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This movie is disgusting and it's terrifying to know that these kinds of people actually exists. For once, I was wishing victims in a movie like this death instead of survival. The rape and torture scenes were extremely disturbing and what made them worse were the moments that the fascists were getting turned on watching them and made their victims get close to touch them.

Don't watch this movie of you have a weak stomach.

Niecy Nash is a great actor so I gave this show a fair shot. I started binging it and couldn't stop. However!!! It got so boring. Just wondering if anyone else had this happen and ended up finishing the show anyway? Was it worth it?

Horror movies can feel like wrestlers sometimes - a good gimmick makes it easier for studios to sell the movie to an audience. Like Megan is Spielberg's AI as slasher, Totally Killer is Back to the Future as a whodunnit slasher ... What gimmick should be explored next?

I have a pretty strong stomach for horror, I didn't flinch watching Terrifier 1-3. The only movies that have come close to make feeling sick are Mad God '74 TCM and Mother! Looking for movies that aren't necessarily scary, just stomach turning

My wife and I have been on a Paranormal/Demonic movie hunt. We love this kind of genre. We looking for movies that scare the hell out of us. We recently discovered The Last Shift & The taking of Deborah Logan. Which were the definition of "hidden gems." We thought they were low budget movies but turned out to be real good. Sadly we haven't found anything "pee your pants" scary. We definitely need your guy's help.

For me it’s NOPE. Spoilers ahead here but when the alien is eating all those innocent people and they are trapped inside, that’s honestly one of the most genius and scary scenes I’ve ever seen in a horror movie. The pure fear in that scene is insane, and there’s just some ethereal quality about it that sticks for me even to this day.

I’ve seen everything. Always looking for that mythical movie that would be “too much”. I never found it, until I stumbled across Megalomaniac (2022) it’s French.. I mean of course it is, what other countries make movies like this.. but this makes Martyrs look like Sesame Street. There’s this scene where a woman gets stabbed in an open field.. I’ve seen videos of actual people being killed and somehow this scene was worse. The movie is inspired by an actual killer “the butcher of mons” If you remotely have a hard time watching other horror movies, then skip this one. Also if you’re a woman with any past traumas I would say it might not be the best pick.

I am a strange and autistic person and something I do sometimes is come up with curriculums for imaginary college classes. my dream has always been the history of horror. let me tell you what my plan would be, and then i'd love to hear your own -- as well as your response to mine.

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Week 1: Horror In Utero

• Monday: Syllabus Review and Introduction to Class
  • Daily Question: what is your favorite horror movie?
  • Discussion: Defining horror.
  • Assignment: write your own personal definition of horror, 250-500 words.
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: Why do we watch old movies?
  • Movie(s): House of the Devil (1896), Thomas Edison's Frankenstein (1910), Clips from The Golem (1915)
  • Reading: Two articles on the history of grand guignol and other horror theater.
• Friday: The First Horror Movies
  • Daily Question: Why did "horror" movies emerge so early?
  • Discussion: Investigating the first horror films, considering their antecedents, and determining their impact.
  • Assignment: Watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (free online)

Week 2: Dark Beginnings

• Monday: German Expressionism
  • Daily Question: What is expressionism?
  • Discussion: An historical and cultural exploration of German Expressionism in film.
  • Assignment: Reflection on Caligari, 500 words.
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What's your favorite vampire movie?
  • Movie(s): Nosferatu (1922), clips from Phantom of the Opera (1925) and Haxan (1922).
  • Assignment: Reflection on the film, 500 words
• Friday: Horror and Historical Materialism
  • Daily Question: Do you think horror is important? Why or why not?
  • Discussion: Connecting German Expressionism to the rumblings of Fascism and antisemitism across Europe.
  • Assignment: Pick topic for midterm essay -- can be about any film released up to 1960.

Week 3: The Classic Years

• Monday: Hideous Progeny
  • Daily Question: Did horror start gradually, or in a single moment?
  • Discussion: The release of Dracula and Frankenstein, and the floodgates that followed.
  • Reading: Critical essay about Frankenstein, James Whale, and Queerness in Horror
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What does transgressive cinema mean to you?
  • Movie(s): The Black Cat OR Island of Lost Souls OR Freaks
  • Assignment: Reflection on the film, 500 words
• Friday: Early Obscenities
  • Essay Topic Due.
  • Daily Question: Should there be censorship in film?
  • Discussion: Analyzing the surprisingly transgressive horror films of the 1930s, and discussing whether horror is a "progressive" or "conservative" genre, or if that distinction serves no purpose.
  • Assignment: Outline for essay and 3 sources.

