FrenchMovieTheme
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V/H/S is on amazon prime streaming for free. i'm about to check it out although i heard it was more or less garbage. gotta see for myself!
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Nemesis_
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Interesting concepts in each of them, but they are ultimately a little bit flat on the execution.
I enjoyed it personally, I'm glad to see we're getting a sequel.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
saw V/H/S and i actually liked it a bit. i wouldn't call it a classic but considering the mounds of horror trash i've watched recently i'd have to say its one of the better new "horror" movies. the stories were up and down:
first story was really good, i liked it a lot. it was the one with the
first story was really good, i liked it a lot. it was the one with the
vampire/demon chick. pretty creepy when the guy fell down the stairs and then the girl was at the top of the stair well peeking. pretty good ending too. as the guy was running near the end i was thinking why dont you start banging on doors you dumb fuck! but then he ended up finding people and she didn't give a fuck!
second story was the guy and girl on vacation or whatever in that hotel room. this one wasn't that great. i won't call it awful but it was kinda short and just whatever. the girl in the mask was creepy and it seemed like it had potential for a bit but then it just turns out that the girl in the mask and the guys wife are lesbians who kill him. surprised to find this was directed by ti west!
third story was the one in the woods with the killer that you can't really see. just looks like a bunch of jpg artifacts or something. this story was pretty lame in my opinion. this was my least favorite story. the killer was lame. the gore was kinda cool but thats it
fourt story was about face time or skype or whatever with this girl and guy talking and you think its going to be a haunted house type story but it ends up that aliens implanted tracking devices or whatever into the girl. a bunch of stuff happens and then she believes she is a schizo who wandered out into traffic and is on medication. it ends with the guy talking to a new girl. meh, not that great.
last story was about the guys who go into an "abandoned" house and then someone is performing a satanic ritual on a girl. bunch of stuff happens and they save the girl but then she (now possessed by demon) makes the get-away car stop on train tracks and makes it so they can't unlock the doors so they all get killed by the train.
second story was the guy and girl on vacation or whatever in that hotel room. this one wasn't that great. i won't call it awful but it was kinda short and just whatever. the girl in the mask was creepy and it seemed like it had potential for a bit but then it just turns out that the girl in the mask and the guys wife are lesbians who kill him. surprised to find this was directed by ti west!
third story was the one in the woods with the killer that you can't really see. just looks like a bunch of jpg artifacts or something. this story was pretty lame in my opinion. this was my least favorite story. the killer was lame. the gore was kinda cool but thats it
fourt story was about face time or skype or whatever with this girl and guy talking and you think its going to be a haunted house type story but it ends up that aliens implanted tracking devices or whatever into the girl. a bunch of stuff happens and then she believes she is a schizo who wandered out into traffic and is on medication. it ends with the guy talking to a new girl. meh, not that great.
last story was about the guys who go into an "abandoned" house and then someone is performing a satanic ritual on a girl. bunch of stuff happens and they save the girl but then she (now possessed by demon) makes the get-away car stop on train tracks and makes it so they can't unlock the doors so they all get killed by the train.
Combichristoffersen
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Personally I thought it was total garbage besides the first story.
I think that even the people that dislike it can't deny it's an immensely well-made film that ramps up the intensity with each progressive scene to sickening degree. It's not a gorefest, but the violence in the film is so brutal that I found myself trying to look away at times.
It's definitely a film one needs to see so they can have an opinion on it, because it certainly will elicit a strong one, good or bad.
I think you got the part about the last film wrong.
Kill List is awesome. Not a fun film to watch, it's very bleak and the fact that they hint at how past events were so gruesome that they can't even talk about them. Even more gruesome than the shit that goes down in the film itself. That part really got to me for some reason.
Kill List is awesome. Not a fun film to watch, it's very bleak and the fact that they hint at how past events were so gruesome that they can't even talk about them. Even more gruesome than the shit that goes down in the film itself. That part really got to me for some reason.
GhostRidah
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People liked Excision? I thought it was boring and just awkward as hell for the most part.
Melchiah
Member
Luckily Kill List is available on European Netflix, so I'm definitely going to watch it as it sounds like a film I'd enjoy.
Just watched Thirst with my girlfriend, and found it far too long and worn out, but I did enjoy its occasional weirdness. Perhaps a bit too typical for an Asian film, but somewhat refreshing for a vampire flick. I don't think it was worth all the praise it has received on Gaf though.
Just watched Thirst with my girlfriend, and found it far too long and worn out, but I did enjoy its occasional weirdness. Perhaps a bit too typical for an Asian film, but somewhat refreshing for a vampire flick. I don't think it was worth all the praise it has received on Gaf though.
