Good paranormal/ horror films?
>>17033985
not v/h/s
>>17034001
enlighten me, plz
>>17034009
nty
Crowley - Back from Hell
it's got shit ratings so plebs won't watch it
pic related
>>17034856
worst movie i've ever seen, if you think this worth 1 minute of your time you've never seen a good horror movie
>>17034875
I don't see how it is that bad, it's watchable
Circle. Not actually a horror movie, but paranormal and a good watch
My personal favorite. Also has a nice Christian and paranormal background, as well.
Incidentally if you're a 40Kfag, just think of this whole movie as humanity's first contact with the Warp and subsequently Chaos.
Watched The Fourth Kind recently and that was enjoyable. It had me going for a little while because I'm gullible and trusted Milla not to lie to me, but overall decent. Creepy owls and shit.
Primer.
>>17034940
What I got from this movie is Doom 3 levels of evil. Machine and demons being one and shit...
Spoiler alert.
.REC
The Bobadook
The Hallow
Bonetomahawk
The Thing (the one from the 60s)
Exorcist
The orphanage
>>17034989
Primer was just so fucking weird, could not wrap my head around it. If someone could explain it to me I would be really happy.
>>17035500
>The Bobadook
As opposed to
>The Babadook
I don't know why that slight difference made me laugh.
it follows
absentia
lake mungo
the canal
>>17034875
i can't stand these threads because of people like you. figure out the headline: PEOPLE LIKE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE and they don't need you to comment every time about how much you hate it.
>>17034117
Fuck off then..
>>17035569
nty
>>17035531
it follows ?? go fuck yourself
>>17035570
Trollfag
>>17033985
The Babadook
Deliver Us From Evil
Grave Encounters
IT
Suspect Zero. Psychic hunts serial killers.
>>17034856
>>17034875
I had high hopes for this, but it was really try hard and not scary at all.
>>17033985
Here's some I watched recently
Banshee chapter: creepy as fuck, kind of a modern take on From Beyond. Probably my favorite movie I've seen this year
The Possession of Michael King: Best possession movie I've seen in while
The Taking of Deborah Logan: Pretty good possession movie
Honeymoon: alright but so low budget it hurt
The Conspiracy: was pretty cool
Area 51: it's alright. The best part is seeing how they plan to get in area 51
Extraterrestrial: campy but fun, ending is shit tho
The Visit: One of the worst load of shit I have ever had the misfortune to waste time watching
Visions: More a thriller than a horror movie but it's actually quite good. Really like the "twist" at the end I wasn't really expecting something like that.
>>17035793
my favorite *horror movie I've seen this year
>>17034940
Loved Event Horizon. I would love to see the full version of it but that will never happen. They should either do a remake or a prequel based on the original expedition. We could see what really happened on the "other side". It could make a great fucking movie if it was done right.
>>17034001
>>17034009
Don't get tricked like I did into watching V/H/S
And then don't get double tricked with the "V/H/S 2 is better" nonsense.
If you really want to watch them, see if you can't find the segments separated - the problem with those movies is that you have to watch 2/3rds utter crap to see the 1/3 decent stuff.
>>17035571
It follows is a decent film, nothing terribly wrong with it. Yeah, people sperged over it, but that's not it's fault.
>>17035829
>nothing terribly wrong with it
It follows has some good ideas but fail to deliver them well, instead they diluted them with about 45 minutes of footage that could literally not be there without affecting the plot. They were also very inconsistent with "it" and what are the rule of this thing. Like when she fucking sees it as her grandma coming towards her and exits her classroom, then the "it" is inside the fucking school. But later you see that "it" needs to break windows to get into houses. So this it break the fucking class window? Why didn't we hear shit? Also the part where "it" is on the roof of the house standing there watching when they leave. Why the fuck did it go up there? I could go on but it would be useless.
This movie should have been 1h20 min maximum and that god forsaken ending at the fucking pool should have been rewritten as something that would make at least some sense. I do agree with you that it is decent. The atmosphere and idea were pretty good and I like the music. I thought it had a "80's" horror campy feel to it. But it does have a lot of shit wrong with it.
>>17033985
Not a film, but a good horror tv show that can easily be found online is called Fear Itself.
My boyfriend showed me the pilot yesterday and while it seems cheesy at first, it gets pretty good and genuinely spooky.
>>17035596
Yes. Yes. Yes. Grave Encounters is one of my favorite "found footage" films.
>>17035879
I know things do not always have to tie up. Why do people need complete explanations to everything, including movies with themes about totally unknown things?!? Is it a lack of imagination that magnifies these excusable-or even desirable- questionables into fail-tier plotholes? Is being overly critical of a film become more fun that getting into it and watching it? Are we so far away from viceral reality now that we can't even scare ourselves without nitpicking the living fuck out of a piece of fiction? I say no, but I know I'm generally alone out here. The film-goer is dead, long live the film-goer.
