Kill List was GREAT. Been meaning to check out A Field in England for the longest time. In the Earth was OK.

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:54 am Kill List was GREAT.

I too enjoyed Kill List a couple of years back. Aspects of it reminded me of a small horror movie I was an extra in 20 something years ago that was called Thor's Hammer during production but was renamed Bludgeoned after it got picked up for distro. Doubt it is streaming anywhere. Bludgeoned has a great usage of the Naked Raygun's "I Don't Know" in a scene. I have a copy (it's worth a watch but not worth $25) but sadly this is one of only two mentions of it I can even find on Google:

tommy wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:20 am

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:54 am Kill List was GREAT.

I was an extra in 20 something years ago that was called Thor's Hammer during production but was renamed Bludgeoned after it got picked up for distro. Doubt it is streaming anywhere. Bludgeoned has a great usage of the Naked Raygun's "I Don't Know" in a scene.

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rsmurphy wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:23 am

Krev wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:53 pm I just watched The Offering. Interesting to see a Kabbalah-themed horror.

Shame that it had to rely on a wave of jump scares instead of coasting on the creep factor it uses when not repeatedly shouting "boo" at you. I liked The Vigil a bit more, but not by much. Semi-related there's a Polish horror film from 2015 called Demon which deals with a dybbuk. Way different in tone and scares, but enjoyable and funny.

Another inspired Orthodox horror film is on Shudder titled Attachment. Lots of stuff happening: mystery, thriller, Jewish folk horror, but the most engaging part for my money is the lesbian romance at it's core. And zero jump scares! The creepy parts creep and hang in the air for a while. Recommended.

Next in the pantheon of odd girl films like May and Excision comes this trippy tale about a microdosing babysitter and a family she tries to save. Lots of disturbing themes get thrown at the wall in a highly stylized manner and though you can probably see what's coming down the road it's a fun trip getting there. David Yow does a a great job as the dirty foster daddy of the acid-dropping nanny.

rsmurphy wrote: Sun Feb 12, 2023 4:15 pm I had to travel almost fifteen miles to watch The Outwaters due to its limited theatrical release, and as a fan of the much maligned found footage genre I'm happy I did. If you find found footage annoying you're going to hate it. The first half is fairly rote but it looks nice, good cinematography, bright and sunny; but by the third act the viewer is immersed in almost total darkness with nothing but the sounds of a cosmic hell to work your imagination. It also gets pretty gruesome. I'm not doing a great job of describing it, but will say that I felt more uneasy on my way home than in the theater. Big ups for sound design and the slithering Lovecraftian invertebrates.

Yeah, it's like halfway through filming they realized they were making the most strikingly average found footage movie ever and said fuck it, let's get weird with it. The last thirty minutes were definitely a spectacle. it must've been cool to experience in a theater.

mrcancelled wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:51 pm The last thirty minutes were definitely a spectacle. it must've been cool to experience in a theater.

More like an eargasm for horrorphiles. The sound design carried the weight for the majority of the third act, and the experience of hearing it on a pro system was heightened due to its diminished visuals. It's more of a theater experience than a home-watching one, but I wouldn't argue with anyone hating on it for not following the rules.

Looking forward to the upcoming release of Malum which is a "re-imagining" of Last Shift from the same director. I cheated by taking a brief look at the trailer, and from what I saw it literally looks like the same movie. Good movie tho. It suffers from the why-the-fuck-are-you-still-there phenomenon that plagues horror movies, but I guess it's for the viewer's benefit so I'm not terribly mad at it, but still, I'd love to watch a movie where the main character has viable reasons to stay in an area imbued with supernatural activity.

Recently watched a couple of horror movies with strong gay themes. The first, Swallowed, is marketed as body horror, but to my eyes there was nothing body horror about it. Just a decent movie that centered on a deep friendship between a gay and straight man who are forced into intense butt play. I guess it's all about perspective! Good job from Freddy's Revenge-actor Mark Patton who effectively plays a creepy drug dealer hellbent on retrieving his drugs by any means necessary.

They Wait In The Dark is a low-budget feature about a woman and her adopted child on the run from an abusive ex. There's a supernatural element at play that feels underdeveloped and forced. The scares aren't scary, but the story is good. I'd be interested in a second feature.

Honestly meh on both movies, but it's cool to see Mr. Patton acting again after decades of being unemployable due to his falling star after A Nightmare on Elm St. 2: Freddy's Revenge.

Maléfique

More body horror than French Extremity this monkey's paw tale about a motley crew of French prisoners who find an esoteric book of spells offering means of an escape is fairly twisted in the final act, but free of suspense as the characters blithely move toward their fate. CGI is used sparingly, thank goodness, but the practical effects are dope. I liked it.

Broadcast Signal Intrusion - Interesting lower budget horror shot in Chicago that takes inspiration from the Max Headroom signal hijacking that happened in Chicago in the 80s. Engaging and fun. Wish the ending was a little more satisfying but I enjoyed it overall.

If you're unfamiliar with that real life hijacking, it's pretty interesting itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headr ... _hijacking