100 results in /film/ - Film inconnu 03/23/16 (Wed) 04:30:50 No. 6940
>In the mood for love
Amazing, beautifully constructed film- Maggie Cheung is top tier communist waifu, I enjoyed it more than Ashes of time but now that I understand Kar-Wai a bit more I might look back into that
>Lost Highway
First Lynch film I've seen, I thought it was stellar I haven't seen a horror movie that could linger in my head for this long in a while. I've also never seen a film emulate a dream as well as this did
>A dangerous Method
Enjoyable, but lacking something, worth watching for the setting alone and Viggo
>Only yesterday
It's a kids film for sure but it fucking hit me close to home
>>6822
I only wish the soundtrack wasn't so trash- it distracted me the whole way through, otherwise it's fantastic
>>6895
I liked both of them too. Sicario, to me is what the standard of big budget film making should be if not better
The Wind Rises is great as well, you might like Only Yesterday
inconnu 03/13/16 (Sun) 21:57:59 No. 6880
>>6879
Adding to this:
http://rarelust.com/ - Sounds like a porn site and it kinda is but there's also a decent selection of tough to get B-movies
http://www.rarefilmm.com/ - Same deal but without the softcore and horror flicks floating around, recently the guy took some monetary measures to avoid getting his site taken down but there's still plenty of free stuff, although not that rare
inconnu 01/23/16 (Sat) 07:32:49 No. 6596
>>6591
Thanks for the feedback. Let me know if you ever find the name of the book. And if the horror thing does end up happening, this will be my submission haha
inconnu 01/22/16 (Fri) 07:04:30 No. 6591
The first video reminded me of an interesting book on the perception of time which I spent 15 minutes searching in vain for the title
The second video made me think we should try another project here where people shoot and submit low budget horrors
inconnu 01/13/16 (Wed) 02:02:51 No. 6532
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
People recommended this on charts here and I liked it a lot. It's focused on eccentric WWII veteran Kenzo Okuzaki who has a serious grudge against Imperial Japan, the military and Hirohito. The horrors of the war put Okuzaki on a mission for justice at all costs.
I haven't seen other documentaries from Japan (any more recs?) so it was enjoyable to observe how real Japanese interact. The adherence to formality and politeness is not shaken by awkward, antagonizing situations or even direct personal violence.
Okuzaki had vehicles covered in text presumably to spread his message. Can anyone read what it says here?
inconnu 01/10/16 (Sun) 21:58:26 No. 6518
>>6517
>Czech fantasy horror
My favorite, I'm gonna watch that now
inconnu 12/27/15 (Sun) 04:54:55 No. 6486
I was planning to search words like surreal , mindfuck , weird , etc. and sort the results by snatch count
This list has potential too: https://mubi.com/lists/worldweird-cinema
> The weirdest, the strangest, the oddest cinema from the farthest reaches of the globe. No Ozu, No Godard, No Antonioni, nothing so respectable. Only sleaze, horror, action, fantasy, whatever. The undefinable, the unnacceptable, the unreal.
> The blog: worldweirdcinema.blogspot.com
inconnu 12/07/15 (Mon) 03:51:07 No. 6407
>>6390
I see this sentiment expressed often, towards criticism in general, not just film theory.
It took me some time to understand its popularity considering its so staunchly anti-intellectual but I've come to realize it's usually shared in the interest of someone protecting their ego because they were accidentally exposed to something that went over their head (the horror!) and can't accept the off chance they might not know everything (or are simply stupid). It's a lot more likely that you simply don't have the background (or IQ) to understand a piece than an entire professional community is deceived by an "emperor's new clothes". Tough shit.
There's a good anecdote about the reception of Malevich's utopian art with the working class. They refused to believe such radical abstract art could be a sincere attempt to bring art out of the hands of the rich to the people through a universal aesthetics. So, like you, the working class assumed it was another pretentious, indulgent prank of the upper classes trying to make a fool of the people as much as they seem to make a fool of themselves. Emperor in new clothes! Art that had long been kept out of their reach was now handed straight to them, but in their fear, they chose to preclude themselves from the prize. Tough shit.
inconnu 11/19/15 (Thu) 03:05:04 No. 6300
>Haxan
I was surprised by how disturbing it could be at times
>Vagabond
Probably now my favorite from Varda. Really haunting, reminiscent of La Strada, and had some really interesting sprinkles of philosophical discussion in it.
>Leon: the Professional
just garbage, Besson's films deserve no praise
>Lake Mungo
surprisingly decent, the photographs felt like much more than just a gimmick, very well-executed horror flick
>Bram Stoker's Dracula
why Coppola?
>The Long Day Closes
not particularly interesting
>Il Grido
incredible, one of the best of what could be considered Italian neorealism.
also, is the font on this board courier? if so, that's pretty awesome
inconnu 11/13/15 (Fri) 20:05:03 No. 6268
>>6264
Saw it on TV a while ago, it was bad and distasteful (literal Connery brother being the MC, Largo, Russian girl, M and Moneypenny being here ALMOST reprising their roles, straight in our face references STOP READING FLEMING'S NOVELS, DOCTOR ) but i feel it doesn't deserve the heat it gets, it was hilariously bad no doubt, but at many times it tried to do its own thing, casting something away from 007, unlike that Spectre movie which i can also seriously compare to Meet the Spartans, trying to do something original but falling into cheap spoof jokes time and time again for 90+ minutes, it's like watching a bird nest fall from a very tall tree, you get shocked, then cringe and move in your sit in horror then you will eventually laugh and finally just stare at it like one does after ordering a large order of food and realizing you didnt like it since the first bite
No kidding, 2 and half hours of cringe & laughs
A little off-topic, so here's some letters of a film i watched a week ago but i still "feel" it, something that honestly only happens with good movies (or trainwrecks):
Ogro , released in 1979 by Gillo Pontecorvo (Battle of Algiers , Queimada , Kapo )
- A dramatization of the kidnapping and assassination attempt at Carrero Blanco, Franco's successor in late 60's/early 70's Spain, by Basque separatists aka ETA
A classic example on how the official poster spoils the whole thing if you dont know anything about the background (poster not pictured ), this movie retakes the previous well-known docudrama style from Battle of Algiers (but with official actors, which makes it somewhat less real due to their more pronounced line delivery), the director gives a simple but interesting look at the lives and procedures of several ETA members in Madrid. The movie drags a little, it shuffles between present time (1978 in this case) and the past events, someone without patience will surely quit after 30 minutes if not for the intro segment in present time that actually sparks interest, it makes you wonder what real Post too long. Click here to view the full text.
