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What are some essential horror movies?Not pre-1990 stuff please
The Thing -1982
>>70792634
>wants essential horror
>wants only shit tier era
end yourself
>>70792634
Saw 3D
Probably something you might enjoy.
probably the last good horror I've seen
>>70792634
The Innocents (1961)
>>70792634
Rosemary's Baby
The Omen
The Exorcist
The Shining
The Witch
Sorry guys OP here but i've watched everything you mentioned so far
El Espinazo del Diablo
Berberian Sound Studio
Planet Terror
Let the Right One In
Carpenter's The Thing
The Fly remake
Night of the Hunter
Jacob's Ladder
Reanimator
Exorcist
Shining
Dagon
Session 9
poltergeist 1 [not the remake]
evil dead 1 and 2
>>70792840
kek
Haxan
The Phantom Carriage
M
Freaks
Vampyr
It Follows
The Babadook
The VVitch
>>70792690
people only think that old horror is better because at the time they first watched it they were still young enough to actually be scared by movies. Don't blame filmmakers; blame puberty and desensitization
>>70792749
not weeks?
>>70792840
>Rosemary's Baby
What exactly is scary about this?
>>70797286
fuck weeks
>>70797239
As someone who has only recently delved into horror, I call bullshit. Much of recent horror has been bad for similar reasons the action genre has fallen off so badly. It's not "muh nostalgia."
>>70795587
Nice meme movies.It Follows and The Witch are actually alright though.
If you're looking for some solid recent horror flicks though OP, I recommend Last Shift, Clown, and Hush.
>>70797288
I'll answer because you got some nice digits there.
To me? The scariest thing about it is the guy that sold the love of his life off to Satan and a rape cult just so he could get out of commercials and into some movies.
>>70797354
>Clown
is this some kind of fuckin joke
>>70797342
most old horror was shit too. For every gem there were 100 duds. The thing is we only remember the gems
>>70797239
No, I blame the ever increasing commercialization of Hollywood.
At least when it comes to mainstream horror films released in the cinema. Big releases are getting safer and more formulaic, and budgets are getting lower and lower.
The result it nothing but bland and soulless BOO scare movies that appeal to the lowest common denominator.
>>70797443
Clown is a ton of fun, a great black comedy approach to a body horror movie. I screened it at my annual Halloween Marathon/party and everyone ate it up, it was the most well received film of the bunch that night.
>>70797316
>code red, weapons free, fire at will
>>70797443
Clown was good clean ancient demon possessed child murdering fun.
the maniac remake was pretty good
the remake of evil dead was actually pretty spoopy
>>70797579
seconded
>>70797286
Weeks could have been great, the opening scene was great. but then the military goes all full retard and nothing makes sense
>helicopter chopping up tons of zombies
>flies away fine
>>70797603
If by spoopy, you mean shit then sure. A bunch of superfluous gore with no substance.
>>70797579
>>70797617
Thirded.
Evil Dead remake/reboot was one of the worst films I saw from whatever year that came out. Modern horror is almost all shit, and the few gems that exist aren't good enough to defend the era.
Any of the old David Cronenberg movies. The dude perfected body horror.
Saw
The Hill Have Eyes (2006 remake)
The Descent
The Grudge
The Ring
House of 1000 Corpses
The Devil's Rejects
Blair Witch Project
Scream
>>70797771
After years of saving it up I finally watched Shivers last week. High Rise with rape zombies. Glorious.
>>70797970
Right? And the way he uses sex, almost like an extra character. The man is a genius.
guys recommended me the best horror movies ever but please nothing before 2010, i don't watch that dated boring shit
mourning grave, korean horror, not really scary but it's comfy as fuck
What are some essential horror movies?Not pre-January 24, 2014 stuff please.
>>70797680
it was a good evil dead 1 remake, most people try to apply it to the evil dead 2 which was vastly superior to the evil dead 1
>>70798212
>it was a good evil dead 1 remake
In what way?
>most people try to apply it to the evil dead 2
What does that mean?
>which was vastly superior to the evil dead 1
Nope, the Evil Dead has the edge over part 2.
>>70798189
>krampus
>victor frankenstein (fuck you i liked it)
>corpse party
>green room
>baskin
>last bus
>neon demon
>>70798380
>in what way
evil dead one took itself too seriously
>what does that mean?
that most people only think of evil dead 2
>nope
shit tier bait
>>70797603
>>70797680
The extended/uncut/unrated version was alright. Levis 501 was a highlight as always.
The Pact
Open Grave
Next Door
Midnight Son
>>70792634
>pre-1990
Fuck that shit, the 90's are old as fuck and shitty. I don't watch anything made before 2005.
>finally cell movie is here
>fire it up without knowing anything other than cusack and jackson are having a 1408 re-union
>suddenly a wild furhman appears
>win of wins
>remember the book
>.......
>>70793157
The Devil's Backbone is not quite a horror film, mate.
>>70798452
>evil dead one took itself too seriously
The first Evil Dead is very funny, and I'm not talking unintentional humor. It's just a little more subtle than the full on Three Stooges antics of the sequel.
>that most people only think of evil dead 2
Yeah, but what does it mean that they "apply it to the ED2"? Apply what?
>shit tier bait
ED2 is more self aware and polished, but ED1 is more inventive as a piece of filmmaking and more interesting in how it subverts the genre.
>>70798725
What do you mean?
>>70793157
Planet Terror is a great, fun horror movie.
>>70793328
>no Army of Darkness
>>70797316
Fuck you.
>>70797354
It Follows was shit.
>>70798411
>Krampus
Kill yourself immediately
Jacobs Ladder
The Exorcist (1973)
>>70792634
wat
Baby geniuses 2: super babies
The Changeling (1980)
The Haunting (1963)
Don't Look Now (1973)
>>70797509
>I screened it at my annual Halloween marathon
No one ever mentions House of the Devil (2009) in these threads even though it's pure kino, baffling
>>70799895
It was a better movie than The Vvitch.
>>70801199
It's masturbatory hipster bullshit without a real payoff. Ti West has never made a horror film in his life.
>>70801142
having friends round and watching horror films on Halloween is great desu, I don't get what's autistic about his post. just a fun thing to do.
