Essential The Official Coli Horror Film Thread: Discussion, Recommendations And Murder.

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Here's one I gave a shot off the strength of a good concept...and now I have to express mostly disappointment. But it at least reminded me of a throwback I used to like.



Killstreak is basically set up like you're watching some twitch streamers get ready to play a game together, and it turns out if they die in-game, they die for real. It's got a PS1 style game with actual clips of the people "playing" and as they lose or try to quit, they get picked off. It's not reinventing the wheel, but the main antagonist thing actually has some potential.

The problem is the acting is pretty bad almost across the board. The kills are on a budget, though they're not terrible but you've seen most of them before if you've watched movies like Unfriended and Host. The plot has about as much effort as a regular twitch stream, and the dialogue is brutally bad.

So, there are some good ideas and a cool cameo for E-Sports fans, but it feels like a flop in execution. I'm pretty disappointed to say I can't recommend it unless you're looking for "so bad it's kinda funny" trash horror.

On the bright side, this reminded me of an old gamer horror with a similar concept that I haven't watched in ages. Does anyone remember Stay Alive?



I feel like it was schlocky and kinda bad. But a young nerdy me dug it and it BODIES this new joint for sure. I may have to go back and watch it again.

The best part of Stay Alive:fire: video game fun subplot was its New Orleans murky backdrop and October:banderas::whew:
 
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I paused my Halloween watchthrough after Halloween 6. Do you guys think I should watch the Rob Zombie ones next or the 2018 trilogy?

Nah. The Zombies ones are like it's own white trash universe. I'd watch them just to be a completist but they have no real lineage to me to the regular series.
 

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Been random watching flicks lately

Galaxy of terror (1981)
Got that early Sid Haig and Robert Englund stimi
James Cameron worked on this as a second unit director.
the worm scene is .....interesting......and classic to say the least :russ:
cheesy 80's sci fi/ horror at its best



Night of the Creeps (1986)
Thrill Me!
fukkin' underrated classic
great FX , lots of humor - this movie does not get enough love

 
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