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Noroi
This guy ruined an otherwise pretty decent movie...
That crazy dude was definitely the weak part of the movie for me, but I didn't mind too much since it fit well enough in the story (with the main guy interviewing people, a nutjob seemed appropriate).
meltingparappa
Member
I would have liked it if they made him more unstable. That part where he
suddenly lunges at the actress on stage and everyone rightfully freaks out
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Crazy guy i didnt like until the late into the movie. When the credits rolled i loved him.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
If you liked Tunnel, check out Absentia. It was funded via kickstarter and I thought it was pretty damn creepy and well made, moreso than Tunnel actually
Edit - gotta check out Signal and Sinister. Both sound like they'd be up my alley
just saw sinister based on your rec.
really excellent horror flick, super fucking creepy. i agree the end was a touch weaker than the rest of the movie, but all in all a totally worthwhile movie. solid B+
i'm gonna watch something dumb and colorful to clense my pallet before bed. woof.
also i'm a big fan of GE and i always tell people not to watch GE2. i really disliked it as a movie, and i thought it even went so far as to make the first movie a little worse with how it dealt with the mysteries.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
8BitsAtATime
Member
I agree. Everything about GE2 sucked...its one of those horror flicks were I wanted everyone to die. That Alex kid...god damn i hate him so much
Melchiah
Member
I meant the promo segment, I've already seen the movie.
Looks like The Signal is up next for me...
unsettling is a perfect word for it. still gives me the willies the morning after.
yeah everyone in that movie sucked, and it made the cool guy from GE1 look like a cartoon character. woof.
unsettling is a perfect word for it. still gives me the willies the morning after.
yeah everyone in that movie sucked, and it made the cool guy from GE1 look like a cartoon character. woof.
plagiarize
Banned
Saw Mama tonight. I enjoyed it. Not especially scary or anything, but a good and dark fairy tale, which is the sort of thing you hope for whenever Del Toro puts his name to something. The ghost thing was cool and the acting was good (like, everything was played pretty believable, almost like you might expect from a drama about adopting kids raised by wolves or something). The only thing I didn't much like falls under spoiler territory:
aside from that, I enjoyed it. personally I liked it more than Sinister, which I'll go into more detail on, if Mama > Sinister proves to be seen as a crazy opinion.
The Uncle near the end decides to check himself out of the hospital and drive off to investigate the creepy woods without telling anyone because... I'm not sure actually. This goes nowhere. He wanders around the woods for a bit and randomly meets up with Jessica Chastain later. The whole thing served no purpose at all. He could have just left the hospital to go home and have found Chastain unconscious at home and driven out to the woods with her.
aside from that, I enjoyed it. personally I liked it more than Sinister, which I'll go into more detail on, if Mama > Sinister proves to be seen as a crazy opinion.
Not that special, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Worth a watch indeed.
Watched Wolf Creek last night. Didn't expect much, but I was really surprised. Unsettling film with some disturbing moments. The impressive vistas of Australia are a nice extra. I liked that the movie took a lot of time to introduce the characters, and their interaction seemed really natural, nothing too forced. Great movie, recommended.
The 'you call that a knife' moment was really lame though, predictable and just plain unneccesary
Not decided on what I'll watch tonight. I'm considering Dog Soldiers.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Hey guys, totally ordered V/H/S, should arrive in a week or so. At this point I don't know what to expect, between people who really liked it and people who fucking hated it, so I guess I'll see what happens!
The trailer for the sequel looks cracking, though.
The trailer for the sequel looks cracking, though.
8BitsAtATime
Member
I watched it last night....holy fuck its really really bad but my friends and i had a blast watching it. Its so fucking silly with the bad one liners and the girl tripping on everything. I was almost on the floor laughing when she tryed to jump over the little fence and fails.
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
I agree with this. I like Sinister a lot, but I felt the biggest thing for me would be that Mama had an actual relationship with the kids, whereas it felt like the demon in Sinister hired a bunch of scumbag kids to act like douchebags, throughout the movie, until the plot twist is figured out.
plagiarize
Banned
I've never seen unintentional satire so on point and with such amazing comic timing.
