The Horror Thread - Part 5

[Kane52630]

Trailer for Krampus

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

I'm not sure how I feel about the trailer

 

[Prison Mike]

First one was pretty great, but the 2nd one was trying too hard.

I saw that the second one is on Netflix. I might check it out. Thankfully Amazon Prime had the first one because I wanted to see that first.

 

[redhawk23]

I caught "The Visit" last night a free screening. It such a bizarre film. It was sublime. At the end I could barely believe what I had just watched.

Shyamalan has so many odd ticks as a director and this film takes them to an extreme. It is peak Shamalan. He triples down on everything he's ever been criticized or praised for.

The Visit for the most part isn't even a horror film. Its mostly an oddly sincere family drama that in the last 5 minutes remembers that its supposed to be a horror film. It is a series of non-sequitirs and apparent Checov's Guns that have no payoff. It bounces back and forth between scenes of off kilter schlock and legitimately great performances from its young cast that are near comical due to the degree from which they contrast with the rest of the film.

I don't know if the Visit is a good movie. I'm not sure if it quite all hangs together, but I can only recommend seeing it because it is an experience worth having.

 

[BH/HHH]

I'm not sure how I feel about the trailer

Ditto, can't really some up my thoughts either

 

[Astro13Zombie]

I'm not sure how I feel about the trailer

Same here.
It's not really what I was expecting.

hrm

 

[redhawk23]

The Krampus trailer mostly avoids the Krampus himself but I think it looks good overall. Perhaps a bit more comedic in tone than Trick R Treat but definitely somewhere along the same lines. I like the almost toy like Krampus minions that WETA Workshop put together.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

The Feast/Collector guys are doing it. It's called Halloween Returns. It's following the original two movies with Michael on death row after Loomis blew up the hospital.

Really?
This is the first I'm hearing of this.

Is Loomis dead?

 

[Astro13Zombie]

The Krampus trailer mostly avoids the Krampus himself but I think it looks good overall. Perhaps a bit more comedic in tone than Trick R Treat but definitely somewhere along the same lines. I like the almost toy like Krampus minions that WETA Workshop put together.

Reminded me a bit of the toys from nightmare before christmas.heh

 

[HighFivingMF]

Really?
This is the first I'm hearing of this.

Is Loomis dead?

Doesn't mention whether Loomis is dead. The rumor now is that officer who took over for Brackett in assisting Loomis after they found Annie's body is taking the Loomis-type role.

 

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[NotSoLongAgo]

That's cool

 

[Mike_D202]

OMG "Krampus" looks amazing. TICKET SOLD.

 

[Broseph44]

Love that Krampus trailer as I mentioned in the thread for the film. Very excited. Also here's a little update on trick r treat 2. It's something at least from Dougherty himself.

http://m.ign.com/videos/2015/09/09/trick-r-treat-2-update-from-director-michael-dougherty

 

[Peyton Westlake]

The Feast/Collector guys are doing it. It's called Halloween Returns. It's following the original two movies with Michael on death row after Loomis blew up the hospital.

So somehow he does survive. He being Michael. And I assume Loomis is alive as well. I wonder who would take over the Loomis character then?

 

[rnewbz]

The Canadian horror film Ginger Snaps celebrates its 15th anniversary today. Here's a retrospective I wrote: http://www.audienceseverywhere.net/castrating-werewolf-ginger-snaps-15th-anniversary/

 

[Black Narcissus]

The Witch is so hyped right now.

I need to keep my expectations on check.

 

[Matt Mortem]

The Witch is so hyped right now.

I need to keep my expectations on check.

It's definitely super hyped, but that trailer was pretty amazing so I'm optimistic it's gonna be a decent flick. I know next to nothing about the plot, but the atmosphere in the teaser was fantastic.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

And on a classic horror note, does anyone have any interest in one of the original horror movies of all time ? And by original I mean it was adapted from the 1818 novel by Hollywood in 1935. I am speaking of Frankenstein. It seems that November 2015 will have a Victor Frankenstein FOX movie with James McAvoy & Daniel Radcliffe.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

I don't understand why Frankenstein movies keep getting made tbh. The Fox version looks atrocious

 

[Majik1387]

Because there's no copyright on the story.

 

[BH/HHH]

I don't understand why Frankenstein movies keep getting made tbh. The Fox version looks atrocious

I wish someone would make a decent one, they keep trying to update it it go to out there with it.

 

[Majik1387]

Frankenweenie is the best Frankenstein-esque movie to be released in the past 15 years or so.

And yes I do love what Penny Dreadful has been doing with the story.

 

[Mogwai]

So excited for Krampus.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

I may be in the minority with this but I always thought, excluding the original of course, that Kenneth Branagh's 1994 Frankenstein adaption was close to the source material & ended up being very good.