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

[Skitch]

You mean the one with the idiot from Evolution?

Nah that guy with bad knock-knock jokes from Cop Out

[megladon8]

Nah that guy with bad knock-knock jokes from Cop Out

You mean the guy from The Rundown?

[Skitch]

You mean the guy from The Rundown?

You're thinking of the Rock, I mean the guy from Southland Tales.

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[Spun Lepton]

Had a friend over yesterday and we watched the 2019 remake of The Queen of Black Magic. I enjoyed seeing him squirm during the scenes that made me squirm. It's brief, but ... BOT FLIES. *shiver* Seriously, if you have Shudder, you should check it out. Takes it about a half-hour to get going, but once it picks up, it doesn't slow down.

Fair warning that if you Google "bot flies," you could be met with not-safe-for-life imagery. I honestly don't recommend it. Stick with the fake horror movie stuff.

[megladon8]

Had a friend over yesterday and we watched the 2019 remake of The Queen of Black Magic. I enjoyed seeing him squirm during the scenes that made me squirm. It's brief, but ... BOT FLIES. *shiver* Seriously, if you have Shudder, you should check it out. Takes it about a half-hour to get going, but once it picks up, it doesn't slow down.

Fair warning that if you Google "bot flies," you could be met with not-safe-for-life imagery. I honestly don't recommend it. Stick with the fake horror movie stuff.

Yeah bot flies are freaking nightmare fuel. Insects and arachnids are one of my main talking points when defending my position that there is no God.

[megladon8]

You're thinking of the Rock, I mean the guy from Southland Tales.

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heh

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Okay I got confused. Thought you were talking about the guy from the Lethal Weapon TV show.

[Spun Lepton]

Watched The Day of the Beast last night and enjoyed it quite a bit, even though it feels like the ending doesn't quite pay off. 7/10

[DFA1979]

Watched The Day of the Beast last night and enjoyed it quite a bit, even though it feels like the ending doesn't quite pay off. 7/10

The ending is a tad rushed yet I was still greatly amused by the final scene.

[StuSmallz]

How the moral hysteria of the 1980's spawned a cult horror canon

[Spun Lepton]

Brightburn -- 7/10. Good, but it could have been great if the character development had been stronger. That gore, though. Freaking yow.

[megladon8]

Brightburn -- 7/10. Good, but it could have been great if the character development had been stronger. That gore, though. Freaking yow.

I didn't like that the ship was making him evil. I thought that undermined the core concept of an "evil Superman". It would have been better if he just was evil.

I also thought it was a mistake to [

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kill the mom.

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[Spun Lepton]

I didn't like that "evil just awakens inside him," or whatever that was so close to the beginning. I thought everything would have worked if the kid had a slower build into becoming a psycho. Like, you know, bullied at school, Dad is actually a dick to him, basically the makings of a school shooter, except this kid has super powers. Then focus on the Mom as she denies reality until [

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he kills her.

] That would have honed the theme, I think.

[megladon8]

I didn't like that "evil just awakens inside him," or whatever that was so close to the beginning. I thought everything would have worked if the kid had a slower build into becoming a psycho. Like, you know, bullied at school, Dad is actually a dick to him, basically the makings of a school shooter, except this kid has super powers. Then focus on the Mom as she denies reality until [

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he kills her.

] That would have honed the theme, I think.

Agree 100%.

His turn was too quick.

And, again, I didn't like that it was the ship influencing him to be evil.

[Spun Lepton]

And, again, I didn't like that it was the ship influencing him to be evil.

Yes.

[Spun Lepton]

Jennifer's Body -- This movie is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, so I decided to check it out. What an insufferable pile. Hated it. HATED it. 1/10

[Skitch]

Hated it

[Spun Lepton]

Tonally all over the place. The only person who seemed to "get" what the tone should be was JK Simmons. Flip-flopping between earnestness and disconnected, quirky comedy just left everything feeling uneven. By the end, I'd checked out. This needed its tone to be something closer to Tucker and Dale than what we got. It could have worked. I'd suspect this was the director's fault for not "getting" the material. 1/10 might be a bit harsh, and I might raise it later when my initial frustration wears off, but, MAN, I was so happy when it ended.

I would have turned it off had I not been babysitting the poor dog who has been traumatized by all the damn fireworks this week.

[Ezee E]

Don't remember a single thing about it but it wasn't positive.

[Irish]

I've seen "Jennifer's Body" twice. The first time I was ambivalent, because I don't think it works wells as your standard, let's-go-to-the-mall-and-see-a-movie entertainment, ie, as a piece of mainstream horror intended for general audiences. (I'm also embarrassed to admit I kinda bought into the bullshit around Megan Fox at the time.)

I agree that tonally it's all over the place, but I disagree about where the tone goes wrong. For me, it was the level of violence and gore, which is explicit and over the top, versus the ironic, Gen-X driven, "Heathers" style humor. It often feels like 2 completely different movies.

I saw it again a few years back and I still think it's a mess, playing as if key early scenes were excised for God knows what reason. But the subtext is fucked up and disturbing, despite not being well developed. I think that's what people connect to when they connect to it. I think that's what salvages the experience and makes the movie worth watching.

1/10 doesn't make sense to me, because what the movie is trying to do is 10x more interesting than what most movies actually do, or even want to do, especially in horror.

[megladon8]

I think Megan Fox is attempting a comeback over the next year or so.

Man, she railroaded herself brutally by invoking the wrath of Steven Spielberg.

[Skitch]

Lets not dismiss her lack of acting talent as well lol

[Idioteque Stalker]

I continue to believe Megan Fox has a great performance in her.

[Skitch]

I continue to believe Megan Fox has a great performance in her.

I could totally see her give a great performance. But to date...I always believe her character until she starts to speak.

[Spun Lepton]

1/10 doesn't make sense to me, because what the movie is trying to do is 10x more interesting than what most movies actually do, or even want to do, especially in horror.

It's based solely on how angry I was when it ended. I'll need time away from it to give it a fair score, I think.

[Irish]

It's based solely on how angry I was when it ended. I'll need time away from it to give it a fair score, I think.

The only movies that make me angry are the ones with a poor imagination and/or bad writing (which is most of them, lol). I don't think "Jennifer's Body" works, but I can't say it suffers from lack of trying.

Interesting reaction from you, either way, and don't let me railroad you on the ranking. If you hated it, you hated it.