>>17035967
It's pretty underrated for the quality. The only problem for me is the fact that T.C can't make me stop laughing.
>>17035793
The possesion of michael is the worst movie ive ever seen.
>were gonna fuck you up
Top lel ant demon bru super spuupi
>>17034856
It is scary especially with surround sound in a theater
>>17036259
That title reminds me of Oculus. Oculus had a mediocre story, and the horror was almost non-existent.
>>17034931
Decent movie, reminds me of some twilight zone level shit.
>>17035793
Decent picks.
The Vatican tapes
fire in the sky
Evil dead!
>>17036256
Yeah those guns sounded so real!
>>17034875
Anyone who hates this movie has literally no taste, it was fucking great.
I will bet $1,000,000 that you thought the fucking Babadook was a "good horror movie".
>>17035596
I loved Deliver us from evil. Probably my favorite possession movie ever. It got horrible reviews; which is why I never trust reviews anymore.
I also liked Crimson Peak, but it was more of a spooky drama than a horror movie.
Got shit ratings, but I liked it. Ending was weird.
Lets try this again, I fucked up twice.
This was pretty good, I really liked it.
It's not classified as horror, but it's pretty spooky
Anyone know of any other Twilight-Zone-esque movies?
I recently re-watched this. I don't know if I'd really call this good, but its definitely got some spook to it. There's this one scene where shit hits the fan that will be burned into my brain until I die.
Pontypool is pretty good. I would rate it more memorable than all the movies listed in this thread.
>>17036259
The bath-tub scene was pretty memorable... I gotta say though, that cover art is really unnerving, it's fantastic.
OP I'm going to recommend Under the Skin, haven't seen if anyone suggested it yet but either way it's worth a watch. More creepy than outright scary, but it's got a coldness to it that I liked. Also set in Scotland, which is nice.
>>17037478
The beach scene in Under the Skin is incredibly disturbing
The conjuring fucked me up cause it brought back absolutely insane memories from childhood
>>17036009
I want to murder ever single fuck that doesnt like movies because "theyre too unrealistic" or that one dude you sit through a movie with and he says "nah fuck off, no way that could happen"
>>17035879
When I watched the movie the way I thought of it was that "It" is intelligent, it only needed to break into the house because there was no other point of entry that it could have used. For the school scene, obviously the door to the building would have been unlocked or even open for It to enter.
I agree with your point about why It was standing pointlessly on the roof though, that was just unnecessary in the context.
>>17037262
I didn't really like the ending, it seemed too, I don't know, absurd for me.
>>17037534
>>17036009
My niggas. Isn't the unknown and the unexplained half of the spook, anyway?
>>17037493
So true. I can't give enough credit to Scarlet Johansson for how eerily detached she acts, it's fantastic.
Fuck it I'm going to watch it again. That score chills my marrow everytime.
Piggybacking off this thread. Any good movies with an Amnesia or H.P. Lovecraft vibe?
>>17037594
No.
>>17037512
what memories?
Listen OP Just Torrent this! W8 for the winter to kick in hard get your comfy blanket!
You welcome!
>Rose Red
>Storm of the Century
>The Stand
>The Shining
>It
>Hellraiser 1,2
>Alien
>The Others
>REC 1,2
>Sleepy Hollow
>>17037764
Why does everyone find The Shining and Storm of the Century scary? I thought Storm of the Century had an okay story, but The Shining just bored me for about half the film.
>babadook
apply yourself,good family movie tho
>>17035793
The Taking of Deborah Logan was very nice. I thought it would be spookier, but oh well.
Crimson Peak is a great movie. It's not quite a horror. It's more like a murder mystery with ghosts in it.
The Conjuring and Anabelle are very nice.
>>17037170
boring, good but boring
>>17036259
One of my all time favourites.
Nice scares, good images, the bathtub scene, the woman from that fucking cover art, scary locations and a classic fucking final boss and a fine ending.
And that fucking intro theme song man, just fantastic.
https://youtu.be/IRJN6RzlJbY
If you're into possession movies, watch the Rite. Sir Anthony Hopkins delivers.
>>17037310
That was shit. horrible piece of pointless garbage.
>>17037383
Pontypool is fucking amazing. If you like Welcome to Nightvale, you'll probably like this movie. Very creepy.
Gonna throw my two cents in, and recommend The Atticus Institute. Found footage is my guilty pleasure, and I particularly like the documentary style found footage. This one and Lake Mungo come to mind.
>>17035567
When people ask for recommendations, they generally want to hear people's opinions on the movies too. I value the negative opinions just as much as the positive opinions, as should you. If only people who liked the movies posted, it would always appear that every movie was good, and you'd end up watching a lot of shitty movies.
>>17037383
>That scene when eye in the sky man is going into the barn
>You just hear him describing what he's doing on the phone
>mfw
You don't see a single thing that happens, just hear him talking over the phone to the people in the studio, but holy shit that was one of the scariest scenes I've ever seen in a film.
