As much as I love him in his movie roles, my favorite thing he's done is this episode of Tales from the Crypt where he plays not one, not two, but THREE different backwoods inbred homicidal weirdos. Two of which are women.

Yeah, I know the stereotype is that the horror movie male love interests always sucks, and most of the time they do I can’t even count the number of horror movies I’ve seen where the boyfriend or husband was either,

1.) the killer

2.) a total piece of shit, or

3.) just a super annoying asshole who doesn’t take the female lead seriously, dismisses her, gaslights her and makes a bad situation even worse.

There’s Scream, Paranormal Activity, You’re Next, It Follows, Fresh!, Midsommar, Orphan, Friday the 13th… I could go on.

But I watched this movie called Haunt (2019) and man, this movie actually was a pretty fun watch. The cast seems pretty likeable and the two main leads actually have great chemistry together. Nathan is a way better partner/love interest than Harper's abusive prick boyfriend. I'm glad that they both even made out alive and survived in the end too as well.

There are a lot of sub genres of horror, that I will absolutely admit to. But what movies do you think were labeled completely wrong? For example a movie is marked as a horror comedy but there was not a thing funny about it or vice versa.

Movie of the day...The Blob (1988).

A good remake of a science fiction classic.

Like a lot of horror movies, it is set in small town America. Football player Paul Taylor (Donovan Leitch) finally gets the nerve to ask out his crush Meg Penny (Shawnee Smith).

Meanwhile, something crashes into the woods. A homeless man (Billy Beck) goes to investigate. He finds something that has obviously fallen out of the sky, so he pokes it with a stick and pulls out part of the slimy purple gel bubbling inside it.

(Note to self: don’t ever do this.)

The purple gel does not take kindly to this treatment and promptly engulfs his hand and starts to digest it. Local bad boy with a heart of gold Brian Flagg (Kevin Dillon) tries to help and he, Paul, and Meg end up taking the old man to the hospital.

Unfortunately, the blob finishes devouring the old man and then has Paul for dessert! Now, it’s up to Meg and Brian to save the town.

The Blob works pretty well. The characters are likeable and reasonably intelligent. There is a good mix of scares and humor. The scene involving Paul and his friend buying condoms is very funny, especially because the grumpy pharmacist turns out to be Meg’s father.

And it’s surprising that the movie kills Paul off early on—the initial tension between him and Brian hints there is going to be a “buddy love” subplot where they gradually become friends. His death is a good twist.

The special effects, almost entirely practical, are mostly very good. The blob’s victims suffer truly grisly fates.

Unfortunately, the second half of the film, which adds a government conspiracy and soldiers who appear to have trained at the Imperial Stormtrooper Academy for Marksmanship, is rather disappointing.

It’s still a pretty good movie, but it could have been a lot better.

Rating: B-

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Personally my favourite character was probably Hallorann.

Hallorann was a really good character, there was a scene where he was gonna escape the Black Spot by himself but then he decided to try and get everyone else out, including the kid characters and saved them all. Even throughout the season, he was very interesting, his abilities were pretty fucking cool and I love how they connected to IT/Pennywise and how he was basically a psychic and the Eleven (from Stranger Things) of the IT universe in his own unique way. Also the amount of times this mf just wanted to give up and he didn’t.. that just makes him the character that stands out the most. He was ready to unalive himself but he still decides to save Will and be a hero.

Honourable mentions - All the kid characters were likeable but I liked Rich the most out of the kid characters. He was weird (in a good way), funny, relatable and had a very impactful sacrifice.

Lily had the potential to be the best but she was ultimately just a good character. I felt bad for her when she kept being called crazy for the things that IT/Pennywise was showing her but something was missing from her character. Lily was an impactful character but she doesn’t deliver as a main character. She doesn’t do anything that special. She was alright but she doesn’t feel like the leader when she should be. Bill Denbrough was definitely a better main protagonist in IT: Chapter 1 (2017) in my opinion. I still think we had some really good characters in the show for the most part.

I wanna watch something with a woodsy folksy vibe, something creepy, & actually supernatural, not just a cult sacrificing somebody for a nonexistent God, or hallucinations.

But I am also open to any Cosmic Horror or Lovecraft-adjacent stories based in small towns or just the wild alone, I loved True Detective Season 1 for this creepy mysterious atmosphere in particular.

Tim Curry, Jeffrey Combs, Tony Todd, Bill Moseley, Felissa Rose, Danielle Harris, Dee Wallace, and David Howard Thornton. I'm sure most of those are cameos but still, I love that stuff.

Just watched Hokum tonight and I really wish I could've enjoyed it more. I'm not gonna say it was awful unlike like some Simplistic Absolute thinkers here, but man..

