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Good horror film to watch tonight?

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BlackBarbies · 08/04/2023 20:23

I enjoy anything supernatural (not really a fan of gore and blood etc). I like anything along the lines of,

The Conjuring
Incidious
Brahms

Wasn’t really a fan of,

Midsummer
Hereditary
The Witch

Hopefully you get the jist otherwise we’ll be here all day! Any suggestions welcome:)

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JoyceDivision79 · 09/04/2023 17:10

The Wailing

Think it is Korean, it's a brilliant film, not but very creepy!

The setting, the relentless weather etc all add to it!

Doingtheboxerbeat · 09/04/2023 17:11

I literally knew the kind of recommendations you would get despite you laying out your preferences 😁. Supernatural, creepy and unsettling and people are literally recommending the show Supernatural - hilariously missing the point.
I guess we are more hardcore than most.

The Mothman prophecies is creepy as fuck and disturbing , based on true events too 🥺.

tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz · 09/04/2023 17:13

I think I quite liked the unanswered questions part but also -

I love how they switched her as a girl and actually you feel sympathy for her as a "tethered "

The clues when you look back (when they're on their way to holiday and she's singing/clicking her fingers slightly out of time

the retro 80s moments

Lupitas acting as the other, her movements were so creepy

The ballet scene

The idea of all those "tethered" beneath us

When Elisabeth Moss' character asks the Alexa to call the police Grin

I also loved Get Out tho!

MisanthropistToTheCore · 09/04/2023 17:16

I think I must have weird tastes. I think Sinister is campy as hell and not in the least bit scary. I genuinely laughed out-loud at how bad it was. I think The Witch is deeply misogynistic and very boring.

However, in the past I thought The Grudge was scary and watched it again recently and thought it was stupid too.

No movies have done it for me for ages.

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BlackBarbies · 09/04/2023 17:29

Doingtheboxerbeat · 09/04/2023 17:11

I literally knew the kind of recommendations you would get despite you laying out your preferences 😁. Supernatural, creepy and unsettling and people are literally recommending the show Supernatural - hilariously missing the point.
I guess we are more hardcore than most.

The Mothman prophecies is creepy as fuck and disturbing , based on true events too 🥺.

😂😅 some of the recommendations just haven’t been what I’m looking for but we’re all different so I can understand why.

Ooo never heard of that one but I can see it’s on ITVX so will give that a watch this week. Anymore horrors that you enjoy?

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BlackBarbies · 09/04/2023 17:32

tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz · 09/04/2023 17:13

I think I quite liked the unanswered questions part but also -

I love how they switched her as a girl and actually you feel sympathy for her as a "tethered "

The clues when you look back (when they're on their way to holiday and she's singing/clicking her fingers slightly out of time

the retro 80s moments

Lupitas acting as the other, her movements were so creepy

The ballet scene

The idea of all those "tethered" beneath us

When Elisabeth Moss' character asks the Alexa to call the police Grin

I also loved Get Out tho!

How interesting! I thought the film was awful🫣

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SunUp · 09/04/2023 17:37

Can anyone tell me which streaming service these films etc are on? Particularly Sinister and when the lights went out.
Cheers

VoluptuaSneezelips · 09/04/2023 17:39

If you enjoy Asian films like Ju-on The Grudge and Ringu then I recommend Dark Water.
Supernatural Japanese film from 2002 about a recently divorced mum struggling to get full custody of her daughter. She rents a flat in a shabby run down apartment block to try gain some stability in her life and so her daughter can stay with her. Not all is what it seems however when a leak develops from the place above hers and she starts hearing sounds of habitation despite it being empty.

Doingtheboxerbeat · 09/04/2023 17:46

BlackBarbies · 09/04/2023 17:29

😂😅 some of the recommendations just haven’t been what I’m looking for but we’re all different so I can understand why.

Ooo never heard of that one but I can see it’s on ITVX so will give that a watch this week. Anymore horrors that you enjoy?

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I'm similar to you, I am very very hard to scare and I live alone 😲. I like ones that I will be thinking about when I need to visit the bathroom at 3am - the ones that stay with you and make you scared to look in the mirror. I haven't found one like that in years unfortunately, sorry.

StellaAndCrow · 09/04/2023 17:54

ghostyslovesheets · 08/04/2023 21:00

Not sure how you feel about Korean Horror but The Sadness is possibly one of my favourite modern horror films - it's more an infection film and very gory but it blew me away

Crikey, I just watched the trailer for The Sadness - that's a bit gory for a trailer!

Inthebathagain · 09/04/2023 18:03

Currently watching Sinister. Bored af.
It's trying far too hard to make you jump all the time. Laughable scenes. Story poor. Learn from Jaws, people!

SocksAndTheCity · 09/04/2023 18:07

Doingtheboxerbeat · 09/04/2023 17:46

I'm similar to you, I am very very hard to scare and I live alone 😲. I like ones that I will be thinking about when I need to visit the bathroom at 3am - the ones that stay with you and make you scared to look in the mirror. I haven't found one like that in years unfortunately, sorry.

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Nor have I and I see hundreds of films a year, a lot of them at film festivals. But that doesn't mean they won't be fun to watch Smile

I wonder whether I've found them more entertaining because I saw almost all the ones I've mentioned in the cinema? I rarely watch films at home - I don't have the attention span and I'm more of a box set person.

