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FFA Official Horror Movie Thread Catching up on Shudder and Various Streaming Platforms (2 Viewers)
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Meatwad Reloaded
Footballguy
I don't know if I would call Green Room or Blue Ruin for that matter, a horror movie....I would say that it is pretty high tension with some very explosive violence, but not true horror.
Great movie though.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Three highly recommended movies.
Hush - Netflix and Amazon - A young, deaf woman is terrorized by a man trying to get into her house. Love this one. Tension throughout and both the protagonist and antagonist are great in it. Also, the mask the serial killer dons is one of the creepiest I've seen in slasher movies.
Jeruzalem - Amazon - Two women travel to Jerusalem where a biblical nightmare erupts throughout the city. The movie uses found footage style in the form of the protagonist wearing google glass. Most of the movie is in first person perspective as a result and it works very effectively. This is one of the better found footage movies out there in a sea of crap. The "zombies" are very well done and original. Ending rocked.
Excision - Amazon - A disturbed, awkward high school girl has delusions of becoming a great surgeon.By the end you realize just how disturbed she really is. This movie is part teen drama, part horror, and one huge WTF. Amazing performance by the lead actress.
Hush - Netflix and Amazon - A young, deaf woman is terrorized by a man trying to get into her house. Love this one. Tension throughout and both the protagonist and antagonist are great in it. Also, the mask the serial killer dons is one of the creepiest I've seen in slasher movies.
Jeruzalem - Amazon - Two women travel to Jerusalem where a biblical nightmare erupts throughout the city. The movie uses found footage style in the form of the protagonist wearing google glass. Most of the movie is in first person perspective as a result and it works very effectively. This is one of the better found footage movies out there in a sea of crap. The "zombies" are very well done and original. Ending rocked.
Excision - Amazon - A disturbed, awkward high school girl has delusions of becoming a great surgeon.By the end you realize just how disturbed she really is. This movie is part teen drama, part horror, and one huge WTF. Amazing performance by the lead actress.
JoeSteeler
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ghostguy123
Footballguy
You should be paid to promote movies. Your descriptions make me want to see all of them (Hush is in my Q just haven't seen it yet).
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I really dug Excision. In a similar type of movie May and American Mary were decent too.
Caesar
Footballguy
Really enjoyed Hush. Need to look in on the other two recommended above.
Wife and daughter really love the horror films. Its about all they ever want to watch which makes it tough to find good stuff.
We did enjoy a cheesy 8 episode series called "Slasher" on Netflix. Not great acting, not great writing, not great ending, but creepy enough throughout to be worth a watch.
Wife and daughter really love the horror films. Its about all they ever want to watch which makes it tough to find good stuff.
We did enjoy a cheesy 8 episode series called "Slasher" on Netflix. Not great acting, not great writing, not great ending, but creepy enough throughout to be worth a watch.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
bigbottom
Footballguy
Sure. After watching Green Room I did a search to see where it was mentioned and this thread came up. More of a thriller I guess, but with some horror elements.
Todem
Footballguy
Watched Green Inferno (Eli Roth). It was gruesome. It was a nod to the cannibal explotation films of the 80's and it was a decent gore fest. Actually a crazy disgusting gore fest. My wife was like.....WTF are you making me watch? LOL!!!
Anyway worth a watch if your into Eli Roth and his gory style. Not his best by any stretch (That belongs to Cabin Fever which was IMO a great horror/comedy).
I am going to check out Hush first on that list up there. Looks great. Also going to the theater to see Lights Out.
Anyway worth a watch if your into Eli Roth and his gory style. Not his best by any stretch (That belongs to Cabin Fever which was IMO a great horror/comedy).
I am going to check out Hush first on that list up there. Looks great. Also going to the theater to see Lights Out.
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Scoresman
Footballguy
They're Watching - Amazon - A House Hunters International crew travels to Moldova to check on a home remodel they first filmed a few months earlier. Bad stuff happens. This is another found footage that at one point transforms into something very campy that would be at home in an Evil Dead movie. Not sure if I like it yet or not, but there's nothing else quite like it. If you look at it as something that doesn't take itself seriously, it's pretty entertaining.
Cannibal Holocaust - Youtube - The Green Inferno talk reminded me I'd never watched this. A film crew goes to the jungle to graphically kill animals and then get eaten by cannibals. This one's a cult classic and certainly controversial due to the real animal killings and graphic depictions of rape and mutilations. The director was apparently a horrible sadist too. I'm not sure why I watch films like these and usually regret it after, this one included. Great date flick.
