Originally Posted by horcrux2007 (Post 998581)

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The Gift (2015)

The 90's was the golden age of highly stylized stalker thrillers with flicks like Basic Instinct, Single White Female and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and the actor-turned-director Joel Edgerton harkens back to those films with his directorial debut The Gift. In The Gift, young charismatic Simon runs into an old high school acquaintance named Gordon, and after a painfully awkward conversation, they go their separate ways. Simon's wife, Robyn, thinks it's just a chance encounters while Simon wants nothing to do with "Gordo the Weirdo." Gordon then slowly starts inserting himself into their lives and brings to light secrets about Simon's life, and Robyn realizes that she doesn't know who her husband really is. The thing that makes The Gift so unpredictable is the ambiguity of the villain. Initially, we think that Gordon is the villain since we seem him suddenly become too clingy and start stalking the couple, but as the plot progresses, Gordon reveals several secrets about Simon that make Simon seem like the true villain. Each secret revealed about Gordon and Simon twists the plot even further but not so much that it causes the film to meander through its story. This is a very controlled movie. None of the suspense comes from big chase sequences or any real action; it's the revelations about the characters that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The Gift is a surprisingly well-crafted and intense thriller film that feels like a throwback to the best 90's stalker flicks.

9/10

Originally Posted by Amalthea_unicorn (Post 998664)

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 8/10
Legend 1985 10/10

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall (Post 998679)

The Houses October Built 2014

Waste of time. I was able to finish it though. Acting was meh, characters annoying and not in any kind of good way. This did not need to be a found footage film, particularly because when they're going through the various haunted houses on their tour(not a spoiler, its the film's premise) you barely see anything due to the hand camera going all over the place. This might have worked better if it was filmed 'normally.' Even so, I kept waiting for it to end and the stupid people doing stupid things over and over...yeah annoying. As I was watching none of the possible endings that came to mind would be satisfying. The ending that was one of them was unsatisfying as the entire film.

Pass on this.

3/10

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998699)

Wolfcop
again i know
I watched it while playing the drinking game with afriend, and now i'm just a liiiiiiittle under the influence. fstill good as eve.r Just watch it k. (drinking optoinal)

Originally Posted by Repo'd (Post 998704)

::big grin:: Looks like you may have won that drinking game, Roi!

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl (Post 998776)

Please elaborate on Dark Places. I'm really curious about that one. I loved Gone Girl and I have a friend who told me that Dark Places the book was truly horrifying.

Originally Posted by Angra (Post 998777)

Thought it was quite boring. There.. Now go do something else.

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl (Post 998776)

Please elaborate on Dark Places. I'm really curious about that one. I loved Gone Girl and I have a friend who told me that Dark Places the book was truly horrifying.

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl (Post 998776)

Please elaborate on Dark Places. I'm really curious about that one. I loved Gone Girl and I have a friend who told me that Dark Places the book was truly horrifying.

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall (Post 998739)

Wer 2013

Decently acted. Very good sfx. Very impressively done. The way the film was shot was great too. Sometimes a bit shaky, sometimes like a bad quality documentary, sometimes like a stationary wide angle lens, sometimes presented as video feed from observation cameras. Made the story feel more real, but also I think detracted from emotional investment. Which isn't a bad thing for me with this film. The enjoyment was in the story and how Talon was played. Brian Scott O'Connor did a fantastic job. Particularly with prosthetics/creature effects. The film was fairly predictable, except for SPOILER ALERT:Talon not being a cuddly wolf after all, but ripping jaws off and getting ready to rape Kate Moore, his defending attorney, which pleased me because the opposite often happens.
However something in this film didn't do it for me. I can't quite say what it is after just viewing. So not more to say about that than that.

With whatever it was that didn't work for me I'd give this film 6/10. If you take away this unknown aspect, then its 7.5/10 bordering on 8.

Maybe I didn't fully get into it because there was no relationship with the characters. Not that they lacked depth, but the way it was filmed did not allow me to be too sucked into the experience. But I liked how it was filmed. Blah. Anyway, its worth checking out if you haven't already. Definitely recommend.

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998820)

:: SPOILERS TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN ::

And then he did weird shit like not die from multiple gun shot wounds and land on hi feet after falling from a very tall building. That was my beef with it, maybe it bothered you, Boss?

