Horror Movie Fans - Page 131

Cubsbball25 · 04-14-2025, 11:20 PM

Watched “Companion”.

A good movie and enjoyable throughout, but not really horror.

Hess687 · 04-16-2025, 10:08 PM

Not sure if anyone is watching "Yellowjackets" but man it jumped the shark this season.

Brobocop · 04-16-2025, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Not sure if anyone is watching "Yellowjackets" but man it jumped the shark this season.

I was going to sub to Showtime to watch it once it wraps but I’ve heard nothing but bad things about it.

jdandns · 04-16-2025, 10:28 PM

It's been pretty much the same from the start in my book. It looks like they're finally getting rescued next season, if there is one, which seems likely, as the ratings have increased from season to season. I imagine they'll probably wrap it up pretty soon even if it is renewed, but that hasn't been decided, or at least announced, yet.

Hess687 · 04-17-2025, 05:52 AM

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It's been pretty much the same from the start in my book. It looks like they're finally getting rescued next season, if there is one, which seems likely, as the ratings have increased from season to season. I imagine they'll probably wrap it up pretty soon even if it is renewed, but that hasn't been decided, or at least announced, yet.

I read they at least had five seasons in mind. I just didn’t care for the adult storyline and how it has played out this season. Not to mention, they were already rescued!!!! Until they weren’t. Once that happened, I lost a ton of interest. It made zero sense. Literally zero sense, in my opinion.

I’m trying not to spoil it in case there are people who do want to watch, but you don’t get stranded on an island for well over a year, almost get rescued, but decide on something else instead.

I’ll finish it out, as I’ve lasted this long, but they really need to turn it around and I’m not seeing how they do it which is unfortunate bc it had a ton of potential.

cdub6238 · 04-17-2025, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Brobocop

I was going to sub to Showtime to watch it once it wraps but I’ve heard nothing but bad things about it.

Heard of the show, and know the premise only..

But apparently Juliette Lewis stormed off a convention panel not long ago after complaining openly about the writing and her character in particular

Noles939913 · 04-22-2025, 08:48 PM

The new I Know What You Did Last Summer trailer came out today. The acting looks bad even by slasher movie standards and man Freddie Prinze Jr. looks like he’s about 75 years old. I adore the original but the premise doesn’t really lend itself to a franchise. 28 years later some more teens think they accidentally killed someone in the same small town and are stalked by him a year later?

Hess687 · 04-23-2025, 08:48 PM

Well I made it all of 15 minutes into In a Violent Nature that's now on Hulu before I just turned it off. Hopefully I made the right decision.

jdandns · 04-23-2025, 09:19 PM

It won the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for "Kill of the Year", but that comes later in the movie.

jdandns · 04-23-2025, 10:50 PM

"Dead Mail" is new on Shudder.

A Midwestern-made indie thriller with horror elements, it's set in the early 80s and concerns a man obsessed with sound and the keyboard designer who he thinks can help him attain the perfect one. The basement-kidnap tale intertwines with the local post office which employs a different man who is especially adept, in the pre-Internet age, at figuring out how to deliver letters that have been routed to the dead letter office (meaning there is some issue with the address). It all ties together in the end. It's designed to look like an early 80's movie and fittingly, the music score is quite prominent in the story, almost like a character, as in the John Carpenter movies of that era.

7.5/10

49erRCCollector · 04-23-2025, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Well I made it all of 15 minutes into In a Violent Nature that's now on Hulu before I just turned it off. Hopefully I made the right decision.

I saw it in the theater, it plays better when you are a captive viewer.

I am a hardcore enough horror fan to appreciate the “Terrence Mallick directs Friday the 13th” energy but it is sloooooooow.

awz50 · 04-28-2025, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Well I made it all of 15 minutes into In a Violent Nature that's now on Hulu before I just turned it off. Hopefully I made the right decision.

I personally loved it but I can see how some do not

awz50 · 04-28-2025, 11:03 AM

Watched Lovely, Dark, and Deep this weekend

I loved it and had great pacing

pingbling23 · 05-03-2025, 01:02 PM

Wolf man was a disappointment. It started off well enough but fell flat.

Hess687 · 05-15-2025, 11:31 AM

Watched Heart Eyes on Netflix....not recommended unless nothing else to watch. Had high hopes after the opening kill scene.

