Modern horror movies thread
10-08-2017
, 04:46 AM
10-08-2017
, 07:02 AM
10-09-2017
, 09:50 PM
10-09-2017
, 10:40 PM
10-13-2017
, 02:47 AM
10-18-2017
, 07:48 AM
10-19-2017
, 07:52 AM
Get Out (2017)
I knew next to nothing about this before watching it as I had avoided reviews of it & I had a blast with it, it hearkens back nicely to those creepy 70s paranoia thriller-horrors & has some surprisingly successful humour. Would be among my top Horrors of this year.
The Bar (2017)
A bunch of Patrons trapped in a bar start to turn on each other in this not bad Horror. Watched this purely on impulse as I'm a big fan of the director, Alex de Iglesia and while again not bad it's easily his weakest film & not a patch on his other offerings.
10-19-2017
, 05:15 PM
10-19-2017
, 10:21 PM
Thanks to Inland_Taipan for recommending The Wailing, one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time.
The director, Na Hong-jin, is a master auteur. He achieves a lot with very little, relying on low budget effects, stunning location shots, and a few small interiors to create a work of sublime horror.
Its long running time (over two and a half hours) never drags. Halfway in you’re wondering where it can go, how it can surpass itself, and it maintains this suspense all the way through.
It features a brilliant cast. The lead is well-rounded (not just fat), at times humorous, pathetic, tragic. He has a sidekick of sorts, a mysterious Van Helsing type, who acts as a foil to the inept lead. Perhaps best of all is the villain. Despite speaking only a few lines, he gives an amazing performance (can’t go into details w/o spoiling).
And like most great movies, you see other movies in it: The Exorcist, The Omen, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby. It shares themes with Cape Fear and Shadow of a Doubt.
I’m rewatching it with a friend who hasn’t seen it. Maybe he’ll temper my praise.
I don’t think the 99% on RT does it justice. To me, it’s an allegory of universal appeal. Not one of the best films of 2016, but of any year.
The director, Na Hong-jin, is a master auteur. He achieves a lot with very little, relying on low budget effects, stunning location shots, and a few small interiors to create a work of sublime horror.
Its long running time (over two and a half hours) never drags. Halfway in you’re wondering where it can go, how it can surpass itself, and it maintains this suspense all the way through.
It features a brilliant cast. The lead is well-rounded (not just fat), at times humorous, pathetic, tragic. He has a sidekick of sorts, a mysterious Van Helsing type, who acts as a foil to the inept lead. Perhaps best of all is the villain. Despite speaking only a few lines, he gives an amazing performance (can’t go into details w/o spoiling).
And like most great movies, you see other movies in it: The Exorcist, The Omen, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby. It shares themes with Cape Fear and Shadow of a Doubt.
I’m rewatching it with a friend who hasn’t seen it. Maybe he’ll temper my praise.
I don’t think the 99% on RT does it justice. To me, it’s an allegory of universal appeal. Not one of the best films of 2016, but of any year.
10-20-2017
, 04:31 AM
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Thanks to Inland_Taipan for recommending The Wailing, one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time.
The director, Na Hong-jin, is a master auteur. He achieves a lot with very little, relying on low budget effects, stunning location shots, and a few small interiors to create a work of sublime horror.
Its long running time (over two and a half hours) never drags. Halfway in you’re wondering where it can go, how it can surpass itself, and it maintains this suspense all the way through.
It features a brilliant cast. The lead is well-rounded (not just fat), at times humorous, pathetic, tragic. He has a sidekick of sorts, a mysterious Van Helsing type, who acts as a foil to the inept lead. Perhaps best of all is the villain. Despite speaking only a few lines, he gives an amazing performance (can’t go into details w/o spoiling).
And like most great movies, you see other movies in it: The Exorcist, The Omen, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby. It shares themes with Cape Fear and Shadow of a Doubt.
I’m rewatching it with a friend who hasn’t seen it. Maybe he’ll temper my praise.
I don’t think the 99% on RT does it justice. To me, it’s an allegory of universal appeal. Not one of the best films of 2016, but of any year.
The director, Na Hong-jin, is a master auteur. He achieves a lot with very little, relying on low budget effects, stunning location shots, and a few small interiors to create a work of sublime horror.
Its long running time (over two and a half hours) never drags. Halfway in you’re wondering where it can go, how it can surpass itself, and it maintains this suspense all the way through.
It features a brilliant cast. The lead is well-rounded (not just fat), at times humorous, pathetic, tragic. He has a sidekick of sorts, a mysterious Van Helsing type, who acts as a foil to the inept lead. Perhaps best of all is the villain. Despite speaking only a few lines, he gives an amazing performance (can’t go into details w/o spoiling).
