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I am so so so impressed that I have been thinking about that show these past few days.

I dont think any director ever portrayed religious fanatics in a such masterful way! Also the crowd psychology, traumas, religious psychosis and so on like I was genuinely in shock. There were so many interesting aspects of a human nature portrayed so perfectly that if I get into it this post will be scrolled down by everyone lol

Question: Are other works from Mike Flanagan more or less on the same level? Should I expect the Midnight Mass level with his other projects?

Maybe I shouldnt have started with MM because it set the bar really high.

I am getting tired of the same old tropes in hollywood horror lately. It's always the same old ghouls or predictable undead plots. I just want horror that isn't all jumpscares for once. If that sounds right to you, drop something in the comments.

I already like some Ari Aster stuff, and thriller elements from Hitchcock movies

Hell of a Summer (2023) is the worst horror movie I’ve seen this year by some distance and one of the worst overall. Horrible acting, zero scare factor and the most unlikeable characters you’ve ever seen in a movie. Pure Americana trash, directed by 2 young clueless actors. Avoid by all means.

Wormtown (2025) on the other hand was a pleasant surprise. Very atmospheric and gripping movie with solid lead acting by its 3 protagonists. We’re deep in body horror B-Land, but it stands out both visually and psychologically. The less you know about it upfront, the better imo. Directed by Portugese Sergio Pinheiro.

I thought the original was decent but it’s quite outdated at this point.. I bought HHE(2006) many years ago and decided to watch it again and damn, it’s a very good horror movie! It hits on many levels and I honestly think it blows the original out of the water and it edges out the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake

I feel for some reason THHE (2006) is very rarely talked about and I’m not sure why? thoughts?

agree or disagree?

What are some scary movies you’d recommend with doppelgängers- but not necessarily twins. I liked the movie ‘Us’ and ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ is classically good.

Doppelgängers have always been interesting to me.

This entire show is absolutely incredible and the 5th episode made me legitimately spit take.

Seriously hope this show gets some Emmy love, it definitely deserves it more than most shows I've seen as of late.

I found it moving which I did not expect. It was very suspenseful and the villain truly scared me not in just a "im gonna kill you" kind of way. Thought it was a very well fleshed out portrayal of insane German scientist with ocd

There was way less "gore" than I thought it'd have and I appreciated the otherwise cleanliness of the entire atmosphere for such a disgusting conceptual film. I was very sad that they did not get away and I don't really understand why the Japanese guy decided to suicide in that moment bc he could've taken the doctor at the end. I do not think I would enjoy the 2nd one as much.

8/10
I loved the vibe of this movie. The fact that we discovered this sinister, eerie world level by level and it felt engaging and tense, while giving me a hint of Irish folklore and horror. First, the hotel, then the suite, then the basement, step by step we discovered this secret and it really was a haunted classic imo. The protagonist was human and flawed but not naive, and I liked that he came up with ways to escape and he wasn’t (too) stupid.
My criticism was that the ending was a bit too happy for me, but I get why it had to be like that. I’m also not a big fan of the “internal trauma doubles the external horror and the protagonist actually did something really bad in the past but comes to accept it right in the middle of the climax so he can overcome both the physical monster and his mental struggles”. It feels a bit overdone and an attempt to add a layer of depth.
There are some very memorable moments throughout the film and I’m always gonna be a sucker for witch movies and folk horror. It really shows that sometimes you can shape out a good scare by looking back at the whispers of the generations that came before you, and I like that. I like that a lot.
Overall, my DM top is:

1. Oddity
2. Hokum
3. Caveat
   Looking forward for his next projects!!!

I love horror movies that make me think while preferably making me upset. I'd love movies that are less commonly recommended, especially if you love it but nobody else does.

Quite enjoying watching foreign films with subtitles as I find I stay focused on the film :-)

If you could choose your top 5 to what would they be?

So far watched Shutter, Terrified, The Grudge, Train to Busan, Wailing and Gonjiam Asylum

I have legit been slacking soooooo hard on my horror movies lately. I’ve been so busy with work full time, and an internship with my masters program I never get to just sit and watch movies like I used to! But this weekend I plan to do a long weekend before the summer semester kicks up and I feel so out of the loop.

I literally just watched Weapons a week ago while I was doing my finals and I watched Smile 2. Thinking they would be good for just background like for some reason I didn’t take ether seriously, but both genuinely had me looking sideways I was so mad I couldn’t get into it like I wanted. However the movie that had me on edge fr was Strange harvest, which was such a random pick! I forgot how much I LOVE mockumentary style horror movies. It was almost like the less over hyped version of long legs.

I know I need to see the newest installment of horror in the high desert (or is it any good? The last one was a miss for me) , I know I need to see bring her back, that movie looks like it should be in my crisis intervention’s research lol 😂. Any suggestions to fill up my weekend I’ll take it! I’m not super picky I’ll give anything a chance. My favorite like I said are that mockumentary style and like those movies that just have that off putting feeling like naked randoms in hereditary. I appreciate some well done gore and monster horror as well.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or feedback I genuinely appreciate it! I need badly to decompress and I think just zoning out with all the good horror movies is like peak relaxation for me.

