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Who all went and saw some movies for the Overlook Film Festival? I’m curious what everybody saw and what their thoughts were on them. This is my first time attending, so I bought a ticket to Cuckoo and a ticket to In a Violent Nature. I would have loved to have been there to see Abigail tonight, but I had a family function today so I had to go back home. I also wanted to see Creature from the Black Lagoon tomorrow.

Overall, I liked both of the films I saw. Cuckoo, was exactly what it sounds like. A very bonkers movie. It did have one of the best jump scares I think I’ve ever seen in a film. In a Violent Nature was fun. Had one of the best kills I’ve ever seen in a movie.

What did y’all think of these movies and what other movies did y’all see?

I never would have thought A.B. would have made a good pinhead as he has such a peculiar face (in a good way). But after seeing him in Dune (Google Feyd-Rautha if you havent seen it, the scenes where the gates open on him in the arena of Geidi Prime) with all the Harkonnen makeup, basking in the black sun, all I could think is how cool he would look as Pinhead, I thought he looked enchanting.

I also loved Giedi Prime, and even though its not hellraiser themed specifically, it absolutely had some strong hellraiser vibes. Definitely the closest vibes we have had since the first 2 hellraiser movies.

It has so much potential and its a shame its been such a poorly treated franchise. I thought the new hellraiser reboot was just soso, but I dont think the franchise will ever pick up any steam until they go all in on a pinhead more like the original movie. Like the xenomorph, chucky, and Micheal Myers, it's so iconic that pinheads image has kept the franchise going all these decades limping on from his image alone.

I think Jamie Clayton (the new pinhead actress) is beautiful IRL, but I really didn't like the pinhead redesign, especially how they used a very thick rubber mask which hides all of her features and makes her unrecognisable with a very puffy face because of how thick it was (I assume to make costume setup very fast and easy) you can see in behind the scenes footage the pre pinned mask they put on her is reeally thick and just easily slips on over her face. While I understand pinhead is referenced as feminine in the original book and fans of the remake reference as such, its just one of those art through adversity things where Pinhead was cobbled together for the first movie with what they had, went with Doug Bradley making it very different fron the book, but ended up striking a massive chord with people when they saw him.

Like how Micheal Myers was thrown together with an inside out cheap star trek mask, but ended up so creepy a franchise was built around it. Until pinhead is back to looking like that I dont think itll ever strike the same way. Doug Bradley is too old now and became too "jowly" after hellraiser 3 and just ended up looking wierd in all the others. But something about how handsome and commanding and english he was, looking like some kind of a horrific demonic monk in the first 2 movies, are what made the franchise what it was. Claytons is still somewhat enchanting in a more softly spoken way despite the thick puffy mask they put on her to save makeup, but it just isnt as creepy despite all the skin carvings.

I also didn't like that in the original behind the scenes bits of hellraiser 1, they mentioned Pinhead was meant to have actual thin pins and was originally made as such, hence the name used by the crew as 'pinhead' and not 'nailhead'. Despite looking very cool in real life, they found in test screenings they just were not clear enough on camera (too thin), and so overnight decided to put far thicker "nail" props over the already set pins, this then became far more visible on camera and so they just went with it, but the name pinhead had already stuck with the crew.

Fast forward to the newest remake, and they didn't seem to have known, so they did the original pins idea. They obviously hit the same problem not showing well on camera and so I guess had to use strange little pearl bobbles to make them visible. So now they look like actual pins from your nans embroidery box.

I love hellraiser, the world, the concept, and the eldritch nature of it all, hopefully we get a full on reboot one day that goes all in on the, sexual, bizarre other dimensional nature of the first 2 movies one day. One with a stronger director and someone like A.B. playing pinhead with an english accent. Welcome to my Ted Talk :)

I looked through the sub but didn't find much reactions to it. I actually think it's gonna be my new answer for "disturbing movies" threads. And the way it's disturbing is actually a nice change from what's usually thought of as disturbing.

I actually saw that movie almost a decade ago at a movie festival, and it moved me on a very personal level. I saw it again a few times thanks to a screener over the years, showed it to a few friends, and I actually hadn't thought about it in a long time. I've checked and apparently it's on Prime (at least in my country, YMMV) if you're interested.

The movie tells the story of a girl who perceives herself as fat but really isn't, and her model roommate who's also her slightly toxic best friend. They have a fucked up relationship, that will only get more fucked up as the movie goes forward. I really don't want to tell more about it. There's a trailer on YouTube if you don't get into movies blind.