>>70792634
Not essential, but if you want some nice horror films look into Dark Sky Films. People post House of the Devil and The Innkeepers pretty often in horror threads, those are both produced by Dark Sky films.
>this fucking joke of a thread
>everybody happily replying like it's ok
This fucking board
Well, if no one else, at least I must: kill yourself, OP
>>70801348
u sure convinced me with those hot onions friend
>>70792634
>i refuse to watch movies older than i am
fuck off ya little shit
>>70801199
Because it's just slightly above average. 5/10, maybe 6/10 at best.
>>70801623
Not that anon but you really didn't have to use the "screened it" terminology. It's insufferable.
>>70797288
That Roman Polanski still has a career :^)
Conjuring 1 and 2 fight me
>>70801910
Thanks for backing me up family
>>70795587
I haven't seen the VVVitch, but It follows and The Babafuck are probably the most overrated pieces of shit i've heard about lately.
If you call that horror, then drama is comedy.
>>70801971
2>>1
>>70801963
Epic XD
>>70802016
You're just a pleb who likes to hate, as most are
>>70801052
The Haunting. Best haunted house movie ever for me.
>>70801910
oh I'm not the anon that anon was replying too, I was just defending what I thought he was complaining about, but you're right anyway, I can understand that.
>>70802081
No. I just actually think those movies are simply shit.
>>70802086
Yeah, one of the few films with Liam Neeson that I like.
>>70802113
Exactly, you are a pleb
>>70802158
No, the 1963 version!
>>70792634
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Event Horizon (1997)
28 Days Later (2002)
Darkness Falls (2003)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Collector (2009)
>>70798212
>which was vastly superior to the evil dead 1
heh
>>70802461
>shitty movies
>all 1990-now
You at least did one right.
>>70799690
it's a mystery thriller with ghosts in it, just like Crimson Peak is a gothic romance with ghosts in it. del Toro does this intentionally. sure, there are some moments of spectacular creepiness, but story-wise, they're not really horror.
>>70802612
Good point anon. I loved The Devil's Backbone when I was a kid, I refuse to watch Crimson Peak for some reason, fuck the new Del Gordo.
>>70802461
>Horror movie essentials
>Darkness Falls (2003)
>Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
>The Collector (2009)
Come on.
>>70797505
fucking this
>>70802578
>Dad look, /tv/ will think i'm cool because i only think movies before i was born are good, are you proud of me?
The only horror movies your need are The VVitch and Halloween 3.
>>70803658
>le shitpost
>>70803693
Oh, I didn't know Zombie did a third one
>>70799043
Not him but the first Evil Dead was not funny. It was actually pretty fucking scary. Can you remind me of some of the parts that were supposed to be funny?
I consider Evil Dead 1 and Evil Dead 2 to be equal, just one is pure horror and one is horror-comedy
>>70797505
>>70803645
Nope. Where are all the modern gems? I could make a list of top 50 horror films without touching the last two decades, easily. But listing 10 decent horror films from the past two decades is challenging. Even the few I like aren't that great compared to the oldrr stuff.
This whole good/bad ratio being constant through film history is an opinion held by a lot of young people, but it's bullshit. Films got worse.
>>70797505
>>70803645
Meh. Depends on the '''''''''''we''''''''''
>>70803396
https://medium.com/@somebadideas/ghosts-are-movies-a-love-letter-to-crimson-peak-643e97e6bdb5#.p0981szpp
make way for shit taste
>classic
psycho
>splatterfest
evil dead remake
>slasher
maniac, original or remake
>monster
thanatomorphose (sort of)
>sci-fi
europa report
>possession
house of the devil
>horror/comedy
original evil deads through army of darkness
>giallo
cat in the brain
>psychological
repulsion and/or the brood
>experimental
pop skull and/or a field in england
>extremist
trouble every day
>so bad it's good/b horror
the gingerdead man
>>70802086
I like it, too. I love atmospheric supernatural horror.
Felt like watching The Changeling today. Fucking great sound effects/score. George C. Scott was one hell of an actor. Watch it if you've never seen it. The Innocents, as someone mentioned above is also top tier.
>>70802257
that's the good one
another extremely unsettling 60's classic>>70792808
I Can See You
Burnt Offerings
The lack of Bava is shameful, go watch Black Sunday right now
>>70803867
here are some good ones from the 2000's, off the top of my head:
Mulholland Drive (2001)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
The Others (2001)
The Host (2006)
Let the Right One In (2008)
The Orphanage (2007)
28 Days Later (2002)
The Ring (2002)
I dont think you can safely call anything a "gem" until it's been at least 20 years since release.
the main thing that seems to have changed is we are getting less good sci-fi-horror nowadays
>>70804361
the rise of cgi is entirely to blame
>>70792634
>It Follows
>The Purge I & II
>Splinter
>>70803867
>listing 10 decent horror films from the past two decades is challenging
antichrist (2009)
excision (2012)
be my cat: a film for anne (2015)
the strange color of your body's tears (2013)
green room (2016)
funny games (1997)
we are what we are (2013)
beyond the black rainbow (2010)
the devil's backbone (2001)
under the skin (2013)
the only bad time for horror was throughout a lot of the 90s imo
Fucking dead alive. It shocks me how that movie isnt discussed on this board more often
>>70792634
The Loved Ones was pretty good desu famalam.
Also wolf creek since I'm already giving aussies props.
Audition too. But everyone knows the 80's was a way better era for horror.
>>70804361
>Mulholland Drive (2001)
It might have elements of horror, but this isn't a horror film as I see it.
>The Devil's Backbone (2001)
>The Others (2001)
>The Host (2006)
Mixture of passable and mediocre nothingness.
>Let the Right One In (2008)
This is the most recent horror film that I like, but it's stronger as a coming of age story than a horror. Just saying.
>The Orphanage (2007)
>28 Days Later (2002)
>The Ring (2002)
More mediocrity.
>I dont think you can safely call anything a "gem" until it's been at least 20 years since release.
Gem in this case is interchangable with good film.
>the main thing that seems to have changed is we are getting less good sci-fi-horror nowadays
Nah, horror has shat the bed since it peaked in the 70's - 80's.
>>70793328
Night Of The Hunter is more of a thriller than horror. Still creepy though.