And again, the completely broken timeline. Such a silly film.
SO I've got a few Horror flicks in my Netflix queue that I've yet to watch, and I want to fire one up tonight, which would you guys recommend?
The Wolfman
Hellraiser
Human Centipede
The House of the Devil
Piranha
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
I Spit on Your Grave
Class of Nuke 'em High
and then I also snagged a DVD copy of the Jackie Earl Haley Nightmare on Elm Street remake
The Wolfman
Hellraiser
Human Centipede
The House of the Devil
Piranha
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
I Spit on Your Grave
Class of Nuke 'em High
and then I also snagged a DVD copy of the Jackie Earl Haley Nightmare on Elm Street remake
Melchiah
Member
Hellraiser & Henry. The 2010 version of The Wolfman is awful, and Human Centipede's sequel is better. The rest are in my opinion quite mediocre flicks, although I haven't seen Class of Nuke 'em High and the Elm Street remake.
ThirstyFly
Member
Hellraiser = Amazing.
Human Centipede = Pretty good, more fun to talk about and listen to people talk about than the actual movie though
The House of the Devil = Popular here, but I have no idea why. I hate it.
Piranha = Which one? Remake is better than the original but both are worth watching.
I Spit on Your Grave = Which one? Both are interesting in their own way. Worth watching.
Class of Nuke 'em High = I don't know if I'd call this a horror movie, but it's dumb fun.
Nightmare on Elm Street remake = Set it on fire.
I'd say go with Hellraiser or Piranha if that's the remake. Haven't seen the rest.
It's the original Wolfman btw
edit: also its Original Spit On Your Grave & I think Piranha is the remake
ThirstyFly
Member
Both are good choices then, depending on your mood. Spit is exhausting to watch because of the content and Piranha is over-the-top nonsense.
Typographenia
Member
Finished watching V/H/S just now, and I thought it was pretty lousy.
I don't mind the format of having little short concepts for a film, but most of the executions were just kind of lame. About half of the ideas were alright, but I just thought they were lackluster in too many ways, generally. The last one was probably my favorite of the bunch.
I don't mind the format of having little short concepts for a film, but most of the executions were just kind of lame. About half of the ideas were alright, but I just thought they were lackluster in too many ways, generally. The last one was probably my favorite of the bunch.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Gaddamit GreenScar... Typo has the right idea. Get baked or drunk prior and you might tolerate it I suppose. :l
The Return of
Banned
I was going to see it, but I had a hell of a busy weekend. I thought Sinister was decent besides the ending leaving me feeling empty. So I'll take your word for it, hopefully this next weekend I am nowhere near as busy
Melchiah
Member
Ah, that I recommend to see. I've never been a fan of the other two though, eventhough they, or at least the former, have some sort of a cult status.
Typographenia
Member
It's neither good or bad. There's enough there to be worth seeing, but none of it is really good enough to make me want to watch them again. It gets kind of long in the tooth, but stick it out.
plagiarize
Banned
Taste. You have it.
fluffydelusions
Member
I'm going to repost this from the Netflix thread. But this movie called "dream home" is just ehm yeah. Horror gaf go watch this on Netflix 
Lake Mungo.
Pleasantly surprised by this. It's a really slow burn, shot in documentary style. Just when you think something predictable is going to happen it shifts gears. Very intriguing throughout and it'll make you think about it for a good while after you finish it. Not really scary just unsettling.
Pleasantly surprised by this. It's a really slow burn, shot in documentary style. Just when you think something predictable is going to happen it shifts gears. Very intriguing throughout and it'll make you think about it for a good while after you finish it. Not really scary just unsettling.
8BitsAtATime
Member
Im glad I own it! I snagged the theatrical poster a while back.I'm going to repost this from the Netflix thread. But this movie called "dream home" is just ehm yeah. Horror gaf go watch this on Netflix
Well put, I agree. I really liked the shifting POV style as well. The mixed to negative reception is weird yeah, don't get it. Apparently a sequel is in the works, looking forward to that.
