One of the few things that really gets under my skin too.

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Oculus
Interesting enough. Kept me entertained throughout it, but something about it bothers me and I can't put my finger on it. I didn't care for it in the long run, but I'm probably of a small minority of that aspect.

It wasn't a good movie. Only part I enjoyed was Karen Gillan, but that's just depressing 'cause she's so lovely.

I think my opinion falls closer to Roiffalo's on this one. I watched it and more or less enjoyed it, but I was left wondering what exactly was entertaining about it. Maybe I was in the perfect mood for a new movie and Oculus benefitted from that. I should give this a second look and try and determine what the hell kept me watching.

Dead Girl 2008

Sigh. Yet another woman victim being abused sexually/physically. Throughout most of the movie she's meat. No personality, no name. If this was a rare movie I could appreciate the depravity and disgust it instills, but this shit is everywhere in movies.
The synopsis on shudder.com says, "...that turns the conventions of horror and coming-of-age movies - not to mention bad boy behavior and rape culture - on their heads."

Are you fucking kidding me? On its head? How the fuck is that?
SPOILERS:
Because she gets free and kills her captors? She was still raped repeatedly, beaten repeatedly, shot, and poked. This isn't rape culture turned on its head, its an example of it. Bad boy behavior? Its sadistic vile behavior.

Anyway, pass on this film.

Break Point (2014)
"Two estranged brothers reunite to make an improbable run at a grand slam tennis tournament."
Very average comedy with a better than average cast.

Well this is a shock.

A friend of mine recommended this movie to me, and from what little review I've seen it people seem too really like it. Although Netflix has 3 stars for it so even they seem uncertain how good or bad it is. Either way I'm glad I wasn't the only one in my opinion. Maybe my taste in movies isn't that bad after all. ::big grin::

I think what kept me watching it was that the story was actually well told... Unlike Man of Steel where the flashbacks were confusing as fuck, stupid, and unnecessary. Oculus told what it needed too without wasted scenes or scares. Hence why I'm baffled I was disappointed by it. Maybe it was the same with 'Houses October Built' where I grew to like the characters and was disappointed by the ending because it didn't go well for them.

It Follows....No so good....

You guys do realize that Oculus is horrorcrux's second favorite movie of all time? Try to be respectful. ::cool::

No disrespect intended of course, Mike. Just personal opinion. I love the loathed 2010 Wolfman, so who would I be to criticize someone for one of their favorites. ::big grin::

I really don't care

Good, you shouldn't. Opinions are subjective and one opinion doesn't make another invalid. I do believe Michael Myers was being a little playful and didn't think we were being disrespectful, but it's never a bad idea to remember that not everyone likes the same stuff. Not a damn thing wrong with that, and if it wasn't that way, this forum would be a complete drag.

Furious 7 (2015)
Not bad.
Couple of cool scenes but too much sterile action (lots of explosions, lots of bullets, broken glass, no blood or just a tiny bit).
The bad guy was played by Jason Statham. I think he owned the movie.
Kurt Russell also has a role and he was great as always.

Yuck. And on top of that lots and lots of car chases. Sounds like a movie that for sure would bore me to tears.

I never liked the series until part 5. That was good action flick.
But after that it went downhill again. But another sequel's already confirmed.
It's like the Transformers movies. Explosions and/or lots of CGI sells.

Ouija -

The trailer sold me on this one a while ago. Also it has the actress from Bates Motel. I thought she was pretty good in that. Also, one of the actresses from The Secret Circle. The male actors are bland though. No standouts. This movie might not be the best but it's not the worst either. It has a few good scares that got me. Also, I wasn't ahead of this one and it surprised me. The setup at times reminded me of Nightmare on Elm Street. With a darker tone and a bit more thought, the movie could be better. Maybe even close to a movie like the remake of The Ring with more effort. I think maybe the people behind the scenes might have wanted it not too dark. In the credits I saw that Hasbro worked on this movie. Yes Hasbro the toy company owns the rights to the Ouija board game name. Something I didn't know as I thought these were just generic boards. Anyway, it's not that bad. The only thing kind of jarring was how fast the parents left the kids alone. This sort of thing usually happens in horror movies. But after the events in this movie, you would think they would stay around. All of the adults are like that. It breaks the realism when stupid stuff like that happens. Still far from the worst movie out there.


