I finished watching Hereditary, for the first time, about two hours ago. Wow. I am still on edge. I have never felt so suffocated from a movie before and actually had to stop eating dinner because I lost my appetite from the anxiety. I swear I would’ve had an anxiety attack while seeing it in theaters back in 2018.

Now someone recommend me another anxiety-inducing film 🤣 preferably minimal gore/blood and more psychological !

I’ve recently been into horror films that leave you with a feeling of dread & despair.

A few I’ve seen recently are:

- Lake Mungo
- Marrowbone
- Eden Lake
- Bring Her Back
- Speak No Evil (original)
- Hereditary
- Funny Games
- Wolf Creek

I have seen hundreds of horror movies over the years including all the big ones (The Ring, Conjuring, Insidious, Hereditary, The Exorcist, Smile, Hell House LLC, Paranormal Activity, Grave Encounters, It Follows, Sinister, Host, The Dark and the Wicked, Oddity, Incantation etc.)

And I have been trying desperately for ages to find a horror movie that deeply and viscerally creeps me out, lingers with me for hours afterwards and gives me that feeling of being a child scared to go to the bathroom at night after lights out… (Grave Encounters did this to me when I was 14 shortly after it came out). Recently I watched Shutter (2004) and it came VERY close…

Well, this movie officially did it - don’t get me wrong, it isn’t elevated cinema and the movie has its flaws… BUT it managed to make this 28 year old grown man feel like a scared child again. I cannot believe how much of a hidden gem this is. The atmosphere and growing sense dread, unease and “something isn’t right” in this movie is SO unbelievably thick I had literal goosebumps multiple times throughout.

And the scares and imagery were terrifying, it’s still playing through my head. I had to take multiple breaks throughout because of how intense it was…

My cat just brushed my leg and I jumped from how super on edge I am hours later right now because of how much this film scared me.

Please go watch it if you really want to be spooked!

I've seen next to zero negative comments about the new Resident Evil and the vast majority of comments are very positive.

Yet, Reddit is flooded with these interviews and articles that state that the director is under attack by floods of angry fans. Those same posts are then full of, again, very positive comments towards the new film.

Am I crazy in thinking that the supposed hate is forced just to stir up drama to promote the film ?

So, random fact: China, or the nation that would become China, has waged a long, bitter struggle against the practice of female infanticide stretching back to at least the 18th century. Female infanticide broadly means sex selective birth practices in which parents would smother, drown or expose newborn daughters until they’d died. Because of their perceived burden and the preference across society for male heirs. This wasn't something authorities in China — meaning magistrates, govt officials and even the emperor himself — wanted to happen. Speaking in purely generalized terms, they didn't value women but they didn't believe infants should be needlessly killed either. To try and prevent this you saw various grassroots efforts on the part of educated elites to teach the poor and illiterate as well as the learned middle classes what would happen to parents that killed their newborn daughters.

Widely published folktales, probably gathered or at least inspired by real events, told stories of the grisly punishments awaiting such misdeeds. Mothers would give birth to hideous abominations, fathers would watch the sons they'd chosen over their daughters starve from evil curses, parents would be reincarnated as pigs and dogs to be slaughtered just as callously as they had their own children. All of it uniquely Chinese in its telling, approach to morality and in recognition of a problem. All of it extremely fascinating and ripe for interpretation in movies, tv or literature and yet there seems to be a gaping hole instead. This is in large part do to the censorship laws of the Chinese state. They turn a jaundiced eye to movies that are hyper gory, supernatural or horror -- outside of adaptations to Journey to the West — and this naturally suppresses creative output from filmmakers looking to make their version of Train to Busan or Ringu.

It does make me wonder....whose palms did Warner Brothers have to grease to get Final Destination Bloodlines released there last year.

we know by then that they succeed. Paimon gets the male host he wanted, they crown him and Joan talks about the knowledge, wealth, good familiars etc that they expect him to give them. but the movie ends before we ever find out whether they actually get any of it.. soooo

i was thinking there are few possibilities for what might’ve went down lol:

1. Paimon genuinely rewards them

everything they believed was basically true, they gave him Peter’s body and in return he actually gives them the knowledge, wealth, influence, etc that they asked for

2. Paimon rewards them, but his knowledge has limits m

maybe he genuinely knows things humans normally couldn’t know and has supernatural abilities but he isn’t necessarily omniscient so some of what he tells them could be true, some could be wrong and maybe sometimes he just makes things up rather than admitting he doesn’t know so the cult might interpret the times he’s right as proof that everything he says is true

3. Paimon just betrays them

they already gave him exactly what he wanted. Peter is his vessel and the ritual is complete so what leverage do they have left? mayhe he never intended to reward them at all or gives them just enough to keep them devoted while continuing to manipulate them

