Horror Movies

[LineSkiCat14]

For me, I think some of it was just having too high expectations. I get that they tried to re-create some scenes like the original Halloween but just seemed like they tried too hard. As mentioned before, the trailers gave a lot of it away so when I went see it, it felt like I had already seen the movie because of all the trailers. Maybe it is just older age or whatever but the movie fell flat for me. Expect the new one to maybe be better but looks like a gore fest which is not what the original Halloween was about. It was more psychological than gore.

Interesting to read. I do agree that trailers these days just give it all away. And the new trailer, just the same.

But, I didn't think the 2018 Halloween was that much of a "gorefest". A lot of kills, sure. But they kept it fairly reeled in. I thought they captured MM brilliantly as he stalked through the neighborhood. He got several non-plot kills. Maybe a movie franchise like this should have never been made, but I really don't know how they could have done it better. It's certainly better than most of the other remakes out there.

 

[christophero]

I liked Halloween 2018. I thought it was good, not great. I am a big fan of H2O as well. But my favorites are the first 2. I don't hate the Zombie ones like many do. He said in the commentary he wanted to show the violence and not make it fun, which I kind of respected. Plus the super low budgets Zombie has to work with. His commentary is probably more entertaining than his films, ha.

 

[crashtestdummy_rivals61973]

That time of year.. what'cha watching? New, old, soon to be released..

Amazed to see AMC really step their horror movie game up. Just watched Cult of Chucky and Curse of Chucky... which if you wouldn't believe it, both are great movies in the series. Unlike those crappy ones from the 2000's.

a freaking doll running around killing everyone, yup great movie.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

New Chucky show is solid. But you really gotta suspend disbelief, though. Some of the characters make really hard-to-believe decisions, that even as far as horror movies go, are real head-scratchers. But again, another horror movie/show with great production across the board, something the majority of horror movies lacked until the last decade. It's like Hollywood has realized there's money to be made in the horror genre. And the meta-humor of Chucky himself is as solid as ever.

The 1st episode does a good job of catching your attention, with LOTS of various subplots. It's scary and funny. Good start for sure.

 

[ULISwuzPointGod]

Late to the convo but ol school favs will always be Poltergeist and the Exorcist. Showing my age but I watched those as a child at the drive in with my parents. That **** will change the way u view horror films forever.

 

[christophero]

Friday the 13 part 2 was a good one. Gonna watch the first tonight. The 3rd was awful.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Got the house to myself this weekend, so looking to chill with the dog and watch some horror. Grabbed Peacock for 5 bucks/month so I can see the new Halloween Kills movie. But noticed they actually had a good deal of horror movies on there, and also collections of halloween episodes from many sitcoms.

Might be worth it, even if it's just for this month.

 

[Ukbrassowtipin]

Friday the 13 part 2 was a good one. Gonna watch the first tonight. The 3rd was awful.

4 is the best.

Manhattan or X is the worst imo.

I mean they are all terrible

 

[catsfanbgky]

Anyone watched "We Summon The Darkness" on Netflix? Pretty different, but enjoyed.

 

[ukalumni00]

4 is the best.

Manhattan or X is the worst imo.

I mean they are all terrible

Outside of the 1st one without Jason, agree, the 4th one was the best. 2nd was good. Thought the 3rd wasn’t bad. 6th was good in spots. Rest were garbage

 

[*CatinIL*]

Horror Movie??? Probably the last round of golf I played...

 

[LineSkiCat14]

4 is the best.

Manhattan or X is the worst imo.

I mean they are all terrible

Outside of the 1st one without Jason, agree, the 4th one was the best. 2nd was good. Thought the 3rd wasn’t bad. 6th was good in spots. Rest were garbage

You guys are pretty spot on IMO. 4 and 6 are basically the two that are most highly regarded.

Manhattan, on the other hand.. woof. So much wrong with it. That one is pretty bad. And that says a lot for horror movies.

