Horror films.

bonnieetclyde

bonnieetclyde

I watched SICK. It wasn’t quite the masterpiece I had it build up in my mind it was going to be but it was enjoyable. I thought the performances of all the cast were really great but something was lacking in the story for me. I wasn’t a massive fan of the setting either.
 
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P'NutButter

P'NutButter

johnny_tsunami said:
This one had such potential with a gorgeous setting and premise, but the grating characters had me feeling similar to Dashcam - so much potential wasted that it's irritating!
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Literally I was swearing at the TV because of the male character, then I was willing the ghost couple to off the woman. Don't even get me started on how it ended. Jesus.

I've watched so many duds lately.
 
lushLuck

lushLuck

bonnieetclyde said:
I watched SICK. It wasn’t quite the masterpiece I had it build up in my mind it was going to be but it was enjoyable. I thought the performances of all the cast were really great but something was lacking in the story for me. I wasn’t a massive fan of the setting either.
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I think my only real issue (outside of the ridiculous motive, which I just decided to embrace) was that I did not care about the characters in the slightest. I certainly don’t need character development in a slasher, but it does truly keep it from being great. I will say, I thought the setting was one of the highlights. Unlike so many recent slashers, this really felt like it was shot in an actual secluded home, and I felt like I knew every inch of that property by the end. It added a layer of realism that I so often crave from the genre.
 
bonnieetclyde

bonnieetclyde

lushLuck said:
I think my only real issue (outside of the ridiculous motive, which I just decided to embrace) was that I did not care about the characters in the slightest. I certainly don’t need character development in a slasher, but it does truly keep it from being great. I will say, I thought the setting was one of the highlights. Unlike so many recent slashers, this really felt like it was shot in an actual secluded home, and I felt like I knew every inch of that property by the end. It added a layer of realism that I so often crave from the genre.
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I think maybe for me, because that 'house' looked more the size of a hotel or something it just didn't work. I didn't like it. It was meant to be like a home invasion but that place just felt too big to get that atmosphere right. I think something like 'Hush' did it much better.
 
Steve003

Steve003

Watched Sick a second time and loved it even more. I really hope Kevin Willaimson and director John Hyams collaborate again. It is so well directed with amazing energy. The action stuff really was handled like it's out of an action movie. The unbroken shot of the killer chasing them back into the house....

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heartmightmelt

heartmightmelt

ABoy’sGot2Suffer4Fashion said:
I’ve always considered Jaws to be a horror film - it’s certainly frightening enough. What makes a film a thriller or horror?
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It has got one foot in horror, especially in how it develops over the first two acts and employs a lot of tropes from b-movie/horror genres, but the third act turns into an adventure/quest. The shark itself, or the terror isn't really the reason people rewatch Jaws, everybody can relate to at least one of the three main characters facing their fears. It's a superbly crafted movie where every line of dialogue in the script develops character or moves the plot along, and many times, both.

In contrast, Jaws 2 doesn't know it's a slasher movie cause Halloween wasn't out yet.
 
Neon Green

Neon Green

Dear diary,
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The cinema was lit dimly with a sense of uncertainty, my heart pounded from having just found a mouse in my bedroom. I was desperate for anything to quell the pain.

There she was, stylish, a timeless feel to her beautiful robotic eyes-

‘This is shit’ I hear my film-snob boyfriends whispers snap me back into focus. I wave him away like one would a sullen fly, for I only have eyes and ears for this Artificial Intelligent icon.

I haven’t felt this way since I watched Malignant, It’s like seeing Gabriel do backflips off the wall again. Are they related? I wonder as I sip my £5 coke.

She is a modern classic surely? The whole cinema claps and cheers with each kill. Her artistry is refined - it’s like god sent her to me.

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I crawl out of the cinema and get a McDonalds…’you shoot me down, but I won’t fall, I am titanium’-

‘NUMBER 13’ I hear my number being shouted. As I sit on my bed munching away at my nuggets, I feel a hunger that I haven’t felt in a long time, and I am thirsty…but not for my coke, for M3GAN the sequel.
 
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