THE BUTTERFLY ROOM 2012

Not being a huge fan of contemporary horror, I rather did enjoy this one...once I could figure out what was going on.

An old woman's world falls apart after befriending a sweet young girl. Neither the girl or the old lady are what they appear to be. Barbara Steele is unsettling as the old woman...in a good way.

Sounds good.

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"The Butterfly Room" 8/10

Ha! ::big grin::

I really liked this movie. Loved the old hag.

THE CONJURING (2013). Had heard good things about this and several actors in here I like, but found this incredibly ponderous and it's a bad sign when I keep looking at the time to see how much longer the film is. My wife enjoyed it very much, but I think this was done better in THE HAUNTING (1963)...fifty years and much less money earlier. **

Wasn't crazy about it either. I didn't see any originality whatsoever. Only cheap jump scares and loud music. ::sad::

There wasn't a single jump scare in the Conjuring.

If it wasn't jump scares what would you call it then?

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2/10

I've seen The Conjuring 5 times now. I don't remember a single jump scare.

My favorite gif! ::big grin::

She had a bit of a Bette Davis vibe with those eyes. The scene in the elevator with the wasted dude though! ::big grin::

John Wick, 2014. 6/10

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Kinda of a fun movie. Keanu looked amazing! Aged very well. ::love::

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6/10

I thought she had a lot of fun crazy moments. The dude getting high on her toxic spray in the elevator was hilarious. But also the scene where she kicks the poor mother down the elevator shaft was so absurd I couldn't help but laugh. ::devil::

way of the wicked 2014

a young boy dies in mysterious causes and a priest suspects evil doings, fast forward 5 years to high school and strange things start happening when a new boy arrives. supernatural by the numbers thriller, just not very thrilling, usual turns from christian slater and vinnie jone. 6/10

stay alive 2006

a group of friends paly a video game where if you die you die in real life, some good use of sound effects and even tho the sfx in places are lacking it has the odd nice touch, saying this i quite enjoyed it. 7/10

The Houses October Built-7/10

big bad wolf 2006

run of the mill slasher/werewolf flick, kids party in a cabin and get munched, 2 survive and start to suspect one of the survivors step dad. average performances,sets, and the usual. 6/10

Gone Girl

10/10

Fantastic movie!!!! Twists and turns all the time!!!!

Walk Among the Tombstones

10/10

Liam Neeson still kicks ass!! This is one of my favs of his now!!

Jessabelle

9/10

Creepy and a good plot!

A Good Marriage

8/10

Great thriller, liked the story.

Byzantium

6/10

I liked the actors but I felt like there was something missing......

The Guest

9/10

Good action, nice amount of blood, and a fun plot.

I honestly can't understand how you're able to do that.
But I'm trying.
You look at it from another angle or point of view?
You look for things you might have missed? Maybe hidden clues or easter eggs?

I can't wrap my head around the fact that you're bored, sit back and relax and watch The Conjuring again. Especially when there are so many movies you haven't seen.

I thought that movie was just jump scares

I've seen it a couple times and don't remember it being heavily dependent on standard jump scares -- meaning, the cheap type that merely startles you with a loud noise and a jumpy visual. I do, however, remember a lot of -- for lack of a better term -- "gasp scares," meaning basically a less jumpy reveal that's supposed to spook the viewer, like, in the Conjuring, the body hanging from the tree, or when they showed the ghosts that only Vera Farmiga's could see. To me, these don't come off nearly as cheap as a jump scare, but still are a pretty cliche, especially in Hollywood horror films.

I could be wrong though. Maybe there are a bunch of jump scares I'm just not remembering.

I saw a video recently that spoke about what's wrong with horror movies and one of the biggest issues was jump scares. They did happen to mention James Wan's movies though and spoke about how the jump scares he utilized were fine because they were earned and they were actual scary things that would make you jump. So even though there were jump scares in The Conjuring, they were done well.

While I acknowledge the jump scare usage as well, it's not like it was *all* jump scares. I actually felt it was quite atmospheric. True, slightly wooden actors, but hey...never really a good point for horror.
Though I'd say if you didn't like this one, definitely don't see Annabelle.

Agreed. It wasn't.

There was maybe about 6 jump scares in the whole movie. (Just saw it to be sure)

I tend to call all jump scares cheap, but I see what Giganticface is sayin, that there are different levels of cheapness in jump scares. James Wan is certainly at the lowest levels as he actually DO try to make an effort and often tries to make long build-ups up to each jump scare.

