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hey guys just took 20mg of gummies and wanna watch a movie tonight.

drop a movie recommendation with 0 context.

i’ve got all streaming services & willing to rent as well.

update: just finished last night in soho. i’d give it a 3.8/5! i enjoyed it. gonna do mad god next and will give another update after it’s over.

What are the most mean spirited scenes in horror in your opinion?

My examples:

The prayer scene in The Devil’s Rejects

Allie’s death in Terrifier 2

Freddy torturing Laurie in Freddy vs Jason

The picnic scene in The House That Jack Built

Hello, my friends and I have been wanting to plan a day to watch really bad horror movies. Someone mentioned to watch the worst horror movies that are so bad they are good or a good movie to rage watch with friends. What movies would fit this category for you?

I’m not talking about movies like Martyrs, The Sadness, A Serbian Film, etc. Not movies that are made to be disturbing. Movies that just scared the crap out of you despite it not necessarily scaring other people.

For me it’s The Fourth Kind. The movie gave me nightmares for months each time that I watched it and honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever watch it again. It’s not classically disturbing, I don’t think there’s even any gore in it, but dear god, it scared the damn pants off of me.

I jumped on the bandwagon late with this one and since it’s on Hulu, I thought I’d give it a shot. I didn’t know much about it, only that Demi Moore starred and it was body horror (a genre I don’t typically watch)

Holy shit…..like the holiest of shit 😱

I’m speechless, in a way I’ve never felt from watching a movie and I’m super curious how others felt about it! I can’t even imagine what the reactions were like in the theater!!

9/10 for me….I enjoyed(?) it!

I completely understand why people don’t like Ed and Lorraine Warren and I’m not here to defend them or their real-life claims.

But if I look at The Conjuring movies purely as horror films, especially the first two, I genuinely think they’re really good.

They’re creepy, entertaining, well-made and have some genuinely scary moments. I actually rewatch the first two at least once every year and I still enjoy them just as much.

I also think Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are fantastic in these movies. Their chemistry is great and I genuinely enjoy watching them play Ed and Lorraine, regardless of what I think about the real people.

I’ve seen people on here say they could easily live without The Conjuring franchise and that’s fair. Everyone has different tastes. But as someone who genuinely loves the horror genre and watches a lot of horror movies, I feel like finding a really good, entertaining horror movie isn’t always easy.

I know the franchise has its flaws, especially the later movies but I still have a soft spot for it.

I also genuinely enjoy the Annabelle movies, especially Annabelle: Creation. I know these movies aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but I find them entertaining and rewatchable.

Anyone else feel the same way? I feel like the first two movies deserve some appreciation regardless of what people think about the real Warrens.

For me, it has to be Linda Blair in The Exorcist. Her portrayal of Regan is just incredible. She’s such a sweet kid, and then she transforms into this disgusting thing with no trace of humanity. It’s hard to believe she was only thirteen when they filmed it.

Also, does Macaulay Culkin in The Good Son count? He was so good at playing that sociopathic little monster.

Who are your picks?

Hokum is a middle to good movie, right from the start. It’s predictable and there are generic jump scare moments. The sound design is great, most people don’t notice the ethereal background noise and that is a good thing. I love the mystery…even though it is predictable, and the setting is great. But what sells the movie to me is Adam Scott.

He has great timing, let’s just lay that out there. He knows when to play the slow burn, he knows when to react. He acts with his eyes and just subtle things as the paranoia sets in. I even noticed his erratic breathing, and the subtle way he plays with his glasses to draw the viewer in. He takes a story that has been told a million times before and adds an element that keeps you interested in what happens next.

He really does have the power to hold a movie up, and I’m not knocking the performances of the other actors…but he controls most of the move by himself and he acts so well without dialogue. He doesn’t overact and that’s another thing…it isn’t melodramatic. It assumes the audience has a brain.

That’s all: I just wanted to say that I think Adam Scott needs a raise.

I really need Help finding horror films that are spooky but Non violent. It feels like I’ve seen them all. Movies I’ve seen and like:
The others
Babadook
The awakening
Sixth sense
Marrowbone
The orphanage
Relic
Midsommar
Hereditary
Heretic
The conjuring
The ring
The exorcism of Emily Rose
Crimson Peak
I saw the tv glow
The haunting
The damned
Speak no evil
The boogieman
Shutter
Creep 1 & 2
1408
The woman in black
Talk to me
All my friends hate me
Boys in the trees
The night house
Barbarian
The menu
Sinister
Us
The ritual
The autopsy of Jane doe
Veronica
The invitation
It follows
The invisible man
Get out
The shining
The uninvited
Weapons
Cobweb
Coherence

And more. have i seen them all?? I NEED more! Eerie, uncanny, just not to bloody. I love a good ghost story, but movies like the empty house and Coherence are amazing too. Do you have any good recs?

