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I find Wrong Turn 1 very rewachable. Tried to rewatch a couple of the sequels a few times, but always turn them off.

Just watched Ready or Not again. Easily one of my favourites of the last few years. Samantha Weaving looking lovely helps a lot. I don't think it needed a sequel though. It was a very good one-and-done movie. No need to try and expand on it.
I actually think Wrong Turn 2 is the best. They're all kinda low effort trash, but their guilty pleasures I guess.

I do agree that Samara Weaving is a beautiful scream queen. Never seen Ready or Not, but I do think the same could be said for The Babysitter. One and done, let it live as a cult classic. Feel the same for Happy Death Day.
 
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House of Eden: F

All three main character ANNOYED the shit out of me. They were all super insufferable. The plot was predicatable and I figured out the twist early on.



One of my main issues with the story is that the Kris goes looking for haunted houses to post her adventures on YouTube. She seems really into this stuff, so why is that when she see a painting of Lilith in the house, she's like who is that and instead just google search on her phone right there in front of the painting.

That scene really irks me since Lillith is one of the most common demons that people who are into the supernatural/demonology field know about. And once she finds out through google, all she say is cool I want to explore this house some more and stay here for a couple of nights! I knew there was gonna to be a witch cult at the end and once Lillith was mention, I knew Kris was pregnant since when it comes to demonlogy, Lillith usually goes after pregnant woman.

Than there was the DUFF (Destinated Ugly Fat Friend), it was crazy how weird her face looked, looked like she got injections. It got too distracting for me

The male character was annoying too and I kind of figure that he's the father of Kris unborn kid but doesn't know about her being pregnant



The movie wasn't even scary and the last twenty minutes is when stuff actually starts to happen. The editing on this film was atrocious and there were a lot of camera shaking moment. This movie could have edited out a good 40 to 50 minutes

The humor wasn't funny and what the movie opened with wasn't funny at all. The whole cast was just cringe
 
I might go against the grain but I think horror direction has made great strides in actually being scary. I do spooktober every year and while I love the classics, the actual quality is few and far between. There is a survivorship bias going on. The avg is a bit higher these days and I think we can thank people like James Wan for his style of build up and pay off which felt so fresh in Insidious. The trends come and go, but the average amount of horror bangers that release every year is pretty high. I'd say we get around 5-8 really good movies every year.
 
Ten to fifteen years ago, I used to avoid the horror genre due to being super squemish when it comes to gore. But I slowly started to watch gory films more and more until I got desenstized. There's only a few things in gore that still make me squimish but I can handle a lot more now. It's also opened up more movie genres for me to watch. Like the War Genre, back than I used to watch them but not as much since the gore would get to me, now I can watch them with no issues at all. There's a lot of movies in the horror genre that I don't like but when one hits, it's as massive hit for me.

Out of all the horror movies this year, I'm looking forward to Obsession the most
 
Ten to fifteen years ago, I used to avoid the horror genre due to being super squemish when it comes to gore. But I slowly started to watch gory films more and more until I got desenstized. There's only a few things in gore that still make me squimish but I can handle a lot more now. It's also opened up more movie genres for me to watch. Like the War Genre, back than I used to watch them but not as much since the gore would get to me, now I can watch them with no issues at all. There's a lot of movies in the horror genre that I don't like but when one hits, it's as massive hit for me.

Out of all the horror movies this year, I'm looking forward to Obsession the most
I'm kind of the opposite, used to be very okay with gore in movies until I had kids. Part of it was obviously not watching gory films when they were around (and kids are always around) but recently I tried to watch Tokyo Gore Police and... damn I could only make it about 30 minutes in. Seemed like a fun film though lol
 
I'm kind of the opposite, used to be very okay with gore in movies until I had kids. Part of it was obviously not watching gory films when they were around (and kids are always around) but recently I tried to watch Tokyo Gore Police and... damn I could only make it about 30 minutes in. Seemed like a fun film though lol
Damn, I must be completely desensitized because I don't recall anything in Tokyo Gore Police that bothered me remotely.
 