Week 5: Wartime Horror

• Monday: The First Cinematic Universe
  • Daily Question: What is the scariest black and white movie you have ever seen?
  • Discussion: The Rise and Fall of the Universal Monster Films, and the rise of the B-film.
  • Reading: Article/essay about the films of Val Lewton
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What role do you think sex plays in horror films?
  • Movie: Cat People (1942).
  • Assignment: Reflection on the film, 500 words.
• Friday: Horror and Trauma
  • Outlines/Sources Due
  • Daily Question: What is a horror film that you think significantly impacted the world?
  • Discussion: Why so many horror films from the 20s-40s deal with an "old world" evil invading America from Europe.
  • Assignment: Also watch *House on Haunted Hill (*1959).

Week 6: Horror in Transition

• Monday: The Old World Has Died...
  • Daily Question: What happened to the world in the 1960s?
  • Discussion: As classic horror comes to an end, how new trends in film production and style begin to emerge, transgressive and innovative films coexisting with formulaic B-movies.
  • Reading: Critical articles on Herschell Gordon Lewis and on Psycho.
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: Have you ever had a memorable horror movie moment in the theater?
  • Movie: Psycho (1960) OR Night of the Living Dead (1968) OR Rosemary's Baby (1968), clips from Blood Feast (1963.)
  • Assignment: Reflection on the film, 500 words.
• Friday: ...And the New One Has Yet to be Born.
  • Daily Question: What makes a movie "modern?"
  • Discussion: Deep dive into the birth of modern horror and the American Nightmare, particularly focused on Psycho, Blood Feast, Night of the Living Dead, and Rosemary's Baby.
  • Assignment: Finish midterm papers.

Week 8: Midterms

• Monday/Wednesday: Papers Due
• Wednesday/Friday: Movie Day
  • Movie: Selected by the class (any movie we have covered but did not watch so far.)

Week 9: Bloody Bloody 1970s

• Monday: New Hollywood and Horror
  • Daily Question: What happened to American filmmaking during the 60s and 70s?
  • Discussion: Analysis of how similar trends across Hollywood, characterized as "New Hollywood," were also present in the horror genre.
  • Reading: Critical essay on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and The Last House on the Left (1972).
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What is the scariest movie you have ever seen?
  • Movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), clips from Messiah of Evil (1972), Suspiria (1977), and Carrie (1976).
  • Assignment: Reflection on film, 500 words.
• Friday: Buckets of Blood
  • Daily Question: What do you think about gory movies?
  • Discussion: How Italian and American filmmakers, in an act of cultural exchange, developed the giallo and slasher genres, leading to an increase in violence in horror movies.
  • Assignment: Pick Topic for Final Paper, can be on any horror film (or films) from any era.

Week 10: Horror, Race, and Gender

• Monday: The Monstrous Feminine
  • Daily Question: Are horror movies sexist?
  • Discussion: Analyzing the place of women in the horror film since its inception, and discussing theoretical frameworks for analyzing the role of gender in horror -- particularly focusing on the films of the 70s and 80s.
  • Reading: Selections from Barbara Creed, Linda Williams, or Carol Clover.
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What's your favorite horror movie directed by a woman?
  • Movie: Get Out (2016) OR Candyman (1992) OR The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) OR Amulet (2020), clips from Possibly in Michigan (1983) and Blacula (1972).
  • Assignment: Reflection on the film, 500 words.
• Friday: Racism and Horror
  • Paper topics due
  • Daily Question: Are horror movies racist?
  • Discussion: Exploring the history of racism (particularly against non-white people) in American horror films since the genre's inception, and discussing theoretical frameworks for analyzing the role of race in horror -- also discussing the Blaxploitation era.
  • Assignment: One page paper analyzing a film of your choice using any of the theoretical frameworks discussed this week.

Week 11: Horror's Greatest Decade

• Monday: The Slasher Boom
  • Daily Question: How do you define a slasher film?
  • Discussion: The distinct character of early 80s slasher films, their impact and reception, and what they say about a changing America under Reagan.
  • Reading: Critical essay on slasher films.
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What do you think of when you think of an 80s movie?
  • Movie: Return of the Living Dead (1987) OR Evil Dead 2 (1987). Clips from The Burning (1981), Friday the 13th (1980), and Maniac (1980).
  • Assignment: Reflection on film, 250-500 words.
• Friday: Cocaine, Reaganomics, and Horror
  • Daily Question: Do you think a horror movie can be both funny and scary?
  • Discussion: Tracking the changes in horror from the early to mid/late 80s, as campiness, gore, and horror-comedy become more popular, and how these trends were reflective of Reagan's America.
  • Assignment: Outline and 5 sources for final paper.