Martyrs starting at 4:40 PDT (2340 UTC) Mal-2 !!YPozfVeQfI 10/31/15 (Sat) 23:15:50 No. 6159
Martyrs starting at 4:40 PDT (2340 UTC) on
http://connectcast.tv/n1x_
The program has been re-arranged severely to cram in both American horror and Foreign on the same night.
/grim/ SPOOKYMAS STREAM:SEXTUPLE FEATURE EDITION inconnu 10/31/15 (Sat) 21:53:24 No. 6157
Well everyone, since my stream has gotten completely fucked over the other day due to work and my internet being shit, I'm going to have to stream all three of the movies I had planned on from yesterday in addition to the three movies I was doing today.
I'd like to start earlier than UTC 3:00, but no one will show up if I do that, so I guess I'm sticking with my original plans and then will be streaming a bunch of other shit after that:
10/31/15: Modern Horror
Modern American Horror:
Blair Witch Project OR The Ring OR Grave Encounters (UTC 3:00)
/V/H/S/2 (UTC ~5:00)
It Follows (UTC ~7:00)
Modern Foreign Horror:
Inside OR Martyrs
Pulse (Kairo) OR Noroi (The Curse) OR Audition
The Babadook OR Let The Right One In
Since fucking no one gave their input on what movies to stream for this last week, I'm going to be streaming based on my own discretion. HOWEVER...
If you are interested in starting the stream early and are going to actually show up, post here >>>/grim/320
STREAMS AT: connectcast.tv/n1x_
Mal-2 !!YPozfVeQfI 10/30/15 (Fri) 20:01:24 No. 6148
This is the backup plan if n1x_ doesn't make it back in time:
• If he's not ready to go by the end of my first bumper, I will run two more movies – Pitch Black and Slither . I cannot say if/when the Modern Foreign Horror presentation will be re-scheduled.
• If he does make it back in time to take over after the first film, the two films named above will be run prior to tomorrow's Modern American Horror presentation.
Another change in plans (for Friday night) Mal-2 !!YPozfVeQfI 10/30/15 (Fri) 07:43:42 No. 6143
Due to a scheduling conflict, n1x_ will be unable to start Modern Foreign Horror until 10:11 pm Pacific, Friday October 30. (That's 0511 UTC, on the morning of Saturday, October 31.) I was intending to run a film after his set, but instead I will run one before his set, at the original 8 pm (0300 UTC) start time.
So here's the new plan:
Start at http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2 at 0300 UTC (8 pm Pacific)
I will show Alien , then as the out-bumper, I will re-run Thriller .
Switch channel to http://connectcast.tv/n1x_ at 0511 UTC (10:11 pm Pacific)
n1x_ will then show the three Modern Foreign Horror films. I don't know what has been chosen, so I cannot provide you start times for anything but the first one.
inconnu 10/28/15 (Wed) 15:15:01 No. 6129
Phantasm
I think the quality of acting can make or break a low budget horror movie. Phantasm works well in that regard. The actors sell it convincingly.
There was 3 hour cut with more plot details -- does anyone know what was removed?
Are there new horror movies that have this kind of independent spirit? Most look like torture porn so I don't bother.
inconnu 10/27/15 (Tue) 16:05:55 No. 6123
>>6122
have you seen any of these? someone on CG was recommending Mexican horrors from the 50s and 60s
The Phantom of the Red House
The Man and the Monster (aka El hombre y el monstruo)
Muñecos Infernales (Curse of the Doll People)
Mas Negro Que La Noche/Blacker Than The Night
Invasion Of The Vampires
The Book of Stone a.k.a. El Libro De Piedra
La Llorona / The Crying Woman
El Monstruo de los Volcanes (The Monster of the Volcanos)
El Pantano de las animas
anyway, i sent you an invite so enjoy the site
inconnu 10/27/15 (Tue) 15:49:21 No. 6122
>>6120
I'll link a picture to my ratios but not my account since i don't wanna get banned. If you wanna send my the invite
dearleaderg@gmail.com
>>6121
Some are good, some are effy... they made really good horror cinema during the 80's.
Veneno para las hadas (poison for fairies) is a good thriller.
My ratio on both sites have suffered lately but I recently got a seedbox to fix em all up.
inconnu 10/27/15 (Tue) 14:22:52 No. 6121
and also tell us what you know about Mexican horror movies
It's the week to make our final Stand! (Oct. 27-30) Mal-2 !!YPozfVeQfI 10/26/15 (Mon) 15:18:05 No. 6108
I will be running all four 90-minute episodes of the mini-series The Stand , on consecutive nights from Tuesday, October 27 to Friday, October 30. The start time is 6 pm Pacific (0100 UTC, so technically it's Wednesday through Saturday by that clock).
The last episode will complete about 25 minutes before >>>/grim/ Modern Foreign Horror night.
Where:
http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2
When:
Every night from 2015/10/27 to 2015/10/30 at 6 pm Pacific (0100 UTC of the next day).
2015/10/27: Part One
2015/10/28: Part Two
2015/10/28: Part Three
2015/10/30: Part Four
Why:
What better way to ride out the last week of October than a series about the end of the world?
inconnu 10/25/15 (Sun) 19:10:04 No. 6104
>>6103
Depends on your preferences. Every site is a little bit different
CG is excellent if you're interested in horror / b movies or just don't want to waste your ratio on the other sites. They also have stuff like sci fi and noir.
