A24 is involved, this could be a really good version if done like the original was. The remake was okay, it was too polished. That’s the problem with horror reboots. Atmosphere is required for a successful horror film
Essential The Official Coli Horror Film Thread: Discussion, Recommendations And Murder.
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Watched 'Jeepers Creepers' again recently. It will always have a place with me since I remember seeing it in theaters as a kid. I think it's well made. That period of mainstream horror wasn't the best but I think this one holds up. I love how it starts with the highway scene and then investigating the pipe that leads under the church, it's spooky, unsettling. Once you figure out what's going on I still think the second half holds up but it's really the first half of the film that always keeps me going back to it.
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just watched Weapons 
it was okay,, the first hour was kinda fluff,,,,,,,
it was okay,, the first hour was kinda fluff,,,,,,,Lord_nikon
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classic 
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Recent Horror Watches quick thoughts:
- Exit 8 is the most accurate video game horror movie, maybe ever. But considering how little there is to Exit 8, the game, that's a gift and a curse. It's really cool for the first half, but kinda drags by the end.
- I finally watched I Know What You Did Last Summer, and you can put me in the "meh" column. It kinda felt like they said "let's copy the Scream requel." That actually works for a decently entertaining movie, but this shyt went full camp by the ending. I commend them for some risk-taking at the end, but it didn't work for me, and it kinda takes away from the first two.
- Rewatched Weapons...it's still crack in my book.
- Finished up Hell Motel, it really is another Slasher season through and through. Same formula, same level of campy humor, and the fun "twist" that becomes predictable by the final third of the story. This one's middle-of-the-pack as far as Slasher seasons go, but I put it comfortably ahead of the bad ones.
- I've tried to get the hype behind Horror in the High Desert, but it's not for me. It skips past the most interesting parts of the found footage, and spends way too much time on the mockumentary side. I get why it does that though, because the budget shows when it lingers on the "creature." That's in spite of them using night vision and similar camera tricks to hide the effects.
- Exit 8 is the most accurate video game horror movie, maybe ever. But considering how little there is to Exit 8, the game, that's a gift and a curse. It's really cool for the first half, but kinda drags by the end.
- I finally watched I Know What You Did Last Summer, and you can put me in the "meh" column. It kinda felt like they said "let's copy the Scream requel." That actually works for a decently entertaining movie, but this shyt went full camp by the ending. I commend them for some risk-taking at the end, but it didn't work for me, and it kinda takes away from the first two.
- Rewatched Weapons...it's still crack in my book.
- Finished up Hell Motel, it really is another Slasher season through and through. Same formula, same level of campy humor, and the fun "twist" that becomes predictable by the final third of the story. This one's middle-of-the-pack as far as Slasher seasons go, but I put it comfortably ahead of the bad ones.
- I've tried to get the hype behind Horror in the High Desert, but it's not for me. It skips past the most interesting parts of the found footage, and spends way too much time on the mockumentary side. I get why it does that though, because the budget shows when it lingers on the "creature." That's in spite of them using night vision and similar camera tricks to hide the effects.
you get stretched out
AFRAM GLORY
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"Creatures"...
I love the HITHD series. To me, the commentary ties in with the plot and lore provided with each movie release. Based on your feedback, although I know you would have been very disappointed with part three, I would've recommended that first. Then, I would've recommended following up with part one, and then part two that imo has the lore that ties it all together and sets up HITHD 4 Majesty.
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I'm gonna give the rest a shot to see if the lore can draw me in further. I've always heard good things, and I've only watched the first one in the series. As much as I didn't dig the first one, I'm curious about what they trying to build toward. So, it accomplished that much at the very least."Creatures"...
I love the HITHD series. To me, the commentary ties in with the plot and lore provided with each movie release. Based on your feedback, although I know you would have been very disappointed with part three, I would've recommended that first. Then, I would've recommended following up with part one, and then part two that imo has the lore that ties it all together and sets up HITHD 4 Majesty.