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998820)

:: SPOILERS TO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN ::



I didn't care for how it was filmed. Maybe that was just me. Sometimes it worked but most times I didn't understand why it needed to be shot like a home movie. Is that a new thing these days? Hell why don't I just make a movie!

That aside I did like it myself. I was actually starting to wonder if this condition could be real, they made lycanthropy not a curse or a weird myth by some magical unexplained means come to life. It was a disease, and it almost made complete sense. And then he did weird shit like not die from multiple gun shot wounds and land on hi feet after falling from a very tall building. That was my beef with it, maybe it bothered you, Boss?

Gavin bothered me a little. This weird little nobody pining more after a lost love than focusing on his damn job. Then when he gets infected he shaves every hair off his body what....? Okay then. Curious what happened to him after words... his hair at least seemed to have oddly grown back.

Props to this movie for its death scenes. Not only was it bloody fantastic with its makeup and effects, but they even killed off a ten year old kid. That's pushing many boundaries that most movies won't go near, and it easily set the pace for the film. With a child killer on the loose it was no wonder they rushed to capture and condemn a suspect.

Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon (Post 998824)

SPOILERS of the movie WER below



Don't remember him being hit by the shots.
But anyway, werewolf superpowers, I guess.
The rules vary from movie to movie.
Some need a silver bullet, other die from regular bullets and change back to their human form.

I didn't have any beeft with the movie.
Thought it was a refreshing take on the genre and it's easily one of of my favourite werewolf movies.

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall (Post 998825)

SPOILERS TO WER IN FOLLOWING COMMENT

The reason I liked the way it was filmed is that it ended up making the film feel more real. A lot of it wasn't shot like a home movie? I thought there was a lot of variety in the kinds of shooting used.

I'm undecided about the lycanthropy being a disease. I did like the effects of the jumping from high stories, but the bullets not doing anything at all was annoying. As if he's so strong he's not affected by ballistics. I can only suspend my disbelief so much. I can see how the film turning it into a werewolf instead of just a poor man with a disease could be annoying. Undecided about it. I enjoyed the effects and how the ferociousness of the werewolf form was used. A monster who is vicious without much logical thought. Something to be hunted and killed. The porphyria and moon's gravitation pool bit was silly and this wasn't a silly film. Porphyria is over used in horror too.

Yeah the torso of the dead kid was intense.

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998827)

I believe it was before the van flipped and he got away again. They thought he was dead cause they filled his chest with holes. I hope I'm not making it sound like that made me dislike the movie. I did like it, but the most I can get out of fear from werewolves is when there's that small chance that it could actually exist. The movie made it seem so real for quite a bit, but I don't care what kind of disease you have, no one can survive a fall from a building like Talan did (let alone land completely unharmed on all fours), or take that many gunshot wounds and just keep on going. It made the vision in my head unbelievable and I wasn't as drawn into the movie like I was.

Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon (Post 998832)

And we still got Wolfcop 2 to lookforward to.

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998834)

DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED. I'm always looking for news on WC2 and so far the only progress I've seen is;

Filming starts in Fall.

And the release year isn't 2015 anymore it's 2016!! -flips table-

I'm totally fine. ::big grin:: ::mad::

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998829)

And omfg I was not ready for seeing the dead kid. His father's body (and even his mother when she was still alive) were grizzly enough. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I like that they just kept it small and didn't even go into detail with what happened to him. Just seeing the boy missing half his body spoke volumes.

Originally Posted by Repo'd (Post 998835)

Have you WereFans seen a movie called Ski Wolf? I haven't, but I remember the title made me giggle. They also had some great pins and stickers ::big grin::. I figure it was played for laughs and not horror. Sadly, that's all I know about the flick.

Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon (Post 998839)

Do you own a Wolcop doll btw? =P

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall (Post 998841)

Yeah. It was like a chunk of beef grown in a factory with human skin.

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998844)

Good lord Repo where do you find these. ::big grin::
From what I can tell not even IMDB knows of this movie's existence.

Originally Posted by Roiffalo (Post 998844)

For as short as the scene was I thought it did the job.

