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Huntn said:
I am fully aware that Mission Impossible movie franchise has had a rocky road. I loved the first and hated the rest, but... i’ll have to watch this maybe in the theater.
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Wow, I think Mission: Impossible, Ghost Protocol (#4) and Mission: Impossible, Rogue Nation (#5) are two of the best action movies of all time (they both did ~$700M global BO and had 93% RT, so I'm not alone :))


hawkeye_a said:
I'm always on the lookout for a *good* horror flick. They're extremely rare. The best one i've ever seen, and one which stuck with me, is The Exorcist.

Recently the only ones which come to mind are The Conjuring and It Follows (mostly for its uniqueness). While The Witch was a really good movie, i wouldnt consider it a horror movie(but worth mentioning anyway)

@Everyone, what are your all-time favorite horror movies?

Cheers
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Great recommendations, there are some outstanding modern horror films and some terrific franchises (all the James Wan films are pretty terrific, i.e., the Conjuring 1 and 2, Annabelle 1 and 2)

The Witch is brilliant.


Mefisto said:
I also quite enjoyed the Creep-movies with Mark Duplass.
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Love these, they have a nice touch of very dark humor, nicely done low budget (big fan of Duplass).
 
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arkitect said:
It started off decently, and then just…meh.
The Ritual, 2017
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^ This statement is quite accurate.

I loved how The Ritual began - wonderful scenery, and the building suspense esp. through the first night at the cabin. The ending was a letdown.

Horror movies are challenging to make because ghosts/monsters/demons are abstract to begin with, and are hard to portray visually. The demon in this movie was ridiculous.
 
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D.T. said:
Wow, I think Mission: Impossible, Ghost Protocol (#4) and Mission: Impossible, Rogue Nation (#5) are two of the best action movies of all time (they both did ~$700M global BO and had 93% RT, so I'm not alone :))




Great recommendations, there are some outstanding modern horror films and some terrific franchises (all the James Wan films are pretty terrific, i.e., the Conjuring 1 and 2, Annabelle 1 and 2)

The Witch is brilliant.




Love these, they have a nice touch of very dark humor, nicely done low budget (big fan of Duplass).
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It’s possible that once I wrote off the series (installment 2 did me in), that was that. You may have caused me to reconsider. :)
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Strider64 said:
Just watched "The Greatest Escape" again. They don't make movies like that anymore and the movie was filled with stars.
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3 hours just to watch a motorcycle stunt. ;) I’m teasing, an excellent movie. I also love Stalag 17, a great story for it’s climax.
 
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Huntn said:
It’s possible that once I wrote off the series (installment 2 did me in), that was that. You may have caused me to reconsider. :)
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Ghost Protocol remains my favorite of the MI film series.

Revisited several giallos:

Probably will not revisit Black Belly of the Tarantula or The Case of the Bloody Iris again. I've never been particularly fond of either film (despite a very good performance from Giancarlo Giannini as the weary detective in Black Belly), but revisiting over the last day confirms that neither is very good in story, nor compelling in the giallo structure. ...Bloody Iris is just bad (not even Edwige Fenech's lovely curves can save this one).

However, I have been rewatching Aldo Lado's Short Night of Glass Dolls a few times over the past month and it becomes increasingly great with revisits. Reporter Gregory Moore's (Jean Sorel) fate in an Iron Curtain country is unnerving because of where he is and what he uncovers at Klub 99 (that moment is a bit silly, however it's what the club members represent that remains scary), and ultimately, what happens to him. It's a very strong parallel for keeping secrets during the Cold War and doing anything to stay alive. Unfortunately that anything is pretty messed up. This is more of a suspenseful film than a giallo filled with body counts and the movie works all the better for it. Besides, jean Sorel was an absolute babe: one of the most handsome men -if not the most handsome man- working in Italian genre films at the time; very good actor too. He underplayed a lot of his work in these movies which led you to believe his characters. I need to watch 88 films blu ray version.
 
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Saw a couple of rather forgettable horror flics the other days. Started with IT - the remake. I knew it'd be bad but when 30mins in a small opportunity arose to switch off and do sth different, like cleaning the kitchen or so, I took that chance and don't think I'll ever come back for the train wreck I've witnessed beforehand.

Then Necromancer. Don't watch it when you're interested in Lovecraftian horror but rather when drunk and in the mood for some cheesy b-type 90s horrormovie - that'd work!

And then finally Scarecrows ('88). Much Better than the rest of the lot but also a whole lot of wasted potential. It really does have its moments and has a short running time as another plus so that one was actually ok - although I had much higher expectations.

Next in line is The Void and The Devil's House (think late 80s probably) and hope the first hits closer to H.P. Lovecraft while I keep my expectations truly in check regarding the latter. :D
 
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twietee said:
Saw a couple of rather forgettable horror flics the other days. Started with IT - the remake. I knew it'd be bad but when 30mins in a small opportunity arose to switch off and do sth different, like cleaning the kitchen or so, I took that chance and don't think I'll ever come back for the train wreck I've witnessed beforehand.