That being said, I still think all jump scares are cheap, as you can have the audience watching two people having a conversation, a girl sleeping or a freakin tree, and suddenly BAM!!!, cut to a little cute bunny accompanied by loud music or noise, and you have yourself a successful jump scare, coz People's brain doesn't expect that. In my book that's just too easy and I'm honestly really tired of the overuse. It's like all creepy atmospheric build-ups has to end with a jump scare nowadays. Heck, a guy like James Wan has made it his trademark.

I agree jump scares today are way over done.The remake of woman in black was nothing but jump scares.

Well said. It's true James Wan has made this his trademark, which is too bad because Saw was so much the opposite.

The best example I can think of of a non-cheap jump scare is the hospital hallway scene in The Exorcist III. I personally wouldn't call it a jump scare (like I described in my last post), but I could see how some would since it lulls the viewer with atmosphere and then gets a rise out of them. I think most of James Wan's jump-ish scares fall in this category too, without coming close to as good.

I totally agree that, regardless of cheapness level, the tactic is way overused. I think horror films have reached new levels of dependency on the worst types of jump scares. So many films use crappy CGI with a loud noise to startle us with some demon, creepy kid, or ghost. And even worse are the found footage (especially of the paranormal variety) totally-quiet-then-everything-goes-haywire scares. Paranormal Activity 2, the scene in the bathroom, is a good example.

Surprisingly though, the technique is nothing new. I can't tell you how many old horror films I've seen where a cat jumps out, or bats suddenly fly out of an attic door, or a bird flies through the window -- even many of the great classics. My dad is always making fun of this, and I think it's one of the reasons the genre gets a bad rap. Because it really is cheap.

Say what you will about Rob Zombie, but I found Lords of Salem, which was pretty creepy without a single thing resembling a jump scare, to be refreshing. Unfortunately, that's not what sells at the box office.

I for one don't think all jump scares are cheap.

I have seen some amazingly expertly setup & timed 'jump scares'. I think of some of the very first T-hit car crashes in films -- I think the first I saw was in The Forgotten. In that one, it lends to the sense that she's unaware she's gonna get hit by 'them'.

And lots of others, like in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the guy who leaves Indy in the cave & gets spikes through the head. It caps the release of the tension of Indy climbing out of the pit & getting under the door.

But I do agree, I got tired of the overuse of jump scares in films. I think it peaked in the 80's with some films a steady repetition of boobs, jump scare & gore, as if all viewers wanted a quick crack hit. I guess some did, or do, but I don't.

Okay, I'll agree it IS possible to make a non-cheap jump scare. A perfect example is actually from The Conjuring. The scene where the mother is sitting at the top of the stairs to the dark cellar, lighting one match after the other, and you expect something to come up the stairs from below, but instead two arms comes out of the darkness behind her and clap its hands together. Nice.

What makes a jump scare cheap in my book, is when the movie uses fast-cutting loudness. Which is the case in most movies.

Jump scares get a bit of a bad rap these days, because they are overused, derivative and synonymous with bad directing, but most of everyone's favourite horror movies probably have a good jump scare or two in there.

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6/10

I've only seen it once. I'm probably just remember it wrong or getting it mixed up with another movie

True.

One of my favorite scary movies is Salems Lot and it does contain one cheap ass jump scare and another one less cheap. But thas alright as the rest of the movie consists of slow creepy terror and genuinely scary scenes.

The Blood test scene in The Thing is a classic jump scare... Always gets me. ::smile::

"As Good as it Gets" 9/10

Still funny.

Vice, 2015. 6/10



Mix a tad of Total Recall, a smidgen of Terminator, and a dash of Westworld and here you go, but mediocre at best.

The only saving factor in this mess is the lovely Thomas Jane. : )

HALLOWEEN: THE INSIDE STORY 2010

Documentary on the making of the movie "Halloween". Would like to see a few others to be able to compare it to, but all in all, it was very interesting.

Dark Summer, 2015. 5/10



Wasn't a total waste, I wanted to see what was going to happen. Very vague start.

Children of Sorrow, 2012. 8/10

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Bill Oberst Jr. is amazing in any part he plays. He becomes that character.

just watched this, i think 6 is very fair, but i quite enjoyed it. ticks all the action movie boxes.

the canal

a family move into a house where a murder took place a hundred or so years ago, insanity, murder and allsorts of tomfoolery ensue. a fantastic lead performance, plenty of tension and the like. 8/10.