Essential The Official Coli Horror Film Thread: Discussion, Recommendations And Murder.
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MenacingMonk
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I didn’t get the hype for it either. It was a decent watch, but nothing that needed a sequel.
I see a movie without a country. Not scary enough for this horror right here, and maybe, just maybe, not smart enough for dem art house horror mfs out there.
I'm just a cinephile, I suppose.
Straw Hat Luffy
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This shyt was messed up yo lol
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hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
Kaylee kaneshiro is in this, she was on Legacies
Jason Voorhees Actor Kane Hodder and ‘Devil’s Rejects’ Star Bill Moseley Team for Horror Movie ‘Covet’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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Saysumthinfunnymike
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Watched 'Talk to Me' again in preparation for 'Bring Her Back' and here's the thing. I like the movie and some of the themes it plays on about loss/trauma or even the surface level ideas about fukking around and finding out. However, does the lore behind the hand bother anyone in how it was utilized? We've seen this "ancient artifact" trope in horror a bunch but this takes place with all sorts of phones out, social media postings, etc. Don't you think the Feds or someone would be trying to confiscate this by now and launching a full investigation? They must know of it's legend. Also, why are the teenagers so "matter of fact" about ghosts, demons and the afterlife? Maybe I'm nitpicking, but it's some things that are on my mind.
You're not wrong. And I'm the last one who should talk about turning one's brain off because it is very hard for me to do so for movies of many a genres, but if it's one time I try my hardest to do it with, it's horror.
It's too many examples of bodies piling up, cults going nuts, mass murdering serial sprees that result in little to no news coverage, no govt intervention to even began to try to take some of the logic too seriously.
Horror as a whole really does it intentionally too (imo). It really be about the metaphor more so than realism cuz horror already can come off goofy & childish on its own if not careful, especially with an older audience.
I don't even really jack the hand as a plot device as much as I view it as a stand-in for young recklessness, peer pressure, grief, addiction etc.
But I feel you cuz with modern technology & habits, there def would've been a #TheHand following on TikTok or social at some point
. And I def got a few other issues with Talk To Me (posted in the official thread) but not really the hand itself. I try to look at *some* of it as just horror logic to me. Now, if you start going against the rules of your own shyt that you set, then that's another story.
Just got back from "Bring Her Back* (I said "Bring Her Home" LMAO). I'll give it about a 6/10. It was a slow build. There was some decent gore in this. This movie comes off like a side story to a more important back story that they only slightly allude to.
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Saysumthinfunnymike
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has del Toro ever missed?
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I generally go with the "it's not our world, so I'll let the writers show us the rules of their universe" philosophy for most horrors. Like @Trav said, my only complaints come if the movie sets rules that it doesn't stick to. Give me a coherent universe, and I can suspend my disbelief by assuming it's just a quirk of this universe (small example from a movie mentioned recently: The Black Phone universe is violent AF for no apparent reason)
With Talk to Me, I just view how empty that world seems, and it kinda reminds me of It Follows. They're definitely taking place in some parallel universe to ours. I think Bring Her Back could fit in the Talk to Me world-logic too. But they're definitely no occurring in the real world as we know it.
I feel like a bunch of great horror movies could get picked apart in the "let's ruin our favorite movies with logic" thread if we wanted to. Like Hereditary's entire plan could have been foiled if any kid at the HS party had an EpiPen.
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Watching Vampire Hunter D 
Saysumthinfunnymike
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I hear you and I agree with your points. For some reason it just hit me hard in 'Talk to Me' because of phones and social media being so prevalent. I'll give you an example of where I think a horror film nailed it with present day technology. 'Smile' was so good in part because the characters were very intelligent in their use of real world tech. She's like "hey, this isn't right, this can't be a coincidence...look at all these other cases." The cop doesn't write it off as "you're crazy, miss" and forget about it. He assists her and goes
knowing full well that something wild is going on and it should be investigated.That's all I'm saying. I feel like when present day tech is introduced and we are to believe this is a modern real world setting, I just like seeing it utilized in a smart way.
I liked 'Talk to Me' for several reasons, those were just nitpicks.