The Horror Thread: Part 3D • Page 102

Sorry horror thread but I can't sleep and it's late so u get all my late night thoughts

But there are a few horror things that hold a special place in my heart. My dad is a huge horror fan and my parents never really had limits on what I could watch as a kid so I watched it all. A few things scared me so much as a kid tho. And for the longest time I didn't even remember what they were, I just remembered some scenes and how they made me so uncomfortable.

One was Stir Of Echos. That completely freaked me out as a kid. Mainly the scene where it showed how she died and her fingernails coming off and stuff.

The second was Creepshow "Something to Tide You Over" I still think about it all the time. Idk why that stuck with me but it always did. I actually had no idea until I googled it just now to remind me the name of the segment that Ted danson was in it! For whatever reason it struck a cord with me as a kid and it was def the heart of some of my nightmares

 

there are some extremely unpleasant aspects to it (Xander's like, whole character lmao) but there are some episodes that are essential watching this time of year imo. Killed by Death, Gingerbread, Fear Itself and Hush just hit the Halloween spot so well

 

I liked Together! Was iffy on it in the first half but was quite pleased by the end. Honestly expected it to go a bit harder with the body horror but the stuff they did lean into rocked

 

watching Borgman

 

I fucking love Crawl lol

 

it was pretty fun

 

I watched Malum on Shudder recently. Few minutes in I started thinking, "This sounds a lot like that other rookie cop/haunted police station movie, Last Shift, from years back." Turns out the director of Last Shift remade that movie with a bigger budget, resulting in Malum. I don't think I've seen that done before, and I couldn't help but compare the original with the remake as I watched the latter.

There are parts of the original I like because of its low-budget nature. With Malum, there was a lot going on that just didn't land with me. The over-developed storyline was - well, overbearing, along with the shoe-horned in audio commentary. Maybe I've just grown too used to the original and come to appreciate it for its limitations. That said, it was cool to see the practical effects and costumes in Malum especially when it goes off the rails in the third act.

Other Shudder watches that I enjoyed a lot more: Clown in a Cornfield, Dangerous Animals and Candy Land.

 

This one has always stuck with me, too.

 

Xander makes me laugh at times but yeah, definitely the most problematic character, lol. The Pack, in which he tries to, um, assault Buffy almost prematurely ended my rewatch.

I forgot how strong and intense the show can be, though. I found the season two opener with a traumatized Buffy really effective, and her violently smashing the bones at the end…

 

Beauty and the Beast was great. Now I’m watching a movie by the same director called The Cremator and it’s fantastic so far. Like possibly some all timer stuff lol.

 

Chris Angel Mindfreak Halloween Special is too good.

 

one thing you can never fault that show for is SMG's performance, she's unreal from the first episode to the last. that one scene in the s1 finale never fails to make me sob (Giles I'm sixteen, I don't wanna die)

fantastic actress, I hope she keeps showing up in horror with this career resurgence she's having!

 

Absolutely, I couldn’t agree more - she’s so good and that part got me as well.

 

HOLY SHIT WEAPONS

 

Cemetery of Terror does not reach its potential, but it’s still fun


Doing the Joe Bob Satan’s Little Helper now. THE Halloween staple for me, for about 20 years lol

 

Y’all were not kidding about that Hell House documentary. One of the most unintentionally funny and fucked up Horror Comedies I’ve ever seen. Smoked a joint before watching it and I was dying the entire time lol

 

Monster Squad fucking rules

 

I too was always creeped out by Stir of Echos and that fingernail part. It used to get played on TV all the time when I was a teenager and I’d always watch it.

The Creepshows that stand out to me still that I never forgot were Thanks for the Ride Lady one and the one where the teens are swimming in the lake and there’s a blob like creature in it

 

iirc, Ben Willis kills David Egan because he killed his gf, Willis’ daughter, in a drunk driving accident the year before or something like that. Then he got his ass ran over coming home from murdering him lol

 

Gotta be honest, I was fairly meh on the first black phone but this second one looks awesome

 

I'm really excited for it, any trailer with Alice in Chains has my undivided attention

 

Thought the first was fun but yes definitely had some eye rolling moments towards the end

 

Black Phone 2 looks like it could be a good NOES sequel