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I grew up a horror fan. Loved the Friday the 13ths, Texas chainsaw massacre, the exorcist, etc. I even liked a lot of 90s horror like scream and the Blair witch, but I can’t think of one movie I’ve loved since 2010. I know they’re out there but I got really turned off when cgi came about and kind of stopped watching.
There are two horror movies I’ve seen in the last ten years or so that I remember liking but I can’t even remember the names. I just watched the invitation and it was decent. I loved the 28 days later movies and house of 1000 corpses but that’s around the time I slowed down horror binging.
I guess I want something with an older feel. Maybe a campy slasher. Anything I need to know about? I’ve looked around the forum but none of these movies are jumping out at me.
cheebacheeba
09-17-2019, 05:27 PM
Have you seen Bone Tomahawk?
Triangle?
The Signal (2007...a bit earlier) or Severance (2006)
Older feel...Terrifier/AHE?
ATM?
DeadbeatAtDawn
09-17-2019, 07:46 PM
Autopsy of Jane Doe, 2016
Hereditary, 2018
Hush , 2016
Lake Nowhere, 2014
The Furies, 2019
Jackals, 2016
Bereavement, 2010
In Fabric, 2018
ImmortalSlasher
09-17-2019, 10:21 PM
Watch It Follows.
I will look into all of these. I have the signal in my queue already.
Watch It Follows.
This actually sounds good. Might give it a shot tonight
MichaelMyers
09-18-2019, 06:55 AM
How about, per Deadbeat's sig, going to see Joker October 2020.
Elvis_Christ
09-18-2019, 07:27 AM
Found (2012) and Almost Human (2013) were both great mixes of 80s style and modern horror.
^^^thanks will look into
Watch It Follows.
Wasn’t this on Netflix? I swear I saw it there but can’t find it now.
Also I’ve scrolled by All the boys love Mandy lane and thought it looked familiar. I started watching it and I definitely watched it when it came out. This is my style movie, kinda “happy birthday to me”ish, haven’t gotten to the ending yet and I don’t remember how it plays out.
ImmortalSlasher
09-18-2019, 07:01 PM
^^^thanks will look into
Wasn’t this on Netflix? I swear I saw it there but can’t find it now.
Also I’ve scrolled by All the boys love Mandy lane and thought it looked familiar. I started watching it and I definitely watched it when it came out. This is my style movie, kinda “happy birthday to me”ish, haven’t gotten to the ending yet and I don’t remember how it plays out.
It Follows was on a Premium Channel last I checked. We'll see what horror movies go up on those channels in the next week or so. I don't use Netflix yet but I will eventually. I saw some good horror movies and shows in their recent teaser trailer.
Sculpt
09-18-2019, 08:53 PM
^^^thanks will look into
Wasn’t this on Netflix? I swear I saw it there but can’t find it now.
Also I’ve scrolled by All the boys love Mandy lane and thought it looked familiar. I started watching it and I definitely watched it when it came out. This is my style movie, kinda “happy birthday to me”ish, haven’t gotten to the ending yet and I don’t remember how it plays out.
Yep, It Follows was on Netflix for awhile, but it's gone.
Peaking at Netflix, these are pretty good post 2010 films:
Train to Busan - well done Korean zombie
The Conjuring - scary late 70's-ish
Hush - bit Hitchcockian
The Babysitter (good first 3/4th, bit of a 80's homage)
Post 2000s
The Cell
Cloverfield
Not Netflix: Vacancy, Dead Silence, The Ring 2002, Ouija: Origin of Evil
It Follows was on a Premium Channel last I checked. We'll see what horror movies go up on those channels in the next week or so. I don't use Netflix yet but I will eventually. I saw some good horror movies and shows in their recent teaser trailer.
A premium channel?
Yep, It Follows was on Netflix for awhile, but it's gone.
