On 6/6/2025 at 11:09 AM, mikemack8 said:

@hputenis @Shepard Wong So I was thinking about this the other day after watching the trailer for Bring Her Back and seeing people talk it up - what recent horror movies have actually lived up to the hype? There have been a bunch recently that have been dubbed "scariest of the year" or "scariest all time" - I remember a ton of hype for The Sadness, Hereditary, Talk to Me, Longlegs, and of course @hputenis favorite, Midsommar. If you wanna go further back I think Sinister was hyped pretty hard, when they re-made Evil Dead, etc. I'm sure there's a ton more that I'm missing, but my point is all of those movies are good, but for me the one that most lived up to it was Hereditary. That movie was just F'n awful for me personally, the whole way through. Talk to Me was pretty damn good too.

Sorry - rambling a bit and this thread has died down a bit and needs more action. EAT MY DICK

A little bit older of a movie but Train to Busan. There was always a ton of hype around it but I just kept putting it off, partly due to subtitles and I can usually never fully pay attention to subtitled movies. It was awesome.

On 6/6/2025 at 11:09 AM, mikemack8 said:

@hputenis @Shepard Wong So I was thinking about this the other day after watching the trailer for Bring Her Back and seeing people talk it up - what recent horror movies have actually lived up to the hype? There have been a bunch recently that have been dubbed "scariest of the year" or "scariest all time" - I remember a ton of hype for The Sadness, Hereditary, Talk to Me, Longlegs, and of course @hputenis favorite, Midsommar. If you wanna go further back I think Sinister was hyped pretty hard, when they re-made Evil Dead, etc. I'm sure there's a ton more that I'm missing, but my point is all of those movies are good, but for me the one that most lived up to it was Hereditary. That movie was just F'n awful for me personally, the whole way through. Talk to Me was pretty damn good too.

Sorry - rambling a bit and this thread has died down a bit and needs more action. EAT MY DICK

That’s a really solid list honestly. I can’t friggin wait to see Bring Her Back. Talk to Me is the most recent horror that immediately comes to mind when saying it lived up to the hype. I watched the newer "Wrong Turn” again this weekend with some friends and they were blown away. That’s a great one. The Descent was an instant classic too but it’s from so long ago.

12 hours ago, hputenis said:

That’s a really solid list honestly. I can’t friggin wait to see Bring Her Back. Talk to Me is the most recent horror that immediately comes to mind when saying it lived up to the hype. I watched the newer "Wrong Turn” again this weekend with some friends and they were blown away. That’s a great one. The Descent was an instant classic too but it’s from so long ago.

I watched the newer Wrong Turn on your recommendation and it was awesome - never would have considered it otherwise.

On 6/9/2025 at 8:31 AM, mikemack8 said:

I watched the newer Wrong Turn on your recommendation and it was awesome - never would have considered it otherwise.

Another one that comes to mind (and is literally my favorite ever) is Devil’s Rejects. I remember before that came out I was still watching MTV 😂 and they showed a sneak preview of this that you couldn’t see anywhere else. It was just the scene where that girl ran out of the hotel wearing her boyfriend’s face and she gets splattered by the truck. That movie had a ton of hype before coming out, and it lived up to all of it and more.

1 hour ago, hputenis said:

Another one that comes to mind (and is literally my favorite ever) is Devil’s Rejects. I remember before that came out I was still watching MTV 😂 and they showed a sneak preview of this that you couldn’t see anywhere else. It was just the scene where that girl ran out of the hotel wearing her boyfriend’s face and she gets splattered by the truck. That movie had a ton of hype before coming out, and it lived up to all of it and more.

On this subject of hype and Devils Rejects, does House of 1,000 Corpses live up to it? I tried watching this at least twice and every time Chris Hardwick shows up acting like a dork it kills all interest for me.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

On this subject of hype and Devils Rejects, does House of 1,000 Corpses live up to it? I tried watching this at least twice and every time Chris Hardwick shows up acting like a dork it kills all interest for me.

It’s been a while since I watched either but I feel like they’re totally different with the same characters if that makes sense. Both good though.

On 6/13/2025 at 3:25 PM, LeanMeanGM said:

On this subject of hype and Devils Rejects, does House of 1,000 Corpses live up to it? I tried watching this at least twice and every time Chris Hardwick shows up acting like a dork it kills all interest for me.

Yes, I think it does. You have to take House of 1000 Corpses for what it’s worth. It’s a little cheesier than Devil’s Rejects but it’s supposed to be that way. Like you, I had to attempt watch it twice before realizing that I absolutely love it. This was a really long time ago, but I get what you’re saying.

