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FFA Official Horror Movie Thread Catching up on Shudder and Various Streaming Platforms (1 Viewer)
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No One Will Save You (Hulu): 2023 alien horror movie, IMDB 6.3. A young woman lives in an isolated old house. Her mother has recently died and she’s shunned by the townsfolk for seemingly causing the death of her best friend years ago. She’s very alone. An alien shows up in her house one night and she tries to survive.
There’s no dialogue in this movie. I think one 3-word sentence is all we get. The aliens are very alien - the effects aren’t top notch but the creature design was neat.
I had to read the wiki article to sort out the ending, and it seems a little too tidy, but I liked the movie. I’d say it’s got a lot in common with A Quiet Place.
There’s no dialogue in this movie. I think one 3-word sentence is all we get. The aliens are very alien - the effects aren’t top notch but the creature design was neat.
I had to read the wiki article to sort out the ending, and it seems a little too tidy, but I liked the movie. I’d say it’s got a lot in common with A Quiet Place.
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I don't consider myself a big horror fan and I dislike slash films but I actually love this movie and is one of the few dvds I own.
jamny
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V/H/S 85 wasn't very good. The first story was the best in the bunch, the wraparound was boring until the end. They got the feel of the times right but not much else. Nothing really memorable
So far: V/H/S 2 > V/H/S 94 > V/H/S > V/H/S 85
Might as well finish them at this point. On to VHS99 I might have to watch the first one again to properly rank it since it's been a while.
So far: V/H/S 2 > V/H/S 94 > V/H/S > V/H/S 85
Might as well finish them at this point. On to VHS99 I might have to watch the first one again to properly rank it since it's been a while.
jamny
Footballguy
V/H/S 99 was really bad but there was one segment (Suicide Bid) that puts it ahead of 85. Even though the segment had a stupid ending it was at least worth checking out since it was like my worst nightmare. Too bad they ruined it by adding a supernatural element to it. All the rest sucked.
V/H/S 2 > V/H/S 94 > V/H/S > V/H/S 99 > V/H/S 85
V/H/S 2 > V/H/S 94 > V/H/S > V/H/S 99 > V/H/S 85
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Footballguy
I was entertained by this movie. The town were kind of a bag of dicks, so the ending sat ok with me.
The Gator
Footballguy
This was awesome. Cannot wait to watch it again.Seeing Nosferatu tonight
jamny
Footballguy
V/H/S Viral is unwatchable. Half the time they totally abandon the found footage aspect. Easily the worst of the series.
I also flipped through the first one and it holds its position at #3
Only have V/H/S Beyond left when it becomes available on something I have. I've heard it's Top 3 worthy.
I also flipped through the first one and it holds its position at #3
Only have V/H/S Beyond left when it becomes available on something I have. I've heard it's Top 3 worthy.
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I was wondering how this got in my queue, it’s probably from this. I watched tonight and liked it. The final conversation and look on his face was pretty great. We’ve been trained to expect a different ending, this surprised by not following the usual couple of paths.
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The Descent (Plex): 2005 movie, IMDB 7.2. Six lady friends go caving, hijinks ensue. This was my second time watching this movie. I think it's great - very squelchy, the blood is very red in an otherwise dark gray movie other than torches and glow sticks, the violence is abrupt and extreme. The camaraderie of the cast feels real. I have no intention of watching the sequel, but this was a good rewatch.
I've heard the UK ending is different an have heard a description of it, but I've seen the US version both times. The final scene is stupid, but that doesn't ruin a movie I really like. Caving is horrifying to me to begin with, as I have a touch of claustrophobia. Squeezing through something like that is horrifying. I guess I've squeezed under a pipe on a ship where I had to exhale to wriggle through, but that's a controlled smooth environment. Doing that in a natural rugged cave... ugh. The first half of this movie is just as creepy as the second half.
I've heard the UK ending is different an have heard a description of it, but I've seen the US version both times. The final scene is stupid, but that doesn't ruin a movie I really like. Caving is horrifying to me to begin with, as I have a touch of claustrophobia. Squeezing through something like that is horrifying. I guess I've squeezed under a pipe on a ship where I had to exhale to wriggle through, but that's a controlled smooth environment. Doing that in a natural rugged cave... ugh. The first half of this movie is just as creepy as the second half.
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Big fan, #21 on my horror list
Really great horror flick.
The sequel is good too but not in the same league. But it is absolutely worth a watch.
jamny
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Deadgirl - A very disturbing premise for a movie but seems like it was written and produced by a bunch of 14 year old boys. In the right hands, this might have been handled in a way to address some societal issues but was wasted here. It's actually a unique take on the zombie genre, which I haven't seen before, but it's not really a zombie movie. Besides the horrible acting and actors that are way too old to be high schoolers, there's no indication how this all came to be, no apparent concerns at school and there doesn't seem to be a police department. Even with the disturbing content, which is hard to look past, the movie just isn't good.
