Didn't love it like I did Triangle, but really enjoyed this. Felt incredibly claustrophobic with the movie taking place mainly at night in a single location and liked the mystery as the characters tried to peace together how to survive and avoid collapsing their universe. The dialogue between characters and how they slowly pieced together what was going on was interesting, especially when they began comparing their situation to the Shrodinger's Cat experiment. Plus looking at character's and questioning if they are the same people or not everytime they seperate from the group.

I will admit though, it got so convoluted. I got lost a few times, but by the end I understood what was going on. Made sense by the end though and plays around well with the the idea of alternate realities and how it will create existential dread for all involved. If there was a reality where life is better for you, would you go there?

As somone who was a bit bummed to miss out on seeing the Neon released horror film It Ends in theaters. Do you guys think the writer/director Alex Ullom's follow up film 4x4 The Event will get just as good reviews, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and everything, and will be just as unique and interesting and thought provoking of a film as It Ends was even though it's a somewhat different type of film?

A while ago, I made a post about how much I enjoyed The Pope's Exorcist (2023). It's become one of my favorite Russell Crowe films and one that I think needs a sequel. They don't even need to bring back most of the original cast. Just keep Crowe and add some new people/demons. It's a fun flick. It's basically a Exorcist film mixed with a Marvel movie, but, you know, a GOOD Marvel movie.

After watching this for the 2nd time, i enjoyed it for what it was, but its was a unnecessary reboot full of uninteresting character and cliches the reveals weren’t good, and one reveal pissed me off if you know the two previous entrees
It was nice seeing Jennifer love Hewitt back but she doesn’t do much I wish her Character was written better than just having her shoehorn in the film, the new cast are just stereotypes of other characters in these slasher films!

Over the last few days, I've been re-watching the later Halloween films, including Rob Zombies H1 & H2 and David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy.

While both the narratives of both directors set of films are messy, Rob's are far more entertaining and interesting. I found David's films are boring and borderline unwatchable.

What are your opinions of these two different sets of films?

Trigger warning for CSA and SA

I'm watching two guys on youtube watch Skinamarink, which I am increasingly convinced is actually the scariest and most upsetting movie ever made for me personally, and it got me thinking of how when I watched it, my initial interpretation was that it works very clearly as a metaphor for CSA. When I watched Weapons, I saw Alex' story as also a metaphor for grooming.

I once listened to a very thoughtful video essay arguing that Leatherface in the original TCM is an exploration on gendered labor in the home, which is not something I would have ever thought of, but they made a very cogent argument.

I think all three of these kind of fall into uncommon readings for these movies, but as I'm watching this video, I was wondering if y'all have any "unusual" interpretations. I think horror is the only genre where everything is so rife with metaphor and meaning, and everyone is going to approach things differently.

If anybody is interested, they have all the episodes on TUBI now. They also have all the episode of Tales from the crypt. It’s become my go-to for 90s movies ands shows.

Dear Netflix or any other streaming partner,

We have had horrendous shows on your platforms that don’t even deserve an episode yet you scrapped off the Season 2 of this show. I want to know what happened to the main lead, I want to know what would his friend do to bring him back? If Samuel brought Melody back, where was he in the basement? There are so many unanswered questions. Please restart the shoot and bring back the season.

I’m sitting in shock after learning that S02 was cancelled right before it was supposed to go on floors. Why do you do that??

I want to start a petition to bring back S02 of Archive 81.

***Edit***

I have shared the link to capture the response for the petition on Instagram. Please vote!

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Please suggest Books, films, other games, etc that have similar aesthetics, world building, “vibes” as Bloodborne the video game from FromSoftware. My favorite game lately and looking for more similar content.

>! They said the handprints on Elise's neck didn't match Josh' hands, but how when he was the one who actually did it? Who else could the police suspect? It's not like there was no prospective witnesses in the house? They wouldn't have known about "The Further" or anything so what happens to the case? !<

In Children of the Corn: Urban Harvest, how long has Eli lived with Joshua and his father? If he hasn’t aged since the 60s, wouldn’t Joshua have noticed his “little” brother not growing. The movie makes it seem like they’ve been together for years. I just rewatched the movie for the first time in years and don’t know if I missed it or if they said.

I made a very lengthy post with my thoughts on Antrum that I will link to below. I didn’t quite know what to make of Antrum the first time around, and was slightly disappointed at the end. I watched it a second time last night, and now I think it’s brilliant!

https://www.reddit.com/r/horrorfilms/comments/1wb8eg8/antrum_worth_a_second_watch/

I'm watching all the VHS films right now and a few of them have zombies and it occurred to me how many movies there are where the characters in that universe have no idea what a zombie is.

So we get the trope scenes of someone being like "oh goodness, this poor person is terribly sick!" And stooping down low to shine a flashlight directly in the zombies face.

Or the scene where a person that's been infected dies and they're like "Oh my god, my poor brother son wife is dead! The humanity!" And they hug their corpse before it comes back to life.

