re: Official SPOOKY SEASON Horror Movie Discussion/Recs Thread

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I though Eli Roth's Thanksgiving was a decent slasher with some good humor. It was a good throwback to his fake trailer in the Grindhouse double feature. May be a better watch around Thanksgiving than Halloween, however.

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I agree. A bit gory but it's Eli Roth. Still found it to be enjoyable. Even though it is a Thanksgiving movie, it still gives that Fall vibe that scratches the itch like a Halloween movie. So it counts

Babadook spoilers.

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I cannot stand movies/stories with the "the protagonist is revealed to be the monster/the antagonist was in the protagonist's head" trope. The crazy part was it was SO popular around the time this movie was released.

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But that’s not what happened. The babadook was real in the end. What I hated is that at the end it is basically their pet that stays in the basement. They didn’t “defeat” it or anything, just moreso that they sort of tamed it to a degree.

That was just overly silly and stupid to me, and it ruined what was an otherwise great horror movie for me up to that point.

Great description of cosmic horror SFP

It works so well when written because the reader can conjure up whatever images they want. Many descriptors of dread or terror are “indescribable” and “unutterable” so it’s up to you to figure it out. Very similar to hiding the monster building suspense until the end.

I liked As Above so Below bc of the catacomb setting. I kind of wish it got more in depth with the supernatural stuff and “hell” aspects but respected the journey. Main character was aggravating though I kind of wished she died the danger she put others through.

I never thought Argentinian horror would be a thing but here we are.

Watching this tonight. Never thought of this as a good fit for Halloween, but it’s as close as this franchise gets to horror in its feature films:

PG-13 Scary Movie List

Deathgasm was great, really enjoyed the suggestion

I've watched several movies based on the recommendations in this thread. My thoughts:

Talk To Me - bleh. I really liked the conceIpt of conjuring as a party trick, but i ended up hating all the teen melodrama & who gives a shite storyline after that. This could have been Idle Hands 2.0 & they squandered it. I kinda hate this movie - well I hated the main character, at least. Stupid & completely forgettable. Also, the whole "horror as an allegory for grief" is getting old, imo. It's time for us to move on.

Deadstream - One of the great things about horror movies is you have license to go full tilt boogie & thats what they did. You can waterboard a man with his own piss & everyone will love it. I thought Shawn did a great job. Even when it went stupid I was fully invested & really enjoyed this from start to finish.

Haunt - Man those first 10-15 minutes were rough. On par with the worst shite on Prime. They mamnged to make a decent film after that. Not great, but not bad at all. I would recommend.

Oddity - Tense. Atmospheric. Dreadful. Pretty much hits all the marks for a ghost/haunted house movie. Good twist in the middle. This movie should be getting more acclaim than it currently is getting.

Don’t know what to tell ya. I enjoyed it and plan on watching it again at some point.

I’d say if you’ve already turned it off then you’re probably not going to like the second half.