AFRAM GLORY
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Give the series a chance and go ahead and watch it in chronological order. Hopefully, the lore in part two will give you an idea of the direction Dutch Marich intends to take the series towards.
I gave you the heads up on part three lol. I still love it cos I see it as an extension of part one and another piece of the puzzle.
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So, I have a mini staycation because I hit my head and needed stitches. So I marathoned some recommended found footage horror. Quick thoughts:
- Horror in the High Desert 2 improves on just about everything from the original, without exactly changing much. I appreciate that. Dutch Mariach took the strengths from the original and stuck to those. This one gives more of the actual found footage scenes, and splices them throughout the witness accounts, which helps a LOT. It also gives better explanations for how people get the footage and clues. There's one particular dash cam scene that I REALLY liked.
Now, I still have some quibbles about the victims not being established through enough footage (too much tell, not enough show); and I really wish the lore about the killers gave us more bread crumbs to build theories from. But this is a big step up imo.
- Godforsaken takes a premise we've seen in horror before, but gives it the found footage twist and has some fun with that.
Basically, a funeral turns to chaos when the dead person hops out of the casket and runs away. She starts showing up to people, and weirdness ensues that engulfs the entire community. It's clearly on a budget, and the acting is very "found footage crew." But there are some clever plot turns and fun moments scattered throughout the whole thing.
My biggest complaint is that it could be 15 mins shorter without any harm to the plot or big moments. But I respect the "we're gonna go for it" approach they took by the final act.
- Howard's Mill is a mockumentary that comes with a pretty cool mystery and unfolds like an investigation.
A film crew goes to interview a man about his wife going missing, but it's not much of a case since he's an obvious suspect. That changes when the crew realizes that people have vanished mysteriously from this same area for decades. So, they start to investigate further and eventually clues that take the case in a bunch of different directions. It comes to a really interesting conclusion!
On the downsides, it's not scary or even particularly tense. It's just a really interesting mystery that unfolds in stranger and stranger discoveries. But it kept me interested from start to finish, and it felt realistic in a Lake Mungo kinda way.
- Haven't watched yet, but I'm about to jump into Savageland next.
- Horror in the High Desert 2 improves on just about everything from the original, without exactly changing much. I appreciate that. Dutch Mariach took the strengths from the original and stuck to those. This one gives more of the actual found footage scenes, and splices them throughout the witness accounts, which helps a LOT. It also gives better explanations for how people get the footage and clues. There's one particular dash cam scene that I REALLY liked.
Now, I still have some quibbles about the victims not being established through enough footage (too much tell, not enough show); and I really wish the lore about the killers gave us more bread crumbs to build theories from. But this is a big step up imo.
- Godforsaken takes a premise we've seen in horror before, but gives it the found footage twist and has some fun with that.
Basically, a funeral turns to chaos when the dead person hops out of the casket and runs away. She starts showing up to people, and weirdness ensues that engulfs the entire community. It's clearly on a budget, and the acting is very "found footage crew." But there are some clever plot turns and fun moments scattered throughout the whole thing.
My biggest complaint is that it could be 15 mins shorter without any harm to the plot or big moments. But I respect the "we're gonna go for it" approach they took by the final act.
- Howard's Mill is a mockumentary that comes with a pretty cool mystery and unfolds like an investigation.
A film crew goes to interview a man about his wife going missing, but it's not much of a case since he's an obvious suspect. That changes when the crew realizes that people have vanished mysteriously from this same area for decades. So, they start to investigate further and eventually clues that take the case in a bunch of different directions. It comes to a really interesting conclusion!
On the downsides, it's not scary or even particularly tense. It's just a really interesting mystery that unfolds in stranger and stranger discoveries. But it kept me interested from start to finish, and it felt realistic in a Lake Mungo kinda way.
- Haven't watched yet, but I'm about to jump into Savageland next.