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Good Horror Movies

Started by Hank Venture, August 19, 2013, 11:37:32 PM

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purlieu

Cold Skin. Much like a number of Scandinavian films, it uses horror tropes to tell a story as much as scare. A very atmospheric and often moving film. Two men, alone on an island in the south Atlantic, with some nasty sea-dwelling creatures. Beautiful direction and locations make up for the occasional unrealistic creature shot, and a great score really adds to the mood. Enjoyed that a lot.

purlieu

Possum. Deeply unpleasant atmospheric piece. The griminess of the whole thing, combined with the non-linear narrative, symbolism and (possible?) dream sequences gave it a completely nightmarish quality, brilliantly matched by the Radiophonic Workshop's chilling score. A particularly revolting moment near the end grounded the film. Not a horror for jumps or thrills, but an excellent exercise in revulsion and trauma. And all the outdoor scenes were horribly beautiful.

purlieu

The Cutting Room. Crikey, that's one of the worst horror films I've ever seen. Three London students making a documentary on cyber-bullying for their Media Studies course. Found footage of the absolute worst variety. No atmosphere, appalling acting, bizarre editing and soundtrack that don't belong in found footage, some pretty forced plotting, not-very-scary denouement. Truly awful. A shame, as the opening scene was promising.

Olarrio

Quote from: St_Eddie on May 22, 2019, 03:37:06 PM
Very well, but The Blair Witch Project reserves the right to turn you on.

For my 21st birthday I was given a DVD of the porn version, The Erotic Witch Project. In a way it was quite frightening, in that it was somehow even less sexy than the the original.

holyzombiejesus

Quote from: purlieu on May 23, 2019, 08:42:41 PM
Possum. Deeply unpleasant atmospheric piece. The griminess of the whole thing, combined with the non-linear narrative, symbolism and (possible?) dream sequences gave it a completely nightmarish quality, brilliantly matched by the Radiophonic Workshop's chilling score. A particularly revolting moment near the end grounded the film. Not a horror for jumps or thrills, but an excellent exercise in revulsion and trauma. And all the outdoor scenes were horribly beautiful.

Ah, I'd forgotten about this. It's only a couple of quid on Prime so that's Saturday night sorted (unless my wife's not tired and wants to watch some fucking awful Melissa McCarthy comedy with a pink title).

zomgmouse

Possum is v tremendous

BlodwynPig

Quote from: zomgmouse on May 31, 2019, 02:19:41 PM
Possum is v tremendous

watched...please recommend something of the same ilk for tonight before I go to the big forest tomorrow

zomgmouse

Quote from: BlodwynPig on May 31, 2019, 09:04:16 PM
watched...please recommend something of the same ilk for tonight before I go to the big forest tomorrow

Nekromantik or Bad Boy Bubby

BlodwynPig

Thanks

Is nekronantik that weird lo-fi bizzarro flick?

Puce Moment

Quote from: BlodwynPig on May 31, 2019, 09:04:16 PMwatched...please recommend something of the same ilk for tonight before I go to the big forest tomorrow

Cronenberg's Spider adaptation is a huge influence.

purlieu

Quote from: BlodwynPig on May 31, 2019, 09:04:16 PM
watched...please recommend something of the same ilk for tonight before I go to the big forest tomorrow
Maybe Calvaire for the sense of 'oh fucking hell when will this horrible existence end'.

Sin Agog

Quote from: purlieu on May 22, 2019, 10:24:50 PM
Cold Skin. Much like a number of Scandinavian films, it uses horror tropes to tell a story as much as scare. A very atmospheric and often moving film. Two men, alone on an island in the south Atlantic, with some nasty sea-dwelling creatures. Beautiful direction and locations make up for the occasional unrealistic creature shot, and a great score really adds to the mood. Enjoyed that a lot.

Mentioned this one on here a couple of times.  Really like it. Very in line with old-school turn of the century horror literature. But it's Spanish, isn't it, not Scandinavian?

zomgmouse

Quote from: BlodwynPig on June 01, 2019, 12:23:36 PM
Thanks

Is nekronantik that weird lo-fi bizzarro flick?

One of them, yes.

For both my recommendations I thought "what's one thing I remember from Possum" and thought "dirty kitchen" and then tried to remember what other films felt in line with "dirty kitchen".

Maybe also try The Drilller Killer.

purlieu

Quote from: Sin Agog on June 02, 2019, 10:59:44 PM
Mentioned this one on here a couple of times.  Really like it. Very in line with old-school turn of the century horror literature. But it's Spanish, isn't it, not Scandinavian?
Yes, I realised that reads as "like its fellow Scandinavian films" rather than as a comparison. French-Spanish, apparently.

