/horror/ general megathread - Let's talk about movies and shit.

[Tasty Tatty]

Same I didn't think I would like it as much as I did. It helps the movie actually throw a twist in that I didn't expect. Very rare for me these days.

I think that's why I liked it. I thought it would be similar to first one in that aspect, but I guess they were trying to show that there are different types of evil. It works because the actress is someone people like, so you don't feel that bad for siding with her even for a moment.

 

[Oats12345]

I think that's why I liked it. I thought it would be similar to first one in that aspect, but I guess they were trying to show that there are different types of evil. It works because the actress is someone people like, so you don't feel that bad for siding with her even for a moment.

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I agree the movie does show different types of evil in the movie and I like it. Not only do I like the actress but I also really find the main character a cool slasher villain too. Also I like to think she gets more brutal as time goes on. Hence by the time of the first movie she's just hurting and killing people in general. At least thats my interpretation

 

[BrunoMattei]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tvCNDTtcgZ0
Finishing the Gates of Hell trilogy and god that kid was fucking annoying. Definitely the weakest in the trilogy but it the first two are such a tough act to follow anyway. Still, not enough eye trauma.

Glad you liked it but a little correction: I don't know how this happened but right around 2010 or so people started calling City of the Living Dead, The Beyond and House by The Cemetery the "Seven Gates Trilogy." Cool name but I don't know who started it and why it took off because Fulci never intended the movies to be seen as a trilogy. No one involved in any of the movies wanted to create a trilogy or referred to it as a trilogy afterwards. At best, Fulci agreed that the four movies (including Zombie) created a quartet and not a trilogy.

It's just one of those weird mimesis/Stand Alone Complex things that piss me off.

 

[The Cunting Death]

I have been meaning to watch the lastest V/H/S movie for some time now. Is it any good?

If you liked the first two, I'd say go for it and judge for yourself.
Personally only two of the segments were great imo

 

[Internet War Criminal]

Any thoughts on the "It" movie, specifically the 2nd part? "It" is too generic a title to properly search for threads, and the only thread here is solely about the first film and the miniseries.

I was a bit disappointed at the lack of the Turtle or the greater universe of King's work. Pennywise as just a puppet of a generic alien from space isn't nearly as interesting as being a literal Lovecraftian eldritch horror.

IT part 1 was fantastic, IT part 2 was shit and deviated too much from the original story.

The real problem with IT is that they didn't film it back to back and make the movie follow the same Adults/Kids/Adults/Kids pattern as the original, and when they saw just how popular they were, they knew they couldn't make the second movie just focus on the adults, so they fucked themselves up and had to add scenes that didn't need to be added.

The real other problem with IT is that it should have basically been a miniseries, like 6 hours

 

[M€￦]

For the most part I went into the film blind. I haven't read the book and barely recall anything from the first film and show - besides the goofy dinner scene - so maybe I missed what the clown alien was allowed to do to you / rules he's bound by.
There were some ok spooks, which of course were accompanied by loud sounds. I found it rather dull and frustrating with how many times the clown had the chance to kill / hurt a child but only gave them a good fright and let them go. It had great child actors, which is always a nice surprise.
An adequate modern horror movie is how I came out of it.

And thankfully no underage orgy!

It: Chapter 1 was cool but Chapter II sucked hard. They failed to build up enough the sections with Mike compared to the others, which was stupid because he could have helped explain It better and what rules the clown is likely to be bound by. Instead they chose to spend a bunch of screentime on how Ritchie a closeted gay (he's canonically not gay in the book) and how It tortures him over this, and at the end how it's sad he couldn't express his love towards Eddie before Eddie died (even though Eddie is married to a woman.)

What was interesting was the difference between the King-written gay couple in the beginning of the movie versus the one they tried to 'force' in. King's felt much more sympathetic and like real people, Gay Ritchie and his secret gay lurve for Eddie, a pointless and irritating addition.

That was my second big annoyance, along with the wimpy ending.

 

[Calandrino]

Gave Glorious 26 mins of my important time cake.

General impressions: smug, unfunny.

And that’s ignoring the OZ gay nazi rapist larping in the toilets.

Purple-looking "cosmic horror" movies are already a trigger for me. It was the Nick Cage Color Out of Space that did it.

Any thoughts on the "It" movie, specifically the 2nd part? "It" is too generic a title to properly search for threads, and the only thread here is solely about the first film and the miniseries.

I was a bit disappointed at the lack of the Turtle or the greater universe of King's work. Pennywise as just a puppet of a generic alien from space isn't nearly as interesting as being a literal Lovecraftian eldritch horror.

I notice people read the book, then want a movie exactly like the book instead of reading the book again, even though that would apparently be impossible. I've never read IT. The biggest mistake in the adaptation imo is setting it before the invention of Street Fighter 2, because a kid getting invested in competitive Street Fighter 1 is way too far-fetched. I can also CLEARLY see a Mortal Kombat cab in the background of some scenes, which shouldn't exist yet. I hope somebody was fired for that blunder.

