c'est la vie...

or

He has a lousy agent/publisher....

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Hereditary (2018)

This is a disturbing DISTURBING movie and definitely NOT for everyone.

If you like movie like, Lights Out (2016) and Don't Breath (2016), this movie is NOT for you.

This movie.... simmers... Pressure builds. You as a viewer is oppressed from the middle of the movie onwards.

It is mainly progressed through narrative (eg dialogue-gy).

Toni Collette is brilliant.

Alex Wolff is suddenly all over the place and is also good here.

The themes in this movie are very alarming

And when the end happened, I was STUNNED into stupor.... I was not sure, how I was suppose to react to the ending....

As my first statement had announce, very disturbing movie.

Watched at own risk.

My Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jun 21 2018, 08:04 PM

When it comes to horror... I fear and love them in recent years, there's hardly a good one that could rival stories like Exorcist etc. But here's my list:

- The Exorcist
- Exorcism of Emily Rose
- 4bia (Thai)
- Paranormal Activity
- Salem's Lot (adapted from Stephen King's novel)
- Let Me In (Hollywood) / Let the Right One In (Swedish) - creepy and shocking in its own way
- The Eye, Eye 2 & Eye 10 (HK)
- Ju On (Japanese)
- Dark Water
- Sinister
- 1408
- The Orphanage (Spanish)
- The Shining
- Fright Night
- The Woman in Black
- Mr Vampire (HK olden day Chinese Vampires)
- Haunted Cop Shop I & II
- 28 Weeks Later
- The Mist
- Jeeper's Creepers I
- Trick 'r Treat (one of my all time fav Halloween movie!)
- Inside (French)

Others
- The Descent
- Constantine
- The Ninth Gate
- Dawn of the Dead
- Rigor Mortis (would have worked better without all the fighting and CG)
- Final Destination I & 3 (coz I enjoy roller coaster?)
- The Cell
- Mother!

Honourable Mention (haha):
- Drag Me to Hell
- The Visit
- The Hostel (the idea that you could be kidnapped while travelling, and then tortured in dungeons - is a scary one)

Want to Watch:
- Odd Thomas
- The Invitation
- It Comes at Night
- The Wailing
- The Babadook (downloaded, need to find time to watch)
- Needful Things (yet to finish the book)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- It Follows

This post has been edited by sweet_pez: Jul 11 2018, 02:33 PM

The Wailing is the single best horror movie in recent memory for me.
No harm trying Park Chan Wook's Thirst for something out of the box.

If you are adventurous do check out this solid foreign language listing. Plenty of must watch, I've seen 80% and owned a fair bit of it in Blu-ray.
https://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/best-fore...ury-1201888532/

wow, as a big fan of horror movies why didnt i stumble here earlier on... now there's so much suggestions on my list

Any one watched the latest Insidious? i felt like crying when credit rolls

Really? Seems like a must-watch. I'll try to hunt for it when I have the time

Foreign language film! I don't discriminate films; I'll watch as long as they are good seems like you have some good stuffs there. Will explore them, thanks!

A little OOT - one movie that's not horror but totally enjoyable is Die Welle - better known as "The Wave" in English. Other than horror, Holocaust films also interest me ( and this foreign movie based on a true story, had been really interesting.

A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

Exactly! Wished I had visited this section earlier for more horror recommendations

Insidious: The Last Key? I didn't watch. The story had started to lose its appeal along the way with sequels. Kind of seemed like they're trying to milk the franchise (reminds me of Paranormal Activity, whereby the first 2 was good). I'll still stream or watch it when there's time - just to finish it.

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For all horror fans, you can catch short horror stories before bed

They may be short, but has pretty good scare factor:

25 Horror Short Films We Dare You To Watch Alone Tonight
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/shor...lms/#.uh8i8e38x

16 Horror Movies That Are Less Than 10 Minutes Long
https://www.buzzfeed.com/benhenry/less-than...AVa#.hu7M5k0jwy

Enjoy with the lights off

Nice! something to keep us entertained a little.

As Horror genre is kinda "niche" these days, there really isnt much choice in the first place. Generally, its really easy to just watch any Horror that is released without taking significant portion of your time.

Its rather unfortunate that the quality declines on a steep trend over the past 10-20 years. There was a time Thai horror was "the" thing, then comes Japanese, then Korean. As for western, mostly are just jump scares and lack substance, or maybe its because culturally different, thus the "fear factor" isnt good enough as Asians are culturally more superstitious.

Wow

That is some list!!!

And also some surprises....

I am surprise that

Lights Out (2016)
Don't Breathe (2016)

were left out

Also, you have not watch Needful Things (1993), wow, you are in for a threat.