Week 12: Horror Evolves Again

• Monday: Horror Gets Tired
  • Daily Question: What's your favorite horror sequel?
  • Discussion: How stale franchises and tired formulas laid the groundwork for a new kind of horror.
  • Reading: Article on the marketing campaign and reception for The Blair Witch Project (1999).
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What's the scariest thing that's ever happened to you in real life?
  • Movie(s): The Blair Witch Project (1999) OR Ringu (1998), clips from Scream (1996) and Saw (2004).
  • Assignment: Reflection on movie, 500 words.
• Friday: The Birth of Millennial Horror
  • Outline and sources due.
  • Daily Question: What do you think we mean by Millennial Horror?
  • Discussion: How key films, particularly Blair Witch Project and Saw, brought horror movies "closer to home;" and how globalization contributed to the rise in popularity of overseas horror, particularly from Japan and other East Asian countries.
  • Assignment: One page paper on your favorite non-American horror film.

Week 14: Extremities Home and Abroad

• Monday: Ultraviolence in Context
  • Daily Question: Why do people make violent movies?
  • Discussion: The rise in ultraviolence around the globe, particularly in France and the United States, and what societal tensions this represents, particularly related to the War on Terror and the US reaction to 9/11.
  • Assignment: Reading on the war on terror and horror.
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What is the goriest movie you can stomach?
  • Movie(s): Martyrs (2008) OR Inside (2007) OR Hostel (2005), clips from various August Underground films, The Human Centipede (2009) and A Serbian Film (2010).
  • Assignment: Reflection on film, 500 words.
• Friday: Satanic Panics
  • Daily Question: What is a moral panic?
  • Discussion: Starting with the critical reaction to so-called "torture porn" films, we explore the history of moral panics around horror films and once again ask whether horror is "progressive" or "conservative" or if this label does not work.
  • Assignment: Work on your paper.

Week 15: Prestige vs. Pop

• Monday: Horror's Marvel Moment
  • Daily Question: Do you think that box office returns or critical acclaim is more important?
  • Discussion: Starting with Insidious (2010) we explore the popular horror of the 2010s, particularly the films made by Blumhouse. Discuss whether popularity is an important factor in measuring a film's significance/merit.
  • Assignment: Write your definition of both "pop horror" and "prestige horror."
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: Is it okay for a horror film to be boring?
  • Movie: The Babadook (2014) OR Us (2019) OR It Follows (2014), clips from Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019) and The Witch (2015).
  • Assignment: Reflection on movie, 500 words.
• Friday: A24 Ruined Everything
  • Progress update on final paper.
  • Daily Question: Is horror high art or low art?
  • Discussion: Exploring the clashing trends in the 2010s of popular franchise horror versus elevated or prestige horror, what these terms actually mean, and whether they even matter.
  • Assignment: Work on your paper.

Week 16: The Future of Horror

• Monday: 100 Years of Horror
  • Daily Question: What has changed in horror since the 1920s?
  • Discussion: Looking at the turn away from prestige and back towards ultraviolence and 80s style horror comedies in the 2020s, and exploring how this once again reflects underlying societal tensions.
  • Assignment: Critical essay on horror and queerness, particularly trans identity.
• Wednesday: Movie Day
  • Daily Question: What has stayed the same in horror since the 1920s?
  • Movie(s): Titane (2021) OR Incantation (2022) OR Barbarian (2022), clips from Terrifier 3 (2024), Malignant (2021) and The Substance (2024).
  • Assignment: Reflection on movie, 500 words.
• Friday: Where We Go Next
  • Question of the day: What do you hope changes about horror films, and what do you hope doesn't?
  • Discussion: An open ended conversation about the importance and influence of the horror genre throughout its history, what the future may hold, and why horror remains relevant.
  • Assignment: Finish your paper

Week 17: Finals

• Monday/Wednesday: Final paper due
• Wednedsay/Friday: Movie Day
  • Movie: Selected by the class, any movie we have covered but not watched.

I just finished watching this movie. I am left feeling very very confused. The movie itself is pretty decent, the cinematography is stunning. But the movie itself is incredibly confusing and there are literally no revelations made to help you out. The lead actors are really really good and they were portrayed their characters really well however some of the acting choices were a little frustrating and repetitive. The end of this movie is a literal mind blank. If anyone else has seen it let me know what you thought. I would recommend it but just understand that you're going into it and you're going to probably be as confused as I am. The end is so ambiguous I have no idea let me know what everybody else thought.

Sorry for the formatting on this one. I'm on mobile and having to use voice typing.

