The ULTIMATE horror movie discussion thread part 2: Revenge of TUHMDT

[Lucas5814]

Not going through this all long-ass thread, but any of you seen Lake Mungo? IMO it's creepy as hell. Just in your skin the whole time.

[nikeoneplatinum]

Watched "Watcher", stars the girl from It Follows, pretty good flick, 7.5/10.

[ragingcrayon]

Going to try Revealer on shudder. Looks terrible. Will keep you posted

[Mr.PissShivers]

Evil Dead Trap is on youtube, also on prime:

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Watched two Hulu originals:

Down - 4/10. Predictable, stupid decisions and just not very exciting.

Tentacles - 3/10. Basically a poverty version of Species.

[Krackerjacked]

Watched two Hulu originals:

Down - 4/10. Predictable, stupid decisions and just not very exciting.

Tentacles - 3/10. Basically a poverty version of Species.

Accurate, probably would’ve gone a 5/10 but only because I like the two main actors. They both did a great job in the show Kingdom.

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The Wretched (2022 Netflix Film) - 4/10. It started interesting enough, but the plot overall just seemed to lack direction and a ton of unanswered questions. Could have been a lot better.

[SillieBazzillie]

Saw the Black Phone 4/5 - Very interesting and creepy. Not the scariest thing in the world but the story was pretty original and definitely had some jump scares and creepy moments.

NOPE - 1.5/5 - Nope. Boring, disjointed story that made zero sense.

[JUGGERNAUT1333]

Incantation (2022 Netlfix) - found footage Taiwan Horror film, dubbed for English ( bad dubbing). 4/10. Movie was all over the place. Combo of a present day timeline and flashbacks.

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Hatching (2022) - I rented this off Amazon Prime. I've seen a lot worse. I'd say this is a 6/10. Had a real creepy vibe, but not really horror. The plot was very unique. CGI could have been better, but it was a low budget film, so I would expect this.

Probably wouldn't pay 4.99 to rent it in hindsight, but worth a watch if you can see it free.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Hatching (2022) - I rented this off Amazon Prime. I've seen a lot worse. I'd say this is a 6/10. Had a real creepy vibe, but not really horror. The plot was very unique. CGI could have been better, but it was a low budget film, so I would expect this.

Probably wouldn't pay 4.99 to rent it in hindsight, but worth a watch if you can see it free.

Reminded me of Tusk in a way lol. Weird, unique but not really good, not bad either.

Black Phone was ok. Good concept. Not horror either. More like Split + Crimson Peak.

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Reminded me of Tusk in a way lol. Weird, unique but not really good, not bad either.

Black Phone was ok. Good concept. Not horror either. More like Split + Crimson Peak.

I'm gonna give Black Phone a go today I think.


Watched two FF Alien films this weekend:

Case 347

Alien: Zone of Silence

Neither of these were very good. I'd say Case 347 was slightly better. Maybe a 4/10, while the other was a 3/10.

Spoiler!

major lack of actual aliens in the movie, you only get to see some hands, blurred faces, ect. I like actually seeing the creatures.

[maori-rap]

Saw 'Day Shift' with Jamie Foxx last night. More of a comedy/action horror than anything which is meant to be scary.

The highlight was that house raid with my boy Scott Adkins.

Not great but a good bit of fun. Was less 'woke' than I was expecting, which was a bonus.

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The Superdeep (2020) on Amazon Prime - This was surprising decent. It had a moment of getting kinda weird about 75% of the way through, but it was brief. I'll give it a 6.5/10.

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Watched Black Phone yesterday. 7/10 IMO. It was very different and creepy. Ethan Hawke played a good weirdo.

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I binge watched the new Netflix Series "Devil in Ohio". Hard time rating this....it kept my attention for the whole series, but mostly because I wanted to see the climax. After completing I'd say it's probably a 5/10. I think this would have been better as a movie, and not a series. There was a lot of garbage time stuff, and the typical Netflix diversity castings. Felt the series did not focus enough on the antagonist group until 1/2 of the last episode.

Thought it had a lot of potential after Episode 1, but just drug on too long and many parts were just not relevant to the plot.

[Lunu]

I binge watched the new Netflix Series "Devil in Ohio". Hard time rating this....it kept my attention for the whole series, but mostly because I wanted to see the climax. After completing I'd say it's probably a 5/10. I think this would have been better as a movie, and not a series. There was a lot of garbage time stuff, and the typical Netflix diversity castings. Felt the series did not focus enough on the antagonist group until 1/2 of the last episode.

Thought it had a lot of potential after Episode 1, but just drug on too long and many parts were just not relevant to the plot.

I quite enjoyed this but it wasn’t exactly a thrilling watch. I felt a little disappointed with the end too. I felt like there were things they could have easily added throughout to tie it all together better.

Nearly finished Dahmer. I think it’s really well done.

Did anyone ever watch “quicksilver highway”? I suddenly remembered watching it as a kid and it was probably one of the silliest horrors I remember. Wondering if anyone has watched it more recently…

[EoR]

There's a new/remake Hellraiser out. Apparently the reviews are quite good, I can't wait to go see it.

[jdforsy]

There's a new/remake Hellraiser out. Apparently the reviews are quite good, I can't wait to go see it.

comes out to n Hulu tomorrow. I’m super pumped for it.

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I watched Inheritance on Netflix yesterday. This was mediocore at best. You know exactly what was going to happen, and way too many stupid decisions + unexplained things

Spoiler!

Why the fuk did the father have a bomb shelter dungeon in his back yard? And how did the captive get that poison?