You may also want to try these science based horrors out

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Puppet Masters (1994) (Not the Chucky wannabe, but the one with Donald Sutherland)

If you like black comedy with a dash of horror, do not miss

Death Becomes Her (1992)

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jul 11 2018, 09:04 PM

As hard as the producer and director tried to make the latest installment of Insidious, there was just TOO little story there...

Having said THAT, I really REALLY want to know more about the "Darth Maul" lookalike demon!!!!

TY
COOL

Totally hitting the spot. Horror is declining. Conjuring is enjoyable as a movie but honestly speaking, it didn't leave much impact. The jump scare was good and timely, but when I walk out of the cinema, fear didn't linger. I slept well with the lights off

Imo good horror instill "real fear" and it creeps out when you're alone, or when you try to sleep

You're so surprised at my list so funny your reaction.

Hahahahahaha Don't Breathe is good, and I really enjoyed it. Definitely one of the better ones these days but somehow when I compare it to other movies, kinda didn't really make the cut - at the most would have parked it under Others hmmm. As for Lights Out, it was decent yes, good jump scare and concept. However overall as a story - something is lacking

I have the book - Needful Things - just need some quiet time to finish it. As with all King's books, the start of the book introduced too many characters at once that I couldn't keep up, and the story also starts a little slow. Probably that's why I got distracted and turned to Neil Gaiman instead will eventually pick it up again! Likely to finish the book first, then only watch the movie hahahaha

Thanks for the recommendation, will look it up. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a popular movie, but have yet to seen it. Ahhh Chucky. The first two, or max 3, was probably the decent ones, but later sequels were pure comedy.

See if this sheds some light: http://insidious.wikia.com/wiki/Lipstick-Face_Demon

Ghost Stories (2017)

English horror, in recent years have not really jumped at you.

We have the occasion The Woman in Black (2012) or Under the Skin (2013).

Gone are the days of Hammer Horror, but I digress.

Admittedly, I made a mistake with this movie and the mistake was, reading a preview (which included spoilers) before I actually watched the movie, which spoiled the ending for me (the Twist?)

What is really good about this movie is the approach it took. It looks like an indie movie and the way it was shot, made is look so... real.

And also, it adhere to the concept of less is more, therefore it, dare I say, titillates your minds into overdrive by showing very very little!! (Tease!! )

And the cast (English) is excellent!

Do yourself a favour, do not read anymore reviews about this movie, and go watch it at the theater.

Be warned though, very limited cinemas are actually showing this!!

My Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jul 13 2018, 08:41 AM

Truth or Dare (2018)

Another Blumhouse offering.

Honestly, it would have been better named, Good or Dud?

And it is a dud.

Getting together a bunch of 20somethings (to act as late teens) and make them play truth or dare... a deep DEEP horror story that does NOT make.

And the characters they play, the ones you care about does not get much "air time" and the one you really like you end up really not liking....

Think of it trying to be "Nightmare on Elm Street + Final Destination" = Truth Or Dare and that actually makes it sound better then it really is...

Picture quality is good

Sound is pretty decent.

My Two Sen

i would suggest siccin series to all horror movies lovers. It is based on true story.

try siccin 1, recomend this first.

https://lobakmerah.com/siccin-6-fakta-filem...ton-kena-kacau/

ANTON YELCHIN!! May he rest in peace

Yeah...

Very Sad

The Nun (2018)

I broke a cardinal rule today...

I went into the cinema late, and missed a few minutes of the movie...

Sigh...

Let get this show in the road...

They got the mood right.

Hammer Horror would have KILLED for the production budget of this movie.

It is a "gorgeous" looking horror movie.

Good job on the cast too.

Each, playing his/her/it's role well.

Story is a little... jumbled...

The "surprises" are no surprise at all...

The views are a few step ahead of the movie so...

Having said that,, I did not see the way the ended the movie coming, so kudos for that?

In short, a creepy movie, not necessary a horror movie...

Ya know what I mean?

My Two Sen

Noooooooo why were you late hahaha but it happens - i've also been late for a movie before.

I guess from your review - the movie is predictable with little surprise to the story line. When I heard the Director is someone else (and not James Wan), part of my interest mellowed down. Knew that it wouldn't be half as good. Probably Wan is too busy directing Aquaman

Just worried that this will be like Annabelle (the first version) where I slept through the movie (watched it at home). Admit I was tired, and the story was too slow and draggy. It's the 20th century - can't believe people can still make boring films!

I wouldn't go as far as calling it boring, it is a gorgeous production and it has a Exorcist and The Omen feel to it. It does "entertain" (you find yourself rooting for the survival of the main casts) I just wish the story was much much "stronger".

The ending did throw me throw me for a loop, because they decided to go there and when they did you get a "warm fuzzy feeling" on the inside....

Er... am I making sense?

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 7 2018, 09:28 AM