r/horror

For me it’s jigsaw. After 7 years they made a new saw movie. I was so excited to watch it… and then I did. Worst saw movie by a mile, I hated it so much.

I want to watch a movie where I know EXACTLY what is going to happen next, with every stereotype you can imagine. i want to feel like i am in a disney channel movie staying up and watching 'the scariest movie ever' and its really just a bunch of people running from some guy in a terribly made mask (dont ask why lol i just feel like it). and NOT a parody like 'scary movie', but a genuine attempt at horror. do you have any recommendations?

Arguably no one deserves to be hunted down and killed by some psycho in a costume but who are some of the most innocent victims in ANY slasher? Even when we get a revenge slasher, there are random innocent people that weren't involved that are killed to add to the body count.

My go to answer is everyone in the first 'Friday the 13th' (1980). Pamela wanting to kill them is a mixture of her wanting to do something severe so the camp finally closes down forever and her just having snapped after her son died. Her anger leads to psychosis and makes her believe these counselors killed her son even though they all either weren't born or were very little when Jason drowned. She also spends the entire movie watching them be responsible and seem like they take their job very seriously.

Annie tells Pamela how much she loves kids and how it's been her dream forever, everyone rushes to Ned's side when he's "drowning". Two of them jump in the water, one gets in a canoe and paddles out to him, one throws a life preserver out to him and then one gives him CPR. Yes Ned was playing a prank and that upset Pamela, but everyone proves themselves to be very responsible. When Pamela is pretending to be a little boy in danger, Brenda runs out to help in the middle of the night barefoot with nothing on but her nighty, into the freezing pissing rain to help this scared lost child she can't even see. All of them are great people and the exact people you want taking care of kids.

Don't matter though. You guys are responsible for Jason dying or at the very least, are just used to be the thing that finally gets this camp shut down forever. Nothing but bodies, could of been anyone. Dark, tragic, and sad.

1. The cast is always 99% flawlessly beautiful twenty-year-olds. I need to identify or at least buy that these are real people in danger. 90 minute Maybelline ads aren't real or frightening.

2. Dated and terrible rock music pumped into scenes where it does not belong. It's jarring in the wrong kind of way and does nothing to build tension.

3. Early unconvincing CGI. Practical effects in the aughts were amazing when utilized. But too often we get A Veggie Tales Halloween special with PS1 era graphics.

It's wild to me that I feel more confident in dialing in a random horror film from the late 70's than I do from 2009.

Am I missing anything about Aughts horror that's terrible?

I feel like this movie caught a decent amount of hate when it came out. But I’ll tell ya, I watched it last night and found it to be pretty enjoyable. Maybe it’s because the hate I saw initially lowered my expectations… but I felt like the atmosphere, the pacing, the visuals, the brutality, everything was pretty damn decent. Plus, Liam Cunningham is a damn dreamboat, and perfectly cast for a salty dog captain. It wasn’t a fantastic movie, but I’d give it a solid 6.5-7/10.

"My family's always been in meat!"

I finally saw The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and I loved it. Thanks for the recommendations by the users from the previous post.

It is one of the most disgusting movies I've seen. The lead actress gave an exhausting and draining performance (complementary).

I also loved the ominous tracking shots of all the victims. The characters are sometimes in the background obstructed by flowers or trees. When the lead actress managed to escape to gas station, the lead and the gas station owner talks at the left side of the screen whilst the right side of the screen is the door. I was dreading for Leatherface to come through the door.

The movie had great sound design. From the rumbling generator throughout the first two kills to the deceivingly calming sounds of nature. Right after the two kills, there was a great shot of a windmill turning, whereby you hear it turning and you can also faintly hear the screams of the second victim. The menacing sounds of the chainsaw as it comes ever closer to the lead actress.

Loved the movie.

There is nothing like those Poe adaptations and vintage psych/suspense horror to me…what are some of y’alls recommendations for similar films?

Fwiw I also love films such as Mask of Satan, classic Hitchcock like Rope, Rear Window, etc.

Thanks for the help ðŸ??

Like when a new horror movie comes out in cinemas or your looking for an already released one to watch and you see the genre and are like "well now I need to watch that"

My go to horror genres are Slashers and Creature Features. Anything where the threat is something physical. I just love any horror flick where its a nut job with a mask hacking up people or an animal or unknown creature mauling people left and right.

