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[kurisu_1974]

Here I am again! As the last survivor of the original MovieGAF I have been tasked by the spirits of scary movies to make a yearly horror movie thread or I shall suffer the consequences.

The only rule: post something about the movie you have watched, not just the title. Oh and don't split up.

Some resources for people without inspiration on what to watch:

They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? is a list of 1000 horror movies that was compiled using 2,614 lists taken from various critics/polls/magazines/books/websites/forums/horror fans...

100 European Horror Films are the movies taken from the BFI book by the same name.

IMDb's Horror Top 50 is a query that displays the 50 best horror movies according to IMDb. Still 5 one there that I haven't watched!

Have fun and be careful!!

 

[kurisu_1974]

And my opening movie was...

#1 Baghead (2023)

...absolute shit. Story made zero sense, no one acted like how you would normal people expect to, and the SFX felt super cheap.

 

[Mr Blobby]

Grave Torture (2024)

Grave torture is the belief that if you reject religion or are morally dubious during your life you are going to be eternally tormented when dead and buried. Indonesian movie about a lady trying ascertain whether grave torture does exist... by getting buried with one such heathen. Points for originality but it just seemed like a religious scare campaign. Some cheap scare tactics don't make much of a scary film.

 

[Artoris]

Watched this another day. Not a bad film.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

#1

★★☆☆☆ / Everyone and everything in 2007 looks AI generated

 

[ZehDon]

#1

★★☆☆☆ / Everyone and everything in 2007 looks AI generated

IIRC, there's a black and white version where the CGI fares better because that was the original design for the film.

 

[WhatDidHeSay?]

I watched The Substance.

Interesting... Interesting film. Had to look away a few times and I can see why people ran out - horrific at times...

Worth the watch though for the message it conveys and what it's zeroing in on.

 

[jshackles]

Last night the kids and I watched Gremlins. It felt more like a Christmas movie.

 

[reinking]

I watched Immaculate on Hulu tonight. It was okay but it had a certain quality that kept me watching.

 

[swaffles23]

Watched The Monster Squad on 4K Blu ray.. I loved this movie as a kid and it looks great and still holds up

 

[GreenAlien]

#1 Good first half (not scary, but at least interesting..), but then it devolves into boring possession stuff.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Just watched Cuckoo https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12349832/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_cuck

Not sure how to feel about it. It's a cool premise but nothing really as fucked up as I expected. A bit of a safe thriller more than horror I guess and Im not sure I got the whole gist of it, but was ok. Also Hunter Schafer is kinda hot in the movie, and yes I know shes trans. 6/10

 

[jshackles]

Film 2: House on Haunted Hill
Pretty great remake of the original. The guy the got to play Vincent Price ("Mr. Price") was honestly pretty great in the role. Some fun jump scares, but this felt like a bit of a "scooby-doo" style scary.

Film 3: Ghoulies
Loved it, loved the puppets, loved the stupid premise. Got away with tons considering it's PG-13 rating (though this came out shortly after that rating was introduced).

 

[DetectiveBananas]

Anyone watch the new Salem’s Lot yet? Looks like the reviews aren’t very kind.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Giving Jigsaw his moment, it’s completely different horror, if it were up to me John wouldn’t have died in saw 2 or 3 it caused a lot of confusion in later entries.

Where does GAF stand on SAW?

Also watched “speak no evil” very good movie for couples, respect to James mcavoy on the extreme mood swings.

 

[jshackles]

Film 4: Spookies
This is a really fucked up movie with a terrible plot, bad sound design, and really outdated tropes. However, (mostly) great monster effects, so it gets a bit of a pass. Unexplained farting mummies - priceless.

Film 5: Amityville Horror (2005)
It's hard to take Ryan Reynolds seriously, though he does a good job in this. Produced by Michael Bay (lol). Some actually decent jump scares and some legit scary sequences, but this was still a bit of a mess of a movie.

 

[Mr Blobby]

Giving Jigsaw his moment, it’s completely different horror, if it were up to me John wouldn’t have died in saw 2 or 3 it caused a lot of confusion in later entries.

Where does GAF stand on SAW?

Also watched “speak no evil” very good movie for couples, respect to James mcavoy on the extreme mood swings.

Nice, I like James Mcavoy. Haven't seen this one, but if you get the chance check out the original Danish one. Absolutely brutal.

 

[Bulletzen72]

Anyone watch the new Salem’s Lot yet? Looks like the reviews aren’t very kind.

Yeah! It's not a good movie. Stick to the 70's mini series and be done with it.

 

[GreenAlien]

House of Spoils
#2 Bad.
I stopped watching half way through; it' just wasn't believable.. If you want to open up a high class restaurant, would you really invite your investors into a decrepit building and cook in a dirty, moldy kitchen?
Would a cook aspiring for greatness use the standard cookbook of her mentor? (and need to look up those recipes; she should know them by heart, having worked in his restaurant the last few years..)
After, obviously, failing to impress the investor, she has some sort of mental break and starts eating mystery plants and cooking with bugs and mold...

 

[DragoonKain]

Every year in October I watch The Witch around Halloween.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

#1 Good first half (not scary, but at least interesting..), but then it devolves into boring possession stuff.

