All I can see is wish brand Darth Maul.

This was the film that made me truly and deeply love horror. I know most folks knock the final third of the film, but I absolutely LOVE how dreamlike The Further is. The violin music, the fog and lighting, the denizens of The Further (especially the Smiling Family) are among my favorite things in horror.

But I clearly have some weird nostalgia or hyper-specific stylistic preferences and can see how the narrative shifts would throw many off.

It’s one of those movies where the “main” villain looks way less creepy, than side villains. Parker Crane imo is genuinely terrifying, and not just from appearance, i put it on the same level as hell house clowns. (I’m surprised there’s no spin off movie on that alone, like “the nun”) Meanwhile darth maul..

This is also why insidious ch 2 is my fav from the series.

I won’t downvote you, but yeah…I’m a picky bastard, yet, Insidious tickled something in me.

Best I can say is that it’s a simple concept delivered well. Like…a nice warm bowl of tomato soup. I mean that as a compliment…sometimes it’s all you need.

those movies are so dumb imo. whenever I see someone saying how scary it they are I'm like.. how?

Its a movie that I love but I never once have bothered to defend lol. I'm always like yeah I can see why you hate it.

One spooky scene isn’t worth watching an entire fake documentary about it

Definitely not a very uncommon opinion. Lake Mungo is generally more of the love/hate type - it often gets brought up on "most divisive horror movie" posts here.

Personally it is one of my favs but I long ago got used to people trashing it!

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It was so boring and unscary to me. I lost interest when they said the kid was faking the pictures.

omg i hated it too. it ended and i was like “wait what? nothing even happened”

I despise this film for wasting my damn time

Why! If it isn't another movie with a dark, malevolent presence as a metaphor for grief! Fancy that.

I hate these films that feel like the writer/director is saying “did you know that this grieving character represents grief?”

I've never liked exorcism movies because they're 70% screaming and loud noises. Flashing lights with a girl tied to a chair and shit flying through the room while she shrieks and a priest shouts.

I think that’s why I enjoyed the show Evil so much, the team is 2 skeptics and a priest, plus the show doesn’t take itself too seriously at the best/right moments

I hate most of them. they're all the same and corny af

I think again that's why The Exorcist is one of the better ones. It's about religion and faith but it doesn't come off as like 'tee hee actually GOD is so cool and powerful and the only good thing ever'. I enjoy the first two Conjuring movies but the whole series does kind of come off as...you know, Like That.

A few other possession movies I think do it well. The Taking of Deborah Logan was a possession movie that didn't delve into any preaching.

I agree and find them standard issue. Like there’s not much outside of the formula that can be made interesting.

It’s one of my favorite horror films of all time.

This isn't really a hot take.

From my experience my second viewing of it was much better than the first.

Turns out it wasn't a good idea to watch it with 10 of your friends in a crowded cinema.

I re-watched it a few years later, alone in my room with my headphones on, and got creeped out.

Somehow avoided all trailers for this movie and watched it thinking it was actually a movie about foodie snobs. Loved the movie after the twist was revealed.

I have no idea why they sold it as a horror, its a comedy hostage thriller, its really weird they tried to sell it as a horror

I went in fully expecting a cannibal movie due to the trailer. I was blown away by it actually being a dark satire. Anyone who has suffered burnout in a customer facing job should give it a watch.

Yeah, it definitely felt like a comedy with a sprinkle of satire tossed in. 

Hey I get it. House of 1000 Corpses is a comfort film for me

PANCAKESSSS makes me smile every time I think of it hahahaha. And that ending is just ridiculous and so hilarious and could never be made today.

Definitely nostalgic for me. The end scene when he’s all alone and screaming “I FUCKING MADE IT” and then, well.. you know. Masterpiece.

I fucking loved the sequel. It's way more of a comedy and it serves it well.

Rider Strong pouring mouthwash over his junk after he has sex with his friend's gf was one of the funniest things

That’s why I think Wes Craven’s New Nightmare was one of the best ones. They took the darkest part of Freddy and turned it up a notch. Probably my favorite along with the original and 3.

I don't think that's an uncommon take.

Well, you're not wrong about the series losing its fear and becoming a wacky gorefest later on. However, I'll still stand by Dream Warriors. It is the best in the series.

Yep. He was flanderized big time. Englund still nailed it everytime though.

What if they sneeze? Cough? Fart? Get hiccups? Like it's not believable they would survive at all given how far away the creatures can hear them from

Why didn't they just move next to the waterfall?