My only disagreement is Jason X. That was perfectly campy, schlocky and meta. They knew going into that it was going have a degree of humor to it. Funny enough, my favorite Horror Channel just did a kill count for Jason X. I've shared this guy before, but check him out if you haven't. He does a great job going over the plot and detailing all the kills in horror movies. Lots of good behind the scenes info. Not too long, not too short.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

If for nothing else, the new Halloween did a fantastic job showing what an entire town would do about a resident killer on the loose, not just a family or a group of teens. I like it so far, but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the way nearly 50 characters (some major, some just in it for a few seconds) react to Michael Meyers. Well done in my eyes.

 

[Ukbrassowtipin]

You guys are pretty spot on IMO. 4 and 6 are basically the two that are most highly regarded.

Manhattan, on the other hand.. woof. So much wrong with it. That one is pretty bad. And that says a lot for horror movies.

My only disagreement is Jason X. That was perfectly campy, schlocky and meta. They knew going into that it was going have a degree of humor to it. Funny enough, my favorite Horror Channel just did a kill count for Jason X. I've shared this guy before, but check him out if you haven't. He does a great job going over the plot and detailing all the kills in horror movies. Lots of good behind the scenes info. Not too long, not too short.

X has the best kill where he freezes her face.

Also- if counting...I didn't dislike freddy vs. Jason

 

[LineSkiCat14]

X has the best kill where he freezes her face.

Also- if counting...I didn't dislike freddy vs. Jason

Jason X just had that so-bad-it's-good campyness.. it was almost like the first SyFy made for TV movie in that way. The kills were great, it has possibly the best bad *** protagonist character in the franchise, Solid humor.. I can get behind horror movies when they know what they want to be. Jason X's director and producer wanted to go in a slightly different direction.

I really liked FvJ as well. I mean, you cant expect much from a crossover.. you won't be able to appease both sides. But again, great kills, the fight scene between F and J was everything you'd hope for. The body flying of some kills was weird, and it firmly had it's "made in 2000's" stamp on it. But I enjoyed it.

I really just didn't like Manhattan. Friday 5, 7, and 9.. while not great.. did have some redeeming qualities. And part of the reason those movies sucked was because the MPAA ripped them to shreds.

 

[christophero]

I was thinking that while watching Friday the 13th part 2. It's my favorite one, but it's still pretty bad. I don't remember 4, is that the one with Corey Feldman? I liked X as well.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Ooooff.. there's a scene in Halloween kills where 3 people as a group do everything wrong to fight back a Michael Meyers.. and it's painful to watch. I can suspend disbelief with horror movies, obviously.. but damn, for a movie where the characters started out very sensibly, this threesome went to **** and it's hard to look past.

My characters can be dumb. They can be 3's out of 10.. but they can't be 1's.

 

[WonderBraa]

Ooooff.. there's a scene in Halloween kills where 3 people as a group do everything wrong to fight back a Michael Meyers.. and it's painful to watch. I can suspend disbelief with horror movies, obviously.. but damn, for a movie where the characters started out very sensibly, this threesome went to **** and it's hard to look past.

My characters can be dumb. They can be 3's out of 10.. but they can't be 1's.

I know the scene you’re talking about. Similar to the one with the firefighters towards the beginning.

 

[ukalumni00]

Haven’t seen it but must be like the Geico commercial where the group hides behind the chainsaws instead of getting into the running car

 

[tallkat70]

I watched Hell House LLC yesterday with my daughter on Prime (I think). Horror movies can be really hit or miss and the found footage movies even more, but for what it was, it's one of the better found footage movies. There were 3 or 4 genuinely creepy scenes and the rooms and the hallways of the hotel they used really added to the claustrophobic feel of the movie.

 

[WonderBraa]

Watched “Tusk” about a year ago. Really f***** with my head. I can’t thinking about it without getting a weird feeling. Basically human centipede but with a walrus. It was a parody by Kevin Smith and meant to be a joke, but I now think my worst fear is being turned into a walrus.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Watched “Tusk” about a year ago. Really f***** with my head. I can’t thinking about it without getting a weird feeling. Basically human centipede but with a walrus. It was a parody by Kevin Smith and meant to be a joke, but I now think my worst fear is being turned into a walrus.

