The Horror Thread - Part 5

[zeroapoc]

Rings is filming at a cemetery right by me.

 

[redhawk23]

PSA: Starry Eyes has been added to Netflix Instant.

Trailer.

[YT]https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=starry+eyes+trailer+2[/YT]

The film had some good buzz out of festivals last year but didn't receive nearly the hype that It Follows did. In my opinion, this film delivers much more than It Follows did. While not quite as well crafted technically, the film has better characters and much more effective horror elements than It follows did.

It tells the story of a struggling want-to-be actress in Hollywood. She is offered the role of her dreams but as the films tagline says, dreams require sacrifice and so do they.

The movie is a good bit of body horror that unlike some other recent films doesn't feel like an 80s rehash so much as a further development of some of the ideas and techniques from that time.

For me, a film like It Follows felt a bit cynically engineered to press Carpenter nostalgia buttons. Starry Eyes instead feels much more like the result of the same kind of energy and determination that resulted in the much loved horror films of the 70s and 80s, so many of which were the result of young filmmakers working with their friends to crank out a labor love despite a lack of resources.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

I've just seen the trailer for Sinister 2 and I didn't even know beforehand that a sequel was being made. I am super excited. I really enjoyed the first one and while I don't expect this second one to top the first film, I will be watching the crap out of it! And of course I hope the score to this sequel is as good as the last one.

 

[Broseph44]

Yeah I loved Sinister, excited for the 2nd one.

 

[Naked Shia]

Sinister was damn good. The trailer for sinister 2 is exciting.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Sinister and The Babadook were the most recent really great horror films I enjoyed. They weren't overly jump scare filled and the mysterious 'creature' they had were intriguing.

 

[Prison Mike]

I was really disappointed with Sinister. The trailers made it seem so good but the actual movie was not as scary IMO.

 

[Sundancer]

There's a classic saying that the scariest thing is what is not seen. I don't find that true. Do you guys? I can't even think of an example.

 

[Boom]

I suggest everyone keep an eye on a movie called The Witch. It's supposed to come out this fall and it got great reviews at Sundance.

It also has an actual witch!

 

[zeroapoc]

There's a classic saying that the scariest thing is what is not seen. I don't find that true. Do you guys? I can't even think of an example.

Tension is good. But never seeing anything is lame.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

There's a classic saying that the scariest thing is what is not seen. I don't find that true. Do you guys? I can't even think of an example.

That's a fair saying. When you are alone in the dark and you focus into a dark space until your eyes make out something terrifying that really wasn't there is pretty scary than just seeing some creature or demon. Nothing is more scary than the unknown so when you feel something is there but you can't see it, that is a lot more scary than seeing the threat. Not being able to see the threat keeps the suspense going and is very ominous. On top of that, I have more comfort in seeing my threat so that I can defend myself and know to avoid them, but if I can't see them, I'd go mad.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

I suggest everyone keep an eye on a movie called The Witch. It's supposed to come out this fall and it got great reviews at Sundance.

It also has an actual witch!

It plays like a psychological/suspense thriller. I'm liking the synopsis.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

I was really disappointed with Sinister. The trailers made it seem so good but the actual movie was not as scary IMO.

Your sig is brilliant.

 

[Asr]

There's a classic saying that the scariest thing is what is not seen. I don't find that true. Do you guys? I can't even think of an example.

An example? Tons of movies have played to the fear of the dark phobia, since you can't see in the dark (which reminds me of Pitch Black).

Some horror movies (not all) have used sound effects to great effect, to make you scared of something long before you see it (and that's IF you see it).

And some horror movies rely on the trope of putting something in shadow, or in silhouette, or just not facing the viewer, to make you wonder just how terrible the non-visible thing might look....

 

[Daywalker89]

Sigh... what is with that clip when he is shining the torch trying to make out whats in the distance .That has the same type of cue point in the insidious 3 trailer when the guy looks out of the window and says he's dead , then the girl has a look only to have a typical jumpscare. Same type of direction, is that the norm now. Just leave it in the damn movie.

Appart from that im looking forward to it, dont know how they will top that soundrack though.

 

[Alien Anal]

Holy ****...It follows is great! I was actually scared for the first time in a long time. I wont be forgetting about this film anytime soon

 

[Guts]

There's a classic saying that the scariest thing is what is not seen. I don't find that true. Do you guys? I can't even think of an example.

That reminds me of this H.P Lovecraft quote.

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown"

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Sigh... what is with that clip when he is shining the torch trying to make out whats in the distance .That has the same type of cue point in the insidious 3 trailer when the guy looks out of the window and says he's dead , then the girl has a look only to have a typical jumpscare. Same type of direction, is that the norm now. Just leave it in the damn movie.

Appart from that im looking forward to it, dont know how they will top that soundrack though.

I hope it's pretty similar and they continue to include the ambient tones. The score really made the film more forbidding than it was.

 

[chamber-music]

I was really disappointed with Sinister. The trailers made it seem so good but the actual movie was not as scary IMO.

I feel the same. I think it is highly overrated. I think The Conjuring was better than Sinister.

 

[Prison Mike]

I feel the same. I think it is highly overrated. I think The Conjuring was better than Sinister.

Same here

 

[Matt Mortem]

There's a classic saying that the scariest thing is what is not seen. I don't find that true. Do you guys? I can't even think of an example.

Jaws and Alien. 'Nuff said.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

That reminds me of this H.P Lovecraft quote.

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown"

That is correct.

 

[redhawk23]

There's a classic saying that the scariest thing is what is not seen. I don't find that true. Do you guys? I can't even think of an example.

Personally I've always seen that quote as a crutch for pretty crappy filmmakers. It seems like a lazy place to stop.

That kind of approach is great...for a first act. You can show your monster or threat or what have you, you just have to bring the noise.

They say what you can imagine is scarier than what filmmakers can show you but such presumptions underestimate the likes of Giger, Stan Winston and Bob Botin.

Films like The Thing use the unknown to ramp up tension and paranoia but they also pay it off 10fold. They pop rather than just deflate.

 

[redhawk23]

Jaws and Alien. 'Nuff said.

The thing is though, the film does show its alien. Quite often in fact. It literally bursts right out of a man's chest in a gush of blood.

 

[zeroapoc]

Personally I've always seen that quote as a crutch for pretty crappy filmmakers.

Same here. Plus attempting to seem high brow. Building suspense is great. But nothing shown for the entire film? No thanks.