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MPA's spooky season ongoing film thread 2024
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Date: September 20th, 2024 7:38 PM Author: Fuchsia property kitty Yeah I know you guys don't care about adult book reports, but who gives a fuck.
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Date: September 20th, 2024 7:39 PM Author: Fuchsia property kitty Subject: The Dunwich Horror (1970) Kooky post-Rosemary's Baby adaptation of one of Lovecraft's stronger stories. Very psychedelic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48114704) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 10:42 AM Author: bronze stirring corner one of his worst stories actually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116596) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 11:59 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty I like it a lot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116784) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 5:34 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. that film was definitely influenced by the hippie movement. kind of a strange product of its time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48143897) |
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Date: September 20th, 2024 7:40 PM Author: Fuchsia property kitty Subject: The Blob (1988) Comes off as what critics said about Carpenter's remake of The Thing--a slick, nihilistic splatterfest. The splatter is good, though. Really good, almost subversively good. Otherwise, it just seems like a bit of sneering meanness. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48114707) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 10:43 AM Author: bronze stirring corner I have this on 4K physical media. Keep your olive republic Catholic morality out of my horror reviews champ. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116599) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 11:59 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty The special effects are great and I agree with the basic message--it's just more self-satisfied (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116783) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 6:28 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty Subject: Nosferatu (1922) Believe it or not, I'd never gotten around to seeing this. And it's hard to evaluate because it mostly doesn't do a lot by the standards of today, even though some of the imagery is rightfully striking and iconic, like the woman waiting at the beaches, or Graf Orlok stalking around the boat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116223) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 7:14 AM Author: big-titted yellow set you should go even earlier with student of prague (1913). supposedly one of carl jung's favorite movies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116258) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 7:20 AM Author: histrionic onyx private investor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116261) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 7:34 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty I should see that
I'm going to watch The Man Who Laughs soon I think |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 7:03 AM Author: histrionic onyx private investor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116248) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 7:04 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty i'll give you my backlog from earlier this summer when I put a lot of work in too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116249) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 7:38 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty Subject: Sooo CR Summer Capsule Reviews * Sweet 16 (1983): Wanted to see this obscure slasher for a while. Beginning and ending are slasher excellence; the rest of the movie is more of a TV film but it's still entertaining.
* Death Metal Zombies: Enjoyably stupid SOV film from the 90s SOV wave. This one actually kind of works as a legitimate horror movie, has a good death metal soundtrack, and is very, very endearing.
* Torture Dungeon: My first real foray into the twisted world of Andy Milligan. A lot of fun and the heroine is hot and can't keep her clothes on.
* All About Evil: Weirdo queer/camp horror movie with Natasha Lyonne that's an homage to the low budget gore comedies of 1960s and 1970s of HG Lewis, Andy Milligan, and John Waters. |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 8:55 AM Author: emerald brunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116374) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 12:38 PM Author: Elite vibrant preventive strike hell subscribed, 💗 mpa recs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48116876) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 9:41 PM Author: Fuchsia property kitty In A Violent Nature: I've been looking forward to to this for a while and it's just sort of. . .weird. It seems to be doing two or three different revisionist takes on the slasher movie at a time, and all of them are conceptually interesting, but they're all sort of mashed together. I have no doubt there's a point to this, but I really don't get it. It's well done in a lot of ways but it's not very satisfying, and if that's a conscious choice, it's not conceptually rigorous enough to justify the way in which it's not satisfying. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48118377) |
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Date: September 21st, 2024 10:22 PM Author: emerald brunch Wow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48118497) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2024 8:53 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty the more i think about this movie, the more it annoys me
it kinda feels like a slasher movie 'funny games' except less rigorous, and funny games was always already intellectually bankrupt (if u actually think screen violence is bad the only way to win is not to play) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2024 9:02 AM Author: emerald brunch What did you think of funny games, elaborate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48119245) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2024 9:12 AM Author: Fuchsia property kitty haven't seen it and refuse to see either version for the precise reason that engaging with the film allows haneke to win
if funny games was simply a cruel provocation meant to be a nihilistic prank on an audience, i'd appreciate and in fact applaud it, but the fact that haneke apparently *believes* the message of his movie makes me violently hostile. No shit, people enjoy fake stylized violence and would find actual hyper-realistic violent scenarios in real life to be upsetting and unpleasaurable. Wow, guess you've cracked the code on fiction, Mikey! Now go make another unwatchable piece of shit like The White Ribbon! |
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Date: September 22nd, 2024 9:16 AM Author: honey-headed piazza elastic band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48119277) |
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Date: September 22nd, 2024 9:20 AM Author: Racy french chef legal warrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48119284) |
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Date: September 25th, 2024 10:12 PM Author: Fuchsia property kitty Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
Exceptionally weird vampire (sorta) movie that's part of the 1970s/early 80s American regional independent horror boom. Part Night of the Hunter, part Suspiria. Weird story about an innocent, beautiful young girl who is a devout Christian who gets summoned to a strange town to see her fugitive mobster father, and gets involved with werewolves (who act more like zombies) and vampires.