Peaking at Netflix, these are pretty good post 2010 films:
Train to Busan - well done Korean zombie
The Conjuring - scary late 70's-ish
Hush - bit Hitchcockian
The Babysitter (good first 3/4th, bit of a 80's homage)
Post 2000s
The Cell
Cloverfield
Not Netflix: Vacancy, Dead Silence, The Ring 2002, Ouija: Origin of Evil
I think the conjuring is one of the decent movies I couldn’t remember the name of. I watched the babysitter recently and it was entertaining enough, definitely had 80s vibe.
Sculpt
09-20-2019, 01:56 PM
I think the conjuring is one of the decent movies I couldn’t remember the name of. I watched the babysitter recently and it was entertaining enough, definitely had 80s vibe.
did you see Train to Busan or Hush yet? Based on your likes, I think you'll dig em. The prior is fast paced, modern and funny, but subtitles.
did you see Train to Busan or Hush yet? Based on your likes, I think you'll dig em. The prior is fast paced, modern and funny, but subtitles.
Not yet, I’m actually just now about to try and finish Mandy lane. Hopefully tomorrow I can check one of them out if they’re on Netflix, YouTube, or tubi.
Sculpt- it actually just registered to me that subtitles is out for now. Probably sound silly but I’m only watching these movies when I’m on the treadmill. I definitely couldnt keep up.
I looked at hush and I’ve seen it but I don’t remember much. Might rewatch.
Just finished Mandy lane. Cool movie.
Sculpt
09-20-2019, 08:19 PM
Sculpt- it actually just registered to me that subtitles is out for now. Probably sound silly but I’m only watching movies when I’m in my shop doing light projects or if I’m exercising. I definitely couldnt keep up.
I looked at hush and I’ve seen it but I don’t remember much. Might rewatch.
Just finished Mandy lane. Cool movie.
Yeah, totally. I can't watch subtitled films if I'm eating or snacking. Probably be tough even if you were just doing a treadmill, you have to glue your eyes unflinchingly to the bottom of the screen.
I don't like watching subtitled films in general because you can't just watch the whole screen like the director intended it. Busan was an 'easy read', by the way, short and generally infrequent dialogue. So when you can just end your night with Netflix, it's a fun watch.
What I liked about Hush was that basically everything the film shows you is there for a purpose. That's generally textbook for making films, but for horror fans, especially cheaper horror, we know there's a ton of meaningless shoots and items. So it was cool to see a film with Hitchcockian detail.
ImmortalSlasher
09-24-2019, 10:36 PM
A premium channel?
Channels like HBO and Starz.
cheebacheeba
09-26-2019, 01:57 PM
How about Mandy? The Void?
^^ will look into. I keep seeing Mandy recommended.
Channels like HBO and Starz.
Oh I gotcha, I don’t have them.
I did just watch The Final Girls. It’s was entertaining enough but more of a spoof than horror.
cheebacheeba
09-27-2019, 03:58 PM
The Collector (2009) and The Collection (2012) are also pretty solid, and have continuing storylines/characters. A third one will be coming out. All from the same director so if you've yet to check them out, might be worth a look.
I enjoyed them.
Dickey
12-18-2019, 10:16 PM
No offense, but don't waste your time with "It Follows" Not scary at all. Same with Babadook. WAY overrated.
Here are some that I found REALLY frightening:
Bonehill Road
Blood Moon
Man VS.
Dark Was the Night
Rawhead Rex
The Ritual
BobbyBoxX
02-05-2020, 02:46 PM
Have you seen Bone Tomahawk?
Triangle?
The Signal (2007...a bit earlier) or Severance (2006)
Older feel...Terrifier/AHE?
ATM?
Bone Tomahawk, pure horror that's a total suprise when it happens.
Triangle, I love this film, but wouldn't really class it as horror.
MockTurtle
02-13-2020, 09:43 AM
It sounds like you want a slasher but I would have thought their time was over.
It seems obvious to suggest that Friday the 13th reboot but it wasn't half bad.
dolce
02-21-2020, 07:15 PM
Hereditary is great
Also check out Haunting of Hill House - a series on Netflix. Pretty good if you like Conjuring type stuff
Abishai100
03-07-2020, 12:26 PM
Well, IMO, the greatest horror films were made first in that whole Dracula-Wolfman-Frankenstein era and then in the Vertigo-Birds Hitchcock era and then in the 1970s-1990s Leatherface-Michael-Jason-Freddy era.