Doingtheboxerbeat · 09/04/2023 18:19

SocksAndTheCity · 09/04/2023 18:07

Nor have I and I see hundreds of films a year, a lot of them at film festivals. But that doesn't mean they won't be fun to watch Smile

I wonder whether I've found them more entertaining because I saw almost all the ones I've mentioned in the cinema? I rarely watch films at home - I don't have the attention span and I'm more of a box set person.

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You see, I can and do watch films in the cinema, but if I want to be scared shitless, then the cinema would be the wrong place for me because I would be surrounded by other people and that would defeat the purpose. I am very strange 😁.
I love all manner of films but I am often disappointed when I want to feel scared because that's entirely subjective.

SocksAndTheCity · 09/04/2023 18:23

I can't say I've ever been scared watching a film in the cinema bar once, and that was when I'd been out all night and missed a train so took myself off to see one of the Final Destination films with a stinking hangover and the full on beer fear. I was so terrified I almost passed out 🤣

blebbleb · 09/04/2023 18:36

SunUp · 09/04/2023 17:37

Can anyone tell me which streaming service these films etc are on? Particularly Sinister and when the lights went out.
Cheers

When the lights went out is on prime. Sinister is on sky movies or now tv. Just Watch is a great app/website. Tells you where stuff is streamed.

Unananana · 09/04/2023 18:49

The Menu
Platform
Terrifier
Terrifier 2
Re/mind
Re/member
The Whole Truth
#Alive
Cam
Creep
Creep 2
Blue Skeleton
In The Tall Grass
All Of Us Are Dead (series, but decent)
The Eighth Night
Train To Busan

Astorminateacup · 09/04/2023 18:59

BBC News.

HoogahToogah · 09/04/2023 19:00

Orphan is not supernatural but is fantastic. As is the sequel which came out a few years ago but is actually the prequel to the original

NeelyOHara1 · 09/04/2023 19:01

The Descent.

amaretti1999 · 09/04/2023 19:08

Wakewood

Unananana · 09/04/2023 19:27

Ooo...I missed 'Afflicted' from the list!

moonseas · 09/04/2023 20:05

I love horror - in lockdown my partner and I even set up a horror-fan blog and reviewed our favourite films! We didn’t keep up with it (I got pregnant and worried about getting scared 😂) but here are a few we loved that I haven’t seen mentioned yet:

Host (UK)
A British horror set entirely on Zoom between multiple friends who’ve hired a woman to run an online seance for them. It’s one of the most innovative horror films we’d seen!

Grave Encounters (US)
A TV crew who make a ‘Most Haunted’ style show stay overnight in an abandoned psychiatric hospital to film their next episode, when things start going badly wrong…

The Borderlands (UK)
Another British horror, this time of the found footage variety. Two priests go to visit a church where ungodly things have taken place to investigate the mysteries.

The Cleansing Hour (US)
A staged live-streamed exorcism - what could possibly go wrong?! Things take a nasty turn in this modern digital-era horror.

Relic (US)
Psychological horror. A mother and daughter go to help out the grandmother when they notice a dark presence seeping into the house, almost through the walls themselves…

The Power (UK)
London, 1974. Trainee nurse Val is forced to work the night shift in an empty hospital with a deadly secret.

Hope that’s useful! I’ve added a few others have mentioned to my ‘to watch’ list.

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BlackBarbies · 09/04/2023 20:18

SunUp · 09/04/2023 17:37

Can anyone tell me which streaming service these films etc are on? Particularly Sinister and when the lights went out.
Cheers

Go to Google and type in ‘Fmovies’ ‘Flickz’ or my personal fav, ‘Hi5movies.’ All free and in HD😬

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BlackBarbies · 09/04/2023 20:21

Doingtheboxerbeat · 09/04/2023 17:46

I'm similar to you, I am very very hard to scare and I live alone 😲. I like ones that I will be thinking about when I need to visit the bathroom at 3am - the ones that stay with you and make you scared to look in the mirror. I haven't found one like that in years unfortunately, sorry.

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That is so me!! When I watched The Conjuring I was scared to look in the mirror for about two weeks😅 I also have to keep the passage light on for when I need the toilet in the night haha.

I’d love to know the last film that you watched that made you feel like that!

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BlackBarbies · 09/04/2023 20:29

moonseas · 09/04/2023 20:05

I love horror - in lockdown my partner and I even set up a horror-fan blog and reviewed our favourite films! We didn’t keep up with it (I got pregnant and worried about getting scared 😂) but here are a few we loved that I haven’t seen mentioned yet:

Host (UK)
A British horror set entirely on Zoom between multiple friends who’ve hired a woman to run an online seance for them. It’s one of the most innovative horror films we’d seen!

Grave Encounters (US)
A TV crew who make a ‘Most Haunted’ style show stay overnight in an abandoned psychiatric hospital to film their next episode, when things start going badly wrong…

The Borderlands (UK)
Another British horror, this time of the found footage variety. Two priests go to visit a church where ungodly things have taken place to investigate the mysteries.

The Cleansing Hour (US)
A staged live-streamed exorcism - what could possibly go wrong?! Things take a nasty turn in this modern digital-era horror.

Relic (US)
Psychological horror. A mother and daughter go to help out the grandmother when they notice a dark presence seeping into the house, almost through the walls themselves…

The Power (UK)
London, 1974. Trainee nurse Val is forced to work the night shift in an empty hospital with a deadly secret.

Hope that’s useful! I’ve added a few others have mentioned to my ‘to watch’ list.

Host sounds great! Thank you for all the other recommendations, I’ll check them out

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