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[WOOKINPANUB]

@dada2fish

It’s funny how the younger generation find some classic movies like Rosemary’s baby to be too slow, since I found the highly recommended Babadook to be terribly slow. There was about 3 minutes of interesting parts and one or two cool effects, but the rest was a snoozer. Not very scary either.

Watched Dead Snow and enjoyed it for the camp.

I haven’t seen a truly scary movie in ages. (get off my lawn). Not blood/ gore, shaky cameras or jump scares, but a story that twists your mind and keeps you thinking about it for days after.

This is the crux of if for me. I don’t want to be startled or overly grossed out. I want atmosphere and suspense and a good story. I want a movie to disturb me mostly psychologically but with one or two well done visuals.

I think Rosemary’s Baby is slow and it’s one of my favorites. I didn’t find *Babadook *slow at all but really enjoyed it.

[WOOKINPANUB]

@aldiboronti

Exorcist 3: Legion is the real sequel to The Exorcist. It’s directed by the author of the original book, William Blatty, and is wonderfully creepy (ignore the patched-on exorcism sequence near the end which was forced on Blatty by the studio). It also stars the amazing George C. Scott as the detective who was played by Lee J. Cobb in the original.

Is this the movie that has a supposedly really scary scene in a hospital where some gets chopped with garden shears or something?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the first one in its entirety and the less said about the second the better. I’d heard number three is good and have never gotten around to seeing it. Is it all gore and jump scares?

[Edward_The_Head]

@dada2fish

Watched Dead Snow and enjoyed it for the camp.

The second one is just as good I think. It pits the Russians against the Nazis. How much better can it get?

I think I suggested before Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, really funny, kinda gory though. Zombeavers was also pretty funny, and campy, but isn’t that what makes a fun horror movie?

I just watched Killer Mermaids the other day. It was ok, gory, but I liked the fact that instead of just hiding in corners the people tried to run/fight back more so then in other movies.

ETA, I forgot another movie that I really liked, Deathgasm, if you like your horror movies with some metal here it is.

[joyfool]

A couple of weeks ago, I saw Don’t Breathe. The acting of the main character was strong (he was the father in The Witch), but I’m not at all a fan of brutal, revenge-type horror. If you are and like your stuff relentless, this just might be the flick for you.

And I second Neon Demon. It was very stylish and reminded me a lot of The Hunger.

[aldiboronti]

@WOOKINPANUB

Is this the movie that has a supposedly really scary scene in a hospital where some gets chopped with garden shears or something?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the first one in its entirety and the less said about the second the better. I’d heard number three is good and have never gotten around to seeing it. Is it all gore and jump scares?

Yes, that’s the one, probably the greatest jump-scare in movies. But the film is certainly not heavy on gore or jump-scares. It’s an intelligent horror film and the sense of imminent dread it builds right from the opening sequence is visceral. I highly recommend it to all discerning fans of horror.

[Kron]

@Mince

Regarding cinematography, narrative, dialogue…everything, really, it seemed like It Follows was produced by a film school sophomore, who’s now a dental technician.

I absolutely disliked this movie, and am baffled by the positive responses it gets. Diff’rent strokes, I guess…

[madsircool]

@Kron

I absolutely disliked this movie, and am baffled by the positive responses it gets. Diff’rent strokes, I guess…

I liked it and I liked it’s fresh take on what is frightening.

I highly recommend The Haunting. But I’m sure everyone who likes the horror genre has seen it.

[WOOKINPANUB]

@madsircool

I liked it and I liked it’s fresh take on what is frightening.

I highly recommend The Haunting. But I’m sure everyone who likes the horror genre has seen it.

It Follows has a lot of the elements I look for in a horror movie. I think its odd, dreamlike quality is outstanding and really creates an unsettling atmosphere. The soundtrack is off the charts(no pun intended) almost to the point of being overwhelming. The premise itself is horrifying(I know some people think otherwise). I could go on and on. It doesn’t have a lot of gore; probably the nastiest thing is the first girl who dies on the beach. I thought it was brilliant how they didn’t make it look particularly realistic. If something like that happened the victim would be a bloody mess. Instead the director opted to make it look almost mannequin-like; sort of how it would appear if you dreamed it.

[edwards_beard]

@aldiboronti

Yes, that’s the one, probably the greatest jump-scare in movies. But the film is certainly not heavy on gore or jump-scares. It’s an intelligent horror film and the sense of imminent dread it builds right from the opening sequence is visceral. I highly recommend it to all discerning fans of horror.

Yes I vividly remember jumping at that scene.

Also worth nothing that Samuel L Jackson has a very small part in the angel dream sequence.

[joyfool]

Has anyone seen Morgan? And I just now noticed they’re remaking Suspiria with Chloe Grace Moretz. Yeah, that worked so well with Carrie.

[madsircool]

I also recommend Peter Jacksons blood soaked horror-comedy masterpiece Braindead. Its not for the young or squeamish.