Cannibal Holocaust - Youtube - The Green Inferno talk reminded me I'd never watched this. A film crew goes to the jungle to graphically kill animals and then get eaten by cannibals. This one's a cult classic and certainly controversial due to the real animal killings and graphic depictions of rape and mutilations. The director was apparently a horrible sadist too. I'm not sure why I watch films like these and usually regret it after, this one included. Great date flick.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Rarely to movies gross me out, but I remember watching Cannibal Holocaust as I was eating some pasta. :X
Scoresman
Footballguy
Scoresman
Footballguy
Southbound - Amazon - This one's kind of an anthology of loosely connected tales about travelers on a desolate stretch of highway. This movie does a good job of delivering multiple genres in a unique way. It has everything from ghosts, to home invasion, gore, and satanic rituals and none of them are too cliche. The individual stories sort of remind me of Tales from the Crypt in their execution. The seamless way they connected each of the stories was also really well done.
The Levenger Tapes - Amazon - Three college students spend a weekend in the wilderness and end up missing. Cops find video of what happened and try to piece together the mystery. This is a found footage film. It's hard to rate this movie. The movie is both really well done in parts, but its also has a mess of a plot that has too much going on. One of the positives is that you don't know if this movie is a slasher/serial killer vs something more paranormal until late in the movie. That keeps the suspense going and keeps you guessing. It has the usual trappings of a found footage movie such as why are they filming all of this, why are these stupid kids making these stupid decisions, etc. The scenes in the woods at night where they think they are being followed are very suspenseful a la Blair Witch. In the end, however, the plot simply has one or two aspects that don't need to be there and the resolution ends up unfulfilling. I would still recommend it to found footage fans for the suspenseful scenes, though.
Chronicle - Amazon - Found footage style film of three high school kids who gain superpowers and struggle with how to deal with them. This is one fantastic movie. It can barely be considered horror, at least until the ending. The acting and directing is all brilliant and this is a subgenre that seems completely untapped. The good vs. evil theme of most superhero movies is dealt with in an unconventional and very realistic way. This includes watching the kids slowly realize what they can do with their powers and how it affects their psyche, from trolling people in a department store for kicks, to more sinister ####. Highly recommended.
The Levenger Tapes - Amazon - Three college students spend a weekend in the wilderness and end up missing. Cops find video of what happened and try to piece together the mystery. This is a found footage film. It's hard to rate this movie. The movie is both really well done in parts, but its also has a mess of a plot that has too much going on. One of the positives is that you don't know if this movie is a slasher/serial killer vs something more paranormal until late in the movie. That keeps the suspense going and keeps you guessing. It has the usual trappings of a found footage movie such as why are they filming all of this, why are these stupid kids making these stupid decisions, etc. The scenes in the woods at night where they think they are being followed are very suspenseful a la Blair Witch. In the end, however, the plot simply has one or two aspects that don't need to be there and the resolution ends up unfulfilling. I would still recommend it to found footage fans for the suspenseful scenes, though.
Chronicle - Amazon - Found footage style film of three high school kids who gain superpowers and struggle with how to deal with them. This is one fantastic movie. It can barely be considered horror, at least until the ending. The acting and directing is all brilliant and this is a subgenre that seems completely untapped. The good vs. evil theme of most superhero movies is dealt with in an unconventional and very realistic way. This includes watching the kids slowly realize what they can do with their powers and how it affects their psyche, from trolling people in a department store for kicks, to more sinister ####. Highly recommended.
Todem
Footballguy
The remake of the original I thought was damn good. The 3rd one has the girl from the first (remake) one.
Brutal flicks. Mindless hack and gore films....but worth a watch once.
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VA703
Footballguy
southbound was a weird flick. kind of reminds me of vhs. the only way the stories connect is the highway amirite?
the levenger tapes wasn't available for streaming I was looking forward to that one
I usually don't stream amazon but it seems the buffering on that website is ####ty compared to Netflix and other sites
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Scoresman
Footballguy
Well, the guys at the end in the masks were the guys from the beginning, but other than that yeah, the highway is just used as a device to seamlessly transition from story to story
Levenger tapes is on Amazon but I dont think it's included with prime. It's available as a rental.
