That was fucking crazy. Holy shit. Didn't expect the movie to start off with a Final Destination moment and then turn into a trauma flick. First off wont bury the lede it's fucking terrifying. The whole premise off being 1) in an unmapped cave system that 2) has its entrance blocked right after you enter a new chamber. And then you add on the Bone Tomahawk Trogdolytes? Fuuuuck.

Speaking of fuck, fuck Juno. Most hateable character ever, although I will giver the grudging respect that she is a ruthless badass who can scrap. But for real: clearly banging Sarah's husband for one and then tricks the entire group into an extreme unmapped cavern instead of the nice safe one they were supposed to do. Insane. I woulda throttled that bitch on the spot if I were there when that was revealed, at least a group beatdown once we get out of there.

Also early on when the group first crosses a big chasm Juno tries to freeclimb the wall like Becca had done earlier and fucks up, falling and causing Becca to slice open her hand attempting to belay her. Just another unspoken Juno-sucks-moment I wanna point out.

And that's the other thing, we never had a long confrontation where Juno explains herself. Sarah learns she's two faced from Beth's death and gets pretty solid confirmation of the affair when it's revealed that Juno's necklace has Sarah's hubbie's catchphrase engraved on it. No need for long exposition, love that.

And all the fight scenes, SO chaotic and utterly frantic feeling. There was only one death that bugged me, girl towards the end who was scaling the ceiling and manages to stab the trogdoltye but only after she gets got first. She put the knife in her mouth instead of just trying to stab at the trog before it got to her, that didn't make sense. But that's like my one quibble with this whole film lmao

And then if you really want to zoom out you can say this whole adventure is about Sarah going through the absolute depths of hellish grief and cutting off her old life in the process to ascend back to life. Or something like that.

4/4 Stars; loved it

What is your pick for most beautiful horror?

This is my favourite genre personally. I really love nature so I love movies like the ritual, the shining, Midsommars gotta get a mention of course, also I think the finale of evil dead 2013 is stunning. The shots the colors everything.

Will be adding these to my letterboxd thx yall

Sometimes there's that obscure or underappreciated film that just struck a cord with you. No one you know seems to know about it and you rarely see it even on Shudder, Scream Tv, fearnet, etc.

Mine is: Splinter

One of few movies set almost entirely at a gas station.

May or may not be spolier: I can forgive lack of information because of the short timeline.

Its most terrifying to me, because there is no 'end' or goal of the entity, it's just running on pure animal instinct. And I used to work as an overnight gas station clerk.

I also like Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf.

By no means is it a great or even good movie. Its a disturbing gore-fest, but I like it. (Not available to buy or stream anywhere that I can tell.)

Have you guys seen this madness? Best dark take on Barney to date imo, and it's packed with talent. A tight 95 minutes and no sluggish parts. I hope there's a sequel!

It’s so good. One of the most unique horror movies as of recent. There is so much lore and room for a sequel. If you have not watched it go and check it out.

The Fly gets remembered for Brundlefly, the prosthetics and the really disgusting stuff near the end, but rewatching it made me realize the parts that bother me most happen much earlier.
It's the little failures.
His skin getting worse.
The fingernails.
His teeth.
The moment he starts keeping pieces of himself in the medicine cabinet because parts of his body are falling off often enough that apparently he needs somewhere to put them.
That is so much worse to me than the final creature.
Once Seth becomes an obvious monster, there's at least some psychological distance. That's Brundlefly. It's a horror movie creature.
Earlier on, he's still recognizably just a guy standing in a bathroom noticing that his body isn't working correctly anymore.
And he can't stop it.
I think that's why The Fly hits differently from body horror where transformation is mainly about becoming stronger or turning into some cool creature. Seth does get that stage at first.
He's stronger.
He's energetic.
He's climbing walls.
He's talking like he's discovered some huge evolutionary breakthrough.
For a little while you can almost understand why he's excited.
Then his body starts collecting the bill.
His body keeps changing without asking him, and every new change makes the previous version of him impossible to get back.
There's also something horrible about watching Veronica react to it. She still sees Seth in there, she's watching someone she loves disappear while he's still talking to her, still reasoning, still trying to explain what he thinks is happening.
The gross effects aren't separate from the tragedy. They're the tragedy.
And the practical effects are obviously incredible, but weirdly the biggest creature effects don't get the strongest reaction out of me. The fingernail does. The teeth do.
At that point he doesn't look like a monster yet. That's just a sick man looking in the mirror and realizing tomorrow is going to be worse.
Absolutely horrible.
Great movie.