[madsircool]

@WOOKINPANUB

It Follows has a lot of the elements I look for in a horror movie. I think its odd, dreamlike quality is outstanding and really creates an unsettling atmosphere. The soundtrack is off the charts(no pun intended) almost to the point of being overwhelming. The premise itself is horrifying(I know some people think otherwise). I could go on and on. It doesn’t have a lot of gore; probably the nastiest thing is the first girl who dies on the beach. I thought it was brilliant how they didn’t make it look particularly realistic. If something like that happened the victim would be a bloody mess. Instead the director opted to make it look almost mannequin-like; sort of how it would appear if you dreamed it.

I agree completely. Well said.

[Accidental_Martyr]

@WOOKINPANUB

It Follows has a lot of the elements I look for in a horror movie. I think its odd, dreamlike quality is outstanding and really creates an unsettling atmosphere. The soundtrack is off the charts(no pun intended) almost to the point of being overwhelming. The premise itself is horrifying(I know some people think otherwise). I could go on and on. It doesn’t have a lot of gore; probably the nastiest thing is the first girl who dies on the beach. I thought it was brilliant how they didn’t make it look particularly realistic. If something like that happened the victim would be a bloody mess. Instead the director opted to make it look almost mannequin-like; sort of how it would appear if you dreamed it.

I also liked it and agree about the atmosphere of the film.
I posted this in this thread last year. From an interview with the director:

There are production design elements from the ’50s on up to modern day. A lot of it is from the ’70s and ’80s. That e-reader cell phone—or “shell phone”—you’re talking about is not a real device. It’s a ’60s shell compact that we turned into a cell phone e-reader. So I wanted modern things, but if you show a specific smartphone now, it dates it. It’s too real for the movie. It would bother me anyway. So we made one up. And all of that is really just to create the effect of a dream—to place it outside of time, and to make people wonder about where they are. Those are things that I think happen to us when we have a dream.

http://www.avclub.com/article/david-robert-mitchell-his-striking-new-horror-film-216215

[edwards_beard]

I watched the original Phantasm last night. I liked it a lot. The dwarfs were a bit creepy.

Now I’m trying to decide if I should watch another oldie I haven’t seen before (The Howling) or watch one that I have seen before (Creepshow, or American Werewolf in London)

[WOOKINPANUB]

I’ve added some of these to my watch list. I still can’t believe I’ve never seen Phantasm.I have a vague memory of there being a tv commercial for it that scared the bejeebus out me, though I don’t recall any of the particulars.

Some lesser known recommendations:

Absentia. This one might be considered slow by some - as I mentioned, that is not a detriment to me but YMMV. The core of the story is a tunnel that seems to be connected to peoples’ disappearance. The synopsis reads like a typically cheesy supernatural tale but the style in which this one is told really makes it stand out. Big thumbs up for the organ based sound track. Some people didn’t care for that but I think it’s a great choice.

Jug Face. I saw this in the tv listings probably half a dozen times before I decided to watch it, despite its stupid title. I guess you’d call it “hillbilly gothic” (sorry if that is offensive; I just don’t know what other term to use). It’s centers around a rural community and its religious customs, specifically its worship of a mysterious pit that they believe has power over life and death. It is sometimes hard to watch but is really quite well done and haunting. It features an almost unrecognizable Sean Young playing a crazy bitch (so, ya know, just being herself). If you do watch it, make sure to watch the entire opening sequence.

[Accidental_Martyr]

@WOOKINPANUB

Absentia. This one might be considered slow by some - as I mentioned, that is not a detriment to me but YMMV. The core of the story is a tunnel that seems to be connected to peoples’ disappearance. The synopsis reads like a typically cheesy supernatural tale but the style in which this one is told really makes it stand out. Big thumbs up for the organ based sound track. Some people didn’t care for that but I think it’s a great choice.

I saw that back when it first came out on video. Definitely worth a watch.

[elfkin477]

@Edward_The_Head

I just finished Lake Mungo, what the hell was that? It wasn’t scary, it wasn’t horror, and quite frankly not very interesting. It was like watching 48 Hours. I kept waiting and waiting for something, and well nothing. I’m giving this a huge thumbs down.

That’s how I feel about the Innkeepers, which I was surprised multiple people said they liked. The only thing it has going for it is that it’s slightly better than Ti West’s other movie, House of the Devil.

[Wesley_Clark]

Last Shift is the best horror movie I’ve seen in a while. It is on netflix.

[WOOKINPANUB]

@elfkin477

That’s how I feel about the Innkeepers, which I was surprised multiple people said they liked. The only thing it has going for it is that it’s slightly better than Ti West’s other movie, House of the Devil.

It seems the Innkeepers is constantly on cable. I’ve tried to watch it several times and for some reason just couldn’t get into it. Lake Mungo, however, haunted me for days. I can see how some wouldn’t like it; it *is *slow and more unsettling (and rather sad, imo) than scary. There’s really only one “scary” scene, but holy shit, that one is more than enough.

[madsircool]

Bump for halloween