Then Necromancer. Don't watch it when you're interested in Lovecraftian horror but rather when drunk and in the mood for some cheesy b-type 90s horrormovie - that'd work!

And then finally Scarecrows ('88). Much Better than the rest of the lot but also a whole lot of wasted potential. It really does have its moments and has a short running time as another plus so that one was actually ok - although I had much higher expectations.

Next in line is The Void and The Devil's House (think late 80s probably) and hope the first hits closer to H.P. Lovecraft while I keep my expectations truly in check regarding the latter. :D
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You should [try to] watch IT, terrific adaptation of the source material, excellent performances - I'm not sure what you perceived as so bad in the first 30 minutes - we rewatched the mini series recently, and outside of Tim Curry, it's just awful.

The Void is terrific, think early John Carpenter, fun, practical effects, heads off into crazy town in the best possible way.

If The Devil's House is, House of the Devil by Ti West, it's superb, a send up of Satanic movies from the 80s, creepy, nicely filmed (they shot it on 16MM so the look is spot on).
 
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D.T. said:
If The Devil's House is, House of the Devil by Ti West, it's superb, a send up of Satanic movies from the 80s, creepy, nicely filmed (they shot it on 16MM so the look is spot on).
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Yes! Also, there's some The Fixx on the soundtrack (used in a clever way), so there's that to top it all off. A really fun movie.
 
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D.T. said:
You should [try to] watch IT, terrific adaptation of the source material, excellent performances - I'm not sure what you perceived as so bad in the first 30 minutes - we rewatched the mini series recently, and outside of Tim Curry, it's just awful.

The Void is terrific, think early John Carpenter, fun, practical effects, heads off into crazy town in the best possible way.

If The Devil's House is, House of the Devil by Ti West, it's superb, a send up of Satanic movies from the 80s, creepy, nicely filmed (they shot it on 16MM so the look is spot on).
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Yes! House of the Devil. Sounds promising - still keeping my expectations in check ;)

I haven't watched the IT mini-series in ages and likely never will to keep my nostalgia intact ;) but If I do then Tim Curry is the sole reason as his pennywise is just legendary. So it was clear for me that the remake would always lose against those stacks big time. The half hour I did see was a disjointed mess with weird directing imho - and the worst there can be: it just felt utterly shallow.

Glad you liked it though but it ain't for me I guess.

Just read that The Void was directed by the guy who made The Witch - which I didn't know about but read the title over here a couple of times now already. Have to keep that one in my mind I guess.
 
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twietee said:
Just read that The Void was directed by the guy who made The Witch - which I didn't know about but read the title over here a couple of times now already. Have to keep that one in my mind I guess.
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Er, I don't think :D

It's still really good, Lovecraft-ian fun, if you've seen From Beyond, you'll love it. I mean, look at this ...


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How can THAT be bad :D
 
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The Void had some brilliant marketing materials and art. I haven't seen it yet. Maybe I will rent in between semesters.

Finally saw Amuck (1972). Outside of Barbara Bouchet, do not understand why giallo fans make such a deal over this one.

Am trying to make my way through A Rather Complicated Girl (1969). It is only in Italian, yet I understood enough in the opening scene to want to plow through*. Jean Sorel inserts himself into Catherine Spaak and Florinda Bolkan's relationship to purposely destroy said relationship (Like I said the man portrayed a lot of sleazy men in these movies and he was always so good in those roles).

*Sorel was eavesdropping on Spaak and Bolkan's phone conversation and when there's a moment of silence, says to Spaak: "Answer her, woman." And she says something like "who is this?" To which he says, "God." :p

Should be fun even if I do not understand 98% of the dialog, visually and plot-wise, it's already intriguing. And since I enjoy Jean and Florinda, great to see those two together again.
 
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Yes! House of the Devil. Sounds promising - still keeping my expectations in check ;)
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I liked House of the Devil as a movie, but i didnt find it scary. I think i liked it cause of the 80s feel of it, and the suspense/thriller aspect.

Watched Godfather III today; pretty forgetable plot imho(Might be an unfair assessment considering the high bar set by the first two).
 
Just started Millers Crossing (1990) based on the recommendation of a head shrinker I know.
Tom Regan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
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Mother! (2017) - 1/10

Advertised as a horror movie, the only thing horrific about it is how much it bores one to death with totally unrealistic events, and plenty of underacting (responses of actors completely disproportionate to the intensity of occurring events). Personally, I don't even like the cast, but I gave it a chance because horror movies that have even a likeable description are hard to find these days. This is not a horror movie, just a terribly boring drama.

Oh, and yeah, ... the 1 star I give it is for the brief display of Jennifer Lawrence's tits.
 
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Lord of the Rings: Pt2, The Two Towers (2002)- The depiction of Rivendell in this series makes it one of the most desirable, magical locations in my fantasies. Oh yes, The Battle of Helms Deep excellently staged with the right amount of live action supported by seamless CGI. Ending with Samwise Gamgee’s magnificent monolog/pep talk to Frodo to keep going! And Emiliana Torrini’s haunting credits song.

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Bonus, the Ents go to War!


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