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October/Halloween/Horror Recommendations

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  • #652
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Halloween series is good, love Season of the Witch (part 3)

    Conjuring series is good too.



  • #653
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,434 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Nightmare on Elm St was probably more good than bad though only just about I think.

    I liked all the Child's Play films.

    Saw was more hit than miss.

    Final Destination was mostly enjoyable.

    I'm sure I've seen other complete series but can't think offhand.



  • #654
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,037 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Any decent creature feature/animal attacks/monster movies out the past year or two? They're a particular favourite of mine, but they don't make them like they used to™!



  • #655
    Markus Antonius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭Markus Antonius


    Not sure if I found it in this thread but watched "Session 9" (2001) a year or two ago and thought it was quite good. About an asbestos removal company contracted to an old psychiatric hospital.



  • #656
    Space Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Space Dog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122641526#Comment_122641526

    Crawl, Hatching, Nope, Barbarian, Malignant, Antlers



  • #657
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,037 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647490#Comment_122647490

    Cheers - have seen most of them but will check out Hatching and Malignant. 👍



  • #658
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,434 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647546#Comment_122647546

    Malignant...is....a....lot lol



  • #659
    Space Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Space Dog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647546#Comment_122647546

    I forgot Backcountry and Cocaine Bear, in case you haven't seen those



  • #660
    Space Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Space Dog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647664#Comment_122647664

    The last 20 minutes are 👌



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  • #661
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,434 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647675#Comment_122647675

    Ha ha just a bit...I literally gasped out loud at one bit



  • #662
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,037 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647668#Comment_122647668

    Yeah, seen both. Out Come the Wolves, the new one from the director of Backcountry is due out around now I think.



  • #663
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Just back from seeing The Substance in the cinema.

    Psychological body horror that will make you squirm and so so fscked up...definitely see it on the big screen if you can as the cinematography is amazing.

    Demi Moore is outstanding too.



  • #664
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,434 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Now to decide what film/TV series to start with for the October horror watch.



  • #665
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,157 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Happy half century to one of the greatest ever. Released October 1st 1974.

    Untitled Image



  • #666
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    That hammer scene will the steel door still gets me



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  • #667
    El Duda
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭El Duda


    Terrifier 2 is genuinely one of the worst films I've ever seen, but the new one is getting good reviews

    https://twitter.com/TheMovieBadger/status/1844385832725250492



  • #668
    Space Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Space Dog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122705117#Comment_122705117

    Part 2 also got great reviews. If you're a gorehound and like mean-spirited horror you'll probably love it. I don't mind gory stuff in general, but there's something nasty about the Terrifier films that I find off-putting.



  • #669
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,881 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Watched the first two Terrifier films over the past week after all the hype, and once you get over the gore and bad taste excess they're simply pretty poor films. Yes, Art mugging away is occassionally amusing, but neither film has any real flow, atmosphere or clever filmmaking beyond that and the ludicrous kill scenes. I think the first is worse just because the filmmaking is so ugly and amateurish, but 140 mins of Terrifier 2 was truly exhausting given it has so little going for it.

    Something cool I did watch and thoroughly appreciate recently, though, was the Hong Kong horror oddity The Boxer's Omen. Probably the weirdest and wildest fantasy horror film I've seen this side of Hausu - an endless assault of bizarre, creative imagery. It can be rather exhausting and some of the animal effects are either hilarious (the puppets) or objectionable (sadly, occasional moments of actual animal cruelty do crop up in some older HK titles - including briefly in this one). It's more of a fantasy horror spectacle than scary. But for sustained demented imagination, I've very rarely seen anything like it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmwrWSt6qfY



  • #670
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Shudder US has some good stuff to get ppl in the mood at the mo, with complete run of Friday 13th and some gems like Exorcist 3



  • #671
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,094 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    I noticed that Shudder US has some good stuff recently - In A Violent Nature was a recent highlight, plot-wise it's like a several-sequels-in franchise horror film where the audience knows the lore and is in it for the kills (which, to give credit where due, are generally inventive and often disgustingly-in-the-best-way realised). But the thing that stuck with me is the way it's presented and framed, particularly the weird and strangely peaceful moments between deaths. A very interesting take on what a slasher sequel is about.

