Baskin (2015)

The market for international artsy horror flicks has been surprisingly lucrative in the past few years, with acclaimed films like The Babadook and Goodnight Mommy and even the American productions It Follows and The Witch. But probably the most imaginative and gory one of them all is the Turkish export, Baskin, an ultra-violent and bizarre descent into Hell with a capital "H." In Baskin, a police squad is called to an abandoned building in a neighborhood surrounded by rumors and hearsay. When they enter the building, they unwittingly stumble upon a black mass intent on sending the lawmakers straight to Hell. The narrative of Baskin is a bit of a mess. At times, it's difficult to figure out how certain things connect to each other or what they represent, and I saw the ending coming from a mile away. However, the blurring between reality and fantasy is one of my favorite staples of the horror genre. I love horror movies where you're not completely sure what's real and what's not, and this one illustrated the descent into Hell in a beautifully brutal fashion. The visual aspect of Baskin certainly gives the movie an art-film quality. Director Can Evrenol makes everything from a car crash to a man's intestines being ripped out look stunning. Even if the film's internal logic is difficult to follow and the ending is predictable, Baskin is a nightmarish and inventive Turkish horror film that will give gorehounds a more cerebral torture fest than most.

7/10

::love:: Excellent.

Diary of a Deadbeat, 2016. 10/10

What an amazing doco on the life of Jim VanBebber. The footage of him at cons, making movies, as a child were absolutely fantastic. There was so much I didn't know. ::love:: What a wonderful and talented guy. I love him...more. They showed behind the scenes of Gator Green, Jim at work directing and yeah..I was blown away. I got to see Bone Crusher and some bits with Stephen Biro. You can watch this over and over and learn and see more. Best DVD I bought. Props to Mr. Bonacore. Beautifully pieced together. Thankyou for making this.

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#Horror (2015)

Social media and bullying are scary enough to be the perfect backdrop of a challenging horror film. Last year's Unfriended took that idea, mixed it with a revenge story and an inventive use of storytelling to create a stirring horror film about the effects of cyberbullying. Then there's #Horror, a failed satire of social media that feels more like a slap on the wrist than the provoking it was trying to be. #Horror follows six preteen girls who live in the high society of money, success and comfort. One night, their compulsive addiction to social media turns a moment of cyberbullying into a night of chaos. The movie is exactly as preachy as that synopsis sounds and just as annoying as the middle schoolers in it. What #Horror never quite figures out is if it's trying to be an allegory for the dangers of social media, an actual horror film, or a lesson on why pre teen girls are bitches. Those themes never mix with each other in a cohesive way and instead battle each other throughout the whole movie. One moment will have smart phone animations barraging the screen, the next scene will have some random act of bullying, and then the movie remembers it's supposed to be a horror film and for two seconds, you see the girls being filmed by someone. I mean, the movie is called #Horror. There should be a little more horror than a couple of shots in the first hour and then a few poorly filmed kill scenes at the end. What Unfriended did right was not let up on the social media aspect of the film during its scarier moments. #Horror just sends mixed messages about what movie it's trying to be. Director Tara Subkoff presents timely themes and a glimmer of potential from her confident direction. Unfortunately, instead of being provocative and subversive, #Horror just ends up being annoying and pretentious.

3/10

The Witch (2015)

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>>: A-

Bad Grandpa 9/10
The Witch 4/10

Hell And Back (2015)
B-
An R-Rated animated movie is nice for a change.
It wasn't great or anything. The story and the pace is so and so, the colours were a little too dark imo, even for Hell. But the combination of voice actors and the jokes made it quite enjoyable. Makes me looking forward to Sausage Party that's coming out later this year.

Pandorum 6/10

Believe me when I say it wasn't my idea. I say 'yes' to bad movies a little too easy.

The Pyramid 5/10

Holidays (2016)

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Liked EASTER only, rest were very mediocre

>>: C


13 Cameras (2015)

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>>: B-

Yea, it was alright. Quite nasty.





"Anguish" 3/10

Has anyone managed to finish this movie without falling asleep? Anyone in the world? I highly doubt it.

It COULD have been a good horror movie as it did contain few moments of creative goodness. Sadly these few moments were drowned in a boring drama that was going nowhere about a boring girl you couldn't care less about. FAIL!!

Where did you get to see this?
Big fan of the guy too.

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Wreck it Ralph 10/10

Well, it is titled "Anguish"... Maybe your expectations were too low?

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The Invitation

Surprisingly good. A bit predictable, but it does not ruin the film. Most of the acting was decent, it was mostly low key so there wasn't call for strong performances. Tammy Blanchard was the best out of all of them. The pace was good too. Lots of conversation which might turn people off, but it worked in this film. Sometimes it was the entire group talking and sometimes separate conversations. The film moved around a lot from each conversation so they didn't seem to drag on. I guess half of the very end, but not the other half which was great. Though Logan Marshall-Green really needed to trim his beard. It was too distracting, lessening the impact of his reactions. As always, purposely vague so as not to ruin the film.