Interesting to hear. I've always passed over this because Kevin Smith is kinda... iffy. Might have to give it a try.

Trying to finish Midnight Mass and keep going on Squid Game. I made the fiancee watch H20 earlier, and she was freaked out.. So I'll have to watch these one my own. She's OK with Midnight Mass, but thats about the max for her.

 

[WonderBraa]

Interesting to hear. I've always passed over this because Kevin Smith is kinda... iffy. Might have to give it a try.

Trying to finish Midnight Mass and keep going on Squid Game. I made the fiancee watch H20 earlier, and she was freaked out.. So I'll have to watch these one my own. She's OK with Midnight Mass, but thats about the max for her.

I’m not advocating you watch it. Like I said, it was meant to be a parody….so there is many cheesy moments. It’s not even scary (I wouldn’t even call it good). The credits have a podcast playing in the background and you hear Kevin Smith talking with someone about this movie idea about a man being turned into a walrus. They’re dying laughing the whole time. Maybe you’ll like it…..I don’t know. What I do know is that id hate to be the main character. Check out the cast though, it’s got some bigger names.

On a more serious note: Idk if “The Descent”has been mentioned. I always found it pretty scary. “As Above, So Below” is another one that not a lot of people have seen but it’s good. I think on Netflix. Wouldn’t have your wife watch either of those.

I thought Midnight Mass was great. Big fan of Haunting of Hill House and Mike Flanagan seems like a guy with a long successful career ahead of him. He’s got some underrated horror movies out there.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I’m not advocating you watch it. Like I said, it was meant to be a parody….so there is many cheesy moments. It’s not even scary (I wouldn’t even call it good). The credits have a podcast playing in the background and you hear Kevin Smith talking with someone about this movie idea about a man being turned into a walrus. They’re dying laughing the whole time. Maybe you’ll like it…..I don’t know. What I do know is that id hate to be the main character. Check out the cast though, it’s got some bigger names.

On a more serious note: Idk if “The Descent”has been mentioned. I always found it pretty scary. “As Above, So Below” is another one that not a lot of people have seen but it’s good. I think on Netflix. Wouldn’t have your wife watch either of those.

I thought Midnight Mass was great. Big fan of Haunting of Hill House and Mike Flanagan seems like a guy with a long successful career ahead of him. He’s got some underrated horror movies out there.

If for nothing else, Justin Long as Brandon St. Randy in "Zach and Miri make a Porno" is one of the best pieces of improv/ad-lib I've seen. He's Very underrated, so I'll have to watch it.

The Descent is great. Claustrophobia ***** my **** up. Really liked AASB, very underlooked in that found-footage section. That was kind of a surprise movie.

 

[christophero]

The Descent is great. That and It Follows are my favorites of the 2000s.

 

[sefus12]

The Descent is great. That and It Follows are my favorites of the 2000s.

High Tension is another great, tense 2000s horror flick a lot haven’t heard of. Def worth checking out.

 

[Glenn's Take]

I'm not a huge horror movie fan. In fact, I just watched Halloween Kills and it's the first horror film I've seen in at least 10 years but I do have a question. We all know that you have to cut the head off of a supernatural being don't we? After 40 years didn't these people realize that you can't bring baseball bats, guns, knives or anything like that to a supernatural being fight? You need a machete, chain saw or a guillotine to a fight with a supernatural being. Get with it people.

 

[christophero]

I agree. Or cut his arms and legs off. What is he going to do then?

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I'm not a huge horror movie fan. In fact, I just watched Halloween Kills and it's the first horror film I've seen in at least 10 years but I do have a question. We all know that you have to cut the head off of a supernatural being don't we? After 40 years didn't these people realize that you can't bring baseball bats, guns, knives or anything like that to a supernatural being fight? You need a machete, chain saw or a guillotine to a fight with a supernatural being. Get with it people.

I agree. Or cut his arms and legs off. What is he going to do then?

So I sorta mentioned this in the Halloween Kills thread.