This is a weird one, folks, and not one I can wholly recommend--it's much too accomplished and effective to be relegated to MST3K style trash, but it manages to be ponderous and confusing despite a quick run time, so I can't really recommend it to anyone looking for a pleasant genre experience, even an offbeat one. That said, I'm glad I watched it, and I'll watch it again, I'm sure, but...it's strange. And God bless it. |
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Date: September 28th, 2024 9:14 PM Author: In (No Future) Subject: Quatermass II (1957) I really enjoy Nigel Kneale's work and its distinctive blend of supernatural horror and rational science fiction; Quatermass and the Pit is one of the most 'me' movies of all time.
This isn't quite as good as that, but it's still extremely good and creepy, if a little bit slow at first. It plays out like an X-Files mytharc episode, with a tireless truthseeker running up against a malevolent extraterrestrial conspiracy that seems to have the support of the government. |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 2:28 AM Author: ;;;..........;.;.;.;.;.;.;.,,;.;.,,,;.;. Are you going to watch Platform 2 in a few days (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48142269) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 6:37 AM Author: In (No Future) didn't see the first one, am i missing out? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48142416) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 9:47 AM Author: ;;;..........;.;.;.;.;.;.;.,,;.;.,,,;.;. Yeah, I think you are. It's one of the better movies made in the last decade. I also assume you like a lot of high concept weird shit, so it will be up your ally. It's very much like the Cube which I think you said you liked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48142621) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 11:36 AM Author: In (No Future) okay, i'll check it out
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Date: September 29th, 2024 3:39 AM Author: peeface have you seen Apartment 7A yet?
not a huge fan of the story.
thought the Minnie and Roman imitations were fantastic... except the behavior of Minnie was slightly off, and not in a good way.
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Date: September 29th, 2024 6:39 AM Author: In (No Future) no interest; rosemary's baby is a masterpiece of suspense and paranoia and black humor; who needs a prequel? they're witches, that's all you need to know!
i'm sure it's a well executed pastiche |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 5:39 PM Author: ;;;..........;.;.;.;.;.;.;.,,;.;.,,,;.;. Subject: Question?! What is the black humor in it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48143913) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 6:06 PM Author: In (No Future) there's plenty of it there imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48143998) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 6:27 PM Author: ;;;..........;.;.;.;.;.;.;.,,;.;.,,,;.;. What specifically (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48144058) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 6:28 PM Author: In (No Future) i think the very end is pretty funny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48144076) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 7:55 PM Author: ;;;..........;.;.;.;.;.;.;.,,;.;.,,,;.;. what about the ending? I'm only asking because that movie scared me and I didn't really see any humor in it, and the ending was particularly disturbing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48144303) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 7:59 PM Author: In (No Future) it's a scary movie but the whole idea is all so absurd and the old people at the end shouting 'god is dead! satan lives!' is just funny to me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48144318) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 8:04 PM Author: peeface Polanski was so amused by it he did it all over again for The 9th Gate
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 2:17 PM Author: maine is 180 I unironically enjoyed the 9th gate. Does that mean anything? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48159567) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 5:50 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. i've watched a few of pamela franklin's horror films from the 60's/70's (And Soon the Darkness, Necromancy, Legend of Hell House, and Satan's School for Girls). hell house and darkness were the best of those. necromany is kind of goofy (including an orson welles appearance), and SSG is a proficient made-for-TV project. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48143954) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 6:05 PM Author: In (No Future) i should see some of those; I really like book Hell House (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48143996) |
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Date: September 29th, 2024 9:35 PM Author: In (No Future) Subject: Dagon The first ten minutes or so are pretty bad early 2000s low budget horror (the acting is pretty rough, especially from the lead), but nothing involving Stuart Gordon + HP Lovecraft is ever wholly worthless, and there's a lot to like here. Great production design, with a sense of unrelenting, damp bleakness that matches the storyline. The CGI effects are mostly wretched (this is a low budget horror picture from 2001, so what do you expect) but the practical effects are great. Lots of gore and nudity, too.
Also, if you've ever wished they made a movie out of Resident Evil 4, this is basically that, but with fishmen instead of zombies. |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 2:15 PM Author: In (No Future) Subject: The Ghost Galleon Third in the 1970s quadrology of 'Blind Dead' films, which are these Spanish zombie movies about bloodsucking skeletal Knights Templar who hunt by sound. This is generally considered the weakest, and it's taken me a while to get around to this one. I watched it this afternoon while working. It's not very good, although I'd highly recommend Tombs of the Blind Dead to any interested parties. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5598785&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310919",#48159561) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 4:57 PM Author: ;;;..........;.;.;.;.;.;.;.,,;.;.,,,;.;. Subject: Quick Funny Quick funny. I'm a grandfather now and have two daughters. When one was in college, I was visiting her in college to drop off some stuff and helping out with a Halloween party and I met her roommate.
She was wearing stockings, and when I realized that she was, I didn't look at her. At all. My daughter saw that I was uncomfortable but quickly figured out why. She then did everything in her power to make me more uncomfortable. Truly rotten of her.
When I gave her a silent message/communicating that I hated her and I knew what she was doing... blah, blah, blah. At the end, when she hugged me, she whispered in my ear that she was getting even for some of the rotten things I did to embarrass her when she discovered boys.
That genuinely made me a proud dad that she was that evil. She is a rotten kid, and I love her for it. |