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99GoHabsGo99 said:
Gonna watch The Belko Experiment here shortly.

seems like just the type I'm into.. Anyone know others like? (Besides Saw :laugh: )

My fav horror movies are the ones like this where they have to play "games" such as the following :

Circle (2015) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3118452/

Would you rather (2012) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1999995/
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Circle was awesome. On the surface level you hear the premise or see a trailer and think that it's one of those straight-to-Syfy-channel movies, but this one is much more than that IMO. Such a clear low-budget movie, but this is the way to do one of those properly IMO.

Some of the commentary is very heavy-handed, but the writing was still solid, with it being smartly written and producing a lot of funny moments. Obviously the premise dictates this to a significant degree, but it was a very edge-of-your-seat movie that keeps you completely invested the whole way through.
 

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Suspiria! Wow that takes me back a few years. One of those films that kicked off my (admittedly on-and-off) obsession with horror movies. I remember watching it on an early DVD release last, I wonder how the restoration will change the viewing experience. There was a certain charm in watching the poor transfer that I had.
 

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Jek McPorkins said:
Suspiria! Wow that takes me back a few years. One of those films that kicked off my (admittedly on-and-off) obsession with horror movies. I remember watching it on an early DVD release last, I wonder how the restoration will change the viewing experience. There was a certain charm in watching the poor transfer that I had.
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It should be a real treat. :)
 

Osprey

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I just watched The Witch (2015). That was pretty intense, especially once I turned off the lights and cranked the volume up. That's definitely the way to watch it. For some reason, I didn't realize that it's a period film (New England in the 1600s), so I was thrilled to learn that. It's very much like The Village in period, setting and general spookiness, but without the things that The Village usually gets knocked for. It's even slower burning, though, and the language is even more authentic (British-sounding accents and lots of old world speech with thees and such). You get a really good sense of the fears about witchcraft that existed at the time. I found it to be very solid and one of the better "horror" films in recent years.

Anya Taylor-Joy, the star of the film, went on to star in Shyamalan's Split and, reportedly, will be doing a Nosferatu film with the director of The Witch. She's really carving out a career as a "scream queen" at a young age.
 
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Just watched "Messiah of Evil" (1973)

Aside from it being visually a treat to look at, I have no idea why this movie is held in high regard among so many 70's horror fans. Aside from a few scenes I thought it was boring and it overall reminded me of a crappy "Night of the Living Dead" ripoff.
 

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Osprey said:
I just watched The Witch (2015). That was pretty intense, especially once I turned off the lights and cranked the volume up. That's definitely the way to watch it. For some reason, I didn't realize that it's a period film (New England in the 1600s), so I was thrilled to learn that. It's very much like The Village in period, setting and general spookiness, but without the things that The Village usually gets knocked for. It's even slower burning, though, and the language is even more authentic (British-sounding accents and lots of old world speech with thees and such). You get a really good sense of the fears about witchcraft that existed at the time. I found it to be very solid and one of the better "horror" films in recent years.

Anya Taylor-Joy, the star of the film, went on to star in Shyamalan's Split and, reportedly, will be doing a Nosferatu film with the director of The Witch. She's really carving out a career as a "scream queen" at a young age.
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Well put. I too enjoyed witch.
 
The Gongshow

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Anyone else seen It Comes At Night

More a psychological thriller than horror. While watching it I wasn't that into it but after thinking about it and reading some theories I like it more and more.
 

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Last night I finally watched my recently purchased blu-ray copy of Tobe Hooper's "Eaten Alive"

Overall I thought it was pretty good. Is/was it as good as the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"? No, but it's still pretty effective and very atmospheric.

I wonder why it has such a low rating on IMDB and whatnot? :dunno:
 

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Is it me or are zombie movies not really horrifying? Everything about them suggests that they're horror, and they can be intense, but I just don't find them the least bit scary. Part of that is probably that there's no mystery to the zombies' appearances or abilities. They tend to be shown in full and close-up, so that we're impressed by the realistic make-up work, and they predictably go straight for the living without showing much intelligence or working together. Another reason may be that they tend to be filmed as action flicks or dramas, rather than horror flicks.

