Essential The Official Coli Horror Film Thread: Discussion, Recommendations And Murder.

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I thought I found a good horror series, but it looks more like an action drama with a dark, horrorish premise after the first episode. It's still super dope and worth a suggestion, though...Korean series: Bargain



That trailer gives you a decent feel for the plot. An organ harvesting operation works out of a hotel in a rural area. They lure men in with the promise of young women, then tie the men up and sell off their organs via in-person auctions. During a live auction, a massive earthquake collapses chunks of the building. Now, the boss of the operation is MIA; the head of security is staging a coup; the bidders are all losing it, and the girls who lured men to the hotel are being targeted the same as the victims.

We follow one of the girls and her latest "victim," who turned out to be a cop. They have to work together to get past the psycho security, bidders that still want body parts, and a building that's collapsing to escape...but first, they're trying to raid the boss' office and take money from his safe.

It's a cool premise on its own, but what really makes the series work is that it's all played out in one shot. Each episode is a single-take, with cameras following characters down hallways, up ventilation shafts, or wherever they end up. The writers HAVE to keep the plot moving at a pretty fast pace, and the constant motion adds to the chaos. There is no downtime because this is all happening in real time.

My only warning is that the opening scene is a little longer than necessary, but I think it establishes the two MCs' personalities well. So, even that part is fairly effective.

I'm four episodes in, and it's great so far. It's packed with tension, memorable characters, and really cool action setpieces with the camera chasing behind the madness.
 

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That's exactly the vibe from House of the Devil and Blackcoat's Daughter for sure! I caught a similar feeling the first time I watched The Killing of a Sacred Deer. It's got a hell of a cast, an uncanny valley/bad dream energy, and it builds the tension all the way up until the end.

I think "Pretty Thing" is missing that dread. It winds up feeling slow, for the most part. At least, that's my take.
That is disappointing to hear. But hey, maybe itā€™ll still surprise me. ā€˜Pretty Thingā€™ sounds like itā€™s a ghost story with haunting imagery, but absent of the 70s-like satanic panic element that elevated the dread for ā€˜The Blackcoatā€™s Daughterā€™.

On a completely unrelated note, Jacob Elordi is replacing Andrew Garfield as the monster in Del Toro's Frankenstein. Call me crazy butā€¦I think Elordi is better suited for the role? Feel the same bittersweet way about it as I did with the whole Gosling -> Abbott switcheroo for Wolfman. Both projects are still looking promising so far.
 

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Just over two decades after unleashing a zombie epidemic, modern horror classic 28 Days Later is getting a new sequel. Maybe even a trilogy of sequels.

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, the director and writer of the 2002 movie, are reuniting for 28 Years Later, a new zombie thriller that is expected to hit studios, streamers and other potential buyers later this week, according to multiple sources. WME, which reps Boyle and Garland, will take out the package and handle the sale.

The package isnā€™t just a simple modern sequel installment; the movie already had a follow-up with 28 Weeks Later, released in 2007. The duo were only involved with as executive producers on that film. Now, the hope is to launch a new trilogy.
 

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So this is the Radio Silence Universal Monster Movie. I don't know why I thought it wouldn't be a comedy. Still looks fun. I didn't know Giancarlo Esposito was in the movie or Katheryn Newton.
I havenā€™t watched the trailer yet and Iā€™m gonna try to keep it that way, but Iā€™m glad Melissa is getting the shine here again with RS. Spyglass/Paramount out here competing with Majors when it comes to the most bizarre goal-line fumbles. :snoop:

Heard itā€™s putting its own spin to the Draculaā€™s Daughter thing. Premise sounds like one of those wild ā€œIā€™m not trapped in here with yā€™all, yā€™all are trapped in here with meā€ flicks and those are always a fun time.
 

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Fire cast! This looks like it'll be a fun one, though I kinda rolled my eyes at the ballerina fighting moves because it feels like a producer saw M3GAN go viral for that one dance bit in the trailer and said "we need dance stuff!"
Lmao, I honestly thought it was a ā€˜M3GANā€™ sequel when I first peeped the poster. Like, if that film and ā€˜Black Swanā€™ had done a DBZ-style fusion dance. Wasnā€™t until I read Radio Silence was involved that I fully connected the dots on what the project actually is.
 

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Lmao, I honestly thought it was a ā€˜M3GANā€™ sequel when I first peeped the poster. Like, if that film and ā€˜Black Swanā€™ had done a DBZ-style fusion dance. Wasnā€™t until I read Radio Silence was involved that I fully connected the dots on what the project actually is.
The opening of the trailer gave me Black Swan vibes, too! I know exactly what you mean. I saw Giancarlo Esposito in the trailer and it had me, because I stan his work. Then the rest of the cast started popping up, and it's got some really familiar faces. So, the trailer got me before I realized Radio Silence was attached but that gives me a lot of optimism about the project.
 
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