimita

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:40 pm
A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:36 pm
That's a big old list, and can be rearranged as:

Sporloos

The other ones.
Man...Spoorloos. What a ride. I wish I saw it back in the day. That ending is something else, but it didn't completely fuck my world up if it weren't for a nasty exploitation flick I saw beforehand called Megan is Missing. To be as clear as possible Spoorloos is the superior film hands down and in no way is comparable to the awfulness of Megan is Missing, except for the ending. After experiencing *that* horror show what happened to Rex in Spoorloos, though dastardly, is a little less so seen through the perspective of the unfortunate fate of preteen Megan and her friend Amy. Big time ick.

Thank you for the recommendation, just finished watching Spoorlos...10 out of 10!
Keep 'em comin'.

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