I've seen the acting qualified as shitty or something to that amount but personally I'm in awe of both actresses.

This movie was actually the first time I truly felt like my eating disorder and what it did to me was correctly represented on the screen. It felt absolutely visceral. In my eyes, it was to food what Requiem for a Dream had been for drugs. It allowed me to actually look my problem in the eyes, realise it was there, and realise that if someone was able to put on screen something that resonated so deeply with me, it meant that I was not alone. Not only eating disorders, but I felt like this movie was in a way a perfect capture of my general mental health. You could feel while watching it that the person who had made it actually had a deep understanding of what he was putting on screen.

It actually had a pretty divided reception amongst my friends but basically: there were basically those that were a little fucked up in similar ways, and completely vibed with the movie, and those who hated it. It was better received by my female friends than by my male friends, but I truly think it is worth seeing if you're curious about the different kinds of disturbing there can be.

Any of you have seen it ? What did you think?

This 1995 horror film was released on Shudder this week, and it’s a must watch. Has an unbelievable Mystery Guest Star as the bad guy, and he’s even credited that way. I was shocked when he appeared in the film, and have to imagine it was a lot of fun for audiences at the time of its release.

So I wanted my wife to see 1997's Event Horizon. Second watch for me since I really love it the first time.. but upon the second watch I think it could have been... More eerie?

Like the concept is so good imo, it could've been gone to just pure and plain cosmic evil/cosmic horror rather than discovering Christian hell on another dimension? Also, the punch sfx made it so funny.

The Thing and Alien pulled it off so so well. I think it could've been easily be as eerie/creepy!

I'm not sure if it's the 90's aesthetics, but even so, I still like the movie so much.

So just watched Night Swim last night and couldn't even finish it ,its that bad. The last horror movie I couldn't finish was Exorcist Believer. Both are concidently both on Peacock. I would have included Meg 2 in this as bad as that was but sharks lol

Did not expect much ( but I was expecting it to be Horror-Comedy somehow lol) but the pacing, and build up of the tension and psyche of each characters kept me at the edge of my seat.

While it may not be the ending the I liked, it is an ending that made it truly horror for me.

I suppose I'll be watching more from this director!

TLDR- I've long held the opinion that Big Daddy can be interpreted as the zombie inversion of Night of the Living Dead's Ben or possibly an equivalent to Nat Turner, perhaps not as an unintentional figure reflecting racism but in the context of his character's role among the zombies vs. the humans. I'm curious how Big Daddy's truce with humanity will progress in Romero's planned finale Twilight of the Dead, which reportedly has zombies dividing into competing factions.

I'll elaborate on my unfiltered thoughts below, feedback is welcome but please respect differences of opinion:

In 1968, a black protagonist leading a mostly non-black cast and becoming a pop cultural icon was unprecedented (not just for horror but general film). While Dawn of the Dead established that the ghouls retain some memories and Day of the Dead's Bub showed a capacity for learning, to see a zombie advance in intelligence to the point of leadership was a similarly unexpected development (both in-universe and to a number of Romero fans at the time).

One could also interpret Big Daddy as a modern undead Nat Turner figure. He exists as part of a group who have long been feared, hated, marginalized, and treated as less than human. By the time of Land of the Dead, the humans have so much power that many no longer take the zombies seriously, let alone treat them with a hint of respect or decency. They're the ones doing the terrorizing now, every supply run leading to needless bloodshed.

Quoted: "I thought this was gonna be a battle. It's a massacre." Granted, this metaphor obviously doesn't mirror our history with racism and slavery when you consider that the zombies in this fiction are objectively, demonstrably dangerous. They were the initial aggressors who drove humans to fear, hate, and dehumanize them. It's a natural reaction after people lost loved ones to this plague, lived in terror of being eaten alive, and watched the world they knew go to Hell.

If you dissociate that aspect, however, I still think it's possible for the Nat Turner interpretation to work even if only under the circumstances in which Land of the Dead transpires since its plot takes place long after the apocalypse and only briefly references it in the opening. By the time the story picks up, the survivors are framed as oppressors, no longer survivors battling just to make it day-to-day but thugs who treat zombies like animals to the point of cruelty:

Killing them for sport, chaining them up, target practice, cage fighting with live bait, etc. Ironically, the very empathy that helps define humanity being desensitized out of several people after all they've suffered only exacerbates their division. Beyond their usual struggle to cooperate, their basic capacity to care about each other seems to have deteriorated in some capacity. They're the closest to thriving they've ever been since civilization fell. In one of the soldiers' own words, zombies don't even approach Fiddler's Green much anymore, as if "they've learned they can't get in."

