My family all take turns picking a spooky season movie this month. This year the pics are, Army of Darkness, The Shining, Young Frankenstein, and del Toros Frankenstein. Last year was Evil Dead 2, David Cronenberg's The Fly, Poltergeist, and Carpenter's The Thing. We also go to a local theater to watch Nosferatu with live music just about every year.
Funny thing is, according to IMDB, it’s supposed to feel like a dream, so there’s stuff from different decades to keep you from pinning down when it is, and they wear different types of clothes throughout the movie from jackets to bathing suits to keep from identifying a time of year. The point is that, like a dream, a lot of stuff is vague and nothing really makes complete sense.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is not a great movie, but I recently re-watched it and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
It helps a lot that I was growing up in the mid 90s to the mid 2000s and I actually saw this in cinema on release (convinced my parents to let me go to the cinema at the mall so I wouldn't bug them while they were shopping).
I would say Book of Shadows is better than the 2016 reboot. It adds its own take on the formula.
Blair Witch 2 was the unfortunate victim of studio interference. I watched this fan edit years ago that brings it more in line with the director's intentions, and the result was a very solid horror movie. Looks like there are some newer attempts on that site now I may need to try and find.
I remember watching Siskel and Ebert talking about DVDs when they first came out. They were fired up and saw a future where the raw media would come on the DVD and the version you watched could be influenced by an overlay. Like you could have "studio release", "director's cut" on the same disk, and even download fan edits (just directions for what to play in what order. A small text file) and watch those versions. I thought that was a pretty cool idea, but of course it didn't take long for DVDs to get locked down and start forcing people to watch unskippable ads on the DVDs you bought.
I've had great experiences with some fanedits (Prometheus, Alien: Covenant) to the point where I consider the fanedits to the canocial versions.
That being said, I thought the theatrical version of Book of Shadows was entertaining. Some of it is nostalgia bias, but I also watch a lot of new horror movies that many would consider unacceptablely low quality and I think they all right.
"Altered States" Harvard neuroscientist is obsessed with sensory deprivation tanks. After getting some peyote from a shaman his hallucinations start to become part of the real world.
Not fully a horror movie, but it has horror elements and IMO it's a cool fusion of genres. I also appreciate the indie DIY aesthetic (while still offering some impressive scenes).
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KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 12 pts · 319d
My personal favorites is Event Horizon.
sk@utsukta.org · 4 pts · 319d
great recommendation! i can always watch it again. Existence of horrors that the human mind cannot possibly comprehend is a horror in itself.
ohlaph@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 318d
Are you trying to kill us?
Buy seriously, a solid movie that scared the shit out of me wgen I first watched it as a kid. Haha.
Zagam@piefed.social · 9 pts · 319d
My family all take turns picking a spooky season movie this month. This year the pics are, Army of Darkness, The Shining, Young Frankenstein, and del Toros Frankenstein. Last year was Evil Dead 2, David Cronenberg's The Fly, Poltergeist, and Carpenter's The Thing. We also go to a local theater to watch Nosferatu with live music just about every year.
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 7 pts · 319d
It Follows. Indie film that’s actually pretty good, and I don’t like spooky/horror movies.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 319d
I just watched the trailer I love the 80s feel!
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 4 pts · 319d
Funny thing is, according to IMDB, it’s supposed to feel like a dream, so there’s stuff from different decades to keep you from pinning down when it is, and they wear different types of clothes throughout the movie from jackets to bathing suits to keep from identifying a time of year. The point is that, like a dream, a lot of stuff is vague and nothing really makes complete sense.
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 319d
This is the first thing I’ve read that made It Follows sound interesting! I’ll probably check it out now.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 319d
Ahhhh well it reeled me in anyway
Aneb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 319d
Weapons (2025) wasn't bad, its a very easy watch
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 319d
Second vote for weapons in this thread thanks 😊
haulyard@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 319d
The original Blair witch has become a yearly routine for our house.
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 319d
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is not a great movie, but I recently re-watched it and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
It helps a lot that I was growing up in the mid 90s to the mid 2000s and I actually saw this in cinema on release (convinced my parents to let me go to the cinema at the mall so I wouldn't bug them while they were shopping).
I would say Book of Shadows is better than the 2016 reboot. It adds its own take on the formula.
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 318d
Blair Witch 2 was the unfortunate victim of studio interference. I watched this fan edit years ago that brings it more in line with the director's intentions, and the result was a very solid horror movie. Looks like there are some newer attempts on that site now I may need to try and find.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 318d
I remember watching Siskel and Ebert talking about DVDs when they first came out. They were fired up and saw a future where the raw media would come on the DVD and the version you watched could be influenced by an overlay. Like you could have "studio release", "director's cut" on the same disk, and even download fan edits (just directions for what to play in what order. A small text file) and watch those versions. I thought that was a pretty cool idea, but of course it didn't take long for DVDs to get locked down and start forcing people to watch unskippable ads on the DVDs you bought.
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 318d
Well have to check this out.
I've had great experiences with some fanedits (Prometheus, Alien: Covenant) to the point where I consider the fanedits to the canocial versions.
That being said, I thought the theatrical version of Book of Shadows was entertaining. Some of it is nostalgia bias, but I also watch a lot of new horror movies that many would consider unacceptablely low quality and I think they all right.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 6 pts · 319d
Oldie but goodie.
"Altered States" Harvard neuroscientist is obsessed with sensory deprivation tanks. After getting some peyote from a shaman his hallucinations start to become part of the real world.
sk@utsukta.org · 6 pts · 319d
have you watched 'talk to me'?
PanaX@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 319d
Or their new one, "Bring Her Back"
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 319d
Just looked that up it looks good, but too creepy for me. Thanks though!
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 319d
The Thing, Sleepy Hollow, Halloween 1 & 2, Hereditary, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Jeepers Creepers (2001).
lefty7283@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 319d
Troll 2
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 319d
Not fully a horror movie, but it has horror elements and IMO it's a cool fusion of genres. I also appreciate the indie DIY aesthetic (while still offering some impressive scenes).
Monsters (2010)
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 319d
I like dystopian so it's a good shout! Thanks mate
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 319d
Weapons was very well done, good cinematography, good plot, solid acting, very well put together.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 319d
Just watched the trailer it's gripping thanks!
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 319d
It's a well made experience. The type of horror movie that can appeal not only to hardcore fans of horror.
It's flawed, but very enjoyable.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 319d
2006 Silent Hill
statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 318d
Just watched The Ritual and it was pretty decent.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 319d
The original Men in Black.
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 318d
Drag Me To Hell
Cabin in the Woods
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 318d
I mean I haven't seen it but was planning to watch that omen prequel.
thejoker954@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 315d
Earnest Scared Stupid. I kid - I recommend Darkness Falls.
It's a 2003 horror movie that I really enjoyed back then. In fact since your prompt made me think of it, im gonna watch it myself lol.
ace_garp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 318d
Could go with the scientifically proven scariest horror films(greatest heart rate BPM spikes during movies), just skip the psychological ones.
https://manofmany.com/entertainment/movies-tv/scariest-horror-movies-according-to-science
Or go old school, with 1985's The Return of the Living Dead, a very blatant and non-psychological teen zombie flick.
twinnie@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 319d
There was a low budget indie film I found in Amazon Prime called There Are Monsters that I really enjoyed.
fake_meows@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 318d
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3908142/
The Love Witch is funny, campy, kitsch, retro fun
SynAcker@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 318d
Killer Klowns from Outer Space