I will always recommend anything Mike Flanagan. Loved Midnight Mass. Loved Haunting of Hill House. Loved Falls of the House of Usher. Loved Doctor Sleep. He’s with Amazon now. We’ll see if they can match what he did with Netflix.
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Saw Alien Romulus again. Loved it as did my sister. Incredible score and the guy playing the android did some great acting.
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Watched Oddity. Pretty solid.
Also, saw it in theaters, but in a Violent Nature now on shudder. I liked it pretty well too, when you accept it for what it is
Also, saw it in theaters, but in a Violent Nature now on shudder. I liked it pretty well too, when you accept it for what it is
Today is officially Texas Chainsaw Massacre day. 
City of Austin to Proclaim The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Day
Celebrating the horror movie that built the Texas film industry
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Still need to see Oddity. I'm slacking a bit. Watched Halloween 3 a few days ago, and I'm really convinced that's a classic. Tom Atkins gets this college girl naked within like half a day of looking for her missing father lol.
Violent Nature was a lot of fun. I think the concept worked.
May watch Longlegs today I've heard good things.
Instead of Longlegs I watched Late Night with the Devil, which was excellent. Late night tv show from the 70's, played out in real time where a possessed girl is a guest and things get crazy. From 2023, check it out!
Instead of Longlegs I watched Late Night with the Devil, which was excellent. Late night tv show from the 70's, played out in real time where a possessed girl is a guest and things get crazy. From 2023, check it out!
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Both were fantastic movies.
Half way through VHS Beyond.. and it's pretty bonkers. Proabbly the craziest and goriest of all the VHS entries.. and I like that the found footage feels more HD, where you can actually see what's happening (most of the time).
But hot damn, the acting in this one might be the worst in this series, and that's saying something. I wanted to crash that Skydive plane full of dorks before it even.. well, I won't spoil that part.
That's a problem with found footage a lot of times. The acting is just off. IDK if they are trying too hard to make it authenticate, but it comes off as very fake.
Half way through VHS Beyond.. and it's pretty bonkers. Proabbly the craziest and goriest of all the VHS entries.. and I like that the found footage feels more HD, where you can actually see what's happening (most of the time).
But hot damn, the acting in this one might be the worst in this series, and that's saying something. I wanted to crash that Skydive plane full of dorks before it even.. well, I won't spoil that part.
That's a problem with found footage a lot of times. The acting is just off. IDK if they are trying too hard to make it authenticate, but it comes off as very fake.
Agree. Always excited when it comes on AMC this month.
I thought Cabin in the Woods was excellent, just saw that one for the first time.
Yeah I think Cabin in the Woods might make my top10. It just threw the entire genre on its head, and the elevator acene/third act was absolutely bonkers.
Just watched Last Night in Soho. Very good. Edgar Wright makes great horror movies. I'd classify it as fairly tame horror, but that's not a bad thing. Visually great, loved the 1960s London vibe. I also like the subtle clues along the way:
Just watched Last Night in Soho. Very good. Edgar Wright makes great horror movies. I'd classify it as fairly tame horror, but that's not a bad thing. Visually great, loved the 1960s London vibe. I also like the subtle clues along the way:
the landlord mentioning to use plugs for the "smells" in the summer, and the fact that the main character was scrolling through articles of dead MEN, and not finding the girl she was looking for, were both great
A friend of mine asked me what's in my top10, and it's such a hard discussion. I could easily tell you what's in my top150, sooner than I could tell you what's in my top 10.
But I have 4 that I feel confident in. The Shining and The Thing are for sure top10 (probably top3), but I'd also add Cabin in the Woods and the original Black Christmas. I feel pretty confident that if I go through all my favorites, those 4 will be in the top10.
Edit: I'll add Alien to my top10. Just too iconic and did so much for the genre. So I got 5.
But I have 4 that I feel confident in. The Shining and The Thing are for sure top10 (probably top3), but I'd also add Cabin in the Woods and the original Black Christmas. I feel pretty confident that if I go through all my favorites, those 4 will be in the top10.
Edit: I'll add Alien to my top10. Just too iconic and did so much for the genre. So I got 5.
If you put Alien in there what about Jaws (I'd classify it as horror)? I'd say they are kinda similar with there being a creature killing people in ships they can't escape from. Both ends with their ship being destroyed trying to kill the creature. I think Jaws actually hurt real tourism because of people being scared to go out in the water.
Jaws is certainly horror, more so than Alien is. And I know what Jaws did for the horror genre. It would probably be in 10 to 25 range for me, personally, just because it's a little tame for me. It didn't hit me the way that it hit people growing up in the 60s, 70s, 80s. Same with Pyscho.. both should be top10 horror movies in totality, but just a little too dated to make my own top10.
My son had me watch "Terrorizer" with him. Well I can say this, it is definitely a gore movie. The sawing of the girls into starting with her vagina was "different" and a little sick.
We looked for it Saturday night and his "pirate" movie app didn't work. Is it on any of the major streaming apps ?