We watched It ( the newer one ) and Silent Hill last night. Both I thought would creep the heck out of her and no. She’s not new to horror and trying to find a balance of genuinely scary movies without overly sexualized themes or sexual violence has been rough. She’s seen all the insidious/ Annabelle verse movies.

The descent has been the winner so far. She was also pretty spooked in the Autopsy of Jane Doe as well as Haunting in Connecticut. If that’s helpful at all.

Gore is fine if it’s not the reason the movie is “scary” ( terrifier ect..) and we stay away from excessive torture ( saw, hostel ect..)

I was thinking maybe The Ruins or maybe more psychological? I was going to show her The Strangers because I remember being very freaked out but I think it was a little excessively violent.

Thank you!

I’ve been wanting to get into horror this year, mainly stemming from my watching of Obsession in theaters. It scared the shit out of me, as Id only seen a few thrillers in the past, (Psycho, The Birds, Quiet Place films.) I had liked all these films but the genre never appealed to me super strongly. After Obsession in theaters, I realized how much I actually liked horror. Anyways, since then I’ve been watching horror films I’ve heard good things about on and off, and I’d always heard great things about The Thing from 1982, and I watched it last night! I really enjoyed it, but I feel I put my standards a bit too high in a sense? It was such a different experience than most horror because of how well written the characters were, and the fact they didn’t make stupid decisions all the time, and I loved that aspect. It was fascinating seeing friendships and trust erode so rapidly. But I didn’t really find it super outright scary. Maybe I’m desensitized from the modern horror I’ve watched, but this movie felt much more suspenseful than jumpscarey. Which was a super nice change imo, it felt refreshing after seeing other films that won’t build tension and just throw a loud sound and blood on screen out of nowhere. You guys got any recommendations for similar horror movies that rely more on tension building and suspense than cheap jump scares?

EDIT: Realizing now my wording is a little off, so I watered to clarify I said that my standards were too high because I was expecting something much more terrifying and in my face than suspenseful from The Thing. I still loved the movie

Watched this last night and went in expecting a pretty standard supernatural horror movie. It ended up being a lot more fun and disturbing than i thought it would be.

The setup is wild, but what makes it work is how seriously the movie takes it. The couple at the center of the story aren’t your usual helpless victims, and watching their plan spiral out of control is what makes the whole thing so unsettling. Once things start going wrong, the movie gets genuinely creepy without losing its weird sense of humor.

Some of the imagery is seriously messed up, and i liked that it didn’t feel like every other polished studio horror movie. It has a rougher, stranger vibe that works in its favor.

I wouldn’t say every scene lands, but this is exactly the kind of horror movie i wish more people would stumble across. If you like supernatural horror that gets weird and doesn’t take the safest route, this one’s worth checking out.

I just finished. If you like your horror with a slow burn and a little bit of heart-- this one's for you.

Milly Shapiro--the gal who played Charlie in "Hereditary"-- plays a young woman who lives alone in the family home that's slowly slipping into decay, in a post-apocalyptic landscape. She frequently broadcasts from a walkie-talkie, desperately longing and hoping for a connection with any other human left out there. She is celebrating Halloween, a past beloved tradition in her family. That night, her bid for connection is answered. But will she survive it?

This film is earnest, with an atmosphere both intimate and drab. Plenty of striking shots of colorful brilliance against the dreariness, and a gorgeous and spare dread-inducing musical score keeps the creepy tension rising. There's enough gore to satisfy the splatter hounds, but not enough to gross out those who aren't so into graphic or violent scenes.

Sad and ugly, and a little bit sweet. Maybe even a little bit hopeful? This little gem is worth a watch.

