At least watch the second short, Parallel Monsters, it's the best in my opinion, probably among my favorites of the series. Has a classic science fiction Twilight Zone sorta story, imo.
It's not pure garbage. And Yuck is right, the Parallel Monsters story is the most interesting of the bunch.
Agreed with all of this. Plus its up streaming on netfilx so you can just shut it off guilt free if you hate it. I forgot to post about watching the Taking of Deborah Logan. What a nice little unexpected treat. Some pretty good haunting imagery in it towards the end. Definitely worth a watch!
Saw It Follows today, and enjoyed it quite a bit. The acting, score, and cinematography were all top-notch. The premise is a little thin, and I think they really could have explored the sexual "horrors" of the curse a bit deeper, but the movie has stayed with me all day and that's a big positive in my book.
Wolfcop was a hoot. Finally watching The Human Centipede. Never had any desire before now to watch it. Not sure I have the desire right now to watch it, but figured it had to happen sooner or later.
The Babadook and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night are both on netflix now. So is The Canal which I thought was excellent.
Human Centipede isn't a horror movie...it is horrific! I tried to watch HC 2 and only made it half-way through. Still gives me the hebegebees!!!
I actually got through Human Centipede okay. They don't really show anything in that one. The Babadook was AWESOME! Gonna watch A Girl Walks Home Alone tomorrow.
Really, really enjoyed Starry Eyes. It's sort of in the same realm as The House of the Devil and It Follows, with the retro vibe (but not as overt) and slow-burn. However the climax is much more brutal than either of those, which, at least for this sicko, makes for a better pay-off.
Catching up on some recent films of discussion here, V/H/S Viral - took a pass on this one. I didn't even enjoy the first two forays into the series to be honest. Probabaly better than ABCs of Death, but that is not saying much at all. Just not my style of enjoyment or scare. The Babadook - saw this quite a long time ago actually. Sort of a slowburn, so I can see why it is not everyone's cup of tea. I am not sure I would classify it as 'horror' exactly though, but if it gets people to watch it, why not. Very good film though, and an excellent peak into mental illness. Tusk - hahaha, okay, so the caveat being I am Canadian and have an odd sense of humour and eclectic movie taste, but I did enjoy it actually. I am not a Kevin Smith fan, but the movie was fun - completely against the righteous/egotistical filmmaking he is often known for. The story was crazy and even Depp was in rare form as his old kooky self, and earned a huge amount of credit back from me for (1) taking the role, and (2) going uncredited. It was silly, and graphic [real FX!] but not overly so. It struck a good balance. They could have done with some proper Canadian extras though, the border guard was pretty awful. Human Centipede - I don't think much more needs to be said about this movie. It is what it is, and people know it by now, which I think was the entire (and only) point of that film. But I strongly recommend NOT watching the sequel. Not for gruesomeness or disturbing quality at all, but just because you will never, ever, get that time back. It Follows - I haven't seen it yet, but have some moderate hopes for it to be a good movie. Unfortunately still stuck in the typical recipe of teenage/20 something-centric characters I cannot abide, but that is the stock formular of the trade these days. Starry Eyes - I didn't enjoy this at all. I didn't get any kind of classic horror feel from it, and it was a struggle just to get through to the end. I can't honestly think of one positive point to take away from the movie, and wouldn't recommend a viewing of it. The snide take on the movie industry has been done countless times before and handled far better. Even for a low budget film I think it missed the mark. It might've worked better as a short film, but didn't have any depth to it as a feature. I would felt disappointed if I had paid to see this at a festival.
The only thing really retro about Starry Eyes were the titles, and the synth soundtrack. I wonder if I'll like it as much on a second viewing. And I would give it a second viewing.
I agree with the Babadook comments. It wasn't a true 'horror' film, but more of a film with a metaphor about trauma and grief. (Kind of like some of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films that get marketed as 'horror'.) I was more pumped up about A Girl Walks Home Alone than it delivered. When I first heard about it, I thought it was going to be a feminist movie covertly made in Iran. It was made in the USA. Still, it was worth watching. Starry Eyes was okay - I agree that the premise was nothing new. It had some pretty guesome effects for the gore-hounds.
I think with The Babadook, whether or not it is a horror to a person depends on if in the context of the film they think Babadook actually existed, or if it was purely in the head of the mother as a representation of her grief over the loss of her husband and overwhelming stress of getting by as a single mother. I consider it a true horror film, I mean it actually scared me, which movies almost can never do anymore, and think Babadook was real in the film, an actual manifestation of bad juju that was able to exist by feeding on said grief and stress. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night could have been more. I didn't hate it, but in hindsight I could tell you very little about what it was trying to say, felt like it never really went anywhere. Well shot and attractive to watch definitely.
Just some crummy photos of one of my DVD shelfs . . . i've packed a lot of my favourites onto this one. Anyone else still buy actual DVD's?
Nice collection Moog. You've got some good ones there; some I have myself and others I would like to have. I don't have too many, or anything special, here, but I ought to snap a quick photo of the stuff I have been rescuing from the bargain bins at the local bookshop. The Necronicon is still one of the coolest (if a bit awkward to shelve) packaging selections I have owned.
Great stuff Moog! Some of my favorites in there (beyond, zombie 2, evil dead 2...as I started typing this, I realized there are too many to mention so I'll just stop now). And yes, I absolutely still buy DVDs, but in bluray now. Not as much as I used to because I have most of my favorites though. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, me too. I was obsessed with grabbing all the uncut versions that were mostly only available on R1 back in the early days of dvd. Now i have most of 'em, i've slowed right down. I have waaay more horror / giallo dvd's than this but i tried cramming a lot of the big guns onto one shelf. Surprising how many were released by Anchor Bay . . . .
Nice! I kept wondering what edition of The Beyond that was until I realized it's one of those horrible steel boxes Anchor Bay used to release 15 years ago; makes me want to re-watch Hellraiser...
^^ Haha, yeah . . . its a 'limited edition' tin of only 20,000 copies! I like the tins myself. That one came with some nice postcards and an extensive booklet. I admit they ruin the symmetry of a DVD shelf, though . . . .
First one that stood out in that bunch for me was Creepshow. Still an absolute favorite of mine, and still creeps me out the same as it did when I was a kid.
I see Dead and Buried in that collection of yours. I remember renting that over and over again. Such a great '80s flick.
I'm still buying dvd's and blu rays. Now starting to get all region blu rays. So happy Arrow has a North American arm now. Much easier but still very expensive.
I just watched We Are Still Here and it was the best horror movie I have seen in over a decade probably.. classic 80s horror done perfectly!