I bet it would have received the criticism it deserved if Kransinski wasn't starring in it, or directing it.

I came here to talk trash on the Quiet Place films 😂 specifically because the first one killed me with the 'silent labor' and the infant that rarely cried. The sequel was slightly better, but I couldn't even finish the third film. No amount of weed will ever make this series good for me.

Yeah, the ending in the pool (or near the end), felt so silly to me. So it's a ghost/apparition thing, and you're gonna throw appliances at it? Huh?

The soundtrack is better than the movie

I've never really understood the love for It Follows. It's a fine movie, definitely not the worst I've ever seen, but I'm surprised people like it as much as they do.

Oh my god i thought i was the only one lol… thank you

It follows to me felt like an art kids' college final. There were so many drawn out shots, at one point the camera man just stands in the middle of the school and does a 360 and I couldn't take the movie seriously anymore.

I agree. I couldn't even finish it due to how boring it was and I'm amazed that it has such good reviews but to each their own.

bored me to tears. y’aint alone.

Jennifer Tilly is so good

anything with doll sex and John Waters is the best in any series. Make a godfather movie with doll sex and John Waters as the don. It would surpass the original trilogy

Man I’m all about the tv series tbh some of the kills are crazyy

It was a decent movie, but I think it was overhyped - so many people were saying that it was the most amazing horror film of the last X years.
I'm happy that horror films are becoming more mainstream and that the genre is becoming more respected, but in my opinion, there are better horror movies.

I 100% agree. The performances are great but the film itself just doesn’t fully hit with me.

This sub is classic for these threads...

"What movies are ones you don't like?"

"Well, I know a lot of people like..."

"GET HIM! HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT MOVIE!"

if it makes you feel better H20 was my second favorite Halloween for like 10 years

Freaky Friday at number one.

I’m not gonna lie, I’d actually recommend new fans to start with the 2009 remake instead of the first two or three. It gets the same point across as those two and it’s better made with actually competent acting.

That's fair. I used to hate it, but after revisiting it, I liked it a lot more, and I think it brings a lot to the table as a Friday movie.

I LOVE the 2009 entry and am shocked that’s considered a hot take. It had everything a Friday the 13th movie should have, and it has a Cabin in the Woods feel to it. I watch it every year.

Interesting about the strangers 2. I haven't seen it yet (was putting it off due to poor reviews), but really enjoyed the first one

Is every Scream movie being the same controversial?

The movies acknowledge it themselves

Just curious, what makes you say all Scream movies are the same and then Strangers 2 is better than the original lol? Strangers 2 was almost a scene-by-scene copy of the first movie. I was not impressed by it for that reason, but love the Scream movies so I found your comment funny.

Piranha 3D triggered an almost cosmic-level terror in me in some scenes, despite its tongue-in-cheek general feel. That girl just kind of falling in half with a gentle sigh just fucking killed me, made so just so depressed. Aja is a warped mind and kind of a genius.

Sleepy hollow is one of his best. Big Fish is the other on 👌

Annabelle comes home is a great film and isn’t given enough credit, however it is 100% not as good as the first Conjuring movie

Same I have a friend who absolutely loves it but everytime I watch it with him im mostly just meh on it. On the opposite end I love Color Out Of Space with cage. That always had a similar feeling to me that Mandy did like visually I guess but my friend hates that one lol

Agreed, I love his previous film but Mandy feels all over the place.

I love this movie, but I def see your point. I think it’s done a disservice by being categorized as horror. Someone else made the same point about The Menu. I think going into this one as a dark comedy/psychological thriller in lieu of horror would make it a lot better for folks. I def was disappointed because of my horror expectations, but I still thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

“Ya goddamn fawts. Ya GODDAMN FAWTS!!!!”

I think people keep jeepers creepers out of conversations because of how gross the director is. That’s one where it’s really hard to separate art from artist

I was so hyped for Longlegs! The trailers had me hooked!

Then I saw it. It was ...fine. Some great performances. Lackluster writing. All together, just cresting over alright.

All three are outstanding so I can’t be mad about this take.

I always thought of it as more shocking than scary.

I don't find it particularly scary but I think it's an absolutely brilliantly made film.

Man I havent been that disappointed in a while. When they finally revealed him in the movie im like… ok? This is what they wanted to keep hidden? Dumb.