I wouldn't say all women. Especially with something like I Spit on Your Grave. I won't even see that. Maybe that was the rare audience. I can't imagine women enjoying watching the first part of that movie. I only watched the original Last House on the Left because it was by Wes Craven. But I wish I didn't see it. That's getting at the subject matter I was talking about in The Ward and Silent House too. It's just really bad behavior.


I remember once I saw a movie and it had a clip from The Shining. I told a girl let's see that. And she said "that's a horror movie." As in no go. I'm sure if I told many people that I met that I liked Friday the 13th movies they would have thought I was crazy. And probably asked why do I like movies where people are just getting killed?

I think that many girls go to some movies just to tag along with their date. Most girls don't really like a comic or Star Wars type movie. Many guys don't but they go to see stuff blow up, because it's marketed to them, or they think they need to see it because everyone else is.



I thought I reviewed Oculus. I guess I didn't. I remember thinking it was a good story of why you don't mess with ghost objects. It's almost like a Friday the 13th TV episode without the characters showing up to recover the object. And I liked the object's back story. So much that I want to find the original short film. Karen Gillan was very good in it too. But I thought there was going to be more from the movie from the trailer. Also more of Katee Sackhoff. I think that was disappointing to me.

I know, reviews like that piss me off. Film sounds cliche without having any significance, just same ole torture porn. Film critics are supposed to be well schooled in film history, but unless it's a major news outlet, the reviewer probably is not. Plus all the more 'online' reviews are just movie advertisements.

The Gallows

I liked it, but I didn't care for the ending. I don't understand why they don't let the audience use their imagination sometimes.

Okay could you make any sense of what the ending was supposed to imply? I can't figure it out because of how stupid it was. I still liked the movie though.

I'll send you a PM so as not to spoil it for everyone.

In bold are the exact words my dad asks me when I watch horror. Actually while I was watching Fri13th. (Except the first was more of a murder mystery when you realized what Mrs. Voorhees's motive is, so it's not entirely just a movie about people getting killed but I digress.) I asked my brother if he wanted to watch Poltergeist as he had seen a sequel but not the first, but he was too freaked out by the sequel to give the first a try.

Horror movies in general are not for everybody. If you were to label a group to them that would be best suited watching them, it wouldn't be 'woman' or 'man', it would be something like... 'bold', 'thrill seekers', 'creative types who need an outlet'.

My sister and I (may come of a shock to you but I'm also female) grew up on Star Trek/Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, Batman, etc. If someone gave me the option of watching the Notebook or gouging my eyes out with a spoon, I'd ask them if they had a grapefruit spoon to make my task easier. Just about every male I know is scared to death of spiders, and some of bats, when I myself have no problem with spiders and am actually very fond of bats (my girlfriend too).


Point being; it's a new century. Stereotypes don't apply anymore, so let's let them get old. What you think may be true for one group is most likely JUST as true for another, therefore how is it fair to associate the one but not the other? The movies you watched you watched because they interested you, where as I'm just as happy to watch something else like Wolfcop. So maybe those two movies that started this all are actually not 'for women' but for 'ImmortalSlasher'.

It'd be nice to see the childish trend of 'everyone else is doing it so I should to' get cut down in its tracks. Do what you want to do. Let people do what they want to do without fear of being judged for it.


(This probably seems long, unnecessarily rant filled, and off topic, but I implore you to consider how you use stereotypes. As in not using them. Movies are for everybody.)

tbh I actually know more women that like horror and action movies than guys.

Oy, its not so much the spiders themselves, but how they might feel crawling on me. I have enough of the feeling of bugs crawling on my skin(due to a chronic health problem) that I don't need real ones. :P Not too scared though to catch them in two cups and put them outside.

Nothing wrong with that if you are timid around them. Especially for health reasons. My only point was that sometimes it's the woman and not the man who has to fetch the spider out of the tub and take it outside. 8)

I myself am not fond at all of bees. Well bumblebees and honeybees are okay, but it's the hornets and yellow-jacket types that I do not stand for. I will kill them on sight and without mercy. Unless I am unable to do so, then I'll make whoever is closest to me do it.

Shadow Zombie 2015

Must see it. 8/10.

Charlie's Farm (2014)
Proper slasher! I hope there will be a sequel.