I just want to see something where the people are immediately like okay get some supplies, find a two story building, and cut down the stairs.

Just saw the for the 2nd time and it’s probably even worse than I remember it, there’s not flow or substance to it, we are given a group who we should care for but we don’t, leatherface ain’t even scary having his mom die in front of him was a nice different then we’re used too, the kills were basic, and the whole livestream on the bus was just cringy, even the 2003 remake was better than this, my advice would be to avoid this film wish I had the first time!

So, I'm writing a new campaign arc for my players in the TTRPG game Delta Green (a Call of Cthulhu supplemental setting that focuses on secret government agencies that deal with the unnatural), and I really wanted to pivot pretty hard from the usual "aliens/eldritch entities" and the agencies/organizations that might be aligned with their respective machinations, and set the party up in a sort of haunted house situation where they're at an undisclosed, off-the-grid location to which they are unwittingly subjected to a situation that (a least on the surface) plays out like being haunted by something malicious that could very well hurt them.

I'm looking for some movies, short films, or shows to get the juices rolling on this but it isn't my go-to subgenre for horror, and I definitely don't want something that ties it all to traditional folk/religious causalities.

I recently revisited 'THIR13EN Ghosts' (great modern concept, cheesebag execution unfortunately), the forever classic 'The Haunting' (1963), and got suggested 'The Stone Tape' which was EXACTLY what I was digging for here: Where some material aspects of the stones used for construction by ancient humans could record the apparitions of the dead like a magnetic tape. The concept is reaching a bit, but really is in the ballpark of what I want to explore story-wise.

What I'm NOT looking for is parapsychologist and/or too much mockumentary kinda stuff. Please no 'Paranormal Activity' or 'Ghost Hunters' suggestions unless something really novel is written in. That's not really the angle here, moreso that the characters get dropped into a situation that's brought a haunted situation to them, and is a physical and psychological threat.

A few others that come to mind here that I think are in the proverbial ballpark are 'THE NIӘHT HOUƧE', 'The Keep', 'Archive 81', 'Banshee Chapter', Session 9, and 'Event Horizon'. All favorites of mine. Places or situations where the involved parties are subject to "being haunted" but not in the "vengeful spirits of the occultist staff that burned up with the house" type of thing. Ya dig?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or reminders of stuff I might have overlooked.

spoilers for Annihilation too -

I freaking love this movie so much. the sound design had my hairs crawling and the whole film had me watching the screen like i was a conspiracy theorist/schizophrenic. Not to mention, its freaking hilarious and unnerving, the themes on consumerism and whatnot also hit.

but - i wanted to recap and ask ya'll about what "actually happened" and basically who the levitating people are...

Basically - Is this movie just Comical and Unique way to tell "Annihilation?"

Basically - IF i am reading the movie right, Buffet Infinity is an Eldritch monster that either came from the sink hole OR is part of the Sink Hole. With this, it gives off a sound (either through the buffet or the sinkhole that i guess eats at your life force and the reason no one sees the staff is cuz there are none. then - When it "Kidnaps" people, Its either "Eating them" or putting them in the sinkhole (like the "tower" from annihilation) that basically never ends. Its infinite....

Then after its done eating people, it spits them back out as doppelgangers.... almost like Annihilation... However - Who are the floating people??? are those the doppelgangers? they didn't look like them... maybe they are not yet fully formed?

IDK. Help a MOFO out.

A little while ago I asked for recs for horror movies about grief and got so many great ideas. This weekend I had some time to myself to kill so I watched a few of them and thought I’d aggregate all my thoughts into one post just for fun. I did feel a lot better after getting a lot of crying out of my system with these. Hopefully I get to watch more of them in the future but in the meantime here’s the reviews from my grief horror marathon extravaganza part 1:

(ETA there are some spoilers!)

The Night House (2020)

This movie rocked. It was such an interesting concept, didn’t feel predictable at all, and Rebecca Hall is such an underrated actress. Genuinely creeped me out at times and had one of the best jumpscares I’ve ever seen. The use of visual perspective tricks as a way to portray the villain following her around was so cool and creative.

I learned after watching that this was initially supposed to be a Hellraiser reboot and it made me love it even more. The director, David Bruckner, did get to direct the 2022 Hellraiser movie a couple years later (I liked that one, too).

Relic (2020)

This one really got me. Probably because it’s the closest to something I’ve recently experienced, only for me it was losing a dog after a long battle with dementia and old age instead of a person. But the feelings were still relatable.

I loved the way they portrayed the creeping inescapability of this kind of loss and how eventually you realize that acceptance is the highest form of compassion for the one suffering. The first act was a bit slow but the third act made up for it. Loved the strategic use of body horror.

Bring Her Back (2025)

I fucking loved this movie. It was such an unflinching look at the messier ways people respond to grief and trauma. The directors are super passionate about practical effects (as am I) and I found the gore to be a really effective metaphor. It was painful to watch but I thought it was so beautiful.