Bearsfan54 · 05-16-2025, 04:34 PM

Sat thru that crap last night. HORRIBLE Acting, Very cheesy movie. 90 Minutes I'll never get back. Shame that Jordana Brewster was in it, I enjoy her in the FAST&FURIOUS movies

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Watched Heart Eyes on Netflix....not recommended unless nothing else to watch. Had high hopes after the opening kill scene.

cdub6238 · 05-16-2025, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Watched Heart Eyes on Netflix....not recommended unless nothing else to watch. Had high hopes after the opening kill scene.

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Originally Posted by Bearsfan54

Sat thru that crap last night. HORRIBLE Acting, Very cheesy movie. 90 Minutes I'll never get back. Shame that Jordana Brewster was in it, I enjoy her in the FAST&FURIOUS movies

I think that was part of the "shtick"..

Campy throwback...it wasn't terrible imo, just mindless watch

marl1220 · 05-18-2025, 04:40 PM

Signed up for Apple+ free month so I could watch "The Gorge" tonight.

Has anyone seen it yet?

Hess687 · 05-18-2025, 05:57 PM

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Signed up for Apple+ free month so I could watch "The Gorge" tonight.

Has anyone seen it yet?

The wife and I both watched it. Not really a horror movie and not really a good movie either lol. I like both the actor and actress and thought the preview looked great. My wife and I both agreed it was a let down.

jdandns · 05-18-2025, 06:13 PM

It was OK, but the Apple+ highlights really are their continuing series, the best two being:

Foundation
For All Mankind

Severance, Shrinking, Silo, The Studio, and The Big Door Prize are also pretty good. Monarch is recommended if you like Godzilla and other giant monsters.

Of their concluded series, I recommend Mythic Quest, Disclaimer, Ted Lasso, and Servant. They also have the WWII series Masters of the Air, which was the followup to Band of Brothers and The Pacific which both aired on HBO. Bad Sisters is a little more soap opera-ish, but I enjoyed it.

Their best movie is CODA (which won Best Picture at the Oscars).
Others worth a look at Cherry, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, and The Tragedy of Macbeth.

They've got a couple of good documentaries, too, on Michael J. Fox and the Beastie Boys.

jdandns · 05-18-2025, 06:21 PM

Back to horror, the new Final Destination looks to be doing pretty well.
Might go catch that one tomorrow.

marl1220 · 05-19-2025, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

The wife and I both watched it. Not really a horror movie and not really a good movie either lol. I like both the actor and actress and thought the preview looked great. My wife and I both agreed it was a let down.

I actually liked it, but I like a lot of bad movies. It gave me a "Doom" meets "Silent Hill" vibe.

jdandns · 05-19-2025, 05:04 PM

If your school library had any of these Crestwood books like mine did, you were a lucky kid indeed:

We weren't allowed to run in the halls, but several of us would walk very briskly to be the first to get to these!

Here's the back cover design, which I think was the same on all of them:

jdandns · 05-20-2025, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Hess687

Not sure if anyone is watching "Yellowjackets" but man it jumped the shark this season.

Renewed for Season 4 today.
Apparently, the Season 3 finale was the most-watched episode of the series so far, so that probably helped.
Producers have said they would like 5 seasons, but could probably wrap it up in 4 if they had to.

Hess687 · 05-20-2025, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jdandns

Renewed for Season 4 today.
Apparently, the Season 3 finale was the most-watched episode of the series so far, so that probably helped.
Producers have said they would like 5 seasons, but could probably wrap it up in 4 if they had to.

Oh I'm all in for another season. I've invested way too much time into this to not see it through to the end. Hated last season, but I'm still pumped. Nothing is worse than investing time into a tv show only for them to cancel it on you, so I'm glad to see it's coming back.

04-16-2025, 10:28 PM	#3254
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,421	It's been pretty much the same from the start in my book. It looks like they're finally getting rescued next season, if there is one, which seems likely, as the ratings have increased from season to season. I imagine they'll probably wrap it up pretty soon even if it is renewed, but that hasn't been decided, or at least announced, yet. __________________ "Repent, Harlequin!", said the Ticktockman.