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Todem
Footballguy
James Daulton
Footballguy
Lights Out was ok, nothing special. 6/10.
VA703
Footballguy
Godsbrother
Footballguy
I checked out Baskin on Rotten Tomatoes and read one of the reviews where it says a gut cuts an eyeball out of someone's face with a knife.
Anything with eyes grosses me out so I have to take this one off the list of movies to watch...
I can handle most anything on screen unless it has to do with an eyeball.
Scoresman
Footballguy
13 Sins - Amazon Prime - A guy gets involved in a twisted game that promises increasing rewards for completing 13 tasks, each more sinister than the last. This is more of an extended twilight zone episode than true horror, but it's pretty good. The movie explores the theme of greed and just how far would you go for money and it throws a few twists and curveballs along the way.
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Spiral - (Showtime) Joel David Moore (AVATAR, CBGB) stars with Zachary Levi (THOR: THE DARK WORLD, TV's CHUCK) and Amber Tamblyn (DJANGO UNCHAINED, 127 HOURS) in the harrowing story of a shy and possibly disturbed telemarketer/painter, his arrogant longtime friend and boss, and the carefree new co-worker whose love may offer a portrait of normalcy.
More of a psychological thriller I guess... worth a watch. 6/10
More of a psychological thriller I guess... worth a watch. 6/10
VA703
Footballguy
Netflix: Honeymoon 5.5/10 worth a watch
Storyline
Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to remote lake country for their honeymoon. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night. As she becomes more distant and her behavior increasingly peculiar, Paul begins to suspect something more sinister than sleepwalking took place in the woods.
Storyline
Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to remote lake country for their honeymoon. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night. As she becomes more distant and her behavior increasingly peculiar, Paul begins to suspect something more sinister than sleepwalking took place in the woods.
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JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Scoresman
Footballguy
I dont know what it is about bad indie horror movies that draws me in so much. I watched one called Leaving D.C. which is about a techie guy with OCD who leaves the city to go live in the woods. About three quarters of the movie is just him analyzing audio recordings on his computer of a ghost playing a flute in the woods outside his bedroom, and yet I was glued to the screen.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Don't Breathe... fantastic. Not so much horror thought IMO. Its more on the lines of Blue Ruin and Green Room.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Watch I am a Ghost right now. Just do it. One of my new favorites. It's about a girl who is a ghost in her own house who is in communication with a psychic from the living side. At first I thought the ending was lame, but when I realized what it meant, it became truly terrifying. A Dong Warning® needs to be given, though. You definitely see a big long one flopping around at some points in the movie. It's on the Shudder subscription on Amazon.
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Cybergeek
Footballguy
Great stuff here. I watched The Conspiracy, Long Pigs and As Above, So Below the last three nights. All three very well done. As Above, So Below had me jump a few times. I can't believe that the actor who played the cannibal serial killer has only been in two other films. He was very natural on screen.
I'm about to watch Noroi: The Curse. I'm not too familiar with Japanese horror, other than what I have read and seeing Hollywood remakes. I did like The Audition quite a lot.
Cybergeek
Footballguy
Noroi: The Curse was great. The acting was top notch, you feel the fear in the film. The crazy aluminum foil psychic was extremely disturbing and well acted. He seemed like someone you could meet on the street.
I am a Ghost is up next. Thanks for the tip on these films!
Cybergeek
Footballguy
Saw Cannibal Holocaust years ago after years of avoiding it because I didn't think it could live up to the hype. It was banned in several countries and the director was arrested because it was rumored that the deaths in the film were real. The actors in the film signed confidentiality agreements and the director allowed them to violate the agreement to prove they were alive. He had to show the court during the trial how the effects were done.
A cult classic for sure!
I saw They're Watching after reading the above post. I enjoyed the slow burn and character development. The ending would make Sam Raimi proud.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Road Games - French horror about a couple that gets hunted by a serial killer that preys on hitchhikers. It does have subtitles but both English and French are used through out the film. 7.5/10
Scoresman
Footballguy
Wife was out of town all weekend, which allowed me to greatly reduce my queue. Everything below is on Amazon streaming, some require the Shudder add-on, which I highly recommend.
