Horror Movies

[McBain]

Made f9r Guardian readers,who can then sit round and chat bollix about how deep it was

Well made, low budget film. I liked it but maybe a little disappointed.

One I didn't finish was Ghost Stories with Martin Freeman, way too jumpy. I like my horror more psychological, played over 38 games...

Watched it last night. I thought it was good but was missing something in the lead up to the ending. Might have worked better as a TV series.

 

[LocalNative]

I like my horror films slow and more about a creepy atmosphere, rather than jump scares or gore. Can’t say that they’re scary, but a few I like cos of the tension and creepy tone are:-

The Witch
February (aka The Blackcoat‘s Daughter)
The Shining
The Mist
The Babodook

The Witch is a fantastic shout. Brilliant film. If you enjoy folk horror like that, I cannot recommend Hagazussa enough - one of the creepiest slow-burners i've ever watched.

 

[Amw79]

The Witch is a fantastic shout. Brilliant film. If you enjoy folk horror like that, I cannot recommend Hagazussa enough - one of the creepiest slow-burners i've ever watched.

great, will check it out.

Said it before, but The Witch is a masterpiece.

 

[Amw79]

Well made, low budget film. I liked it but maybe a little disappointed.



Watched it last night. I thought it was good but was missing something in the lead up to the ending. Might have worked better as a TV series.

I liked the Babadook. Simple idea executed on a Low budget, with a good central performance, and something a bit different to the usual ‘quiet, quiet bang’ style of horror.

I don’t get the shouts about how it’s dead deep, or arty-farty or whatever. It’s not exactly the first film to use a thing as a metaphor for another thing.

 

[McBain]

I liked the Babadook. Simple idea executed on a Low budget, with a good central performance, and something a bit different to the usual ‘quiet, quiet bang’ style of horror.

I don’t get the shouts about how it’s dead deep, or arty-farty or whatever. It’s not exactly the first film to use a thing as a metaphor for another thing.

I had to refresh myself of it just now and it is a really good horror for such a small budget.

 

[maccavennie]

Horror can date very badly, and stuff that scared me years ago often suffers when I revisit it. A good horror takes its time to work its way under your skin. My favourite movie ever is Alien, develops each and every character before shredding them. I remember being very frightened by Babadook and won't watch it again. Thought a Quiet Place was excellent, though I reckon it probably wouldn't be as effective as it was in the cinema. Hitchcock stuff still holds up. Any horror from that formulaic sub-genre of a generic boogeyman stalking Patrick Wilson and his family as well as long haired Japanese ghosts crawling out of mirrors don't do it for me anymore

Hitchcocks the Birds is a terrific film and one of my favourites. Honestly, if you substituted all those birds for Kopites just hanging around the place, you'd have the most fearful horror film of all time

 

[mahermi1]

Hitchcocks the Birds is a terrific film and one of my favourites. Honestly, if you substituted all those birds for Kopites just hanging around the place, you'd have the most fearful horror film of all time

The Birds is an absolute classic mate, one of my favourite films that I could watch over and over again.

 

[maccavennie]

The Birds is an absolute classic mate, one of my favourite films that I could watch over and over again.

Brilliant isn't it. Its just so unnerving and one of my all time favourites.

 

[maccavennie]

The Blair Witch Project really unsettled me. NEA.

Still one of my favourites.

 

[davmaher]

Two from back in the day that I haven't seen mentioned:
Don't Look Now
Carrie