I saw Zombi3 (was this the first movie to set the trend of putting numbers inside words?) as a part of a 12-hour movie marathon hosted by my favorite theater here in town, and this statement couldn't be more true today.Quoting Rowland (view post)
It does get repetitive, yes, but it's glorious.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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The plane crash in the original Final Destination is about 1 min 22 seconds.
The bridge crash in the fifth Final Destination film is 4 min 33 seconds.
Over three times as long, and with each death segmented into its own extreme violence moment, including: death by sailboat impalement, death by bus defenestration, death by spike-head impalement, death by bisection, death by boiling hot paving tar, death by falling car (in that the car falls directly on her head), and death by impalement followed by concrete impact.
It's like you can mathematically calculate the level of Flanderization.
We need more Final Destination films.
Dario Argento's Inferno - B
Gorgeous and surreal throughout, although it loses something in the middle once you realize the film operates on a repetitive story pattern of person wanders around / person finds a clue / shrouded figure kills person. And the final image of the villain made me laugh, not scream. Camp may be the point, but I doubt it, and the image is needless. But for real, the first hour delighted me. The colors, the architecture, the perfectly-framed images of open-faced women in wrecked rooms lit up in purples and blues and greens. Among the most beautiful horror films I've ever seen. That makes it worth it. But for a spell there, I liked this more than Suspiria, and then the film kept on going. Somewhere in this 107-minute movie is an 80-minute masterwork.
Former poster Spun recommended an Argentinian flick called Terrified. Might just have to track that one down.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
Watched Halloween yesterday because it was Halloween, and I gotta say, I didn't care for it very much. It starts out strong, and the final 20 minutes or so are decent, but the middle section is a slog in which the plot spins its wheels without going anywhere. The numerous times where Laurie spots Michael or Michael almost kills Annie were more tedious than scary. I was also annoyed by the musical stings whenever Michael moves in the background (akin to a jumpscare, but not quite that) and by the repetitiveness of the soundtrack. One final nitpick: towards the end, Dr. Loomis notices the car that Michael stole, which means he was posted up by the Myers house for hours before happening to look in that direction. Very implausible.
This is a new kind of opinion, and my first instinct is no no no no no no, but I respect you being forthright when discussing an established classic.
Its on Shudder, a service I heavily used this October. I also used TubiTV cause its free. Netflix's horror selection streaming wise is crap.
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Yeah, I need to see that. It has good press indeed.
If there's one place where someone can safely disagree with a consensus, it's Match Cut.
The only consensus on Match Cut is that there IS no consensus. Thats why MC is so great.
I don't agree with that.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
SEE???
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
MC great? Eh....
Horrorfest 2018
8 films seen during August/September, 32 in October.
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And everybody wants to be special here
They call your name out loud and clear
Here comes a regular
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Anyone ever see David Twohy's Below?
Yeah, I remember it being slight but decent.
Yep good flick. My first intro to Zach Galifinackis.
I recall it not being all that spooky, as if ghost story intertwined with Submarine was just merely good on paper.
Gotta say I prefer Twin of Echoes.
[+] closer to next rating / [-] closer to previous rating
- Dark (S3) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Fall (Mann, 2022) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Ms. Marvel (S1) ✦½ [+]
- Dark (S2) ✦✦✦✦
- Moon Knight (S1) ✦✦½ [-]
- Get Carter (Hodges, 1971) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Prey (Trachtenberg, 2022) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Black Bird (S1) ✦✦✦✦
- Better Call Saul (S6) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Halo (S1) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Slow Horses (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- H4Z4RD (Govaerts, 2022/BE) ✦✦½ [-]
- Gangs of London (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- We Own This City (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Thor: Love and Thunder (Waititi, 2022) ✦✦ [+]
Great idea on paper, but boring in execution.
meg, what are your top 5 horrors for the year?
I haven’t seen a movie in the theatre since The Last Jedi, so I’m not the best to ask.
I’d be happy to give you my top 5 horrors first viewed this year if you’re interested!
Either way! Theatrical, VOD, streaming, whichever.
(Doesn't have to be this year but I'm also curious about your reaction to this list.)
I've only seen four of those, but Annihilation is not horror.
I wouldn't say its strict horror, but it definitely has horror elements. IMDB agrees.
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