# Best Weekend for New Horror Movie Openings in...Ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742 "2015-09-11T23:26:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/1 "2015-09-11T23:26:32Z")
I’ve been reading some very good things about the Austrian film _Goodnight, Mommy_ and M. Night Shamalamadingdong’s _The Visit_. Who’s planning on taking either of these in? Who’s excited? ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/2 "2015-09-11T23:46:14Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I’ve been reading some very good things about the Austrian film _Goodnight, Mommy_ and M. Night Shamalamadingdong’s _The Visit_. > > Who’s planning on taking either of these in? Who’s excited? I still like M Knight Sham but that one looks kind of boring ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/3 "2015-09-12T03:25:51Z")
I just saw Goodnight Mommy in LA two hours ago! I really liked it. It was annoying me after awhile until the OHHHHHHHHHHHH moment. If anyone wants to discuss, I’ll use spoilers for the details. The trailer is entirely misleading. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/4 "2015-09-12T04:00:22Z")
**Goodnight Mommy** has been selected by Austria as the film it’s going to submit for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/5 "2015-09-12T20:18:55Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > **Goodnight Mommy** has been selected by Austria as the film it’s going to submit for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar. Very cool! One thing to point out-- not a plot spoiler but some background about the title– The original title is “Ich Seh, Ich Seh”, I see, I see. It’s in reference to The German game, “I see, I see, what you cannot see…” much like the U.S. “I spy with my little eye…” ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/6 "2015-09-12T20:34:52Z")
_Good Night, Mommy_ looks promising but _The Visit_’s PG-13 rating means the horror’s gonna be lukewarm, if present at all. This one is aimed at youngsters, as Shamayalan has said ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/7 "2015-09-12T20:48:19Z")
We’re seeing _ **The Visit** _ tomorrow - There’s something about the trailer with the “WIll you get into the oven” that just makes us _have_ to see it. I just hope to be entertained for the 2 hours. If _ **Good Night, Mommy** _ is going to be good - we’ll find a way to see it next - I don’t recall the trailer for it right now. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/8 "2015-09-12T21:23:19Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > _The Visit_’s PG-13 rating means the horror’s gonna be lukewarm, if present at all. Blood and violence are not necessary for horror. There’s a difference between disgust and horror. If anything, I find excessive violence to be a detriment to creating a compelling horror atmosphere. Horror movies with lots of blood tend to be schlock. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/9 "2015-09-13T00:51:30Z")
I’m excited to see _Goodnight, Mommy_, but MNS? I can wait for him at Redbox. The one that I’ll see on opening night though is _The Final Girls_. I know it’ll probably be more comedy than horror, but it looks so good the premise has me psyched. Much interesting stuff on the horizon. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/10 "2015-09-14T01:34:42Z")
Saw _Goodnight, Mommy_ yesterday. From a horror buff perspective…ehh. Beautifully photographed and exceedingly well-acted, quite eerie/spooky for the first 2/3s, then veers downward into highly unpleasant torture-porn. And the twist ending barely twists. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/11 "2015-09-14T14:15:52Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > The one that I’ll see on opening night though is _The Final Girls_. I know it’ll probably be more comedy than horror, but it looks so good the premise has me psyched. Much interesting stuff on the horizon. Final Girls is pretty great. I saw it at SXSW, I loved it, as did much of the crowd. But you’re right, it is more comedy than horror. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/12 "2015-09-14T15:42:21Z")
I saw _The Visit_ and it was what it was: a nice suspenseful film that will freak out the average 13yo, bore a 25yo, and again become “scary but not _too_ scary” for us 40-somethings. And it’s short too… about 90 minutes long. Except for 1 or two shots, not gross at all, and definitely not torture porn. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/13 "2015-09-28T19:47:20Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Saw _Goodnight, Mommy_ yesterday. From a horror buff perspective…ehh. > > Beautifully photographed and exceedingly well-acted, quite eerie/spooky for the first 2/3s, then veers downward into highly unpleasant torture-porn. And the twist ending barely twists. I just opened a [thread about the movie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770282). I think people are seeing it as a “twist” movie when i think that’s not really what it is at all. Go see the other thread and read my spoilered comment. we can discuss there. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weekend-for-new-horror-movie-openings-in-ever/730742/14 "2015-09-28T19:54:03Z")
There was a time when I would have been excited. Now I am old, and will wait for the non-spoiler reviews before I make up my mind to spend my money.