Sangre, cuchillos, y tetas --- Horror Film Discussion

[ciaoelor]

Has anyone seen Lovely Molly?

I saw it a few days ago. One of the last images scared me so much that I didn't sleep until the break of dawn. The lead performance by the actress was stellar. The cinematography was beautiful. I'll hold off from seeing the other E. Sanchez film for a while, assuming it has anything as scary as the above-mentioned image.

[MadMan]

My local cable company screwed me over, as it was wrong about the TCM programming tonight. Thus I failed to DVR Road Games from the 1980s, which I was looking forward to. I'm pissed about this.

[EvilShoe]

I started watching Alien vs Predator: Requiem yesterday for the first time, fully aware of its reputation of a trainwreck.

What I wasn't prepared for is how underlit it is. I did not finish it (just ended up watching Game of Thrones instead), because even when cranking up the brightness I still couldn't make out half of what was going on.

I find it very hard to criticize this movie based on plot, because most of the time I was just going by soundbytes. It's like listening to the world's worst radio drama.

I remember the directors promising a sequel the audience had been wanting to see in the first place, but I don't remember anyone going "this franchise blows without a pizza delivery guy as the hero".

[MadMan]

AVP:R is utterly hilarious. I saw it in theaters (friends wanted to go, I was bored, etc) and couldn't believe what the hell I was watching. The gore and Rambo Predator are the only truly redeeming qualities about it.

[Dead & Messed Up]

AvP:R is anti-cinema. It's one of the worst films I've ever seen. Bar none.

[Scar]

AvP:R is anti-cinema. It's one of the worst films I've ever seen. Bar none.

My reaction to it is similar to Jason X. Loved it on the first viewing, and then my enjoyment per viewing was akin to exponential decay.

[EvilShoe]

AvP:R is anti-cinema. It's one of the worst films I've ever seen. Bar none.

I finished it yesterday. It's one of the most incompetently made mainstream films I've seen in quite some time.

[Lasse]

I'm feeling like watching a few horror flicks, haven't watched one in ages. I'd greatly appriciate if you guys would suggest me a few good recent ones. I prefer slow, creepy films. Haven't got the stomach for horror like Saw, Hostel and the likes. Think Paranormal Activity or The Others, but not necessarily ghost stories.

Already got Lovely Molly, though I'm unsure whether it fits my above description.

[Winston*]

Rewatched Lucky McKee's May for the first time since I saw it 9 or 10 years ago. What an odd, sad film.

Going to watch The Woman later this week I think.

[MadMan]

I rewatched Freddy v. Jason on Encore tonight, and its still great fun and a really highly entertaining movie. Ronny Yu should have been allowed to make a sequel to that one, or at least direct new entries in both series. He completely understand both franchises completely.

[Winston*]

Going to watch The Woman later this week I think.

Well that was legitimately disturbing.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Well that was legitimately disturbing.

It's a rough film, and rough around the edges at times, but its roughness is a virtue. I think it's a very good movie.

[Winston*]

It's a rough film, and rough around the edges at times, but its roughness is a virtue. I think it's a very good movie.

I agree. It's a provocation, but not an empty one. Think the violence in this is much more defensible than the violence in Dredd, which I watched last night.

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The introduction of the blinded feral woman in the dog cage felt confusing and unneccesary. Also it seems to colour earlier scenes in a way that I'm not sure makes sense.

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Willing to be convinced otherwise though.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I agree. It's a provocation, but not an empty one. Think the violence in this is much more defensible than the violence in Dredd, which I watched last night.

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The introduction of the blinded feral woman in the dog cage felt confusing and unneccesary. Also it seems to colour earlier scenes in a way that I'm not sure makes sense.

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Willing to be convinced otherwise though.

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Nope, I agree. I think the impact of what happens in the story is less impactful if it's happened before.

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[Dukefrukem]

AvP:R is anti-cinema. It's one of the worst films I've ever seen. Bar none.

I just looked and it's in the bottom 5% of all movies I've ever seen.

Movies I'd rather watch over AvP:R

1. The Core
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. The Spirit
4. Virus
5. Candyman: Farewell to Flesh

I'd rather watch AvP:R over these movies

1. Mirrors
2. Legion
3. The Final Desintation 3D
4. House of the Dead
5. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
6. The Happening

[D_Davis]

I rewatched Freddy v. Jason on Encore tonight, and its still great fun and a really highly entertaining movie. Ronny Yu should have been allowed to make a sequel to that one, or at least direct new entries in both series. He completely understand both franchises completely.

Yep - it's also the best looking film in both franchises.

[MadMan]

Yep - it's also the best looking film in both franchises.

Aye, it adds the awesome visual touch that was severally lacking in the F13th series. ANOES' series was better shot, sure, but I think that the sequels kind of lacked that overall.

Also I just watched The Nesting (1981). Avoid at all costs, unless you want to laugh your ass off at a movie that is supposed to be scary. This is the opposite of a good haunted house movie. Skip it and view Burnt Offerings (1976) and The Changeling (1980) instead.

[ciaoelor]

Already got Lovely Molly, though I'm unsure whether it fits my above description.

I think it does, though at times it's more of a psychological drama than a horror, but don't let that dissuade you.

[Lasse]

I think it does, though at times it's more of a psychological drama than a horror, but don't let that dissuade you.

Thanks. And psychological drama sounds oddly appealing.

[MadMan]

I'm almost finished with write ups for both Castle movies I saw, plus the write up for The Nesting which should be fun since it was so freakin bad.

PS: I forgot to mention I watched Fiend Without a Face, and it was enjoyable. Not as good as 50s sci-fi horror classics such as The Thing From Another World and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, though.

[megladon8]

Not sure if this is the appropriate thread for this title, but Jen and I watched I Saw the Devil the other night, and I was a little disappointed.

I feel like the crime drama/serial killer thriller genre has been spoiled by films like Se7en and Memories of Murder, which are just so superb in every regard that other films have almost no chance of competing - a film in this particular genre needs to be exemplary to be memorable at all.

I Saw the Devil was by no means a bad film, but I didn't feel it did much out of the ordinary, and its moral dilemma was not effectively examined. Something that bothered me in particular was...

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...how the cab that the baddie kills the two dudes in (in that totally over-the-top camera spinning/blood flying/millions of stabbings shot) just happened to have been inhabited by bad dudes, thereby conveniently removing any guilt associated to the "good guy" in the audience's mind - hey, it was just bad guys getting killed, so who cares that it's the good guy's fault for letting him go.

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The film kind of shoots itself in the foot in a few instances like this ,
rendering its moral quandary a moot point.

It's an interesting premise, but very poorly written.

It was also about 30-45 minutes too long.

[MadMan]

I've been meaning to see that film, meg. Its on Instant Viewing I believe.

Tonight TCM has been showing haunted house movies. I've already seen The Haunting and House on Haunted Hill, but viewing The Uninvited (1944) was a treat and now I'm watching Dead Of Night (1945), which is awesome so far. I don't feel like staying up for The Innocents at 2:30 CST so I'm DVR-ing it, and after that one is 13th Ghosts but that's at my local library (which has the William Castle collection, hence why I was able to view Homicidal and Strait-Jacket).

[Dukefrukem]

That scene in Meg's spoiler is not only the best scene in the movie, but one the best scenes in cinema in the 2010 decade.

[Rowland]

I didn't care for the film much either Meg.

[megladon8]

That scene in Meg's spoiler is not only the best scene in the movie, but one the best scenes in cinema in the 2010 decade.

I don't see how. From a technical standpoint it's kind of neat, but thematically it betrays everything the movie is trying to "say" about the main characters.