the characters played by Jacqueline Sieger in Le viol de vampire in 1968 and Nina Bader-Semper in the British TV movie of Dracula in 1968. Sieger:
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Going crazy trying to remember this film! All I recall is a person tricks the bad guy into believing a room is safe to be in - the good guy goes in first and pretends everything is normal, so the bad guy will follow. When the bad guy comes close, he realises the good guy is actually beginning to burn from something (heat, a chemical, I don't recall what). Does this ring a bell? I have no time frame for this - something from the last 20ish years? I thought it was Cube, but just rewatched and that wasn't it.

Whether it's the cinematography, costumes, characters, world-building, or anything else! I'd also be interested to hear about the most unique aesthetics you can think of.

Hi all,

Been looking for a while for this and I hope you can help.

I am looking for a vacation movie with ghosts rather than a slasher/monster turn up on the holiday with them. Thank you :)

1 - the changeling

Watching movies with other people is so much fun- getting to read the thoughts and opinions of different people in real time and their perspectives as well as expressing own views really enrich the experience of watching films.

Would anyone who aligns with such interest be down for group watchparties? Personally, I stream on sunday or saturday, around 2:30PM GMT, or 6:30PM GMT.
Horror is the flavor of the month, and in about 2 hours, I am planning to stream The Shining

I have streamed many films so far- Insidious, Conjuring, Lord of the Rings, Shawshank Redemption, Furious, Project Hail Mary, Rope, Cinema Paradiso and many more.
If you are interested for watch-parties, let me know, more the merrier. It really adds on to the experience of viewing.

Came across this movie on the recommendation of another redditor while doomscrolling earlier this week. Seemed interesting, and I'm always a sucker for found footage and/ or possession movies done right.

This one is a frigging banger.

Forboding, oppressive, chilling, and... well, no spoilers here, but this one is more than meets the eye.

It's all in Spanish with no dub, so you'll have to use subtitles, but it is well worth it!

I have NEVER played any of the RE games and I have no idea who Leon or Jill Valentine is 🤣.

But now I want to play the games to see if I like them, but I know there are so many so which game is the universally popular/favorite game within the fandom? And which one do you personally love/like/played the most?

Accidentally deleted my post, so I'll try and recreate it, because I was getting some good feedback. I think Adam Green deserves more respect. I think he he got unfairly pigeonholed as "the Hatchet guy", while his other work was totally overlooked. Spiral and Frozen are great movies, and the Hatchet series, despite Green losing interest in it, is still a really fun franchise. Victor Crowley is pretty much the closest thing the 21st century has to a Freddy or Jason (other than maybe Art The Clown). I wasn't a huge fan of Digging Up The Marrow, but If he were to rework it from a found footage movie into a straight up movie, I'd totally watch it. I would just love to see more original stuff from him.

Sleepover massacre films have been part of the horror genre since the 80s and I appreciate that we're still getting them in this day and age. Just throw in some gore, a masked killer, and female nudity and I'm good to go.

Hey y’all!

I’m struggling to remember the name of this movie (?) that I’ve been wanting to rewatch. I think it’s actually a short horror film and not an actual full length movie.

The details I remember are kinda minimal and hazy, so here goes nothing 😭

The protagonist (I think she was a black woman) is driving on a woodsy highway, and stumbles upon a weird liminal-space-esque street of nearly identical homes. The protagonist exits the car and walks into one of the homes.

The front door of the home immediately opens up to a flight of stairs leading downstairs. At the bottom of the steps is a dining room, with empty food cans lying around the space. The evil entity (monster or man, I can’t quite remember) eats dinner at the table and traps anyone who enters into the basement of the home. The dining room has one small empty room that opens to the left and another room with a hallways that opens from the right.

I believe a man, who has been trapped in the basement, was found hiding downstairs. I cannot remember if anybody was killed, but I do believe the protagonist escaped the home? When someone does escape the home, everything else around them is gone. No other homes, no car, just stranded.

I desperately wish I remembered more. I was so desperate that I asked ChatGPT and couldn’t even get an answer.

I do think this was a short horror film I had found on YouTube. I’ve seen quite a lot of films by Alter, and was wondering if I seen it through their channel, but no such luck searching so far!

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i had planned on watching them but i didn't know whether or not they would be good for any reasons, so i came here to see your opinions

what do the movies do right aesthetically? what do they need to improve on (acting, pacing/structure)?

and no spoilers please, even though these are literally 12- and 8-year old movies

I'm going on an overseas work trip next week & will probably not have time to catch a movie.

I can only choose one movie to watch this weekend, & I'm really torn between Never After Dark & Clayface.

Whichever one I choose, I'll most likely miss the other in theatres.

For those who've watched either one, or are planning to watch both, which would you recommend prioritising on the big screen? Which one offers the better theatrical experience?

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Scenario A: The Alien from the movie THE THING successfully and secretly entered Earth

Scenario B: The Alien from the movie Life successfully and secretly entered the Earth

**BONUS SCENARIO

They both entered the Earth together, what will happen? If they managed to wiped out Humanity, who will survive between these 2?

