Horror movies and TV series

All of this talk about CHUD reminded me of way back to my senior year of high school when a group of my friends would get together every Friday night. We'd go rent movies and just spend all night watching them, laughing our asses off, and eating way too much pizza. Most times we'd rent horror movies and get a series like all of the Jaws movies or a bunch of Friday the 13ths or Nightmare on Elm Streets.

However, one of my fondest memories was when my friend's girlfriend, at the time, decided we should rent CHUD II. That movie was awful but in a great way. There was no horror, the comedy was very bad, and of course it had tremendous acting. We had such a good time making so much fun of that film. I think we pissed his girlfriend off in the process though because she seriously thought it would be a good movie.

Malignant was stupid as f*ck. And not in the good way.

Watched the new Candyman and didn't like it but it did have a good ending scene. Basically the movie didn't build up to the ending. The original is much better.

Watched Spiral from the book of Saw and liked it. And this would be the only Saw movie I liked but I haven't seen them all. I don't think anyone that likes the Saw movies will like this movie because it isn't a standard Saw movie. Sure it has the crazy death traps but they aren't the focus. The focus is on the cat and mouse game trying to figure out who is murdering cops.

The movie did have some dumb spots but nothing that ruin the movie for me. Then there were some spots that the movie thought was cleaver but were really obvious. They were so obvious I didn't think they were going there then they went there. Maybe they wanted something easy for people to figure out.

I give this 8 overdue books from the library.

I seem to remember, with the original CHUD, that there was a scene in a diner where everyone inside was killed by the CHUD. You didn’t see the attack, just the aftermath. I remember thinking it would have been good to see the attack. At the very end of the movie they show a scene with CHUD creeping up on a diner. I’m not sure if I read it somewhere or if it was just very obvious that it was the same diner from the middle of the film and they’d cut the start of the attack to use as the ending of the film.

Watching The Gray. It’s a lot better than I remember it being. Not scary particularly but poignant and Liam Neeson is very good at getting you to feel like you’re with him in his plight.

Serpent and the Rainbow was a decent movie, if only for the creepy atmosphere. Zakes Mokae is a creepy mf.

Has anybody seen Lighthouse? The trailer looked interesting but I never saw it.

MaxShrek wrote:

Serpent and the Rainbow was a decent movie, if only for the creepy atmosphere. Zakes Mokae is a creepy mf.

Has anybody seen Lighthouse? The trailer looked interesting but I never saw it.

I hated Lighthouse but most people love it. I liked the look and acting that is about it. I'd recommend it though just for being different from most modern movies.

Watched Old and liked it. Normally I would wait for a movie like this to stream but it is a good movie to see in theaters if you don't mind the risk. There aren't any really action scenes but it just looked like it should be on the big screen. However, you probably feel the same about the movie regardless on how you see it.

The movie is about a group of people stuck on a island where time moves really fast. Will they get out before dying of old age? Who is behind this? Hey is that guy racist? Oh no what about the children? Old ladies are scary.

People will probably have a problem with the ending. You know the director be doing those out of left field endings. I didn't have a problem with the ending but it is wacky. You wont be able to guess what is going on. The meat of the movie is how the people dealing with aging.

Yeah that came up on my radar, looks interesting.

Watched Doctor Sleep director's cut and liked it more than the basic version but there aren't any major changes. A couple more gruesome scenes. Maybe stick to the basic version if kids getting violently murdered turns your stomach. Also some longer scenes that weren't violent. I think they stuck a extra 30 minutes on movie that was already pretty long.

I give doctor sleep 9 axes cutting holes in doors.

Also watched Karen. The movie is called Karen what do you think it is about. Kind of cringe inducing and pretty dumb ending. Middle was kind of dumb also. Entire movie was dumb. I don't know why I watched this movie. Movies that remind me of real life gets to me even when they are good. I think the movie would have been better if played straight instead of this boogieman version.

I give Karen 2 too many times I had to deal with a karen. Yes I live in this neighborhood. No I didn't steal your purse. Why would I return your purse if I stole it. Great now I'm upset all over again.

