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On 07/10/2022 at 14:45, Silent Runner said:

I really like the look of Deadstream, gonna check that out for sure. There's one called 'Significant Other' out today as well, getting decent reviews. 

 

I watched Significant Other last night, thought it was bad, I don't think there's anything in it I'd recommend but it did get some good reviews so it's likely some will like it. Especially as reviews state there are surprises, I didn't find any and I wasn't looking. 

 

Like I get people not being into Speak No Evil but in terms of dread and believable characters, tone, dialogue it's like it's operating in a different realm of quality, and that's despite their actions not always being realistic, I didn't doubt the reality of the situation. To me they were still real people, not actors, a big difference when you get something naff like Significant Other. 

 

It Comes At Night is another that I was consumed by its dread, it's not about how it develops but how effective the direction is because it doesn't particularly go far. 

 

Significant Other to me built no tension or dread and when it tried it came across laughable or parody. It's the least scariest horror film I can think of. Okay I'll spoiler this but it's in the first five minutes of what is a flat opening so there's nothing actually ruined here at all. First shot, then an early encounter.

 

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Film begins like a Predator film, something bright red falling from the sky. The central couple are driving to the forest and stop at a diner. A kid walks up and says 'did you see the falling red star?' petrified and they both look at him like 'that was weird'. It's supposed to be that unsettling moment when someone from a place gives a warning to outsiders like you've seen it in dozens of films but I was just distracted by how illogical it was, the red star itself isn't scary. 

 

The directors don't I think really understand how to do horror. Not that I watch a lot of horror, or know how to sell things, why exactly it doesn't work, I just know that...it doesn't. 

 

It's short and there are probably other things people will like in it. It does move quickly at least. 

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On 08/10/2022 at 06:36, Timmo said:


A lot of great reviews, though. Do you think the first is worth watching before watching the second? Seems to be pretty widely panned. 

 

The acting by most of the cast in the first one is pretty poor, but it's a good introduction to the pure brutality of the main character. 

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Thanks for that Significant Other write-up @Loik V credern I'll probably skip it.

 

Watched one tonight on Shudder, Who Invited Them. A young couple throw a house-warming party, all their guests leave except for another couple who neither of the hosts know. They stay for a drink and things quickly go bad.

 

This was fine and totally predictable. It plays out exactly as you think it will right from the start but it was well shot and acted (a lead role for Ryan Hansen from Veronica Mars) and it's wrapped up in 80 minutes.

 

2.5/5 

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1 hour ago, Silent Runner said:

Thanks for that Significant Other write-up @Loik V credern I'll probably skip it.

 

Watched one tonight on Shudder, Who Invited Them. A young couple throw a house-warming party, all their guests leave except for another couple who neither of the hosts know. They stay for a drink and things quickly go bad.

 

This was fine and totally predictable. It plays out exactly as you think it will right from the start but it was well shot and acted (a lead role for Ryan Hansen from Veronica Mars) and it's wrapped up in 80 minutes.

 

2.5/5 

The dude who is the boyfriend in the other couple is great in that. With you though, fills the time but it's clear what's going in from the start.

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I'm a bit behind on horror films of the last few years and was looking through Rotten Tomatoes top lists. I was wondering if anyone can point me to any good newish horror films on basic Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple TV+ or Now TV right now, as I have subscriptions for all of them this month (don't ask!). The biggest recent horrors I've seen are

- A Quiet Place 2

- It Follows

- Hereditary

- Midsommar

- The Witch

- The Lighthouse

 

so I have missed out on a lot! 

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These are my favourite horror films of the last few years - the ones in bold are the best on the list. I'm sure there's loads I'm leaving off but you'll have a good (bad) time with any of these.

 

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Fresh - Amazon Prime
Bull
Men
Prey
Orphan First Kill. I think I was in a small minority of people who liked this. But if you're in the mood it's great.
Speak No Evil
Bodies Bodies Bodies
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Malignant. YMMV but I loved this. Pure nonsense but so well executed. 
The Night House
Come To Daddy
Relic
Host
His House - Netflix
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21 hours ago, Silent Runner said:

These are my favourite horror films of the last few years - the ones in bold are the best on the list. I'm sure there's loads I'm leaving off but you'll have a good (bad) time with any of these.