I'm kind of the opposite, used to be very okay with gore in movies until I had kids. Part of it was obviously not watching gory films when they were around (and kids are always around) but recently I tried to watch Tokyo Gore Police and... damn I could only make it about 30 minutes in. Seemed like a fun film though lol

Being a parent I noticed tends to do that to people. Which I understand. I have heard of Tokyo Gore Police but it has never really interest me. It's basically Tokyo policemen body parts turning into weapons right?
 
Friday the 13th is upon us this week.

Unless I am mistaken. I am not good at math...

Which means, dust off those old tapes. I am thinking of maybe doing a Jason Voorhees marathon.

What is everyone else doing?
 
Friday the 13th is upon us this week.

Unless I am mistaken. I am not good at math...

Which means, dust off those old tapes. I am thinking of maybe doing a Jason Voorhees marathon.

What is everyone else doing?
I remember watching these on the USA network in the mid/late 90s every time Friday the 13th rolled around, that was my first exposure to the films. Imagine my surprise when I watched the unedited versions a few years back and found these movies were full of awesome gratuitous nudity.

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I remember watching these on the USA network in the mid/late 90s every time Friday the 13th rolled around, that was my first exposure to the films. Imagine my surprise when I watched the unedited versions a few years back and found these movies were full of awesome gratuitous nudity.

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What a time to be alive.

I had to rent these films. I don't have a lot of memories of seeing scary stuff on network here. Maybe that wasn't in vogue here at the time.
 
I remember watching these on the USA network in the mid/late 90s every time Friday the 13th rolled around, that was my first exposure to the films. Imagine my surprise when I watched the unedited versions a few years back and found these movies were full of awesome gratuitous nudity.

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Sounds like the time I was in the US for work and watched Showgirls on VH1 and it had no nudity. Didn't think it would be possible but they managed. Even digitally painting underwear on the women. (looked like they used MSPaint to do it)
 
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Any high hopes for this? The Barbarian shit the bed in the end but the tensions was there.


Hard to think of anyone who could mesh the campy and spooky like RE does like Cregger, unless you start bringing in unattainable GOATs who can genre hop like Spielberg, Villeneuve, Scorsese, etc.

I do hope it brings in main characters from the game and keeps their established characterization. I've become quite fond of them after really getting into RE the past decade.
 
Hard to think of anyone who could mesh the campy and spooky like RE does like Cregger, unless you start bringing in unattainable GOATs who can genre hop like Spielberg, Villeneuve, Scorsese, etc.

I do hope it brings in main characters from the game and keeps their established characterization. I've become quite fond of them after really getting into RE the past decade.
Well, film directors are like boxers, said a certain someone. This could be a win.
 
Hard to think of anyone who could mesh the campy and spooky like RE does like Cregger, unless you start bringing in unattainable GOATs who can genre hop like Spielberg, Villeneuve, Scorsese, etc.

I do hope it brings in main characters from the game and keeps their established characterization. I've become quite fond of them after really getting into RE the past decade.
Cregger is using all new characters. I personally think that's the best for him, as it lets him play to his strengths as a screenwriter and director. He's not constrained by the expectations of fans regarding the main characters.
 


This movie when it comes to horror is my most anticipated this year

The concept is really interesting and teaser trailer makes me super intrigued

I'm hoping we get a new trailer soon
 
Cregger is using all new characters. I personally think that's the best for him, as it lets him play to his strengths as a screenwriter and director. He's not constrained by the expectations of fans regarding the main characters.
Nooooooo, let me constrain his vision! Jk, I'd rather have all-new characters than bastardized versions.

Well, film directors are like boxers, said a certain someone. This could be a win.
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Any high hopes for this? The Barbarian shit the bed in the end but the tensions was there.



I hated Barbarian but love Weapons

He say's he a huge fan of Resident Evil and is making sure it's true to the games

But my issue with his adaptation is that it's focused on all new characters instead of having the main characters from the game. So I don't see the point if he's not gonna to put in Leon, Jill or any of the rest of the main cast in the movie from the games
 
I hated Barbarian but love Weapons

He say's he a huge fan of Resident Evil and is making sure it's true to the games

But my issue with his adaptation is that it's focused on all new characters instead of having the main characters from the game. So I don't see the point if he's not gonna to put in Leon, Jill or any of the rest of the main cast in the movie from the games
You don't need the main characters to tell a good Resident Evil story.