Monsters - America builds a huge wall along the Mexican border to keep the aliens out of the country, No this is not a documentary of the Trump campaign, it's a sci-fi film about giant octopus-like aliens that take over Mexico and Central America, and two Americans who are trying to get back home. I enjoyed it. The aliens are pretty cool and the scenery throughout the movie was very well done. Couldn't help but chuckle when they showed the giant wall, however. I was amazed to hear that this movie had a $15,000 budget.
Black Death - Set in medieval England during the plague, a group of holy knights and a monk travel to a village rumored to be run by a necromancer who is raising the dead. This one stars both Eddard Stark and Melisandre of Game of Thrones fame (in the same types of roles no less). I quite enjoyed it, seeing how there is far little horror from time periods such as this. It's pretty gruesome and has a nice little take on the religion debate as well. At least watch it to see if Sean Bean can finally survive a movie, or to see if Melisandre displays those awesome #######.
The Theatre Bizarre - An anthology film of 6 shorts a la the V/H/S series. Even though this one came highly recommended, I didn't like it as much as most of the V/H/S shorts. The acting is very shaky and some were just too "avant garde" or experimental for me.
Audition - Finally watched this classic about a widower who holds an audition to find a girlfriend. It starts out like a sweet romantic comedy until you get to really know the lady he chooses to court. This really is a masterful horror film. The wonderful acting and character development of the film's first half makes the payoff at the end so much more gruesome and terrifying. Japanese with subtitles.
Martyrs - A young woman's hunt for revenge against people who kidnapped and abused her as a child leads her and a friend on a terrifying journey. Wow, I have no idea how to review this movie. The action starts out immediately with a bang and never really lets go. By the end, the movie takes you in a direction you could never imagine. The movie is so violent it can almost be categorized as "torture porn" but it is so much deeper than that at the same time. I came away from the movie feeling sadness for the protagonist as well as anger over the way the antagonists were so detached from what they were doing. Either way, its a rare horror movie that affects you like this after viewing. You may not be able to finish watching this one, or it may just piss you off, but either way, I highly recommend giving it a shot. It's in French, but subtitled.
Santa Sangre - A young man who is traumatized as a youth while working a in a circus reunites later in life with his twisted mother. Another classic of avant garde horror, I was a little weary going in but ended up really enjoying it even though I'm not a huge fan of lots of surrealism in movies.. The visuals are stunning and the characters vivid. I could see the "twist" coming a mile away, but still enjoyed the journey. A really well made horror film.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon - Imagine that being a serial killer in a slasher movie was an actual career. Now imagine a documentary crew following an apprentice "slasher" around as he plans his first killing spree and you have this movie. It's a horror comedy that works really real and is very cleverly made. It's hilarious watching the young killer dissect every cliche from slasher movies into something that is intricately planned as part of the "script". The last half of the movie also takes a twist that is very well done. Horror legends Zelda Rubenstein and Robert Englund make appearances.
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh - An antique collector inherits his estranged mother's creepy home. The plot of this one is very thin and probably would've worked better as a short film as part of an anthology, but the one redeeming factor here is the house. The entire movie takes place in this dude's mother's house that is filled with really creepy religious artifacts. The movie has loads of potential that went untapped, but despite a slow plot, manages to still be creepy.
Them - A young couple live in an isolated country house and are terrorized by hooded assailants. A French home invasion movie that is pretty good. Suspenseful throughout. The best part of the movie is the reveal as to who the antagonists are, which makes the film even more terrifying. French with subtitles.
The Devil Inside - Yet another Exorcism movie (YAEM?). This one would not be mention-worthy were it not for the performances and portrayal of both exorcism victims. While the overall plot of the movie has been done to death a million times and is nothing special, I don't think there has been a better portrayal of a possessed person in a movie since Regan in The Exorcist. At least I haven't seen anything better if it exists.
Monsters - America builds a huge wall along the Mexican border to keep the aliens out of the country, No this is not a documentary of the Trump campaign, it's a sci-fi film about giant octopus-like aliens that take over Mexico and Central America, and two Americans who are trying to get back home. I enjoyed it. The aliens are pretty cool and the scenery throughout the movie was very well done. Couldn't help but chuckle when they showed the giant wall, however. I was amazed to hear that this movie had a $15,000 budget.
Black Death - Set in medieval England during the plague, a group of holy knights and a monk travel to a village rumored to be run by a necromancer who is raising the dead. This one stars both Eddard Stark and Melisandre of Game of Thrones fame (in the same types of roles no less). I quite enjoyed it, seeing how there is far little horror from time periods such as this. It's pretty gruesome and has a nice little take on the religion debate as well. At least watch it to see if Sean Bean can finally survive a movie, or to see if Melisandre displays those awesome #######.