Originally Posted by DeadbeatAtDawn (Post 998296)

Glad you asked.. : )

http://horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66149

Originally Posted by horcrux2007 (Post 998383)

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Untraceable (2008)

I love me a good crime movie, so I'm glad this one made up for the disaster that was FeardotCom that I watched yesterday. In Untraceable, FBI agent Jennifer Marsh has to hunt down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims getting tortured and killed, and as more people log onto the site, the victim will be killed more quickly. Now, I don't know anything about computers and stuff like that, so I'm not sure how realistic this movie really is. I'll admit I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to that. Even if there are some huge tech flaws that flew way over my head, Untraceable did have a couple of major issues. Like many thrillers, the killer seems to be god-like; he seems to have unlimited resources and intelligence, and it would have been nice to see him stumble a few times to at least build more suspense. They also reveal the identity of the killer way too early into the plot. Anonymity would have added a layer of mystery to the film. Nevertheless, Untraceable was a very entertaining, gritty and intense thriller with an interesting moral compass; why should we watch insanely violent and gory movies like Saw, Seven or even the movie itself? It may be rather hypocritical given how violent this film is, and that moral does get a little preachy by the end of this movie. It's still some intriguing food-for-thought. You might not be completely satisfied if you want a completely coherent and terrifying thriller, but if you want a twisty, edge-of-your-seat kind of movie, Untraceable is a great way to go.

8/10

Originally Posted by DeadbeatAtDawn (Post 998411)

FeardotCom is ridiculously awesome! ::love::

Originally Posted by DeadbeatAtDawn (Post 998444)

The Gallows, 2015. POS/10




The worse movie I have ever seen in my life. Fuck this POS. Who in the fuck names their kid, Fifer. ::sad::

Originally Posted by DeadbeatAtDawn (Post 998446)

Goodnight Mommy, 2014. 7/10




Beautiful cinematography and you can see subtle hints throughout their house and through actions that all come into play and wrap up this film nicely.

Originally Posted by horcrux2007 (Post 998484)

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

By the time the fifth installment of a movie franchise rolls around, that series starts to show its age. Not with Mission: Impossible, it seems, because Rogue Nation is yet another incredibly silly yet undeniably entertaining entry in the 17 year old franchise that keeps you on the edge of your seat for the entire movie. This time around, Ethan Hunt is now an international fugitive and must take on his most impossible mission (heh) to bring down the rogue organization Syndicate, who are committed to bring down the IMF. The plot twists keep you on your toes the whole time, and it's really what makes Rogue Nation so thrilling. It does succumb to the normal spy movie goofiness, one time in particular early in the movie that made me shake my head at how ridiculous the whole idea was. The double, triple and quadruple crosses get rather confusing as the plot progresses too. There's never a dull moment in Rogue Nation, a suitably fun and over-the-top summer blockbuster, and it proves that Tom Cruise is an unstoppable action star.

9/10

Originally Posted by horcrux2007 (Post 998581)

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The Gift (2015)

The 90's was the golden age of highly stylized stalker thrillers with flicks like Basic Instinct, Single White Female and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and the actor-turned-director Joel Edgerton harkens back to those films with his directorial debut The Gift. In The Gift, young charismatic Simon runs into an old high school acquaintance named Gordon, and after a painfully awkward conversation, they go their separate ways. Simon's wife, Robyn, thinks it's just a chance encounters while Simon wants nothing to do with "Gordo the Weirdo." Gordon then slowly starts inserting himself into their lives and brings to light secrets about Simon's life, and Robyn realizes that she doesn't know who her husband really is. The thing that makes The Gift so unpredictable is the ambiguity of the villain. Initially, we think that Gordon is the villain since we seem him suddenly become too clingy and start stalking the couple, but as the plot progresses, Gordon reveals several secrets about Simon that make Simon seem like the true villain. Each secret revealed about Gordon and Simon twists the plot even further but not so much that it causes the film to meander through its story. This is a very controlled movie. None of the suspense comes from big chase sequences or any real action; it's the revelations about the characters that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The Gift is a surprisingly well-crafted and intense thriller film that feels like a throwback to the best 90's stalker flicks.

9/10

Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon (Post 998628)

Open Grave (2013)
B-

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall (Post 998679)

The Houses October Built 2014

Waste of time. I was able to finish it though. Acting was meh, characters annoying and not in any kind of good way. This did not need to be a found footage film, particularly because when they're going through the various haunted houses on their tour(not a spoiler, its the film's premise) you barely see anything due to the hand camera going all over the place. This might have worked better if it was filmed 'normally.' Even so, I kept waiting for it to end and the stupid people doing stupid things over and over...yeah annoying. As I was watching none of the possible endings that came to mind would be satisfying. The ending that was one of them was unsatisfying as the entire film.

Pass on this.

3/10