>>17043578
Forgot pic like an idiot.
>>17038713
movie was not so good, but anthony delivered
>>17035501
would take ages to explain, just google an explanation and enjoy the read
they didnt want you to understand the movie the first time you watch it, its barely even a movie at all if you ask me
Noroi (the curse)
>my favourite found footage movie
Coherence
>more paranormal than horror
if u not seen this 2, try em.
I'm incredibly disappointed the '78 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers isn't on any lists. It's one of my favorite horror movies and for good reason.
>impressive body horror effects
>memorable soundtrack
>good camera work
>cultivates the "doom and gloom, things start to fall apart" atmosphere
>will stick with you after viewing
>>17044456
I'm a body horror guy, and I laud Society for actually disgusting me to great effect. Had this little gem on my list for a while, and I was not let down. It's a slow burn with some unnerving moments that really goes off the rails in the last 30 minutes.
If you want paranormal, and also want to bend your mind...Have at this one. I melted my mind last night.
I also believe it has tons of subliminal messages. These are the type of small time movies you should focus on.
Is V/H/S anything like "Poughkeepsie tapes"? I liked Poughkeepsie tapes a lot.
>>17037248
>ha ha hoo
>ha ha hoo
>ha ha hoo
>ha ha hoo
^This was funny. Otherwise, total shit film.
>>17037218
You have shit taste
>pic related
>>17034931
This movie sure made me think first time I saw it
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Mist
The Descent
>>17034183
I love how Freemasons portrayed in this movie
>>17046991
are*
>>17035819
yeah i got duped into watching them. some of it was great most was shit
>>17037764
Sleepy Hollow made me fall asleep.
True to the name I guess.
>>17035571
You obviously haven't seen it. It's the worst premise ever, but the movie is pretty fucking well executed.
I don't get the hype with the Conjuring, it's pretty much a copy paste possession/haunted house movie
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AmcnnRv58Z4
nobody posted the shining?
>>17035967
Same desu
>>17047853
The Anon at >>17037764 did.
The Thing - huge detail and amazing production
The Others - great suspense movie
The Exorcism of Deborah Logan - impressed they actually took some direction with how the movie ended.
Unfriended
/s
>>17037280
The One I Love is similar to coherence but not scary. Time Crimes is a good time travel/slasher movie. Triangle is like Time Crimes but shit.
>>17033985
Here's some recommendations, I didn't check if some were already posted
Paranormal:
The Hallow
Last Shift
Banshee Chapter
Horror but not paranormal:
Bone Tomahawk (A must see, it's long but the payoff is worth it)
Asylum Blackout
The Conspiracy
Absentia
Banshee Chapter
Noroi The Curse
Occult
Y'all niggers have shit taste if this hasn't been mentioned yet
>>17048542
That movie is a fucking insult to the "horror" genre. End of story.
>>17035812
What do you mean full version? Did they cut a lot of stuff?
>>17048730
They cut a shit lot of the gore. Probably because of those cock suckers at mpaa.The footage was supposedly destroyed but some pictures are floating around on the internet. The movie could have been the best horror sci-fi of all time but they had to fuck it up and remove anything remotely disturbing.
Am I the only one who believe that horror movies are supposed to scare/disturb you? I think it is fucking horrible to force movie makers to butcher their work to fit some stupid backward american rating standard (non-american horror movies show a lot more). If you don't want to see gore and tits just don't watch the movie for fuck sake. There is no censorship in art. Accommodations and compromise to fit rating besmirch movie making as an art.
>>17048232
>>17048542
Two very boring movies
>>17034931
Oh god that movie was so awful
>>17034183
Original title is Chemical Wedding
>poughkeepsie tapes is mentioned once in this thread
>in comparison to V/H/S
Jacob's Ladder.
The tunnels
Orphan
Jwanita
>>17049082
I found it to be a compelling movie. Impressive for the fact that it takes place in one room.
>>17050086
Seconded.
Not particularly scary directly, but disturbing to such a level that it evokes something primal and terrified.
>>17034856
It was extremely MEH on all levels, as a screamer/jumpsacre shocker and that babby tier symbolism
Literally sunday aftrennon horror
>people actually recommending Bone Tomahawk
Le postmodern anticlimactic Rugero Deodato *homage*
Apollo 18 ranks up there for me. It's about astronauts getting their ass kicked by alien moon rocks.
>>17050284
best description of this movie ever
>>17050284
>there's a reason why we've never gone back to the moon
Yeah, filming it again would cost a shitload of money.
not really scary but still good for a cartoon
>>17050308
Yes. I like this.
thread is kill
>>17050325
Guys, are we kill now?
>>17050308
I fucking LOVE that film.