KG overlaps somewhat with CG, although CG often has better rips. KG is too anal about upgrades so many movies are still 700 MB xvids that someone uploaded in 2006.
PTP has the largest selection but a lot of the niche material came from other torrent sites.
inconnu 10/24/15 (Sat) 13:48:11 No. 6091
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It's back!
> Happy Halloween everyone! As is customary around this time of year we're having a halloween freeleech. From right now until November 1 all movies in the category Horror and Gore will not count towards your global download ratio. So stock up on those horror movies and enjoy.
Streams for Oct. 24 are trading channels! Mal-2 !!YPozfVeQfI 10/24/15 (Sat) 09:49:01 No. 6090
Change of plans!
>>>/grim/ and >>>/nacht/ are trading shows for Saturday. All this does is change the channel you need to load, the movies will be unchanged (times are being corrected).
At 3 pm Pacific (2200 UTC), go to http://connectcast.tv/n1x_
• 2200 UTC Music starts.
• 2226 UTC The Shining (1980)
• 0105 UTC The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• 0245 UTC Sooper Sekrit Speshul Feeture!
Then at 8 pm Pacific (0300 UTC Sunday), join me at http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2
• 0300 UTC Halloween
• 0446 UTC Friday the 13th
• 0637 UTC A Nightmare on Elm Street
• 0823 UTC Halloween III: The Season of the Witch
1000 UTC Program Ends
Except for the hand-off section, there are 15 minute intermissions between all films. The Sooper Sekrit Speshul Feeture is the intermission, so if you really need to freshen up between films, you're going to miss it.
inconnu 10/22/15 (Thu) 21:18:21 No. 6075
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
I enjoy most well-known 1920s horrors but very few well-known 1930s horrors. Silent horror just seems more frightening. Or maybe the US censors sanitized horror too much.
Unlike most sequels, this one is better than its predecessor (which I hardly remember). But it was still average until the grand finale. I wasn't completely sure what to make of all the Catholic imagery in the middle of the film. First it was a plot point... then it was everywhere.
inconnu 10/20/15 (Tue) 22:48:26 No. 6061
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>>6054
> intentionally break the rules of film-making
can you be more specific? i don't know if i understand what you mean by that
maybe try Valerie a týden divu (1970)
i think it's closer to fantasy than horror but it might fit your criteria
inconnu 10/20/15 (Tue) 21:12:39 No. 6058
I would say I watch 2 movies a week minimum and 5 movies a week maximum, or 3.5 movies a week. I don't count movie binges where I'll watch something like four or five in a day, which is rare and happens only once or twice a year. That makes my yearly movie intake roughly 182 a year.
I still go to the cinema, but not regularly. I'd say I go about twice a month maximum and once every three months minimum.
I sometimes write about the movies I see on Letterbox, but not all of them. I blog about National Film Registry movies.
I don't do viewing lists but I'm not random either. I watch movies depending on directors, genres, and movements I want to catch up on and if the time of year calls for it. It's October so I'm obviously watching more horror movies than normal.
Stream Shill Thread Mal-2 !!Og0mSxxrDg 10/18/15 (Sun) 08:40:35 No. 6028 [Reply]
/nacht/ closes, then opens for /grim/, October 24
First, I'll run another Afterparty movie for the next session. While dependent on any delays in the /grim/ program, the 15 minute break should start around 0742 UTC (or 12:42 am Pacific), which puts the movie start at 0757 UTC (or 12:57 am Pacific). This movie will be Halloween III: Season of the Witch .
Because hardly anyone showed up for the first warm-up movie this week, I'm only running two this Saturday afternoon. I have a special feature in store for the last (handoff) bumper though!
All times UTC:
• 2200 - Music begins
• 2226 - The Shining (1980)
• 0105 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• 0245 - Souper Spoopy Speshul Feeture!
including 15 minute breaks between all films.
Where:
http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2
When:
Saturday, 2015/10/24 at 2200 UTC (3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern).
Why:
This is just the opening act for >>>/grim/ and their Slasher Films presentation. You are highly encouraged to join them after we're done here.
Filling the chat with MST3K-style riffing and snarking about the films is not only allowed, it is expected.
Official threads at >>>/nacht/184 and >>>/grim/320
This is the >>>/grim/ announced line-up (with 15 minute breaks included):
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inconnu 10/16/15 (Fri) 07:09:02 No. 6003
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. One for Halloween. I like horror synth a lot more than zombie movies tho
inconnu 10/14/15 (Wed) 05:25:21 No. 5979
>>5975
Horror #2: Les lèvres rouges which has a completely different English title Daughters of Darkness . "Red Lips" fits better.
The dodgy script is redeemed by Delphine Seyrig's magnetic personality and fabulous gowns. She was probably slumming it though.
If you watch this avoid the IFPD rip. It looks like an oil painting...
inconnu 10/13/15 (Tue) 08:06:20 No. 5975
First horror for me this month. Starts as a standard giallo with models/fashion like Bava's earlier Sei donne per l'assassino . Things get interesting after a spooky twist, though...
I love the vibrant colour and hard lighting in films made around 1970. A few years later the style was a grainy, washed-out "realistic" look.
/nacht/ opens for /grim/, October 17 Mal-2 !!Og0mSxxrDg 10/12/15 (Mon) 08:35:32 No. 5963
This Saturday, 2015/10/17 at 2100 UTC (2 pm Pacific, 5 pm Eastern), I will screen:
• 2100 The Crazies (1973)
• 2258 The Human Centipede (2009)
• 0041 Young Frankenstein (1974)
-=Program Ends 0227=-
including 15 minute breaks between all films.