Sinister
I really loved the film, tough the ending...lacked the punch that i thought it was going to have. It has good atmosphere and i love how normal the characters feel, no annoying characters you hope are going to die.
This team really did a great job with Insidious, which is also a good horror movie. I cannot wait to see what they do next
I really loved the film, tough the ending...lacked the punch that i thought it was going to have. It has good atmosphere and i love how normal the characters feel, no annoying characters you hope are going to die.
This team really did a great job with Insidious, which is also a good horror movie. I cannot wait to see what they do next
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Just finished Lake Mungo. Wow. Great movie. It reminded me very much so of The Last Broadcast especially in terms of pace. The difference between the two is that Lake Mungo
Definite recommend.
xxxxxxxxxx follows through to the end.
plagiarize
Banned
Just watched Storage 24 and personally, I really enjoyed it. I can definitely see how a viewer that doesn't empathize with Noel Clarke in the first part of the film would hate it though. Since I like Noel (I mean, himself, not just his work, I don't actually like everything he's done, but I did like Kidulthood, his Doctor Who work and now this) I felt sorry for him early on, but I can see how he might completely lose people, and when the horror starts ramping up, if you hated him early on, you aren't going to have anyone to root for other than perhaps the blonde with the big lips (as opposed to the blonde with the chipmunk cheeks).
The creature work was okay, nothing special, but aside from it's feet and mouth, quite well done. It moves really nicely between the storage containers near the ceiling.
Oh, if you don't know, it's about a monster in a 24 hour storage facility that people get trapped in. There's some pretty subtle humour, that worked for me, even though it's far from being a horror comedy. So, yeah, consider it. If you're interested in a solid by the numbers monster movie against the backdrop of people getting over a break up, it's worth your time. I'd seen mixed reviews, and I do understand them, but as I said earlier, personally I really liked it.
The creature work was okay, nothing special, but aside from it's feet and mouth, quite well done. It moves really nicely between the storage containers near the ceiling.
Oh, if you don't know, it's about a monster in a 24 hour storage facility that people get trapped in. There's some pretty subtle humour, that worked for me, even though it's far from being a horror comedy. So, yeah, consider it. If you're interested in a solid by the numbers monster movie against the backdrop of people getting over a break up, it's worth your time. I'd seen mixed reviews, and I do understand them, but as I said earlier, personally I really liked it.
plagiarize
Banned
Watched this last night. Such an awesome movie.
Doug Bradley is fantastic as Pinhead.
Inferno is the one with the serial killer and cop right? Very Jacobs Ladder as I remember. That and Hellseeker (with Ashley Laurence coming back) were both surprisingly good DTV sequels. The others, not so much, but yeah, I remember liking those two more than 3 and 4.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Lake mungo started with a lot of promise and then just didn't follow through. It was ok I guess
Yep.
Just now discovering this thread. Subscribing, going to read through today and populate the Netflix queue.
Likewise.
Likewise.
plagiarize
Banned
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D
I thought this looked like a fun action horror piece, and it was. First of all I'd recommend the 3D version, unless you're allergic to 3D. Much better use of the format than Texas Chainsaw. As I understand some of it was post converted and some of it was native, but however each shot was achieved, the end result was consistently solid. Not the best 3D horror film I've seen but worth the extra dollars to see it that way in my opinion.
So, the film then. It's sort of mislabeling this to call it a dark fairy tale piece, because the original is substantially dark in the first place. Calling something a Dark fairy tale is in my opinion pretty redundant, because proper fairy tales are wonderfully violent. It's got its fair share of blood and itty bitty fleshy pieces, enough to comfortably earn its R, but it's not pushing any envelopes. Mostly practical gore... no real frights or shocks or twists or turns, but a pretty straight forwards witch killing piece that generally hits its marks.
The bit in the trailer that suggested they weren't dealing with witches this time... not sure where the heck that came from, because it wasn't in the final film, and they don't really deal with anything other than witches.
