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The Penultimate Warrior said:
Plus, being a Brit, I always appreciate films that are set in our country and accurately portray it. Haunting of Bligh Manor for example was set in the UK, but clearly made by people who didn't live there, with half the cast dressing and speaking like it was the 1980's and the other like it was the 1950's. The lack of guns also makes any threat even greater, although admittedly being London there would be loads of machetes and knives left laying around to use.
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Oh yeah, it's a great snapshot of 2000s era England, the last time England seemed cool and not a nightmare nanny state.

Calandrino said:
They pulled off a similar scene of an empty Los Angeles for Phantasm IV, also by filming in the early morning, for a scene in the near future where humanity lives in lockdown because of a flu-like plague. It makes you think!
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Man, what an absurd premise.

BrunoMattei said:
Phantasm IV also ruined the Tall Man by explaining that he was a scientist who discovered time travel and once he used time travel he came back evil. The movie itself sucked as well.
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What? I thought he was supposed to be from another dimension? Why would time travel make you evil?
 
Watched The Thing again, I could write an essay on it, but there's no real need as we all know it's a near perfect horror film. Perfect pacing, tension, characters, scares - there's a reason that people still debate the ending and who was infected when. Whilst some of the effects do show their age (but complaining about that is like buying a TV from 1982 then being unhappy it won't run in 4K), they're sitll a joy to watch and a remarkable technical achievement.

Well I say almost perfect, as there is one thing that has always bugged me, which is Blair-Thing building the spacecraft. Even if we accept it had the knowledge to do so, how did it get the parts down there and turn them into something suitable for interstellar flight? But that is a very minor complaint and nothing is ever perfect.
 
Watched the limited series Midnight Mass on Netflix. Aside from some complaints I had about the quality of the limited CGI effects, and aside from the embarrassingly on-the-nose commentary on "Islamophobia" (and in a show that was otherwise extremely subtle!), it was fantastic.

If you like slow burn psychological horror, just watch it. Don't read anything about it first. That said, I had the show spoiled for me by some faggot here but still really enjoyed it.
The Penultimate Warrior said:
Well I say almost perfect, as there is one thing that has always bugged me, which is Blair-Thing building the spacecraft. Even if we accept it had the knowledge to do so, how did it get the parts down there and turn them into something suitable for interstellar flight? But that is a very minor complaint and nothing is ever perfect.
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I always saw that spaceship as almost an act of desperation. It was pretty small, it was made of junk "Blair" found, and it put me in mind of a lifeboat. But the point, of course, was that if it worked at all, the alien could possibly escape from the Antarctic, if not the Earth itself.

You're right: perfect movie.
 
frozenrunner said:
Watched the limited series Midnight Mass on Netflix. Aside from some complaints I had about the quality of the limited CGI effects, and aside from the embarrassingly on-the-nose commentary on "Islamophobia" (and in a show that was otherwise extremely subtle!), it was fantastic.

If you like slow burn psychological horror, just watch it. Don't read anything about it first. That said, I had the show spoiled for me by some faggot here but still really enjoyed it.

I always saw that spaceship as almost an act of desperation. It was pretty small, it was made of junk "Blair" found, and it put me in mind of a lifeboat. But the point, of course, was that if it worked at all, the alien could possibly escape from the Antarctic, if not the Earth itself.

You're right: perfect movie.
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I've always liked the perspective that the Thing isn't evil, it's just trying to escape an alien planet full of creatures that are trying to kill it. But the beauty of the film is it leaves this all open to interpretation. We never know if it was the pilot of the craft, some sort of bioweapon, a stowaway, or if it infected the original crew who crash landed in a remote location to try and stop it from spreading.

Undecided about Midnight Mass I'm in the odd position where I enjoy his films, but thought Hill House was the most disappointing thing I've seen in years. Everyone raved that it was a terrifying masterpiece, instead it was a painfully slow melodrama where someone occasionally makes a scary face. Bligh Manor was even worse as well, a classic example of what should have been a 90 minute film stretched into a 9 hour borefest.
 
BrunoMattei said:
Phantasm IV also ruined the Tall Man by explaining that he was a scientist who discovered time travel and once he used time travel he came back evil. The movie itself sucked as well.
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It's a little vague whether he turned evil or got possessed by something evil or something evil stole his appearance or what. Nobody likes the idea that the Tall Man is just some dude, but I never looked at it that way. I like all of the Phantasm movies.
 
