Topic: Movie thread.

@Rambler it’s the opposite to lockdown though, they want everyone to mingle but outside the funeral so they can say it was the best attended event ever like when WWE lie about how many people are at Wrestlemania.

Okay, let's get our keyboards and yell via meaningless pixels.

@Rambler... Oh my, too bad we can't say anything or we get arrested.

@Kermit1 it’s as @Rambler said, you aren’t allowed to protest right now. The weirdest story is a man holding a blank sign was warned by the police not to write anything on it as he’d be arrested, NOT JOKING.

@jump @Rambler Things will get worse before they get better.

Now let's listen too Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and think

Please tell me this is a joke, please?

@Snatcher It's not sadly

@Kermit1 Dude I’m just as sad and it’s a big deal, it’s the queen, but why the hell would you do something like that? So other people can die because of a dead persoN?, just wow. Why couldn’t you me joking for once internet!

watched the old Sam Elliot movie Frogs that i recorded from the Svengoolie show couple of weeks ago.

@Rambler That’s going a little to far.

Oooo, interesting topic. In terms of modern filmmakers, I really like Colin Minihan. I've seen all but one of his films and the three I have seen have all been bangers. He has a real knack for taking the most tired horror tropes and spinning them in fantastic, imaginative, ways that really create a case study for why each trope became one in the first place.

I'd argue Hereditary is one of the best horror films we've had in decades, but I actually really didn't like Midsommar so jury is out for me on Ari Aster.

@Pizzamorg
Colin Minihan, huh? Didn't recognize the name so I googled it.
I saw 2 of his movies, Extraterrestrial and It Stains the Sands Red. Hated the first, thought the second one was OK. Haven't seen What Keeps You Alive yet but it seems that one was much better received, so I should give it a shot.

There have been a couple of directors lately who's first feature film was really good but they haven't been able to repeat that success. Ari Aster is one of them and I'd put Robert Eggers and Alex Garland in the same category who got too pretentious for their own good.
Jordan Peele however is really working for me. All 3 of his movies I liked.

@Rambler
I'd categorize Funny Games as torture, not horror, as it's extremely unpleasant to watch.

It Stains is the one I haven't seen. I have been meaning to watch it for years, but never got around to it.

Extraterrestrial might be my favourite of his films, so maybe our tastes aren't very aligned, but I thought What Keeps You Alive and Grave Encounters were both bangers as well, so I will be intrigued by how you land.

I haven't seen Men, but I thought Ex-Machina was crazy overrated. I also thought Annihilation was pretty bad, but that Bear scene will be burned into my nightmares for the rest of my life I think lol I also personally think all of Peele's films I have seen are super overrated. I would say Us was a step up from Get Out, but I wouldn't list either of them in any top lists of the last few decades. I also haven't seen anything from Eggers, I think I tried the Witch years ago but the olde english put me off.

Yup, it sure seems that way. But that's OK. 😊

@Rambler
Imagination is often a stronger tool to invoke fear than showing explicit imagery.
Probably why gore doesn't work for me.

Why is no one mentioning Uwe Boll as the best horror movie director?!?!?! Not only is he the horror maestro of classic like Blubberella he is also the master of video game adaptations like Postal, House Of The Dead, Bloodrayne, Alone In The Dark and Far Cry!

Just look at his brilliance!

@jump
Lol, you could say there's nothing more horrifying than watching a Uwe Boll film. 🤣

@jump WHERE CAN I SEE THAT FILM??? It looks amazingly bad, exactly the type of film I love and the wife hates

@Bunkerneath Years ago I watched 10 mins of it and even on an ironic make fun of it level it's really bad.

If you want intentionally brilliantly bad then try Danger 5, it's amazing fun! The company that produced it have now put all of the episodes on Youtube for free!

@jump Oh hell yes, I know what I'm watching after work today.