I enjoy both films but I have to say I like the tone and stories in Creepshow 2 compared to the first movie.

The Native Indian one was super cool and freaky. I really liked all the characters and the old couple running the general store were great. The big chief statue was very unsettling as well.

The Raft story is also great. Reminded of a nice relaxing outing with people you're close to, everything seems to peaceful, and then chaos happens. And there's absoutely no way out. Very freaky.

The one about the Hitchhiker was also pretty wild, but I think its my least favorite of the 3 tbh.

What's everyone think of Creepshow 2? Better or subpar to the original?

Ill start with Jacob's Ladder, Get Out, and Shutter Island. I need 150 characters so I hope yall are having a great halloween month. Stay spooky friends.

The movie gets so much shit, and I can agree that it IS worthy of heavy criticism. However, I think the movie was executed amazingly by the actors. The premise of it being shown through a Skype call is admittedly cringey in theory, but it’s done beautifully. It’s a great representation of teens at that era as in rumors being spread by “friends”, the Amanda Todd mention by using index cards to communicate, eating disorders being spoken on (somewhat and very leniently), etc.

The main “protagonist” in the film (Blaire Lily) was an unreliable narrator which is exposed at the end of the film which made it so much more interesting. I may be biased because I love when there’s a reveal that the person you’re rooting for is actually the cause of everything at the end, and a lot of people may think it’s a cliché or an overused plotline, but I find it very entertaining. It’s hinted at the entire movie that it was Blaire who exposed the video of Laura, it seems taunting towards the beginning - as if Laura is looking to find out herself who did it and hinting it to Blaire, but she already knows and has known.

Anyways, the movie is actually very interesting and does engage you pretty quickly into its plot despite Blaires ignorance to how the goddamn internet works. I just think it really does get a lot of hate when it’s not warranted in my opinion.

Jesus, this movie was bleak. It's like watching someone struggle with an addiction. The more you try and force them out of it the more they are drawn to it and it just keeps going. Like dear god, what the fuck. I absolutely loved this it is a perfect supernatural and psychological horror. 10/10.

I've been watching a lot of masked killer horror this month, partially because spooky season and partially because I always enjoy trying to suss out the killer(s) identity and I was recently thinking about my success rate of guessing it before the reveal, generally a very high percentage with less than 6 movies ever actually genuinely fooling me for any amount of time, so I was curious about everyone else.

Has the identity reveal of a masked killer in a horror movie ever surprised you, even for a moment?

Hey! Is there any film that starts with the characters believing a demonic possession is effecting someone but it turns out it's actually aliens? I could have sworn this was a plot to a film I've seen before.

This movie made me sick. I was uncomfortable sitting through this whole damn film. It is exactly as advertized though and I got to say whoever made this has some big fucking cajones definitely worth at least a 6 or 7 off that alone even if I personally didn't care for it.

Monkeys are the only animal that I could say gives me a phobia, it makes me uncomfortable to see pictures of them, especially baboons. The sounds they make too, god, They make me very anxious. And lately I've been looking for horror movies that really scare me, and I remembered this little thing I have with monkeys.

Btw I already saw Primate (2025), if you were thinking of that one lmao

I knew about the project (of course) but I just saw the trailer and it gave me goosebumps! Silence of the Lambs meets Seven with a tad of Longlegs: shut up and take my money already! Great casting as well, Flanagan looks back on track after toning it down a bit for Carrie. Thoughts?

Rewatched the Halloween movies recently and them killing Rachel off in part 5 the way they do and so soon into the movie always sucks so hard and irritates the hell out of me. They didn't even give one of the most important and greatest characters in the previous movie a good chase scene or let her fight back, Michael just stabs her with the scissors and she's done. I do like the movie, but it always makes me so frustrated every rewatch how dirty they do her character lol. What moments always manage to make you wanna yell at the tv and rant when they happen?

Honestly the first movie was spectacular for me, the second one was funny and action filled. I know they are both too different and we moved from "Slight horror" to "No horror at all" But i loved it. I know these two movies are not for everyone, but i actually loved the characters, the story, and M3gan is honestly a great character. What are your thoughts ?