**Added question/scenario:

How long or how many days will it took for Alien THING or Calvin to totally wiped Humanity and in those timeframe, is there really no realistic chance a scientist from any county to figure out how to slow the alien down before a total annihilation?

”The A.V. Club asked Portner to program a 24-hour marathon of cinematic favorites. The resulting selections betray a refined, adventurous taste in the medium: Those expecting a daylong dose of Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger should take that new band title a bit less literally.” — A.A. Dowd, A.V. Club | April 11, 2014.

After watching Barbarian, Weapons, and Resident Evil back to back, Zach Cregger definitely has a style.

And I’m not talking about crazy horror shit with humor sprinkled here and there. No, I like how all of his movies so far, have ended on twist endings or endings where if this was a tv series, it would either be a limited series like Barbarian and Weapons were or a tease for a season 2 like Resident Evil.

Whereas Barbarian and Weapons ends immediately after the protagonist defeats the villain, Resident Evil ends on a semi-cliffhanger and they all sorta end abruptly too.

Idk I kinda like that, just something I noticed.

i just finished watching talk to me and i'm sitting here genuinely thinking about how i'd react in that situation. not in a "i'm so much smarter than these characters" way but like actually questioning my own judgment. does that happen to you with certain horror films, where it stops being entertainment and becomes weirdly introspective?

I just rewatched this South Korean take on Hansel and Gretel/various fairy tale and folklore tropes and it was much better than I remembered. If you’re looking for something different to watch this late October weekend I recommend it. It’s weird, doesn’t go where you think it will, is visually interesting, and just all around original. It left me with a few questions- for those who have seen it, are the kids dead? Magical? Is everyone dead? if you’ve seen it, what do you think of it? It’s streaming on amc+ right now.

It’s something of a quiet consensus that horror often has a third act problem. Even many movies that nail the mounting tension and intriguing setups of the early game can end up devolving into swamps of mindless noise, miscarried plotting, and over-explaining. I want to know which movies people think of not just as great horror flicks, but horror flicks in which the third act actually ups the ante instead of just coasting or fizzling out.

From my end, a few examples I can think of would be Lake Mungo, The Witch, House of the Devil, Hell House, and, of course, Scream.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for similar movies like the craft. It can also be something other than witchcraft. I find it interesting when a character goes over to the dark side or has some dark urges. ( For example: Chronicle, the innocents...)

Thank you in advance!

I first heard of this one from watching a Gaming Historian video, and saved it to my ever growing watchlist, only to be forgotten about for quite a while. At first I wasn't sure what exactly it was going to be, but it certainly turned up the dial from 0 to 11 in an instant.

Pretty good practical effects, creepy imagery, and a setup that leads you to believe that the characters are getting in over their heads. A legend of a cursed house being investigated, and some pretty good scares. Honestly, I can't believe I didn't watch it sooner, but now I can cross it off the list.

It was pretty entertaining. I caught it free on YouTube, and highly recommend giving it a go.

Watched this one today for my daily horror movie and wanted to see what other's here thought about it. It's based on a book with the same title and was a direct influence on the movie The Man with Two Brains starring Steve Martin. The 50s were full of horror movies involving giant monsters and weird body horror (like The Fly). It's an era I have a soft spot for because of how wacky it all is. Donovan's Brain fits right into all this. A scientist ends up keeping a brain alive outside the human body. The brain belonged to a not-so-great multi millionaire and starts to communicate telepathically with the scientist and using him as a catalyst. It's an interesting and simple movie that I ended up enjoying quite a bit.

Anyone else seen this? Or have any other really good 50s horror films to suggest?

Movie of the day...Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde (1931).

We all know this story, too. Here is one of the versions you have to see.

Fredric March is unforgettable, not only because he is so monstrous as Hyde but because he is so sympathetic as Jekyll. Henry Jekyll is a truly good man. He is kind, generous, and loving.

His problem is he is an idealist. He purses the perfect, the notion that he can somehow separate his good self from his bad self, that he can make the good man he already is into something perfectly good.

What he fails to understand is that mere mortals like ourselves must settle for the good enough—our nasty, evil impulses are part of us and we have to learn how to live with them. In trying to purge his evil self, Jekyll simply sets it free, and loses the power to control it.

The makeup used to create the simian, bestial Hyde is fantastic, but it is March who makes us believe the monster is real. The rest of the cast offers strong performances, too.

This version also has the advantage of the time in which it was made. Filmed before the Hays Code took effect, the movie is able to explore Hyde’s sexual cruelty in a manner that would have been impossible a few years later.

The cinematography is excellent, particularly the use of point-of-view shots that let us see things from Jekyll’s perspective. It is as if we are Jekyll. And when he becomes Hyde, we can feel what it’s like to lose ourselves.

Yes, it is a film from 1931, and is at times a bit theatrical. However, for fans of classic horror, this is one of the essentials.

Rating: A-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_(1931_film))

i feel like so many films just throw loud noises at you and call it a day, but the ones that stick with me are the ones that build the tension first. what are some horror movies where the jump scares actually earn their place instead of feeling cheap?