04-22-2025, 08:48 PM	#3257
Noles939913 Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 6,788	The new I Know What You Did Last Summer trailer came out today. The acting looks bad even by slasher movie standards and man Freddie Prinze Jr. looks like he’s about 75 years old. I adore the original but the premise doesn’t really lend itself to a franchise. 28 years later some more teens think they accidentally killed someone in the same small town and are stalked by him a year later? __________________ “Mr. Phillips found old Johnny Cash and he was high High before he ever took those pills and he's still too proud to die Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back Like, "Dammit Elvis, don't he know, he ain't no Johnny Cash"

04-23-2025, 09:19 PM	#3259
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,421	It won the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for "Kill of the Year", but that comes later in the movie. __________________ "Repent, Harlequin!", said the Ticktockman.

04-23-2025, 10:50 PM	#3260
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,421	"Dead Mail" is new on Shudder. A Midwestern-made indie thriller with horror elements, it's set in the early 80s and concerns a man obsessed with sound and the keyboard designer who he thinks can help him attain the perfect one. The basement-kidnap tale intertwines with the local post office which employs a different man who is especially adept, in the pre-Internet age, at figuring out how to deliver letters that have been routed to the dead letter office (meaning there is some issue with the address). It all ties together in the end. It's designed to look like an early 80's movie and fittingly, the music score is quite prominent in the story, almost like a character, as in the John Carpenter movies of that era. 7.5/10 __________________ "Repent, Harlequin!", said the Ticktockman. Last edited by jdandns; 04-23-2025 at 10:53 PM.

04-28-2025, 11:03 AM	#3263
awz50 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: New Hampshire>>>Arizona>>>>Florida Posts: 32,985 awz50	Watched Lovely, Dark, and Deep this weekend I loved it and had great pacing __________________ Collecting Baseball Hof Autographs 248/351 Blowouts Official Red Sox face of the franchise Eduardo Rodriguez Super Collector

04-14-2025, 11:20 PM	#3251
Cubsbball25 Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NC Posts: 4,088	Watched “Companion”. A good movie and enjoyable throughout, but not really horror.

04-16-2025, 10:08 PM	#3252
Hess687 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,696 hess687	Not sure if anyone is watching "Yellowjackets" but man it jumped the shark this season.

04-23-2025, 08:48 PM	#3258
Hess687 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,696 hess687	Well I made it all of 15 minutes into In a Violent Nature that's now on Hulu before I just turned it off. Hopefully I made the right decision.

05-03-2025, 01:02 PM	#3264
pingbling23 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 15,935 pingbling23	Wolf man was a disappointment. It started off well enough but fell flat.

05-15-2025, 11:31 AM	#3265
Hess687 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,696 hess687	Watched Heart Eyes on Netflix....not recommended unless nothing else to watch. Had high hopes after the opening kill scene.

05-18-2025, 04:40 PM	#3268
marl1220 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 9,559	Signed up for Apple+ free month so I could watch "The Gorge" tonight. Has anyone seen it yet?

05-18-2025, 06:13 PM	#3270
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,421	It was OK, but the Apple+ highlights really are their continuing series, the best two being: Foundation For All Mankind Severance, Shrinking, Silo, The Studio, and The Big Door Prize are also pretty good. Monarch is recommended if you like Godzilla and other giant monsters. Of their concluded series, I recommend Mythic Quest, Disclaimer, Ted Lasso, and Servant. They also have the WWII series Masters of the Air, which was the followup to Band of Brothers and The Pacific which both aired on HBO. Bad Sisters is a little more soap opera-ish, but I enjoyed it. Their best movie is CODA (which won Best Picture at the Oscars). Others worth a look at Cherry, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, and The Tragedy of Macbeth. They've got a couple of good documentaries, too, on Michael J. Fox and the Beastie Boys. __________________ "Repent, Harlequin!", said the Ticktockman.

05-18-2025, 06:21 PM	#3271
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,421	Back to horror, the new Final Destination looks to be doing pretty well. Might go catch that one tomorrow. __________________ "Repent, Harlequin!", said the Ticktockman.

05-19-2025, 05:04 PM	#3273
jdandns Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,421	If your school library had any of these Crestwood books like mine did, you were a lucky kid indeed: We weren't allowed to run in the halls, but several of us would walk very briskly to be the first to get to these! Here's the back cover design, which I think was the same on all of them: __________________ "Repent, Harlequin!", said the Ticktockman.