Want to see a good scary movie that will remind you of real life? Contagion is pretty good. It is scary how much that movie got right. The movie is called Contagion you know what it is about. Want a black centered movie that will remind you of real life but wont hurt your feelings? His House is fantastic. The movie is called His House you know what it is abo....wait that title doesn't tell you anything.

His House is a about a couple of refugees that is given a run down house to make a new life in England. The house may be run down but compared to their previous situation it is a mansion. The only problem are the ghost trying to kill them. I loved this movie, might have been my movie of the year.

I give His House 9 Caterpillar Puppy Dogs from House 2. That little insect dog was so cute. Now I'm happy again.

Not a horror movie but I’m two episodes into ‘Squid Game’ on Netflix and it’s shaping up very well.

Apparently some cult show Darkplace is now on Amazon Prime. Just read an article linked from Twitter.

Also mentioned some 2018 film, Possum.

Wondering if I should check these out...

Possum looks like a grim and depressing film. Might be worth a try. I have only heard folks talk about it. I haven’t seen it.

What do you think about including TV series in the title and, by extension, the tread? There do seem to be more and more good horror shows.

Watched Malignant and was really not liking it until the last half hour when it goes nuts. The last half hour saved the entire movie for me.

Things start off confusing by design. I won't say everything gets explained but the important things get explained. Pretty violent with lots of good kills and action. I didn't guess what was happening but I think most people will. Well I guessed one part.

I give this 9 people that shouldn't have F with people if they wanted to live out of 10. I think most of the slaughter is practical.

Before I knew James Wan was directing it I thought Malignant sounded like someone trying to ape James Wan. His movies always tread a line between working brilliantly and just being too theatrical and ridiculous. I’m interested in seeing it. I heard another reviewer who guessed what was going on. I’m generally pretty good at figuring those things out so it’s nice when someone gets something past me and I’m genuinely taken by surprise.

Adding ‘…and TV series’ to the title has reminded me that I watched the Wolf Creek TV series. It was good but went in a direction that left me cold.

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Giving the killer a supernatural element.

I though the first Wolf Creek movie was truly horrifying with an incredibly unsettling killer. Wolf Creek 2 seemed to think we’d all warmed to the guy and his slaughtering antics and treated him as a kind of folk hero, which was just bizarre to me.

Watched Jacob's Wife which is a bad low budget vampire movie. The movie is played straight but acts like it was originally made to be a comedy. A unfulfilled preacher's wife becomes a vampire and people die. Now Jacob isn't a bad husband but he is dull to his wife. By become a vampire she can live her true unlife or something like that. Acting is bad, story is bad and practical effects are good for a low budget movie. You might watch the trailer and think it is a good movie but it isn't.

I give Jacob's Wife 2 dildos to take care of her own needs.

Oh you added tv series. Okay I just finish season 2 of Evil. I really liked this season. It is basically a buddy cop show without a cop. Here we have a man studying to be a priest, a former detective, and a tech guy solving mysteries for the church. They look into possession, possible demons, devices that can unlock belief in heaven or hell, murders that might have been caused by demons or angels and so on and so on. This season is interesting because each of the main characters has

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a demon or angel tormenting, helping, or following them around. Even the main bad guy has a demon.

I 'd give Evil 8 pairs of demons and angels sitting on your shoulder given you advice.

Currently watching Danny Phantom which is on par with Dexter's Lab or Kim Possible but not as good of those shows. Danny is half ghost and half boy which gives him ghost powers he uses to fight the many ghost that invade his town. Not very deep.

I give Danny Phantom 6 side eyes at how convenient his last name is phantom.

Also watching The Squid Game which is great so far. This is a death game show. So far all the games have been kid games with deadly twists Squid Game is a kids game but I have never heard of it. So far they went through three games and I hadn't heard of one of them. But note the show isn't just about the games. This show also hit on other people besides the contestants and did something really unexpected early on.

I give The Squid Game a few billion dollars to the winner.

Watched Thirst 2009 a Korean vampire film about a priest that becomes a vampire. People mistake his ability to heal as gift from god and end up worshipping as a messiah. The priest then ends up falling in love with a married woman that isn't treated very well. The title thirst isn't for the thirst of blood. Thirst is for the thirsty people wanting to F each other.

