IdleRich
IdleRich
Watched a fuck load of horror type stuff over the last few days. I first googled "best horror films 2023" and found a list of 88 films ranked by their aggregate review scores. I watched a few trailers and we picked a few randomly, and then I also watched three Halloween films that were on telly.
A few general points is that a few topics seemed to dominate; there were quite a few possession based films this year for some reason, unsurprisingly there was a push for up to date relevance with a number of films featuring social media or else influencers or some kind of covid type thing, another recurring theme is comedy horror, particularly "funny" slashers or other gore type films. In fact there is a lot of post-modern pastiche/parody/homage/ etc takes on older genres. What there isn't a lot of though is good old-fashioned straight up horror, and, more worrying than that, as one might extrapolate from the "are there any funny tv programmes?" thread, there aren't many scary horror films out there. In fact, one thing I noticed in particular is how little difference there is between most comedy zombie films and just normal zombie films. The jump scares and such are basically the same in both and the genres appear to be getting closer and closer together.
Anyway, once again I need to vanish in a sec, but here is a list of horror films I watched in the last two or three days...
Sick (covid related slasher)
The Wrath of Becky (not over the top enough pastiche of over the top grindhouse fare)
El Conte (totally bonkers vampire film in which the main character is Pinochet - I really ennoyed this in a strange sort of way but it's not a horror)
Malum (nasty satanic cult thing which had the scariest looking trailer but which sadly ran out of steam and punched itself out looooong befroe the end)
The Breach (demon summoning physics thing that's not too bad I guess apart from the acting and the fx)
Scouts vs Zombies thing the name of which I forget (exactly as you'd imagine)
Haunted House 2 (one of those Scary Movie type things based on the Conjuring and Annabel and Paranomral Activity and Sinister and etc etc very explicit, gory and momentarily funny at points although way way too long)
A Wounded Fawn (actually from 2023, promising weird surreal horror that reminded me a lot of that Berberian Sound Studio, In Fabric etc but which really went off course in Act 2, losing its atmosphere and pretty much everything else too sadly after a promising start)
And that's what I can remember, gotta rush but please say something interesting someone....
A few general points is that a few topics seemed to dominate; there were quite a few possession based films this year for some reason, unsurprisingly there was a push for up to date relevance with a number of films featuring social media or else influencers or some kind of covid type thing, another recurring theme is comedy horror, particularly "funny" slashers or other gore type films. In fact there is a lot of post-modern pastiche/parody/homage/ etc takes on older genres. What there isn't a lot of though is good old-fashioned straight up horror, and, more worrying than that, as one might extrapolate from the "are there any funny tv programmes?" thread, there aren't many scary horror films out there. In fact, one thing I noticed in particular is how little difference there is between most comedy zombie films and just normal zombie films. The jump scares and such are basically the same in both and the genres appear to be getting closer and closer together.
Anyway, once again I need to vanish in a sec, but here is a list of horror films I watched in the last two or three days...
Sick (covid related slasher)
The Wrath of Becky (not over the top enough pastiche of over the top grindhouse fare)
El Conte (totally bonkers vampire film in which the main character is Pinochet - I really ennoyed this in a strange sort of way but it's not a horror)
Malum (nasty satanic cult thing which had the scariest looking trailer but which sadly ran out of steam and punched itself out looooong befroe the end)
The Breach (demon summoning physics thing that's not too bad I guess apart from the acting and the fx)
Scouts vs Zombies thing the name of which I forget (exactly as you'd imagine)
Haunted House 2 (one of those Scary Movie type things based on the Conjuring and Annabel and Paranomral Activity and Sinister and etc etc very explicit, gory and momentarily funny at points although way way too long)
A Wounded Fawn (actually from 2023, promising weird surreal horror that reminded me a lot of that Berberian Sound Studio, In Fabric etc but which really went off course in Act 2, losing its atmosphere and pretty much everything else too sadly after a promising start)
And that's what I can remember, gotta rush but please say something interesting someone....