Recent First time watches for my Halloween run and quick thoughts:
The Night House: I'm with everyone else who has praised this joint. I always like a film that leaves you disoriented and this one achieves that while fitting those dream-like moments and the discomfort into the plot really well. It's dark, characters act realistic, and this joint took some cool risks with dope visuals as a reward. I kinda wanna deep dive on this one. Also, this has the first jump scare to really catch me off-guard since the first Anabelle movie...like I jumped and audibly cursed...that's extremely rare and I watch EVERYTHING.
Tragedy Girls: Hey this one snuck by me in 2017, but it's pretty dope. Two HS girls go on a murder spree to try and draw attention to their serial killer blog. It's as quirky and tongue-in-cheek as that concept sounds. It satirizes some horror tropes, has a couple of clever easter eggs (they remake an iconic Halloween image at one point), and I genuinely laughed a few times. I like it, definitely suggest it.
The Gallows: I wasn't a big fan of the sequel, but had heard this original is better. It's found-footage about a HS drama club that's trying to perform a play the school hasn't put on since a tragic accident happened long ago. Some students sneak onto the set the night before the play (typical troublemakers) and wind up trapped by the ghosts from the original tragedy. It starts a little weak, but gets better as it runs. They use cool color plays with nightvision, red emergency lights, darkness, and spotlighting. There are some twists mixed in to give it a more complete narrative feel and I dug the way they ended it. Not a home-run, but a very solid found-footage film.
Pig: Got around to finishing this...it's not horror, but it was REALLY entertaining. One of my favorite Nicholas Cage performances in a long time, and that's despite him being pretty subdued throughout.
shyt might be one of the biggest falloffs ever of a franchise. 
