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I feel like it's trying to be too edgy
The first ones were good enough, 2 and 3 felt like they're trying too hard. It's so over the top that the movie feels like comedy
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The first ones were good enough, 2 and 3 felt like they're trying too hard. It's so over the top that the movie feels like comedy
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I trust them. I think he learned from Terrifier 2 where it dragged a lot. That entire Clown Cafe sequence was pointless and it went on forever. He tightened things up in 3.
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I'm not looking for high art (lol). But I did not like 2 and 3. They felt like they were trying too hard and bringing in this stuff about Art being the retainer of some ancient demon entity that watches over him in the form of a little girl (come on) and a scream queen being destined/fated to defeat Art is all just unnecessary noise. Once you want the audience to care for/root for a main character then the standards for the acting and script go up and the two sequels did not meet that.
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Watched Cold Storage with a friend who wants to jump into the genre. A strange movie. The opening is gnarly then the rest kind of... middles about. It is also a sort of strange movie that perfectly fits people complaining about 'horror characters being stupid'. The characters found the fungus, locked it up, and bunkered down for help to come, talking to each other and checking the inventory for slips to pass the time. The only threats is the fungus being outside the warehouse and walking in. And Liam Neeson struggles to jump over a fence once again.
I can see this being very good to beginners into horror, but ranges to average to upper limit of 'okay' to horror fans. My friend really liked it. I liked the small-scale of it despite the threat being huge in general.
Still, the movie sold me on the book, so I'll give it a read later. It's David Koepp's first time writing a book instead of screenwriting a movie like Jurassic Park.
I can see this being very good to beginners into horror, but ranges to average to upper limit of 'okay' to horror fans. My friend really liked it. I liked the small-scale of it despite the threat being huge in general.
Still, the movie sold me on the book, so I'll give it a read later. It's David Koepp's first time writing a book instead of screenwriting a movie like Jurassic Park.
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Cold Storage was nothing special but it was alright
I watched Send Help and, uh… yeah. I liked it, but I’m worried people are walking away with the wrong impression (that the girl is not an absolute evil psycho and that this is a girl power movie. I feel like this is another Midsommar situation
Pretty Lethal is absolute shit. They tried to make Green Room but it’s ballerinas who are using their dance skills to murder Slavic henchman three times their size and it’s fucking shit. Turned it off maybe 30 minutes in.
I watched Send Help and, uh… yeah. I liked it, but I’m worried people are walking away with the wrong impression (that the girl is not an absolute evil psycho and that this is a girl power movie. I feel like this is another Midsommar situation
Pretty Lethal is absolute shit. They tried to make Green Room but it’s ballerinas who are using their dance skills to murder Slavic henchman three times their size and it’s fucking shit. Turned it off maybe 30 minutes in.
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You are supposed to find both of them despicable, which is why it's a black comedy. If one or the other was a good person, it wouldn't be funny. I'm not really involved in film discourse communities but I haven't seen anyone genuinely thinking the woman (forget her name) was justified. She's insane and evil. It's only funny because her victim is a grating, spoiled piece of shit who's too retarded and prideful to play along for his own survival or sit her down and have a frank conversation about why he wants to leave.
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I get it, and the disparity between their differences make it funnier. Theres a huge leap from 'regular asshole' and 'secret psychopath that wants to kill you because theres nobody around to catch her in the act now'. And I doubt he's prideful past the point on the island, she murdered his friend/lover (i forgot which) in cold blood too, I don't blame the guy for not wanting to play along with her. He only got fucked because she kept him away from the safehouse to lord power of him. His only problem was not following his own words at the beginning of the movie to be wary of psychopaths, but she wore her facade well to be unnoticable.
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I think he becomes more justified as the movie goes on. However he's beyond a normal asshole in the first third or so. It's understandable to not want to promote someone who has poor people skills and poor hygiene. But he takes pleasure in being cruel to her, and IIRC he plans to fire her without real cause as soon as she's done helping him on a project. He humiliates her in front of her other superiors once he has her isolated on a plane, where she can't leave. She saves his life, feeding him and taking care of his mangled leg while he's unconscious, and his response is to bitch at her because the food isn't up to his standards. This is all before there's any hint of her deliberately keeping him there.
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I’ll rant about Send Help again later, but I started watching The Mortuary Assistant and turned it off 15 minutes in. It’s shiiiiite.
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I like it better that way. The worst case scenario for Terrifier 4 is a pretty cool movie imo.
I was done when Jay & Silent Bob showed up. I mean on a certain level I can admire your resilience but maybe it's time to walk away.
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At least the original creator of the series is directing this adaptation and it's still relevant, unlike the Slender Man movie.
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Maybe I’m an asshole but I think this might be alright.
It’s not going to break any ground but I think it will be enjoyable
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That's unfortunate. It's a perfect candidate for the "haunted house/ spookhouse" style of movies with a lot of jumpscares and peripheral scares. I wager they leaned too heavy into the Lore stuff and made it too complicated to enjoy.
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A lot of people seem a lot more excited about the film adaptation of a jpeg than I could ever be.
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Started watching Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen and I’m digging it so far. Seems to be a contained 8 episode show which is nice. Definitely worth a watch based on the first four episodes.
Edit: 6 episodes in now, and it’s really fucking good. The levels of horror fluctuate, but it’s constantly finding ways to surprise and you never quite know where it goes.
Real recommendation. I doubt they’ll shit the bed at this point. Real fucking good.
Edit: 6 episodes in now, and it’s really fucking good. The levels of horror fluctuate, but it’s constantly finding ways to surprise and you never quite know where it goes.
Real recommendation. I doubt they’ll shit the bed at this point. Real fucking good.
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Along with the Warner Bros. Mummy movie, there is a Faces of Death remake coming out later this month. This version will follow a narrative where a social media moderator has to deal with a group reenacting the original movie's murders.
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There's not even any murders in the original Faces of Death. There's a couple murderers (one gets interviewed, one gets killed by cops), but otherwise all the deaths are accidents, state approved, or historic. Of course why would I expect any fidelity anyway.