Where:
http://connectcast.tv/Mal-2
When:
Saturday, 2015/10/17 at 2100 UTC (2 pm Pacific, 5 pm Eastern), though the music will start two hours prior to this.
Why:
This is just the opening act for >>>/grim/ and their Hammer Horror presentation. You are highly encouraged to join them after we're done here.
Filling the chat with MST3K-style riffing and snarking about the films is not only allowed, it is expected.
Official threads at >>>/nacht/184 and >>>/grim/320
This is the >>>/grim/ announced line-up (with 15 minute breaks included):
Streams at: http://connectcast.tv/n1x_
1950's Sci-Fi: 10/16/15
(no /nacht/ opener)
• The Thing From Another World - 20:00 PST (UTC 03:00)
• Invasion of The Body Snatchers - 21:45 PST (UTC 04:45)
• Plan 9 From Outer Space - 23:20 PST (UTC 06:20)
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inconnu 10/05/15 (Mon) 14:32:31 No. 5876
This thread needs more Death Waltz a cool new label focused on horror soundtracks.
Beyond the Black Rainbow is obviously worth owning and I like the music from the Maniac remake with Frodo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRmsMyiBN8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szBukQCkmos
inconnu 10/02/15 (Fri) 14:44:35 No. 5857
Why don't we do one for October? Some kind of horror probably. Who else is up for it?
if it works we could do martial arts later
inconnu 09/19/15 (Sat) 06:24:06 No. 5694
>>5691
For Hammer you could try Christopher Lee Dracula movies since he recently died. Another RIP pick is They Live if that counts as horror.
Then there's goofy horror like Army of Darkness which might be fun for a group. Or the original Ghostbusters so everyone can avoid the remake. Both are pretty popular of course.
inconnu 09/19/15 (Sat) 03:16:29 No. 5693
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if you need a few more ideas: https://8ch.net/search.php?search=horror&board=film
The Cremator is worth considering. Most people like it when they see it. I agree the Universal horror films can be underwhelming but I like Island of Lost Souls.
inconnu 09/19/15 (Sat) 00:29:52 No. 5689
Who is the audience and how much time are you expecting to fill?
That list seems like a pretty good collection of essentials. I might choose something else for Bava (Bay of Blood and perhaps Blood and Black Lace) and Fulci (Seven Black Notes) but it's really a matter of personal taste.
I might also add silents (like Faust and Dr Caligari) and maybe some Universal horror (although I'm not the biggest fan). Is there anything from Hammer in there?
inconnu 09/15/15 (Tue) 00:17:59 No. 5640
Legitimately horrifying…yet weirdly fascinating if you can stomach the content.
This is a documentary about an extreme bdsm site called insex.com which no longer exists because DHS killed its credit card processing. The demented spectacle of girls pushed to their bounds of trauma/pain is more Graphic Horror than Sex. Supposedly consent is involved, but there's a lot of pressure to avoid safewording – both by the site owner's manipulative mindfuckery and the thousands of expectant site members watching live.
Crazy shit.
inconnu 09/03/15 (Thu) 12:17:27 No. 5563
>>5554
400 blows isn't a cult horror movie dude.
and yes it basically was watching movies for credits, we had to write papers analyzing various elements of each film but i'm sure most of them just wrote plot summaries. i mean it's fucking 'film appreciation' at community college dude. also not like any of them actually read Hamlet, nobody in my high school class actually read it, just sparknotes
inconnu 09/02/15 (Wed) 15:23:58 No. 5554
>>5545
Who the fuck are these people that can deal with a regular class but have to mass walk out on a fucking movie, one that anyone can get something out of at that.
Like I don't even understand how someone who clearly isn't that smart, and I'm assuming OP just wasn't going to a British equivilent of a community college, could get through Shakespeare in highschool and then have such a response some cult horror comedy movie.
Also what teacher lets the students decide what movie to watch? It shouldn't be just fucking fun time to watch your favorite film with friends and they should fucking wipe that expectation off on the first day of class. They have the privilege of getting credits for what sound like little more than watching movies in the first place.
inconnu 08/30/15 (Sun) 12:51:21 No. 5536 [Reply]
>That guy whos absolutely desperate to be seen as a 'patrician' and wants everyone to know he has seen a film or two based on YMS's recommendations
>Treats none english cinema as something weird or strange hoping he gets seen as 'quirky' or worldly
>Acts like a snob about other peoples tastes
>Doesnt understand anything about the art of cinema including basic shit like mise en scene, framing and colour theory
>Acts as a judge of peoples tastes because he bought two japanese horror movies from HMV's world cinema section
>Doesnt understand world cinema is just cinema, not showing at your local theatre doesnt imbibe it with a special cred.
>Wants everyone to know his tastes and how 'patrician he is compared to mainstream plebs'
>That
>Guy
Do you know That Guy?
inconnu 08/09/15 (Sun) 07:55:05 No. 5404
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
Not as much horror as you'd hope. Half of this movie is a big scary house. But the other half is a lukewarm love story between a too-chipper Dean Jones and the type of weak female character that people like to complain about now.
Caesar Romero is very entertaining in a brief role and there's a fantastic musical cameo by The Condors.
inconnu 07/20/15 (Mon) 21:53:23 No. 5274
I guess there's a request thread somewhere around here. As for sources it's best to have a variety of them to maximize your hunt.
It depends on what you want of course. Aside from the many streaming services and DVD labels there are torrent sites focused on anime, Czech, Russian films, soundtracks, horror, 80s cartoons, etc. PTP probably gets most of its rarities from other sites.
inconnu 07/20/15 (Mon) 09:19:24 No. 5270
>>5264
Ice from the Sun does have terrible reviews but if you strap yourself in for low budget madness, reviews don't really matter or do they? I just wish this movie was discussed more. I think there's more to it than 'z-budget horror maker tries pretentious shit'. Even tho a lot about the movie wasn't good at all, it was still very interesting.
