The Horror Thread 2U • Page 348

The Suckling (1990) was insane haha. I watched it first thing this morning for some reason. Weird day.

 

Excited about the Fear Street news. It’s funny how all the opinions I always see about it there’s never any consistency about which one was good or bad. I personally enjoyed all three but felt the middle film was the weakest. Either way I’m excited for more.

 

the third was easily the worst of the bunch to me. horrible accents, some really dreadful dialogue and not enough involvement from the characters I actually y'know liked in the present timeline

 

Second was def the weakest for me as well, but I really enjoyed all three

 

Resurrection is incredible. As a whole maybe not my most favorite or the best this year, but Rebecca Hall's performance and that ending, holy shit. Between this and The Night House? Give Rebecca Hall all the horror roles she wants. Fucking amazing.

 

I’m still so mad at that villain in Reaurrection, what an awful manipulative person. Him and the guy from Fresh are my top pieces of shit for the year.

 

Rebecca Hall is so good in everything. I think I saw her in Christine before anything else. I didn't love The Night House, but I love her. Still need to watch Resurrection

 

Christine like..Stephen King/John Carpenter?

 

Resurrection was not for me

That monologue was cool, though.

 

1994
1978
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For me, I'd rank them in order of the films. 1994 may be the best of three, however, I watch 1978 the most. Pays homage to OG slashers in such a fun way with a compelling lead in Sadie Sink. It's such a comfort watch at this point.

 

I think the one she's in is a biopic about some reporter

Speaking of biopics starring Rebecca Hall, not horror but Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is very dear to me and it's annoying that wholesome kinky bi throuple didn't blow up like toxic power dynamic Fifty Fucking Shades.

 

Catching up on some Shudder stuff I missed this year: those last few minutes of Watcher were intense, Maika Monroe is the best.

Sissy is up next

 

Biopic about Christine Chubbuck, reporter who killed herself on air in the 70s. Was on Hulu when I watched it.

 

Oh, that reporter. Skimming IMDb that wasn't made clear but I had a feeling. We're in the horror thread where we discuss movies where fucked up shit happens, but I don't think I could stomach seeing a reenactment of that knowing it actually happened

 

Lol Sissy was wild, pretty good gore too!

 

Oof, did not like Deadstream. Found it really annoying, actually.

 

100% agree. I couldn’t bring myself to finish it.

 

Yeah, tbf it's handled very tastefully (read: off-screen) iirc and the film is much more focused on Chubbick's struggles with mental health prior to the event. Still not a light watch, obviously, but very good.

 

I fucking loved Deadstream lol

 

I liked Deadstream but I get it being annoying to people, that guy is a purposefully obnoxious lead

 

For sure, I just think he plays it so well and the writing is genuinely hilarious

 

Deadstream was top tier

hearing good things about Incantation on Netflix might watch that tonight

 

Finally watched Geralds game. Rly liked it but the end felt v rushed and tacked on? Like oh BTW that all happened. And the end scene felt like r/thathappened and I half expected everyone in the courtroom to clap lol

 

I think... I kind of loved We're All Going to the World's Fair. I wanted to check this out because I read that the writer/director is trans/nonbinary and their next film will have people like Phoebe Bridgers and Lindsay Jordan. A few films this year incorporate the usage of social media and the effects thereof--such as Barbarian dealing with cancel culture, The Menu with taking pictures of food, Fresh with dating apps, Sissy and Deadstream with maintaining a following on Instagram or Twitch, and Bodies x3 with using a lot of Gen Z language--but none handle the topic so delicately as this. A teenager plays a viral horror game through the creation of videos, but the lines between reality and roleplay begin to blur. The film quietly and somewhat ambiguously delves into the horror genre while portraying a kind of loneliness reminiscent of dysphoria. Anna Cobb gives a stunning debut performance, and Michael J Rogers is equally haunting in the only other named role.



I've been doing a lot of catching up over the past week, I'm pretty comfortable with this ranking:

1. Nope
2. Barbarian
3. Pearl
4. Bones and All
5. Prey
6. Resurrection
7. Watcher
8. Hellraiser
9. Smile
10. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

The rest, alphabetically/interchangeable within the following tiers:
11-15. Bodies x3, Fresh, The Menu, Sissy, X
16-20. The Black Phone, Crimes of the Future, Umma, Violent Night, Werewolf by Night
21-25. Deadstream, Don’t Worry Darling, The Invitation, Men, Prey for the Devil