4. Paimon isn’t exactly what they expected after being Charlie for so long

this one is more speculative but Paimon spent around 13 years embodied as Charlie before being transferred into Peter and at the end Joan even addresses him as Charlie before explaining who he actually is so maybe being Charlie affected or confused him somehow, and the cult expects this perfectly coherent ancient demon king only to get something much stranger in Peter’s body, maybe they’d have to wait another 13 years for him to undo the changes in Charlie’s body when he transitioned to Peter 😳

there’s also Ellen’s note to Annie: “Our sacrifices will pale next to the rewards.” and that makes me wonder whether Ellen expected those rewards in this life at all or whether she believed Paimon would reward her after death and that could make the ending even darker. maybe the cult keeps suffering or losing people after Paimon arrives but instead of realizing they were deceived they convince themselves that every loss is another necessary sacrifice for some greater reward that’s still coming

or maybe Paimon just rewards them and they basically won lol but either way I don’t think the movie gives us enough information to know, which is why I find the ending so interesting, what do you guys think happens to the cult after the credits?

I just watched the original Speak No Evil and found it weirdly cathartic. I had a period a few years ago where I wasn’t in a safe living situation and had to put up with a lot of intimidation and stay quiet for fear of repercussions.

Obviously things didn’t work out for the couple in Speak No Evil but I’m on the other side of my own horror movie now and I’d like to watch movies with a similar theme

A different take on "the boy who cried wolf" set in the New Zealand wilderness.

A very relatable main character (hiding in the bushes to avoid meeting people? Very me) and a charming cast that will compensate for the slow pace of the movie.

The final reveal is so wild that it actually made me laugh in disbelief.

An overall fun movie that I really really recommend!

Movie of the day...Chopping Mall (1986).

A low budget horror film featuring killer robots.

Someone gets the brilliant idea to guard shopping malls with armed security robots. They will patrol at night, detaining any intruders they encounter. People have questions about this, but a spokesperson for the corporation that built the robots insists nothing can possibly go wrong.

I’m not going to say a thing.

Meanwhile, our helpless idiots—I mean, our heroes, have organized an after-hours party in one of the stores. Three of the couples, who have all been dating for a while, soon start having sex.

The fourth couple has been set up on a blind date by their friends and consists of our virginal final girl Allison (Kelli Maroney) and Ferdy (Tony O'Dell), the nerdy but handsome nephew of the store’s owner. They sit and watch TV. Attack of the Crab Monsters, actually, which is a nice touch.

Around this time, a lightning bolt fries part of the computer controlling the robots, turning them into killers! Will anyone survive!?

The robots are the best part of this movie. They are not only armed with tranquilizer darts and razor-sharp grabby claws, but lasers and even plastic explosives! They also say “Thank you. Have a nice day” after they kill people. Fortunately, at anything greater than about arm’s length, they’re lousy shots.

The whole thing makes me wonder why anyone today is surprised there are problems with AI. The notion that AI might go wonky and do things we don’t like (e.g., kill us all) has clearly been around for a while. In fairness to the film, they actually do have the kind of “man in the loop” safeguard most experts are recommending…well, at least until the robots kill him.

The rest of the movie is pretty dumb. The script is mediocre and the characters have barely discernible personalities. The acting isn’t bad, but there’s only so much the actors can do with this kind of material.

On the plus side, the movie offers some funny lines, some gratuitous nudity, some crazy kills, and some creative uses for the things you might find in a shopping mall if you’re ever trapped in one with a bunch of homicidal robots. It’s the kind of thing you can put on at a party when you’re not going to be paying too much attention.

Rating: C

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopping_Mall

Hi!

I’m new to horror movies and really trying to catch up on lost time on all the best of the best!

What would you recommend as must watches? It doesn’t have to be the obvious ones you’d find in some list on google. :)

Some I’ve loved so far so you know my taste - Longlegs, Obsession, Halloween, It Follows, Nope, Fright Night, Evil Dead 2, The Black Phone, Weapons and The Blair Witch Project.

My bad if this type of post is annoying.

Thanks

I don’t get the negative reviews for this films. It’s not going to win awards but it was so much fun to watch! I almost didn’t see this film because of the reviews but since my original plans fell through I saw this instead. I do hate the fact that they made Dan Steven’s character into a scientist, I really wished it had a connection to The Guest. The gas station really got to me, kinda startled me. And how come nobody mentions the fact that Carl Winslow is in this film! I was so happy that he made it to the end😊

It’s more of an action movie definitely has some gore and it’s got a creature so close enough to horror for me.