Decasia is indeed interesting. There's not much more to it than is in that clip but it makes for one hell of a trip. People've been talking about DPH and DXM in this thread? Decasia is a descent into dissociative madness. Not like there's someone or something in the movie that can replace your self but after watching this I felt like someone scooped out my soul.
The only movies that I think are truly similar are Inland Empire and Begotten, but this is without narrative.
Yes, I was talking about Possession (1981). I've seen it a few weeks ago for the first time and I have to say it's quite a thing. Not sure wether I think it's a good movie or not but it definitely left an impression. Like a crazy crossover between Blue Velvet and a Cronenberg movie. Just go see it, it is bonkers.
Oh, it has this character that has the same accent as Tommy Wiseau and the main character is called Mark. Yay.
inconnu 07/19/15 (Sun) 19:39:45 No. 5258
>>5097
I think Decasia is a lot like Begotten in some ways. It really builds into this crazy thing. The music makes it a very intense experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeEzb-0vf7A
Also, one movie that that kind of fits this thread is Ice from the Sun. Low budget madness, narratively horrible but it well worth a watch. It has these horror clichés but they do get experimental.
Possession maybe?
I think Pig (1998) is related too but I haven't seen it.
inconnu 07/17/15 (Fri) 06:46:35 No. 5233
I did my robotripping watching The Wall in a dorm room. Is that too cliche? I don't know if I could have handled a horror movie.
After downing the bottle of maximum strength, I went outside with my friends and smoked a joint. We came in and had a couple beers and put on the Pink Floyd movie. I took a codiene for good measure. Why not mix four things at once? When it all kicked in, the musical crescendos had my heart pounding pretty fast.
I didn't hallucinate at all though. It just felt like an intense drunk/high. I was behaving oddly but that's as far as it went.
Anyway, this thread needs mention of The Cremator (1969) and Angst (1983). Both are pretty warped yet uniquely appealing in different ways.
inconnu 07/16/15 (Thu) 00:44:48 No. 5209
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>5206
This looks interesting as fark, thanks for the recommendation!
>>5196
I saw Eraserhead sober and I was so bored I turned it off around the halfway mark.
Do you feel like the horror movies from the 70s and 80s have a different vibe to them? Like atmosphere? I feel like old horrors have more of a psychological aspect while the 80s kinda rely more on scary monsters and creatures.
inconnu 07/15/15 (Wed) 22:46:56 No. 5206
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I can't think of many others like Begotten, but I can post some more all-purpose quality horrors.
One of the best low-budget 70s horrors is Let's Scare Jessica to Death. There's a dusting of influence from Rosemary's Baby. Check it out if you prefer more of a slow burning psychological type of film.
inconnu 07/15/15 (Wed) 01:44:07 No. 5196
>>5187
>Do you have any other bizarre horror movies from the 70s?
I'm sure I've seen some, but Phantasm is the one that's stuck with me most because it's so out there.. might be worth looking into Argento, though honestly I find him incredibly boring
The Wicker Man (the 70s one, not nic cage) is a kind of horror film that is very unique, but again a far cry from the Begotten school of horror. definitely dreamy and very creepy though
also, this goes without saying with all the talk of Lynch in here, but Eraserhead is one of the most insane and horrifying films there is and there is absolutely nothing else like it (that I'm aware of) (besides his other films). so definitely see that if you haven't
Cronenberg is another to look into, his 80s works are what is called "body horror" and you really need to see it to understand it. Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, all great and quite horror inducing. haven't seen some of his others like The Brood and the Dead Zone, but they're supposed to be good as well
idk I'm not much of horror fan, hopefully someone with real knowledge of the genre will bust in, but everything I've listed should be enjoyable and give you at least slight feelings of horror unique from the standard Halloween brand of horror
and btw I guarantee that downing a bottle of tussin and some benadryl will make these movies significantly more horrifying if you seek such a thing. robitussin is not the sizzurp of purple legend, but is a powerful dissociative and benadryl a powerful deliriant. they combine to provide quite an experience, the most terrified I've ever been in my entire life was on 354mg of DXM (this is a bottle of robitussin lingering cough) and 300mg of DPH (or 12 benadryl) watching The Shining. I recommend such a thing to the strong of heart (literally and figuratively because this shit is "probably" very bad for you and also terrifying, but in a gratifying way)
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inconnu 07/14/15 (Tue) 05:34:13 No. 5187
>>5118
I'll have to check out their old videos. I do remember the 90s having some decent horror-themed videos like Aphex Twin and Manson.
Are you a fan of David Lynch overall? I'm still kind of on the fence for him, I think it's about time I rewatch his filmography.
Although I do have to say the diner scene in Mulholland Drive almost made me pass out. Here's a link for it.
https://vimeo.com/101462824
>>5120
I'm not drinking sizzurp and watching trippy films haha.
I'll check out Phantasm. Do you have any other bizarre horror movies from the 70s? I still need to watch that Ballet slasher movie (can't remember the name).
>>5186
Haven't heard of it, how's it disturbing anon?
inconnu 07/13/15 (Mon) 05:49:21 No. 5171
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. The beginning of Suspiria is bonkers. They probably should have just ended the movie right here.
Does anyone else see the parallel between death scenes in horror and sex scenes in pornography? In a way, the rest of the film is just filling time between the parts everyone really wants to see.
inconnu 07/11/15 (Sat) 16:06:29 No. 5120
>>5115
I'd say it doesn't matter. I saw rabbits first, and it didn't really add or take away from either when I saw Inland Empire. it's not like it's supplementary to the plot or anything, the way he made Inland Empire was basically filming his ideas and then editing them together; Rabbits was one of these ideas and he put it in. just make sure you're in the right mood for Rabbits, it's a single static shot for 42 minutes. maybe eat a handful of benadryl and a bottle of robitussin
I'll add another film to the thread, Phantasm. this one is much more conventional, ostensibly a cheesy 70s scifi/horror film with bad acting, kid actor lead. but it's so damn strange and surreal I have to recommend it. don't watch a trailer, just watch the movie
inconnu 07/11/15 (Sat) 06:18:09 No. 5118
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>5103
Yeah I meant the rock band Tool. Their first videos usually had an odd humanoid trapped in a hellish environment.