Hell, Capcom doesn't need the main characters for a good Resident Evil game.
 
I watched Mother of Flies. Forest setting, witchcraft - a combo I love, but I couldn't get into it. Found it to be rather dull.

Also watched all the Hellraiser films. Best one is the original and the worst has to be Revelations...oh dear. Not sure what they were thinking with that Pinhead. Dreadful.
 
I watched Mother of Flies. Forest setting, witchcraft - a combo I love, but I couldn't get into it. Found it to be rather dull.

I haven't watched it yet, I'll eventually check it out

Also watched all the Hellraiser films. Best one is the original and the worst has to be Revelations...oh dear. Not sure what they were thinking with that Pinhead. Dreadful.

I stopped watching after Hellraiser III. I just noped out after the Cenobite that shoots CDs out of it's mouth showed up. I hated the second film too. But the first movie is

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I haven't watched it yet, I'll eventually check it out



I stopped watching after Hellraiser III. I just noped out after the Cenobite that shoots CDs out of it's mouth showed up. I hated the second film too. But the first movie is

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Hellraiser: Hellworld is worth watching for a very young Henry Caville and Kathryn Winnick. I'm hoping the Hellraiser game they're releasing is close in quality to the original film.
 
Hellraiser: Hellworld is worth watching for a very young Henry Caville and Kathryn Winnick. I'm hoping the Hellraiser game they're releasing is close in quality to the original film.

I'll eventually get to the rest of the films and I do know about Henry Cavill appearing in one of the later ones

When it comes to horror films, I tend to graviate more towards films in that genre that aren't attached to any franchises. It's rare that I love a horror film that is part of a franchise

It's why when it comes to Ready Or Not 2, I'm not as excited for it since I loved the original. I'm still giving it a fair shake but I have lowered expectations

TheConjuringVerse films I love most of them due to the demon designs and lore. The demon designs always comes off as super memorable and unique
 
I'll eventually get to the rest of the films and I do know about Henry Cavill appearing in one of the later ones

When it comes to horror films, I tend to graviate more towards films in that genre that aren't attached to any franchises. It's rare that I love a horror film that is part of a franchise

It's why when it comes to Ready Or Not 2, I'm not as excited for it since I loved the original. I'm still giving it a fair shake but I have lowered expectations

TheConjuringVerse films I love most of them due to the demon designs and lore. The demon designs always comes off as super memorable and unique

Same. A real shame we never got that Crooked Man movie.
 
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Nocturne: C

Had an interesting premise with some interesting lore and rituals tied to the notebook. Sydney Sweeny was once again the weak link when it comes to acting and the actress who played the sister was way better. The plot itself was super boring and I didn't like the way it ended.
 
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Terrified: A

Not a surprise that I love it, I love his other film When Evil Lurks



The rulesets concerning the creatures were really cool. Where you can see them at certain angles and where they can live in the same space while being in a different dimension. They used that effectly when it came to jump scares especially. The man looking at the creature through the window who is inside another persons house and than suddenly the creature is right in front of his window when he shifts perspective was a good jump scare

The boy drinking from the water hose and than backing away slowly from the house and goes onto the street but than get's run over by a bus

At the beginning the guys wife dying and him finding her "floating" and hit her body against both walls. It's only later when the film explains the ruleset when it comes to the creatures that you realize that the creature was still there but just playing around with that guy's wife body like a cat would play with a mouse before it killed it

When it comes to which movie I prefer, I definitely prefer When Evil Lurks due to the bigger scope of the film but Terrified is fantastic in it's own right

I wonder when his next film will come out

 
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The Relic: D

Liked how it was set in Chicago but I could hardly see anything. The lighting was atrocious and I wasn't a fan of the way the creature looked. What I could see of it

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Kind of overstayed it's welcome. I wasn't a fan of how the creatures looked



I did like finding out about the creatures evolving to mimic humans. They mimic to hunt humans down. But I wasn't a fan of how they just looked like giant bugs. The human mimicry looked super lame too

It does have Norman Reedus, Josh Brolin (with a weird ass haircut) and that guy who plays Death in Stupidnatural in smaller roles. That was a surprise

 
I rewatched all the Subspecies films. I love them. Haven't been able to find any new stuff that looks appealing to me so I've been mainly watching a lot of older stuff.
 
