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

[Doctor of Autism]

All the Scream sequels barring 4 suck dick.

Even as someone who thinks the sequels are fine, 4 really felt like the only one that could come close to matching the original in terms of quality.

 

[TVB]

Even as someone who thinks the sequels are fine, 4 really felt like the only one that could come close to matching the original in terms of quality.

I felt like 4 was the true Scream sequel being more return to form, while other bullshit sequels are just the same redundant shit

 

[Internet War Criminal]

You're like that kid who picks a fight just before a school break because you're lonely. Jeeze.

Nah nigga, I usually respect your opinion re:italian shit (have you ever seen me try and pick up a fight there?) and a bunch of other series like hellraiser and shit, but to go ahead and tell a newbie he should fucking watch the remake in a top 3 of F13 movies? Come the fuck on.

I don't even hate the remake. It's kind of decent, for what it is. But suggesting it to a newbie would be like saying someone should watch NOTLD 91 over the original. Shit, I'd recommend Jason vs Freddy before I'd recommend that.

The only F13 you shouldn't recommend to a newbie are A New Beginning or Jason Goes to Hell, with caveats that while the first one is a classic it's kind of a Halloween rip-off and doesn't feel like the rest of the series, that Jason Takes Manhattan for like 10 minutes, the rest its on a boat (but still pretty good) and that Jason X is campy af.

Even ANB isn't bad, but it's just not newbie-friendly and won't give them a proper feel for the franchise.

I like Jason Goes to Hell because when you're watching them in order (especially with a newbie) there's always that "wait did we skip a movie or something? What the hell is going on?" take.

Took a lot of balls or cocaine to just jump in with like 3 movies worth of non-existent lore and expect everyone to just accept it.

My problem with it is that it's kind of boring in long stretches.

All the Scream sequels barring 4 suck dick.

They don't suck dick, at worst they gently caress the shaft.

They are perfectly fine for a get drunk and watch a slasher with some peeps kinda night.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

that Jason Takes Manhattan for like 10 minutes, the rest its on a boat (but still pretty good) and that Jason X is campy af.

yeah the biggest issue with Jason Takes Manhattan is that it's really a pretty decent movie about Jason on a boat, and he's in NYC for barely any
Jason X is dumb but it does basically what you'd want from Jason In Space

 

[frozen_runner]

I cannot recommend this movie enough if you're a fan of exploitation trash cinema. It's basically They Live but with more explosions, more gore, and more babes. There's a character who is supposed to be like a mix of Alex Jones and Art Bell who helps the main character fight the alien invaders and another character who is supposed to be Jeb Bush but is called "Governor Jeb Burke" who is on the alien payroll

Spoiler: Spoiler

and he fucking explodes

Really just stop what you're doing and watch this shit now
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LY8lbyUtvOY

Jesus Christ. The opening scene legitimately looks like an MST3K Satellite of Love set.

About to watch Shudder's Christmas themed horror It's a Wonderful Knife this weekend. I'm surprised nobody is talking about it, how was it?

Chris Gore from Film Threat HATED it.

 

[Far Queue Hall]

When Evil Lurks is OK. Has some good moments, and an interesting concept, but a terrible example of a horror film where everyone's decision making is incredibly retarded. It was really frustrating to watch at times because of how overly emotional characters were, and even in moments of calm they would invariably choose the stupidest possible course of action at all times.

That being said,

Spoiler

the dog scene

was great.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

I can't think of many horror films that were actually scary. Alien was, even though unintentionally.
The one film I had to stop watching was Wolf Creek, but that may have been because I worked with a guy who looked and behaved exactly the antagonist. Like, to the point where he was known as "Wolf Creek Lastname".

 

[Calandrino]

Jason X is dumb but it does basically what you'd want from Jason In Space

It doesn't...

I would actually say IT SUCKS ON SO MANY LEVELS

Come back slug monster, all is forgiven.

 

[lurkin]

saying someone should watch NOTLD 91 over the original.ht.

Savini mogged romero so hard he never recovered.

 

[TV's Adam West]

I watched a little gem called The Battery.
Here's my question.

If you needed to bust a nut, would you jack off to a zombie mashing her breasts against the window?

 

[Internet War Criminal]

yeah the biggest issue with Jason Takes Manhattan is that it's really a pretty decent movie about Jason on a boat, and he's in NYC for barely any
Jason X is dumb but it does basically what you'd want from Jason In Space

90% of the complaints about JTM is that the movie doesn't spend enough time in New York
90% of the complaints about Jason in SPAAAAAAAAAACE is that it's not a serious enough movie
100% of those complaining are retarded.