[TopsecretWaffle]

new Hellraiser was pretty sweet

[CherryPopinski]

Terrifier 2 - 9/10

This film is simply a horror nerds wet dream, it's slashing for slashing's sake but in the best way possible the SFX work is amazing, and even though the plot is fairly linear and there's not a lot of backstory you truly are invested in the characters and feel bad when some of them get killed. The film is a staggering 2 1/2 hours but it never gets dull which is impressive for such a gory film. Damien Leone knocked it out of the park, the only slight criticism I would state is that we still don't know very much about Art the Clown but in my book he's up there with all the giants of horror like Jason, Michael Myers, Freddy, ETC.

Speaking of Freddy there's a cool dream sequence and ton's of obscure references to horror films of yesterday.

[CherryPopinski]

new Hellraiser was pretty sweet

I liked the cenobites, and some of the exposition into the lore of the Lament Configuration, but I was not invested in the main protagonist at all. As a LEO I've met people like that in real life and they're just useless people lol. I mean the actress herself I don't have a problem with, but I didn't really resonate with her character's struggle probably poor writing I suppose, but I'd be interested to see a sequel in this new universe. Jamie Clayton plays a good Hell Priest.

[TopsecretWaffle]

I liked the cenobites, and some of the exposition into the lore of the Lament Configuration, but I was not invested in the main protagonist at all. As a LEO I've met people like that in real life and they're just useless people lol. I mean the actress herself I don't have a problem with, but I didn't really resonate with her character's struggle probably poor writing I suppose, but I'd be interested to see a sequel in this new universe. Jamie Clayton plays a good Hell Priest.

main character was definitely a POS.

[Milo1974]

Watched Black Phone yesterday. 7/10 IMO. It was very different and creepy. Ethan Hawke played a good weirdo.

Thanks for the rec. The previews on this looked good. I just noticed it as available from my cable service provider. Was holding off on it because feeling meh in general. But you honestly seriously do NOT get more bonafide cool Gen X than Ethan Hawke.

[EoR]

I liked the cenobites, and some of the exposition into the lore of the Lament Configuration, but I was not invested in the main protagonist at all. As a LEO I've met people like that in real life and they're just useless people lol. I mean the actress herself I don't have a problem with, but I didn't really resonate with her character's struggle probably poor writing I suppose, but I'd be interested to see a sequel in this new universe. Jamie Clayton plays a good Hell Priest.

main character was definitely a POS.

I was really disappointed. It maybe beats the Hellraiser with that stupid computer game/mech theme but outside of that every single one beat it with character development, writing and atmosphere. I actually wanted all the main characters to get dragged into hell they were that bland, boring with no redeeming qualities to feel attached to them because there was no real story or anything delving into their sins or desires. The cenobites just stood there the whole time and the CGI/plastic look didn't even come off a visceral.

There were two things/aspects of the movie I thought was amazing which I'll mention in the spoiler. Anyway I see this film not even as a proper remake, more like a fanmade version. It shows.

Rating 4/10. See it once just because you feel compelled since it bears the franchise mark but never watch it again - unlike other Hellraisers which I've rewatched multiple times.

Spoiler!

What the flying fuk, they tried to make a twist with the cube with "Markings" and then now it has multiple configuration settings with cheesy labels assigned. Then we have the female Pinhead for 5min giving them a lecture on these configurations. I had to laugh, all the dread and horror associate with the cube is removed when it's come sort of trouble shooting device that's unnecessarily complex and convoluted.

So now the cube is dragging everyone in the world around them, I don't feel dread when they are all still in a normal Earthly realm. What made the real Hellraisers (this is some bullsh*t unsanctioned film) scary was the the characters past with the cube opened a separate realm. It was all related, sort of like Silent Hill. They were since the opening trapped but made to believe it was still normal reality. Their past mistakes, sins, shape this new reality until it's slowly unveiled and revealed the hell they are now eternally in.

This soft remake was trying too hard, maybe 2min was spent on the character development but I bet you they spent more time on worrying about the type of casts than their actual backstory and development.

The thing that actually was twisted and something that would fit in a Hellraiser universe was the occult researchers punishment/device. Keeping him alive but moving around his nerves enough to inflict maximum pain without going numb. THAT was brilliant, a truly sordid and sick device. I also liked how they included the Leviathan lore, because the original series went into that once then just decided to discard and retcon it all. I actually like the Leviathan angle.

[CherryPopinski]

Smile (2022) - 8/10

Saw this in theaters, highly recommend. While not a completely original story. The movie follows a protagonist who’s fallen prey to a curse of sorts and spend the film trying to rid herself of it. A story told many times over, but with a clever twist ending. The sound design was genuinely unnerving, there’s use of darkness and empty space that leaves you in anticipation of the scare sequences but the film still manages to catch you off guard even when you know a scare is coming. The ending will leave some frustrated but I enjoyed the direction it went in without spoiling it for you guys.

[Krackerjacked]

I don’t remember where I saw it recommended but-

Significant Other
It ended and my wife looked at me and said “well, that was a movie.”
I’d give it a 3/10.

This was the first movie we’ve been able to watch since having our little guy too. What a disappointment lol

[SoutheastBeast1]

Some of my favorites in no particular order

Halloween 1
Halloween 2
Halloween H20
Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven’s A New Nightmare
As Above So Below
[REC]
The Sixth Sense
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Biel Version)
Jeepers Creepers
Amityville Horror (Ryan Reynolds Version)
Cabin Fever
Scream
Stir of Echoes
Hollow Man
28 Days Later
The Others
1408
Saw

[iloveus]

Some of my favorites in no particular order

Halloween 1
Halloween 2
Halloween H20
Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven’s A New Nightmare
As Above So Below
[REC]
The Sixth Sense
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Biel Version)
Jeepers Creepers
Amityville Horror (Ryan Reynolds Version)
Cabin Fever
Scream
Stir of Echoes
Hollow Man
28 Days Later
The Others
1408
Saw

Good choices