But because the 2018 movie retcon'd everything after the original Halloween.. and because Halloween Kills takes place just moments after Halloween2018 ends.. the towns folk really don't have much info on Michael Meyers. From their perspective, he's a crazy patient who as a teen, killed a few people, escaped an insane asylum and *may have* killed a few more people that night (they're only just getting the news).

All that crazy inhuman strength we've seen for countless movies, technically never happened. So IMO, it was a good way to reduce Michael Meyers back to what people still thought was a normal human.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Just finished Midnight Mass.. God damn Mike Flanagan is on his way to being an all time great. The finale was gut punch after gut punch, that, like other works of Mike Flanagan, gives the viewer some form of hope and closure. You so rarely see that in horror movies, the ending is either extremely dour or it's all sunshine and rainbows.

The finale sticks with you, for certain. In ways that just don't feel like a traditional horror movie. Nothing scary or shocking just.. oof.

 

[WonderBraa]

Just finished Midnight Mass.. God damn Mike Flanagan is one his way to being an all time great. The finale was gut punch after gut punch, that, like other works of Mike Flanagan, gives the viewer some form of hope and closure. You so rarely see that in horror movies, the ending is either extremely dour or it's all sunshine and rainbows.

The finale sticks with you, for certain. In ways that just don't feel like a traditional horror movie. Nothing scary or shocking just.. oof.

Hill house had similar themes and messages. Definitely helps you appreciate it more. For as long as I’ve been alive, horror (mainstream) has mainly just been slasher movies and jump scare moments.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Hill house had similar themes and messages. Definitely helps you appreciate it more. For as long as I’ve been alive, horror (mainstream) has mainly just been slasher movies and jump scare moments.

Yep, that's what came to mind. And Doctor Sleep, same thing.

 

[WonderBraa]

Yep, that's what came to mind. And Doctor Sleep, same thing.

I personally loved Doctor Sleep. Didn’t realize it was Flanagan till after.

 

[rick64]

Love watching the old Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfman movies. The old Hammer horror movies are classic. Vincent Price was in some good old scary ones too.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

I know, not the right time of year.. but was looking for "You're Next" as it's kind of a Thanksgiving horror movie, and came across a movie I've wanted to see for a while "The Dark and The Wicked". Same guy that did "The Strangers."

Easily one of the scariest movies of the year, maybe even in the last few. Not overly gory, not a slasher, just atmospheric and bleak as all hell. People said this movie had a deep sense of dread and boy does it. Fantastically shot and scored, as well.

Highly recommend this, but more for fans of the genre who want to push the envelope a bit.

 

[christophero]

Not really scary, but I'm watching the recent Stand miniseries. It's decent so far, but I'm only 2 episodes in. I know a lot of people didn't like it. I've read the book so the non linear storytelling doesn't bother me.

 

[mdlUK.1]

Just finished Midnight Mass.. God damn Mike Flanagan is on his way to being an all time great. The finale was gut punch after gut punch, that, like other works of Mike Flanagan, gives the viewer some form of hope and closure. You so rarely see that in horror movies, the ending is either extremely dour or it's all sunshine and rainbows.

The finale sticks with you, for certain. In ways that just don't feel like a traditional horror movie. Nothing scary or shocking just.. oof.

It was pretty good but it just seemed a lot like 30 days of Night meets Salems Lot.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It was pretty good but it just seemed a lot like 30 days of Night meets Salems Lot.

Could be worse things to be than 30 or Salem's Lot... both great movies. 30 Days of Night especially had no right to be as good as it was.

After letting MM marinate for a while now, it really is a horror/drama. And I think fans who wanted pure horror, especially seeing his recent works, were let down. It's heavy on script and monologue, and nothing is really scary or grotesque. But then again, isn't that what all of Mike Flanagan's works are like? In the end, shows like Haunting of Hill house had a lot more to say than just being jump scares (but it did have those), and even Doctor Sleep was more supernatural than horror

 

[Ukbrassowtipin]

Watched the first few episodes of chapelwaite with Adrian Brody based on King's Jerusalem's lot.

Also, Netflix has a new Texas chainsaw massacre coming out in February

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Bump for @LineSkiCat14