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So, uh, anyway, who wants to talk about horror movies?
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Date: July 9th, 2025 12:28 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49086291) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:09 PM Author: martially inspired amusement (gunneratttt) kudos on taking the high road brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087309) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:13 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) :)
what's your favorite movie that totally flew under everyone's radar (horror or not) that you don't get why nobody likes it?
I've always had a soft spot for The New Guy |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:32 PM Author: martially inspired amusement (gunneratttt) mystery men has an absolutely insane ensemble cast and although it is quite mid its surprising it was *that* much of a flop. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087384) |
Date: July 9th, 2025 12:29 PM Author: bjork (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49086298) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 12:30 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Have you seen Demons and Demons 2? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49086302) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 1:08 PM Author: bjork i have not. should i? cliffs notes?
have you seen no one lives yet? |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 1:13 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) I should
Demons and Demons 2 are both super kooky zombie movies with great soundtracks (first one is metal, second is goth rock and post-punk) about a movie that turns people into angry demons
They're just hilarious great times. Argento wrote both of them and Lamberto Bava made them. The platonic ideal of mid-80s Italo-horror. Loads of gore and fun special effects, lots of MTV attitude, but without the more unpleasant elements that sometimes detract from Italian hack-o-ramas. |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 1:16 PM Author: bjork you also need to watch the second wishmaster movie. its a very solid sequel
i see demons & demons 2 are available on prime and tubi; i'll check them out. kooky zombie shit is fun. |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:08 PM Author: bjork totally into the vibe already w the opening scene on the subway and great synth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087306) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:12 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) it only gets better from there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087322) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:30 PM Author: bjork omg the scratch/exploding face in the bathroom (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087375) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:33 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:33 PM Author: bjork (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087387) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:40 PM Author: bjork was really digging this movie until the.... teeth. *shudders* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087416) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 5:44 PM Author: bjork ty for the rec
loved the music and 80s vibe/aesthetic- at quite a few points i felt like i was watching a sequel to michael jacksons thriller video. fun shots/camera work in a few scenes. lol'd at the helicopter and escaping thru the roof. was overall kooky and fun.
is the sequel as good?
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Date: July 9th, 2025 5:58 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Sequel isn't as good but it's really really good
they bring back Bobby Rhodes (the black actor) in the sequel |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:07 PM Author: bjork ill check it out.
any chance i could get a few reading recs from you? anything dark is fine, you always rec good stuff to me |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:10 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Two anthologies that are out of print but easy to find second hand are The Dark Descent and Foundations of Fear
It’s a really good overview of horror fiction up thru the mid 1980s or so and combines the people you’d expect like King and Barker with some very classy stuff you wouldn’t necessarily think of as “horror”.
For something a little more visceral seek out a copy of Silver Scream; this was an 80s anthology of movie themed stories and it’s all over the place in terms of tone and content but every single story is a banger. |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:13 PM Author: bjork perfect, i think we've discussed this before but i prefer short fiction when reading horror. love anthologies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087654) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:32 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Start with those (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087705) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 12:29 PM Author: toll job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49086299) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 12:30 PM Author: Brian Uecker of My Posting Career you two short jewish simps will have a lot to talk about I bet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49086303) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 1:19 PM Author: the feet pic economy (Bad Luck) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWBrpfczv3I (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49086607) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 1:27 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) ungh 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49086631) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:29 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass They arent an interest of mine, which is kind of surprising, but I will be watching Deathgasm as soon as I can set aside a couple hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087374) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:30 PM Author: bjork that actually kinda is surprising... love of metal and love of horror frequently go hand in hand
what genre of movies do you enjoy? |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:39 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass Yeah, it's weird. And Kirk Hammett is the custodian of all the world's horror history and memorabilia. I worked with a guy whose whole house was dedicated to horror stuff. He was a artsy, crafty kind of guy and made/traded props and replicas of all kind of shit: monsters, costumes, weapons, pretty much anything he wants.
I don't know how I would describe what I like, maybe by what I don't like? No interest in cape shit, horror, anime, and largely don't care about fantasy/sci-fi.
