What’s sad about that is that if they had just decided to use CGI at the start, it probably would have at least looked better than what the final product ended up being due to part of the budget going to practical effects. 
What i took from it, is that this was the alien’s first rodeo with people. With animals it’s sheer force/power is enough to assimilate/dominant them. But creatures with our intelligence/wit you can’t just power through in the same manner. Especially in big numbers. It’s like it was playing Gears for the first time and tried to Rambo through everyone and got rekt. The original adaptation of the movie it learned from it’s past mistake and went all Solid Snake on everyone. Although, i agree with everything else you said on the movie.
Or it’s just a bad movie.
Sure, just take all the fun out it why don’t you 
Watching Day of the Dead remake, man is this movie is shit.
Anybody seen Hellen Keller vs Nightwolves?
I just watched The Babadook, really don’t see what all the praise was about.
(Frankenstein’s Army came on again last night and seeing it was on reminded me to ask this question: Did you ever get around to watching it, @“AYO?!”? Did I even recommend it to you? I can’t remember whether I recommended that or Vanishing on 7th Street to you or if it was someone else.)
Anyway, I basically agree with everything said about the most recent version of The Thing. I wouldn’t say it was a bad movie, but it was basically unnecessary and even ignoring the inevitable comparisons to the stellar version by John Carpenter, it was a basically one of those “so average if it’s bland and forgetful” movies. If it was particularly bad, like say The Happening was/is, then it would have been memorable, even if for all the wrong reasons. As it was, about the only things that were memorable for the most part, though, were how bad the CGI was, which is an example of the above, and perhaps how massive and detailed they made the space ship for as little time was spent there.
The fact that they never explained or hinted at what supposedly happened to the main female character was also irksome, but I’m just guessing she just died since nothing else has ever touched on her as far as I’m aware and she was presumably stuck in the middle of Antarctica unless Scott Pilgrim saved her.
I still somewhat want to watch The Babadook. Was it bad to you or were you just not impressed after all the hype and praise?
Yeah I saw both those films Damned, actually enjoyed them as well. Frankenstein’s army a unique way of doing found footage and had some really great practical effects. The monsters gave me a RE4 vibe and the WWII setting was fun.
Vanishing was a cool premise but kind of fell flat for me, I think it was the length of the film, it would have worked better as a shorter segment. Still Hayden Christianson got a chance to emote and be a dick so that was refreshing.
The Babadook is a film I feel is not for everyone, without actually being in those positions itself the film loses a lot of its appeal. It is understandable that people won’t get it or the deeper meaning of what is going on but that’s okay. The monster is still rad.
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I laughed when they first showed the creature. Usually a bad sign in a horror movie when you aren’t sure if something is supposed to be funny or scary. I also got really creepy vibes at the beginning, not in a good way, when the mother got uncomfortable with her son “touching” her and then the vibrator scene also featuring the kid. Just overall bad start IMO.
The Last Shift is now streaming on Netflix.
Shudder continues to add a lot of older, more obscure films like Nekromantic, Mutant, Grizzly and The Beyond.
I lost my shit when I saw Aftermath was listed on Netflix (for a while).
(I’ll respond to AYO?!'s post in particular in my next post since I wanted to quote something else from a while back.)
That said, so noted about The Babadook. I doubt I’d like it then given I’ve literally never wanted children and I already figured that the movie was greatly based around the “adult fear” of being unable to keep your child safe.
resists the urge to laugh
…You mean seppuku.
Also, Uzumaki the manga has this problem too really. I “recommended” it three or four years–if not longer–ago in the lounge when I started reading it since I like Junji Ito’s work as a whole–thanks Stabby–and we in the lounge generally agreed that the manga itself somewhat “jumps the shark” and starts getting (far) worse as a whole after the ninth chapter about the lighthouse; @ViciousSLASH is one of the people who can back me up on this.
So I can’t say I’m terribly surprised the film had that as one of its issues, especially if it kept the same sort of ending. It makes me wonder if Gyo or Hellstar Remina would suffer the same fates if they were made into (presumably) live-action films as well, especially with as silly as Gyo arguably gets.
Is Shudder worth signing up for?
It’s only $4.99 and the first 14 or so days are free.
Pretty low risk.
(Huh. Good to know about Shudder. I’d never heard of it before.)
Anyone else heard of or watched a documentary about horror called Why Horror? that apparently came out last year? I randomly saw it on last night and decided to record it on a whim after briefly reading the description since I tend to like documentaries. I guess I’ll give feedback about it if I watch it later today since I really to get rid of stuff on the DVR (like always).
Funny that I’ve had the same feeling quite a few times, including as of late with a modern-day horror movie that took place in a hospital centered around some young nurses and orderlies, one of whom I could have sworn was named Candice or some variation thereof. Given it supposedly had shades of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I think it’s just mind giving me grief about my lazy ass not watching the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers despite the fact that I’ve had it on the DVR for at least a week or two. Not sure where the name “Candice” comes from since I know literally no one with that name.
That said, provided it exists, the movie you’re talking doesn’t sound familiar though. Sorry.
Good to hear. As much as I liked the idea of Vanishing on 7th Street, in part because it’s rare to see a Cosmic Horror Story movie in general and even rarer to see one that isn’t drenched in some type of gore, I agree that it was longer than it needed to be.
I agree about Frankenstein’s Army. I haven’t watched very many found-footage movies, in part because they never appealed to me–I’d never watch Paranormal Activity, for example, unless maybe someone else I knew wanted to do so together. Frankenstein’s Army was a good example of how one of those found-footage movies can be done well if actual effort is put it into even if you don’t like the protagonist(s), sort of like Cloverfield even though I know people have mixed feelings about that film.
Along those same lines, now I can’t remember if I mentioned Lake Mungo to you. I wouldn’t even necessarily call it a “horror” film though. More sort of a docudrama with supernatural elements.
(I loathe double posting, but I figure I might well do this now before I forget entirely.)
So, I watched Why Horror? on Monday and I have to say that it was rather interesting, especially since I was expecting it to be less broad than it was. It talked about more than movies, going into paintings like Goya’s “Disasters of War”, holidays, and even briefly video games as well. It primarily talked movies, however, and discussed and investigated how and why people react to them and may be attracted to them. I wouldn’t say that it was all that in-depth of an investigation given the relatively laid-back methods used, the overall laid-back tone of the documentary itself, and the aforementioned broadness it tried to go over in a mere 90 minutes. As already mentioned, though, it was ultimately rather interesting all things considered. At the very least, it made me aware of more horror-oriented things, like the aforementioned set of paintings, The Ghost of Yotsuya, and the idea of “Snuggle Theory”.
It also reminded me that I still need to watch Suspiria even though that particular movie didn’t come up. Sigh.
Anyone seen Backcountry? I had only a vague idea of what it was about, which truly lends itself to the movie. I’d go as far to say it’s almost necessary to NOT know exactly what this movie about to enjoy it. All I knew going in was a white couple goes camping deep into the woods and horrific shit happens to them. If you don’t mind slow build ups I would recommend it, and if you don’t give a fuck about spoilers but still wanna see it I left a brief one below. I would HIGHLY suggest not reading it though if you plan on watching the movie anytime soon.
Spoiler
The movie sets you up to think a killer is going to be after them about mid way through, but what ends up happening is a vicious bear attack. It has a very slow build towards this, but when the bear strikes for the first time, holy shit. A truly gruesome scene, reminded me of when Quint gets eaten by Jaws, but much slower.