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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 6, 2020 20:55:48 GMT
6. Possessor (2020, Brandon Cronenberg) Best movie of 2020 so far and the highlight of October Horror Watches for yours truly. - 9.5/10 sooo looking forward to seeing this. Have you seen his first film Anitiviral? Going to be watching that very soon  |
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 6, 2020 23:11:00 GMT
Darling (2015) - 7++ on TUBI Stupendously stylized update on early Polanski - more unsettling than scary - and borrowing heavily from Repulsion and The Tenant. This is 5.5 on IMDB........GTFO. The lead here - Lauren Ashley Carter - is unforgettable and the directing style with quick and coherent inserts, sharp black and white cinematography, austere scene compositions and jarring sound design is impeccable. The film begins with a Herzog worthy shot - the city and the wilderness separated by a thin border........the film then illustrates that idea between order and chaos - with some tantalizing unanswered questions and the same shot cleverly shown inverted. This only clocks in around 75 minutes - shout out Mattsby - so it's basically perfect to watch late at night and then try to sleep.....as for me, I'm going to pick up some dinner..........where the scariest thing will be the prices.  
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Oct 7, 2020 4:54:30 GMT
Fright Night (2011) - a lot of fun with scenery chewing Farrell and Tennant... but man, some really shitty CGI.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Oct 7, 2020 7:25:51 GMT
Blade II - still holds up... aside from that really kitschy ending.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2020 8:39:37 GMT
3 From Hell - 7/10
Rob Zombie's a really good filmmaker. This could've been better, but as it stands it's one of the more ambitious looks at the ugliness of America/American dreams through the horror lens.
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Post by pessimusreincarnated on Oct 7, 2020 13:01:24 GMT
Pitch Black (2000)- This series just isn't for me. This might've been really cool at the time of its release, but now it's basically just a dated riff on the Aliens formula. I was pretty bored. The shot of Riddick under the umbrella is one of the funniest things I've ever seen though lol. 5/10
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Post by Viced on Oct 7, 2020 15:56:05 GMT
 5. From Beyond (1986)Watched this last night and already forgot half of it tbh. Drops you right into some freaky shit without much of a story to ever latch onto. But those effects were so good they made me want to barf... so it wasn't all bad I guess. |
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 7, 2020 17:35:12 GMT
 The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) 6ish/10 - Price doesn't "talk" until nearly 50 minutes into it and then it's already drawing to an end. Most of the amusement comes from the Scotland Yard stuff that dominates the runtime and all those Brits and their patter, like the jeweler, correcting each other. Phibes, his hot mute help and his animatronic army are like a deranged Greek chorus to the procedural. Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972) 7.5/10 - This one is a helluva fun time, earns its Price of admission, and we really get a fuller sense of the Phibes romantic-mad obsession. With the cheeky beginning recap ("ingenious!") you don't even need to see the first, really. Despite the wasted Cushing cameo, we do get fake snakes, Egyptian immortality maps, neck-drunk champagne, and Somewhere over the rainbow.... |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 7, 2020 19:14:08 GMT
4. Antiviral (Brandon Cronenberg, 2012)Brandon Cronenberg takes the toxicity of corporate celebrity culture to shocking extremes in this confidently gross 2012 debut. Set sometime in the near future, Antiviral's is a world predicated on commodification and consumption in the most literal sense. The film begins as Caleb Landry Jones, playing an employee for a company that harvests celebrity viruses as products, peddles an actress's herpes to an eager customer before injecting it into his cheek. Everything just gets grosser from there. All this sounds like a recipe for a hard-edged feel-bad satire but unfortunately the plot doesn't realize the potential of Cronenberg's world-building, as Jones contracts a mystery virus and gets embroiled in shady corporate politics and intrigue that bog down the experience, sabotage the pacing, and detract from the body horror. 
