Did that monster freak you as much as it did me?? Especially the arms.

Really? I gotta say I found it solidly entertaining but (and to clarify I've no problem suspending disbelief) man, there were plot holes big enough to drive a truck through.

That said I did have fun with it, but in purely critical terms I didn't find it great.


Suspiria (2018)
Was underwhelmed overall although happy they went their own way with it. Argento's version is arguably style over substance but does it right, with its vivid use of colour & gnarly set piece kills. It's nigh on plotless but as a sensory assault it very successfully delivers in what it sets out to do.

The remake goes the opposite route- it trys at least to have a go at a plot & its cinematography is washed out & drab which gives a nice sense of bleakness to it & the film's first hour has a nicely ominous tone, but unfortunately this doesn't go anywhere, really. Also set in 1977, the year of Argento's original, it has some ultimately pointless sub plots that start off well but then kinda fizzles out, such as the political backdrop involving the RAF/Baadher-Meinhof groups. This initially piques one's interest as it subtly intimates that the coven is influencing real world events around them but again, doesn't really go anywhere.

Ultimately it just kinda plods along & makes the most unforgivable error a horror can make for me & becomes kinda boring. It's way overlong & rather self indulgent too. I'll probably revisit to give another chance, but overall I found it pretty meh.


Apostle (2018)
Flawed but interesting period set horror in which a father seeks to find his daughter who's hooked up with a creepy island cult, from Gareth Evans who gave us the awesome Raid films & what I personally consider the best segment of the entire V/H/S trilogy, Safe Haven from V/H/S 2. Because of his excellent output so far, I think my expectations were too high, but I didn't dislike this one, I just felt it could've been better.

The Night Comes For Us (2018)
Not a horror but a way violent crime thriller from the Mo Brothers who gave us the not bad horror/thriller Killers (2014), the equally not bad actioner Headshot (2016) & the pretty cool horror flick Darah (2009), but gorehounds should definitely check this out anyway, you won't be disappointed & some of it is quite wince inducing.


I must be the only horror fan on Earth who's just plain non-plussed by Halloween btw, the only one I like from the series is Season of the Witch.

Yeah I quite liked iit's daft but very solidly entertaining & way gory in parts.

Not a patch on the last decade though in terms of consistency for me, although 2010 of this decade has been a particularly stand out year & the best so far, of this decade imo.

It's why I'm not a fan of the series, same as F13 & ANOES (although I like some from that series)- unkillable killers who endlessly return in endless sequels always bored me even as a kid. Only exception to the rule for me is the Phantasm series which I just plain love. (Haven't seen Ravager yet though)

Bird Box is basically A Quiet Place Lite. Very solid.

God Told Me To (1976) Sorry its not modern, but I never heard of it and just saw it on cable. Tony Lo Bianco stars as a very religious NYC police detective who tries to solve a sudden mysterious killing spree in the city. It turns weirder and weirder by mixing genres of sci fi, demonism, and even some blaxploitation. The late comedian Andy Kaufman has very brief, but significant scene. It is low budget (directed by Larry Cohen) but is never predictable, it is scary, and has nudity, and a bizarre ending. Schlocky but entertaining B+ for me.

I'm going to watch it when it comes on on Netflix here tomorrow. I'm ready for huge disappointment as I read the book when it first came out and absolutely loved it. The film looks like it's going to wreck that.

If it's anything like A Quiet Place, then I'll definitely be disappointed as I thought that was pretty awful. Looking forward to The Silence coming out as should hopefully be the true adaptation of the book that A Quiet Place quite blatantly ripped off.

I can't write a review of each one, but I made a pledge to watch 52 horror films this year - 1 a week. Am up to 49 atm so only 3 to go. When I'm done I'll put the list in here with my grades. The main thing I've learned - when a horror film is done well, it's really really really good. But most are just bad.

It's great & my favourite Larry Cohen film, (not crazy re the current glut of remakes, but would have liked to see the likes of Cronenberg trying a remake of this one actually) he really is an overlooked director imho& has done actual Blaxploitation also, his Black Caeser (1973) with Fred Williamson kicks ass & his debut film Bone (1972) kinda dabbles in Blaxploitation also. His films Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) & The Stuff (1985) are cool & he's scripted some surprising mainstream films such as Phone Booth (2002) & Cellular (2004). He also did a surprisingly decent sequel to 'Salem's Lot (1979) A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). His films always seem to have nice stand out little touches to them & successfully punch above their weight and he's a director who's well worth checking out more by any horror or genre fan.