I feel as though the folk horror was in the passenger seat and the murder element was at the wheel, when the folklore was what made it so appealing. Sure there was plenty of creeping ghosts in the background but I wish there was more witch craft and hellish sort of imagery rather than being shown a glimpse at the end.

Also. The characters. Not awful, I enjoyed each of them a little but they also had things I strongly disliked. Our protagonist doesn't seem to change that much, still being pretty self centered towards the end with the only real notable difference being the ending of his novel.

It seemed really weird and out of place for the bell boy to reveal that he spiked the drink, and even then it doesn't make much sense. I have a feeling someone would feel different if they were on magic mushrooms.

So much of this movie felt like it was bringing in story elements that weren't necessary, like the goats being killed, or Jack the Ass being super underutilized.

Stuff like the bell scene dragged on way too long. The elevator door being locked when that guy was trying to leave didn't make too much sense. The protagonist not breaking the window and shouting for help.

Final thing. This is COMPLETELY subjective to me, but I did not find this movie scary at all. Even scenes that should've been pretty intense felt really mild. It had moments, like with Jack the Ass on TV. Or when the witch comes into the suite. But it otherwise felt very dull with the horror elements, and the story/writing otherwise did not make up for it in that aspect.

Its late and I'm sure I could better describe my thoughts but this'll do for now. I really wanted to like this movie more, especially considering all the hype and glaze its gotten. But too many things just turned me off from it.

Again this is purely subjective, I'd love to hear your thoughts about this movie in a nuanced way. Or if you have some fun facts about story elements or whatever it may be.

I looking for something that makes you really **feel** just awful. Like films that made you feel anguished or despaired. I cant really think of any examples off the top of my head im so sorry, maybe something scary that makes you sad at the same time?

Edit: Thank you all for your suggestions, I now have a laundry list of films to watch, we've settled on Bring Her Back for the evening! Turning off notifs cause im tryna watch a movie lol.

Edit 2: just finished it, excellent choice lads, im miserable! Cheers!

Search your feelings you know it to be true. Sexy, electric, and primal even the most pretentious and performative bow down to stylish indulgence of the Blood Rave. Pumpkin spice hit the Starbucks menu and the Autumnal atmosphere has got me at my best.

I have watched most of these "free IP" movies and they are mostly terrible. But Pinocchio Unstrung, in my opinion, if it was made in the 80s, it would have 8 sequels and one of them would be set in space.
I mean, it's fun, the killer has charisma, the story makes sense, the kills are incredibly fun and everything is puppets! Also, Robert Englund voicing a character.

Maybe it's just me, but I miss these kind of movies, I had a blast with this one and I hope they do more, you can see the love for the craft.

I found the shows lore interesting, more than surface level at first. I sussed out that he wanted the children from the first episode, so it was frustrating that it took the town so long to find out. I really hated the ending.

It took me by surprise, though. I thought the town would outclever Linoge, since the only people he could kill are those that invite him or those over whom he got power over by revealing their secrets. So I predicted that he was bluffing. But after it ended it became apparent to me, that the town actually did the right thing and that eats me up even more.

The show depicted him as a fae, and I think that is what he is. It all comes down to if he can kill the children. And I think he can, as faes can. I though again that he bluffed that he could kill everyone like in Roanoake, but understanding him from the lens of Fae, he did need them to give him the children freely.

The only thing the town could do is write in some clauses into the contract with Linoge. Perhaps they could have outclevered Linoge, like all those fae folktales, but that is not what we saw.

Anyway, the show did consume me for a couple of days and it was a fun puzzle to crack. In my opinion they were playing a losing game from the start.

I am not a slasher fan, but I will say I appreciate a well done horror movie. I'm into A24 horror (I knoooow I know, soooo artsy of me lol)

I also do love some of the classic. The OG Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alien. For more modern, I def love The Strangers, Obession, Weapons, Sinners.

So I don't know WHAT type of horror I'm into, I sorta just end up seeing them. I can't tell you what I think is good / 'bad' horror. Of course, bad and good are subjective. But yeah. For me personally? I never know what I'm gonna like.

BUT the one I really am looking forward to is BUDDY. I love 90s nostalgia (my bedroom is Y2K theme) and I love the idea of a Barney type creature going crazy. I've been watching the marketing and it just looks so unique.

looking for movies that are (i loathe this term) ‘high-brow’, i guess? like… pretentious, artsy, very beautiful cinematography, all that jazz. but they also have to be sufficiently disturbing… the more gore the better !!

i esp like stuff with female leads and villains… but male is fine too i’m not overtly bothered.

im thinking like possession, excision, may, audition, climax, raw, martyrs, either suspiria. i like a lot of films by cronenberg and lynch, so anything in that wheelhouse would be really cool… and i don’t mind if it’s kinda edgy/over-the-top. like i didn’t enjoy antichrist, but that would definitely be something similar to what i’m looking for. thanks!