The Horror Movie Thread

More scary or more gore?

 

Gore

 

Gore in all its stupendous glory. Couple scenes that’ll make you squirm

 

fucking right, that looks fun

 

I avoided it for years because I didn’t like the idea of a “serious” remake of the original and all the horror remakes thus far had been so fucking bad… but my wife insisted I watch it because she said it was really good and it’s true. It’s like the only good horror remake from the 00s/early 2010s

 

The idea for the original was supposed to be serious but, budget wise, it turned into what we all love today. They took it to another level with Evil Dead 2 but Rami swears he was making a “serious” horror film.

 

I remember reading that before but I guess what I mean by “serious” is the failed aforementioned attempts at remaking and updating old horror films as “gritty”, gore-centric, and “real”; Essentially it just removes a lot of the art and nuance that was in the originals. But I’m so glad the Evil Dead franchise is doing a great job.

 

I haven’t seen this movie since film class in college. Shit stuck with me for a long time. I remember it was so hard to find our professor gave us an extension to allow us to make bootleg VHS copies to hand out to the class.

 

Nah you’re absolutely correct. It was during that run of gritty remakes/reboots. Nightmare on Elm St, Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre….Evil Dead (2013) is definitely the best of the bunch by far.

 

This board seems to hate Barbarian for some reason. I just wrapped it up a few hours ago, and I enjoyed it.

 

I thought it was good.

 

I respect Barbarian for keeping me guessing the whole time. I couldn’t predict any of the moves it made. For the folks that didn't like it. Did you like X?

 

I liked X a lot. Easily my best horror of last year.

 

I thought X was whatevs. Decent run of the mill horror comedy. Little ode to 70/80’s slasher movies.

I thought Barbs was great. I liked that one a lot.

 

Same. Enjoyable but forgettable. Had some nice tits.

Need to check out Barbarian.

 

Felt X was really good, lots of fun referential slasher horror shit going on. My main gripe with Barbarian is that it wasn’t consistent. Act 1 was so much better than the rest of the film.

 

Loved X

Was meh on Barbarian

 

I’m really excited to rewatch this. I haven’t seen it in probably 20+ years. I almost ponied up the $300 for a VHS copy around Halloween last year but decided against it. I still wouldn’t mind having a physical copy.

 

Listening to the Yeah, But Still podcast. Zac Efron passed on the role that Justin Long took in Barbarian. Probably for the best that he wasn't in this film.

 

Have any of y'all heard of this movie? I noticed that it's showing at a nearby Regal tonight and I was already thinking about going there to check out the original Friday the 13th on the big screen.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/skinamarink

 

From what I’ve read, it’s barely intelligible and dark and most of the shots are basically stills.

 

Well the trailer sure is creepy as shit

 

It was OK, I guess. It’s the type of horror movie art house snobs will rave about but the vast majority of human beings wouldn’t like it.

 

Trailer was better than the movie. Quite significantly better in my opinion

 

This is pretty accurate

 

Thanks for the feedback in this thread. I listened to a couple youtube reviews and also checked out rotten tomatoes and think I'm going to wait to watch this at home sometime and instead just go see the original Friday the 13th tonight.

 

Not a horror movie but I assume will appeal to most of us on here...

https://ihorror.com/halloween-horror-nights-getting-a-permanent-vegas-residency/

Universal’s highly popular fall amusement park event called Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) is getting a permanent Vegas residency according to Deadline.

 

Watched Speak No Evil (danish film) last night because it’s been on all the year end horror lists and it popped up on shudder.

If you’re into the feeling you get in the first 5 minutes of Midsommar then this is for you. The ending is not gonna be for everyone and it is incredibly difficult to watch

 

Just watched All Quiet On The Western Front which is basically a horror film. Great film, amazing soundtrack

 

I’m the complete opposite. The shit that could potentially happen to me is what I find the scariest. Gore is ok if there’s a story that seems like it could have actually happened but if it’s in a supernatural setting I just don’t care

 

I've heard very mixed reviews about that one.

 

I have to imagine it's going to be the most polarizing horror movie of the year. I for one found it to be pretty terrible and that whole experimental/arthouse horror nice is one I am particularly into.

 

Similar to Come and See or Thin Red Line?

 

closer to come and see in that it’s an endurance test with its sadness and brutality, but not nearly as surreal

 

Come and See is in a category of its own imo.

 

I’ve looked for that before and can’t find it on streaming anywhere

 

Criterion app has it if you want to look into art house films in general

 

It is, it’s a good baseline for comparison. Like The Keep is more of a war film that goes all in on the horror/supernatural/religious/surrealism.

 

This looks like the newly remastered version too

 

Knock at the Cabin was pretty solid. A nice rebound from OLD by M Night.

 

Just finished Come and See. Heavy would be an understatement.

 

I just watched Haunt. It was fine. Nothing special. Really stupid ending