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 7, 2020 21:44:11 GMT
Dressed To Kill (1980) - 9+/10 Re-watch Brian De Palma's has great, nasty fun and the greatest American "true" giallo ever made I reckon.......this is him going into Argento territory - if Argento's goal is "the Death of a beautiful woman" well ok De Palma was up for the challenge. With staggering set-pieces, lurid wit and yet.......the body count is so low, this doesn't maybe "technically" doesn't qualify as a true horror or as a giallo. But it sure feels like both while it plays - and the integration of music, color, TWO sets of gloves (killer's and victims!), the reveal and last glorious De Palma ending sequence - it's all near perfectly orchestrated. Some people like to bash Nancy Allen but De Palma fans get how important to his great period films she was: She's just lovely here (and in Blow Out) as a presence (in Carrie, she's a different kind of presence).......she's not Streep but her placement in De Palma films doesn't require her to be and she generates great empathy and horrific concern from an audience.....who just know horrible things happen in real life to girls like the ones she's playing....you're pulling for her all through this movie. 
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Post by Sharbs on Oct 7, 2020 22:42:01 GMT
6. Possessor (2020, Brandon Cronenberg) Best movie of 2020 so far and the highlight of October Horror Watches for yours truly. - 9.5/10 sooo looking forward to seeing this. Have you seen his first film Anitiviral? Going to be watching that very soon I'm re-watching Possessor tomorrow so i'll have written thoughts about it. I went in completely blind to my utmost benefit. I'm incredibly intrigued by watching this, his debut. |
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 7, 2020 22:55:31 GMT
Some people like to bash Nancy Allen but De Palma fans get how important to his great period films she was: She's just lovely here (and in Blow Out) as a presence (in Carrie, she's a different kind of presence).......she's not Streep but her placement in De Palma films doesn't require her to be and she generates great empathy and horrific concern from an audience.....who just know horrible things happen in real life to girls like the ones she's playing....you're pulling for her all through this movie. I've seen quite a bit of vitriol thrown her way over the years, but I think she's engaging enough (especially here). She's a lot of fun in Terror in the Aisles as well. |
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 7, 2020 22:57:25 GMT
Darling (2015) - 7++ on TUBI Stupendously stylized update on early Polanski - more unsettling than scary - and borrowing heavily from Repulsion and The Tenant. This is 5.5 on IMDB........GTFO. The lead here - Lauren Ashley Carter - is unforgettable and the directing style with quick and coherent inserts, sharp black and white cinematography, austere scene compositions and jarring sound design is impeccable. The film begins with a Herzog worthy shot - the city and the wilderness separated by a thin border........the film then illustrates that idea between order and chaos - with some tantalizing unanswered questions and the same shot cleverly shown inverted. This only clocks in around 75 minutes - shout out Mattsby - so it's basically perfect to watch late at night and then try to sleep.....as for me, I'm going to pick up some dinner..........where the scariest thing will be the prices. I've been meaning to see this. I saw Lauren Ashley Carter in Jug Face which is quite something... she really sells it. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 8, 2020 0:37:24 GMT
The Muse - 2014 - ~6/10 may be a bit less than 6 because it's no budget/amateurish..... on TUBI Sort of an odd fake out that starts as drug drama and then escalates to horrific at near the halfway point......it's actually a kind of great idea : Musician with one hit is unable to write anything and his boredom/frustration/isolation spins into something else entirely that's linked to his songwriting (or lack thereof). This played less like a movie and more like an elongated TV episode ........the premise IS the movie....which is too bad really. 