After that, there's a huge dip with a bunch of random and mostly mediocre spook/scare-flicks like Candyman, Carrie II, Mothman (etc.).
However, there're are a few gems even after or somewhat before 2010 that don't remind us tasteless corn scare films like I Spit on Your Grave (anyone seen that one?), such as Urban Legend (LINK (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Legend_(film))), It (LINK (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(2017_film))), and Jeepers Creepers (LINK (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepers_Creepers_(2001_film))).
I'd recommend avoiding 21st Century pure disasters such as the horrible and shocking Bloody Murder (LINK (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Murder)) and the equally-morbid if not as 'bizarre' Cucuy (LINK (http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/2018/10/11/movie-review-cucuy-the-boogeyman-2018/)).
They should make a definitive horror-cinema guidebook, right??
Good luck!
::stick out tongue::
Anthropophagus
05-11-2020, 08:41 AM
Here are some that I found REALLY frightening:
Bonehill Road
Blood Moon
Man VS.
Dark Was the Night
Rawhead Rex
The Ritual
Rawhead Rex...............scary?::shocked::
urgeok2
05-11-2020, 08:58 AM
i dont find any horror movie scary ..not since i was a kid.
but i find that some are effective ..
Heredity - as someone said above ..
and by the same filmmaker - Midsommer
Session 9 is a movie i suggest to everyone
bone tomahawk is just a great movie overall .. best dialogue of any horror movie ever
i dont judge horror by if it will scare me .. i judge it like i do any other genre .. is it well written, well made, well acted, well edited, well scored.
does it make me give a shit about the characters .... does it have one iota of originality ..
that eliminates 95% of all horror movies. but there are stiil some gems out there.
Ferox13
05-11-2020, 09:34 AM
Rawhead Rex...............scary?::shocked::
Yeah, not one to judge but....
cheebacheeba
05-11-2020, 05:01 PM
I seem to recall this 80's movie with a girl from space...and two guys helped her escape her pursuers...I think there was motorcycles involved.
The_Descent
07-19-2020, 03:34 PM
The Descent - 2005
Ready or Not - 2019
Roadkill - 2001 (also known as Joyride) Not really a horror, more of a thriller but a damn good movie
Halloween - 2007 (Rob Zombie)
Don't Breathe - 2016
The Collector - 2009
Wrong Turn - 2003
The Last House on The Left - 2009
The Shroud
09-12-2020, 10:31 PM
Trace (from 2015)
Last Shift (from 2014)
It's been a while since I watched them. Last shift might have had some CGI, but then, maybe didn't. Even if it did, it definitely had practical effects, too.
hammerfan
09-13-2020, 07:18 AM
Trace (from 2015)
Last Shift (from 2014)
It's been a while since I watched them. Last shift might have had some CGI, but then, maybe didn't. Even if it did, it definitely had practical effects, too.
I was surprised at how much I liked Last Shift. Totally expected it to be a shit show.
Bloof
09-13-2020, 09:54 AM
I was surprised at how much I liked Last Shift. Totally expected it to be a shit show.
Was that the one with the female rookie cop? I thought it was excellent.
hammerfan
09-14-2020, 03:56 AM
Was that the one with the female rookie cop? I thought it was excellent.
That's the one! Yeah, I really liked it.
Darthgabbard
01-08-2021, 08:40 AM
I mean those are hands down classics and are gifts from the horror gods but still there's good ones too like
THE STRANGERS- https://oke.io/2SMdr4BL
THE HILLS HAVE EYES- https://oke.io/1RUrpPyJ
SMILEY- https://oke.io/Ln9Jkn0J
those are just 3 at random from my head
RogerRonnalds
01-21-2021, 06:48 AM
Of the new horror movies, I prefer The Mirror, The Curse of Annabel 3, and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Dickey
07-09-2021, 01:59 AM
"bone tomahawk is just a great movie overall .. best dialogue of any horror movie ever"
Wanna see the best dialogue AND acting EVER in a movies? "The Thing From Another World" original 1951. Best, most natural dialogue EVER!