>>70804500
First of, It's called "braindead". Then, noone mentioned it cause OP specifically asked not to suggest pre-1990 stuff and also IT'S CLEARLY A FUCKING COMEDY.
>>70799895
Krampus was great you bitch.
Did anyone else think The Skeleton Key was spoopy
>>70801971
Is 2 actually good? I like the first one despite the stupid third act.
>>70804478
Can't say I like a single one of these films, and find it hard to classify some of them as horror, even though they're superficially framed in its conventions.
>>70803693
Halloween 3 > all other Halloweens
Fight me faggots. You know it's true.
>>70804748
not even that dude, but nah son
it'd be a great movie to show kids to get them into horror, but that's the most that it can do
but i also say the same thing about pan's labyrinth, which is why i don't have children
>>70804829
something tells me you're specifically pointing out antichrist and under the skin, because those two movies always hold the biggest points of contention in a million ways
in order for horror to be taken seriously as a genre, it has to co-opt subjects of adult fears, which makes it co-opt the thriller genre
i have had that debate far too many times
>>70804815
I liked 2 more. Wan went all out with creative and dynamic camerawork in this one.
Doesn't stray far from the formula established in the first one, but the setting change from large countryhome to small suburban house was a stroke of genius.
If you enjoyed the first one I can assure you you'll enjoy 2, it's basically big mainstream horror done right.
As above so below
Badadook is memey but a lot of fun
>>70804956
>something tells me you're specifically pointing out antichrist and under the skin, because those two movies always hold the biggest points of contention in a million ways
And Funny Games.
>in order for horror to be taken seriously as a genre, it has to co-opt subjects of adult fears, which makes it co-opt the thriller genre
Not sure what you're arguing here. I'm not worried about horror being taken seriously. Films like Antichrist and Under the Skin don't tap into fears.
>>70805171
on god, i swear that the acclaim behind as above so below, lake mungo and the descent is one big fucking meme everyone but me is in on. they're all really mediocre movies
i especially have a bone to pick with lake mungo, mainly because people like it for one scene. you know what other movie people did that for? the strangers. and the strangers was shit, except for that one scene. god, i hate lake mungo
>>70805178
antichrist deals with loss, isolation, emotional and physical abuse,and getting your nuts absolutely wrecked
even on the basest premise, under the skin dealt with aliens being relatively well-integrated into human society but still executing nefarious duties by human standards
sounds like fear-based shit to me
>>70804621
Yet a shitload of people are talking about evil dead...
>>70805428
I haven't seen As Above So Below, but I definitely agree with you on Lake Mungo and The Descent.
The Descent could have been a 10/10 but it was ruined bythose stupid fucking cave monster. I guess I didn't get what was so "shocking" about Lake Mungo. It wasn't bad, but it's overrated.
>>70805428
you seem a bit autistic, friend
>>70805428
No, it's not a 'meme'. Each of them have qualities, but Lake Mungo is itself one of the best horrors- to put it in a single genre- of the last 25 years. Your autistic sensibilities seem unable to understand it, as with this guy >>70805595. And unfortunately, many other people fail to get out of the simplistic scary/shock mindset. It's extremely underrated and misunderstood.
>>70805595
lake mungo, absentia and oculus tend to get recommended together like a trifecta of garbage
as above so below is basically the descent but a little cooler, despite wasting what could have been a great setting. it's okay for a watch, but i wouldn't expect for anyone to get their minds blown
>>70804781
I like that movie quite a bit.
>>70804621
You should be feeling pretty embarrassed right now, retard
>>70805428
>antichrist deals with loss, isolation, emotional and physical abuse
A lot of movies deal with these things, including many of von Trier's other works, and they're not horror films.
>>70805428
>sounds like fear-based shit to me
But is it exploited for the basis of a horror story? I'd say no. These two films use disturbing imagery to explore intellectual themes. There're not aiming to scare or build suspense, or create a story grounded in traditional gothic horror. These are art films that are very consistent with the filmmakers' other work.
>>70805772
Nobody ever recommend them as a trio. They have little similarities, but none of them is garbage
>>70804881
I wouldn't say better, necessarily, but it certainly is a fucking standout classic, especially in terms of the holiday itself. Halloween and Halloween II together make for a motherfucker of the genre. but I don't necessarily watch those when the season is on...I watch Season of the Witch.
>>70804881
It isn't. Only a dipshit contrarian would try to argue anything above Carpenter
>>70805815
lolololololololWRONG. confusing "of" with "off" not withstanding, he hit the nail on the head.
>>70804781
Yes. Same director who made Hackers.
>>70805772
>oculus
>bad
lolpleb
>>70801313
Krampus gets celebrated on the 5th of December, not the 24th
SCRIPTWRITERS STOP
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>70805764
>someone doesn't like a movie
>better call them autistic
You need to calm down. You've provided no reason why it's "the best horror movie of the last 25 years". I didn't say it was a bad movie, I just didn't get the hype surrounding it. And I love slow burns, it's my favorite type of horror, but there was no pay off to Lake Mungo.
>>70805922
It's not contrarian. Halloween is a classic slasher, but 3 has more atmosphere and is way more fucked up. Carpenter still had a hand in writing and producing it. He also helped with the music, so it's still a part of his legacy even if he didn't direct it.
>>70805922
the idea of changing the story to suit an anthology series was HIS idea, buddy. he didn't write the story, but you'd better believe he was around when they were making it. he didn't want the movies to be about Michael Myers, he wanted Michael Myers to be the focus of the first movie. he begrudgingly went along with part two, absent from the director's chair, and then only stayed on further for part three because they were trying to make it an anthology series. when it wasn't received well (even though it's fucking AWESOME), he left. learn your history, chief, and respect the bizarro brilliance of part three.
>>70805948
Jesus hell, you're another retard. That isn't the point, and the use of 'of' there was correct. Two now should feel pretty embarrassed.
>>70805764
there's nothing to misunderstand about lake mungo though. i don't know so much about the other guy, but i don't walk into horror films expecting to be spooked out of my seat. i do expect to be immersed in a story, though
the whole thing abouther being there the whole timeis haute tension levels of hokey for an ending
>>70805846
>disturbing imagery
>not aiming to scare or build suspense
trier's use of high fps in antichrist was specifically to put the viewer in a state of unease. last time /tv/ has a big horror thread, i had mentioned this, along with the ending of the vvitch
even within the depression series, trier hadn't executed the elements in antichrist the same way
>>70805868
i see the three recommended in a lot of horror circles, not because they are similar, but because they're horror movies within a time frame. it's the same reason you see zombie's horror films and the texas chainsaw massacre remake mentioned in the same breath
>>70806149
FIRST OF? you're a goddamned jackass. get the FUCK OUT.
