October/Halloween/Horror Recommendations

mrcheez

Yeah a VPN is essential really for Shudder.

Talking of which, most of the Karloff 1930s Universal flicks are up on US Shudder and really enjoying getting through these like The Mummy and The Black Cat. Never saw these before.

Superb stories that even stand up today.

mrcheez

Shudder US has some amazing extreme French movies this month, like Irreversible, Martyrs, Inside and Frontier(s) ... also Darkman ;)

Shudder Canada has a load of Hellraisers too (haven't seen after part 2)

Shudder Ireland has The Ritual which is essential imho

rtron

Just came across a trailer for a 70s movie "What the pepper saw" writing it here so I don't forget to find it.

Anyone seen it?

dubstepper

Watched "Those who walk away" recently. Quite good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUdrZ45YUVU

mrcheez

Anyone having issues using their VPN with Shudder?

I keep getting connection errors when connecting to anywhere using mine (VPN Unlimited)

Sucks as I really wanted to watch the latest Drive In series

mrcheez

got it working by installing Norton VPN instead... pain in the hole to get it working with the firestick, but got there eventually

Man Vs ManUre

I wonder if ‘the black phone’ will be up there with the recent great horrors like sinister, hereditary, midsommar, it follows, it chapter 1.

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119243616#Comment_119243616

Made by the same guy behind Sinister and Chris Stuckmann (who is a fan of Sinister) said it was better

rtron

Watched the black phone the other day was decent.

Also "Men" very good. Woman goes on a country retreat after a break up, things go wrong.

mrcheez

That time of year again (yay!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIHUv2ooG38

I'll start the ball rolling with "Extraordinary Tales" which I saw recently on Shudder US (via VPN) which is an animated take on several Edgar Allan Poe tales (apart from The Raven oddly enough). Superb atmosphere and they even have one narrated by Bela Lugosi. Could imagine watching it on a cold windy night with a roaring fire going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4IDwG_FMpM

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118763463#Comment_118763463

I went on a holiday to Bulgaria and watched the Ritual on my second night there. It ruined my capacity to sleep for the rest of that trip.

buried

Going to try to do a triple bill of 'Penda's Fen' (1974) The Devils (1971) and Theatre of Blood (1973) over the Samhain festivities.

Man Vs ManUre

Terrifier 2 out in cinemas in time for Halloween, reading reports that it is very disturbing and wild. 1 was pretty good too.

mrcheez

That hacksaw scene...the very reason they call the channel "shudder"

Space Dog

I stumbled upon a death scene from Terrifier 2 on Youtube and I can safely say I won't be watching the whole movie, I don't really have the stomach for torture porn anymore these days.

Man Vs ManUre

It’s not really a horror, tho it is a good film that few have watched, but it has one of the most disturbing (not gory) death scene I have ever seen. The film is an Aussie movie called ‘in her skin’ starring Irish actress Ruth Bradley.

mrcheez

A new flick recommendation from me (for a change) and this one is literally brand spanking new in that it will be in the cinemas on Oct 28th!

Barbarian

I saw it as cam footage, so the fact I'm saying it's one of the best horrors of the past couple of years is saying something! Great cast and enough twists to leave you looking like "Bent neck lady". Definitely add it to your must-see list. Getting good reviews on Rotten Tomatoes too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUKZ6S7hPRE

neirbloom

One of the few horror movies to actually scare the past ten years deathdream or dead of night 1974. It was available on Arrow last year but I missed it... love to watch it again. Its directed by Bob Clarke who also directed A Christmas Story and Porkys. The only horror movie I genuinely found unnerving along with TCM and ad Cronenbergs Shivers.

Fysh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119749008#Comment_119749008

According to JustWatch it's up as a rental on AppleTV in Ireland. If you have the means to access services in the USA it looks like it's on a couple of ad-supported free streaming services there as well.

CastorTroy

With the latest Halloween and Hellraiser films, what would be considered the most consistently good/decent horror movie series?

Complete series I've seen include Childs's Play Halloween, Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw and Scream. Some I've seen parts or most of like Friday the 13th.

I think the Child's Play series was the most entertaining.

The rest declined with the occasional improvement.

mrcheez

The Human Centipede? 😁

Seriously though ... probably "Alien series" for general consistency in quality? (even the bad ones were not THAT bad)

Maybe the George Romero "Dead" films too

"Evil dead" series maybe.

Man Vs ManUre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119753647#Comment_119753647

I watched it and it was very hard to sit through it. One of the most disturbing films I have ever seen.

Fysh

I'd say Romero's first Dead trilogy in terms of "consistently good". I have a soft spot for Coscarelli's Phantasm films, but beyond the first one I would say it's not so much that they are consistently good as that there is a single creative vision behind them.

Beyond that, I think it's a hiding to nothing - I like horror but horror franchises tend toward formulaic in a way I really dislike, and which I think can best be exemplified by a quote from George Romero when he was promoting Land of the Dead, where he talked about how he was really excited to have a cheerleader zombie in the film. As though the specific outfits or "types" of zombie were what made his earlier films so effective.

CastorTroy

Yeah keep meaning to try the Phantasm films having seen parts of a couple when younger.

Then was thinking of checking out DTV ones like Puppet Master.

Markus Antonius

Not sure if this is on any of the conventional streaming services but watched The Last Broadcast (1998). A very unsettling feature-length documentary.

Mr Crispy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119754203#Comment_119754203

I enjoyed it too. Was overshadowed by The Blair Witch Project which had a similar premise and all of the hype, but I think TLB is the better film.

neirbloom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119753874#Comment_119753874

Arrow are streaming all the phantasm movies along with the puppet master movies... all nine of them, checked out the first three puppet master movies pretty decent so far lol.

El Gato De Negocios

For something incredibly cheesey but alot of fun, Id recommend The Gingerdead Man series. They are awful, really, but in an enjoyable kind of way. The first one has Gary Busey going full Busey in it.

mrcheez

Watched Fall last night. Another flick I had no idea about (nor had I watched a trailer), similar to how I discovered Barbarian, but the premise sounded interesting... or at least the poster grabbed me!

More thriller than horror but this flick got my fears and the cold sweats going like no other. Dare to watch it if you have even the remotest fear of incredible heights.

Had me shouting "Ah jaysus, STOP!" on several occasions. Saw it on Kodi, but I think you can rent it on Google Play if you prefer.

Try to watch it on a large screen rather than your phone though.

Man Vs ManUre

Watched Vampyros on Netflix. Not great, but a bit disturbing.