Adam1983
10-24-2021, 01:58 PM
Not claiming best per year but few horror movies off the radar last decade:
2010-The Ghost (asian film)
2011-Absentia
2012-The Innkeepers
2013-The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
2014-Find Me
2015-The Devil's Candy
2016-The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2017-The Blackcoats Daughter
2018-The Devil's Doorway
2019-Satan's Slaves (remake)
2020-Host
2021-Sator
Few Series:
Haunting of Hillhouse
Channel Zero
Wolf Creek
Slasher
Freakish
Day of the Dead (running at the moment)
Adam1983
10-24-2021, 04:26 PM
2010's Psychological/Mystery (moreso than horror but some overlap):
2010: The Perfect Host
2010: Shutter Island
2010: The Eclipse
2011: Julia's Eyes
2012: Entrance
2013: The Conspiracy
2013: Simon Killer
2014: Creep
2014: Gone Girl
2014: The Sacrament
2014: Coherence
2016: They Look Like People
2016: Badlands of Kain
2016: The Good Neighbor
2016: The Invitation
2016: Nocturnal Animals
2017: Creep 2
2017: Before I fall
2017: Personal Shopper
2018: Unsane
2018: Burning
2019: Dark Waters
2019: I trapped the Devil
2019: The Witch in the Window
2019: The Noonday Witch
2019: Death of Dick Long
2020: Vivarium
2020: Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Adam1983
10-24-2021, 04:42 PM
Scifi/Fantasy (with some overlap to horror):
2010: Monsters
2012: Thale
2013: Resolution
2016: Cloverfield Lane
2017: Life
2018: The Endless
2018: Annihalation
2019: Starfish
2019: Aniara
2020: Sputnik
2021: Green Knight
Thriller/Dramatic Action/Suspense (with some overlap with horror):
2010: Frozen
2011: I saw the Devil
2013: The Purge (and subsequent movies and tv shows that follow to less effect)
2014: The Shallows
2014: Back Country
2014: Black Coal Thin Ice (asian film)
2016: Train to Busan
2016: Nerve
2017: 47 Meters Down
2018: The domestics
2018: Assassination Nation
2019: Crawl
2019: Ready or Not
2020: 47 meters down uncaged
Overall, genres have become intertwined over the years to varying degrees. That's why I take a lot of horror and put them under different categories.
I can’t believe this post is still at the top. I made this thread 2 years ago lol
I’ve watched several of the movies in here (I’d have to go back and look to get specific)
I’d say the only movies/shows I’ve found that I really liked have been The haunting of hill house(Netflix), Modnight Mass, Doctor Sleep, and Geralds Game. Apparently I’m a Mike Flanagan fan. Midnight Mass is probably the best show I’ve ever seen (to me)
I also loved The Outsider, True Detective, and Sharp Objects
Adam1983
11-20-2021, 07:59 PM
I can delete my posts if you'd like. It's still at the top because these forums are dead. The internet sank late 00's...
I can delete my posts if you'd like. It's still at the top because these forums are dead. The internet sank late 00's...
Yeah it definitely seems to have died. I guess reddit is the go-to now.
I was around in the 2001-2003 time periods under another name but I have no clue what that name was. It was definitely more active then.
Adam1983
11-22-2021, 09:30 PM
Yeah it definitely seems to have died. I guess reddit is the go-to now.
I was around in the 2001-2003 time periods under another name but I have no clue what that name was. It was definitely more active then.
The viewing stats seen here have to be off...
I was in High School/Early College around that timeframe. I wish I could go back in time. The way people interacted and used the internet back then definitely differs now. Facebook Groups people post on a lot too but threads aren't the same over there as need to constantly scroll to see things and usually just people playing with collage apps.