>>70806175
You forgot something
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>70806078
>>70806092
>His idea, his help, his general participation
Great. Not his direction, though. That should be enough to understand things.
For some reason, SOTW is getting really overrated by people lately.
>>70797354
Hush ... a shit.
>creepy white male, must be evil
>kills Neighbor because reasons.
>wants to kill deaf girl....cause reasons
>only riding on premise
>no suspense what so ever
Why did /tv/ trick me into seeing that shit? Don't even waste time ripping it.
>>70806246
plen
Has no one mentioned The Descent?
>>70806246
there's a similar premise-based action/horror that's coming out pretty soon, isn't it? the trailer spoiled the entire film, iirc
>>70806310
it's not good reee etc
>>70806310
Is your ctrl+f not working? It was mentioned in shitposting
>>70806219
he didn't direct because he didn't want to direct. the only movie in the entire series that he did direct was the first one. by that measure, that would make all of them disqualified. SOTW is regarded highly now for a lot of reasons, almost all of which are completely subjective. objectively? let's start with special effects: hands down the best practical effects and gore, not to mention the disturbing nature of said violence (which is to say nothing of the plot, however much you may or may not like it).
>>70806308
No thanks.
Not my preferred movie snack.
The meme trilogy (Babadook, It Follows, The Witch) is actually really good, don't listen to plebs.
I liked the new Evil Dead and The Witch
>>70806439
i really wish a field in england garnered the attention the vvitch got
psychedelic horror has always been mad under-utilized
>>70806484
the evil dead remake was probably the only horror film i went to in theatres and had a ton of fun
It Follows
Devil's Pass
Insidious 1,2&3
Sinister 1&2
The Babadook
The Cube
Oculus
The Conjuring
The Descent
The Strangers
Hush
Black Swan
Funny Games (there was a modern one that was pretty good imo)
The VVitch (aesthetic creepiness more than actual scary)
Pontypool
The Crazies
You're Next
The Taking of Deborah Logan
The Mist
Shutter
The Ring
The Grudge
Stay Alive
Skeleton Key
Sublime
Silent Hill
High Tension
Hostel
The Last House on the Left
>>70806439
I think someone already made that joke itt.
>>70792634
I don't know about essential, but here's everything I gave 8/10 or higher to. And I'll just add that you're missing out on some of the best shit by limiting yourself to modern times, but different strokes...
Anyone else seen this? Watching it right now, it's not too bad.
>>70806830
Although now that I've looked at it, that poster makes it look like shit.
>>70806830
>>70806863
Lol you're cute
>>70806165
>trier's use of high fps in antichrist was specifically to put the viewer in a state of unease.
He does stuff like this in his other films too. It's why he always uses shakey cam.
>>70806830
kreng did the soundtrack for that, and i had been meaning to watch it based on that alone. looks real fucking stupid though
>>70806643
damn, no one ever talks about pontypool. shame on you for calling haute tension and hostel essential though
>>70806997
only scenes i can think of that evoked the same feeling were a couple in melancholia
>>70807061
Was posting favorites of my own and films my friends say were the scariest :/
>>70795587
"It follows", more like "it memes".
Terribly inconsistent lore and logic, not scary, wasted potential, and the worst possible use of "less is more"
I like anthology stuff so I'd recommend:
Trick 'R Treat
V/H/S (just the first one though)
Creepshow was a fun campy anthology too. Not all that scary though.
>>70807061
>only scenes i can think of that evoked the same feeling were a couple in melancholia
That's nice. Personally I don't think any of it works because it's gimmicky bullshit, but Trier is always trying to put his audience in a state of unease. Which lends to my argument that Antichrist is par for the course and not an exercise in genre filmmaking.
>>70807143
i can see the logic not following, but what about the lore itself was inconsistent in this?
>>70807192
high fps in horror has definitely been misused -- i could call out the vvitch and the last exorcism on that, -- but i think antichrist's use of it loses the gimmick due to the antisexual connotations it evokes nine times out of ten. to make sexuality as visually and emotionally offputting as possible works for the story
>>70803790
Evil Dead 1 is incredibly campy, how can you not laugh at the tree-rape scene? I only watched them somewhat recently but imo it's not that scary.
>>70806819
First time I've seen Dead Set mentioned anywhere in a while.
>>70807143
If the thing loops back to the previous "carrier" eventually it would hit a literal dead end. Definitely one of the weaker points of the film once I thought about it.
>>70807880
Man, it's one of my favorite zombie "movies!" And Patrick is one of my favorite movie assholes, too.
>>70806246
>serial killers need reasons
>>70801709
Bless you, anon.
Society
>ctrl+f "ginger snaps"
>0 results
It's almost like you like shit, ginger snaps is one do the best horror films of the last 25 years.
It may not be scary, but the characters, chemistry between them and the ending are pretty good.
Is The Conjuring 2 actually good? It's got a 75% on Rotten Tomatoes. I always figured it was just shit. I'm surprised seeing so many good reviews, especially for a genre that's currently really mediocre.
>>70804538
>The Loved Ones
my nigga
I wasn't really expecting a whole lot from it but it was proof that movies can still do what would be called "torture porn" and be good. It succeeds because it doesn't overindulge in it too much and does things that make your skin crawl.
>>70792690
Boomer or gen X? Either way you're irrelevant now and all your favorite movies are shit.
>>70801052
Never saw the third movie you listed, but the first two are absolute favorites of mine. Very well dome films.
>>70805428
I will agree that Lake Mungo is a meme. It's like the entire movie is buildup to one admittedly spoopy scene but that doesn't make the whole fucking thing worth it when it is around 90% nonsense. It's sad as fuck, I guess, which gives it strength in other areas but there is really only one part that is scary.
I will defend the other two though. I really like the Descent for a list of reasons. The buildup is bullshit and takes a long time, yes. But once shit hits the fan it goes out of control. The monster design is good, the scares are great, the claustrophobia is real. It even has what I would call a great female horror character. Watching that hergo from scared woman trapped underground to coldblooded killing machineis incredibly satisfying.
