What an interesting film. It's a horror film about a dance troop out of Berlin that is run by a coven of witches. It's based in the 1977 Italian film of the same name.

It's good! I didn't love it like so many others as I often found the story elements needlessly confusing and convoluted. It's over 2.5 hour running time isn't earned as the story is much simpler than the film lets on.

Overall, if you're a fan of arthouse horror similar to Black Swan, check it out.

Tonight, I finished viewing 2015's The Invitation directed by Karyn Kusama, and wow, what a gut punch of a film.

It's a drama/thriller/horror film about a group of lifelong friends being invited to a dinner with something unusual just beneath the surface.

The Invitation deals heavily with themes of trauma, PTSD, and loss. If you're sensitive to these issues, maybe give it a pass, but if you're into deep tissue emotional stuff, give this one a go.

Recently watched The Conference (2023). A decent quirky little Swedish slasher flick. It's on Netflix if you're interested.

Adult swim short which was believed to have been used to scare children so they would go to bed. There is a real and extended version and a wink was added in 2021 to the short.

I FINALLY got around to watching this one today. Unfortunately I had forgotten about it after these past couple years but it was as pleasant a surprise as finding a $20 in your pocket.

This film does an impeccable job of translating the feeling of physical and psychological abuse to the audience wrapped in a scifi horror package. You want to know what gaslighting is? Watch this film.

Definitely a recommended viewing for thriller/horror enthusiasts.

The acting was pretty sketchy at times, but the psychological horror was well done. The concept was fascinating, and truly encapsulates that feeling of hopeless despair. Are there truly fates worse than death? This movie answers that question with a resounding "yes!"

I'm not going to spoil anything, but the ending was perfect. Loved it.

I was also grateful the gore was kept to a minimum Texas Chainsaw style. Tom Six holds back on the intense gore to instead have the movie unsettle you entirely without the, errm, finer details. I'm afraid to view the sequel from what I've heard about the gore. Apparently Tom Six takes the brakes off in Full Sequence in a response to people complaining about lack of gore in the first film. Not sure my stomach could handle it.

The first time I Saw "it follows", I was hiking through the woods in New Zealand and decided to set up my hammock during a gentle rainstorm between two giant trees, and I just laid there in my hammock watching this spectral horror movie while the trees creaked and the darkness creeped. That was a good setting for a horror movie.

Maika Monroe is so good, this movie got me watching basically her entire filmography, and I just love the film that she keeps doing.

Anyway, I thought I saw a post about this before and I've been thinking about it for a few days but I couldn't find it in this community, so I thought I'd make sure everybody was aware that they follow has been announced because the first movie was so good.

I've checked basically every year to see if a sequel is coming out, so this is just great

Obviously Trick r’ Treat is amazing. I also genuinely love Krampus. I think he has such a unique blend of like 90% horror and 10% comedy that just hits perfectly with me.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7590564

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Facing a crisis of faith, a woman demands to see the deity she has dedicated her life to. But, some things should remain unseen.

If you stare into the abyss long enough, it stares back at you - Friedrich Nietzsche

• Written and Directed: Matt Sears
• Starring: Renee Sears
• DOP: Tim Knight
• Score: Michael Vignola
• Assistants: Cenk Yanki Karabulut, James Freeman
• VFX and Sound Design: Matt Sears

Fredrik and Linnea find themselves at a mysterious and ancient location, unaware of its history.

I’m going to put it right there with the first one. Super solid movie.

The film adaptation of the popular video game, “Five Nights at Freddy’s”, is making waves at the box office. Despite its simultaneous release on the streaming platform Peacock, the movie is projected to rake in a whopping $68M in its opening weekend according to a Deadline report.

Short film by Joey Greene and Paul Houston

Link Invidious

Created in our apartment for less than $500.

Alex - Ethan Mikael Monster - Kevin Michael Shiley Written, produced, directed and edited by Joey Greene Camera, lighting, VFX, and sound by Paul Houston SFX makeup by Morgan Falschlehner Camera assist by Garrett Holbrook

https://maineventofthedead.blogspot.com/2022/10/ninetyforchill-podcast-skimbleshanks.html?m=0

“NinetyForChill: The #Podcast - SkimbleSHANKS presents: House (1985) with @vilecomic5”. A fun #EvilDead Lite for the whole #family.

This really could have kicked off PG-13 #horrormovies 15 years ahead of the neutering #jhorror.

#cinema #cinemastodon #sundaycinema #horror #movies #Moviestodon #filmastodon #film @roxiqt @horror @TheHorrorGuru

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5577999

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RADAR tells the mysterious story of Nathan, who we find trapped in his room with no means of escape. Every night at the same time, he’s plagued by an entity that appears in his TV and tries to reach out to him. What does the entity want with Nathan? Will Nathan ever escape? Tune in to find out!

Director/Producer: Lyra Pihl

Starring: Lyra Pihl, Aidan Silvano, Devon Staggs, Ardoxis, SoftSynthetic, Zachary Gignac

3D Production: Randy Mortimer, Lyra Pihl, Ezra Monroe, TigeraRainbowra, Terrence Pine

Concept Art: Lyra Pihl, TigeraRainbowra, Randy Mortimer, Ardoxis

Sound Production: Lyra Pihl

Chronology/Writing Advisor: Ardoxis

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5286103

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival

A festival of cosmic horror, Weird tales, uncanny, and other Lovecraftian horror films, plus authors, art, music, and more. Since 1995, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival has been the vanguard of independent Weird filmmaking.

list of Lovecraftian short and feature films

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This is very long but a very interesting video. There are lots of bookmarks, so you don't necessarily have to watch the entire thing in one go.

It’s now been four years since the release of David Yarovesky’s Brightburn, a horror take on Young Superman that was notably produced by James Gunn. The film told the origin story of super-villain Brandon Breyer, and it pulled in over $33 million worldwide on a $6 million production budget.

She's coming for them all.
In this wicked series from Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House) and based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.