Horror Movies Thread

[Lucky Planet]

As someone who watched all of the Saw films this year leading up to Saw X.... I'M SO HYPED!!!!! I love this franchise so much

give me hoffman.... i demand hoffman

I literally just wrapped up an entire franchise re-watch of Saw in order to refresh before I saw... Saw X.

And man do those middle films drag and drag and dragggggg. I've always considered them guilty pleasures but they truly are time capsules of an alternate universe where everyone is an absolute idiot filled with hair trigger violent tendencies and a complete lack of human corporation and the franchise just jumps the shark so many times.

I actually enjoyed Spiral more than the average fan because it really was a throwback to the style of the original first films in the franchise with its more procedural approach. By X I was so beyond over the idea of a multi-person group going through a series of traps together. I'm baffled as to why they decided that needed to be the framwork for a gigantic middle chunk of the films as if it was written in stone.

X was a real revelation by the time you got to it because Tobin just always kills it as John Kramer and as funny as it sounds (and as bad as that wig is), it's somehow a treat to see his apprentices show back up even though they've never been THAT revered in the overall zeitgeist.

jumping the shark how

 

[CoryLevy91]

jumping the shark how

The amount of really unnecessary, hooky, straight up out of the blue twists that come funneling in every movie is so absurd I'm kind of amazed in not a single one did they think 'Hey, maybe NOT having a twist should be the twist!". The first twist is iconic, the twist in Saw V is probably my favorite moment of the entire franchise and a lot of them are head slapping moments for me.

 

[Dead2009]

 

[belloq87]

That actually looks more interesting than I was expecting.

 

[rageofthegods]

Night Swim is kinda fun. I give it extra points cuz it actually has a novel metaphor at play (it's not about trauma!)

 

[Dead2009]

’28 Years Later’ – Zombie Sequel in the Works from Danny Boyle and Alex Garland

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland (Annihilation, Men), the director and writer behind 2002’s hit horror film 28 Days Later, are reteaming for the long-awaited sequel, 28 Years Later. What’s more is that this could potentially be the start of even more sequels. THR, who broke the news, reports that...

bloody-disgusting.com

 

[rageofthegods]

Whole trilogy planned with 75m budget for each! Very exciting, hope we can see it in a theater.

 

[rageofthegods]

Radio Silence's next horror movie with Melissa Barrera (supposedly a Dracula's Daughter movie)

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Radio Silence's next horror movie with Melissa Barrera (supposedly a Dracula's Daughter movie)

Should be a hit, I see multiple potential Tiktok dance trends in this trailer alone.

 

[Tbad556]

David Gordon Green Departing 2025 ‘Exorcist’ Sequel, Search Underway for New Director

'The Exorcist: Deceiver' is being taken off Universal's release calendar for now.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Crypt Keeper]

David Gordon Green Departing 2025 ‘Exorcist’ Sequel, Search Underway for New Director

'The Exorcist: Deceiver' is being taken off Universal's release calendar for now.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Blumhouse paid $400 million for the rights to The Exorcist, so the sequels are gonna get made one way or another. Really doubt they just abandon the franchise.

Still haven't seen Believer, but I may give it a watch tonight lol.

 

[belloq87]

Still haven't seen Believer, but I may give it a watch tonight lol.

It's honestly not the worst thing ever if you look at it purely as just another possession movie.

It's an awful EXORCIST sequel, though.

 

[saint.piss]

Still haven't seen Believer, but I may give it a watch tonight lol.

Honestly I didn't love it, but I liked it more than most people did. I think the hhn house made me appreciate the movie more. I definitely think it's worth a watch at least hope you like it

 

[imagin78]

I actually don't even think Believer was a particularly good possession movie either. Though I feel that subgenre has been beyond played out at this point.

Every film since the original Exorcist just seems to pull its punches in a way that the first didn't. Only the twist at the end of the recent one felt inspired in any way.

The few possession movies I liked since the first Exorcist managed to actually inhabit other genres instead of being blatant clones. That could be police procedurals(Exorcist III), courtroom dramas(Exorcism of Emily Rose) or found footage(The Last Exorcist).

 

[rageofthegods]

I actually think Believer got nastier than a lot of possession films do the abortion blood, the "choice" at the end, so I have some respect for it. That having been said, yeah it needed those rumored reshoots.

Someone like Cregger, Phillippou or Rose Glass would be wonderful.

 

[saint.piss]

I actually think Believer got nastier than a lot of possession films do the abortion blood, the "choice" at the end, so I have some respect for it. That having been said, yeah it needed those rumored reshoots.

The main problem I think with Believer was the amount of stuff they cut out of the movie. The theatrical version of this film feels so messy and bare bones... You can just tell without even knowing anything about the production that they removed a lot of story elements and character development. I'm hoping at some point they will release a directors cut of Believer just like they did with the original

 

[TheCodeMan95]

The few possession movies I liked since the first Exorcist managed to actually inhabit other genres instead of being blatant clones. That could be police procedurals(Exorcist III), courtroom dramas(Exorcism of Emily Rose) or found footage(The Last Exorcist).

I'm still on the very small team of "Exorcist III is better than The Exorcist"

 

[belloq87]

I'm still on the very small team of "Exorcist III is better than The Exorcist"

I love EXORCIST III...

... but come on!

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I love EXORCIST III...

... but come on!

Well, this is why the team is small!

 

[jseal777]

Might get high and watch Housu tonight