>>17050307
/pol/
>>17037594
In the mouth of madness
Creep
Cronos
Death Line
Dog Soldiers
Let the right one in
Razorback
The Bone Snatcher
The Thaw
The Legend of Hell House
Daywatch
Nightwatch
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Curse
Curse2
Grudge
Grudge2
Shutter
Ghost Of Oiwa (1961)
Cult (2013)
>>17035500
>The Thing (the one from the 60s)
80s Thing is the only good one
>>17037493
Not just the beach scene,The time the guy tries to fuck her, The encounters where she picks up random neds from glasgow was super unnerving,kinda like the inner workings of some sociopathic serial killer in a city I know very well was well fucking weird.
>>17050308
Almost akin to animation from when I was a child and very like old british children's shows from the 70's/80's as well, Nice to see people keeping that tradition of scaring the minds of the young to inspire.
Babadook
REC
Jeepers Creepers
>>17051505
>>17035596
>>17035515
>>17035500
OP, if you don't watch it, you're going to upset these anons.
>>17051556
Not really horror. More like psychological thriller.
Not bad, though. I think most people shit on it because they expect something different.
Hate that fucking kid, though.
>>17051567
It all depends on what you consider "horror" in your perception of the world. I find suspense to be a really powerful horror element, and this movie made sure the suspense reached 9001 and stayed there. But hey! That's just me.
>>17051556
what's so good about babadook?
>>17051595
If you haven't seen it; the suspense and the fucking story book.
If you have seen it and disagree; it's only my opinion, it won't appeal to everyone.
>>17051556
I like Babadook a lot but the last ~20 minutes were terrible. It threw the subtle psychological horror out the window for stupid shit.
>>17051595
The mom was smokin aussie, the kid should have been drowned/shut
So I need help on finding a series
Kind of like conspiracy files
Show based off a detective doing his job around various weird cases. Initial theories thrown out the window after longer investigation. Had an episode about a house killing living beings, biological entity controlled remotely, some basement weird geometry.
In trade watch:
>Black Death
>Dead Silence
>The Shrine
>>17052549
>Dead Silence
Fuck yes.
Have you given Cannibal Holocaust a try?
There's this old flick and its kind of underrated, but definitely worth every second, its called Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal holocaust, hands down, best horror
If you're looking for good horror, I would suggest the following
>the exorcist
Nothing quite beats the classics.
>Krampus
Has that guy from parks and rec
>cannibal holocaust
Absolute pinnacle of the horror genre
>>17052736
>>17052742
>>17052764
Samefag.
On a scale from cannibal holocaust to cannibal holocaust, I would say your looking for a solid cannibal holocaust so let me suggest a few:
1. Cannibal Holocaust
2. Cannibal Holocaust 2: Cannibals take manhattan
Only one film had me on the edge of my seat the way cannibal holocaust did, I basically committed a cannibal holocaust on my fingernails.
This psychological horror was just fascinatibg
You should give Cannibal Holocaust a whirl and tell us how it goes, op. When I saw it, its all I could think about for months.
Looking for a good paranormal thriller? Try the short: Cannibal holocaust 6: Halloween horrors!
>>17052783
>>17052801
>>17052824
>>17052849
Ffs, shut the fuck up, no one fucking cares.
i know this is about movies, but one of the better nonfiction ghost books i have read is peter haining's "the mammoth book of true hauntings"
over 500 pages of ghosts and ghouls researched by a brit author
one of the most horrible was the bridal barge of aran roe, about a haunted oared ship of the dead, casualties of the clan wars back in the day, that has been sighted many times off the coast of ireland
This film made me uneasy for weeks after it. Low budget found footage but the plausibility of it happening is pretty unsettling.
>>17034856
Screenwriter googled occult and proceeded to write his script from Wikipedia. I wanted it to be good with the uncanny name and symbolism but it ultimately falls short with plot holes, cheap jump scares, foolhardy concepts and a base that makes no sense at all.
The only good thing about it? Screams from hell were pretty on point with creepyness.
>>17052725
cannibal holocaust is just a shit gory movie made for shock value.
The Tunnel: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zicNu_SaCUI
>>17036282
oculus isn't a horror movie you fuck
>>17037218
i dunno, babadook was fucking awful. so was it fallows
>>17034856
Watched it when I was high and sleepy. Pretty spoops. Dark cramped places give me the willies, I guess.
>>17037383
Fucking LOVE this film. Anyone who hasn't seen it, don't look up a THING about it. Every plot summary ruins in. Even the film's slogan spoils something. Just go it blind.
Come get spookt
http://instasync.com/r/2spooky
>>17048709
>>17054423
shit movie.
the buildup was there,the ending wasn't
>>17050308
Good story but horrible writing
>>17054423
Nice work, thanks gonna watch it. This thread needs more of this.
>>17054423
Thought this movie was pretty good, especially for a "lost footage" type thing.
>>17054429
>oculus isn't a horror movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/
And like I said, the horror was almost non-existent.
>>17054429
Um, yes it is. It's about a spoopy mirror/.
>>17036259
SNAKE, IS THIS A LINK TO CIPHER?
saw jacob´s ladder yesterday.