What's everybody's favourite decade for horror movies, and give 3 examples. Mine has to be the 1980s. I love the feel of the time, I love the gritty cameras, I prefer make up and practical FX as opposed to modern CGI effects. I like the fact there weren't mobile phones so you had less chance of getting any help when it was needed. I love the music from back then. Maybe it's because I'm an 80s child 😁 The women seemed hotter too 😂 There's many great films from then, but I'll put my 3 as ones that don't necessarily spring to mind first. If you want to put 3 more well known then go for it

1. Just Before Dawn

2. The Hitcher

3. Fright Night

Like, what is the point of a Exorcist sequel if you bring back Regan and have her do next to nothing. She doesn't even get possessed (partly because La Blair refused to wear the Pazuzu make-up).

Pazuzu's new voice sounded like June Cleaver after she drank spoiled milk and spent the entire night retching, Richard Burton is essentially doing Rod Steiger by screaming and going maniacal. Film finds time to have him travel to Africa over some nincopoop expedition to find a fat tribesman named Kukumo. Burton shrieking Kukumo every five minutes is just too much.

Kitty Winn came back because the writers gave her character a bit more to do but it's essentially just her acting bananas. Almost everybody in this movie is bonkers except for Blair's Regan who even has time to do a Chorus Line number that culminates in her falling off the stage and Louise Fletcher's Gene who seems more interested in showing off her new figure and costumes than in actually building a character. I don't know why they didn't just have Fletcher play Chris since Fletcher and Burstyn look so much alike.

I swear some horror movies in 2026 still have CGI gore that looks worse than cgi from 15 years ago. I am not even anti-CGI either like a good mix of practical effects and CGI can look amazing when it is done right like in terrifier movies But lately I keep watching movies where the gore completely takes me out of the experience because it looks so fake.

Like why are decaptated heads still looking like rubber dolls floatng in the air? Why does blood sometimes look like a bad YouTube intro effect? The second a scene switches to CGI limbs or bodies, all tension literally disappears and I just start rolling my eyes.

Practical effects had texture, weight, and grime to them. Even older movies with smaller budgets managed to make gore feel more real because there was actually something physical on set. Meanwhile some modern movies spend millions and somehow deliver PS3 cutscene gore 🤣.

Again i am not saying “CGI bad" Great CGI exists. When it’s blended subtly with practical effects, you usually don’t even notice it which is the whole point. But studios seriously need to stop rushing unfinished VFX shots into horror movies, especially when gore is supposed to be one of the genre biggest strengths.

Honestly some of the most effective recent horror scenes where the ones using mostly practical effects because they actually felt tangible and disturbing instead of looking like a video game cinematic.

Anybody else getting pulled out of horror movies lately because of bad CGI gore?

Basically the title. I want some upsetting movies that don't include or rely on sexual assault.

I recently watched The Coffee Table and realized that I can still be genuinely disturbed by horror, so I would like more things like that. This is probably a narrow pool to choose from, but I'm hoping there's some decent stuff out there.

I love horror movies that have creepy imagery, that jumps out at you all of a sudden and startles you. Movies like The Babadook, Sinister, The Shining are a few examples I can think of. What are some other movies you guys would recommend that have this?

First off, wow! How have I not watched this movie sooner?

I went in knowing about one of the kills in the movie (the dog one yknow) but holy shit I was not expecting them to go full ham on killing everyone that they did!

Kids are so rarely killed in horror, and even less so in such an up close, brutal way where everything is shown to the audience. I knew the dog was going to get the girl, but I figured it would be a cutaway kind of thing where we didn’t see the actual maiming bc that’s what I’m used to. Nope. Got to see her thrown around like a literal chew toy.

Then the youngest son! I figured the mom was eating him even before it showed her doing it bc Mirta said something about the possessed eating people right before it cut to the mom walking down the road. But wtf she was eating his brains out like his head was a bucket of fucking popcorn. Seeing her actually carrying his whole dead body while digging around in his head like she was trying to get the last chip in a chip bag made me have to rewind and watch it again. I loved that they made such a visceral prop to show this scene. Really cool.

The poor grandmother. I figured she was going to die but the fact that our last look of her alive is her realization that something terrible is about to happen to her… Wow. Then the autistic son coughing up her hair and necklace as the only answer about what happened to her was great.

Pedro running away from the stage really pissed me off, ngl. I guess you could argue the demon was manipulating him but like 3 minutes before that he literally just had that little girl on the ground slapping the shit out of her and calling her a liar. Then he found actual proof she was lying. Like???

I feel like the most chilling scare of all was the autistic son’s eyes cutting over to look his dad in the eye before moving away again. It was like the demon was checking to see if he fell for it or it just couldn’t help but break the act a little bit just so it could see the horrified realization on Pedro’s face.

All in all, very good movie!