Grave Encounters 2

Watching in the wrong order again. My mistake watching this is that it shows footage from the first movie. Probably spoils a lot of scares. But Netflix had the 2nd but not the first that I could see, and the thumbnail finally got to me. Just HAD to try it. First third of the movie is boring as piss and almost just as annoying. I just LOVE IT when they film a shot, then after when he's in his room editing he has to fucking explain what we just saw. Like 'NO FUCKING SHIT YOU JUST SHOWED THE FOOTAGE'.

I love how the movie acknowledges certain character deaths like how the black guy got offed first in the first movie, so instead of changing that horror movie cliche up they naturally off the Asian kid first.

I theorize that the ghosts are angry dinosaur spirits taking human form. Their noises certainly sound like it.

yeah idk. didn't love it. ...didn't particularly like it either. I'm in a state of indifference.

Glad you liked it! : )

MANIAC COP III: BADGE OF SILENCE 1993

Maniac Cop comes back to life searching for love. Watched all three now and enjoyed them but the first is the best.

Indeed. Made me really sad too. Obviously.

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The Vatican Tapes (2015)

Another day, another exorcism.

5/10

As Above, So Below was one that left some things to the imagination, in my opinion. I still liked The Gallows, though. I was getting really excited towards the end, but the last couple minutes were awful, I agree.

Same here. LHOTL was just a cruelty exploration film, and not a good film either.


yes, but do you also just know more women, &/or are most of your friends girls?


i was looking forward to your review! that's all ya got?

I like horror movies because of the dark and spooky environments, certain themes, end of the world type stories, and the breaking of certain rules having crazy things happen. Many times you get to see the character of people in these situations. Which is something you don't see in the usual type of movie. And of course I like the strange monsters, aliens, boogeymen, zombies, etc.

I think it's rare from the girls that I've met for them to honestly like Sci-Fi, Horror, Adventure, Comic, Spy and other male type movies. The majority of girls I've met would only watch so they could get a guy. I only met maybe more than a handful that actually like those normally male type movies. Perhaps it's more now. For example back when I grew up there wasn't a huge cosplay market and the Internet was for computer geeks. I know on occasion I read comic articles where girls or women, I don't know, complain about certain female comic character costumes. But these characters were created for a male audience. Not for realism.

Perhaps I am using a stereotype or a generalization, I usually try not to as there is always the person that won't fit in whatever category. As it seems in this case. But there are always many that do as well. I think I'll spoil the two movies in question to clarify my thoughts and why I came to the conclusion and statement that I made.


SPOILERS BELOW!!!



The Ward -

I watched this because it is a John Carpenter movie. Plus the cast looked strong. Here the twist is that the main character is alone and all the other characters are from her imagination. She created them to protect her mind from the trauma of being kidnapped and raped. The killer is the traumatized persona and therapy if I remember correctly wiping out all the other personalities. Even the main character we are watching is just one of the latest imagined characters from the victim.

Silent House -

I watched this one because of the one take nature and the trailer made it look good. Like a scary haunted house type movie. Not a psychological thriller. Again this is another rape twist with the main character reliving some of those past moments in the form of a shadowy non-existent figure and hallucinations. Also she makes up characters while actively going around subduing her Father and Uncle off screen to the audience. Finally killing her Father and potentially leaving her Uncle to die from a gunshot wound.

This sort of thing is not for me and certainly not worth a second watch. If I knew the twist I would not have watched these movies. Maybe I would have watched The Ward just because it's a John Carpenter movie. But I don't think the average guy would if these were sold as what they are. I mentioned LMN movies because you see many broken woman themes in those movies. How do I know that? Because on occasion I'll flip channels and see a notable actress in the movie and either watch some out of curiosity at what the actress in doing in this sort of thing or just read what it's about. It's almost always the same sort of story. According to the wiki and what I've seen that network is aimed primarily at women. Thus my comments about The Ward and Silent House.


Now on other topics: bats, spiders, and horror reviews. Bats are no problem. I used to go crawling through caves and tons of bats were there. Small spiders don't bother me either. It's bigger ones that I thankfully never encounter that freak me out. Probably because of Dr. No and this movie:

Arachnophobia -

I saw this in theaters way back then it was released. It's still a great horror movie. A small little town gets invaded by killer spiders. It sounds like a joke but it's good. Seeing the intelligence of the spider and how it goes for revenge and jumps is freaky. The movie has some comedy bits too with the bug infestation management guy. Also when a spider bites one character he says it felt like a cougar. That always cracks me up that a small spider could bite like a huge animal. This is worth a watch for those who haven't seen it.