10//10
noroi was pretty spooky
>>17037262
pretty fun game
Cannibal holocaust. 10/10
If you haven't seen cannibal holocaust, you haven't lived life
A good thrill can only come from one experience
That experience is cannibal holocaust.
It has a pretty small following but I think pic related is the right way to go, OP
As far as I see it, you have 2 choices here OP:
Spongebob Squarepants the movie: sponge out of water or cannibal holocaust.
Your choice, both are pretty frightening
plebs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0uNJp15p3M
>>17059223
>Cannibal Holocaust
>One the most memed and namedropped "disgusting" movies along Salo
>pretty small following
u avin a giggle m80
>no communion
Seriously? Christopher Walken anally probed by rubber aliens.
>>17035500
>Bone Tomahawk
Just watched, really enjoyed it. Less of a horror movie than a western with some horror throughout. Really shows rough west living, and one of the horror elements is how scary a stranger at night can be, especially back then. Worth the watch if you're a fan of horror, suspense, drama, or western.
>>17048335
timecrimes as in “Los Cronocrimenes”?? if so, the best movie I've seen so far about time travels, it's beautifully written/directed and it leaves you puzzled as fuck and asking for moar
>>17046792
muh nigguh
underrated as fuck movie, even tho at the time I saw it (like 3 years ago, sumthing like that) I didn't found it paranormal... yes, I'm stupid, whatchugonnado about it?? haha will definitely download to watch in the future
in the meanwhile, enjoy one of the most beautiful female voices of contemporary music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xMCNmUaGko
>>17059388
damn it mayne, I'm reading the turn of the screw, will look the movie when I'm done with it
>>17038552
you seriously liked Anabelle? not judging you, I just found it boring as fuck, slowest pace on a horror movie ever, shitty acting, shitty manson family references, shitty doll, shitty shit... I have the theory that only females and kids like this movie... no man I know likes this thing, like I said, not judging you matey
>>17059758
>good buildup
>kickass alien scenes
>shit and abrupt ending
>>17061018
Annabelle was a disappointment to The Conjuring.
>>17033985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrb16LfrZr4
>>17061154
it's a god damned raggedy ann doll
what did you expect
>>17061372
Well, The Conjuring was "just a house" and I found it to be amazing.
>what did you expect
To be quite honest, I'm not sure. I expected to be at least decent.
>>17061469
the warrens also were involved in the amityville horror
both that house and the conjuring house were lived in afterwards, and the occupants in both cases said they didn't experience squat out of the ordinary
the warrens were just hucksters
you expected analbelle to be decent?
no leg humping or cussing the warrens out for keeping it in a glass cage, hmmm?
>>17061526
Damn dude, calm down. We both agree the film was shit, just drop it.
>>17061154
so, the conjuring is decent in your opinion? genuinely curious about it
>>17033985
The very best of all, hater's gunna hate tho
Dark Skies
The Entity
The Craft
Pet Cemetary
Resolution
>>17050284
>It's about astronauts getting their ass kicked by alien moon rocks.
thanks for the kek anon
But the movie was fucking shit, i absolutly loved the concept/idea but the movie was boring as fuck. After 20 minutes i was so bored I jumped to the ending
I'm sad there is no good horror movie talking about moon or space that is not 100% sci-fi like alien
Home Movie, the 2008 film. Pretty fucked up because of the reality to it, I guess.
Time Lapse, should be on Netflix. Not scary per se, but I really liked the twists and the premise.
Shortfilm on youtube called "the smiling man"
Any of you guys regularly watch those crappy direct to dvd movies or franchises?
Anything you happen to like?
I have watched all of the movies here I will list the must sees and save you effort:
Aliens:
The Mothman Prophecies - highly recommend
Signs
Event Horizon
In the Mouth of Madness
Dagon
Alien
Fire in the Sky
Suspense:
Pontypool
Timecrimes
Dark City
The Exorcist
Rec
Jeepers Creepers
Session 9
Occult:
The Ninth Gate
The Devil Rides Out
Night of the Demon
House of the Devil (only seen the remake)
These are some essential viewing, and you should really tick these off before you delve into the massive shit mountain that in this genre in general.
>>17063776
>Alien
(watch the second one too and ignore all other sequels)
>Fire in the Sky
>The Exorcist
Confirmed for good.
>Jeepers Creepers
Confirmed for good only if nostalgia hasn't tricked me, it's been too long.
>Signs
>Session 9
>Rec
Confirmed for shit.
>The Mothman Prophecies
Started watching on TV once, seemed boring and stopped.
>>17063807
Mothman is important for historical reasons, as it's one of the only plausible paranormal events, heavily investigated and reported on by real people without ulterior motives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HxY4suVjSo
Signs is fantastic for a picture of what alien contact will probably be like. Session 9 is slow. Rec has excellent pacing and the ending makes anyone sweat, I had the pleasure of watching these 3 as they were released, without any prior knowledge about them. Memes and the internet have probably ruined them for anyone coming to them in 2015.