Some of my favourite Slashers and ones I highly recommend anyone watchers Are X, The Burning, Terrifier, Nightmare on elm street 3, Halloween 2018 and Friday the 13th part 3.

Some Creature Features I recommend are Lake Placid, The Tunnel, The Descent and Jaws.

My least Favourite Horror genres are probably Demonic possession and Ghost movies, I'm not hugely into them. Though I did really enjoy longlegs and as above so below which both fit into that demonic ghost category.

Went in with no expectations, and was very pleasantly surprised. Twists were pretty well done, and the kills and gore were above average. Definitely some issues with some character decisions but passable for the horror genre lol.

I really liked it, the atmosphere was exactly what I love. The performances are terrific in my opinion, and I didn't see the twist coming. I can, oddly as it may seem, be a comfort film for me; I'm not sure why.

Also, I haven't seen Longlegs yet, so no spoilers please. I'm very excited to watch it. Unfortunately, I'll have to wait to rent it on Amazon, hopefully it's released on there by August.

I’ve seen it recently and thought it was pretty good had paranormal tension. It was my first time watching a found footage movie and I enjoyed it. The ending was also pretty scary and I highly recommend watching the movie in Spanish! I know there are multiple movies in the series and hopefully they are just as banging as this one. The actors do excellent work and play their parts well. Let me know what you guys think about this movie, I feel like it doesn’t get talked about enough.

Blum has started Megan 2.0...

I watched Stopmotion last night and really enjoyed it. I’d like to watch more movies with stop motion animation in them. I’ve seen a few (I’ll list them below) so if you have any suggestions for some lesser known ones that would be great! Doesn’t have to be the entire movie, or even true horror (though I’d prefer horror or at least horror-adjacent).

I’ve seen:

Coraline

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Paranorman

The Wolf House

The Happiness of the Katakuris

Mad God

I recently watched the film "Apostle" (2018) and really enjoyed its cult horror theme and the way it blends a period setting with intense psychological tension. I'm looking for similar movies, where an outsider enter unsettling environment, often involving cults or isolated communities. (Also liked the series "From").

Thanks for your suggestions!

I was recently introduced to this show and have absolutely loved it. I feel the story lines are well-written, the added humor is SPOT ON, and the acting is really solid.

No spoilers: I’m only halfway through season 2, but what is everyone’s take on the show?

I found it on Tubi, it was about a guy who went to a beach and then an exotic species of horny frog humped him without his knowledge, but this frog species is radioactive or something, so it transformed his *ssh*le into a monster, prompting him to get inspected by a proctologist! It was basically Werewolf In London but with ur *ssh*le

We watched Deer Camp '86 last night and had fun with it. It's not as good as Tucker & Dale vs. Evil of course, but it's a solid horror comedy that is an easy watch. This is one that I could see watching multiple times, or leave on in the background while I putter around the house. Just wanted to recommend it for those who like goofy horror comedies. :)

The Thing from 1982 remains one of my favorite movies of all time. While the kennel & blood test scenes rank among the best for many other people, I have always adored Macready & Copper’s exploration of the burnt down Norwegian Camp.

From the man with the slit throat, to the axe in the wall, to the burnt split-thing, it’s awesome to know that this entire story happened offscreen. Connecting every detail into a movie you play in your own head is just such a good time.

Scenes, plot points, and chapters wherein characters thoroughly explore aftermaths of events are so incredibly cool to me. Particularly in Horror, piecing together what happened builds so much tension and investment into the setting. What other examples are out there? I’m not super versed in the genre as others, so would love to discover more.

Some others off the top that I know of too would be Event Horizon’s blood orgy tape, REC’s entirety more or less, Sinister’s snuff films, and the exploration of the Engineer’s ship in Alien’s beginning.

I recently watched it, the cinematography was perfect, the transitions were great, acting was superb, atmosphere, costumes and the story with its ambiguity and metaphors was very thought provoking. Please if you can recommend a similar movie that features the aforementioned characteristics. Thank you.

Mine was GRIM (1995).

This is not only my first horror movie but also the first movie I ever watched. Horror has been my default/main genre ever since.

I watched it on LD (Laser Disc) back in 1996 (India). I am 33 now and it probably will not be very good to watch now as the ratings show 2.3 on IMDB.