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Halloween Ends (2022)
I know this one will be hated with a passion, but I didn't mind what they did with this one.
They forgot the slashing part of being a slasher, though.
I watched The Mist again a couple months ago and it's one of the better grocery store horrors I can think of, just really grim but too 90s feeling. I always enjoy the setting because it's such a strange quasi-genre to emerge in horror films, haha.My daily prompt is Supermarket Horror, so I dredged up Bait from 2012, which I'm jokingly calling "Deep Blue Seafood Aisle."
A tsunami traps a group of people in a flooded, low-level grocery store with sharks. Not much else to say about it. It's fine.
The Mist is great! Also enjoyed Intruder and Fear Street Part One: 1994 which easily qualify.
I watched this one a long while back because Broadcast did the soundtrack. I do agree it has great sound design and lots of the recording process is really interesting. I don't remember much about it but remember the ending being somewhat abstract . I might need to watch againBerberian Sound Studio (2012)
Man, I have almost watched this one countless times over the last decade but for some reason just finally watched it last night. What an incredibly well done movie from the cinematography and sound design aspects especially though! It kind of gave me Argento Suspiria vibes which is a pretty massive compliment since Suspiria is hands down my favorite film score of all time. It had a Meta approach where i'd say Scream is to slashers as this film is to Giallo's. Since I have just barely gotten my feet wet in the massive Giallo genre especially with all the additional sub genres I probably missed a ton of references i'm guessing as someone that hasn't watched many slashers would after seeing Scream. I'd be interested if anyone that has seen a good amount and also seen this film has any opinion on it?
This is a really tough one to grade or even really recommend as I have no doubt many will love it and many will also likely dislike it due to it not really wrapping anything up or fully explaining much while being a slow burn. I need to let it sink in a bit more and i'll absolutely be giving it another watch down the road a bit once I get a decent amount more Giallo's watched. The sound design is just fucking top notch on this one though and that alone is worth the price of admission on top of great performances. There's a scene where the power goes out so the Sound Engineer entertains the rest of the crew by making a UFO sound effect that was cool as hell. This is a movie where every sound needs to be heard and paid attention to as the visuals could be very misleading.
This is a film where my score will very likely alter up or down a bit after another watch.
Literally next on my Strickland list.Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Man, I have almost watched this one countless times over the last decade but for some reason just finally watched it last night. What an incredibly well done movie from the cinematography and sound design aspects especially though! It kind of gave me Argento Suspiria vibes which is a pretty massive compliment since Suspiria is hands down my favorite film score of all time. It had a Meta approach where i'd say Scream is to slashers as this film is to Giallo's. Since I have just barely gotten my feet wet in the massive Giallo genre especially with all the additional sub genres I probably missed a ton of references i'm guessing as someone that hasn't watched many slashers would after seeing Scream. I'd be interested if anyone that has seen a good amount and also seen this film has any opinion on it?
This is a really tough one to grade or even really recommend as I have no doubt many will love it and many will also likely dislike it due to it not really wrapping anything up or fully explaining much while being a slow burn. I need to let it sink in a bit more and i'll absolutely be giving it another watch down the road a bit once I get a decent amount more Giallo's watched. The sound design is just fucking top notch on this one though and that alone is worth the price of admission on top of great performances. There's a scene where the power goes out so the Sound Engineer entertains the rest of the crew by making a UFO sound effect that was cool as hell. This is a movie where every sound needs to be heard and paid attention to as the visuals could be very misleading.
This is a film where my score will very likely alter up or down a bit after another watch.
This one was a real surprise! And even more surprising, the sequel She Never Died was even better. True under-the-radar gems.He Never Died (2015)
One of my favorites of the last decade - another horror comedy. This is a must watch for fans of Henry Rollins. He manages to be hilarious, super awkward, and likeable as a vampire-like anti-hero. Somehow his inability to navigate mundane human life seems relatable. The plot and the horror elements are nothing special - the characters carry this one. I don’t think anyone would say this is as good of a movie as Aliens, but I think I like it just as much.
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Nice, I’ve never seen the sequel since I’ve never found it streaming before, but it looks like it’s on Tubi now.
I watched this on a plane once. It was a lot of uncomfortable is someone watching me watching this at the end lol.Don't know why I put this one off for so long, but goddamn, Don't Breathe is intense.
Not only is the suspense unrelenting, this movie is me-ti-cu-lous. Impeccable cinematography and storytelling.
Day 44.Don't know why I put this one off for so long, but goddamn, Don't Breathe is intense.
Not only is the suspense unrelenting, this movie is me-ti-cu-lous. Impeccable cinematography and storytelling.
See what I just wrote above. It did very much go in a problematic direction that was gross. I don't know why the writers went the direction they did when they easily could have not.
I'm debating that one. I know Alvarez has a writing credit, but it sounds like they went in a... problematic direction. Wonder if whoever took over directing duties can live up to the quality of Alvarez's visuals, though.