I think I might have dropped by in the '00's but never really posted for one reason or another. Those were the days had to really scrounge the used bargain bins to find a VHS of a rare movie. Streaming was unheard of online and click bait media articles more minimal as the net was subsidiary as should be in society... Youtube was blurry as heck and people just messing about not trying to be a celebrity getting views and $$$ but just having fun.
Sculpt
11-23-2021, 10:29 AM
I can’t believe this post is still at the top. I made this thread 2 years ago lol
I’ve watched several of the movies in here (I’d have to go back and look to get specific)
I’d say the only movies/shows I’ve found that I really liked have been The haunting of hill house(Netflix), Modnight Mass, Doctor Sleep, and Geralds Game. Apparently I’m a Mike Flanagan fan. Midnight Mass is probably the best show I’ve ever seen (to me)
I also loved The Outsider, True Detective, and Sharp Objects
Geralds Game was kinda fun. A little odd, especially the end. I havent seen Hill House, Modnight Mass or Doctor Sleep yet.
Whatd you think of Ouija: Origin of Evil? thats Flanagan. I liked it a lot, except the ending.
Whatd ya think of Vacancy and Dead Silence?
The viewing stats seen here have to be off...
I was in High School/Early College around that timeframe. I wish I could go back in time. The way people interacted and used the internet back then definitely differs now. Facebook Groups people post on a lot too but threads aren't the same over there as need to constantly scroll to see things and usually just people playing with collage apps.
I think I might have dropped by in the '00's but never really posted for one reason or another. Those were the days had to really scrounge the used bargain bins to find a VHS of a rare movie. Streaming was unheard of online and click bait media articles more minimal as the net was subsidiary as should be in society... Youtube was blurry as heck and people just messing about not trying to be a celebrity getting views and $$$ but just having fun.
When I was here back in the day I don’t think youtube was a thing. I’d never heard of it until like ‘06-08 I think. And I really don’t like reddit, don’t use fb.
Geralds Game was kinda fun. A little odd, especially the end. I havent seen Hill House, Modnight Mass or Doctor Sleep yet.
Whatd you think of Ouija: Origin of Evil? thats Flanagan. I liked it a lot, except the ending.
Whatd ya think of Vacancy and Dead Silence?
I didn’t realize the Ouija movie was Flanagan. I think I’ll watch that soon.
I haven’t watched either Vacancy or Dead silence. I did watch Hereditary and middommar. Hereditary was very solid except a couple parts I found a little corny but hey it’s horror. Midsommar I didn’t really care for.
I watched about 75% of It Follows. It wasn’t terrible but I just wasn’t engaged, just didn’t care. With all that said I’m less of a movie guy than most on a place like this. These day I don’t have patience for something I’m not really liking.
I’ll have to run through the thread and make a list of what I’ve seen. I’m about to put something on here in a minute. I’ve got a list I’ve been working on finishing and that Ouija movie was in it already.
::edited to add a couple::
I just finished Ouija:origin. The first 3/4 was mostly good. I thought the black demon/creature that appeared in the mirror looked silly, like a cartoon in a movie. Same with some of the features on the girls face towards the end. I can forgive a little corny cgi if the story makes up for it but I don’t feel it did. Prime example for me is The Haunting of Hill House, the story is so good I didn’t care, but I also think it was much better in hill house. I’d say Ouija for me was 5/10, not terrible, but nothing new or cool about it to me. It was decent all the way up to the last 20-30 minutes then it was straight downhill. Also I’m pretty sure they used the same music in Ouija and Hill House.
Here are the movies I’ve watched in the last year or 2...the numbers I’m throwing out are more so how much I enjoyed them rather than the quality of the movie or the story.