Humanity is safer and more powerful than ever in the post-apocalypse. Yet, many are arguably less human than ever. By contrast, one zombie discovering (or rediscovering) the self-awareness necessary for empathy quickly unites the undead into a drastically more formidable force. Zombies historically had an advantage over the living to begin with in that they didn't discriminate based on color, sex, beliefs, etc. Despite being mostly unaware of each other, this mass of individuals worked together very effectively thanks to their shared hunger (more irony).

Big Daddy was unique not only in his intellect & learning capacity but being able to control himself enough to perceive the state of the world around him. He was everything Day of the Dead's Dr. Logan had dreamed of and more. More impressively, we never see him feast on flesh. He actively tells fellow zombies to not get distracted by eating when making their way to Fiddler's Green, indicating the possibility that he learned to control his hunger or even lost it altogether.

Maybe he simply figured out he didn't need food? We can't know for certain how much his zombified brain remembered from his former life or developed to comprehend. He might even have been aware to some extent that he was undead, which would explain how he knew his zombie army wouldn't drown when crossing the river. Imagine that personal Hell, repeating your routines from life until echoes of who you were and why you did these things begin to return.

Imagine experiencing that in solitude for potentially years, trapped with a sense of identity in a body that can't efficiently communicate to humans, most of whom can't look beneath your rotting surface. However far his awareness developed, we know that Big Daddy recognized certain zombies he spent enough time around (Baseball woman, teenage couple, butcher, tambourine player, etc.). When your only company is corpses, you either learn to interact or stay lonely.

Riley observing them is like a Homo Sapien Sapien watching early Neanderthals. It's unclear whether some of them retained enough mental faculties to acknowledge Big Daddy from the beginning or if he had to teach them first. Regardless, we can reasonably assume he came to view a few of them as neighbors or even a zombie tribe. Who knows how many of these companions he watched get bodied by human scavengers, leaving him lonely all over again.

Maybe he recognized that he wasn't the only zombie with some self-awareness and sought to save as many as he could. Part of him may have hoped that, if they stayed alive long enough, humans might start to notice their intelligence and stop slaughtering them. But they never happened. Nobody besides Riley appeared to see their re-emerging humanity or care. So, after however many years of such treatment, losing friend after friend, Big Daddy's despair turned to anger.

Had the humans left him and his friends alone, he might have never approached the city. The fireworks display in the 1st Act must've been the last straw, as he tried to save his fellow undead this time only to lose yet another in that decapitated ghoul he mercy-killed. For all we know, that was his closest friend at the time. Thus, Big Daddy finally said in his pained guttural cries "ENOUGH! NO MORE!!! Over and over, they come out here and do this to us! It's ALWAYS the same!

We've done NOTHING to them, yet they won't leave us alone!" Thus, a rebellion began wherein a single zombie became legion on a mission to fight for their survival against the humans, turning the long established conflict of living vs. dead on its head. By the film's finale, Riley alone acknowledged the culmination of what he'd seen the signs of since the beginning. He was the first human to look into Big Daddy's eyes and see something more than the zombie.

And perhaps THAT'S all the undead by this point wanted: Not to devour or even necessarily attack the living, but merely the right to exist. As long as humanity left them in peace, it's plausible that Big Daddy would reciprocate this hard-fought truce. The overall dynamic of Land of the Dead reminds me a lot of the new Planet of the Apes films, with Big Daddy being Caesar. The question is, how long will it be before a smart zombie who WANTS to war against humanity emerges?

This could set the stage for the planned finale to Romero's series Twilight of the Dead, assuming it takes place in the original continuity and not the rebooted timeline that started in Diary of the Dead. What if competing zombie factions form, one side inheriting Big Daddy's "Only fight when provoked" approach while the other decide to attempt subjugating humanity down to a manageable number (very much like Planet of the Apes' human chattel) or outright exterminate them?

The conflict could be compounded further if any zombie gets smart enough to recognize that they rot away eventually. Thus, this ghoul would realize that the undead are a dead end because there's no future for humanity if they kill all of the living. An antagonist zombie might reject that, however, either not being smart enough to have the same epiphany or just hating humans so much that he's fine with them disappearing from the Earth as long as he's the last one standing.

In any case, I believe it would serve as a poetic way for Romero's zombie apocalypse to end. The outbreak originally divided the living to the point of being overrun when working together could have saved them. Now, as the undead become more human than ever, the very same division will spell their downfall, ideally leaving just enough humans to start civilization over. The ultimate question: Will they learn from this history of their near-annihilation or continue the cycle?