The original surrealist films are very interesting stuff. My favourite surrealism anecdote is the British censor's quote that a film was "so cryptic as to be almost meaningless. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable."
Speaking of David Lynch, I thought about recommending The Grandmother . I just started watching and it's different from what I remember, but have a look.
It's surprising that horror and (true) experimentalism are not paired together more often. But hopefully we can get some more suggestions..?
inconnu 07/10/15 (Fri) 05:27:17 No. 5100
I liked the first part but the naked goon flopping on the ground became tedious.
Begotten seems unique because even weird/experimental horror films tend to involve more coherent characters/plot. The closest thing I can think of are Tool videos and perhaps surrealist works like Un chien andalou .
inconnu 06/15/15 (Mon) 16:05:18 No. 4905
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. Can't believe Andrej Zulawski hasn't been recommended. He hit the ceiling on hyperanarchic subversion. I'm confident no director has surpassed him in that respect, you kind of lose a taste for base extremity in other movies knowing he's not only taken it so much further, but also explored chaos with lot more narrative impact, as well as sheer physical force in a direction similar to carax with denis lavant's acrobatics
Possession is his most accessible and popular but for the same reason that it offers less than l'amour braque - whose main character is an incomprehensible constantly mobile clumsy autist - or On The Silver Globe - just look it up the whole thing is frankly fucking nuts - also what makes it less appealing than them: its couched in the horror genre.
Ignore whatever you might have heard about Possession from dumb wannabe net moguls cashing in on the trendy new cult hit in the last few years, besides his movies being fucking nuts, by the way. There's a lot more to it than base relationship metaphors, political symbolism and body horror which seems to be the only thing YT reviewers have the capacity to recognize in any movie. It's not some one-off oddity, Zulawski's a proper good director. L'amour braque takes on a destruction of heist similar to Possession's of psychological horror but does it with more pervasive self-annihilation. I think it's his best overall and just as fine a place to start, but none of his are really perfect.
>>4902
Watch Fruits of Passion, later by the same director. Amps it up, if you couldn't tell with Klaus Kinski in the lead. Very grateful to have gotten to see it screened last summer
inconnu 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:17:18 No. 4884
Ganja & Hess (1973) is a good pick if you're looking for something unique and unusual.
I think it was intended to be a low budget blaxploitation horror but the director added a lot of experimental and allegorical elements. On balance he was successful in creating a memorable film. I liked it more than Sweetback.
I see Spike Lee used kickstarter to remake this.
inconnu 06/04/15 (Thu) 13:21:51 No. 4829
>Possession
Good movie that showed how relationships and breakup works that uses a bit of horror element as a metaphor for certain thing in the film.
And overall a good film that kept me thinking even after it was done.
And had me searching for more info even after it was done.
inconnu 05/15/15 (Fri) 07:32:42 No. 4635
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I haven't seen very many. Show Boat was a nice surprise though. I forgot it was directed by James Whale, known for several Universal horrors. I wonder if directors used to be more versatile?
inconnu 04/25/15 (Sat) 13:41:59 No. 4482
I finally came across John Carpenter's The Thing. What a remarkable film. Both cinematography and pacing were surprisingly great for a horror-themed movie. Excellent work all over in the set and the design of the creatures. I wish the script had gone a little further, but it's definitively a masterpiece in its own terms.
inconnu 04/03/15 (Fri) 16:07:02 No. 4276
>>4275 Do you want more horror?
Murnau's Faust is a great one to try next.
inconnu 04/02/15 (Thu) 17:17:34 No. 4265
>>4200 That's an interesting thought. But if I think of one of the funniest scene, where Steve Buscemi is being put in a woodchipper by Peter Stormare, I'm not so sure if that's true. I think the scene's funny because it breaks the genre. Up until this point the movie would arguably be classified as a crime/drama (?), but this scene unexpectedly pulls it - even if just for a brief moment - into the horror genre. You wouldn't expect him to put his ex-partner-in-crime into a woodchipper, and you wouldn't expect to see everything so explicitly. To me, that's why this scene is funny (even if what's funny hardly can be explained), and that's mainly got to do with knowing the characteristics of certain movie genres.
inconnu 03/23/15 (Mon) 17:56:44 No. 4111
>>4046 I was always attracted to the weird stuff, used to watch a lot of weird animated things but actually got into non-mainstream by watching a lot of horror. Then some low budget horror that still appealed to me.
After I saw Drive I understood a lot better what the appeal of good cinema was but didn't really get into it because my movie buddy was still satisfied with horror and mainstream cinema. I was already very interested but rarely got the chance.
When I broke my knee I was bedridden for half a year and decided it was time to catch up to a lot of stuff so I did. Seventh Seal and Seven Samurai got me pretty good and I've been expanding ever since. I did make a deliberate push more recently into some experimental (i.e. Decasia) and more classical cinema (i.e. Caligari) as well as a bit of nature 'documentary' (i.e. Microcosmos, Oceans).
What movies changed your views on cinema?
inconnu 03/13/15 (Fri) 14:50:46 No. 3932
>>3929 > Tear me apart Rocky Horror … I'm really not a fan of the music
Take THAT
inconnu 03/13/15 (Fri) 09:05:14 No. 3929
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Paranorman
5. The Great Dictator
6. Children of Men
7. Alien
8. Godzilla (1954)
9. Rocky Horror Picture Show
10. Dredd
Special mentions
Tron: Legacy (music and visuals)
Interstellar (when not on Earth)
Pacific Rim (If only the middle was as great as the rest)
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inconnu 03/09/15 (Mon) 04:33:17 No. 3813
New Born Porn 4lyfe
inconnu 03/07/15 (Sat) 18:10:00 No. 3765
>>3692 There isn't really any good films that give this subject matter it's due credit. 99% of stuff that's made is either a comedy (like the seth rogen "dude weed lol" alien movie) or a shitty horror film (4th contact).
inconnu 03/06/15 (Fri) 12:38:24 No. 3724
>>1213 you're dismissing an artform, not just a genre. your statement is as true as saying cinema is for low iq ppl.