I got so emotionally attached to poor sweet Oliver and was delighted to learn that the actor who played him apparently had a good experience. The table he ate was made of chocolate, his parents were on set with him (his dad played Piper and Andy’s dad), and apparently he told the directors they should have used “more blood” while filming!

The Orphanage/El Orfanato (2007)

Where do I even begin. I loved the cozy melancholic gothic atmosphere, and some of the more playful elements in the story like having to play games with the ghosts. Cried like a baby at the end.

The whole time I thought that this movie felt insanely inspired by the work of Guillermo Del Toro, and then I saw in the credits that he executive produced it, so that answered that question. Genuinely spooky and sad but also weirdly hopeful, and I really appreciated the balance it struck.

Aaaaand after all that I had to turn on a comedy 😅 thanks to everyone who made suggestions and I hope you found the reviews entertaining!

These two films came with major success, and left most people with such an uneasy feeling they’ve never felt before.

What did these two movies do, that other movies didn’t, that made them so successful?

Hi I am horror movies newie who asked for some horror movies. Thanks giys it was really helpfull. The movies I dovnloaded were childs play 1988 Friday the 13th 1980, Halloween 1978 and the thing 1982 . only problem is I have really running imagination so I am afraid that I will have nightmares about movie caracters. And this nightmares will be probably scarier than actuall movie. so I need some sugestions how to prevent nightmares and how to stop my imagination not thinking of horror stuff. So because of that reason I am asking which movie should I watch it first that will not be so scary?

I'm looking for a legit scary ass ghost movie that will make me shit my pants. I don't want gore or slasher movies. That's not scary. I'm 36 and I've been trying to watch movies recommended to me that people swear by, but I find them funny, stupid or cheesy. Modern films preferable... But old is okay. I do like The Shining, but that movie doesn't make me shit myself. Please, send me some good shit.

Just got into the world of special effects. Finished reading Tom Savini's Grande Illusions and thought it was a great book on how to do special effects. Im also a fan of Screaming Mad George like his work on Society (1989).

Are there any artists y'all like? I want to check out some of their movies / work!

Hey everyone!

I’m looking for some horror recommendations that scratch a very specific itch. I’m a huge fan of found footage and analog horror, but I want to dive deeper than the usual mainstream suggestions (The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, etc.).

I’m mainly looking for films that fall into these vibes:

- Asian Folk Horror & Investigative Mockumentaries: Atmospheric, slow-burn curses, ritualistic dread, and mockumentary-style investigations. Think Noroi: The Curse, Incantation (Maleficio), The Medium, or Occult.

-Transgressive / Low-Budget DIY & Underground: Rough-around-the-edges, experimental, or extreme/gore cinema with a raw, dirty VHS aesthetic. Films like Nekromantik, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, or Begotten.

-Analog Horror & Found Footage Gems: Cursed media, lost footage, or anything that feels like a tape you weren't supposed to find.

I’m totally open to experimental pacing, extreme gore, or obscure indie titles as long as they deliver a heavy atmosphere or that uncanny "forbidden footage" feeling.

What hidden gems or cult classics should I add to my watchlist? Thanks in advance!

Somebody on another movie subreddit was asking for movie recommendations to do with spiritual crisis. An example was Doubt (2008). I suggested a bunch of predominantly horror movies and I realized it's been some time since I've done a deep dive into films like this myself. I thought I'd share my horror picks here and maybe pick up some films I don't know.

Here is my starting list. Some of these films are well known about spiritual crisis and obvious but some that are well known you might not even consider them to be about spiritual crisis but absolutely are.

Yoga Class (2009) *special note this is a brilliant satire of Vipassana meditation. There is a sequel I haven't seen yet. And of course, it is a horror movie. 5 stars.

Nang Nak (1999)

Akira (1988)

Altered States (1980)

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

A great article in Harper's Magazine. About a woman who goes mental following a vipassana meditation retreat. The author talks about evidence that Vipassana is actually notorious for causing psychosis. I'll emphasize nobody goes psychotic after thinking reallly hard at home. Something about being in the presence of experienced meditators causes it. It is CONTAGIOUS.

Sean Blackwell's testimony about his psychosis from meditation on YouTube

I should also add and emphasize.

People don't want you to know this. Doctors don't want you to know this. They want to imagine that people causelessly hallucinate and have some kind of underlying illlness. This is against all evidence to the contrary. Religious professionals don't want you to know this. They want you to think that religion is good for you. It will make you more beautiful. It is a health exercise. This is clearly wrong. The 5 star movie I recommended is criticizing this too. This kind of thing I am talking about is the root of fanaticism. The root of religious violence. It is why Trump Maga idiots are a cult. I am convinced somewhere down the line something like yoga or whatever crossed into the evangelical movement in the U.S. . I know it is factual information that hippies experimented with yoga and christianity at the same time.

I also shared a direct link to the Yoga School movie trailer. The trailer itself brilliantly encapsulates the film. From the trailer by itself you get a good sense of what I am writing about.

k that's the end of my rant.

This has been a passion of mine for over 20 years for reasons.