Ironically, one of my favorite movies is The Crow. I guess I like romance. |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:42 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Like Jane Austen shit? 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087419) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:56 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass That was just a joke about the true nature of the crow being a till-death-do-us-part, Romeo and Juliet love story, despite its violent, supernatural comic book origins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087456) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:59 PM Author: bjork (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087465) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 4:34 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) That is interesting given the aesthetic overlap. On the other hand very little heavy metal music 'sounds like' horror movies to me--there's often not the same sort of 'tension/release' dynamic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087389) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:10 PM Author: bjork the band Opeth always reminds me of horror movies when i listen to them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087647) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:01 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. cronenberg's latest film "the shrouds" was decent. kind of an oddball conspiracy film rather than 'straight' horror, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087630) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:05 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) I liked it
It was more entertaining than Crimes of the Future but not as memorable overall
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:43 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. the COTF remake felt a bit limp and aimless. the original COTF was a classic of sci-fi paranoia, which is actually a tricky genre and mood to represent in film. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087760) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:47 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Only part I really liked of COTF was Stewart
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:03 PM Author: the feet pic economy (top dorra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUlgwJNdu2I (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087634) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:06 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) I heard this was kind of a mess but not unwatchable
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:08 PM Author: bjork ive always wanted one of those puzzle boxes irl :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087643) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:11 PM Author: turbofag Thoughts on Film Noir/Neo Noir as a genre?
Thoughts on the classics - Le Samouraï, Chinatown, The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, LA Confidential |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:12 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) I haven’t seen most of those and should
I love the grifters
I need to watch more classic noir
One recommendation I have is The Big Combo which is a 1827738282 movie |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:25 PM Author: turbofag I often feel like we're opposite sides of the same coin. Like two brothers separated at birth and raised in different families. You and your horror and me and detective stories. I have been obsessed with noir and detective stories since birth. Horror I don't hate it but you have to force me to sit down and watch it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087679) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:28 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Cr
Have you seen The Big Combo? I think it’s one of the best noirs ever |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:29 PM Author: turbofag I have not seen it but I would watch it. I prefer 70s noir to 50s overall. You should watch or re-watch Chinatown immediately. It's not just one of the best neo noirs ever but it's one of the best movies ever made in any genre. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087695) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:30 PM Author: bjork which do you love more: chinatown or limp bizkit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087700) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:32 PM Author: turbofag that's a really great question. you're getting an A just for asking it in class.
Objectively I think Chinatown is a greater achievement. But I don't watch Chinatown while I'm doing donuts in my work parking lot now do I? |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:38 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) I didn’t get Chinatown when I saw it last but I def should revisit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087731) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:40 PM Author: turbofag It is a bit of an iceberg film that you have to see a couple times. I recommend doing background research on William Mulholland. It's got a lot of elements of historical drama mixed in. It's a complex tale. Some of the best scenes are just random LA city council meetings. Idk it's flawless somehow.
Also a big fan of MANHUNTER if you haven't seen it. The first film about Hannibal Lecter. |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:44 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. i watched the sequel "The Two Jakes" last year, and it was kind of awful (looked nice, though). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087763) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:45 PM Author: turbofag Yeah I refuse to ever watch this lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087767) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:30 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. if you want a film with noir and psychological horror elements, lar von trier's first major movie "the element of crime" was interesting. it is known for its oppressive, nightmarish atmosphere which persists through the entire runtime. it was a thematic influence on later films like dark city, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087699) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:32 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) I really liked that movie a lot cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087709) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:33 PM Author: bjork uuuunnnnggghhhh i LOVE lvt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087712) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:45 PM Author: turbofag You're like the physical embodiment of the opinions shared on college radio stations. You're like if classic pre-woke NPR was a person. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087770) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:36 PM Author: turbofag I will check it out. I am a fan of Dogme 95 in general. I liked Breaking the Waves a lot as well as Thomas Vinterberg's Festen. I will watch any dark Scandinavian film.
I just saw Låt Den Rätte Komma In (A Triumph, which MPA would like because it has horror elements!) as well as the Norwegian version of Insomnia (which dunks on the Chris Nolan version imo).
Dark City was awesome if albeit a somewhat flawed film. Great atmosphere film but not enough gritty REALISM for my subjective taste (noirs have to REALISTIC imo imo). |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:45 PM Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,...., Any good new ones this year or last year? The Substance was decent and so was Heretic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087768) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:46 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) I liked Longlegs and The Monkey (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087772) |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:50 PM Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,...., Oh yeah, i saw those as well. Disappointed in Longlegs as I could see the ending a mile away. Thoughts on this one coming out next month? https://youtu.be/QKHySfXqN0I |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:55 PM Author: Much Poasting Activity! (No Future) Yeah Longlegs was mixed but when it’s good it’s good
Looking forward to his next one |
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Date: July 9th, 2025 6:51 PM Author: bjork i loved the opening of longlegs and then the next hour of the movie put me to sleep. tried to watch it 3x and failed. everyone i know that has seen it has liked it. but idk man, it just did not keep my interest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5748177&forum_id=2Reputation#49087796) |