Topic: The Movie Thread

@FullbringIchigo I like Eraserhead

I'll use this opportunity to shill Kairo again. Possibly my favorite asian horror movie of all time. A brilliant look at how computer technology and human loneliness intersect. An unsettling, beautifully apocalyptic ghost story that no Western filmmaker has been able to touch when it comes to pure artistry.

I might watch it after you watch Dredd ☺️ @Ralizah

@kyleforrester87 I absolutely will if the opportunity presents itself!

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@Fullbringlchigo I grew up on the old Hammer and Universal movies. The Abominable Snowman from 1957 is one of my favourites, it’s quite a thought provoking story.

@jacobia yeah those are some good ones, i don't know what it is about the old Hammer films but they are still so fun to watch even today

@jacobia Great picks! My favourite from those days is probably Asylum. The Hammer anthology films were spectacular (although I'm not sure if Asylum itself was Hammer or not...). Some of my other favourites from that era, with a comedic leaning admittedly, are the Phibes films with Vince Price.

@RogerRoger No problem. It's pretty cool seeing those suits up close. Although, I now noticed that there's no compartments to store anything in those utility belts.haha

@RogerRoger no more silly than the 60's TV show where Batman would always have just the right thing for the job

anyone remember the Shark Repellent Bat Spray?

@KratosMD Have you seen any of the other The Conjuring-related films? I thought Annabelle: Creation and Annabelle Comes Home were both surprisingly good.

I want to watch the Nun as it looked fun in trailers, but I saw a few reviews and they weren’t good. I mean it’s got 26% on RT!

Has anyone seen The Taking of Deborah Logan? It’s been on my to watch list for 3 years now.

@kyleforrester87 You know, I usually like to point out to people that a film getting panned by professional critics says nothing about its actual quality. Lots of decent films have been panned by critics these last few years, and, likewise, they've boosted a lot of trash that they thought they should be promoting for ideological reasons.

With that said, the critics are absolutely right about The Nun. It's terrible.

@Ralizah yeah I don’t always listen to the critics but it’s like with video games... a 3/10 on metacritic is highly likely to be a bit pants.

Well I just bit the bullet and finally ordered a used copy of The Taking of Deborah Logan off Amazon!

@KratosMD Nothing wrong with enjoying a movie that's critically panned. I thought the setting in The Nun was quite nice and atmospheric, actually! Just wasn't a fan of the rest. But, as you pointed out, I'm an experienced viewer of horror cinema, so I'm perhaps a bit jaded.

Anyway, yeah, The Conjuring 1 & 2, all the Annabelle films, The Nun, and the Curse of La Llorona all take place in the same cinematic universe. The quality of these films is hit and miss for me, but it's impressive how big they've managed to make this franchise.

The good news is, if you liked The Nun, you ought to LOVE most of these other movies. They're all supernatural horror.

I dunno if it's on Netflix, but another movie to look out for is Lights Out, which features a very creative monster, of sorts, who can only physically manifest in the darkness. The director, David Sandberg, also directed Annabelle: Creation and, recently, acted as the director of the critically acclaimed superhero film Shazam!

@kyleforrester87 Cool. Post impressions. I've not seen it, because I tend to avoid possession flicks like the plague.

@kyleforrester87 @Ralizah The Taking Of Deborah Logan is a pretty good, from what I remember, and it’s in the found footage sub genre of horrors, which I’m quite partial to. Hope you enjoy it 👍

@jacobia @Ralizah Yeah I do like found footage films too, I'm expecting it to be slightly above average, it's just been on mine and a friends watch list for so long but we never got round to seeing it. I might even end up holding on to it until Halloween now as we usually watch a few choice scary movies then, but at least it'll be ready to go.

I saw Alita Battle Angel, it was slightly better than poor but I’m just gunna compare it to the live action Ghost in the Shell and say watch that instead, as I thought that was fairly good.

@kyleforrester87 alita is better imo, definitely would have been worth watching at the cinema but everyone went to watch the awful Captain marvel instead