Just finished His House, which was excellent, as promised.

Wood Goblin wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:29 pm Just finished His House, which was excellent, as promised.

Such a heavy movie even without all of the spooky stuff, and phenomenal performances from the two main leads, Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku. There is another migrant-themed horror movie I listed earlier called Savageland, and in my most humble of opinions it is severely slept-on. Uber creepy with the most terrifying photographs and it deals with current themes.



Another slept-on migrant piece is Most Beautiful Island and I think it's on Prime



Back to His House for a sec - the director, Remi Weekes, has a short horror film that I shared prior to his debut feature. You can totally clock his knack for creating suspense and sound. It's not as heavy as His House and the ending, well, ymmv, but overall it's super creepy. Lights out and headphones on is mandatory for maximum effect.



Tonight I took a chance on a movie called Sleep Tight. Do yourselves a favor and try it on for size when you can. So great. It's from Juame Balagueró who blessed the world with [REC] but this is nothing like [REC]. For one it's not found footage but a very dark film about a stalker. I was hooked from the start. Great pacing and a superb lead from Luis Tosar.

Wood Goblin wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:29 pm Just finished His House, which was excellent, as promised.

Very little time for most modern horror, but this did have a bit about it. Good film.

If you're after something that's not at all horror, but utterly horrific, then Apostasy is where it's at. Definitely my favourite film of the last decade.

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:19 am

Dude. This short is creepy as shit

tommy wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 11:18 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:19 am

Dude. This short is creepy as shit

When I was age 3 to 5, I had a recurring dream about the Tickle Lady. She had long fingernails and resembled Carol Burnett. She would stand in the hallway and slowly say “Tick-le…tick-le…” Then she would approach the room in strange jerky motions with her fingernails out, saying “Tickle…tickle…tickle…” and then she’d rush toward the bed, yelling “Tickle tickle tickle tickle!” with those creepy fingernails, and I’d be flailing and screaming, absolutely terrified.

I still have to have my feet under the covers because of those fucked up dreams that were provoked by my mom and my aunts tickling me to the point of extreme discomfort. Fuggin’ women.

Dave N. wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 11:39 pm

tommy wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 11:18 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:19 am

Dude. This short is creepy as shit

When I was age 3 to 5, I had a recurring dream about the Tickle Lady. She had long fingernails and resembled Carol Burnett. She would stand in the hallway and slowly say “Tick-le…tick-le…” Then she would approach the room in strange jerky motions with her fingernails out, saying “Tickle…tickle…tickle…” and then she’d rush toward the bed, yelling “Tickle tickle tickle tickle!” with those creepy fingernails, and I’d be flailing and screaming, absolutely terrified.

There is a scene in the Rodney Ascher documentary about sleep paralysis called The Nightmare in which this one guy recounts his paralysis episodes where aliens would come into his room and tickle him. Super creepy. A little hot.

I still have to have my feet under the covers because of those fucked up dreams that were provoked by my mom and my aunts tickling me to the point of extreme discomfort. Fuggin’ women.

pobrecito

rsmurphy wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:03 pm Salem's Lot

Felt the same way.

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:29 pm The Innkeepers - supernatural haunted house. FUN

This has been in my Peacock queue for like two years and I finally watched it this October. I'd say "fun" is a pretty fair descriptor. It's not heavy at all, pretty easy to digest without giving away the ending.

Enjoyed The Devil's Bath. Seidl is an exec on it and it shows - obviously had a guiding hand here and there. Nicely made.

Charlie D wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:36 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:29 pm The Innkeepers - supernatural haunted house. FUN

This has been in my Peacock queue for like two years and I finally watched it this October. I'd say "fun" is a pretty fair descriptor. It's not heavy at all, pretty easy to digest without giving away the ending.

The first time I didn't like it, save for the ending. Sara Paxton gives good fear and my horror boner was on point while she was scratching and wailing at the door trying to escape Madeline's ghost. Second time it all clicked and became a favorite. It's straightforward with likeable characters, good pacing with scares, and a traditional gothic flavor.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote:Enjoyed The Devil's Bath. Seidl is an exec on it and it shows - obviously had a guiding hand here and there. Nicely made.

One of the year's best.

Some stuff I recently watched

Daddy's Head had great potential. Hard for me to pin down what exactly is wrong with it, but it scored major points for atmosphere and genuinely disturbing creature design. I was disturbed. Repulsed. Freaked-out. It's hard to strike a balance between giving a creature too much or just enough air time and I felt the director did a disservice to the film by limiting how little we get to see that nasty little fucker. Still I liked it in spite of some flaws. Anything that has your spidey senses on alert as you peer into the corners of your bedroom is tops in my book.

Watched Dark Harvest for the first time. I never read the book and wasn't aware of its similarities to The Hunger Games, another book/movie that passed me by. Visually it was pretty great but the story left me cold.

In the past I've been fine with the A Quiet Place franchise. Saw both in the theater but didn't care too much for its sequel. I watched Day 1 and thought Nyong'o and Quinn both did spectacular jobs, but that movie left me with a question I've been struggling with since the first movie: what the fuck is up with these thrill killing aliens? What's their deal? I find the whole thing ridiculous! Their planet exploded and the body armor they evolved with is strong enough to ride on pieces of that exploded planet to Earf where they just kill ninjas for the hell of it. dumB. Cool story, bro...NOT.

Significant Other with Maika Monroe and Jake Lacey turned into a dud.

Ghost Stories wasn't as good as I remembered but it's still a pretty good British anthology though the ending was hella telegraphed.

Talk to Me is such a great story and cool concept.

EDIT: also rewatched Smile. This one surprised me at first and still think it's an OK movie, but The Harbinger (dir Andy Mitton) was the dark horse of 2022 and is a far scarier horror film.