The best Stephen King anything is Kubrick's Shining, I think he knows it too, which makes it extra-funny. Loose adaptations are ok. Nick Cage Color Out of Space mostly tried to follow the story and appease HPL fanboys, and you know what, Reanimator and From Beyond are still way better.

 

[WhiskeyJack]

I notice people read the book, then want a movie exactly like the book instead of reading the book again, even though that would apparently be impossible. I've never read IT. The biggest mistake in the adaptation imo is setting it before the invention of Street Fighter 2, because a kid getting invested in competitive Street Fighter 1 is way too far-fetched. I can also CLEARLY see a Mortal Kombat cab in the background of some scenes, which shouldn't exist yet. I hope somebody was fired for that blunder.

I didn't say I wanted the film exactly like the book, I said I was disappointed at the changes made in the second part. I quite liked the first film, and it changes many things from the book.

But the characters in the first film mostly feel the same as the book versions and the general tone of the film fits the book (if being a little less horror and more Goonies-style adventure, but there's a bit of that in the book as well). It could certainly be darker, but there's a limit to how gruesome you can get with a film, and they're at least willing to show kids lose limbs and bleed out on the street.

The second film just falls a bit flat in comparison, mostly because rather than making minor changes to characters and cutting some of the less important scenes to shave down the running time, it makes significant changes that leave some characters having little to do in the story and doesn't really further develop the world and even ignores some of the subtle nods from the first film. It just doesn't seem to have the same care put in it. Pennywise isn't lurking in the background of every scene like he is in the first, the town never feels like Pennywise is manipulating the residents (outside the opening scene which is straight from the book) and there's nothing as creepy as the projector scene or as gory as Georgie's death.

The second film just isn't nearly as unsettling. And I contend that a big part of that is the choice to leave out most of the lore that fleshed out Pennywise as an otherworldly horror. Instead of being an Eldritch abomination from beyond the stars, with the added metaphysical issues the book brings up by killing off the Turtle, this version of Pennywise is just a weird alien-thing who chooses to look like a clown for some reason. And then he gets killed by mild insults and curse words. He goes from being an unkillable, waking nightmare in the first film who is perpetually watching the kids from the shadows and controlling the adults to further isolate the kids from any possible help, to being a shape-changing alien who couldn't last ten minutes in an online chat.

But as you say, you've never read the book, so it's probably impossible to understand how underwhelming this version of Pennywise comes across as.

 

[Oats12345]

I didn't say I wanted the film exactly like the book, I said I was disappointed at the changes made in the second part. I quite liked the first film, and it changes many things from the book.

But the characters in the first film mostly feel the same as the book versions and the general tone of the film fits the book (if being a little less horror and more Goonies-style adventure, but there's a bit of that in the book as well). It could certainly be darker, but there's a limit to how gruesome you can get with a film, and they're at least willing to show kids lose limbs and bleed out on the street.

The second film just falls a bit flat in comparison, mostly because rather than making minor changes to characters and cutting some of the less important scenes to shave down the running time, it makes significant changes that leave some characters having little to do in the story and doesn't really further develop the world and even ignores some of the subtle nods from the first film. It just doesn't seem to have the same care put in it. Pennywise isn't lurking in the background of every scene like he is in the first, the town never feels like Pennywise is manipulating the residents (outside the opening scene which is straight from the book) and there's nothing as creepy as the projector scene or as gory as Georgie's death.

The second film just isn't nearly as unsettling. And I contend that a big part of that is the choice to leave out most of the lore that fleshed out Pennywise as an otherworldly horror. Instead of being an Eldritch abomination from beyond the stars, with the added metaphysical issues the book brings up by killing off the Turtle, this version of Pennywise is just a weird alien-thing who chooses to look like a clown for some reason. And then he gets killed by mild insults and curse words. He goes from being an unkillable, waking nightmare in the first film who is perpetually watching the kids from the shadows and controlling the adults to further isolate the kids from any possible help, to being a shape-changing alien who couldn't last ten minutes in an online chat.

But as you say, you've never read the book, so it's probably impossible to understand how underwhelming this version of Pennywise comes across as.

God dammit now I have the image in my head of Pennywise dying by reading a ton of Kiwifarms comments bashing him.

 

[Commander X]

As annoying as the kid in House by the Cemetery is, he's not as weird and off-putting as the "boy" Michael from Andrea Bianchi's Burial Ground, played by "Peter Bark" who was just a short man playing a child. Was he supposed to be some sort of mutant man-boy or did someone seriously believe a short but still obviously adult man could be passed off as a child?

 

[TV's Adam West]

What are you gonna do with those pies, boys?

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[BrunoMattei]

What are you gonna do with those pies, boys?

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game – Official Reveal Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

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Seeing that credit "From the producer of Friday the 13th: the Game" made me cringe because well, you know how these asym horror games go. But your post reminded me to post this:

Bring it on. I loved Terrifier. Hopefully the extensive delay because of COVID bullshit means the director has fine tuned the movie into being an awesome creation.