I think it just came out. It a horror film and all I remember from the trailer is that these people were sent away to some sort of rehab or study program and they are asked to take these vitamins. The vitamins a d either all blue or half white and half blue. There are two main characters the film follows, a handsome young man and a young woman who has more gothic features. In the trailer she says she didn't take her vitamin. And after that there are a lot more sexual situations, It ends with some bigger picture sdtuff about living life to its fullest. I HOPE THAT'S ENOUGH. I really want to watch this but can't find it anywhere anymore. Thankssssssssssss.

however, that dead woman in X was a great creature and scary as hell. Episode overall wasn't great but damn that woman scared the bajesus out of me a few times. I really liked the first bunch of episodes from this series but the new ones are pretty bad, that woman though was a highlight

I’ve never liked a protagonist so much I’ve had to stop watching a movie before this. Her incompetence is the stuff of horror movie parodies. I can’t remember her name, it’s not a particularly memorable movie as a whole tbh, but throughout the entirety of the movie’s runtime I don’t think she makes a single logical choice, and it’s not in the “this is a terrifying situation and it would be understandable to be irrational” way, it’s just bad writing, bad acting, bad fucking movie. She’s quite literally responsible for every single death in the movie but somehow she’s the one to make it out. I’m going to find out how to contact whoever wrote this shit and write a well thought out dissertation on just how intolerable a character she is. I’m hard pressed to think of another movie character as completely stupid she is. thank you.

i watched a movie a year or two ago on either netflix or hulu or amazon. its about a group that goes to camp in the woods with a host, and the host feeds them human meat so a demon monster is able to see them and hunt them.

long story short, i had to quickly come up with a way to find out what media setup someone has for a christmas gift without them knowing i’m getting them anything, & now i need to find a dvd of a reaaallllyyyy good horror film that’s hard to find available to watch streaming anywhere online. the person likes things such as Terrifier, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of Living Dead, etc. nothing suuuuuupppppperrrrrr explicit. any level of gore is fine, just keep sexual activity to a minimum!

Just left the screening, not a terrible film by any means.. but not a great one, not nearly. The movie had some extremely impressive cinematography. Usually when people say this I expect same old same old, but the shots leading up to Orlok's castle were vivid and pure magic in my opinion. Sadly a lot of the best shots were in the trailer, and a lot of the frights were pure jump scares. The film actually did a great job at building suspense early, but they completely failed with the monster's design. I won't spoil anything but just see it for yourself, the original monster still creeps me out and horrifies me in ways I don't understand.. this one sounds like Davy Jones from the 2nd Pirates film and uses a lot more CGI than welcomed.

The film for me was a 6.5/10 until the end when it became a 4/10.. expect some humor and animal gore, but not much else. Not to be a broken record but the scariest parts of the films are jump scares so just be ready for that.

8711-All horror movies

10944-Cult horror movies

45028-Deep sea horror movies

8654-Foreign horror movies

89585-Horror comedy

947-Monster movies

6998-Satanic stories

8646-Slasher and serial killer movies

42023-Supernatural horror movies

52147-Teen screams

75804-Vampire horror movies

75930-Werewolf horror movies

75405-Zombie horror movies

Ok I think we all agree Black Christmas is an absolute classic. Better Watch Out and Krampus definitely have cult followings. Terrifier 3 is going to probably be one people watch on the holidays. But do you all have a Christmas horror movie that doesn’t hit the radar for a lot of people?

My suggestion is Dead End. It’s creepy, has mysterious elements, good dialogue and has character study moments that hold up. Im looking for other movies like this to watch this holiday that maybe aren’t thought of as Christmas horror or Known horror that are good horror

Just watched this for the first time. I enjoyed it - knowing what we went through during the height of COVID made this even more scary.

At least we didn’t turn into >! flesh eating zombies!< due to covid. lol

I'm not sure where this comes from and it's kind of hard to describe but it's commonly used in scp readings(ex: volgun uses it alot) and more "aware" kind of moments. It sounds like flies or what pestilence would sound like. And even sounds similar to some parts of everywhere at the end of time in the later stages. Sorry if this sounds cryptic

Can’t recall the name of this movie and looking to see if anyone can I.D. it. A family is driving through a scenic forest-like area on a vacation. They may be low on gas. They get to a short tunnel with a bunch of other cars that appear abandoned as doors are open, lights left on, but no other person is in the area. I believe when the dad gets to investigate he is terrified when he see’s either a creature or alien within the tunnel.

This is a question I thought of the other day in a discussion about some of the greatest kills/deaths in the Final Destination Franchise.