Sinners was good but was also somehow less than the sum of its parts. The devil loves a song theme was great but didn't seem to have much of an endgame. The KKK stuff wa forgotten then added back on clumsily at the end. So it's basically Dusk til Dawn with a bunch of adornments that didn't come together that well. Still mighty entertaining.

15 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said:

Sinners was good but was also somehow less than the sum of its parts. The devil loves a song theme was great but didn't seem to have much of an endgame. The KKK stuff wa forgotten then added back on clumsily at the end. So it's basically Dusk til Dawn with a bunch of adornments that didn't come together that well. Still mighty entertaining.

The music/dancing was all spectacular. The overall plot paled slightly in comparison to that, but the former carried the movie in a way that it didn't really matter. Really really good movie IMO

1 minute ago, mikemack8 said:

The music/dancing was all spectacular. The overall plot paled slightly in comparison to that, but the former carried the movie in a way that it didn't really matter. Really really good movie IMO

Felt like there was an even better movie that just focused on and developed that.

3 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said:

Felt like there was an even better movie that just focused on and developed that.

Yes - these two scenes along could have made an interesting movie

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Sinners didn't have Sex Machine or a C gun so it gets dinged for that

28 Years Later was crap. Such a disappointment

15 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

28 Years Later was crap. Such a disappointment

This will be in my theater rotation soon. Watched (maybe rewatched?) the first two the past couple of weeks. Both were like 5/10 films at best. I have low expectations

52 minutes ago, Agent23 said:

This will be in my theater rotation soon. Watched (maybe rewatched?) the first two the past couple of weeks. Both were like 5/10 films at best. I have low expectations

The concept is pretty good IMO which made 1 and 2 different. Single drop of blood can turn you into a raging killer with no mindset other than to kill

2 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

The concept is pretty good IMO which made 1 and 2 different. Single drop of blood can turn you into a raging killer with no mindset other than to kill

the unlimited PCP-boost is a bit much though

12 minutes ago, Agent23 said:

the unlimited PCP-boost is a bit much though

I have a lot more complaints about 28 Years Later lol

28 years later was such a steaming pile of ish. It’s nothing at all like the first two. If you watched it blind without knowing the title I’m not even sure anyone would think it’s a sequel or even related.

I was so annoyed that by the time the parkour Christian ninja/vampires showed up I just laughed out loud.

Spoiler 28 years later

The soldier at least added some comic relief until he was killed. He had some funny lines about the mother calling the kid dad

So it's saying that the virus mutated and created a hierarchy of zombies (they eat now!) with alphas being these intelligent big ass steroid beings and even some slow crawling bloated things that will eat anything

I thought these things didn't need to eat. I was hoping that would be explained but apparently they eat and even drink. Makes no sense but whatever

I was wondering if the baby was the alpha's and that's why it was going after them but that would mean they also have sex and that just opens up way more questions

The ending almost seemed like a spoof that was written in at the last minute. It was pure stupidity IMO. And when I saw Jack was casted I was excited because he's a great actor

I just rolled my eyes when the kid set the tent on fire to create a distraction so he could sneak his mom out. Also how did the dad not notice both were gone?

Also where the hell did he get pen and paper to write the note when leaving the baby??

Something was seriously wrong with that doctor yet they tried to normalize the tower of skulls and columns of bones. They also just threw in that the virus doesn't like iodine

WTF with the kid just holding his recently deceased moms skull and climbing to the top of the tower and kissing the skull to put it away. That whole thing was so weird and messed up to me

Amazed that the baby was quiet the entire trip back and they met no infected

2 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

Spoiler 28 years later

The soldier at least added some comic relief until he was killed. He had some funny lines about the mother calling the kid dad

So it's saying that the virus mutated and created a hierarchy of zombies (they eat now!) with alphas being these intelligent big ass steroid beings and even some slow crawling bloated things that will eat anything

I thought these things didn't need to eat. I was hoping that would be explained but apparently they eat and even drink. Makes no sense but whatever

I was wondering if the baby was the alpha's and that's why it was going after them but that would mean they also have sex and that just opens up way more questions

The ending almost seemed like a spoof that was written in at the last minute. It was pure stupidity IMO. And when I saw Jack was casted I was excited because he's a great actor

I just rolled my eyes when the kid set the tent on fire to create a distraction so he could sneak his mom out. Also how did the dad not notice both were gone?

Also where the hell did he get pen and paper to write the note when leaving the baby??

Something was seriously wrong with that doctor yet they tried to normalize the tower of skulls and columns of bones. They also just threw in that the virus doesn't like iodine

WTF with the kid just holding his recently deceased moms skull and climbing to the top of the tower and kissing the skull to put it away. That whole thing was so weird and messed up to me

Amazed that the baby was quiet the entire trip back and they met no infected

I hated the change they made to the infected. The whole point of the first two movies was it all happened because of the RAGE virus created in a lab. It's supposed to turn people into ravenous "zombies" that only care about destruction. I can buy "the virus evolved" to a certain extent but they did a 180 making them some weird fat, slithering sneaky creatures.

