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BrunoMattei said:
I think you're the first person here to dislike The Sadness.
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Like it just didn’t really scare me really. I feel like either I’m just too desensitized to gore but there were certainly parts I enjoyed (mainly the stuff with Old Man and the Doctor) but it felt like a slog to watch.
 
Doctor of Autism said:
Like it just didn’t really scare me really. I feel like either I’m just too desensitized to gore but there were certainly parts I enjoyed (mainly the stuff with Old Man and the Doctor) but it felt like a slog to watch.
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I'm not trying to be an ass but this statement always annoys me. Horror movies should stop scaring you by the time you're a teenager or have seen enough of them or you're an adult. Except for exceedingly rare circumstances where a wunderkind filmmaker manages to find new ways to get to us or you have some kind of phobia.

The Sadness is not trying to scare you. It's trying (and it succeeded) at being a fucked up, deranged, gory zombie movie. The phrase "it didn't scare me" translates to "I want more jump scares." Not that I'm accusing Doctor of Autism of acting like a pubescent girl shrieking every other minute throwing around her popcorn as her date cops a feel or anything. But for me it is an odd statement to make.
 
The original 1973 version of The Wicker Man is still a classic in my book.

On a more unpopular opinion, am I the only one who hates the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead?
 
BrunoMattei said:
I'm not trying to be an ass but this statement always annoys me. Horror movies should stop scaring you by the time you're a teenager or have seen enough of them or you're an adult. Except for exceedingly rare circumstances where a wunderkind filmmaker manages to find new ways to get to us or you have some kind of phobia.

The Sadness is not trying to scare you. It's trying (and it succeeded) at being a fucked up, deranged, gory zombie movie. The phrase "it didn't scare me" translates to "I want more jump scares." Not that I'm accusing Doctor of Autism of acting like a pubescent girl shrieking every other minute throwing around her popcorn as her date cops a feel or anything. But for me it is an odd statement to make.
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I would disagree, plenty of movies can still build up dread in a very effective way without relying on jump scares. It's a lot more rare as an adult, I'll admit, but occasionally some movies who are genuinely scary/terrifying do come out.

I agree 100% that it shouldn't be the main (or even one of) the criteria you evaluate horror movies though
 
Internet War Criminal said:
I would disagree, plenty of movies can still build up dread in a very effective way without relying on jump scares. It's a lot more rare as an adult, I'll admit, but occasionally some movies who are genuinely scary/terrifying do come out.

I agree 100% that it shouldn't be the main (or even one of) the criteria you evaluate horror movies though
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I still stand by my point because dread sometimes just doesn't scare people either. I remember talking to some people who got nothing out of Salo: the 120 Days of Sodom, they thought it was funny from beginning to end.


This looks fun. Snoop looks old as fuck but I like Jamie Foxx.

It's funny, 2: 15 in the trailer is the same exact scene from John Carpenter's Vampires:


It's the same exact scene. But with Carpenter shitting on Ann Rice style vampires popular at the time.
 
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Syaoran Li said:
On a more unpopular opinion, am I the only one who hates the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead?
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I might not go so far as to say that I hate it, but I find it deeply flawed and there are some parts I just can't accept.

The only parts worth mentioning are the opening with the main nurse character and the suburban chaos, and the little emotional twist at the end where he love interest guy got nipped at some point. Everything else is mostly okay or mediocre, the relationship with Andy on the other roof is cool, but fails to deliver.

While I can give a pass to the shallow characters and wasted emotional potential, what I can't fucking stand and ruins the movie for me are the super fast Olympic athlete meth zombies. The emphasis on fast confusing action strains credulity (how are rotting corpses so fast, and how are the humans so good at headshots?) but it also wrecks the pacing and doesn't give you any chance to feel suspense. It's a choice that epitomizes Snyder's style over substance directing and it just kinda ruins the film.

Edit: Wow I actually posted about this before.
JohnDoe said:
Day was shit, that I will agree. The Snyder Dawn remake is not my favorite but I wouldn't say that it sucked donkey balls. A remake should be distinct from the original, and Snyder took the central premise and took it in a different direction relatively well, which I appreciate. He also seemed to show respect to the original and to Romero without being slavishly derivative. Snyder has a narrow window of talent in terms of his style, but he makes it work well enough to create an entertaining film. Oh, and the opening up to the car crash is really nice, it is my favorite part of the film.

I really don't like fast zombies or disposable one-note characters so the film doesn't gain much of a favor from me. The over-emphasis on action is another sore point, and I think it really needs a bit more down-time to let the characters and the situation breathe and really impact the viewer. There is also a lot of really stupid decisions from the cast to produce a lot of drama/action scenes that felt really forced and contrived, as opposed to the more grounded motivations of the original.

If you like Snyder's Dawn or dislike it I think that comes down to you and your feelings, but I don't think its necessarily a bad film in isolation but maybe a bad remake of the original.



You would like the remake. Go watch it right now dude.
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JohnDoe said:
Aside from the meth zombies (a terrible idea) the movies biggest issue is that it feels really hollow. All the characters are sketched out just enough to be more than extras, but barely. As everyone is so one-dimensional, there isn't an emotional core or arc to follow through the narrative. The visuals are impressive and the action fine, but it's all in the service of nothing, just empty calories on film.

