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Fav Era of Horror?

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Saw Clown in a Cornfield last weekend and 28 Years Later today, of the two I would recommend Clown in a Cornfield. Good fun with some great jokes.

Bring Her Back doesn't come out in the UK until next month, but I saw the trailer for the first time today and it looks great. I'm also looking forward to Together and Weapons in August.
 
MudoSkills said:
Saw Clown in a Cornfield last weekend and 28 Years Later today, of the two I would recommend Clown in a Cornfield. Good fun with some great jokes.

Bring Her Back doesn't come out in the UK until next month, but I saw the trailer for the first time today and it looks great. I'm also looking forward to Together and Weapons in August.
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I watched Bring her Back the day it released in the states. Best horror movie of 2025. Not sure why there is not more hype for it. I think it's too disturbing for mainstream horror audiences that want stuff like Final Destination and Heart Eyes. I don't think anything will come close to dethroning it maybe Weapons has a chance now that 28 years later has flopped with audiences.
 
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This popped up on my plex last night, had to give it a chance just because of that tag line. Yes it was shit but 10/10 for the tag.

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I'm about to watch this, has been in my backlog for a while.

I know it's a cult classic at this point, but I'm going in completely blind. Just one that slipped through my viewing net over the years
 
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Looks good, and being the director of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 was eye-catching.

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He also did The Blob, one of my childhood favorites. And Eraser, Scorpion King, and some other stuff, not super prolific but this looks pretty good and that Jumanji girl is realllllll easy on the eyes.
 
Bring Her Back

Gory but highly original. The team behind this and Talk To Me are on a roll here, this is also definitely the better of the two. Great movie
 
Branded said:
I couldn't get over the cheap look, amateur editing and poor CGI of it all.
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Half the charm.

The best Horror doesn't look expensive and sleek for me, just more "real" but can can be expensive and sleak if it fits the movie, if that makes sense? its personal taste of course.

Just needs to un-nerve me. Like the first few chapters of a Sutter Cain novel or the best bits of V/H/S

Do you read Sutter Cain?
 
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Mohonky said:
Bring Her Back

Gory but highly original. The team behind this and Talk To Me are on a roll here, this is also definitely the better of the two. Great movie
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It is the best horror since Hereditary for me. Absolutely brutal and really quite unsettling in atmosphere.
 
Days like these... said:
How far in did you get?
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Not far at all but it has a great atmosphere and imagery off the bat. I'd have to lie to get the Mrs to rewatch it so id rather experience it with her.

ill let you know how I get on but I think we share similar taste. I thought Talk To Me was great so.......
 
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Bring her back is a traumatic experience.

Without spoilers, I think it's a modern masterpiece that just fell slightly short of perfection. First of all, the subject matter is multi-layered, which is rare in horror genre now - lots of subtlety and a steady, slow descent into madness as the plot unfolds.

You gradually spot things and are presented with scenes that gradually get more and more unsettling. This is how masters do it - the directors clearly studied Kubrick and Hitchcock intently. I was reminded more of The Shining than anything else. The lead antagonist being a child actor that can't speak, while the supporting protagonist can't see was a superbly genius plot device. This bitch gave Kathy Bates a run for her money.

Horror is strongest when it's the unknown, and the scenes that were particularly traumatising towards the end really carried the horror elements to new heights for me. The torture of someone who cannot tell of their trauma, the primal fear of not being able to see what is going on around you and the vulnerability of an innocent was really brutal.

This is a dark film, and it is not for the faint of heart or the passive horror fan imo... you better be ready from the jump. I will spoiler tag the rest of my thoughts.

The themes of abuse, satanic ritual, child abuse and body horror all taken to the extremes. The scene where the possessed boy begins to consume himself after taking a good chunk out of the kitchen counter top was particularly gruesome and horrifying to watch.

Not only is it dark but it has great elements of mystery. Very little was revealed about the cult, the unknown yet again playing with your mind. These were clearly evil monsters, but enough is left to imagination that your mind runs away with it.

The scene where Laura revealed yet did not reveal her true madness and let Piper touch the frozen corpse of her dead child before replying 'it's just meat' genuinely gave me chills. Just gruesome stuff. The fact that Piper couldn't see a thing made it 5x more grimacing to watch.

The ending was where it was let down slightly. While it was no way a happy ever after, it was a bit of a buildup to nothing, and the blind girl making out was a little far fetched. Suddenly the demon possessed child was able to think for himself after consuming a frozen child's corpse and run away...!

I can see why this was cut heavily to avoid outright bans in some countries, they really pushed the child horror to it's limits of decency on film. Plenty of times my wife gasped in shock at what was happening. There are already rumours of around 30 minutes of cut footage that was too extreme for it's rating. God only knows what debauchery was cut out because what is left is enough! I will be eagerly awaiting the complete directors cut.

Acting was superb from the leads, especially Oliver and Laura. A grieving mother turned extremist, child cannibalism, satanic cults, extremely shocking gore, and plenty more behind the spoiler tag.. it's all here boys.

overall 9/10, ***almost*** a masterwork. These two directors are going to become legendary some day if they retain this focus and originality.
 
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Dumb fun. Turn of your brain and enjoy.

Me and the Mrs spent the film trying to figure out how the family was so diverse.

7/10
 
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So I've recently watched that Nosferatu movie that came out recently. I liked it. I actually liked it more than MaXXXine, which I found to be the weakest part of Ti West's "X Trilogy"
 
Hudo said:
So I've recently watched that Nosferatu movie that came out recently. I liked it. I actually liked it more than MaXXXine, which I found to be the weakest part of Ti West's "X Trilogy"
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I liked it but didn't love it. Still a good movie but feel if you are remaking a well told story you need to bring something new to the table.

The Witch remains my favourite movie of his.
 
Clown in the Cornfield - The first part of the movie was not bad at all. But there was a certain point from which you know exactly what is happening and from that moment I had really hard time to even finish the movie.
Started Masters of Horror again and some of those episodes are pretty solid. Loved Jennifer, she gives me creeps :d. Some episodes are absolute trash though.
 
clarky said:
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Dumb fun. Turn of your brain and enjoy.

Me and the Mrs spent the film trying to figure out how the family was so diverse.

7/10
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Same, it was a bit distracting tbh. But very entertaining movie. I think it comes close to the first movie in quality. 7/10 from me too.

I thought I had the ending, with him saving her as a lifeguard, figured out beforehand, but when the real ending with the train and logs came I laughed.
 
Saw Marshmallow on Redlettermedia's recommendation. it's really not very interesting. idk wtf Mike was smoking. It reminds me of one of those disney channel original movies they used to do, like "Don't look under the bed" - i'd say it is about the quality of that movie as well.
 
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Haunt Season on amazon. Folks working a halloween haunted house get killed like the scares they perform. Really low budget, but surprisingly high production value since they clearly had access to a real haunted house prop set, arcade, etc and good camera work. Real college level acting, but there was an odd charm to it and there was a strong "girl next door" vibe for some of the cast. Not particularly scary or gory but not a bad one to throw up for some halloween background decor.

Followed that with Talk to Me, since it has been getting a lot of chatter here recently. Obviously a well made film, though I'm not really sure what the message of the film was. Grief? Suicide? It feels like there was a final act lost in there somewhere. Just like kids though to turn something like that into a party game.
 
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