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Calandrino said:
The more you pay attention to the story the less sense it makes. It's like a nightmare consisting entirely of stock horror movie plot developments, hey we've all been there. I mean what else were they going to find in the projection room? You have to give credit, they just walk into the theater and stuff starts happening, no time wasted. Not like your nowadays movies where everything has to be two hours long.
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Like I said earlier in the thread, Eyetalian Horror is not so much about the logic. Although you're free to ridicule it. It's something the Eyetalians just did not prioritize and I don't know if that was an issue with shit just being lost in translation or a deliberate choice but that's just how it is.

The whole niche of Eyetalian Horror really isn't for people who dwell on plot holes. It's just one of those things you accept.
 
Oats12345 said:
Anyone other seen the horror trilogy Hell House their pretty good o remember leaning about them because Foundfix covered them. Their pretty good horror movies with impressive lore for a b-horror movie Trilogy. I really love the idea of a Haunted house attraction really being haunted and bad shit actually happening plot.
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I had seen the first two installments not long ago and watched the third one last night. While it went through some of the same tropes that the predecessors did, I appreciated the final act subverted the trope of a haunted/curse location remains so forever. I even found the ending bittersweet regarding the characters of the first Hell House.
 
The Nothingness said:
I had seen the first two installments not long ago and watched the third one last night. While it went through some of the same tropes that the predecessors did, I appreciated the final act subverted the trope of a haunted/curse location remains so forever. I even found the ending bittersweet regarding the characters of the first Hell House.
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I definitely enjoy the first and last one. The second one isn't interesting until the end for me Since we actually get to meet our main villain . What I find cool about the third one's ending is that is that they decide to have God play apart in defeating the main villian something you don't see in a lot of horror movies when it comes to facing forces of Hell and the main characters of the first one getting to move on is a nice touch in my opinion
 
BrunoMattei said:
Like I said earlier in the thread, Eyetalian Horror is not so much about the logic. Although you're free to ridicule it. It's something the Eyetalians just did not prioritize and I don't know if that was an issue with shit just being lost in translation or a deliberate choice but that's just how it is.

The whole niche of Eyetalian Horror really isn't for people who dwell on plot holes. It's just one of those things you accept.
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If you watched Demons with the sound off you might think it had a pretty simple story, it's not a weird mishmash like Inferno or The Beyond and goes through a lot of the routine beats. So yeah in this instance I can't guess if it's what they were going for or if it just came out that way, and you can never trust the writers or directors to give a believable answer.
 
Calandrino said:
If you watched Demons with the sound off you might think it had a pretty simple story, it's not a weird mishmash like Inferno or The Beyond and goes through a lot of the routine beats. So yeah in this instance I can't guess if it's what they were going for or if it just came out that way, and you can never trust the writers or directors to give a believable answer.
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I think that's what they were going for. I remember anecdotes from multiple actors who worked on these movies and they've all said the same thing in that the director was never involved in their performance beyond hitting their marks or responding a certain way. Even some of the big directors like Pupi Avati (who worked with Pasolini and Bertolucci) was the same way. The directors just saw the actors as props and a means to an end because they were more concerned with the visuals and getting their shots done on time.
 
TV's Adam West said:
Alright fellow spook lovers, I got a LONG drive coming up, so I need horror podcasts. I love paranormal shit and talking about //true// stories. I used to love Art Bell, and have a soft spot for UFO and ayylmaos, so if you know of any, ideally on spotify, please let me know.
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Last Podcast on the Left has some good UFO episodes recently
 
Saw Scream 6 out of morbid curiosity, just terrible. The cast was the worst part, starring a bunch of braindead zero charisma hobgoblins unfit for even the lowest rungs of daytime TV programs, much less big-screen cinema. They're so bad that Hayden Panettiere positively glows in comparison as a professional from a prior era of Hollywood.
 
Commander X said:
Saw Scream 6 out of morbid curiosity, just terrible. The cast was the worst part, starring a bunch of braindead zero charisma hobgoblins unfit for even the lowest rungs of daytime TV programs, much less big-screen cinema. They're so bad that Hayden Panettiere positively glows in comparison as a professional from a prior era of Hollywood.
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I hear that too many people survive this movie.

I don't know why. But I really do love your post for some reason. Maybe because it comes off like a Gordon Ramsey horror critic.
 
Watched Horror in the High Desert last night (based on recommendations from right here in this thread), and it was...well, it was worth watching. I didn't tell my wife it was fake, and she didn't truly catch on until the reveal near the end, although she was very suspicious. I thought for sure when the news report came on, she'd catch it (I mean I saw the 1-800-555 number on the scroll and thought they weren't even trying anymore), but she missed that or it just didn't register. Everything was pretty good and believable (as a documentary, not as a story) except the PI and the police involvement. She watches a lot of crime docs, and worked with LE for a good 15 years, so it's hard to pull one over on her - luckily they only obliquely referenced the police side of things, but the PI she was onto immediately. Also I had to cover for the movie when the 'sister erased the video,' cause even she, an internet normie, was like that's not freaking possible (I told her yeah, wait, there's more to it).

All in all it was good, and even fun if you're watching it with someone who isn't in on it, but for me the biggest let down is what it builds up to. It just seems like the dumbest option of everything available, especially if you're going to show that much of it. The wife, who was kind of forcing herself to play along by then, immediately goes 'Oh, it's a joke.'

Anyway, I still think it was well done (other than the end). There was a lot of subtlety in it, making the sister an overly dramatic shitbag, the roommate being a little sus (although they should've done a bit more with him, they built up suspicion a tiny bit, and then immediately said he had nothing to do with it). Basically everyone was good in it, especially the sister (by being almost exactly like the kind of human garbage you'd see in a real doc) - even the PI was fine, it was just off in the way they brought him in/the info he gave was all off for people that deal with that kind of stuff, but that's a pretty rare and minor gripe.

2.5 stars, check it out if you can find someone ignorant to watch it with.

(Also if you watch it on Prime, don't pause it cause it pops up the actors names with their characters if they are on screen - almost spilled the beans for me in the first ten minutes).
 
I just found out that some horror film Bed Rest was dumped to Tubi three months ago. I ended up watching it and I can see why, it was complete, yet unintentionally hilarious shit.
 
Does anyone remember this 90s made for TV horror movie about stray cats harassing a family? I believe it recently got a blu ray release.
 
TVBForever said:
I never wanted to see Scream 6, but I can safely say this, I'm glad Neve Campbell never signed up for it.
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Yeah, she really dodged a bullet with that shit show. There were a few decently shot and interesting scenes, but most of the movie is characters we don't care about having conversations about shit that seems fake and gay. The acting is terrible, the charisma nonexistent, the meta is text, etc. It is a shitshow from start to finish and is obviously because the writers think they are way smarter than they are in reality.

Skip this trash fire.
 
Plumber's Kokoro Wish said:
Just saw it, standard scream stuff, if you consistently enjoy the scream movies and the standard schlock they come with its more of the same.
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John.Doe said:
The acting is terrible, the charisma nonexistent, the meta is text, etc. It is a shitshow from start to finish and is obviously because the writers think they are way smarter than they are in reality.
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Math seems to check out here
 
Scream is nothing more than a relic from the 90s and should've stayed there as such. It's only brought up with peers as a form of nostalgia as with many things these days. It really shouldn't deserve a continuation even after Craven's passing in 2015.
 
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