Pic related is mine. Such a solid movie. From being a critique of consumerism to racism, to an action movie, to comedy at some points. And while it might not be scary in the traditional sense, the opening scenes detailing the chaos around a news station trying to remain calm during the end of the world are done pretty well and set the mood for surviving the apocalypse.
The Void (2016) Its a fucking awesome not very good movie that does suspense and looking nice very well. The plot is pretty loose, a bunch of people find themselves trapped in a decaying hospital by crowds of cultists outside, inside the hospital are body horror abominations and our intrepid heroes try to figure out what the fuck is going on. Tons of practical special effects, a somewhat nonsensical story, remarkably compelling acting and a really good sense of atmosphere. The Void is a movie with a lot of heart.
The first two of the V/H/S series of short horror anthology films are an absolute blast. I haven’t seen the rest but I hear they fell off.
Two thumbs up for The Void!
VHS is weird because the overall quality goes down, but there’s always one short that blows the fuckin socks off the previous best short in the entry.
It’s been a while since I saw The Void, but I liked how the survivors at the end were basically random. If I remember right, it’s >!a nurse and some guy who showed up in the middle of the movie? We follow the main characters to the hospital, but they all die, and the two people who make it out are strangers and (best of all) aren’t thrown into some haphazard romance subplot.!< It’s a realistic ending in a lovecraftian horror most stories are afraid to do.
The third segment in VHS2, Safe Haven, really deserves its own film.
Return of The Living Dead is the most fun you can have watching a horror movie.
Followed by Wishmaster.
OG Candyman is tops. I thought i was gonna see people get killed by bees not watch a liberal get shown the horrors of receiving what she thought she wanted. Did she want to be a “white savior”? To be accepted by black people? Did she secretly wish to be black?
Here comes the candyman to fulfill her wish! But like a monkey’s paw its not what she wants, not at all. Might be the best commentary on this I’ve ever seen
Re-Animator. I love schlock.
That whole series with Jeffery Combs is great. Definitely leans into the pulpy side of Lovecraft.
Probably the first Nightmare on Elm Street, I love how it has scenarios like “the stairs are quicksand now” that actually feel dreamlike.
The sequels for the most part went in a more comedic direction, but I can appreciate that too. Dream Warriors and The Dream Master are my other two favorites in the series.
I’ve only seen bits and pieces of the first movie but Freddy used to scare me as a kid.
You should watch it, it’s an absolute classic.
An American Werewolf in London is probably my favorite halloween movie. I would say The Thing, but I typically leave that to a super cold and rainy night in december
Halloween 3 is so fun.
I really like The Thing (1982) as well.
And honestly, gotta give it up for Paranormal Activity, where the real paranormal activity is the toxic masculinity along the way.
lately I’ve enjoyed repeated viewings of Doctor Sleep. it’s not the scariest or whatever and there’s not a lot to analyze with it, but it all just works. the in world baddies feel real, the goodies and normal people aren’t one dimensional and kinda have their own shit going on, which is something I can count on in Stephen King stuff.
and it has some sequences where the good guys get to have their victories and “scare” the baddies that felt good.
stories where none of the tension of injustice is released until the climax can be exhausting.
I wonder how much qanon pulled from that book in regards to the whole torturing and eating kid’s souls psychic vampire bit.
I love John Carpenter’s The Thing so much. Usually I can’t do body horror, but it is done so well in this movie that I cannot resist. The lonley setting in Antarctica, the weird score by Ennio Morricone, and the plot driven by the paranoia of who could be the monster is very well done.
A movie close to my heart.
The Thing is great. I think there’s a lot of interesting things going on in that film when you’re analyzing it from a leftwing perspective. There’s no women in the film (even the dog is male I think lol), yet it doesn’t seem misogynistic. Any of the characters could have been women, but they aren’t because it was a roll of the dice in-universe. Like maybe there were women working there, but the film takes place the weekend where there was a shift change.
Ooh I will rewatch soon and keep this in mind.
In recent years I’ve gone back to:
The Void: A lovecraftian practical effect creature horror.
Mandy: It rocks.
Deadstream: Great if you want a horror comedy that’s actually scary, too.
And I always go back to Dawn of the Dead.
For Haloween style spooky, Creepshow. Nothing beats Creepshow for that specific kind of horror. There’s spooky horror which is campy and fun and then there’s scary horror which is less haloween oriented
I love Hausu & i would like to rec De Lift (by Dick Maas, 1983 it’s on yt in full) maybe a bit too dutch for some of you haha
Seems a little weird to use the word “favorite” here, but a film that really stuck with me over the years is one called Der Todesking. It’s a disturbing film and big CW for suicide if you decide to look it up, but it’s one of the most interesting films I’ve ever seen and done well on a very small budget. Also has a great soundtrack.
Looking it up now, does indeed look disturbing. Always cool to see a movie succeed on a small budget.
I don’t like spooky movies, I get freaked out too easily.
…but The Thing is so good.
I’m a late spooky movie adopter so mine goes to the 2018 Suspiria. My partner is a fan of the original, so we watched the new one together on a date and it was excellent
