Pyewacket is a++.

Not sure there's ever been a better metal-adjacent horror movie than this one:
These ones were also pretty entertaining:

rsmurphy wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:31 pm

mrcancelled wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:04 pm The new Hell House creeped me the fuck out. Easily the best one since the first, imo.

I dug it! After 2 & 3 I was thinking how much more can they exploit the whole creepy clown vibe, but apparently there is still some air left in those clown car tires. They creeped me out more than a few times, but a big one was when it went to take Chase as it started...walking 🫣

Not bad to deliver a few chills before the witching hour.

Yeah! I wasn't expecting much from this one but it was exactly what I was in the mood for last night. They do really milk those clowns haha.

Also enjoyed When Evil Lurks. I think going in blind helped, it hadn't been on my radar until a friend mentioned it the night before I watched it. Sister Death wasn't too bad.

brephophagist wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:52 pm I have watched some real crap this October but two really stood out as memorable: Possessor (2020, Brandon Cronenberg) and You Won’t Be Alone (2022, Goran Stolevski). The latter of these is a pretty touching story of a witch who wants a normal life in pre-industrial Macedonia. The VVitch is an obvious comparison point but this is less archetypal and more like an epic lyric poem.

Thanks for the You Won’t Be Alone rec! Surprisingly moving marriage of Malick (especially in cinematography and music choices!) and Eggers, both of whom I like from time to time. Smart metaphoric layers (parenting, conformity, aging) reminiscent of Let The Right One In.

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.