IdleRich
IdleRich
Oh then we're saying the same thing.
The Horror Renaissance
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I expected it to end on a darker note. I thought he was going to drop his girlfriend then the police would show up, see a black man standing over a dead white woman, assume he was the aggressor and either kill him or make him out to be the villain. Apparently that was actually the alternate ending, but they felt it was too bleak.
IdleRich
IdleRich
That would have been the obvious ending I think... glad they swerved it ultimately.
The main phases of horror movies I remember actually being aware of as they were happening were the late 90s/early 2000s stuff like Thirteen Ghosts, Ghost Ship, Jason X and Urban Legend then the Asian stuff like The Ring and The Grudge then the conveyor belt of Saw, Paranormal Activity etc sequels and now this arty period.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Weird thing I don't really know what any of those films are.
I think Blair Witch has been the most influential of my memory. It wasn't the first, er, first-person film and I don't think it was even the first found-footage but it was the one that catapulted those two techniques to take over the mainstream. I think that you could say that without BW there would have been no Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity, Rec etc etc plus it had that (at the time) revolutionary advertising campaign and it was a genuinely revolutionary and scary film.
Yeah, 1999. It was a different thing though. I wasn't really aware of cultural influence and the power of what was being done. It was just some film with people running around filming themselves in the woods to me at the time whereas the other stuff was gory, had monsters, killers etc.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Oh ok, I get you. I remember when it came to where I lived my friend and i really wanted to see it and we saw it in separate cinemas on the same night, met the next day and I said it was great and he hated it.
The Last Broadcast which had a very similar plot and also involved found footage was 1998 apparently. I think that was also a pretty good film. It went kinda weird at the end and a bit more... experimental or something. I think if they'd played it straight and simple then maybe could have had the success that went to BW.
I honestly don't know why I don't even remember the names of the films you mentioned above though... perhaps I just wasn't watching many movies then I suppose.
linebaugh
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A girl walks home alone is awesome. More noire than horror. Haven't seen It Comes at night but you can miss the other two
IdleRich
IdleRich
Weirdly enough Ghost Ship was on last night so I watched it. It's basically Event Horizon but at sea, not too bad I guess.
IdleRich
IdleRich
I liked It Follows... The Babadook was a strange one in that it started as a horror but it kinda switched over to being a comedy half way through. Which was interesting but ultimately a mistake. Have you seen the short film that they made first and which they then adapted into The Babadook? The comedy elements are more pronounced in that.
IdleRich
IdleRich
I enjoyed the language, the way they spoke, the way it flowed. I'm not sure how much was there. But just that made it instantly better than Midsommar (which was a totally misguided embarrassment for all concerned) and also The Witch and Hereditary for that matter.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Oh I should say though, the opening sequence of Ghost Ship is really quite something. Actually way too good and shocking for the film that follows, they should have saved it for something better. It especially hit me cos I didn't know what film was on and so wasn't expecting this nastiness at all.