In regards to As Above, So Below... I like it with a few certain conditions. For me, it felt like the movie was a mix of actually scary and so ridiculous and over the top that it was funny and goofy. So I guess I wouldn't say it was "great" but it was worth watching because I was highly entertained throughout.
With that said, here are my submissions to the thread, and I am aware that I'll probably get a lot of shit for these.
>The Poughkeepsie Tapes
Watched it really drunk one night, gave me pretty big spoops. AlsoThe cameraman was the murderer
>Absentia
Not great but worth watching. Could have been fleshed out a little more but it has its moments.
>Dead Birds
Full of cliches but it's a fun ride with some good actors and has an atmosphere that you don't often get from horror
>Kill List
Incredible. The ending is fantastic and the whole film is best watched with zero foreknowledge of the plot. I watched this alone while on LSD, not recommended.
>Krampus
Fun seasonal film, legit spoops at certain parts. I found myself laughing more than one at the comedy as well.
>The Corridor
Slow, slow buildup but fucks you up at the end.
>>70797239
Wrong. I'm only in the last few years delving into the horror from 1940s-1960s and discovering that a lot of the current (last twenty years) stuff really IS crap.
>>70801199
I'm Gen X and what House of the Devil is ... is a fucking period piece. Ti West has carefully reconstructed a 1982 VHS horror film that I returned to Blockbuster and said "Yeah, that was shit."
It was very 1982. It was also very shit.
>>70799872
Overrated piece of shit . I want my money back!!!!
Jacob's Ladder I think is close enough to a psychological horror, also one of the best movies I've seen. See it if you like the old Silent Hill games. Besides that The Decent, 28 Days Later, Feast, Cabin in the Woods, Devil's Rejects, Saw, From Dusk Till Dawn, and the Dawn of the Dead and Hills Have Eyes remakes are all pretty good. It Follows is supposed to be good to, but I've never seen it.
>>70808602
Yep >>70806819 My second favorite werewolf movie. And I liked 2 too.
>>70809281
It's not a meme. It's very much- as you to an extent noted- not a film that must be seen and judged as horror simply. So, it's nonsense to criticize it for not being scary. However, it's a money world, so I know the marketing, the posters etc. all promote it in a cheap way. But that's just the business of the thing, and shouldn't affect judgement.
Found footage mockumentary drama with horror tints would be a better definition.
>>70810122
I guess I can agree with this. If it had been marketed more as just a mockumentary with horror tones, I think I would have enjoyed it much more. However, you probably know as well as i do that the people of 4chan has a penchant for exaggeration and so I went into the film with things like "Greatest horror movie of the last decade" and "scared me senseless" in mind and was left somewhat disappointed and that disappointment sort of congealed in my mind into disdain, I guess.
Sometime I'll give it another watch with all this in mind and maybe I'll enjoy more when I'm not expecting some mind blowing horror experience.
>>70807333
The monster is described as fucking unstoppable and brutal, we are shown that he ripped that girl's leg and impaled her with it.
But the first time it catches the protagonist and lifts her by her hair, it just holds her in the air instead of making her explode or something. The monster's power level were completely inconsistent.
Also, what >>70807941 said. The whole origin of the thing makes no sense on the long run.
Perhaps that should teach directors to at least fucking explain where does the monster comes from or who summoned him
>>70810252
Absolutely, friendo. Great idea in planning on giving the film a new watch in the future.
I literally shill for it- and many others- on /tv/ for absolutely no monetary compensation :^)
>>70810399
>I literally shill for it- and many others- on /tv/ for absolutely no monetary compensation :^)
I fucking knew it, the only actual, civil conversation I've had on /tv/ in months was from a shill
Good thing I torrented it anyway and had no intention on paying for it >:^)
>>70810269
I don't see why you would expect it to 'teach directors' to explain something more thoroughly, considering the enormous success that It Follows itself found. It's not like it failed disastrously, and people are scratching their heads to learn what went wrong, or are seeking any lessons to avoid another terrible display. Very much the contrary.
>>70797354
last shift is a great little flick. Strong assault on pecinct 13 vibes, but spooky ghouls instead of urban youths
Lake Mungo was fucking shit .. stop shilling that garbage
>>70810269
>ripped that girl's leg and impaled her with it.
Not that anon, but it is my impression that her hip was broken byintense demonic raep.
And re: the hair, if anything, its #1 main quality was patience, so it probably takes its time with its victims.
And often times when I hear things overly explained, they lose their magic for me. I don't need everything spelled out. That's one of my biggest criticisms of anime is that they HAVE TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING and in great detail. Ugh, it's tedious, but I digress. Anyway, I'm sure I'm in the minority these days.
>>70810539
No, it was not. Very far from it. Plebs seem to get very offended with the film, though.
>>70810598
lel .. sure thing bud
>>70810549
>her hip
I should say knee.
And I have to say, I got goosebumps just taking that screenshot. Fucking love that movie.
What found footage horror should I watch tonight?
>>70810638
Me too. It upsets the amount of hate that the film gets on this board. But then I remember that who's spouting shit is very probably a pleb or a (You) hunter, so I realize that fuck them. It's an important lesson if you spend too much time on a place like this.
>>70793328
I loved you when you said Night of the Hunter, but then hated you when you said The Exorcist. Have you watched it recently? Its actually laughable. Now The Exorcist 3, thats some scary shit
>>70810761
How about The Taking Of Deborah Logan?
Or Afflicted( better first half than second)?
Or The Last Exorcism?
Or for a bad one, JeruZalem?
Of course, if you're fan of the genre, you might have seen them all already.
>>70810525
>It follows
>Huge success
Not really anon, it didnt made much money and remains largely unknown. Did it recouped its budget? Sure thing, but it wasnt even shown in most theaters, it had a limited US release and a nigh-nonexistent international release. If anything it found success because of its meme status
>>70810789
It's not just here. There are plenty of people who don't like that movie, and that's OK. I don't like some movies that lots of people like. Vive la difference. It's nice to actually get to discuss a film beyond shitposting for a minute.
