brephophagist wrote: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.

Ace K wrote: 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.

Movie of the year.

That courtroom scene is singlehandedly one of the most perverse, disturbed, and wicked sequences ever put to film. So glad I went into the movie completely blind as it made the experience for me just as harrowing as it would for any character. However you decide to resolve it Kelley-Anne's intentions were always selfish and appalling. This movie is a weapon.

Ace K wrote:A masterpiece of tension let down by one of the most wasted, unfulfilling endings I've seen in a while.

I feel this way about the ending to Soft & Quiet. Strongly recommended tho.

I'm not a hiding-under-the-comforter kind of guy, but I am a stop-the-movie-and-take-a-breath one if the situation calls for it, and Red Rooms called for it 3 times.

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 2:38 pm

Ace K wrote:A masterpiece of tension let down by one of the most wasted, unfulfilling endings I've seen in a while.

I feel this way about the ending to Soft & Quiet. Strongly recommended tho.

I'm not a hiding-under-the-comforter kind of guy, but I am a stop-the-movie-and-take-a-breath one if the situation calls for it, and Red Rooms called for it 3 times.

Red Rooms and The Beast are up there for most rewarding movie experience of 2024 for me. Both left a number of unanswered questions, which has regrettably become increasingly rare.

Which 'The Beast'? The Lea Seydoux one?

kmc wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2024 9:46 am Red Rooms and The Beast are up there for most rewarding movie experience of 2024 for me.

Yes! Haven't seen The Beast but it's now on the list.

Watched The King Tide last night. Pretty good. Folk horror adjacent.

Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Sun Dec 08, 2024 9:58 am Which 'The Beast'? The Lea Seydoux one?

Yes, the Seydoux one

Heretic was a pretty fun ride.

mrcancelled wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2024 2:04 pm Heretic was a pretty fun ride.

Was gonna rent this last night but balked at the $20 rental fee, so I watched Terrifier 3 instead. Nothing will ever top that ridiculous bedroom scene in 2 so why bother ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Past that, David Howard Thorton's performance is always a wild ride, but as a whole the franchise is becoming mid mid mid.

rsmurphy wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:03 pm Uzumaki started of strong as hell. Beautifully disturbing animation

I'm not a manga person, but I started reading the ebook of Uzumaki because of its reputation and let me just say, as a 38 year old who's numb to a lot in the world, I found it very uncomfortable (enjoyably so). Eerie and extremely fucked up. Body horror done right. Worth the read.

Anyone jazzed about this creeper?