BlodwynPig


zomgmouse

I watched Pontypool today which was really great. A fantastic claustrophobic vibe and becomes very strange indeed. Much better than the book in any case. A little bit abstruse but it almost feeds off its own confusion.

Glebe

Okay so it's TV rather than a proper 'movie', but I just discovered last night that Shout! Factory have the first episode of Hammer House of Horror, 'Witching Time', uploaded to YouTube in 1080p!

I'd like to get my hands on Networks' HHoH Blu-ray set, actually.

grassbath

Quote from: zomgmouse on June 24, 2019, 07:41:39 AM
I watched Pontypool today which was really great. A fantastic claustrophobic vibe and becomes very strange indeed. Much better than the book in any case. A little bit abstruse but it almost feeds off its own confusion.

A friend with great taste showed this to me insisting it was the best thing since sliced bread. I found it baffling - did I miss the point?

zomgmouse

Quote from: grassbath on June 25, 2019, 11:26:35 PM
A friend with great taste showed this to me insisting it was the best thing since sliced bread. I found it baffling - did I miss the point?

It's almost meant to be baffling but I think it sometimes trips over how baffling it's trying to be. But it was very good, I thought.

purlieu

Pontypool overcomes its 'actually, no, this is a bit bollocks' plot with really good dialogue, performances, atmosphere and its claustrophobic setting. One of those films where you're just sat there waiting for shit to go down for so long that the tension begins to hurt. A low-budget film done very well.

purlieu

Hell House LLC. Does so much more with its 'found footage in a haunted house' setup should be capable of. There are the usual "why the fuck are they still there?" moments, which is frankly an issue with so much modern horror, but it managed its scares really bloody well. Admittedly the girl sat against the wall in Phil's bedroom actually made me laugh at first, but that was partly at the gall of actually just doing that, it was such a brilliantly horrible image. I also enjoyed the lack of restraint at the reveal. Wonderful, exposition-free, 'what the fuck is going on?' stuff.

I trust the sequel is shit?

zomgmouse

Quote from: purlieu on July 14, 2019, 05:06:25 PM
Pontypool overcomes its 'actually, no, this is a bit bollocks' plot with really good dialogue, performances, atmosphere and its claustrophobic setting. One of those films where you're just sat there waiting for shit to go down for so long that the tension begins to hurt. A low-budget film done very well.

Yeah - and I was reflecting recently how cool it was to turn words and language into a virus - very fascinating metaphor.

SteveDave

Quote from: purlieu on July 15, 2019, 02:34:34 AM
Hell House LLC. Does so much more with its 'found footage in a haunted house' setup should be capable of. There are the usual "why the fuck are they still there?" moments, which is frankly an issue with so much modern horror, but it managed its scares really bloody well. Admittedly the girl sat against the wall in Phil's bedroom actually made me laugh at first, but that was partly at the gall of actually just doing that, it was such a brilliantly horrible image. I also enjoyed the lack of restraint at the reveal. Wonderful, exposition-free, 'what the fuck is going on?' stuff.

I trust the sequel is shit?

There's one point in this film where someone acts like a normal person would act- when they're testing it out and the fellow with the camera on his hat asks "How many freaks do we have on the landing?"

But...there's a sequel!?

purlieu

Yes, to be fair, the general sense of fear and confusion they show is a overall a lot more realistic than your usual found footage film. I'd still have been out of there long before shit went down, though, finances be damned.

And not only is there a sequel, but a third entry to the series is currently being filmed with a release due at the end of the year.

Head Gardener


bgmnts

I cant watch Pontypool because I live 15 minutes away from Pontypool so its just too weird and funny.

Piggyoioi

I dont like horror films, and im not sure this is considered one, but Spoorloos ('The Vanishing' in english).

Film sticks with you, at least it did me. Don't google, just watch.

purlieu

Quote from: bgmnts on July 16, 2019, 06:02:38 PM
I cant watch Pontypool because I live 15 minutes away from Pontypool so its just too weird and funny.
I was honestly expecting it to be Welsh at first.

Noodle Lizard

I still have a lot of time for Hell House, LLC.  I think that's about as decent a found footage film as we're likely to get.  I even read an AmA with the filmmaker and he sounded like a decent sort with a good approach and taste for horror (i.e. similar to mine).

Anyway, I watched the first 15 minutes or so of the sequel and it was absolute toilet.  So there you go.  Don't get your hopes up, lads, nothing good will ever happen.

madhair60

Any really revolting video nasty unacceptabilities been released lately?