They need to eat. They kind of backed themselves into a corner on this. The opening of 28 weeks later says the infection in mainland Britain was able to be contained because the infected died of starvation after 5 weeks. They were so consumed with rage they never thought to eat and just eventually died. They really had no other choice to explain how they are still around after 28 years and how there is a compound off shore. It just made it seem cheesy with them suddenly eating worms and fish and what not.

The full frontal nudity was just dumb and served no purpose. The pregnancy was just dumb, especially with the infected mother holding hands with the non infected mom during the birth. Why they left the Alpha alive after sedating him was just dumb.

The whole point of the movie was the young boy being given different perspectives of death. The dad teaches him that all infected should be hunted/killed and put to death. He sees his mom suffering and wants to stop it but learns he can't stop death. The doctor then teaches him that death isn't a bad thing, it's a part of a life, and to cherish life while you can. They were over pretentious about it with the mom and skull thing but it was basically him accepting death and then putting his moms skull up to honor her. I dunno.

It started out ok for the first 1/3 of the movie. The soldier part was funny. Everything else was just too all over the place. They made a trailer absolutely nothing like the film actually was which was further disappointing. I never thought I would see a zombie like movie have no one get bit or infected and only one guy really die from them and it's because it was a super strong Alpha zombie.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I hated the change they made to the infected. The whole point of the first two movies was it all happened because of the RAGE virus created in a lab. It's supposed to turn people into ravenous "zombies" that only care about destruction. I can buy "the virus evolved" to a certain extent but they did a 180 making them some weird fat, slithering sneaky creatures.

They need to eat. They kind of backed themselves into a corner on this. The opening of 28 weeks later says the infection in mainland Britain was able to be contained because the infected died of starvation after 5 weeks. They were so consumed with rage they never thought to eat and just eventually died. They really had no other choice to explain how they are still around after 28 years and how there is a compound off shore. It just made it seem cheesy with them suddenly eating worms and fish and what not.

The full frontal nudity was just dumb and served no purpose. The pregnancy was just dumb, especially with the infected mother holding hands with the non infected mom during the birth. Why they left the Alpha alive after sedating him was just dumb.

The whole point of the movie was the young boy being given different perspectives of death. The dad teaches him that all infected should be hunted/killed and put to death. He sees his mom suffering and wants to stop it but learns he can't stop death. The doctor then teaches him that death isn't a bad thing, it's a part of a life, and to cherish life while you can. They were over pretentious about it with the mom and skull thing but it was basically him accepting death and then putting his moms skull up to honor her. I dunno.

It started out ok for the first 1/3 of the movie. The soldier part was funny. Everything else was just too all over the place. They made a trailer absolutely nothing like the film actually was which was further disappointing. I never thought I would see a zombie like movie have no one get bit or infected and only one guy really die from them and it's because it was a super strong Alpha zombie.

Spoiler

I didn't know how they were going to explain the infected not eating but as you said they backed themselves into a corner

I've seen people saying the soldier and the phone meant that the rest of the world was ok and the virus was isolated

Apparently this was supposed to have a heavy dose of political meanings that I didn't care to catch

10 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Spoiler

I didn't know how they were going to explain the infected not eating but as you said they backed themselves into a corner

I've seen people saying the soldier and the phone meant that the rest of the world was ok and the virus was isolated

Apparently this was supposed to have a heavy dose of political meanings that I didn't care to catch

Yes, that was my takeaway. The rest of the world is fine but the UK/Scotland/Ireland is quarantined by NATO. No one comes in and no one leaves either. The soldier got there because he was on a boat patrolling the quarantine zone but sunk. He was then forced to stay there the rest of his life as there was no rescue mission coming to save him and jeopardize the containment.

Even this was a weird pivot because the end of Weeks literally is the rage virus taking over Paris, France. They somehow contained that without explaining it at all. And keeping a quarantine zone for 28 years without any type of exploring or recon is just weird as well, especially with them knowing the infected died after a few weeks the other time and had no idea they evolved to eat food.

I liked the Damned. Not exactly a new formula but the execution was excellent.

On 6/21/2025 at 9:35 PM, LeanMeanGM said:

28 years later was such a steaming pile of ish. It’s nothing at all like the first two. If you watched it blind without knowing the title I’m not even sure anyone would think it’s a sequel or even related.

I was so annoyed that by the time the parkour Christian ninja/vampires showed up I just laughed out loud.

You're an idiot, it's a masterpiece. Even more groundbreaking than the original. It's the Valhalla Rising of zombie flicks.