>>70810549
Yet it raped that guy and made him nut his life out in less than 2 seconds
Curse of Michael Myers...
preferably the producers cut if you can find it.
>>70809281
>Kill List
My nigga. The only one in this thread with more than just a shred of taste.
>>70810985
Yeah but his mother's body was built for sex. Can't deny that shit. Iunno, do entities always have to act completely consistently? Isn't being unpredictable scarier?
>>70810855
Now, now. The shock and being the prime of 'how to scare' is a thing surely lost in 40 years, but its power to terror is now very much depending on how religious is the individual, then the satanic disturbance fins bigger resonance. But even if you're out of this circle, it's not laughable. It's one pretty good film from the period when WF was at the top of his game.
And the butchered Blatty film has one of the greatest horror scenes in the history of the medium, no doubt. But overall I found it mediocre and heavy, as heavy as the tired semblant of George C. Scott in every scene.
>>70810980
Meh, I'm more intolerant than you.
>>70809281
>poughkeepsie
i'm getting /x/ flashbacks just looking at that word
i haven't seen it since it came out though, i wonder if it held up well
>>70810122
if that's the case, it shouldn't be heralded as a good horror film. a decent drama, maybe, but lake mungo doesn't evoke much when it comes to horror
>>70810761
be my cat, if you can find it
>>70810885
Been getting into it recently. I'll be watching taking tonight I think. Thanks anon
>>70811097
I am not religious and I consider The Exorcist by far the most terrifying film I've ever seen. It's my favorite horror and in my top ten films of any genre. I can easily suspend disbelief, however, thank God.
>>70811192
>i wonder if it held up well
No, it didn't. Pretty bad, and an enormous edgefest. THAT gif is by far the best the film has to offer.
>>70811097
>And the butchered Blatty film has one of the greatest horror scenes in the history of the medium, no doubt.
Are you referring to the nurse station scene? That scene launched me out of my chair
>mfw this is a decent horror thread by accident, with a terrible OP
:^)
>>70811333
Half-Satan, what else, my man? It's a literal masterpiece inside a common film. Absolute horror kinography on those few minutes
>>70811335
all horror threads on /tv/ are bad, with the exception of that "how do we fix it" thread
>>70811333
it's probably one of the most iconic scares of all time, from a movie no one watched
>>70811283
i don't recall poughkeepsie doing anything extremely edgy. the only movie that i ever thought was like that was enter the void
If you guys want to watch a really fun 80s horror movie I would highly recommend "Demons".
>>70805428
>on god, i swear that the acclaim behind ... the descent is one big fucking meme everyone but me is in on. they're all really mediocre movies
FUCKING
THANK YOU
movie is literally just a bunch of shitty acting and murder porn. The only reasonably good scene was the blood pool. It was pretty badass when she let out that primal scream at the end.
If the talk is about edgy films, I strongly recommend you all to not watch No One Lives. Laughable and pretentious( no, really) dialogue, terrible characters, and ALL THAT EDGY the whole way through.And it's a WWE film, for my surprise when watching it
Anyone remember that 80s movie House? The monsters used in that were some of the most horrifying ever
>>70810269
>ripped that girl's leg and impaled her with it.
holy shit, you're retarded. Are these the people who hate on this movie?
>>70792690
/thread
>>70811568
>FUCKING THANK YOU
cringe
>>70811568
i will gladly give a pass on shitty acting if the concept is good. that's why i keep bringing up thanatomorphose -- fucking abysmal acting, but the execution of the concept is amazing
the descent doesn't have that, it was just a bunch of nothing, save for the "cool" scene. the evil dead remake's blood rain is cool as fuck too, but there's still a movie in between
>>70795587
Literally the holy trinity of overrated modern horror
>>70792685
*Sigh* /thread
>>70811719
>tfw The Thing is so perfect it's mentioned in everything thread and you just want something different
>>70811661
sorry, did I trigger you?
>>70811677
it's just a disgusting movie to me. Like why am I even watching it? It's just a bunch of girls getting brutally murdered for no reason. There's not even that much suspense or tension building. It's just blood blood blood. The ending and blood pool scene were the only things I found even remotely enjoyable.
>>70811611
Say your prayers, ROGER
>>70811735
people need to fuck with the fly remake more, it's top-tier cronenberg
the man's an understood legend but no one hardly ever mentions his work outside of videodrome for whatever reason
>>70811192
Is be my cat actually out? I've wanted to see that
>>70811875
Oh shit, yes. That movie is the bomb. The only thing that got me was the incredibly abrupt ending, but I guess there was really no more story to tell so it doesn't matter.
The first time I watched it I felt different after.
>>70811875
The Fly remake is iconic horror/sci-fi. Seen the sequel? Not great, but I didn't expect to cry at arubber dogffs.
And I see Cronenberg talked about here, and deservedly so. He's one of the most interesting, if not consistent, filmmakers working today.
>>70795587
Thanks man, I marathoned them all during the night and I am amazed, there is a hope for horror movie genre.
>>70792634
You all forgot "The Crazies".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455407/
Here are some good horror movies.
>Martyrs
>Nekromantik
>August Underground
>Murder-Set-Pieces
>Men Behind The Sun
>Salo
>Green Elephant
You should watch them
i'm rewatching rigor mortis right now, and damn, it is still not a good movie
>>70811926
it was running festivals, but it's not released physically yet, if that's what you're asking
>>70812368
sweet baitposting, but i'm a big fan of extremism and hadn't heard of the fourth, fifth or seventh. which would you recommend the most between those
>>70812368
edgy
What does /tv/ think of the Lights Out movie? I thought the short film was pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrJiltfB_Cw
>>70809243
You ought to check it out. It's very atmospheric. Donald Sutherland's character deals with grief, loss and marital issues which compels him to hunt for things he shouldn't in the dark places of Venice. It's a hard sell for people that need surface level horror, but it's one of my favorites.
>>70792634
Bone Tomahawk (2015). Cool western/horror.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awUcYzskWCU
>ywn sing long tall sally while mowing down the jungle in search of what you think are cartel gunmen
>>70813557
literally a longer version of the short
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDzdDfviLI
>>70795587
>It Follows
>OMG LE NOSTALGIA TRIP, IT'S LIKE AN 80'S SLASHA! SO EBIN!! US 90'S KIDS REMEMBER VHS TAPES xDD
>Babadook
>It all ends up being in her head
>"Such an epic twist! So scary!! Le baba-dook-dook-dook xDD"
>The Witch
>"Black Phillip!! Live deliciously xDD"
End yourself you underrage faggot. Horror became shit as soon as Carpenter exited the stage.