The movie is kind of slow but I liked it. Camera work is great. Acting is good. There were a few things I didn't understand like at times scissors were being put insides mouths without cutting them and it wasn't always real. So even though I enjoyed watching the movie there were scenes I just didn't get.

I give this move 8 vampire movies named Thirst for originality. There are like a billion movies called Thirst, half of them are vampire movies and the other half are porn. Some are probably both.

Thirst has been on my to-watch list forever after seeing Old Boy Old Boy 15 years ago.

I am two episodes into Midnight Mass and really loving the setting and characters. It is straight up Stephen King'y in those departments. It is slow to be sure. But I think it is similar to Squid Game in that way. They are allowing time to connect with the characters so when it really hits the fan it will have impact and meaning. I am down.

I tried Squid Game but the main character was so repellent I had to stop after 15 minutes or so.

Garth wrote:

Thirst has been on my to-watch list forever after seeing Old Boy Old Boy 15 years ago.

Same. I think I had it recorded somewhere.

Garth wrote:

I am two episodes into Midnight Mass and really loving the setting and characters. It is straight up Stephen King'y in those departments. It is slow to be sure. But I think it is similar to Squid Game in that way. They are allowing time to connect with the characters so when it really hits the fan it will have impact and meaning. I am down.

Interesting. Thank.

Mr GT Chris wrote:

I tried Squid Game but the main character was so repellent I had to stop after 15 minutes or so.

He grows as a human being as events progress but I get it, he’s pretty awful at the start. If you get to episode 2 you’ll have a better impression of the tone of the show and the guy’s character but I wouldn’t blame anyone for dropping off the series.

I had a similar reaction to an episode of Black Mirror actually. I was happily going through the seasons when I got to an episode in maybe season 4. Early in the episode the mother implants a tracker and camera in her daughter's eye then happily giggles away, watching her daughter's POV on her tablet, while playing hide and seek. It stirred some kind of reaction in me and I couldn't watch anymore.

There are so many disturbing moments in Black Mirror. I wouldn't have expected Arkangel to have been the episode that went to far.

It's something I can see many parents doing today, and not in a dystopian tomorrow. That's what put me off the episode.

Grenn wrote:

It's something I can see many parents doing today, and not in a dystopian tomorrow. That's what put me off the episode.

That's like half the episodes. Social media one? Yikes. Blocking people? Yep.

I Sell The Dead is another weird one. A movie about graverobbers with Angus Scrimm and Ron Perlman as secondary characters. The zombies move pretty creepily, and the part about the "cold grave" is pretty unique.

Grenn wrote:

It's something I can see many parents doing today, and not in a dystopian tomorrow. That's what put me off the episode.

Yep too close to home. My daughter was the same age at the time. Even the eye clinic interior resembled where we went for a checkup.

Watched Maniac Cop 2 and liked it. Not much of a story but it was a fun watch.

Watched Phantasm 2 and its a odd duck but I liked it. The tall man is after the boy from the first movie and a new girl because they can see what he is doing in their dreams. The boy and bold guy from the first movie are after the tall man to get revenge for what he did in the first movie.

In the first movie nothing was explained and that continues in this movie. Why are their balls flying around killing people? I don't know. Why is chainsaw wielding masked guy hiding in the basement? I don't know. Why is the tall guy stealing bodies to turn into little henchmen? I don't know. Stuff just happens for reasons unknown.

Then there is a weird sex scene that gets weirder once it becomes clear the lady

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is the tall man

This makes no sense what so ever. But the bald guy had a homemade four barrel shotgun. The kid brought a flame thrower. I'm trying to figure out if this is a comedy, its not played as comedy. Just a wacky movie.

I give this move 8 flying death balls that for some reason are more lethal toward the bad guys.

Oh, man. Phantasm scarred the crap out of my nine-year-old brain.

I don't know if I saw a trailer for it at the theater or I just caught a TV commercial for it, but those flying death balls really made an impression on me. I would have a recurring nightmare where my Hot Wheels would transform into the flying death balls and chase me around my house. It always ended with me running up the basement stairs with them right behind me, barely managing to slam the door shut before they got me, and hearing them embed themselves into the wood.

Maybe I should finally gather up enough courage to actually watch the movie.