Without spoiling, I thought the overall effects, plot, scares and everything were great in this movie. The performances were fine enough but Jessica Chastain does a great job being an emotional wreck and genuinely creepy in this film. I’m shocked to see how badly it’s been getting reviewed.

Is this an Obsession? Absolutely not. Is it Backrooms level? No. Is it still good? Yes.

The worst I can say about it is that the pacing isn’t great and it overplays its hand in terms of what scares it wants to produce. I love how ambitious it gets though and I wish more horror would go that direction (just maybe not all in one movie like this one tries)

Overall I’d throw it around a 7/10. Not nearly the 18% it’s receiving on rotten tomatoes. What do you guys think?

I watch horror all year round but in October I like to watch Halloween specific horror. Can we make a master list here? Obviously we don’t have to include the Halloween franchise movies 🎃

I just watched "Fall 2: Deadpoint" on VOD. I can confirm that the film's ending credits list does specifically show 'AI Department' and its team members.

Apart from Alexander Gupolov, none of the others are credited on the film's IMDb crew list.

After watching the film, I suspect that it has considerable amount of scenes used AI, not just one or two.

I wished to attached the image of ending credit list on the post, but Reddit doesn't allow me. So I typed the credit list of 'AI Department' in here.

• ALEXANDER GUPOLOV
• DMITRIY LEX
• ELENA BEREZDINA
• IAN VACHOVSKI
• LEE WU
• KUMAR SHANTA
• MAXIM ANTONOV
• MICHAEL WELLINGTON
• NAOMI CHEN
• STEVE SUN

My partner was requesting some good horror movies this season with less supernatural evil, and less gore… So challenge accepted, I went down the rabbit hole looking into some Lovecraftian/Cosmic horror flicks.

We found ourselves watching Resolution, followed by The Endless, and we enjoyed the ride of these so much.

What other cosmic horror, temporal disturbance, reality shattering films do we queue up next?

Stuart Gordon must've been on acid while making this movie because it just goes up to eleven with the plot. Even though it didn't do well at the box office in its first release, I feel like it aged very well. Whenever Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton are on screen some type of horror movie magic happens. I feel like this movie would be a good double feature with other horror movies with similar elements such as Hellraiser 1 or 2, Lifeforce, or The Void.

Are there any good slasher flicks from other countries with an iconic killer (Freddy, Myers, Jason etc)

It occurred to me today that I can’t say I’ve ever seen one and wondering if I’ve been missing out.

Hereditary is ofc the blueprint for this. It can be movies, books, even music—I just want something that tackles themes about your bloodline catching up to you. Right now I’m going through some medical stuff that mirrors what my dad lived through and died of, so I could use some of that catharsis.

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I saw The Menu during its theatrical run, when it debuted on streaming, and just revisited it this weekend. Most of my professional life has been in bars and restaurants, running a wide variety of cuisine and concepts and price points. This movie, for me, is really something special.

I have a collection of cookbooks including White Heat by Marco Pierre White. Gordon Ramsey started out under him. There is an infamous clip of White saying he didn’t make Gordon cry during service; “he chose to cry.” Anyone deep into the culinary world knows Chef Slowik, played by Ralph Fiennes, is a direct call out to chefs René Redzepi of Noma and Grant Achatz of Alinea (and Ramsey of course).

I also enjoy watching cooking competitions hosted by Ramsey. Notably I’ve been on a binge of Next Level Chef, where chefs compete on literal different levels of kitchens with a moving platform of ingredients. I haven’t seen it, but I thought to myself, isn’t there literally a horror film kinda like this? Yes, dear reader, it’s called The Platform. Who’s seen it and is it worth checking out?

Aside from The Platform, what other horrors or psychological thrillers scratch that specific itch The Menu does? I’ve seen What You Wish For (2023) and of course my beloved series Hannibal.

I was excited to see the company involved in the V/H/S series, and their segment did not disappoint. Was it lacking in story? A little bit. What was up with George? Who knows. Still seeing the animatronics come to life while our camera man desperately searches for the exit gave me the nostalgia of running through a very disorienting haunted house. I'd be very interested if they would offer some sort of Halloween experience in the future based off that scene. Also Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance will be stuck in my head for the rest of Spooky Season.