The 90's horror era was pretty shit to tbh

 

[NeverYouMind]

The 90's horror era was pretty shit to tbh

The 90's had The Exorcist III, It, Jacob's Ladder, Tremors, Candyman, In The Mouth Of Madness, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Wishmaster, Mimic, Ringu, Event Horizon, Cronos, and Scream amongst others.

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Watched John Carpenter's Halloween and Rob Zombie's remake. The original has not aged that well but the heavy white trash psycho angle and the cringe of modern highschool girl dialogue make the remake so much worse.

 

[clarky]

#1

★★☆☆☆ / Everyone and everything in 2007 looks AI generated

Showing its age but that ending is fucking brilliant.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Showing its age but that ending is fucking brilliant.

After having read Stephen King's original novella I have grown to dislike it. The ending in the original is open ended and optimistic. The ending of this adaptation is pessimistic and sneeringly ironic. I really should watch it in black and white though.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

The 90's had The Exorcist III, It, Jacob's Ladder, Tremors, Candyman, In The Mouth Of Madness, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Wishmaster, Mimic, Ringu, Event Horizon, Cronos, and Scream amongst others

True, true but (although excellent movies) they didn't put a dent in pop culture like the icons of old. Maybe that is asking too much.

 

[NeverYouMind]

True, true but (although excellent movies) they didn't put a dent in pop culture like the icons of old. Maybe that is asking too much.

Scream is pretty iconic... Not necessarily good but definitely iconic.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Scream is pretty iconic... Not necessarily good but definitely iconic.

That's about it.

 

[clarky]

After having read Stephen King's original novella I have grown to dislike it. The ending in the original is open ended and optimistic. The ending of this adaptation is pessimistic and sneeringly ironic. I really should watch it in black and white though.

I love unhappy wtf endings.

Ive read a fair few King books back in the day but never this one.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I love unhappy wtf endings.

Ive read a fair few King books back in the day but never this one.

It was never a book. It was a 90 page story inside an anthology called Dark Forces published in the 80s. Ironically might be his best work though.

 

[clarky]

It was never a book. It was a 90 page story inside an anthology called Dark Forces published in the 80s. Ironically might be his best work though.

Probably why id never come across it. Went through a phase of nothing but King for a year or so in my later teens. i might check it out, cheers.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Showing its age but that ending is fucking brilliant.

Thomas Jane would have been excellent on TWD in it's prime. Probably would have outshone Rick and stole his plot armor.

 

[R6Rider]

Caveat (2020)

Had heard many good things online about this one, with the usual "it's super scary and creepy" descriptions.

Watched it last night and the first half (especially the beginning) had promise. And then the plot just goes nowhere with things happening and no explanations. It's like they filmed two separate stories and mixed up the footage. It could have gone in either direction (thriller/mystery or horror) and instead fails at both.

Some cool ideas (one involving a toy dummer rabbit) that are ruined.

2/5

 

[Artoris]

not bad

 

[clarky]

not bad

They where trying to get a remake off the ground but i believe it got canned last year.

 

[Artoris]

They where trying to get a remake off the ground but i believe it got canned last year.

The second one is OK as well

 

[Artoris]

Steven Spielbergs first film

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[ForAcademicPurposes]

#2

★★★★☆ / When I win the lottery, I'm building this...

 

[jshackles]

Film 6: Fright Night
Besides this music, this movie holds up extremely well. So fun.

 

[EerieArcade]

1. Speak No Evil - 7/10. Very slow and very predictable. Might even be a 6/10.
2. Curse of the Necklace - 6.5/10. Typical modern horror.
3. Salem's Lot - 7/10. Actually liked it more than critics. Bit of a sucker for vampire horror, so it's probably a 5/10 in reality!
4. VHS Beyond - 7/10. Typical VHS entry. Some good segments and some not so good. Still liked it overall.
5. Night of the Demon - A bigfoot rips off some guy's penis and then has sex with a woman in the woods. 11/10. Or maybe a 5/10.

 

[pachura]

1. Speak No Evil - 7/10. Very slow and very predictable. Might even be a 6/10.

The new one, I'm guessing? Because the original was great

 

[EerieArcade]

The new one, I'm guessing? Because the original was great

Yep. The new one.

 

[clarky]

Yep. The new one.

I give it a 5 tops. Very disappointing

 

[Salz01]

Is Black Phone any good? Tempted to rent it.

 

[clarky]

Is Black Phone any good? Tempted to rent it.

I thought it was just ok, didn't get the hype.

Theres alot worse around though.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

#3

★★★★☆ / It's not Christmas until I see Billy's eye in the door frame

 

[rao.d.luffy]

Thanks kurisu_1974 to keep the tradition alive, it's the only way I can participate in Halloween with you guys, since my country does not have Halloween like US

I was traveling and arrived today, so I'm going to start right now, but without a list to not waste any more time, and I'll try me best to do 31 movies

 

[jason10mm]

Anyone seen this one yet, any good?

 

[SirTerry-T]

Watched Lake Mungo tonight. Great little film.
"We Are Still Here" is worth an hour and half of any horror fans' time too.

 

[Kacho]

Introducing my daughter and son to Critters. Used to love these movies when I was their age.

 

[jshackles]

Introducing my daughter and son to Critters. Used to love these movies when I was their age.

That's the next one on the list to watch with my kids! Hopefully within the next few days.