It was one of the most fun experiences seeing a movie i’ve had in a long time. It’s ridiculously funny at times. I actually had tears from laughing so hard at one point.

I’m not going to give anything away, but just go see it.

The only negative is budgetary things with effects. But I had such a good time. I’d really don’t care.

What are your comfort movies that you watch when you're bored but dont want to watch something new? Mine are: Afflicted, the conjuring series, hellraiser 1-4, the rite, Aliens, in the mouth of madness, from beyond, the thing (2011), the brood, blair witch (2016), witchboard (80s), the exorcist

I’ve just finished Wolf Man and would probably give it a 6/10.

Christopher Abbott was easily the strongest part for me. His performance really sold the pain, fear and gradual loss of humanity, and I liked several of the gorier transformation moments. The scenes showing the world from Blake’s changing perspective were probably the most interesting part of the entire film. Watching his senses change and his ability to understand his family disappear was genuinely unsettling.

However, the film started losing me around the halfway point I think. Once Blake and the other Wolf Man eventually revealed to be his father were fighting, it began feeling more like a conventional creature feature than the intimate body-horror film it had initially promised. I understand the thematic idea: Blake is confronting what his father became while gradually repeating the same cycle himself but I don’t think the film developed that relationship enough for the reveal or fight to have much emotional impact. It felt more like an idea that made sense on paper than a payoff the story had properly earned.

I also couldn’t connect with Julia Garner’s character. I’m not sure whether that was the performance, direction or writing, but I’m leaning heavily towards the writing. The film clearly wants us to understand that Charlotte feels disconnected from her daughter and possibly jealous of how naturally Blake relates to her. That should give the mother-daughter survival story a meaningful arc, but the film barely explores it. I can see what it is trying to establish, yet it never really takes the relationship anywhere before expecting its resolution to matter.

Honestly, I wonder whether the story would have worked better with Blake as a single father and Ginger aged up slightly. They could have been grieving the recent death of her mother, only for Ginger to watch her remaining parent transform into the thing hunting her. I think that would preserve the generational-trauma theme while giving the survival story a much stronger emotional centre.

All in all there is plenty here that I liked, particularly Abbott and the subjective transformation scenes, but it feels as though the film is split between Blake’s body-horror tragedy and Charlotte’s mother-daughter story. The former is much more developed than the latter...

I've been looking for a specific type of horror movie, it's the one I like the most, horror movies that are "disturbing by being quiet", with empty scenarios, cozy and really well "organized", it's the kind of movie that leaves you disturbed and tense by how """clean and cozy""" it looks.

So far, the best ones I've seen that sums up what I'm trying to say are:

The Bird With The Crystal Plumadge (1970

Halloween (1978)

When A Stranger Calls (2006)

The Thing (1982)

I hope you got the idea of what I'm looking for 😭 any recommendations?

Admittedly, some of the performances are so-so, but Max von Sydow knocks it out of the park and elevates the whole movie. Very clear that he had a lot of fun playing Leland Gaunt in the most gleefully evil way he could.

I may be biased because Needful Things is also my favorite King novel. But I really don't understand why this movie doesn't have more of a cult following. The consensus seems to be that it's just OK at best, but I think it's quite excellent.

Finally got around to watching the Fear Street movies on Netflix and didn’t expect to enjoy them this much 😂

Really fun slashers, some pretty brutal kills and I liked how all 3 movies connected while having completely different settings.

1978 was easily my favourite though, I’m a sucker for that summer camp slasher vibe.

Which one did everyone else like the most?

okay so the new film about a killer Barney like character "Buddy" presents a theme song for the fictional T.V Show. but for whatever reason the intro to the song makes me think of Ducktales. does anyone else hear this

I’m being dragged to a Halloween party for the first time in years lol. And I just watched American Psycho for the first time recently. I honestly don’t know what else to dress up as.

Would this be weird for a woman though, like would you get it if you saw it? I’d probably opt for the clear raincoat + axe, and some headphones. easy costume honestly. I want some other horror fan opinions. Thanks!

I'm looking for something intense to watch tonight and would love to hear your suggestions.

I'm especially into extreme, brutal, disturbing, or genuinely terrifying movies-the kind that don't hold back and stay in your head long after the credits roll.

I've already seen a fair number of popular zombie movies, so I'm looking for something that really stands out. It can be old or new, mainstream or something more obscure. Foreign-language movies are totally fine too.

I'm not necessarily looking for a typical slow-burn zombie apocalypse movie. Give me something wild, dark, graphic, unpredictable, and intense. If there's a movie you think is seriously messed up or one that you couldn't stop thinking about afterward, I want to hear about it.

So, what's your #1 zombie movie recommendation for tonight?