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Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:53 am
by antoine
I liked Raw alright.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:55 am
by antoine
jalapeno ranch watch "may" if you haven't. it's not on yr list.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:48 am
by haddonfield
antoine wrote:i tried to watch Toad Road before and couldn't get past like 20 minutes of drugs and dicks. does it actually become a horror movie at some point or is it just like a harmony korine movie with a touch of horror?

it really didn't work for me on the level of a horror movie, but i guess i stopped looking for that after a while and just kind of rolled with it. it definitely gets unsettling when they start tripping out in the woods, etc "harmony korine with a touch of horror" sums it up pretty well.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:50 am
by haddonfield
having a lot of nostalgia for hanging out with central PA scene kids definitely helps

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:59 am
by R C
antoine wrote:i tried to watch Toad Road before and couldn't get past like 20 minutes of drugs and dicks. does it actually become a horror movie at some point or is it just like a harmony korine movie with a touch of horror?


The latter

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:09 am
by aububs
antione i had the same problem with toad road and found most of the cast + scenarios intolerable but by the end I found it genuinely spooky and it stuck with me in a big way

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:58 am
by FourLegsGood
Someone on FB was asking for everyone's Top 5 horror movies. Not an answerable question but after thinking about it for awhile I'd say (in no order)

The Vanishing
Bride of Frankenstein
Hausu
The Shining
?????? (idk, Sleepaway Camp... Possession?)

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:08 am
by someguy
Raw is the kind of movie where 99% of shit wouldn't have happened if characters just talked to each other. It sucks.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:11 am
by aububs
I was kind of underwhelmed by Raw too

not to that extent

but I didn't think it was great and the ending was a bit...pat

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:19 am
by i am rich
did people hate starry eyes? i rewatched it last night for the first time in a while and dug it - it's nothing profound or scary but it's fun and gross.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:23 am
by someguy
The ending is awful.

It circumvents logic and common sense in order to create a "cool" image/moment to end on. It also uses a naturalistic style when everything about it isn't tethered to reality in any way.

When the lead finds out her sister also craves flesh and decides to show her the car crash technique it's so baffling. It's like they wanted to avoid exposition so they just showed a series of actions that are confusing without any explanation or instruction. And why would the parents even hide this sort of information from their kids? The whole basis of this story falls apart so easily, which reduces the film down to a series of excuses for "nasty" imagery. This is French prestige Eli Roth.Toggle Spoiler

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:28 am
by aububs
i am rich wrote:did people hate starry eyes? i rewatched it last night for the first time in a while and dug it - it's nothing profound or scary but it's fun and gross.


I don't remember a huge amount about the specifics of starry eyes but I seem to have given it 6/10 when it was released so I guess I thought it was ok.

would agree that it's fun and gross.

I wouldn't revisit it, I don't think.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:56 am
by i am rich
fair enough!

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:08 pm
by ashtrayheart
i know the box office doesnt matter but IT is now the #1 grossing horror movie of all time

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:14 pm
by Poptone
ashtrayheart wrote:i know the box office doesnt matter but IT is now the #1 grossing horror movie of all time


still exorcist if you adjust for inflation, tho (i think)

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:15 pm
by Poptone
and yeah i enjoyed starry eyes but not much of it has really stuck with me. it's something i can see myself revisiting in a few years, though.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:58 pm
by ashtrayheart
im gonna watch raw this week.

I saw hounds of love last weekend, that was a great flick, almost unbearable to watch at times. that was one movie where i was absolutely thankful for a happy/cathartic ending.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:00 pm
by hiddenicon
Raw is jut so great.

on netflix now, for the DB virgins.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:00 pm
by Poptone
gotta push back against Hounds of Love, thought it was a dumb slog

I kept waiting for Kate Bush
until the movie gave me Ian Curtis
when all along it should have been Nick Cave.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:04 pm
by landspeedrecord
raw has a lot going for it... the relationship between the sisters, the veterinary school setting, the bikini waxToggle Spoiler scene

but I really did not care for that ending. felt like a punchline

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:37 pm
by kid_chameleon
i really wanna watch raw with my partner but she can't stand animal violence, how much is in it *i'm assuming a shitload

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:02 pm
by landspeedrecord
not a huge amount of animal violence, but it def would be a hard watch for the squeamish

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:43 pm
by junebug

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:47 pm
by landspeedrecord
you should definitely check out cronos if you haven't seen it

I'm really excited to watch alucarda for the first time

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:58 pm
by dan
Oct. 9 - FEEDING BILLY (1997)

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Billy killed his mother as he was born...now he sets his sights on the teens who come to his cabin for vacation!

Very hard to see most of the time but I couldn't really say that proper lightning would have salvaged this. F

Oct 10. - Image (1970)

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Unnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.

Odd little twincest tale overflowing with plenty of London's biggest creeps. All of the party scenes are great, and the whole thing is really well shot but almost every character's motivations are baffling. And it plays things way too tame and real for a movie about 20 something teens who walk around with a teddy bear all the time. C+

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:55 pm
by odilon redon
should i rewatch scream 4? i remember really liking it when i first saw it a few years ago but i have a feeling it might not hold up too well

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:59 pm
by giant_turtle
So far:

Gerald's Game - B+ (Ending F-)
Lifeforce - D+
The Love Witch - C

What else should I watch?

Is there an HD version of Hotel out there in the darkness? Would love to rewatch.

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:47 pm
by i am rich
psychomania was a lot of fun, would be a good fit for english folk horror

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:39 am
by jalapeƱo ranch
I just rewatched Deadgirl for the first time in a few years. I feel like it's overlooked.
Also I'm putting Society in the DB for anyone who hasn't seen it. It's really good! Unfortunately I don't think it's a rip from the Arrow release. Sorry!

Re: Dedicated Horror Nerd Thread

PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:38 am
by emotional fascism
Hooptober:

7. I Madman
8. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
9. Possession

I Madman was like an extended version of a Tales from the Darkside episode. Used to have a huge teenage crush on Jenny Wright though, so I'll watch anything she was in.

Need to find some good essays on Possession. I've seen it a half dozen times and I get more out of it each time, but I feel like some parts are impenetrable for my limited brain.