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I've been looking for some good recent horror stuff and haven't been able to find much, outside of Insidious, Cabin in the Woods, Sinister, V/H/S, and The Orphanage.
There's no such thing as horror films anymore. That day died a long time ago. All you have now is some over marketed cartoon cgi horribly scripted crap full of camera tricks and overdone music that doesn't actually trick or frighten a damn thing. It's pathetic. I have 2 strong horror films I've written, I hope to get to them sometime, but I'm working on a drama right now that's much more important to me and more feasible right now. But damn, when I get to my horror scripts I think I have something pretty special.
I've been looking for some good recent horror stuff and haven't been able to find much, outside of Insidious, Cabin in the Woods, Sinister, V/H/S, and The Orphanage.
I am trying to talk myself into watching Antichrist, but I haven't been able to commit to it yet.
If you liked V/H/S watch the second one it's even better.
That's more of a mystery/drama, i kinda liked it, but its one of those movies that's better to watch in the cinema, where u got no option but to pay attention.
Martyrs is a good movie if u haven't watched it yet.(2009 though)
VHS 2 has been getting ok reviews even though I think it's worse than the first one
V/H/S 2 was good, OP I recommend you to watch the V/H/S movies, I'm highly intrigued in what they come up with next
I saw 2 previews for horror movies coming out soon. One was about a guy wearing an oversized cat head running around killing people. everyone in the audience was laughing. the other was where some lady was playing marco polo with some kids, except they used clapping around the house. cliché ghost/thing appears and claps as well. it was ing stupid. gotta find les...
http://www.imdb.com/ le/tt1457767/ (clapping movie)
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http://www.imdb.com/ le/tt1853739/ (cat movie)
ing. stupid.
The fact that VHS 2 is considered to be one of the best recent horror films just shows how ed the horror genre is.
8-legged freak doesn't suck. it's an old movie but I only recently watched it, not a strictly defined horror movie but something between a horror movie and a comedy it seems to me. the black dahlia and the prestige are also good movies, though neither fits the exact definition of horror movie. in fact I never fancy such films which aim to make people wet their eyes or their pants. movies like monster's ball, Lost in translation and bobby long are the type of movies I like best
Black Dahlia and Prestige are not even close to being horror films.
Mama was good. it had a cohorent story and didnt rely too heavily on cheap gags to get scares. 8mm wasnt a jorror story but it gave me the chills like no other movie had before the exorcist. for the most part youre right- horror movies are just awful
horror is a dead genre. filmmakers are so spoiled with cgi and today that they forgot how to add the element of unknown and to time scares/gore perfectly. it's dead. it's loooong gone.
This is not recent, but, it is genuinely superb, the original "When a Stranger Calls" from the mid-70's. Carol Kane plays the babysitter here and she's fine. This is not slasher stuff, but, an intense study of a psychotic & the private detective who at first wants to stop him, then is driven to exterminate him. Charles Durning, terribly obese, is not your standard detective, but, he's something else here. His litany to the police detective is mesmerizing as he explains he'll use "lock picks" to assassinate him. The police detective (Ron O'Neal) understands the end justify the means (he's witnessed the original murder scene), "Take your time, do it good."
The psycho is given screen time and does not waste it, no mask, no hood, just watery eyes & a lust for God-less mayhem. There is a scene here when he is talking (we're not shown this scene, just a tape recording of it) to the prison psychiatrist after he's been arrested for murdering the 2 children, the murder weapon? He ripped them apart with "his bare hands." This tape recording is an affective tool for what has transpired & what will.
Colleen Dewhurst, a fine actress plays a key part as a middle age bar floozy, hanging on to a shred of her life, who gets much too close to the killer.
This is frightening stuff--on an adult level thru & thru.
The horror genre is thriving right now, tbh. Don't let VHS2 and Mama tell you otherwise. Just check out some of these new flicks.
The south Texas premiere will be at Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes, Thursday August 8th actually. I've heard nothing but great reviews as well.
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