The Horror Thread 2U • Page 453

Sheesh. Once you see the full scope of the movie (I don't want to spoil anything), I can kiiiiinda understand what they're trying to say I guess, but yeah definitely has some of the most jarring and bizarre/disturbing imagery of any other movie of it's kind. I'd certainly call it horror in the true sense of the word (and a lot of that as a counterpoint to that individual's argument based on what I think they are saying). It also inspired a lot of Silent Hill, so like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

My main sticking point is that horror has to have some element of the "fantastical" or non-realism to be considered horror; horror can absolutely be realistic, and beyond that point, the movie has plenty of "nonrealistic" moments (whether they're actually happening or not)!

It's a terrifying movie and absolutely a psychological horror film in my eyes.

 

this Friday!

 

Alligator whipped so much ass. Grizzly... not so much

 

Watched all of Swarm today, really enjoyed it. I'm hardly an expert in specifically black horror, but I feel like the main protagonists in Swarm and Sissy, and I guess also 2021 Candyman, occupy this liminal sort of morally ambiguous space where the violence isn't outright justified or demonized

 

Watched Influencer on Shudder, really fun one. Just a really surprising and engaging premise with solid execution.

 

Agreed! ^

 

Out sick today, gonna try to knock out a couple of fun ones

 

Went with A24’s The Monster last night. The phenomenal acting saved an otherwise boring feature-length movie. That kid - my god she was incredible.

 

Highly recommending Targets if anyone is looking for a recommendation. 1968 flick about a spree killer that pre-dates the mass shooting phenomenon while also starring Boris Karloff as an aging horror star, so basically a fictionalized version of himself. The POV sniper thing is absolutely a precursor to Halloween and other slashers, it's pretty shocking for the time and feels proto-Tarantino as well. Karloff is ridiculously charming and the movie itself is super tense.

 

Yooo


Friday:
Nightmare 730
House 1015

Sat:
Monster squad 11
Frankenstein 130
Afga trailer 530
Near dark 745
Demons 1015

 

Not sure about this being straight to streaming, but I do like the remake a lot

 

Even more excited about this now that I see David Duchovny is in it

 

I watched Influencer tonight. It was pretty cool.

 

Day of the Dead on Joe Bob Friday

 

Nice. That’s big.

 

Damn, Cobweb looks gooooood.

 

Man, TCM is such a great summer horror watch. It’s so fucking deranged.. wild to think that it’s got 5 years on Halloween.

 

Not me plugging my love for saw again

 

Also this

 

I’m trying save money here, damn lol

 

Ugh, yeah, I'm already in the red looking at the Deadstream steelbook, not to mention needing copies of The Way of Water and John Wick Chapter 4 lol

 

Doing a Sydney Sweeney double feature, really liked The Voyeurs despite it having a couple twists too many, almost done with Nocturne and really enjoying that too

 

Saw X coming out earlier than expected!

‘Saw X’ – First Look at Jigsaw’s Return in Brand New Sequel Now Releasing in September 2023