Rate the Last Movie You Saw

[JJ123]

I recently watched Malignant. This was discussed several posts back.

Just briefly, I really liked it. As someone else said in a comment (on another forum), maybe the best way to put it is it's more of a thriller/Columbo than a horror film. I suppose I understand some of the stated disappointment in this forum, but for some reason, it worked for me. Someone else mentioned they understood the twist before it happened. I am never good at that, so let me say, when the twist was revealed, I was surprised, and I did enjoy it. Not sure if this would be giving anything away, but...

Spoiler!

I'm assuming King's The Dark Half was an influence? Maybe this was already mentioned in the thread, if it was, didn't catch it.

Someone also mentioned Chills and Thrills, the random horror film showings. That is a pretty cool concept. The Dawn/Dead remake was a fun film at the time, and still is. On the subject of fast versus slow zombies, I will say, sometimes it is really nice to sit back and watch the original Night of the Living Dead and slow things down a bit. That must look dated as heck to kids now, and as I get older, I certainly get that. But it really is more atmospheric than we all remember, I think, which is something that sometimes happens in the reverse. Probably won't have the time this year, but one Halloween I have to be sure to make that the film I watch to celebrate (that's one problem with this month: so much stuff is on, you don't know where to turn!). That film, and Prince of Darkness by Carpenter, are really good day-of or day-before Halloween films.

And by the way: the idea of seeing a random horror film at a theater just screams to be made into either a short horror film or...something longer....or, maybe at least a short story.

[sholloman81]

[QUOTE=Sock Monkey;n190134]

Another REGION-FREE fan! Wife got me a region-free 4K player (Sony X800M2) after I bugged her for years and I’ll never go back. So many more movies available than what’s released on disc in the states.

I’m curious about TITANE as well, though I wasn’t the biggest fan of RAW. I think there was too much hype by the time I got around to it.

I’m also a huge fan of foreign horror movies. Love to hear your favorites as I’m always on the lookout for more.

Yeah, I'm all about the region-free player too and would never go back! In terms of my favorite foreign (non-English speaking) horror films, I'm having a hard time thinking of some the smaller gems on my movie bookcase at home, but, off the top of my head, some of my all-time favorites include: Audition, Oldboy, Train to Busan, Let the Right One In, The Vanishing, Funny Games, Raw, Martyrs, The Untamed, Irreversible, Rec, Eyes Without A Face, Susperia, Deep Red, The Devil's Backbone, etc. I'm sure there are plenty more that I am forgetting.

[Sock Monkey]

[QUOTE=sholloman81;n190114]

It's interesting how many good movies are coming out from overseas in the last several years. Big budget blockbusters is still the Hollywood thing but there are some amazing movies and shows from places like South Korea, Russia, Germany, and all over the place.

Definitely agree with this statement. With streaming providers offering a lot more platforms for these type of movies to be seen and with horror movies (finally) getting love at the awards ceremonies/from critics and thus being exposed to wider audiences, it seems like we're in a golden age for foreign horror films over the last decade. And as you mentioned in your post, it also seems like they are coming from all corners of the globe as opposed to being centered in one "it" location as if felt like they were in the past (for example Italy with all their Giallo horror movies or Spain with all their low budget vampire films). I would love some horror website or magazine to come up with a list of the top 50 foreign horror films of all time; or, a list of the top horror movies from each country. I know that I've probably got at least 15-20 foreign horror movies on my shelf at home and would love to find more titles that I may have overlooked or never heard about when they were first released. Having an all-region blu-ray player has definitely helped me expand my foreign horror blu-ray collection.

On a side note, since we are speaking about foreign horror films, I desperately want to see Julie Ducournau's new one "Titane". If anyone has seen it, I would love to hear their opinion of it. The description for it seems batshit crazy (in a good way), and I really loved her prior horror film "Raw". Those French horror directors sure make some extreme films.

Another REGION-FREE fan! Wife got me a region-free 4K player (Sony X800M2) after I bugged her for years and I’ll never go back. So many more movies available than what’s released on disc in the states.

I’m curious about TITANE as well, though I wasn’t the biggest fan of RAW. I think there was too much hype by the time I got around to it.

I’m also a huge fan of foreign horror movies. Love to hear your favorites as I’m always on the lookout for more.

[Martin]

What a bummer! The local AMC theater near me (AMC Esplanade in Phoenix AZ) is showing the Thrills & Chills movie deal each Wednesday & Friday of October. I'd just assumed that would be the case in all of their locations, but, from what you have written, it sounds like it may very by location/market. Hopefully, you'll have a chance to check out the showing you mention on the 20th. I've already reserved tickets for the rest of the Thrills & Chills showings for this month!

I have two AMC theaters in my area. One does not have any offering and one has the offering on the 20th.

[sholloman81]

[QUOTE=Ben Staad;n190110]It's interesting how many good movies are coming out from overseas in the last several years. Big budget blockbusters is still the Hollywood thing but there are some amazing movies and shows from places like South Korea, Russia, Germany, and all over the place.

Definitely agree with this statement. With streaming providers offering a lot more platforms for these type of movies to be seen and with horror movies (finally) getting love at the awards ceremonies/from critics and thus being exposed to wider audiences, it seems like we're in a golden age for foreign horror films over the last decade. And as you mentioned in your post, it also seems like they are coming from all corners of the globe as opposed to being centered in one "it" location as if felt like they were in the past (for example Italy with all their Giallo horror movies or Spain with all their low budget vampire films). I would love some horror website or magazine to come up with a list of the top 50 foreign horror films of all time; or, a list of the top horror movies from each country. I know that I've probably got at least 15-20 foreign horror movies on my shelf at home and would love to find more titles that I may have overlooked or never heard about when they were first released. Having an all-region blu-ray player has definitely helped me expand my foreign horror blu-ray collection.

On a side note, since we are speaking about foreign horror films, I desperately want to see Julie Ducournau's new one "Titane". If anyone has seen it, I would love to hear their opinion of it. The description for it seems batshit crazy (in a good way), and I really loved her prior horror film "Raw". Those French horror directors sure make some extreme films.