>>17063848
>Mothman is important for historical reasons, as it's one of the only plausible paranormal events, heavily investigated and reported on by real people without ulterior motives.
I've considered giving it another chance, but yeah, heavily doubting that. Super hard.
>Signs is fantastic for a picture of what alien contact will probably be like.
Uh, no? For numerous reasons. And it's just a bad movie any way you slice it.
>Rec has excellent pacing and the ending makes anyone sweat
It made me yawn and I was annoyed to see that the ending was one of the clips played in the commercial trailers. I heard people saying good things about the original spanish version, but I doubt I'd watch it if it was even remotely similar.
>>17063871
what? Rec is the original spanish movie, that's what I'm talking about. Quarantine the american remake with Dexter's sister is a piece of shit....
Signs is a great movie about isolation and American xenophobia.
You need to lurk moar friend, you sound super angsty.
>>17063889
>Rec is the original spanish movie, that's what I'm talking about. Quarantine the american remake
My mistake, then. Haven't watched it in years.
>Signs is a great movie about isolation and American xenophobia.
It's a stupid movie by M. Night Shamalamadingdong that focuses too much on ~*destiny*~ and has aliens so retarded they try invading a planet full of their one weakness.
>You need to lurk moar friend, you sound super angsty.
>"Someone has a different opinion than me! Better insult them to prove that they're wrong!"
Aaand now I'm done with you.
>>17051426
Creep surprised me by how good it was. Although, it doesn't get really scary until the end.
>>17052900
>the mammoth book of true hauntings
Thanks for the advice. A shame there's no epub around but I guess I'll get it used via amazon.
>>17048919
See, to me, being grossed out and being scared aren't the same thing. They're both disturbing, but not in the same way. But different people watch horror for different reasons I guess. If someone wants to make a movie with tons of gore in it, that's up to them, and I'm okay with a degree of it, but if that's the main "disturbing" aspect of the film then it's not really scary anymore, it's just gross or annoying or campy. (I would add "lazy" but some of the body horror SFX are anything but lazy, especially in pre-CGI days.) I personally watch horror for the scary side of disturbing, for the suspense, and yeah even the occasional cheap jump scare. If I just want to be grossed out, I'll just go get a job as a hospital orderly.
>>17064216
>SFX
and my brain is a piece of shit today, I meant special effects not sound effects
Still on a high from Krampus, so... Krampus.
>>17034856
Bad Hell movie. Decent philosopher's stone movie.
>>17063907
kek ;^)
>>17063166
what about Moon?
>>17063564
it's aight bro, it's aight
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375574/
>>17033985
not horror really but I liked it
>>17037558
Agreed.
>>17056785
You feel it too...
>>17036282
I think that movie could have been really great, but it tried too hard to seem all weird and confusing and shit.
>people actually posting Babadook, V/H/S, Conjuring and shit like that unironically
The genre is basically dead.
These are my all time favourites:
Jacob's Ladder
The Blair Witch Project
The Mothman Prophecies (it's literally Weird Fiction: The Movie, one of the best Lovecraftian movies out there)
Event Horizon (not scary, but it has great ideas, and just a damn good movie)
The Descent
The (Mithras) Conspiracy
Outpost (again, not scary, but a great movie with some good paranormal shit)
Dog Soldiers (best werewolves in cinema, look actually creepy, American Werewolf can suck it)
Nosferatu (original and remake, Max Shreck's make up still fucking god tier and beats most garbage on the screen these days)
Candyman 1
Paranormal Activity 1 (the rest are just kind of fun to watch because they go off the deep end)
Grave Encounters (doesn't scare me, but has some excellent imagery and ideas)
Alien (thank u jim cameron for ruining the franchise early on)
Halloween (original 1978 one)
The Thing (Carpenter one)
The Haunting (original one)
The Wicker Man (original one)
Night/Curse of the Demon
Session 9
The Borderlands
Ok, some shit I've seen lately that's been alright or better:
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
>ok, lol'd a couple of times
Bastard
>new slasher, 7/10
Cub
>Scandinavian? Boy scout thing, pretty good
Cooties
>meh, ok
I'd also recommend checking out shit by Ben Wheatley, good uk director.
Other shit that's been ok, Bone Tomahawk and The Visit.
>>17064350
I kept feeling like the film was supposed to be a metaphor I wasn't getting, but otherwise pretty good in a SAW1 kinda way
>>17064540
>Not Babadook
>The Descent
>Halloween
You're joking, right? At least you kind of redeemed yourself with Paranormal Activity and Grave Encounters.