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 8, 2020 2:25:13 GMT
5. Bedevilled (Jang Cheol-soo, 2010)The movie starts off with an icy career woman (along with other bystanders) witnessing a woman being viciously harassed by two men on the streets of Seoul, even rolling up the window on her taxi when the battered woman approaches for help. Later we see a crime scene photo of that woman's dead, bloody face. It's a disturbing moment. Instantly provocative. It makes you queasy and anxious, and defines the parameters of a world world where everyone looks the other way. That ultimately is what the film is about. The structure is a bit frustrating. You assume that icy career woman is going to be the protagonist but it becomes clear about 20 minutes in that she's not. Don't like when movies do that especially because she kicked the film off to such a great start. Regardless, fundamentally this is a revenge film. You know where it's going and it takes a loooong time to get there, that's my biggest issue. 58 minutes to be exact, and the cycle of abuse which precipitates the revenge is drawn out and extremely repetitive. The eventual carnage is satisfying but might've been moreso with a shorter runtime and more creative kills (there's only so much one can do with a sickle ). (Tubi) 
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 8, 2020 2:27:43 GMT
6. Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson, 2009)One of the most unique horror films I've seen. First-time Australian director Joel Anderson weaves together elements of docufiction and found footage to create a deeply unsettling mockumentary about the fictional disappearance of a teenage girl named Alice and how, through the process of grieving, her family slowly comes to discover just how much they didn't know about her. Could've been scarier but I generally liked how the film eschewed cheap thrills for creating an atmosphere of unease and mystery. (Prime Video) 
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Post by Sharbs on Oct 8, 2020 12:46:41 GMT
7. A Field in England (2013, Ben Wheatley)
A disorienting trekâwell, through a field. Wheatley delves into the psyche of this handful of men through long-winded philosophical conversations, absurd slapstick comedy that hits the mark, and emotional outbursts in times of strife. A draining, hallucinatory picture. - 7.5/10
8. The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg)
Sad that it took the VP debate to get me to finally pull the trigger on this, popular 80s movies are apparently my biggest cinematic blind spot. This was absolutely terrific and surpassed my expectations. A tension filled queasy film that is bitingly funny. - 9/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 16:37:15 GMT
*spoilers* Frailty - Instances where the monster and the protagonist share a bond are probably the most interesting: in this case they're father and son. For 2/3 of the running time I was invested; thinking how much of what Paxton is doing is "right" (is he really receiving orders from God? does that justify their death in any moralistic sense?) and how differently the boys are reacting to him... then the "reveal" happened and a compelling scenario was solved with ease: he was giving them what they deserved! and let's make McConaughey a sheriff too! Didn't do much for me at the end...  |
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 8, 2020 20:18:50 GMT
6. Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson, 2009)One of the most unique horror films I've seen. First-time Australian director Joel Anderson weaves together elements of docufiction and found footage to create a deeply unsettling mockumentary about the fictional disappearance of a teenage girl named Alice and how, through the process of grieving, her family slowly comes to discover just how much they didn't know about her. Could've been scarier but I generally liked how the film eschewed cheap thrills for creating an atmosphere of unease and mystery. This one is very effective! |
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 8, 2020 20:19:58 GMT
8. The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg) Sad that it took the VP debate to get me to finally pull the trigger on this, popular 80s movies are apparently my biggest cinematic blind spot. This was absolutely terrific and surpassed my expectations. A tension filled queezy film that is bitingly funny. - 9/10 I wish I could see this for the first time again. The original is really good, but man, I love what Cronenberg did here. Goldblum is incredible and the makeup is still disgustingly fantastic to this day. |
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Oct 8, 2020 20:27:30 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 8, 2020 20:48:50 GMT
Night Fishing (2011) - 33 minutes on TUBI.....7.5-8.0/10Chan-wook Park's "Iphone movie" is the find of this years Halloween for me along with Darling......not really horror but more a meditation on Death, Life, and.........forgiveness, and making amends with some horrific/fantasy supernatural elements involved. Very cleverly shot in how it generates light and also in how it makes nature - trees, water, grass etc. creepy af......also cleverly constructed the "Night Fishing" isn't just random but metaphorical too.  |
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 8, 2020 23:18:52 GMT
A Young Man with High Potential (2018, Linus de Paoli)
Super bleak but nothing memorable except a random Amanda Plummer popping in. The acting wasn't very good -- curious if having it in German could have helped any.
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Post by coop032 on Oct 9, 2020 0:22:22 GMT
About to leave to go see Possessor at a drive-in. So pumped!
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Oct 9, 2020 0:25:30 GMT
Beetlejuice. First time viewing for my 4-year-old.
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