The original Dawn is a bit campy and dated by comparison, but travelling with them through the narrative and seeing how they change and flourish or fail is gripping. The Remake just doesn't seem to really care, giving us nothing substantive to sink our teeth into.
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BrunoMattei said:
I'm not trying to be an ass but this statement always annoys me. Horror movies should stop scaring you by the time you're a teenager or have seen enough of them or you're an adult. Except for exceedingly rare circumstances where a wunderkind filmmaker manages to find new ways to get to us or you have some kind of phobia.

The Sadness is not trying to scare you. It's trying (and it succeeded) at being a fucked up, deranged, gory zombie movie. The phrase "it didn't scare me" translates to "I want more jump scares." Not that I'm accusing Doctor of Autism of acting like a pubescent girl shrieking every other minute throwing around her popcorn as her date cops a feel or anything. But for me it is an odd statement to make.
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Horror movies can still scare people without just stupid jump scares like The Thing for example does it well by creating a sense of paranoia and dread.

The Sadness was clearly meant to be fucked up, yes, but it just really didn’t feel effect me much outside of like a few scenes. However I do feel I was a bit too harsh on it looking back since I think it’s just more of a film that’s not for me which is fine.
 
TVBForever said:
It's sadly impossible to actually do a mainstream horror movie without pointless jump scares these days. It's the equivalent to what major fast food restaurants use on their food to sell products.
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I mean bad horror has always been more common than good horror, and that’s because horror movies are the easiest movies to film.
 
Doctor of Autism said:
I mean bad horror has always been more common than good horror, and that’s because horror movies are the easiest movies to film.
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BrunoMattei said:
Horror movies and kids movies. And don't forget porn.
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Both of you forgot to even mention modern day comedies and parodies or any reboot of intellectual properties.
 
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Dashcam is weird found footage horror movie. It's not strange for Hollywood to make movies with unlikable protagonists and make them trump supporters just because. But the weird part is the main actress in the movie is a real life Trump supporter.

So just odd
 
I watched The Thing a few more times on rewatch. I know it's a mainstream opinion but fuck it this movie is absolutely kino and it gets better with each rewatch. It's not my absolute favorite, since American Psycho is much better to me, but The Thing is my second favorite.
 
BrunoMattei said:
I'm not trying to be an ass but this statement always annoys me. Horror movies should stop scaring you by the time you're a teenager or have seen enough of them or you're an adult. Except for exceedingly rare circumstances where a wunderkind filmmaker manages to find new ways to get to us or you have some kind of phobia.

The Sadness is not trying to scare you. It's trying (and it succeeded) at being a fucked up, deranged, gory zombie movie. The phrase "it didn't scare me" translates to "I want more jump scares." Not that I'm accusing Doctor of Autism of acting like a pubescent girl shrieking every other minute throwing around her popcorn as her date cops a feel or anything. But for me it is an odd statement to make.
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"Horror shouldn't be horrifying" -Bruno "BoomerBrainlet" Mattei 2022
 
Watched Scare Package earlier along with the most recent V/H/S. Enjoyed both quite a bit, was quite glad that they were able to scoop up the raped and bleeding pieces that V/H/S had been left in after the 3rd outing.
 
BrunoMattei said:
I'm not trying to be an ass but this statement always annoys me. Horror movies should stop scaring you by the time you're a teenager or have seen enough of them or you're an adult. Except for exceedingly rare circumstances where a wunderkind filmmaker manages to find new ways to get to us or you have some kind of phobia.

The Sadness is not trying to scare you. It's trying (and it succeeded) at being a fucked up, deranged, gory zombie movie. The phrase "it didn't scare me" translates to "I want more jump scares." Not that I'm accusing Doctor of Autism of acting like a pubescent girl shrieking every other minute throwing around her popcorn as her date cops a feel or anything. But for me it is an odd statement to make.
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I'm too much of a retard to know how to quote you in my most recent post so sorry for the double post people.

Horror can 100% be scary to someone as an adult, without gore or jumpscares. Or even suspense. The Stand (not a horror movie I know bear with me) scared the shit out of me when I was younger because the beginning was plausible. A virus could be engineered to wipe out 98% of the population. Or all of it. Not only that, we know there are labs all around the world where these things are being made.

I've seen a horror movie that I forget the title to where it was like an old lady with dementia and everyday occurrences turned into a nightmare through the lens of her understanding. Freaked me the fuck out. No bloody bodies, no creepy ghouls, just a woman whose brain has basically turned to mush and can't comprehend the world anymore. Her family became strangers breaking into her home, words became like a foreign language, she'd forget to eat. Crap like that happens to who knows how many people and knowing that's a real thing will get me.
 
TVBForever said:
I guess I'll just shill out my personal list of favorite horror movies here.
https://letterboxd.com/tvbforever/list/my-top-20-best-horrors/
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Letterboxed?

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I just organize my shit via word files. It's not a contest. But if you want to twist my arm, my top 10 horror (just horror) films are:

The Beyond
Eraserhead (arthouse horror)
Last House on Dead End Street
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Tenebre
Jigoku (1960)
Ken Russel's Film of The Devils
Cannibal Holocaust
Subconscious Cruelty or Videodrome (I'd have to make a coin toss)
Mandy
 
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Can someone here help me find something? It's a Troma movie with a bunch of different short movies/parody ads in it. The last and longest segment has a group of teens going to a haunted house and one guy knows he's in a horror movie and has a habit of saying 'What are you? A hubcap? Are you a shrimp boat? Are ya fuckin' retarded?'
 
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