>>1208 more than half of japan's literature is published as manga. to japanese people, cartoons isn't culturally fixed to a young audience (as it is to a great extent in the rest of the world). We aren't used to watch love stories, dramas, thrillers, horrors, etc. as cartoons, and I still am having trouble watching to animated characters being intimate. I think it's a cultural thing. But I also think, that you to some extent can get used to it/learn to appreciate it.
Back in the day, it was a much cheaper way of producing sci-fi for example and getting money shots.. imagination wasn't bound by what limited cgi 'wizards' could come up with or what was possible with real stuff..
I think a lot of very imaginative stuff has been produced in this form.. but it's distinctively japanese, and if your idiosyncracies generally pull you away from that, then it's probably not for you.
inconnu 02/25/15 (Wed) 06:44:14 No. 3469
>>3463 I think the director said he wanted to subvert the horror movie trope where
it takes forever to kill the monster. I don't really know the answer to your second question. The name sounds like a type of acid to me.
inconnu 02/15/15 (Sun) 21:41:00 No. 3292
>>3285 LtROI is one of my favorite movies, actually. I can't explain how it managed to mix sweetness with horror so succesfully.
Also, I nearly died laughing with Bad Lieutenant PoCNO. Did Herzog intended to be as funny as it seemed to me?
inconnu 02/15/15 (Sun) 09:46:03 No. 3285
>>3264 I just saw Let the Right One In at a midnight movie at a local film society theater. Good film, I've never seen it before. I liked how it drastically mixed Euro art house with campy horror violence. The 35mm print was a bit rough but man did it really shine. There are three things that really pop when projected on celluloid, and that is fire, blood and snow. And this film had plenty of all three. So yeah, overall I probably enjoyed the print of the film more than the film itself. I'm not a genre movie person at all. Although I did like how gentle and sweet a lot of parts are. That ending was really perfect, and a great counterbalance to the rest of the film.
Now I'm back at my friends house watching a Blu ray of Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans and trying to get to sleep.
Koreaboo 02/11/15 (Wed) 16:38:30 No. 3200
>>3199 This is a helpful list for asian horror in general, but I am more interested in the Korean aspect of things.
I like movies like Into the Mirror more than Ringu or Noroi.
To be frank, "horror" movies don't scare me any more, and are more like paranormal mystery stories than actual suspenseful films.
inconnu 02/11/15 (Wed) 16:26:19 No. 3199
>>3179 What have you liked so far?
This list seems to cover a lot of the basics, although maybe you've already know about it.
http://letterboxd.com/spiraphobia/list/top-175-asian-horror-thriller-movies/by/rating/
Koreaboo 02/10/15 (Tue) 07:49:11 No. 3179 [Reply]
I've seen a few Korean Horror/Thriller films and enjoyed them.
inconnu 02/09/15 (Mon) 01:30:26 No. 3163
There's this British horror-ish film Kill List by Ben Wheatly that I watched a few months back. Small scale stuff with a limited cast, doesn't bog itself down with too much backstory just a few hints here and there. Climax is pretty scary and bizarre.
inconnu 01/16/15 (Fri) 06:58:17 No. 2890
Inferno (1980)Inferno because it was frequently mentioned on the Suspiria commentary track. A loose sequel to the latter film, it wasn't as bad as I expected. In fact it's likely a better Italian horror than most contemporary homages to the genre.
inconnu 12/27/14 (Sat) 22:10:07 No. 2747
Comments on this set? Japanese horror is often interesting, but the individual titles didn't rate too highly when I read about them.
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/928-eclipse-series-37-when-horror-came-to-shochiku
inconnu 12/14/14 (Sun) 06:50:59 No. 2681
>>2679 One addendum regarding the "sexual politics" comment. Horror films can be a little misogynistic, the cliché being the hideous mouthbreather who chops up a string of pretty women.
But this movie was actually thematically anti-feminist, with a man's
frigid wife eventually
leaving him so she could dyke out with a sexy vampire. This behaviour was simply appalling to every male character and had to be stopped at all costs.
I was thinking that feminism in 1972 wasn't nearly the horror it's become today, so I'm wondering which (if any) contemporary horror movies overtly address the issue?
inconnu 12/13/14 (Sat) 22:53:02 No. 2679
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The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)The Bloodstained Blutterfly .The Bloodstained Blutterfly will be a little better.
inconnu 12/06/14 (Sat) 22:36:13 No. 2644
The Beast With Five Fingers (1946)murderous hand starring Peter Lorre and Alan Alda's father.
inconnu 11/02/14 (Sun) 05:13:51 No. 2300
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i wanted to see for quite a while, as the original story is remarkable. but i was bored by this movie. like many other early 30s horrors, they censored the most horrific elements.
inconnu 10/30/14 (Thu) 21:04:40 No. 2261
It was good. Not really a horror film at all, more a fantasy film.
Film Club #3 - La ville des pirates AKA City of Pirates (Raúl Ruiz, 1983) inconnu 10/28/14 (Tue) 12:02:29 No. 2235 [Reply]
For our third (and best) Film Club, we're exploring surreal 'horror' from Chilean director Raúl Ruiz.
Synopsis:
(1.)
A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.
(2.)