I bring this up because I watched 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later a few nights ago. They were both pretty decent. They had interesting characters, stories (even if a little barebones) and personal drama. The zombies, themselves, and any time that they were on screen, were the least interesting parts, though. Maybe zombies just aren't that inherently interesting. Maybe that's why zombie movies tend to focus on the action and the drama over the horror. I certainly appreciate that they do tend to be more thought-provoking and concerned with story and character than standard horror, but, at the same time, something always seems missing when I watch them. I'm not sure if it's just me, if it's something that can be rectified or if it's just an inherent limitation of the sub-genre (not unlike how slasher flicks are the opposite: scary, but lacking in story and character drama).
 
PB37

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I really enjoyed the Insidious movies.

I just watched The Invitation. Solid horror-thriller movie. Great tension and build up ( albeit a little slow ). The music and sound effects are on point and adds to the growing fear and confusion the main character suffers through.
 
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Apparently "mother!" is classified as horror and it getting great reviews. Between that and "It" I may have to shell out some money.
 

Osprey

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The Gongshow said:
Anyone else seen It Comes At Night

More a psychological thriller than horror. While watching it I wasn't that into it but after thinking about it and reading some theories I like it more and more.
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I just watched it. It was well done and I liked it, but, as you suggested, it's not really horror. The name is rather misleading, IMO, since it's a very "horror-like" title that doesn't have much relevance to the film. Because of that, it ended up being different than I expected. I expected something like It Follows (now there's an accurate title), but it was more of a post-apocalyptic psychological thriller that, for most of it, was more about paranoia than an actual, observable threat. I'm glad that it was different, though.

The ending was pretty powerful, but I wonder if it might've been even more powerful if...
...it had been either implied that or left to the imagination whether none of the six of them had actually gotten sick. Travis could've died, too, by rushing in (like he was prone to doing) and getting shot by Will or accidentally by Paul. If they'd all died for nothing, all thanks to Paul's extreme paranoia and thinking that Will's family was infected, the paranoia theme might've resonated more strongly. I didn't need Paul to be vindicated and justified in killing the family. Since I didn't really like him, I would've been happy if he'd ended up murdering a healthy family and losing his son all because of his paranoia.
Anyways, it's definitely worth watching if you like slow psychological thrillers and/or post-apocalyptic infection thrillers.
 
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Osprey said:
Is it me or are zombie movies not really horrifying? Everything about them suggests that they're horror, and they can be intense, but I just don't find them the least bit scary. Part of that is probably that there's no mystery to the zombies' appearances or abilities. They tend to be shown in full and close-up, so that we're impressed by the realistic make-up work, and they predictably go straight for the living without showing much intelligence or working together. Another reason may be that they tend to be filmed as action flicks or dramas, rather than horror flicks.

I bring this up because I watched 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later a few nights ago. They were both pretty decent. They had interesting characters, stories (even if a little barebones) and personal drama. The zombies, themselves, and any time that they were on screen, were the least interesting parts, though. Maybe zombies just aren't that inherently interesting. Maybe that's why zombie movies tend to focus on the action and the drama over the horror. I certainly appreciate that they do tend to be more thought-provoking and concerned with story and character than standard horror, but, at the same time, something always seems missing when I watch them. I'm not sure if it's just me, if it's something that can be rectified or if it's just an inherent limitation of the sub-genre (not unlike how slasher flicks are the opposite: scary, but lacking in story and character drama).
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And, of course, zombies are everywhere these days. Fatigue is setting in.
I wonder what the next monster fad will be.
 
jasonleaffan

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berglund said:
Yes

felt like nothing happened and the kid was annoying
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I think this movie needs a companion film, from the other families point of view. I swear he knew that guy he said don't kill during the ambush scene. And when the dog runs off in the woods, he disappears for a bit and the dog goes quite. Then the guy shows back up. I think he killed the dog. There is a lot of unanswered questions.
 
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