Now I much prefer JTM over X now that I've stopped hard drugs, but even back then I never understood the complaints about JTM, it's a perfectly fine F13 movie, as good as pretty much anything else in the series.

Savini mogged romero so hard he never recovered.

I'm not gonna bash NOTLD 91, I really love it and I think it has some superiorities over the original, but the original is a classic for a reason. I could never suggest 91 over the original for a newbie to zombie movies.

The same way that Day is far superior to Dawn, but I'd probably put Dawn before Day in "Babby's First Intro To Zombie Flicks"

 

[The Nothingness]

After GoodBadFlicks covered Kristy on overlooked Thanksgiving films, I checked it out for myself and can see why it was recommended. Much like You're Next, the main character is the "strong female" trope done right. The first act gives you time to learn who she is, what she knows, and can do, which come into play later on. Another positive is that backstory on the killers is kept in the dark although you could come with theories regarding Ashley Greene's character.

 

[TVB]

Chris Gore from Film Threat HATED it.

Explain to me

 

[frozen_runner]

Explain to me

TL;DW: he compares it to the Enter the Panderverse thing of "put a chick in it and make it gay." Completely forgettable film with a main character who is gay (for literally no reason) and lame. Says Totally Awesome is a better take on the It's a Wonderful Life retelling concept (and it's streaming on Amazon).

Film Threat don't go out of their way to be anti-woke (though they hate wokeness) because they just care if the movie is good or not. Gore giving this a one out of ten says a lot about how much he hated it, and spending less than 5 minutes discussing it indicates it's not even memorable enough to properly hate.

Who knows? YMMV.

 

[TVB]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TV-XL4XPThk
TL;DW: he compares it to the Enter the Panderverse thing of "put a chick in it and make it gay." Completely forgettable film with a main character who is gay (for literally no reason) and lame. Says Totally Awesome is a better take on the It's a Wonderful Life retelling concept (and it's streaming on Amazon).

Film Threat don't go out of their way to be anti-woke (though they hate wokeness) because they just care if the movie is good or not. Gore giving this a one out of ten says a lot about how much he hated it, and spending less than 5 minutes discussing it indicates it's not even memorable enough to properly hate.

Who knows? YMMV.

Huh, then I'll stay away from it

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

I saw Thanksgiving today.

It's pretty good for what it is, being a formulaic slasher movie. It doesn't reinvent the wheel at all, but it looks good, has a bit of style, and is brimming with Thanksgiving imagery.

Saw it and I share the same sentiments. It's good for what it is, I gotta admit though, the intro to me, was kinda funny for how over the too it was. Was everyone there made of cheese? Jason could just tap them each and they could easily fall to pieces like the first guy in the intro to Cube.

 

[Gaear Grimsrud]

Saw it and I share the same sentiments. It's good for what it is, I gotta admit though, the intro to me, was kinda funny for how over the too it was. Was everyone there made of cheese? Jason could just tap them each and they could easily fall to pieces like the first guy in the intro to Cube.

The part where the guy is still trying to get his waffle iron while bleeding out from the throat was pretty funny.

 

[Foltest]

I like Jason Goes to Hell because when you're watching them in order (especially with a newbie) there's always that "wait did we skip a movie or something? What the hell is going on?" take.

Took a lot of balls or cocaine to just jump in with like 3 movies worth of non-existent lore and expect everyone to just accept it.

Jason goes to hell look like a very.... interesting movie.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

I like Jason Goes to Hell because when you're watching them in order (especially with a newbie) there's always that "wait did we skip a movie or something? What the hell is going on?" take.

Took a lot of balls or cocaine to just jump in with like 3 movies worth of non-existent lore and expect everyone to just accept it.

Do they still plan to make that spin off with that bounty hunter guy? Will it be a prequel, if a sequel how did he survive? The director claims he did, but no explanation.

 

[Exterminatus]

yeah the biggest issue with Jason Takes Manhattan is that it's really a pretty decent movie about Jason on a boat, and he's in NYC for barely any
Jason X is dumb but it does basically what you'd want from Jason In Space

If I remember right, they were supposed to actually film around different locations in New York like the Statue of Liberty but it got too expensive for the studio, so they only have like one or two actual shots there and did the rest with the boat and some filming in Vancouver.

And in some non-Jason horror news I saw that HBO Max is working on a It prequel series called "Welcome to Derry", it's supposed to be set in the Skarsgard version of It with the director of the movies being one of the showrunners.