6.5/10

Oh and also I think its a good movie to watch by yourself in the dark. Not to scare yourself, but to immerse yourself in the watching.

NUTSACK PART 1 LUCIFER'S COSMONAUTS, 2016. 8/10


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13 Cameras, 2015. 6/10

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ewwwwww..

The Survivalist (2015)

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Quite slow burn but a beautifully done, character driven dystopian thriller that centers around a man who lives off of a small plot of land in the forest but when two women show up looking for food and shelter, the game of trust, lust & betrayal begins and his existence become threatened.

>>: A-

My Perversion, 2016. 8/10 {rough cut}


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The Mummy
The Mummy Returns

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Rewatch. Still decent, but slow about 40 minutes in, then picks up again. Henry Rollins was awful. Acting was otherwise decent. Effects and monsters were great.

Going to rewatch Legion too. Any other suggestions for people trapped in a smallish building trying to stay alive while ghosts/monsters/aliens, not other people, try to get in? There's Demon Knight, but i've already watched that a bunch of times over the years.

From Dusk Till Dawn
Night of the Demons
Demons
Night of the living Dead
Evil Dead

You probably haven't heard of any of those.

The Killer Shrews
Green Slime
Day of the Triffids (partly)
the last quarter of Fiend Without a Face
The Birds
Aliens
Return of the living dead

::big grin:: No, not at all.

Oy, Green Slime, Fiend Without a Face and Killer Shrews look so awful!
Rest have been seen alas. Ty for suggestions.

It's about what you like too. I liked Green Slime when I was 12. Actually, the first 30 mins is cool. Has an interesting Japanese style. But it's not very good.

The Killer Shrews is actually fairly exciting, and exactly what you were asking for. It has a cool look to it, claustrophobic. Some early acting and dialogue is bad, but it starts rolling. It's only 70 mins. The last half is the best. It has a rep as bad film.

Fiend Without a Face is actually a good old horror/scfi classic. It's by far the best of the three. The stop motion animation is very cool.

"ewwwwww.." Wow, how nasty does a film have to be to get an eww from you? What type of eww?

-The Mist.
-Feast 2 and 3: they're trapped at times.
Or there are two groups of people trapped in different places. Don't remember.
-Critters 1 and 3 but you've probably seen those already.

The following are about people trapped with the danger already inside:
-Let Us Prey: Small jail in a police station, some criminals and a mysterious stranger.
-Devil: people trapped inside an elevator with the Devil. I like this movie and think it's quite underrated.
-The Collection: people trapped in a psycho's booby trapped building.
-Botched is about a thief trapped in a building with bunch of weirdos.
Yeah, they're other people but from what I remember they're interesting characters and not the average bunch of humans.

Coming from Deadbeat I have to ask the same thing... ::shocked::

It's the story/person, not the gore.

The gore was probably why the rating as high as a 6 then.

At first glance I assumed the 'eww' was because she thought tape was disgusting. ::big grin::
granted i wouldn't eat it but ya'know...

The landlord was creepy as fuck. He does some disgusting things but not enough of them. It focused on the couple a bit too much. Gerald was more of a background story.When it all came to an end, I was not satisfied. The ewww remark was for one bathroom scene. http://i.imgur.com/Rpvd8YW.gif

Feast 2 is on my vudu list, so ty. Yeah saw all the Critters when I was a kid. Though that's a good idea, at least giving the first one a rewatch

[/Quote]The following are about people trapped with the danger already inside:
-Let Us Prey: Small jail in a police station, some criminals and a mysterious stranger.
-Devil: people trapped inside an elevator with the Devil. I like this movie and think it's quite underrated.
-The Collection: people trapped in a psycho's booby trapped building.
-Botched is about a thief trapped in a building with bunch of weirdos.
Yeah, they're other people but from what I remember they're interesting characters and not the average bunch of humans.[/QUOTE]

Saw Let Us Prey, was decent. Still just looking for trapped inside by something, not already inside. Ty for suggestions. :)

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AI 10/10

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Over the Hedge 8/10

Cheers.

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Damn, you're picky! ::big grin::

So, they have to be chased, herded or placed inside a small enclosure by a nonhuman thing or things. Hmm, tough.

Cujo

Ghost Ship

Brought from the people who brought us 13 Ghosts (yay!) and House on Haunted Hill (oh shit...)! I enjoyed the story and effects of this much better than I did 13 Ghosts actually. Sad though that there weren't as many effects, the two preview images on the back are almost literally all the movie offers, so there's nothing new for us to enjoy. They also don't waste much time in getting to the scares, but the opening scene is so attention grabbing, you don't really care. It quenches your scare thirst until things start building up for the climax, and there were so many and so subtle, I couldn't take my eyes away from the screen. Very enjoyable flick.