 

X
Fresh - Amazon Prime
Bull
Men
Prey
Orphan First Kill. I think I was in a small minority of people who liked this. But if you're in the mood it's great.
Speak No Evil
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Censor
Malignant. YMMV but I loved this. Pure nonsense but so well executed. 
The Night House
Come To Daddy
Relic
Host
His House - Netflix
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+1 for Bull, one of my favourite films of the last couple of years but then I'm a sucker for Neil Maskell. 

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3 minutes ago, yakumo said:

Not yet but I'm going to tonight.

I'll spoiler my final thoughts on it...

 

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It all goes downhill after just where I posted. It never really does anything beyond that point and is let down by people making stupid decisions. There's not much more in the way of decent moments after the marriage bed scene. It felt like it wanted to be something like REC, but with Old People, and never really knows what to do with that idea.

 

Ah, well.

 

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1 hour ago, yakumo said:

Isn't Bull a thriller not horror?. I saw and skipped it because it wasn't horror, but if its good I might watch it regardless.

Yes but not...I cannot really elaborate without giving too much away but it definitely is a horror movie for me.

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Really enjoyed Run a lot last night despite quite a few plot holes. Probably much closer to a thriller but definite horror elements and high tension.

 

Probably an interesting question - what elements would people say turn a thriller into a horror?

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1 hour ago, Timmo said:

Really enjoyed Run a lot last night despite quite a few plot holes. Probably much closer to a thriller but definite horror elements and high tension.

 

Probably an interesting question - what elements would people say turn a thriller into a horror?

Good question, for me if it has a supernatural element then auto-horror. If it has gore it's probably horror but a film like a standard home invasion movie is not necessarily horror. Eden Lake is a good example of where there is no supernatural element but gore and a large amount of threat so I would say it's a horror.

 

To be obvious, if a film is horrifying, it's horror, but then a film like Schindler's List is horrifying and yet not horror.

 

Damn, it's a tricky question.

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14 hours ago, KartoffelKopf said:

Bull was good but couldn’t help comparing it to Dead Man’s Shoes for most of it. Unfortunately not much holds a candle to that masterpiece. 
 

Definitely worth 90 mins of your time though, Maskell is always very watchable.

 

I finished watching it last night and I thought exactly the same. It was OK but was expecting more after the praise, and maybe I would have been impressed if I didn't watch Dead Man's Shoes early this year. 

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On 09/10/2022 at 14:10, Silent Runner said:

These are my favourite horror films of the last few years - the ones in bold are the best on the list. I'm sure there's loads I'm leaving off but you'll have a good (bad) time with any of these.

 

X
Fresh - Amazon Prime
Bull
Men
Prey
Orphan First Kill. I think I was in a small minority of people who liked this. But if you're in the mood it's great.
Speak No Evil
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Censor
Malignant. YMMV but I loved this. Pure nonsense but so well executed. 
The Night House
Come To Daddy
Relic
Host
His House - Netflix
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Love Malignant. So, so, SO OTT but all the better for it. Agree YMMV, but in schlocky, b-movie terms it’s a really fun ride. Was going to say the film equivalent of a ghost train, but it isn’t really even ironic scary, so I’ll say it’s more a helter skleter or waltzer where by the end you feel dizzy and exhilarated by the silliness of it all.

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1 hour ago, Timmo said:

Terrifier. 1/5. Fucking dreadful. Now I’m absolutely fascinated to know how the sequel is 1) 140 mins and 2) getting good reviews. 

 

It's going to be more of the same, it's about the brutal kills and how batshit insane it is. I hated Terrifier but it got good reviews from horror fans.

 

Grimcutty

 

Was dogshit, but not as bad as Jeepers Creepers which is contender for worst horror movie this year.  

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