Comment below, how do you interpret Big Daddy in context of Land of the Dead and/or the larger franchise? How do you think Twilight of the Dead will end the Romero verse?

Hi everyone! I’m seeking a movie I haven’t seen yet. Every time I post somewhere about this, I typically get at least one reccomendation I haven’t seen yet and end up loving, so here it goes. I’m as extreme and desensitized as it gets, and I’m looking to be super entertained by creative gore or deeply disturbed and uncomfortable. I’ll give you an example of my unique tastes:

I did not consider A Serbian Film to be that disturbing, it was more so just extreme and so over the top it was ridiculous fun. But I’d take a recommendation like that.

I actually found The Hills Have Eyes much more disturbing because of the amount of time they took to get you attached to the characters, and seeing the family members killed in front of each other was the disturbing part.

The Sadness was just plain awesome, and that’s the kind of gore I crave! I wasn’t disturbed but I was highly entertained. Extreme creative gore paired with a good story is what I love.

The House That Jack Built was highly entertaining and I loved it, but the scene with the mom and her sons was the epitome of what I consider disturbing and I was almost TOO uncomfortable and wanted to cry… THAT is the level of disturbance I crave.

So give me your reccomendations!

For me:

Alien. A combination of gorgeous set design, an at times haunting score, and even after all these years it still feels so singular and original.

Hellraiser. A proper horror that pulls no punches. I’ve never forgotten the fear I felt when I first watched this film. I’ve become desensitised now to pretty much everything, but this film is still a phenomenal ride of imaginative horror.

Come True. My new pick for comfort horror, if there is such a thing. I love stories about dreams and nightmares, and this film has a look and sound that I love.

I’ve watched all of these films a stupid amount of times. What are your most watched horror films, and why do you love them?

Recently I've heard of the TMK ("Too Much Kirby") analog horror. I'm a scaredy-cat, so can I get a 1-out-of-5 scare rating to see if I'm "tough enough" or whatever. Might also help to include some trigger warnings for me.

What a movie . The acting by Sophie Wilde as Mia . You can see the sadness in her eyes , the desperation at wanting a connection and inability to cope due to her mother’s death. I loved the fact that it didn’t rely on jump scares and was a very smart and thought provoking horror film . I also thought the ending was perfect .

This movie has been one of my favorites since it came out and has been very hard to find online for several years (legally anyway).

Great atmosphere and world building. Interesting characters and interactions that feel so natural, for the time period. Spooky without jump scaring you too much. The famous twist shocked and delighted critics and horrors fans alike. >!The protagonist was Nicole Kidman the ENTIRE TIME!<

This film had such an effect on the cultural zeitgeist at the time that people were quoting “I am your daughter” EVERYWHERE. It left such a huge impact on me and my friends and relatives. Not easily forgotten.

This was Nicole Kidman’s last collaboration with Tom Cruise before their divorce. She was Fresh off the bright and “spectacular x2” Moulin Rouge and almost didn’t accept the role because she wasn’t sure she could go to the dark places the film required. It gave her nightmares and she nearly quit.

Written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar. This was the first film ever to receive the Best Film Award at the Goyas (Spain's national film awards) with not a single word of Spanish spoken in it.

I just wanted to bring this to r/Horror ‘s attention in case you haven’t seen it or wanted to rewatch

For whatever reason. Could be that they scared you too bad or maybe that you found them totally boring or distasteful, among other reasons.

One of mine is Saw. I was just in the totally wrong headspace to watch it and ending up turning it off not very far in. I'd like to try to watch it again soon because I think I could like it.

I haven’t heard or seen anything about it in the last 3 months. I’m getting kind of irritated at this point, is the movie still happening or is it canceled? is there any word on it at all? The last thing i heard or seen anything about it was January and haven’t seen anything since. if anyone knows anything I’d appreciate it :)

I'm trying to finish putting together all of the original music for "Tales From the Darkside" which was removed from the DVD. I've gotten pretty close -- out of 56 episodes which we have identified, 53 are done. I'm hoping to find somebody out there with recordings to fill in the last three gaps, which are:

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• 209 - "The Trouble With Mary Jane" - need the transition from the opening credits into the episode; I have a syndicated recording which cut out the opening entirely, and I have the official VHS release which re-edits the opening slightly, so the rest of the episode is fine, just need the opening
• 419 - "Barter" - need a source which was not recorded from Chiller. When the show re-ran on Chiller, they didn't cut out anything significant, but they added an extra commercial break, and this one fades out and back in while music is playing, so there's a gap.
• 420 - "Basher Malone" - need a non-Chiller recording, same reason.

