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Butt Boy. Weirdly high-end bmovie about a serial killer that sticks kids up his arse. Probably more post horror than horror, but still fucking good.

my main dude absolutely can't withstand horror films of any measure, but i've been promising myself a jacques tourneur marathon for a while now: somehow the only thing i've seen in full is Night of the Demon, about 25 years ago. There's a shot of an empty hallway in that film that regularly surfaces in my nightmares. Can't wait to see The Leopard Man.

free meat wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 12:33 pm Butt Boy

I lol'd during the third act but was hoping this movie would be much more effed-up than it was. I guess I went into it expecting more body horror than a comedy playing it straight. I also had to google "can you show a butthole in mainstream film" because I don't see how one can vacuum a whole-ass male adult up one's butt without spreading them cheeks. The visual was pretty hilarious tho.

dfglv wrote:my main dude absolutely can't withstand horror films of any measure, but i've been promising myself a jacques tourneur marathon

Oh! I I Walked with a Zombie is so gorgeous-looking and atmospheric. I don't see how anyone could not like this movie.

I started to watch Joko Anwar's anthology Nightmares and Daydreams but only made it through two episodes. Big fan of Joko and anthologies but can never understand why the latter is always a mixed bag. Sorry Joko! Super looking forward to his Siksa Kubar (Grave Torture) coming later this year. Loved the short and psyched about watching that universe expand.

Watched Sinister for like the fourth time after several false starts (and an initial viewing at a theater) out of sheer boredom just trying to make it happen. Dumb movie. I'm a masochist. So dumb. Even the found footage part is dumb.

Pyotr495 is a queer-themed revenge horror short about a hookup gone wrong. The violence committed in the film was pulled from real life kidnapping stories that took place in Russia post-Putin's anti-LGBT law. It's intense and deeply upsetting but just deserts will be gotten.

Horror-comedy is more my speed and I mentioned these titles in some other threads:

• Housebound (NZ, 2014) - Fantastic and maybe overlooked in the states, serves Evil Dead 2 vibes, maybe a bit of Hausu.
• I Like Bats (Pol, 1986) - Not so much a vampire movie as much as an "Is she or isn't she?" movie and, even then, the question is "Which is she?" RIYL Martin, The Blood Lover, which I should probably list.

But to add to this thread specifically, and touch more on horror than horror comedy I'll say:

• Martin (US, 1977) - You'll have an easier time finding it if you call it Martin, The Blood Lover (just like having to look up the 1977 House as "Hausu" to avoid getting the 1985 House in your results). I read an article once where George Romero called this his favorite out of all his films.
• A Field In England (UK, 2012) - Want to see what a cast of five dudes and a budget of £300K can really do?
• Leptirica (Ser, 1973) - Maybe the best vampire movie I've seen since The Fearless Vampire Killers.
• Wilczyca (Pol, 1983) - A werewolf movie that's kind of about domestic abuse. Or a domestic abuse movie that's kind of about werewolves.
• Viy (USSR, 1967) - The first horror film made in the Soviet Union.
• Witchhammer (Cze, 1970) - If you love the feeling of knowing you're next and having no escape at all.

I'll give a little honorable mention to last year's Last Voyage of the Demeter, which I feel like, yeah, everybody's heard of but I've never heard anybody talk about it one way or the other. I liked it. I wanted to like it more but it suffers from the contemporary technique of not lighting anything and jacking up the contrast in post. If you like movies where you can hardly see shit, this may be for you.

went to an early screening and it's worthy of the hype, especially Nic Cage's performance.



fun 80's throwback with killer practical effects.

Looked up the synopsis for Longlegs.
They said "Satanic serial killer" and then they said "occult" and I said, "OK."
Will check out.

Like two or three posts back, in a bit more detail, Charlie D wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2024 12:15 pm • Housebound (NZ, 2014)
• I Like Bats (Pol, 1986)
• Martin (US, 1977)
• A Field In England (UK, 2012)
• Leptirica (Ser, 1973)
• Wilczyca (Pol, 1983)
• Viy (USSR, 1967)
• Witchhammer (Cze, 1970)

I just remembered Bloody Muscle Body Builder In Hell (Jpn, 1995) aka Japanese Evil Dead - One of those llooww budget, must-be-seen-to-be-believed flicks. If you like Evil Deads One and Two, which this movie is unabashedly cribbing notes from, you will enjoy the shit out of this movie. I'm actually a little embarrassed I forgot it in my original post.

Anyway, trailers...
















(Somebody colorized this; it's supposed to be in black and white.)

Charlie D wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:34 am Looked up the synopsis for Longlegs.
They said "Satanic serial killer with a penchant for T. Rex" and then they said "occult" and I said, "OK."
Will check out.

Glamm'd yer post.

A few similarities with Silence of the Lambs in terms of a highly attuned FBI agent hunting down a serial killer. Nic Cage is pretty unrecognizable.

Housebound was my favorite horror comedy until I watched One Cut of the Dead. Good stuff! Thanks for the shares.

Holy shit. I thought they had my money.
Now I know they have my money

Video Diary of a Lost Girl (USA, 2012)

Hesitant to add this one since it's more horror-adjacent than horror but it finally got a home media release last year, after nearly a dozen years on the indy theater / festival circuit.

I saw the trailer when it first came out and became obsessed and was overjoyed when AGFA and Vinegar Syndrome put it out in time for Xmas last year.

Shortest synopsis possible: A succubus is troubled by the is-he-or-isn't-he resurrection of a lover she killed a century earlier.

Totally more a romance move than a horror movie but a lot of fun. Filmed in Chicago so, like, hald this board should go bonkers for that.