>>17064611
You've seen Babadook, right? How it's pretty good until they completely fuck up the ending? How there's at least three points they could end it, but don't? Babadook was a complete waste of potential. People liked hyping it up because 'NO JUMPSCARES!!!!!' but even though, no, there wasn't, it was at best mediocre. The goddamn children's book itself was creepier than anything else in the film. Another fuck up? They showed the monster, it looked really stupid. It's a Tim Burton monster. You really need to have a solid design apart from 'spooky boogeyman' if you're gonna dare show your monster, which is 99 time out of 100 a terrible mistake for any horror movie.
And I don't know what's with /x/ is these days if you don't think Halloween and The Descent aren't a thousand times better than the trite in cinemas recently. I guess you people don't like it unless there's lotsa spooky jumpscares and scurry monsters and blood! I can't even tell The Conjuring and Insidious apart in my head that shit is so similar.
>>17064687
I have seen Babadook, and I enjoy it. The ending is how you portray it. I, myself, believe the "Babadook" represented grief. You can't get rid of it, you can only live with it. It's never truly gone.
I didn't personally enjoy The Descent because the ending was, although realistic, pretty dumb and anti-climactic. Not only that, but the entire movie just felt... underwhelming?
I thought Halloween was a good movie, don't get me wrong, but I don't remember a point where it actually scared me. Good movie though, and good psycho killer.
Blood is one of those things I do NOT want a lot of in a horror movie. Maybe a scene of gore at the end, *cough* Child's Play *cough* but levels of gore that rival Saw are unnecessary and cheap in terms of horror tactics. (Child's Play must be the funniest "horror" movie out there.)
>Scurry monsters
I will admit that you have me with that one. However, it depends on the design of said monster and the shock value that comes with it. Take IT for example. I don't have a phobia of clowns, but that fucker just makes me want to lose my shit.
>Spooky jumpscares
In order for a jumpscare to be proper, it has to be at a moment of high suspense AND make enough sense to be an actual jumpscare. (e.g. face staring at the main character for a split second, phone ringing when least suspected (startling the victim), etc.)
If you want to see a good example of what I prefer in a horror movie, just watch Dead Silence.
>>17064332
>>17064350
>>17059775
>>17059388
Patrician choices to the max
>>17064687
I'd like to think you were being trolled, anon. But, I have seen utter shit like The Conjuring being recommended numerous times on this board, so... who knows.
It Follows
>>17065096
shit
Krampus
>>17064930
My problem with stuff like Babadook is, at the end of the day, I think the most important thing in horror is atmosphere, and it's the atmosphere and ideas of a film that actually get me more than anything. Descent has a perfect setting, characters who seem to have believable relationships and some improbable but nonetheless viscerally effective creatures, plus great cinematography. This just adds together for me into a good atmosphere that never loses its feeling or atmosphere. Halloween's atmosphere comes from the essentially faceless killer (faceleness is a huge important part of horror, think of how many successful slasher killers have intact, regular human faces - Freddy, Mysers, Jason, Leatherface, etc. all have something masking their regular human features) and the implications about him the doctor goes on about. It's implied Myers isn't human anymore in some way that's never gone into because the doctor straight up doesn't know. Then when Mysers gets shot eight times and falls out a second story window, it's hammered right in that, no, he isn't human anymore. It perverts the familiar, takes what ought to be an at least quantifiable thing, and totally screws with your perception of it. Myers ought to be just a lunatic on the run, but he isn't. He's something else now, and you'll never know just what he is. Halloween does it so lowkey and so well that no one did it as good since.
Babadook had atmosphere. It had good visuals, good ideas - that book creeped me out more than anything - but in the end couldn't retain its atmosphere, it took a step too far and lost its own feeling. Atmosphere comes about from the mixture and reaction of every element of the film and when one thing is out of balance, it's all lost, it's all skewed. Near the end, when she's yelling into the chasm of darkness and bringing a bowl worms to it in the basement, it's such a shift that the initial feeling it set up is lost.
I'll continue this rant in another post-
>>17065194
Now, Alien and The Thing showed their monsters, but the difference in those films from a lot of what you get today, is that they were startlingly unnerving designs. When you see the faceless (there it is again) lump with teeth that is the Alien or the multitude of horrible bullshit that is The Thing, it's so starkly in contrast to anything seen before. The Alien teased bits and pieces of its monster, and you always saw it dark places - every sight just made you ask more questions. The Thing was a squirming, screeching, really awful thing that exuded a sense of horrible, unique physicality, which is something no Insidious demon or Conjuring ghost can ever top. So much goes into the design of a successful monster beyond what the artist thinks looks scary. The Alien, for instance, is jam packed with sexual and very animalistic, primal imagery meant to sicken and frighten you on a very base level. As Ash said, it's basically perfect. The Thing is made to make you ask 'what the fuck am I looking at?' while tendrils whip and maws gnash and it screams. It's like a wounded or scared or angry animal, which it basically is.
Hell, speaking of Insidious, the one, single thing I really liked about it was that one scene where the red face appears behind Patrick Wilson. That's how you do a jumpscare. It was momentary, totally out of nowhere and most importantly, wasn't in your face. It really catches you off-guard, it makes you paranoid, it actually adds to the tension and atmosphere, rather than being a traditional jumpscare that relieves built up tension.