The Theatre Bizarre - An anthology film of 6 shorts a la the V/H/S series. Even though this one came highly recommended, I didn't like it as much as most of the V/H/S shorts. The acting is very shaky and some were just too "avant garde" or experimental for me.
Audition - Finally watched this classic about a widower who holds an audition to find a girlfriend. It starts out like a sweet romantic comedy until you get to really know the lady he chooses to court. This really is a masterful horror film. The wonderful acting and character development of the film's first half makes the payoff at the end so much more gruesome and terrifying. Japanese with subtitles.
Martyrs - A young woman's hunt for revenge against people who kidnapped and abused her as a child leads her and a friend on a terrifying journey. Wow, I have no idea how to review this movie. The action starts out immediately with a bang and never really lets go. By the end, the movie takes you in a direction you could never imagine. The movie is so violent it can almost be categorized as "torture porn" but it is so much deeper than that at the same time. I came away from the movie feeling sadness for the protagonist as well as anger over the way the antagonists were so detached from what they were doing. Either way, its a rare horror movie that affects you like this after viewing. You may not be able to finish watching this one, or it may just piss you off, but either way, I highly recommend giving it a shot. It's in French, but subtitled.
Santa Sangre - A young man who is traumatized as a youth while working a in a circus reunites later in life with his twisted mother. Another classic of avant garde horror, I was a little weary going in but ended up really enjoying it even though I'm not a huge fan of lots of surrealism in movies.. The visuals are stunning and the characters vivid. I could see the "twist" coming a mile away, but still enjoyed the journey. A really well made horror film.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon - Imagine that being a serial killer in a slasher movie was an actual career. Now imagine a documentary crew following an apprentice "slasher" around as he plans his first killing spree and you have this movie. It's a horror comedy that works really real and is very cleverly made. It's hilarious watching the young killer dissect every cliche from slasher movies into something that is intricately planned as part of the "script". The last half of the movie also takes a twist that is very well done. Horror legends Zelda Rubenstein and Robert Englund make appearances.
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh - An antique collector inherits his estranged mother's creepy home. The plot of this one is very thin and probably would've worked better as a short film as part of an anthology, but the one redeeming factor here is the house. The entire movie takes place in this dude's mother's house that is filled with really creepy religious artifacts. The movie has loads of potential that went untapped, but despite a slow plot, manages to still be creepy.
Them - A young couple live in an isolated country house and are terrorized by hooded assailants. A French home invasion movie that is pretty good. Suspenseful throughout. The best part of the movie is the reveal as to who the antagonists are, which makes the film even more terrifying. French with subtitles.
The Devil Inside - Yet another Exorcism movie (YAEM?). This one would not be mention-worthy were it not for the performances and portrayal of both exorcism victims. While the overall plot of the movie has been done to death a million times and is nothing special, I don't think there has been a better portrayal of a possessed person in a movie since Regan in The Exorcist. At least I haven't seen anything better if it exists.
Worm
slimy ninja
for a couple I haven't seenI've come to the conclusion that the French make my favorite style of horror movies. You've probably seen them but check out High Tension and Frontier(s) if you haven't.
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
@Scoresman
thank for the list! Monsters is on Netflix.
has anyone watched The Invitation on Netflix? Maybe more of a psych thriller
How about Dementia?
thank for the list! Monsters is on Netflix.
has anyone watched The Invitation on Netflix? Maybe more of a psych thriller
How about Dementia?
VA703
Footballguy
I saw the invitation id say its definitely worth a watch. its a slowburner
oh I saw monsters too, not bad either i may have watched it a few times
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Scoresman
Footballguy
I thought The Invitation was just ok. It had potential that never really came to fruition. Definitely a psychological horror film.
James Daulton
Footballguy
Headed to see Don't Breathe tonight, expecting to like it a lot.
@Scoresman, for those of us who aren't fans of gratuitous violence (Green Room ok, Bone Tomahawk ok, Hostel no bueno), which of the movies from your list would you recommend first?
@Scoresman, for those of us who aren't fans of gratuitous violence (Green Room ok, Bone Tomahawk ok, Hostel no bueno), which of the movies from your list would you recommend first?
