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I saw the shining this weekend in the theater. Its pretty good. the first half is pretty slow, but the second is better. It does drag here and there.
 
I'm revisiting the Saw movies before X and the first two were pretty good. The third was a slog while the fourth was alright and the fifth was a good comedy. Six was also pretty good, and much more fun than the past few movies.

I just have 3D and Jigsaw left, because there is no way I'll watch the Chris Rock vanity project again.
 
The Saw movies were the Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm Street equivalent for kids who grew up in the 2000s. Half the appeal is that they're "forbidden", and maybe they will scare a kid, but by the time you get around to watching one as a teenager/adult you realize they aren't half as "extreme" as you've been told and unlike F13/NoES they aren't even funny.
 
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I've had this list of fucked up books for a while its served me well for getting re-engaged with reading and my innate love of horror, it's certainly a slow hobby. However, I'm always looking for books outside of this list like Exquisite Corpse, while also curious if there is a movie equivalent of this. I find that the literature here strikes a good balance of horrific ideas, ascetic awareness and consistent execution. Movies like MAD GOD, The House that Jack Built, The Banshee Chapter, Donnie Darko, Rubber and more are what I'm curious about.
 
tehpope said:
I saw the shining this weekend in the theater. Its pretty good. the first half is pretty slow, but the second is better. It does drag here and there.
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tehpope said:
I'm being 100% genuine. No troll. Its just like, my opinion, man.
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Also, Pokemon is for manchildren, and you are a manchild, so I'm not surprised.
 
WhitePanther1776 said:
I watch Saw X this weekend. It’s better than the last 3-4 entries, but it’s still not as good as prim Saw.
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I'd say the same. Compared that to the bullshit known as Spiral, and this is a breath of fresh air
 
I watched the Conjuring this weekend and I hated it. Not as bad as the Nun but fuck man. I'll stick with my low budget drive in horror flicks.
 
Watched The Blackening, which was bad, was expecting a cash-in on the success of Jordan Peele but it turned out to be more like Scary Movie just with a bit more being "socially hip" with the times. However, the whole satire of horror film tropes and ethnic stereotypes from critics was really overblown, most of them are shallow race jokes or maybe a reference to something rather than anything close to a satire.

Found it extremely unfunny, with Clifton feeling like a character from a Channel Awesome movie, with the actor being on par with those as well. Gore was pretty much not there at all, feel like drug use was the only reason it got the R rating.

Looking up the director, turned out to be Tim Story, who is not a well-known name but his movies sure as hell are well-known, Taxi (2004), Fantastic Four, and the new Tom and Jerry movie. All critical duds, and having now watched the Blackening it very much isn't shocking he is behind this.

Followed it up with the classic Wolfman movie, which was a nice 70-minute movie.
 
Product Placement said:
Watched The Blackening, which was bad, was expecting a cash-in on the success of Jordan Peele but it turned out to be more like Scary Movie just with a bit more being "socially hip" with the times. However, the whole satire of horror film tropes and ethnic stereotypes from critics was really overblown, most of them are shallow race jokes or maybe a reference to something rather than anything close to a satire.

Found it extremely unfunny, with Clifton feeling like a character from a Channel Awesome movie, with the actor being on par with those as well. Gore was pretty much not there at all, feel like drug use was the only reason it got the R rating.

Looking up the director, turned out to be Tim Story, who is not a well-known name but his movies sure as hell are well-known, Taxi (2004), Fantastic Four, and the new Tom and Jerry movie. All critical duds, and having now watched the Blackening it very much isn't shocking he is behind this.

Followed it up with the classic Wolfman movie, which was a nice 70-minute movie.
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The trailer for it made me laugh a few times. Cringe, I know. But I suspected that all of the good jokes were in the trailer.
 
Watched The Night Eats the World last year, and I thought it was a pretty good movie. It’s a French zombie film based off a novel of the same name, but it’s in English and It’s not your typical zombie movie where people are getting eaten and there’s action and tension everywhere. It’s about some average dude stuck inside an apartment building during a sudden zombie apocalypse and how he tries to occupy his time living alone and staying sane. The zombies are pretty interesting, too because they don’t make any noise besides the sound of their stiffened joints and tendons moving. It might not be for everyone, but I enjoyed it. It also has a pretty interesting hidden theme that I don’t see a lot of people pick up on, but becomes so obvious once you realize it.

If you have time to kill and don’t mind a slow-burn with a zombie twist, there’s a re-upload of the movie on YouTube.

 
Big Fat Frog said:
Watched The Night Eats the World last year, and I thought it was a pretty good movie. It’s a French zombie film based off a novel of the same name, but it’s in English and It’s not your typical zombie movie where people are getting eaten and there’s action and tension everywhere. It’s about some average dude stuck inside an apartment building during a sudden zombie apocalypse and how he tries to occupy his time living alone and staying sane. The zombies are pretty interesting, too because they don’t make any noise besides the sound of their stiffened joints and tendons moving. It might not be for everyone, but I enjoyed it. It also has a pretty interesting hidden theme that I don’t see a lot of people pick up on, but becomes so obvious once you realize it.

If you have time to kill and don’t mind a slow-burn with a zombie twist, there’s a re-upload of the movie on YouTube.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GJHKavq-k_o
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French film?


I fully admit that I too would deserve to be punched. Sounds interesting and in my wheel spokes.
 
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