City of Pirates is (de)composed under the sign of Surrealism, with its trust in ecstasy, scandal, the call of the wild, mystification, prophetic dreams, humour, the uncanny. There is no city of course, just a spooky castle on a rocky island. There are echoes of the quintessential Surrealist film, L'Age d'or. Perhaps it should be read as a film fantastique, sharing something of the trance-like, morbid poetry of Maya Deren and the paranoid Manicheism of early '60s English SF cinema. The tumescent, terrible sexuality that drives the narrative takes on a vampirish quality. Oral sadism and cannibalism underpin its images. Much of the pleasure comes from the aesthetic means Ruiz employs to suggest the Surreality inhabited by his desiring machines. His maniacs live in, and for, contradiction. Surprise, invention, paradox are his touchstones. He believes in affirmation through irony, the clarity of enigma, deferred resolution, outlandish change of mood. What binds Ruiz's lost souls to each other's desire is an Oedipal, narcissistic quest for identity. Desire depends upon creating an unbridgeable distance to ensure infinite pursuit of the object. Cinema is the ideal location for such doomed searches for the cathartic image, for recapturing the eternal, dangerous moment of looking.
More information:
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inconnu 10/26/14 (Sun) 20:42:22 No. 2212 [Reply]
>Implying The Shining isn't the best horror film ever made
inconnu 10/24/14 (Fri) 21:31:14 No. 2190
Horror is a pulp genre for plebeians. No wonder it's dead.
inconnu 10/23/14 (Thu) 20:56:58 No. 2182
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Have you seen Island of Lost Souls?
inconnu 10/19/14 (Sun) 20:01:13 No. 2147
I just watched The Legend of Hell House.
Film Club #2 - Osobisty pamietnik grzesznika ... AKA Memoirs of a Sinner (Wojciech Has, 1986) inconnu ## Board Volunteer 10/16/14 (Thu) 15:21:59 No. 2121 [Reply]
For our second Film Club, we're exploring horror with this late-career effort from Polish director Wojciech Has. The film was adapted from
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner , a 1824 novel by Scottish author James Hogg.
Synopsis:
In the 18th century, a recently deceased young man is exhumed by a gravedigger, suddenly revives, and then launches into the story of his highly eventful life. Brought up in a puritanical household, Robert is seduced by a mysterious stranger into killing his wine-, woman- and song-loving brother. What follows is a descent into a hallucinatory hell, where reality and illusion merge, as Robert's evil doppelganger sins with terrible abandon–and Robert stands accused. More information:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091697/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Sinner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Memoirs_and_Confessions_of_a_Justified_Sinner Post last edited at 10/20/14 (Mon) 06:53:34
inconnu ## Board Volunteer 10/16/14 (Thu) 03:42:20 No. 2108
Memoirs of a Sinner seems to be the favorite.
inconnu 10/12/14 (Sun) 18:22:12 No. 2045
Confessions from the Dark City – Noir podcast which seems to have stopped after 6 episodes. Too bad, because the format and production were excellent by the last episode.Out of the Past – Another noir podcast. Two professors discuss many of the well-known noirs throughout cinema history.The Projection Booth – There are a lot of general film discussion podcasts, but I like the range of selections here. They talk about Welles, blaxpolotation, Criterions, Manos. I doubt any other podcast would devote nearly 3½ hours to Waterpower.The Lost Picture Show – Focuses on "neglected gems". Their episode guide probably contains a few promising titles you missed. Another cool show that has unfortunately stopped.B-Movie Cast – Huge archive of episodes discussing hundreds of movies, mostly classic scifi and horror.
inconnu 10/11/14 (Sat) 12:51:05 No. 2028
Apparently the inspiration for the new season of American Horror Story.
inconnu 10/05/14 (Sun) 19:39:37 No. 1885
Here are a couple horror recommendations with Spanish connections, Anguish and A Bell from Hell . Both were better than I expected.
inconnu 10/04/14 (Sat) 10:14:01 No. 1856
>>1824 I just feel insulted because I feel the same tone and atmosphere could still sell and even be refreshing for today's general audience. But instead we're fed the same "hunk of the month" blockbuster bulls hit you get from action/comic book movies. I always liked horror cause it strays away from that a little more
inconnu 10/03/14 (Fri) 14:19:37 No. 1843
How about some silent horror as well?
inconnu 10/03/14 (Fri) 12:01:11 No. 1835
Eh, since so many people apparently want a horror movie, I would stick to something you could actually call that, otherwise we might end up watching Tarr for halloween.
inconnu 10/03/14 (Fri) 10:07:44 No. 1831
>>1805 We already had Zulawski (On the silver globe) and Dans ma peau was ok but not great (better than all the other nfe films I've seen), haven't seen Gogal but could be an option.
You're talking about Trouble every day? I'd rather kill myself than watch that movie twice tbh
>>1807 This film sounded better than it actually was, it's extremely slow and actually boring apart from the few cool scenes
So far we have:
good options but pretty famous, plus we already had Zulawski
new french extremity sucks
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inconnu 10/03/14 (Fri) 01:31:11 No. 1808
>It's october so horror right? Wrong you fucking serfdom
inconnu 10/02/14 (Thu) 22:38:36 No. 1804
>>1803 yuck, polish
If we really have to let's avoid b-movies… Possession, Angst, Arrebato are pretty much bordering on that, albeit not as retarded as the typical horror, they're just too famous maybe
Henning Carlsen's Klabautermannen was somewhat horror-ish, anyway to me this would just be a waste of another month where we could be watching something good instead
inconnu 10/02/14 (Thu) 22:13:33 No. 1803
Maybe we can meet midway and watch some patrician horror films?
inconnu 10/02/14 (Thu) 20:50:58 No. 1795
I don't see any shame in watching or discussing horror.
inconnu 10/02/14 (Thu) 18:20:30 No. 1790
>>1764 When you hear "horror", do you think of post-50s slashers, Mr " patrician"?
inconnu 10/02/14 (Thu) 12:40:49 No. 1766
So which horror movie should we watch?
inconnu 10/02/14 (Thu) 09:44:10 No. 1764
No, this board is already going to shit, this is going to be another failed film club if we let plebs decide what they want to see.