 

[TV's Adam West]

Seeing that credit "From the producer of Friday the 13th: the Game" made me cringe because well, you know how these asym horror games go. But your post reminded me to post this:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6KkONLf_ZKU
Bring it on. I loved Terrifier. Hopefully the extensive delay because of COVID bullshit means the director has fine tuned the movie into being an awesome creation.

You know, I loved Terrifier. James A Janice from the kill count repeatedly said its mediocre and mean spirited, but I was bored after work one day, and it's definitely a movie that sticks with you. The scene of Art dancing around with the Scalped body parts is honestly so good I don't know if I should laugh or be terrified.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

You know, I loved Terrifier. James A Janice from the kill count repeatedly said its mediocre and mean spirited, but I was bored after work one day, and it's definitely a movie that sticks with you. The scene of Art dancing around with the Scalped body parts is honestly so good I don't know if I should laugh or be terrified.

To be fair, Dead Meat has some questionable takes on horror, so it's not the end all be all opinion of horror (Like I do like when they cover movies, they go into behind the scenes stuff which is more respectable than most youtubers on horror films but still)

But Terrifier is just a pretty goofy film that is just fun to share with friends to see how shocked they can get, and it's pretty creative. Though it's a shame that the film is only carried by the clown since the parts without the clown are pretty boring.

 

[TV's Adam West]

To be fair, Dead Meat has some questionable takes on horror, so it's not the end all be all opinion of horror (Like I do like when they cover movies, they go into behind the scenes stuff which is more respectable than most youtubers on horror films but still)

But Terrifier is just a pretty goofy film that is just fun to share with friends to see how shocked they can get, and it's pretty creative. Though it's a shame that the film is only carried by the clown since the parts without the clown are pretty boring.

James is a cuck, let's be fair, but for the most part he keeps it on the down low and manages to make the videos entertaining enough.

I usually go to Ryan "hoyever" Hollinger for my horror content. Occasionally good bad flicks does something horror related which is neat.

 

[The Cunting Death]

James A Janice from the kill count

Those guys are grade A pussies.

 

[Calandrino]

You know, I loved Terrifier. James A Janice from the kill count repeatedly said its mediocre and mean spirited, but I was bored after work one day, and it's definitely a movie that sticks with you. The scene of Art dancing around with the Scalped body parts is honestly so good I don't know if I should laugh or be terrified.

I wonder about the symbolism behind the diarrhea spray

 

[JohnDoe]

To be fair, Dead Meat has some questionable takes on horror

James is a cuck, let's be fair, but for the most part he keeps it on the down

Whenever he resists the urge to suck the nearest BBC to completion and talk about the films at hand he is pretty okay. The discussions about the technical aspects and behind the scenes details make it work.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Whenever he resists the urge to suck the nearest BBC to completion and talk about the films at hand he is pretty okay. The discussions about the technical aspects and behind the scenes details make it work.

Yeah when he doesn't praise black people for making a movie (seriously it sounds pretty condescending most of the time), he is good background noise and the behind the scenes along with the technical stuff are nice details to know.

Anyway I am going to start to watch the V/H/S series

 

[Product Placement]

Horror news round up

Halloweens Ends is day one stream on peacock(and torrent sites), out October 14

‘Halloween Ends’ Going Theatrical Day & Date On Peacock, Just Like Previous Sequel

It looks like Peacock needs to juice its paid subscriptions some more. Universal/Blumhouse/Miramax’s Halloween Ends, which is already set for theatrical release on October 14, will also debut…

deadline.com

Netflix is making a Bioshock movie, the guy who made I Am Legend to direct and co-writer of Blade Runner 2049, Logan and Jungle Cruise to script

Francis Lawrence to Direct Netflix's 'BioShock' Adaptation

"Hunger Games" director Francis Lawrence will direct Netflix's adaptation of "BioShock," with Michael Green penning the screenplay

www.thewrap.com

Evil Dead Rise is no longer coming to HBO Max but now getting a cinema release on April 21 2023
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie...e-getting-a-theatrical-release-in-april-2023/

Hellraiser remake on Hulu is dated for October 7, no news if it will be on Disney+ in regions without Hulu

Hellraiser Remake Gets Hulu Release Date - IGN

The upcoming Hellraiser remake is coming to Hulu... and we just got our first glimpse of the new Pinhead.

www.ign.com

Amazon has remade Goodnight Mommy for some reason, out September 16

‘Goodnight Mommy’ Trailer: Naomi Watts Plays a Terrifying, Bandaged Mother in Horror Remake

Naomi Watts stars as an unsettling mother whose face is wrapped in bandages in the official trailer for Matt Sobel’s “Goodnight Mommy.” A remake of the 2014 Austrian film of the s…

variety.com

Insidious 5 was wrapped filming, Patrick Wilson star of the other movies was the director
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie...k-filming-has-wrapped-on-insidious-chapter-5/

For some reason Dawn of the Dead is coming out in 3d

Dawn of the Dead Returning to Theaters in 3D for Halloween

Dawn of the Dead, the 1978 horror classic from director George A. Romero, is coming to theaters [...]

comicbook.com