Calandrino said:
It's a little vague whether he turned evil or got possessed by something evil or something evil stole his appearance or what. Nobody likes the idea that the Tall Man is just some dude, but I never looked at it that way. I like all of the Phantasm movies.
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I thought something possessed him?
 
Calandrino said:
It's a little vague whether he turned evil or got possessed by something evil or something evil stole his appearance or what. Nobody likes the idea that the Tall Man is just some dude, but I never looked at it that way. I like all of the Phantasm movies.
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Oats12345 said:
I thought something possessed him?
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That's why his origin never should have been explained. I like part 2 but for all intents and purposes the series should have ended at the first movie.
 
So Last Night in Soho was a fucking overlong mess with a confused and shitty message.

Sandy was clearly an insane cunt, but none of her victims deserved to be murdered for fucking a willing prostitute who went along with it aside from the pimp. The art student was annoying as fuck and caused the cop to die, I thought she was gonna redeem herself kinda when she recognized that all those dead guys were actually victims, but then she turns around and she's like 'nah no they deserved to die' and the movie agrees with it because even after the whole thing burns down not a word about the actual victims. The ending would have been much better if it had been the last delusional thoughts of the student as she choked to death and burned to death.

Aside from that, it's literally just coasting on memberberries

MEMBA 80S ITALIAN HOWWOW? MEMBA THE 60S? MEMBA WHEN I DIRECTED GOOD MOVIES?

Fuck that movie. A genuine 1/5.
 
Internet War Criminal said:
So Last Night in Soho was a fucking overlong mess with a confused and shitty message.

Sandy was clearly an insane cunt, but none of her victims deserved to be murdered for fucking a willing prostitute who went along with it aside from the pimp. The art student was annoying as fuck and caused the cop to die, I thought she was gonna redeem herself kinda when she recognized that all those dead guys were actually victims, but then she turns around and she's like 'nah no they deserved to die' and the movie agrees with it because even after the whole thing burns down not a word about the actual victims. The ending would have been much better if it had been the last delusional thoughts of the student as she choked to death and burned to death.

Aside from that, it's literally just coasting on memberberries

MEMBA 80S ITALIAN HOWWOW? MEMBA THE 60S? MEMBA WHEN I DIRECTED GOOD MOVIES?

Fuck that movie. A genuine 1/5.
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It essentially has the same exact premise of Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2.
 
Oats12345 said:
I thought something possessed him?
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That's what I got out of it, but they don't really say. Jody basically says that Scientist Guy and the Tall Man aren't the same guy, but whether he means that literally or in a Darth Vader way doesn't get cleared up.

BrunoMattei said:
That's why his origin never should have been explained. I like part 2 but for all intents and purposes the series should have ended at the first movie.
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I agree, I just wouldn't agree that they explained much of anything.

Phantasm wasn't meant to have a sequel and Don Coscarelli was sucked into doing Phantasm 2 by studio pressure, iffy reception to his other projects, etc etc etc. Even though I like the sequels, while you're watching Horror Franchise Part 1, you're almost always better off forgetting that Horror Franchise Parts 2-15 exist. That even goes for movies with really good sequels like Night of the Living Dead imo. Anyhow, Phantasm 1 is for sure the best of them.

Internet War Criminal said:
they made a sequel to Prom Night?
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Kinda... I mean they cashed in on the name. Prom Night 2 is alright for that kind of thing, doesn't have much to do with PN1 though.
 
Oats12345 said:
Hey I like Prom night 3 (so bad, it's good why). Through I could have been drunk when watching it. So that could explain it.
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I like part 3. I don't know if it's been released uncut on DVD yet. Even part 4 is decent for what it is.

Calandrino said:
Kinda... I mean they cashed in on the name. Prom Night 2 is alright for that kind of thing, doesn't have much to do with PN1 though.
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No, sir. Prom Night 2 is one of those examples of a sequel that's superior to the original. This is a fact. Deal with it.

Internet War Criminal said:
I'm gonna drink until I forget that last part.
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Internet War Criminal? More like Internet Boomer Criminal.
 
With the holidays coming up, what Christmas/Thanksgiving movies are on your watchlist?

Blood Rage is my favorite Thanksgiving slasher, just for its ending. Christmas Evil/You Better Watch out is my absolute favorite Christmas movie. I know it’s more of a drama/character study, but the build up to the last third of the movie is great. The lead actor really nails the performance too.
 
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