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Originally Posted by Kandarian Demon
It looks like I have already previously backed the movies I felt deserved to be in the list, and from what I've understood we can't back them again, right?
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IMO, it's not a bad idea to remind us of what you backed, if for no other reason than to put it back on the radar. (Probably good to mention that you've already backed them though, to save V the trouble of looking it up.)
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Having said that, I'm going to re-mention three films I've already backed. These three films are not just on my top 22, but are way up near the top.
Inside
A fresh take on the slasher subgenre, it bastardizes
the formula, yet still essentially addresses almost every item in the list. This film makes me squirm more than just about anything, and that's saying something. Forget Hatchet: that's more of the same old, same old. This is something new.
Martyrs
An utterly one-of-a-kind film for those that are willing to give it the chance it deserves, and can stomach it. As the French are doing, it incorporates existing subgenre elements, but twists or re-invents them in ways no one has done before. (It's a home invasion movie... wow, that was quick. It's a demon ghost film... or is it? It's torture... a whole new level and tone.) The film is unique in that, like the experiments performed on the protagonist, the viewer becomes the subject of a similar experiment: can you endure more pain than you can imagine, to the point of transcendence to a new level of existence? Okay, maybe the viewer won't reach martyrdom by watching the film, but it will be dizzying ride in the process.
Session 9
This film does creepy, surreal atmosphere about as well as two of my favorites: The Shining and Jacob's Ladder. The location is almost a character in itself, and some of the imagery and sounds are as memorable and spine-tingling as that in The Changeling. The slow-burn creep-out storyline is as good as it gets, and has a rewarding ending.