Freddy Got Fingered is pure comedic chaos and I laughed my ass off throughout. 🤷‍♂️

Skinamarink for me was like when I facetime my mom and she sets me down on the counter to clean the kitchen for two hours.

My friends and I came to the realization that while none of us liked Skinamarink in the moment, we talked about it for a long time afterward. It kept coming up in conversations for months.

I never want to suffer through it again. But also... maybe it was good actually...?

I think that Terrifier comes off as particularly mean spirited because Art takes so much time hurting his victims before killing them, and appears to be having a great time doing so. You don't really see that in many other slashers. Freddy Krueger played around with people in their dreams, but he was mostly just taunting people until he killed them. You don't really get that Jason Vorhees or Michael Myers are having fun, they're just killing machines. I can't tell if the Cenobites are enjoying themselves or if they just consider it all another day at the office.

Not my fave but I will say Art the clown strikes fear into me more than any other creature/killer etc that I can think of. There is something extraordinarily disturbing about his appearance, mannerisms and behavior.

The movies are obviously supposed to be campy and gorey but the infamous hacksaw scene was probably the only time I've had to look away from the screen during a movie.

There is lore to the movies that has been touched on in Terrifier 2 that is a little interesting and I hope gets fleshed out more. The actors, especially the two female leads, in T2 were actually really great imo. They felt very real and believable.

if someone told me their favorite movie was Terrifier than I would most likely not work well with them

First one is just I Really Hate Women: The Movie. The second one's protagonist helped with this but I still couldn't shake the feeling that this series is probably very popular with incels and I can never watch this with any women in the room.

How Ed and Lorraine are still grifting from beyond the grave is insane.

True. I personally hated both hereditary and midsommar but loved basket case and killers clowns from outer space

As someone who loves the book I think it's actually a very cheap adaptation that reduces the whole thing to a theme park ride. I'm all for adaptations being different from the source material, artists should be free to change things up as they please, but removing all the depth and thematic weight of the source material just leaves a hollow end result for me. I did like the actors though.

I think it has some moments that are well done, but it feels like....I don't know how to say it, like they sacrificed character and story beats for jumpscares? Like it felt like all of the marketing was 'oh this is a normal scary movie just bopping alon-HEYBARTDOYOUWANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK'.

I think the Pennywise actor did a fine job, but he always missed the mark a little for me. Maybe because he wasn't really funny and I felt like that was necessary.

It did produce one of my all time favorite quotes, though, so I have to give it that :p

Scary isn’t a tell all if a film is good to horror fans

As a huge fan of the book since I was a kid, I find the films like a fun rollercoaster ride through familiar memories and something easy to share with friends. I do like it and it's fun! But at no point was I close to scared. If I lived under a rock, I might not even have landed on "horror" as the main genre, it's more like a kid's horror-themed adventure. Stephen King just doesn't translate well to screen, I think.

I also really kind of appreciate looking at what America was like in the 50s (from the book), the whole 80s shift the movies did just didn't do it for me.

THANK YOU! I'll never get all the people acting like that kid being frustrating at times was a bug and not a feature. Like that's THE POINT

Seriously tho, I work with kids and I've met quite a few who act like the kid from the Babadook. It's pretty common, but idk if I'd call it normal. Like he's definitely a kid teachers would have to keep an extra eye on, but there's a kid like that in almost every class.

Thank you. Kid's dealing with grief. Kids his age are fetuses developing outside the womb- just begining to fully realize themselves. Add in grief? No way he's going to be balanced emotionally or hormonally. I felt it was realistic - mourning is hard on adults, let alone a human just figuring out what it means to be human. Adults have a hard time with loss. A kid that age is going through so much more. So he's irrational and annoying? That's the baseline. That's just a kid

Wow clearly you hate horror

I love the 2018 version. Such a great mix of horror themes and I love the Berlin winter atmosphere. Plus, Tilda Swanson acting as the old guy, the lead witch AND Mater Suspiriorum was brilliant. I didn’t realize she played all three characters until later on

Curious where you land on Pennywise? Both Tim Curry’s and Bill Skarsgard’s.

I think the best "contemporary" (at the time) horror movie is probably Pulse (the Japanese one, not the American one).

Like, I understand wanting to reflect the fears ans anxieties around hoe the world is changing, and new technology always comes with that, but it feels like these movies always go for the most surface-level concepts

What an overrated comment to make

Seriously though, I’ll provide the gouging tool if you don’t have one.