There's an excellent & highly recced documentary on him King Cohen (2017) which is well worth seeing. (I'm kinda miffed actually that this thread is for only "modern" Horror movies btw as there's some serious retro gems out there some of them rather obscure & deserving more recognition)

Trailer for King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen here.

The trailer for Us looks scary as ****

I thought the same thing, and I just saw a (long) commercial, at the casino on a far away TV with no sound.

Have to disagree on The Ritual. Started out OK, but ended really poorly and I did not find it scary at all.

The highlights:
Noroi: The Curse - Mysterious Japanese found footage film. Engaging and tense the whole way through as you wonder how the various threads are going to come together.
The Omen - Just a classic that manages to create a feeling of terror just through pure cinematography without any special effects or big Hollywood moments.
Nightmare on Elm St - Another classic. It's an 80's teen movie in essence, with the horror aspect providing the storyline.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe - Recommended to me by this thread and glad I gave it a go as I didn't think it looked great.
Blood Punch - Groundhog Day with lots of murder and some cool twists. Kinda tongue-in-cheek but not full on comedy.
Hell House LLC - Only behind Noroi and Blair Witch Project as the best found footage film I've seen. A really good example of creating scares while only showing a glimpse of what's happening.
Bird Box - Was so surprised and relieved to see they did a great job of this and didn't bow to Hollywood by using tons of CGI and too many OTT scenes. They stayed faithful to the concepts of the book and get a big thumbs up for that.

Finally saw Hereditary last night. Not sure what all the fuss was about. Filming of it was very well done for sure and some of the acting was intense. I just didn't think the story was all that frightening and I also thought the last 20 minutes or so were absurd in terms of the rest of the film: incredibly rushed versus the slow burn for the first 1:40 and almost random and gore-festy when the rest of the movie was not like that at all (ok with the exception of the one scene with the daughter). Really disappointed given all the rave reviews I heard about it.

I dont like found footage mostly because
1. they are poorly done
2. they give me a headache.
3. cant stand the arguing while whispering bits.

I watched this based on recco and will say that if you can stand
the motion then the story is pretty solid .

But I am not watching another found footage movie for a LONG time,
i dont care how good the reviews are, too much head trauma.

I think The Descent and Hellraiser is underrated on this list.
Grave Encounters overrated

Right? Also, give that sound guy a per-emptive Oscar. Made Luniz absolutely haunting.

Fair enough. I think it's personal preference whether you like them or not. For me they really immerse you into the action. I'll agree that they're mainly done badly though, but that's the same for most horror films.

The Descent was actually let down by the absurdity of the caving premise rather than the horror part. The horror part was done really well. Just wish they'd written a better storyline to go with it - by actually asking someone who knows the first thing about caving and climbing.

Hellraiser was just awful and I struggled to even rate it that high! Personal preference again, but I prefer films that induce terror by showing as little as possible for the maximum effect. Hellraiser went the opposite and went for full on in-your-face we're gonna use all the special effects to show you absolutely everything - and imo they did it badly.

Grave Encounters was a tough one to score. After the first 30-40 mins I was thinking that if it ended well it coulda been a 9. The final 30 mins on it's own was probably a 2. So disappointing.

I too thought Hellraiser was nothing short of horrendous. Every single aspect of it.

Just watched The Endless last night and though it was pretty cool. Given that there is a small amount of overlap, do you guys think I should still watch Resolution as well? Trailer looked ok...

Resolution is a must....but you should've seen it first lol....a lot more than small overlap

I rather enjoyed Blood Punch, Jane Doe kinda fizzled out for me in the third act, although I thought its first hour was great. You might like The Invitation (2015 ) if you haven't seen yet, it's a decent & effective horror.

^^ +1 to The Invitation

Yeah, I didn't understand the hype for this at all. It didn't spook me, it just felt emotionally manipulative and unpleasant to watch.

I suppose it's not for everyone, but I much prefer this kind of looming atmosphere of horrible dread than some cheap jump scares like The Nun.

The Descent was def better than a 5.