Reviewers on films like this need to eat shit. If you didn't want to go see a film called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, then no one who wants to go see a film called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters gives two fucks about your opinion.
I'm sure we all know that good horror movies regularly get shit on by reviewers, and this is another case. At least audiences give it a B, I'd probably go a shade higher. It's not great, but it's an R rated horror film that just deservedly won the box office this weekend.
It delivers on what it promises to.
People criticizing it for not being a good spoof are stupid. It never promises to be a spoof. It's a violent sequel to a violent fairy tale. It tries to set up a sequel, and given the witch hunting team assembled by the end of this one, I do hope it does enough numbers that they can get the principles back for another go around.
Recommended, if not highly recommended.
I thought this looked like a fun action horror piece, and it was. First of all I'd recommend the 3D version, unless you're allergic to 3D. Much better use of the format than Texas Chainsaw. As I understand some of it was post converted and some of it was native, but however each shot was achieved, the end result was consistently solid. Not the best 3D horror film I've seen but worth the extra dollars to see it that way in my opinion.
So, the film then. It's sort of mislabeling this to call it a dark fairy tale piece, because the original is substantially dark in the first place. Calling something a Dark fairy tale is in my opinion pretty redundant, because proper fairy tales are wonderfully violent. It's got its fair share of blood and itty bitty fleshy pieces, enough to comfortably earn its R, but it's not pushing any envelopes. Mostly practical gore... no real frights or shocks or twists or turns, but a pretty straight forwards witch killing piece that generally hits its marks.
The bit in the trailer that suggested they weren't dealing with witches this time... not sure where the heck that came from, because it wasn't in the final film, and they don't really deal with anything other than witches.
Reviewers on films like this need to eat shit. If you didn't want to go see a film called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, then no one who wants to go see a film called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters gives two fucks about your opinion.
I'm sure we all know that good horror movies regularly get shit on by reviewers, and this is another case. At least audiences give it a B, I'd probably go a shade higher. It's not great, but it's an R rated horror film that just deservedly won the box office this weekend.
It delivers on what it promises to.
People criticizing it for not being a good spoof are stupid. It never promises to be a spoof. It's a violent sequel to a violent fairy tale. It tries to set up a sequel, and given the witch hunting team assembled by the end of this one, I do hope it does enough numbers that they can get the principles back for another go around.
Recommended, if not highly recommended.
The Return of
Banned
finally got to see it and I definitely agree with the spoiled part. I think Sinister had more shocking moments, but as a whole I enjoyed Mama more, maybe just cause I didn't the ending.
Pachterballs
Banned
I cringed hard watching wolf creek. That
spinal assault sequence
yeah, its a good one. I think I have the bluray - but I don't have the balls to rewatch. It was kinda grueling.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Lumpy Onion
Member
Just watched The Pact (2012) on Netflix streaming. Not a bad little horror movie. It uses atmosphere and mood for a lot of it's scares. The majority of the movie takes place in one house. A couple scenes gave me some real chills too. There is limited music, and much of the movie has a silent creepiness to it. Kind of felt like David Lynch at times. Overall I would say this is one of the better horror movies I have seen lately.
Also saw The Devil's Rock (2011). I dunno, it started out alright but by the end I just felt bored. Felt pretty meh to me. And the blood effects were really bad for some reason. It all looked really orange.
Also saw The Devil's Rock (2011). I dunno, it started out alright but by the end I just felt bored. Felt pretty meh to me. And the blood effects were really bad for some reason. It all looked really orange.
The Loved Ones was pretty good, some pretty sick stuff. But it's nothing compared to...
A Serbian Film. Probably the most disturbing film I've seen besides Martyrs. I knew it was going to be rough, but nothing really prepares you for stuff like this.
And let's not forget
. Sick.
A Serbian Film. Probably the most disturbing film I've seen besides Martyrs. I knew it was going to be rough, but nothing really prepares you for stuff like this.
Newborn porn :/
eye socket fucking and son sodomy
fluffydelusions
Member
The poster looks like the film image used on netflix? I've seen a couple different ones.