The ritual 4/10 I thought the monster was silly
It follows 4/10 just didn’t care
Ready or not 4/10 don’t really remember anything except that I turned it off
Absentia 4/10 super budget. I knew that going in. Could’ve been way better but I’m not into monster bugs
Don’t breathe 4/10 don’t remember much about it. Just remember not caring
Halloween kills 4/10 letdown “evil dies tonight”
Midsommar 5/10 had high expectation. Wasn’t bad, actually a well made movie I just didn’t like the main character. Plus it just reminded me of wicker man
Bone tomahawk 5/10 decent movie but nothing stuck with me. Was one of the first I watched out of these
The babysitter 5/10 was a fun movie, no regrets
Sinister 5/10 maybe 6/10. Not bad, but didn’t enjoy it as much as some.
The autopsy of Jane doe 5/10 I think this had potential to be better but it was at least average and maybe a little better than average.
Clover field lane 6/10 was interested the entire movie. I almost want to rate this higher but it’s been awhile. Need to rewatch
Geralds Game 6/10 I really like this movie and would rate it higher if it wasn’t for the ending.
Fear street 1994 6/10 just a fun movie for me
Fear street 197x 6/10 fun
The wolf of snow hollow 6/10 fun. Funny at times
Doctor sleep 7/10 low expectations going into this. Was really good
30 days of night 8/10 loved this. Can’t believe I just watched this a few days ago. I like the movies with the small town setting
Hereditary 8/10 I thought I was going to hate this. There was a scene towards the end that was almost comical but overall really surprised by it. The scene in the car with the sister left my jaw hanging.
And as far shows:
Sharp objects 8/10
The outsider 8/10
True detective 9/10 has horror elements towards the end. Loved it, especially the first half
The haunting of hill house 9/10
Midnight Mass 10/10 Stuck with me for a couple weeks. Yes it had long monologues but it was so good. I went into this completely blind. I hadn’t even watched the trailer so I had no clue where it was headed. I’m not sure I’ll ever find a show that hooked me like this
i dont find any horror movie scary ..not since i was a kid.
but i find that some are effective ..
Heredity - as someone said above ..
and by the same filmmaker - Midsommer
Session 9 is a movie i suggest to everyone
bone tomahawk is just a great movie overall .. best dialogue of any horror movie ever
i dont judge horror by if it will scare me .. i judge it like i do any other genre .. is it well written, well made, well acted, well edited, well scored.
does it make me give a shit about the characters .... does it have one iota of originality ..
that eliminates 95% of all horror movies. but there are stiil some gems out there.
I’m bumping this comment because what you said here is why I dislike most horror (or all movies really). I just don’t give a shit about the characters in most movies/shows. I just recently abandoned Archive 81 because the main character has zero personality.
I’m gonna have to watch Session 9 now I guess.
Sculpt
01-23-2022, 04:49 PM
I’m bumping this comment because what you said here is why I dislike most horror (or all movies really). I just don’t give a shit about the characters in most movies/shows. I just recently abandoned Archive 81 because the main character has zero personality.
I’m gonna have to watch Session 9 now I guess.
I'm totally in agreement with you there's a big lag overall in series and movies where you can really care about the characters. Lack of basically good people being really good; and characters not having enough characterization. And most important, a lack of seeing a character change because of their experiences in the film.
The Archive main character is reserved... and determined, willing to take risks, not afraid to get to uncomfortable truths, willing to experience 'supernatural' experiences. Those are character/personality traits. But I will give you his background is a bit lacking where the series does need to make up a bit for his reserved personality.
But I'm a bit more of a sci-fi and mystery lover than horror or boiling-over personalities' type of guy. So I'm digging Archive so far.
I'm totally in agreement with you there's a big lag overall in series and movies where you can really care about the characters. Lack of basically good people being really good; and characters not having enough characterization. And most important, a lack of seeing a character change because of their experiences in the film.
The Archive main character is reserved... and determined, willing to take risks, not afraid to get to uncomfortable truths, willing to experience 'supernatural' experiences. Those are character/personality traits. But I will give you his background is a bit lacking where the series does need to make up a bit for his reserved personality.
But I'm a bit more of a sci-fi and mystery lover than horror or boiling-over personalities' type of guy. So I'm digging Archive so far.
I didn’t like it at all. I actually think the actor himself is part of what I didn’t like.
I switched over to Yellowjackets and loved every episode.