    There's some fun stuff to be had on Youtube as well, it turns out. The Chair is one of the creepiest short horror films I've ever seen, and Milk & Serial is a fun pseudo-found-footage affair about a pair of Youtubers whose pranks on each other start to escalate. (Like too many other found footage films, it doesn't stick with the conceit enough, but is otherwise engaging enough for it to be worth ignoring that detail).

    For the Friday 13th fans, worth noting that there are not 1 but 2 fan-films worth a look - Never Hike Alone, and Never Hike Alone 2.



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  • #672
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    Irish Shudder also has the wonderful Oddity, horror set in Cork and the director has a bright future IMHO.



  • #673
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,762 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122705654#Comment_122705654

    That got a good critical reception state side.



  • #674
    Space Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Space Dog


    Portrait of God is a decent horror short on YouTube.



  • #675
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    A really enjoyable creature feature, simple setting, no deep dives into character backgrounds..just a killer spider on the loose

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20112746/?ref_=ext_shr



  • #676
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    Also Haute Tension ( High Tension) is available to stream on Prime

    Not for the feint hearted

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338095/?ref_=ext_shr



  • #677
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,094 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122705654#Comment_122705654

    I stuck this on last night and thought it was decent, but had a couple of issues - mainly that a few things felt contrived in a "well if it didn't go this way we wouldn't have a story sort of fashion, which to me normally means "your script needs more work". But it was pretty well made and made a good fist of balancing an uneasy atmosphere with a small number of pretty effective jump scares.



  • #678
    rtron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 645 ✭✭✭rtron


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122712544#Comment_122712544

    Nice, was trying to watch this for a long time but couldn't find a good copy with subtitles. Watched it last night, Brilliant movie.



  • #679
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122713757#Comment_122713757

    Finding a copy with subs and also a main stream placecto stream it was always an issue when recommending

    If you enjoyed that try this,

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288/?ref_=ext_shr



  • #680
    Wrongway1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,417 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    'Strange Darling' pretty decent I thought.

    One of those thrillers that skates in the horror realm than being outright.

    Told in jumbled up chapters but works quite well in what it has to say. Impressed with the leads the dudeo I think was in Veronica Mars looked like him anyhow all grown up now.



  • #681
    rtron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 645 ✭✭✭rtron


    Watched the substance last night, probably 10 mins too long but good.



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  • #682
    Sugarlumps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps


    Watched Christine from 1983 and it still looks amazing. Carpenter could do no wrong, excellent cast. The auld lad who owns the garage is gas.



  • #683
    weadick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 726 ✭✭✭weadick


    The original Black Christmas is a great watch



  • #684
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Smile 2 is a definite recommendation from me, lots of good jump scares that don't seem cheap.

    Great acting all round too.

    Better than the first.



  • #685
    dubstepper
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭dubstepper


    Couple of stand outs on Shudder

    Lake Mungo: Aussie documentary style story about a tragic death of a young woman. Very enjoyable

    Give me pity. Set like a tv special for an entertainment star that goes quite dark at points. One of my favourite movies in a while. It is hard to describe but it is something of a psychedelic trip.

    Mads: Newly released I think. Again not sure how to characterise this. Part hallucinogenic party movie, part zombie movie. Just watch it.

    Late night with the devil: Set in the 80s(?) a night show host is having a halloween special. It doesn't go well.

    When evil lurks: Spanish horror. Quite gory.

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  • #686
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    WNUF Halloween Special is also supposed to be good. Might only be on Shudder US. Watching tonight.



  • #687
    dubstepper
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭dubstepper


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122762880#Comment_122762880

    I watched it but found it quite poor. There is the news report from a haunted house that goes wrong but if you put all those pieces together you get maybe 10 mins. The main bulk of the movie is around the advertisement breaks, of which there are many. They are not that funny in my opinion. I thought it was a waste of time.



  • #688
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Might check it first and then try Late Night with the Devil if it's dull



  • #689
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,434 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Will watch it at some point, but I see Shudder released a ~5 hour documentary about Chucky with loads of the main people involved in the series.



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