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Agreed - I don't mind that it was made, and I don't regret watching it, but I can't recommend it because it's just too icky.
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Terrified - (Shudder) Argentianian horror, plenty of cool, creepy moments, plot felt reasonably disjointed and very little character development, yet it still worked. Doesn't hurt that I'm a sucker for flicks with bad stuff hiding under the bed and man this had some bad stuff hiding under the bed, plus the dead boy. That freaking dead boy.
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Funny - I listened to an episode of Evolution of Horror podcast today that talked about this movie (Folk Horror also-rans).
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The Ritual (Netflix): 2017, IMDB 6.3. A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.
This was a folk horror movie with some witchcraft in the background. Properly creepy and menacing. The ending was a little surprising, and I have to wonder what happens after the end of the movie.
I liked it. I don't really think there were any jump scares, and I don't think it's the sort that will stick with me and make me afraid of the dark, but we'll see how the next trip through the woods to the inlaws' house next door goes.
This was a folk horror movie with some witchcraft in the background. Properly creepy and menacing. The ending was a little surprising, and I have to wonder what happens after the end of the movie.
Rituals, where the guy returns with colonial marines to wipe out the creature?
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Max): 1975 Australian mystery / folk horror movie voted the best Aussie movie ever. IMDB 7.4
This is an odd movie - it’s very dreamy, like watching clouds on a summer day. Sound design was very neat with some wind-through-tunnels / groaning sounds in the rocks. Occasional use of slow motion to show that something odd was happening with the way characters were perceiving the world. Some odd connections implied in a young man’s head about a woman and a swan. Very artsy but it works.
There’s also some unexpressed sexual tension with the girls at a high school (?) who have only each other. Some gross 1900-setting fixation on whether any girl who’s been out of sight is still “intact” - with doctors making that the focus of their summary of the condition of girls with other injuries.
This one is going to stick with me, I think. It’s not scary, but it’s not very clear about some things, which leaves you wondering what happened. I’ve been reading a bit about the novel it’s based on and the posthumously-released final chapter that the movie somehow alluded to (maybe the film people talked to the author and learned about the unpublished ending?). Anyway, it worked and I’m glad I watched it.
This is an odd movie - it’s very dreamy, like watching clouds on a summer day. Sound design was very neat with some wind-through-tunnels / groaning sounds in the rocks. Occasional use of slow motion to show that something odd was happening with the way characters were perceiving the world. Some odd connections implied in a young man’s head about a woman and a swan. Very artsy but it works.
There’s also some unexpressed sexual tension with the girls at a high school (?) who have only each other. Some gross 1900-setting fixation on whether any girl who’s been out of sight is still “intact” - with doctors making that the focus of their summary of the condition of girls with other injuries.
This one is going to stick with me, I think. It’s not scary, but it’s not very clear about some things, which leaves you wondering what happened. I’ve been reading a bit about the novel it’s based on and the posthumously-released final chapter that the movie somehow alluded to (maybe the film people talked to the author and learned about the unpublished ending?). Anyway, it worked and I’m glad I watched it.
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Really like this movie. That IMDB rating is hog wash imo
Really? I thought the majority agreed it was overrated and not very good?
I went in expecting a terrifying Nick Cage and a movie similar to Silence of the Lambs.
Instead I got Mrs Doubtfire
I watched it last night.Nosferatu out today on Peacock
I really really liked it. It may go down as a top 5 vampire movie for me all time. Some amazing performances, amazing cinematography and editing.
Just a gothic tour de force. Dark, grimy and disturbing as well.
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Any of you Hereditary fans here see this?