The Return of
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Kill List really came out of nowhere for me. I didn't really know what to expect. Thought it was pretty good although it has been awhile since I've seen it though.
BrokenEchelon
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I'm also looking for Netflix recommendations. I've seen (nearly) all the classics. I watched V/H/S recently and man was that...awful.
BattleMonkey
Member
Yea Texas 3D was awful. It had some promise in the middle, but it goes to shit in those last 15min. Agreed with the BD review, no one in the movie acts in a realistic manner and are not human.
check out Lovely Molly on Netflix. I thought it was excellent. Just how I like my horror films.
Mother_Sanchez
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I have The House of the Devil on instaque, but I still haven't sat down to watch it yet. Gaf, is it worth my time?
I liked it a bit. I thought it was much better than The Innkeepers.
Indeed, when I first put it on, I did think it was made in the 80s. It doesn't look like an 80s style modern made movie, it actually looks like it's from that era.
Mother_Sanchez
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Melchiah
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It definitely looks authentic, but I didn't find the film itself that good. Particularly the latter half. I liked The Innkeepers more, eventhough it wasn't that great either, but at least it went up towards the end.
ThirstyFly
Member
No. They captured the 80s look and feel perfectly, but unfortunately they decided to mimic bad 80s movies instead of good ones.
Once you get past the nostalgia factor, it's a very, very dull movie. It's a complete drag all the way up to the ending, which is too weak forgive the lack of anything interesting happening for the rest of the flick.
And this is coming from someone who enjoys slow burn movies.
I'm seeing that pop up on a lot of year end lists and it's caught my attention, but I'm worried it's another "LOUD NOISES!" movie which I hate. Does it depend a lot on PIANO STING! type scares?
Melchiah
Member
I couldn't agree more.
Seems to be pretty divisive around here... I absolutely loved it and consider it a must-watch
Horseticuffs
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I was quite fond of it as well. I thought the pacing perfectly emulated that late 70's, early 80's era.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
I thought house of the devil was good
NaughtyCalibur
Member
Not at all. Sort of the opposite of that. Slow burn, very personal movie. Sort of reminded me of Antichrist, but not that extreme.
FrenchMovieTheme
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It was very unnerving for me when she had the Walkman on and was dancing around the house
Napoleonthechimp
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The Innkeepers was a boring movie with poor acting. Ti West should stop writing his own films.
NaughtyCalibur
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The Innkeepers lost my interest halfway in. Ti West impressed me a lot more overall with what he pulled off in THotD.
But I think that's the thing with him: all of his stuff is very polarizing, including his piece in V/H/S (I enjoyed it, but so many people feel it's the worst one in the entire anthology).
ThirstyFly
Member
I haven't seen Antichrist, but the rest sounds cool, thanks for the feedback. It's back on my radar now.
The Return of
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I hated that movie. It had some disturbing scenes though
MilesWebber
Member
Did that movie ever come out where the trailer showed a bunch of kids poking a corpse with pointy sticks in a cornfield in slow motion? I can't remember the name of it.
antichrist or molly?
I just finished V/H/S myself, that's where I stand as well. I was expecting worse, but overall I liked it despite it's flaws. I'd be up for seeing the sequel.
The Return of
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Antichrist. I'm going to check out Molly tonight though.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
it's probably because ive read for months how awful the movie is. my expectations were rock bottom and it honestly wasn't that bad
plagiarize
Banned
I can't help but giggle at the title though. The second last exorcism.
BattleMonkey
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So Texas Chainsaw 4 is happening..... wrap your mind around that numbering.
3D was a huge disapointment though, but probably will watch either way
3D was a huge disapointment though, but probably will watch either way
Host Samurai
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I am a huge TCM fan and just read your spoiler tags. I haven't seen TCM3D yet and its a bit disappointing that it doesn't take place in the 70's or 80's. It really takes out the creep factor. And its not a sequel to the Jessica Beil series? odd choice
There are quite a few bits that are seriously disturbing, and it wasn't scary, but there was
The weird paedo snuff-stash followed by the hammer death, in between seriously not bad acting, unless. The camping trip in the woods, excellent tunnel chase scene. The gunfight and then the hunchback !
It basically fulfills on the horror front for me. People Under The Stairs isn't scary, but man, that is also a sweet horror film. Ving Rhames, and another guy in a gimp suit too.
FrenchMovieTheme
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im watching kill list and i have no fucking idea whats going on lol
I guess I didn't like it.
I basically watched the thriller version of (Kill List ending spoilers)
Hot Fuzz's third act and I couldn't stop laughing by the end of it.
I get what they were going for but felt that it was squandered potential.
I get what they were going for but felt that it was squandered potential.