And like most great movies, you see other movies in it: The Exorcist, The Omen, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby. It shares themes with Cape Fear and Shadow of a Doubt.
I’m rewatching it with a friend who hasn’t seen it. Maybe he’ll temper my praise.
I don’t think the 99% on RT does it justice. To me, it’s an allegory of universal appeal. Not one of the best films of 2016, but of any year.
10-20-2017
, 02:21 PM
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I'd recommend The Chaser (2008) by the same director if you have't seen it yet it's really quite good.
, I saw it a week or so before I saw The Wailing, and I had no idea they were by the same director until I checked it out online. IMO he’s improved quite a bit as a filmmaker/screenwriter. I thought The Chaser was well shot and it had a promising beginning (the tone was great and I loved the character of the pimp, his attitude), but things got a little convoluted. Characters kept busting down doors right at the last second, and there were too many coincidences. The ending dragged a bit.
I haven’t seen The Yellow Sea, which I’m excited to check out (it’s #1 on my queue), especially since it has Kwak Do-won (who played the lead in The Wailing). Have you seen it?
10-20-2017
, 03:01 PM
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Thanks , I saw it a week or so before I saw The Wailing, and I had no idea they were by the same director until I checked it out online. IMO he’s improved quite a bit as a filmmaker/screenwriter.
I thought The Chaser was well shot and it had a promising beginning (the tone was great and I loved the character of the pimp, his attitude), but things got a little convoluted. Characters kept busting down doors right at the last second, and there were too many coincidences. The ending dragged a bit.
I haven’t seen The Yellow Sea, which I’m excited to check out (it’s #1 on my queue), especially since it has Kwak Do-won (who played the lead in The Wailing). Have you seen it?
, I saw it a week or so before I saw The Wailing, and I had no idea they were by the same director until I checked it out online. IMO he’s improved quite a bit as a filmmaker/screenwriter. I thought The Chaser was well shot and it had a promising beginning (the tone was great and I loved the character of the pimp, his attitude), but things got a little convoluted. Characters kept busting down doors right at the last second, and there were too many coincidences. The ending dragged a bit.
I haven’t seen The Yellow Sea, which I’m excited to check out (it’s #1 on my queue), especially since it has Kwak Do-won (who played the lead in The Wailing). Have you seen it?
From what I did see of it it was good but I got the impression it could also go kinda convoluted. It was also pretty bleak. I definitely intend to catch it again properly in its entirety though.
10-24-2017
, 10:46 PM
10-28-2017
, 12:23 AM
10-28-2017
, 12:17 PM
10-28-2017
, 10:36 PM
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Thanks to Inland_Taipan for recommending The Wailing, one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time.
The director, Na Hong-jin, is a master auteur. He achieves a lot with very little, relying on low budget effects, stunning location shots, and a few small interiors to create a work of sublime horror.
Its long running time (over two and a half hours) never drags. Halfway in you’re wondering where it can go, how it can surpass itself, and it maintains this suspense all the way through.
It features a brilliant cast. The lead is well-rounded (not just fat), at times humorous, pathetic, tragic. He has a sidekick of sorts, a mysterious Van Helsing type, who acts as a foil to the inept lead. Perhaps best of all is the villain. Despite speaking only a few lines, he gives an amazing performance (can’t go into details w/o spoiling).
And like most great movies, you see other movies in it: The Exorcist, The Omen, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby. It shares themes with Cape Fear and Shadow of a Doubt.
I’m rewatching it with a friend who hasn’t seen it. Maybe he’ll temper my praise.
I don’t think the 99% on RT does it justice. To me, it’s an allegory of universal appeal. Not one of the best films of 2016, but of any year.
The director, Na Hong-jin, is a master auteur. He achieves a lot with very little, relying on low budget effects, stunning location shots, and a few small interiors to create a work of sublime horror.
Its long running time (over two and a half hours) never drags. Halfway in you’re wondering where it can go, how it can surpass itself, and it maintains this suspense all the way through.
It features a brilliant cast. The lead is well-rounded (not just fat), at times humorous, pathetic, tragic. He has a sidekick of sorts, a mysterious Van Helsing type, who acts as a foil to the inept lead. Perhaps best of all is the villain. Despite speaking only a few lines, he gives an amazing performance (can’t go into details w/o spoiling).
And like most great movies, you see other movies in it: The Exorcist, The Omen, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby. It shares themes with Cape Fear and Shadow of a Doubt.
I’m rewatching it with a friend who hasn’t seen it. Maybe he’ll temper my praise.
I don’t think the 99% on RT does it justice. To me, it’s an allegory of universal appeal. Not one of the best films of 2016, but of any year.
10-28-2017
, 10:40 PM