>>70814627
>It all ends up being in her head
no it didn't, it ended with it becoming like a pet
>>70797288
The horror in RB has nothing to do with jump scares. It's all about the sadistic and total betrayal and violation of an innocent woman by literally everyone she trusts. It's kind of like a rape movie but taken to it's most theoretical extreme.
>>70814752
It was a manifestation of her depression or some stupid shit, I only ever watched the pretentious shitty movie once.
The ending signifies her "being in control" of whatever it was supposed to represent; watch the director's commentary.
>>70814627
Took someone half a day to craft such a quality piece of shitposting. We were surely missing something like that
>>70813785
>Bone Tomahawk
Oh snap, that should have been on my >>70806819 list, but it's no longer listed as horror at IMDb... Great movie 9/10.
>>70792748
you're probably right, that was a pretty bad movie
>>70795587
>It Follows 6/10
>The Babadook 6/10
>The VVitch 5/10
>>70792634
What is this?
I'll watch any movie that has a cute girl in it
>>70810761
The Borderlands
>>70810539
meh, I didn't expect much from it but I was pleasantly surprised
it was very low-key and spooky and somehow even emotional
I hated the whole bait and switch with the kid admitting he faked the videos though, it just ruined the mood completely
>>70810549
Huh, is that the girl? I remember the girl being blonde and actually having her leg completely ripped off and stuck in her chest.
>>70811072
An entity that is explicitly described as mindless and following a simple purpose, yeah it makes no sense and thats no good.
Also, I can understand being unpredictable, but this one was straight up inneffective. When it grabbed the girl the first time, she was surrounded by all of her friends, which would undoubtedly try to save her, so why didnt she just snapped her neck or raped her in the ass immediatly if it kills by sexual means?
>>70810638
>>70810789
>>70810980
It's hated only because every publication/critic gives it a 10/10 when its actually quite boring, a more reasonable score would make it get less hate.
I consider it follows, along with drag me to hell, to be 2 of the most overrated horror films ever.
>inb4 the conjuring is also overrated.
Maybe, but the conjuring actually didnt garnered scores as high as those 2, those 2 have scores of over 95 in most critic sites.
>>70808602
dog soldiers is the best werewolf movie ever, although i wouldnt exactly call it a horror movie
>>70815806
this, not a masterpiece, but I can't believe no one has heard of it. Decent spooks and a good lovecraftian setup
>>70810761
Watch as above, so below.
Decent setup (paris catacombs), though I'd say it flops during the last 15 minutes or so, but the build up is good
>essential
>after 1990
You're making this very difficult.
>The Cabin in the Woods (Goddard, 2012)
>[Rec] (Balaguero & Plaza, 2007)
>28 Days Later (Boyle, 2002)
>Saw (Wan, 2004)
>The Ring (Verbinski, 2002)
Those are the first five off the top of my head that are worth a watch. Wouldn't call any "essential", though.
Maybe [Rec].
>>70820756
>>The Cabin in the Woods (
FUCK
OFF
>>70821650
What? It was good. Again, not "essential", but easily the best horror film since 2010. Not that the pickings have been great.
>>70821650
Check out this tasteless equite
You wouldn't know patrician if it marched across your Rubicon
>>70821786
what was it good at?
it wasn't scary, it wasn't funny, it wasn't captivating in any way
it didn't have a single intelligent line of dialogue, it didn't have any suspense, it wasn't shot particularly well, it had no redeeming qualities ON TOP of having a retarded premise
fuck this meme movie and everyone who defends it
it was just "meta" garbage for tasteless shitheads
>>70792634
The Ringu and pretty much a lot of other japs stuff
>>70821905
I mean, besides your lazy complaint about it not being "shot particularly well", the rest of your criticisms seem fairly based on personal preference rather than a problem with the way the film was made.
I think Goddard is a solid writer and definitely was a better choice to direct than letting Whedon do it. I think it had scary moments and fun moments as well.
Just for reference, can you name some "intelligent lines of dialogue" from some horror films you enjoy? Just so I know what you mean.
I think "no redeeming qualities" is particularly harsh to the point of pigheadedness. You'd honestly give it a 0/10?
Your opinions put you in the minority. Critics like it, audiences like it, peers like it and the box office liked it. It succeeded in every possible way a film can succeed.
I'm thinking about watching 10 Cloverfield Ln. Any thoughts?
>>70822079
>it had scary moments
what moment in this movie scared you?
>and fun moments as well
what moment did you laugh, or even chuckle at?
be extra specific because I watched it years ago and forgot almost everything about it 2 days later
>You'd honestly give it a 0/10?
actually I would, if it was just a film that I considered to be horrendous I'd still probably give it a 1/10 or 2/10, but in this particular case I am very critical of it because it's not fucking anything, not a horror film, not a comedy film, not an adventure film, not an art film, it's a big load of nothing, just a self-indulgent, unfun mess
>Just for reference, can you name some "intelligent lines of dialogue" from some horror films you enjoy?
I said that, exactly because it's not a horror film
because there was nothing scary about it and I wanted to drive home the point that there's nothing ANYTHING about it
I don't expect a horror film to be particularly smart, I expect horror to mostly have good atmosphere and to be consistent thematically enough to be immersive
if it's super smart that's just an added bonus, like a tale of two sisters
and since you found my criticism of "not shot particularly well" (where again I was just mentally grasping at straws trying to think of an area in which CitW might have excelled at), go watch a tale of two sisters, and then watch it again and notice how the directorframes the little sister out when the enters the scene
now that's good filmmaking
so, again, I see you say "it succeeded in every possible way a film can succeed" and I won't even comment on how ridiculous a claim it is (makes me think you're not really interested in cinema at all), but I'm still waiting for someone to explain how it succeeds in any ONE thing
>>70822299then the father* enters the sceneeven
>>70822299
different poster but i like how you ignored both his questions
>>70822370
I answered both, what the hell are you talking about? He asked me to name an intelligent line of dialogue and I explained why I said that in the first place. He asked if I'd really score it a 0/10 and I replied to that too.