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Lake Placid: B+

Really liked how the giant crocodile looked and it's was good mix of practical effects and CGI. I loved Oliver Platt character and happy he survived. Bridget Fonda was a total babe too. Betty White feeding the crocodiles was really funny to watch especially when she fed the giant one a cow lol

The film had a fun comedy tone through out the film, it was a great creature feature

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28 Years Later The Bone Temple: A+

I enjoyed the first 28 Years Later film but I had my issues with that movie due to the weird artistic choices that Danny Boyle went with. This film was pretty much more serious in tone. Ralph Fiennes character stole the show for me, thia is one of his best roles. He was fantastic in it



I love the twist with the Alpha being cured, I wonder if he's gonna to show up in the third movie

The villains of this movie being a gang called the Jimmys, at first, I didn't find them scary. But as the movie went on and their encounter with that family ending up making them quite terrifying. By the end of the film, I was hoping they all get offed. That last scene where Ralph Fiennes character ended up turning the tables on their leader was pretty satisfying to watch

I loved how it ended with Cillian Murphy showing up. I remember him from 28 Days Later. I wonder how they are gonna to close out the trilogy using him

I would say the only weak thing about the movie is the fact that the main character is somewhat forgetable, you hardly even noticed him. He kept on wearing that mask and I felt every other actor overpowered him when it came to acting that you can't help but notice them more than notice him which I found somewhat funny due to him being the main character



Overall a fantastic movie all around
 
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I watched some Lynch over this weekend.

Highway still in my opinion his most under rated work. This scene in particular creeps me out to this day.
 
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The Relic: D

Liked how it was set in Chicago but I could hardly see anything. The lighting was atrocious and I wasn't a fan of the way the creature looked. What I could see of it

This was me during the whole movie

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Kind of overstayed it's welcome. I wasn't a fan of how the creatures looked



I did like finding out about the creatures evolving to mimic humans. They mimic to hunt humans down. But I wasn't a fan of how they just looked like giant bugs. The human mimicry looked super lame too

It does have Norman Reedus, Josh Brolin (with a weird ass haircut) and that guy who plays Death in Stupidnatural in smaller roles. That was a surprise

I vaguely remember The Relic on VHS. I think there's a good movie in there, somewhere, but it needs the Vince Gilligan touch.
 
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The Relic: D

Liked how it was set in Chicago but I could hardly see anything. The lighting was atrocious and I wasn't a fan of the way the creature looked. What I could see of it

This was me during the whole movie

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Kind of overstayed it's welcome. I wasn't a fan of how the creatures looked



I did like finding out about the creatures evolving to mimic humans. They mimic to hunt humans down. But I wasn't a fan of how they just looked like giant bugs. The human mimicry looked super lame too

It does have Norman Reedus, Josh Brolin (with a weird ass haircut) and that guy who plays Death in Stupidnatural in smaller roles. That was a surprise


I remember watching both of these back then. I agree The Relic definitely has terrible lighting. thou I still kinda like the story as a whole. I do feel Mimic is pretty decent overall. I have a deep dislike towards cockroaches, and those things are basically man size roaches. so it made me rather uncomfortable when I first watched it.






finally got around to watch Exit 8. it's surprisingly well done, especially consider that the source material really doesn't have much to work with. but I guess that also provides more room for the film maker to put in his own vision. very enjoyable movie for someone who had played the game before. fun to watch for what anomaly is there along with the protagonist.
 
finally got around to watch Exit 8. it's surprisingly well done, especially consider that the source material really doesn't have much to work with. but I guess that also provides more room for the film maker to put in his own vision. very enjoyable movie for someone who had played the game before. fun to watch for what anomaly is there along with the protagonist.
Ha. I was the same. After playing the game I was trying to identify anomalies while watching the film. The kid was basically a hint system.
 
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