I can't remember which film it was in, one of the Insidious or Conjuring movies, where a woman's walking down a hallway in a house with arches in one wall you see through. As she passes one, you see, out of focus, a black shape sitting in a chair, on the next pass, it's gone, but then this spooky scary ghost woman leaps out screaming and what was a fantastic, subtle set up is ruined.
>>17064216
This 100%
>>17065194
>>17065219
Thank you for this, anon. Posts like these often help me decide whether a horror movie I've been debating about watching is going to be worthwhile or not.
>>17065246
>Thank you for this, anon.
No problem, anon, I'm glad I can help. I love the horror genre, I'd talk horror theory for days if I could. I posted >>17064540 and it's based entirely off what I talked about there. If you haven't seen any of them, give them a try.
One film I forgot to mention is the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which genuinely makes me feel uneasy. It's got the grimiest, nastiest just plain unnatural atmosphere. The bleached look, the heat, the desolation, the whole decay of the place, the unkempt nature of the house, the Family themselves just make up this incredibly grimy and visceral atmosphere. Plus, knowing the whole cast and crew were miserable making it from the heat and stink makes it even more real. That film just somehow taps into a really awful and unfortunately quite plausible setting and atmosphere. It skirts the line between real and unreal just a tad too easily.
>>17034875
Ok then name five good horror movies
(I'm not mad I just want recs lol)
I don't think I need to say anything about this one.
>>17066437
That movie sucked. If I could unwatch it, I would!
>>17066439
What sucked about it?
>>17048919
Didn't they find a tape with this footage a while ago? It was some kind of previewing tape so the quality wasn't great, but there were rumors it would be included in some kind of release.
>>17066453
The lead person is a whore. She wrecks some one's life.. and then try's to go in and clean his house. She then goes to a different world.. to be a whore there and fuck up everyone's life!
thank me later
>>17036259
Has anyone seen the Korean version?
>>17035500
>Exorcist
DO NOT watch the directors extended cut of this movie. He fucking trashes it. Watch the original only.
You remember in the doctor's office when she goes for the guy's D? In the extended version they used CGI to alter her face as if she shape shifted right before she did that. Fucking puke!
Then there's a scene where the mum comes into the room to see her kneeling on the bed, apparently worshipping this huge apparition in the room that, no shit, had a fucking giant cock in the erect position. I mean, WHAT???
>>17066490
Man I forgot about this movie. It's almost an action movie honestly. Good flick.
>>17037170
I personally reckon they fucked up at the end. The ghost was able to just "fly" to another house to attack the young girl? After all that tension with the mother not being able to exit the original house? Suddenly there are no rules.
Also, doing a flash back to what happened 40 SECONDS AGO was an insult to my intelligence. (the hanging apparition from the tree)
>>17037512
whatever you do, don't tell us about it
>>17063166
Watched this movie before working third shift in a rail yard. The sound of boots on stones echoing off the freight cars sounded exactly like the scuttle of the alien rock monsters and scared the shit out of me the whole night lol
>>17033985
Digging up the marrow.
>>17066512
[cackles cynically]
>>17037588
>So true. I can't give enough credit to Scarlet Johansson for how eerily detached she acts, it's fantastic.
I just watched this scene. I admit I haven't seen the whole movie, but why the hell did everyone start trying to drown themselves in the water?
Any good anti-Christ/evil children movies?
>>17035567
Go back to tumblr faggot
Did anyone enjoy Creep? I thought it was good till the dumbed down ending
>>17066470
I knew it was too deep for you.
>>17066718
She is drunk, kills his whole family(drunk driving and goes to jail, becomes a janitor for a while.. decides to get a job cleaning his house). She goes in and fucks him(the guy who's family she killed). She then tells him sorry for killing his family.. she peaces out after he flips the fuck out, she ditches and goes to the other earth.
>>17066718
>too deep
It's a typical pretentious indie garbage passing played out platitudes as some kind of deep knowledge. You are a moron.
>>17066790
Look here, you're the moron. He's right. It's obviously too deep for you. The movie asks the simple question. Have you ever seen yourself?! The other planet is our reflection and they think we're their reflection etc...I can see your caught up with the cover story, and is too stupid to uncover it.
>>17066498
Yeah, sounds pretty dumb. I also kept hearing things about a "spider walk" scene being cut, but it just sounded like a cheap scare they were better off without.
>>17066815
I see what is the actual story of the movie, bad sci-fi shit is just an excuse to tell a story about grief, suffering and other bullshit that people who never picked up a book in their lives think are deep and completely original. The movie is more shallow than a piss stain and pretends to be some deep drama. It's not.
>>17060969
Fucking fantastic movie isn't it? Please watch it again. Like someone suggested, watch it after you somke and cuddle up with a gf or something. It's that important.