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If you can help, please reply or send a DM. When the project is complete, the audio files will be uploaded to archive so that fans can sync them up to their DVDs.

Just noticed they added all The Omen movies to Hulu. Looks like it's going to be a marathon movie day for me. I was looking for these movies around Halloween. I could only find them as rentals. I ended up renting the original. I don't remember seeing the others. Have you seen these? What's your favorite one?

It's one of my favourite horrors and I was really surprised to see it has a dismally low score on Rotten Tomatoes. I watched it again not that long ago and still enjoyed it. What do you think?

Out of the recent films I have watched, the ones that I’ve enjoyed the most are Hereditary, The Witch, and The Lodge.

Looking for something very similar which involves a cult of some kind, and is also very unsettling.

If I like these films, which would you recommend me to watch? Thanks in advance!

I understand that the 2006 one is a remake of the original. I’m going to watch it before the new movie in the cinema, pleae advice me.

Also, if you’re suggesting the 70’s version, where can i watch it with a good resolution and sound?

And finally, do i need to watch the other movies in the franchise or is the first one enough?

Thanks.

I've just gotten into stephen king books, Read "Pet Sematary", Reading "It" and I just want to know his movies are really that good. I've heard really good things about the movie(s) of "It" and I'm sure to watch those. I'm quite surprised to see that the remake of "Firestarter" is being reviewed quite badly. Someone please explain!!

So these past couple of weeks I’ve been obsessed with paranormal horror movies, the latest one being The Taking of Deborah Logan (highly recommend if you haven’t watched!!). Now I’m looking for some recommendations, what should I watch next? Preferably movies after 1990.

My taste is rather inconsistent but here are a few movies that I’ve watched and enjoyed these past weeks:

• Talk to me

• As Above So Below

• The Taking of Deborah Logan

• Ouija: Origin of Evil

• Incantation

• Smile

• Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

• The Conjuring movies

• Sinister

• The Medium

So I would like to know that what's your most scariest film ever? Both in mainstream and found footage.

I really want to keep the question short but this subreddit only allows the question that has 150 word.. so sorry, I really have to type until 150 words is not fulfilled..

The most horrific and the scariest movie I have ever watched is ANNABELLE CREATION and in found footage it's PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 both the movies really shited my pants so much...

There is a chance that my pov can create controversy but it's alright.. as they say without controversy, there is no debate

And also please tell me that what you guys think about ANNABELLE CREATION AND PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2

A day late and a few movies short, but still marching on. If you've seen something, say something!

Hitch Hike to Hell (1977) A delivery boy picks up runaways and takes them safely to their desired location as long as they love their mamma. But they almost always don't. With Encino disguised as "Crescent City", a shit-kickin' country theme, and Professor Russel Johnson. Director Irvin Berick is best known for his first and last films, the inept Monster of Pierdas Blancas in ’59 and popular sex comedy Malibu High in ‘79. (ARROW)

Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968) A 3 part anthology loaded with sex and torture. First an incestuous peasant couple pay for their sins, as do horny nuns in the second. Finally, an incredible depiction of sadism when a tattoo artist researches pain for his masterwork.  Apparently, there is a series of torture anthologies from director Trou Ishii, who also did Horrors of Malformed Men and Female Yakuza Tale.  I thought this was amazing.  (ARROW)

The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs – Season 6 Episode 1

Rottentail (2018) A nerdy professor gets bit by a mutant rabbit and seeks revenge on high school bullies that killed his pet bunny 20 years ago, while undergoing a long, slow transformation into a human-sized rabbit-creature.  I can’t put a positive spin on this one, I thought it was a torture watch, the jokes didn’t land for me.  (SHUDDER)

My favorite thing about horror movies is when the humans fight back against the monsters. It always feels like the stakes are higher in this genre than any other, even if this kind of thing happens a lot in action and sci fi and fantasy. I’m talking about moments when the final girl turns the tables, or when the last survivors band together for some kind of climactic battle. They don’t even need to win necessarily, the “fighting back” can be up for interpretation. Like I obviously think of the mech suit at the end of Aliens, but I also think of the staircase at the end of the Exorcist. What are some of your favorite moments like this?

Saw the post about the Chernobyl HBO show and was interested if there are more historical horror shows or movies. Specifically would like things that do a decent job of sticking to the truth while not being afraid to embellish the events a little. I don’t just want a documentary.