>>70797288
It's unsettling and is typical Polanski build-up, who is one level away from being a GOAT.
The ghost writer was also pretty good. It's one of those movies I could see 5 times a year, because it has something.
>>70814627
>Horror became shit when Carpenter exited the stage
This is exactly the kind of broad generalization that i'd make when I was a underdeveloped little shit, and that I look back on and become so embarrassed that I literally blush.
>when Carpenter exited the stage
Lol
>>70822299
>what moment in this movie scared you?
When they first descend and pass the glass cubes of the other creatures, many of those were freaky as fuck.
>what moment did you laugh, or even chuckle at?
Off the top of my head (it's been a while for me too) I remember I laughed quite loudly at Bradley Whitford's characterbeing killed my the mermaidafter making several running comments throughout the film over how disappointed he was that he'd never seen them selected by the kids.
Look, it's certainly self-indulgent, but I found that fun. I'd like to draw attention to my first post, where I specifically said that making us choose films after 1990 was tying our hands. Also I haven't seen a Tale of Two Sisters, but I'll make a note of it.
What genre would you call CitW if not a horror? It seems pretty damn obviously a horror to me. Some people find consistency boring. I'd rather get a movie that does its own thing than follows a stale formula. For all your criticisms you surely cannot call CitW formulaic.
CitW did succeed in every measurable way. Obviously it differs from person to person, but when the majority of audiences like it, the majority of critics like it, AND it receives peer accolades, then it's very hard to call all of them wrong due to one person's tantrumatic "it's stupid" speech.
>>70822404
You actually did answer the 0/10 question so I'm not sure what that bloke is on about but you ducked my question about dialogue.
>>70797661
>two kids are able to sneak out of the camp when there are snipers on every single roof top
>not a single guard is watching over the obviously infected wife
>no one watching the security cameras either
>>70822614
>CitW did succeed in every measurable way.
I wasn't paying enough attention to that part of your post, didn't realize when you talked about it succeeding in every way that you meant with all three of critics, audiences and financially.
>What genre would you call CitW if not a horror?
That's where my main gripe with it lies. It's not a horror movie. To me, the most basic quality of a horror movie needs to be immersion. Being scary doesn't make something a horror movie, that lynch flick with the guy appearing from behind the wall isn't horror just because it scared everyone who watched it shitless.
A horror film is meant to immerse you in a situation, typically (not necessarily) involving metaphysical, or at least psychological elements.
Now when you make a movie, and you brand it as horror, but drop any pretension of taking the content seriously from the very beginning, it's just not horrifying. I remember not even half way through I was just begging for it to end, because there was no attachment to anything happening on screen.
And it's not even that I am definitely opposed to anything meta, even in horror (although horror isn't the best place to go meta) but it has to be done tastefully and interwoven carefully into the viewing experience so that it doesn't obstruct the actual engagement with the movie. For example in the movie Resolution, it did go down that path but I didn't mind it nearly as much. I didn't particularly like it, but I wasn't outraged by it either.
I've never followed reality TV, and I can't speak for people that do, but I'd say it's probably the same as tuning to a reality TV show where the first thing they show you before each episode is a disclaimer stating that all drama and relationships that you're about to see are fabricated. You might as well watch a soap opera instead at that point.
>>70822614
>CitW did succeed in every measurable way. Obviously it differs from person to person, but when the majority of audiences like it, the majority of critics like it, AND it receives peer accolades, then it's very hard to call all of them wrong due to one person's tantrumatic "it's stupid" speech.
That is, in varying degrees, appeal to popularity.
A null argument, and so far the only one you've provided.
>you ducked my question about dialogue.
>>70822299
>I said that, exactly because it's not a horror film
because there was nothing scary about it and I wanted to drive home the point that there's nothing ANYTHING about it
>>70822882
CitW was a comedy. End of discussion. Now stop posting, you gigantic faggot.
>>70823077
>CitW was a comedy
wasn't funny at all
>stop posting
make me, wankstain
>>70822882
>>70823077
It seemed like a humorous commentary on the genre within the frame of a horror film.
Like how, say, Galaxy Quest is a science-fiction film. Sure, it's a comedy, but it's also sci-fi.
>>70823137
I didn't find Hot Rod funny, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a comedy.
>>70823225
I didn't imply it's not a comedy, it's definitely more comedy than it's horror but mostly I don't give a shit.
What's the film in the OP?
Post 90s horror movies feel like an unique genre. they stop caring about becoming classics, like the 70s stuff, and concentrate on the terror. i see where OP is coming from.
Insidious was absolutely my favorite series from most stuff mentioned here. it built its own world and explored in 3 movies. the first one is an absolute classic.
Good monster movies?
>>70825268
18+ to post here.
80s Ting
Goldblum Fly
Blair Witch Project
The Witch (surprisingly)
Jaws
The Exorcist
80s Poltergeist
Misery
The Shining
original Texas Chainsaw massacre
Last House on the Left
Nosferatu
Suspiria
House on Haunted Hill
Friday the 13th
Psycho
Rear Window
Vertigo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKF1zowIBkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iehoF5cQFoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HuWmcCuR54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slfzPyCwOTE
Here you anons go, there is a part missing though
>>70798602
>underage b&
The first sinister is spooky as fuck, and doesn't rely on jumpscares too much. Haven't seen the 2nd one but I'm pretty sure it's not as good as the first one.
But for real, the first one is the scariest movie I've ever seen.
>>70797810
Was house of 1000 corpses really horror?
Honestly felt more like a sad and tragic movie?
Or am I thinking of 13 Ghosts?
I know one of those is in some weird house with weird fucked up looking ghosts but iirc they were more tragic and sad and not really hostile.
>>70805428
mungo is trash and its praise annoys me
the scene the fans adore is fucking subpar and requires an explanation
>>70792634
Meat grinder
Ju on
Mom & dad
August underground
Martyrs
Rec
Them 2006
Alien 1
Grotesque
The exorcist (original)
A Tale of Two Sisters
Eden Lake
The Grudge(jap)
Ringu
The Eye(jap)
Shutter
Devil’s Backbone
Haute tension
A serbian film
Salo
Guinea pig
Dumplings
Irreversible
A l' interior