Novum has a 4h38m video of easter eggs and details you missed
Some of them from reddit-
Novum has a 4h38m video of easter eggs and details you missed
Some of them from reddit-
Some of my favorite details:
You can hear cultist footsteps running away as the family returns home from Ellen’s funeral
Steve (the father) is strict about shoes off at the entryway. Later in the movie you see shoe prints all over the entryway, and Peter runs upstairs without being admonished. Steve gave up enforcing the rules - only it wasn’t his family disregarding him, it was the cultists coming and going
Most of the students Peter interacts with and some of the adults, specifically his guy friends, girl crush, and English teacher, are cult members, and work together to wear Peter down and make him susceptible to possession
Ari Aster did his research and found there’s a particular herb believed to make people more susceptible to possession. It appears as a black sticky substance. You can see it in: (1) Charlie’s bottle (2) added to Peter’s weed (3) added to Annie’s tea, and other places Annie’s sleepwalking continued to puzzle me. Peter asks her: “why are you trying to kill me?” and Annie responds: “I’m trying to save you!” … she really was. It was her subconscious knowing something terrible would happen to her entire family, Peter in particular, and wanting to stop it. She really was trying to save him"]
You can hear cultist footsteps running away as the family returns home from Ellen’s funeral
Steve (the father) is strict about shoes off at the entryway. Later in the movie you see shoe prints all over the entryway, and Peter runs upstairs without being admonished. Steve gave up enforcing the rules - only it wasn’t his family disregarding him, it was the cultists coming and going
Most of the students Peter interacts with and some of the adults, specifically his guy friends, girl crush, and English teacher, are cult members, and work together to wear Peter down and make him susceptible to possession
Ari Aster did his research and found there’s a particular herb believed to make people more susceptible to possession. It appears as a black sticky substance. You can see it in: (1) Charlie’s bottle (2) added to Peter’s weed (3) added to Annie’s tea, and other places Annie’s sleepwalking continued to puzzle me. Peter asks her: “why are you trying to kill me?” and Annie responds: “I’m trying to save you!” … she really was. It was her subconscious knowing something terrible would happen to her entire family, Peter in particular, and wanting to stop it. She really was trying to save him"]
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Footballguy
The new Fear Street offering (prom night) on Netflix was pretty weak. I really liked the original trilogy, but this one didn't have any of the charm (besides some 80s needle drops) or mythology.
You're not the first person to say this. Bummer
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Yeah it wasn’t great
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Love this movie
Tick
Footballguy
I liked 28 Years Later, with an asterisk.
I thought it was really visually attractive. I don't really notice sound design often, but it stuck out as a strength as well. From 28 days, that thrumming driving beat was used effectively again. and that Kipling poem chant was so effective (interesting story I read is that the chant wasn't originally in the movie, but it was put in the trailer by Sony and Boyle/Garland heard and loved how it fit, so added it into the movie).
I thought the acting was good. Using a child actor as the main is tricky, but this worked well. The cast is very good - it's hard to look away from Ralph Fiennes in any movie.
I liked the concept of using that real island with a causeway as something that could hold out, plus the society that developed and what they kept or lost from pre-outbreak.
The ragers were done well, I thought. It's not clear to me how they survived 28 years when most were dying off at the end of 28 days, but I guess there weren't a ton of them, so maybe they found an equilibrium of how many the island can support with native food sources. I didn't love one scene where a lot of blood on someone didn't infect them, though. I didn't think it held with the canon, but given the lineage of the person, maybe it's a unique case - I could see that being important by the end of this trilogy and making sense when we look back at this movie.
The story with the mom was done beautifully - I really liked how that part of the movie was resolved.
The ending... I'm American, so it doesn't land with me the way it does for Brits, but man I hated it. Not for who was being emulated from a society stuck in 2002, but for the action sequence and tone of those characters. I assume they'll be one of the focuses of the second movie. As someone who never liked things like Power Rangers, they're really annoying and impractical in that setting - seems like they'd last a week tops given the infection mechanics from 28 days. No chance they last 28 years.
So, I liked this movie a lot but am not looking forward to the next one.
I thought it was really visually attractive. I don't really notice sound design often, but it stuck out as a strength as well. From 28 days, that thrumming driving beat was used effectively again. and that Kipling poem chant was so effective (interesting story I read is that the chant wasn't originally in the movie, but it was put in the trailer by Sony and Boyle/Garland heard and loved how it fit, so added it into the movie).
I thought the acting was good. Using a child actor as the main is tricky, but this worked well. The cast is very good - it's hard to look away from Ralph Fiennes in any movie.
I liked the concept of using that real island with a causeway as something that could hold out, plus the society that developed and what they kept or lost from pre-outbreak.
The ragers were done well, I thought. It's not clear to me how they survived 28 years when most were dying off at the end of 28 days, but I guess there weren't a ton of them, so maybe they found an equilibrium of how many the island can support with native food sources. I didn't love one scene where a lot of blood on someone didn't infect them, though. I didn't think it held with the canon, but given the lineage of the person, maybe it's a unique case - I could see that being important by the end of this trilogy and making sense when we look back at this movie.
The story with the mom was done beautifully - I really liked how that part of the movie was resolved.
The ending... I'm American, so it doesn't land with me the way it does for Brits, but man I hated it. Not for who was being emulated from a society stuck in 2002, but for the action sequence and tone of those characters. I assume they'll be one of the focuses of the second movie. As someone who never liked things like Power Rangers, they're really annoying and impractical in that setting - seems like they'd last a week tops given the infection mechanics from 28 days. No chance they last 28 years.
So, I liked this movie a lot but am not looking forward to the next one.