Nope. I go to an all guys school if that helps.



I've just been posting it like that recently because I figured no one cared lol. Good thing I post them on IMDb as well. I also just like posting the poster too cause they look good o3o

The Vatican Tapes (2015)

I haven't had such low expectations for a horror movie in a while. The trailer wasn't flattering at all and made it look like an incredibly generic found footage exorcism flick, and now that I've seen it, I can confirm that that is only half true. Despite the title, it's not a found footage movie, but it is a generic possession movie. In The Vatican Tapes, 20-something year-old Angela (get it?) gets possessed by a demon, but it's not just any demon; it's the Anti-Christ himself. A priest and two Vatican exorcists team up to try to exorcise Angela before it wreaks havoc on humanity. Surprisingly, The Vatican Tapes is actually a movie that gets better as it progresses, although that's really not saying too much. The first act of the film is its worst. Every exorcism movie cliche you could possibly think of is stuffed into twenty excruciating minutes, and it definitely made me fear for the rest of the movie. After that, The Vatican Tapes does get more interesting ever so slightly and has a couple of decent scares because Angela is now in a mental hospital, but still nothing we haven't seen from other, better movies. A black raven has to announce the next "scary scene," which completely ruins any tension the film might have had because the audience is now going to expect the next big obnoxious jump scare. The plot eventually decides that there should be an exorcism scene, and after a particularly lazy attempt to say why Angela is discharged and sent back home, the audience finally gets what they paid for. The exorcism scene itself takes up the last 20 minutes of the movie. It's admittedly pretty cool to watch since there are a few creepy and intense parts, and the pace slows down a bit to allow some atmosphere to build up. There's still this inescapable feeling that everything is still all too familiar to anyone who's seen a good possession movie. Then the ending comes. The ending is actually the only part of The Vatican Tapes that I wholeheartedly enjoyed. It ended the movie in a rather dark and powerful way, so much so that I'd like to see a sequel just to see where they could go with that ending. Even with the surprisingly good ending, it's not enough to warrant a recommendation for The Vatican Tapes, a been-there-done-that exorcism movie that has about as much soul as the possessed Angela. Another day, another exorcism.

4/10

I sometimes read your long reviews, please do keep posting them. : )

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A team of professional ghost finders are trapped in an old village hall. The haunting they set out to investigate turns out to be far worse than they anticipated. Who will survive and what will be left of their souls?

High marks. Very well done. Especially because it all takes place in a school class room(hall). 'Hammy', but not. Campy, but not. The guy on the poster is great in the film. Bad things happen in the movie, but I wasn't endeared to the characters. Yet I enjoyed them still. Some of it could seem campy like I said, but it also worked well. The characters were your typical horror movie archetypes, and the very end was predictable. Did not stop me from enjoying it. Its basically a fun movie, not an emotionally gripping/draining film or gore riddled gross out. I do concede a little bias in that I particularly like movies when its about people investigating paranormal stuff. If its done well of course, which it often isn't.

7/10

I recently watched Shadow of The Cat.
I'm glad that the cat was able to kill those murdering b*******.

He might mean that they both hurt as much.
Ever heard of the bullet ant? They say a bite hurts as much as getting shot.


Iron Sky (2012)

Second viewing. Liked it more than the first time.
For those who don't know this one. It's about nazis who hid on the moon near the end of the war and are making their return.
It's a fun and original movie with some clever jokes and pretty sweet special effects. And moon nazis!
I think it's has all the elements to become a cult classic.
Now let's hope the sequel will get made as it'll feature Hitler on a T-Rex.
Yeah, you read that right. Adolf riding a dinosaur.

Dark Was The Night (2014)

B+
Decent creature horror-thriller with Kevind Durand (The Strain) in the lead.
Reminded me of an X-Files episode.

I really enjoyed this one aswell. I agree with your score. : )

Blackwood (2014)

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>>: B-

Final Girl (2015)

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>>: C-

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)

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It could be the weirdest & funniest Superman film ever but still much deserving than any of Joel Schumacher's Batman film, IMO.

>>: B-

Girl House (2014)

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>>: C

Evangeline (2013)

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>>: D

Project Almanac (2015)

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>>: B-

The Remaining (2014)

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>>: C-

Meet Me There (2014)

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>>: D+

Infini (2015)

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>>: C-