In that discussion the tanning bed sequence was brought up (from FD3) for obvious reasons, but I remarked in that thread that as memorable as that sequence was I was actually more impressed with how it ended. From the carnage of the girls screaming and the beds on fire in a top down shot to a sudden and abrupt jump cut to a pair of coffins in a cemetery in another top down shot from where the flaming tanning beds were. The scene now quiet and somber contrasting the chaos that was just a half second prior. To me that was a masterful editing choice, and one of the best examples of editing in horror.

So I am wondering, in what other sequences or scenes has a great edit, be it a jump cut, a dissolve, or a camera transition has worked not only a great sequence, but lends itself to either great storytelling or enhances the horror within a sequence?

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I do have a couple of other examples:

The Saw Franchise always made great use of of quick cutting and editing at the ends of films showing the scene at hand and flashbacks to moments earlier in the film when they reached their climax and did their twist reveals. That frantic editing always made for very exciting reveals especially when paired with that main theme of the Saw franchise (Hello Zepp)

The biggest example of an amazing edit in horror I can think of is from The Shining, the cut from Jack staring at the model Hedge Maze into an overhead shot of the actual maze with Wendy and Danny exploring it. I don’t know how that shot was done (is it just a hard cut or a composite of a shot of the maze and actual overhead footage?), but it’s an amazing moment of editing in a film full of amazing editing.

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Those are a couple I have, what are some of your examples?

Are there any horror movies that you watched as a kid and didn’t find them particularly scary, but as an adult you picked up on more and found them much scarier?

Hypothetical for everyone. Think of your favorite slasher villain. Now think of what you would do differently than the characters in the film to defeat them.

Here is mine. I’m going to pick Michael Myers. First off, I stash a shotgun, axe, gasoline and lighter in a shed or other building. Since he would be following me, I would lure him in the direction of the shed (while making sure to never lose sight of him). Once I reach the shed, grab the shotgun. Wait until he’s about 6 or 10 ft in front of me and deliver a slug directly to his chest.

Once he’s down I grab the axe. Remove the head. Douse the body in gasoline and light it up.

Next I would put the head in a box and drive about 1-2 hours away (I don’t want any supernatural shit occurring where he reattaches his head or something). Once there I would proceed to crush the head with a rock or other blunt object until it was mush. I would then gather up the mush and take it to an open field and wait and watch until vultures have consumed every last bit.

Now I drive back to the burnt body and scoop up the ashes. Then I would drive and scatter ashes in random places (making sure to leaves miles in between).

Okay that’s my plan. Who’s your villain and what’s your plan?

I remember a while back catching bits of a movie that was on late and it looked surprisingly decent from what I expected , the problem is I was half asleep and ended up falling asleep so the details are limited...

Generally all I remember was it was a hills have eyes / wrong turn type movie , set in woodlands/mountains had a cold dark wet look to it like something like the descent .

Usually trope group of people and they come across some not so nice hillbilly type inbred possibly cannibal type people who try chasing them around .

I remember falling asleep at a part where a girl was potentially being chased and got to an old rope wooden bridge and I'm sure if I'm not mistaken the thing chasing her was a female old inbred cannibal person and this girl may or may not have jumped off the bridge or been stabbed and fell off and I'm sure there was a river below to break her fall . But then I fell asleep.

I'd say the movie is probably no more than 15 year old , but skimming through the internet I can't find anything that seems to be the one so far.

I’m in the mood for a good horror film tonight, trouble is I feel like I’ve seen it all. I like anything post Y2K with some exceptions. Top favorite sub genre’s would be found footage, slasher, zombie, sci-fi. I love psychological too, but not in the mood for that.

I like pretty much everything, can’t think of a sub genre I really hate, maybe body horror/gore for the sake of being gore. (Saw doesn’t fall under this, I love Saw!) Try and find something I haven’t seen if you can. Ty!!

Holy moly…I don’t ever need to see an Italian cannibal flick again. I am interested in Mondo Cane but JESUS IS THIS STYLE TERRIFYING.

I didn’t know the animal violence was real until I watched it and then read that the “purpose” was to have it be placed next to the human (simulated) violence to make it look real with context.

If there weren’t like 10 permutations of this same genre I’d give this more praise but the inexcusable exploitation makes this a never watch again for me.

Did anyone else watch this mildly blindly like I just did?

#I AM AGAINST ANIMAL VIOLENCE

Hi friends,

I just watched the show “From” and really love it, but am caught up on it now, and I am looking for another show like this to watch. I like horror thrillers, just not stuff that’s demonic. I prefer unrealistic horror.

Please give me recommendations and a brief description. I would really appreciate it ❤️