Yeah I think it's on Amazon Prime and/or Peacock. For Prime, you might also need the Shudder subscription (I can never tell which movie is on Shudder or just Prime), but it's like 6 bucks a month, and I think it's worth it if you're a horror movie fan. Shudder has a shit ton of horror movies.
You could also torrent it. Download uTorrent (use a VPN to change your IP Address) and then download a copy from The Pirate Bay. Once downloaded, you can then watch it on your PC, phone, stream it to a TV, etc.
I love em, but I'm also a gore hound, and I know some people aren't a fan of that genre. The 2nd one is a bit more polished (Terrifier 1 you can tell was pretty low budget) and it ups the ante in a big way. The kills are more brutal, and there's one in particular that goes way over the top. The downside to the sequel is that it's pretty long, when it doesn't need to be. The final 3rd act drags on a bit. But that's not really a reason to NOT see the movie.
If you liked the 1st one, you'll like the 2nd.
Oh and Lauren LaVera.. what a babe
yeah the first one, the killings was absolutely the highlight of the movie. It was definitely a low budget film, poorly shot and acting, but man the gore scenes are top notch. Glad to hear the sequel is better quality. Looking forward to seeing it.
Do you have any newer films along the lines of this one ? I don't really like the supernatural or ghost horror films, the more killing for me, the better.
Do you have any newer films along the lines of this one ? I don't really like the supernatural or ghost horror films, the more killing for me, the better.
Yeah I'm not the biggest fan of Super natural or ghost films. I honestly find the whole Conjuring/Insidious universe to be boring.
In a Violent Nature
Hatchet series (there's 4 movies)
When Evil Lurks
The Dark and The Wicked.
The Void
The Wrong Turn series
The Green Inferno
Theses are mostly recent films with some grisly kills and/or some real terror
Wrong Turns I have seen. Tried to find "Ina Violent Nature" Saturday night. Thanks for the recs. I will give my reviews of the ones I watch.
Really love the old classic horror movies. Dracula, Frankenstein, etc. The ones from Hammer with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are great.
Rewatched the Forest. I really like it but the reviews were poor. Natalie Dormer (talk about smoking) goes to the suicide forest in Japan where her twin sister has disappeared. Also watched The Puppet man from 2023 which was excellent. Talk to Me is my favorite recent horror film.
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Night of the Living Dead. The movie that launched Romero. Made on a shoestring budget.
Downloading Alien Romulus.
You know, maybe one day I'll stop pirating movies.. But until things become affordable again, I'm absolutely taking advantage of a pretty easy to use system of never having to pay for new movies again. I'm getting my pockets picked.. and if I can remove one of those hands and save $50/month, then I will.
You know, maybe one day I'll stop pirating movies.. But until things become affordable again, I'm absolutely taking advantage of a pretty easy to use system of never having to pay for new movies again. I'm getting my pockets picked.. and if I can remove one of those hands and save $50/month, then I will.
Like mentioned previously, Dog Soldiers is a good one. Ginger snaps too. Silver Bullet is up there with the original Wolfman for me then an American werewolf in London and Howling
Oh man I'm loving Romulus so far. I especially love how they are able to keep the technology in check from the release dates of Alien and Alien2. Old monitors, flips and switches instead of touch screens, that cool low-rez video watch.
I also can really see why people loved Andy's character, as it's revelaed pretty quickly he's a synthetic. And I can already tell why he was a bright spot in this movie.
Got a feeling this is going to land after Alien and Aliens, but above all the rest. The only thing I dont love so far, is that these actors aren't even young adults, they're like tweens. How the hell am I supposed to believe these two people are about the same age:
I also can really see why people loved Andy's character, as it's revelaed pretty quickly he's a synthetic. And I can already tell why he was a bright spot in this movie.
Got a feeling this is going to land after Alien and Aliens, but above all the rest. The only thing I dont love so far, is that these actors aren't even young adults, they're like tweens. How the hell am I supposed to believe these two people are about the same age:
Of the ones you listed above, other than the Wrong Turn movies, what 2 would you say are the best ? If you had to pick two to watch ?
Watched In A Violent Nature on Shudder yesterday. Kills were great (thanks Terrifier for making it okay to be gory and gross again) and the atmosphere was solid. Came away from it wishing if a few things were different, it could have been a good entry into the Friday the 13th series. Replace the killer with Jason, add some classic 13th music cues, and flesh out the characters a bit more and there's your 13th film in that series.
I'm still over the moon for The Substance. Only saw it once but it's hard to forget. I'd urge everyone to watch or revisit The Hitcher (1986). The 4K is available and I hadn't seen it in probably 20 years. Holds up incredibly well. One I watch every fall is Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Watched it a couple weeks ago when Louisville had a week of dreary weather with temps in the 50s and low 60s. Perfect weather for one of Burton's last great films.
I'm still over the moon for The Substance. Only saw it once but it's hard to forget. I'd urge everyone to watch or revisit The Hitcher (1986). The 4K is available and I hadn't seen it in probably 20 years. Holds up incredibly well. One I watch every fall is Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Watched it a couple weeks ago when Louisville had a week of dreary weather with temps in the 50s and low 60s. Perfect weather for one of Burton's last great films.
