Essential The Official Coli Horror Film Thread: Discussion, Recommendations And Murder.
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wasn't too enthused with the trailer
but its got that Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder stimi . so i'll give it a spin.
storyteller
Superstar
What I like about how foul that scene is, it's like step one to everything going BONKERS! We get that dryer scene and Joko Anwar's just likethat dryer scene
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Yeah the first one was perfect its my favourite horror movie in a long time, so i hear ya, i'm not really sure what direction they could take a second one in tbh.
Oh no doubt She's up there, It's more of a thriller than horror but i love her in Mayhem. Can't wait to see Azrael
Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
this is how trailers used to be. They show nothing, you know nothing. You just know someone or something is thee to kill them. Trailers today tell the entire film and show damn near half of the kills. Looks like a good film.
darealvelle
Real Talk
Just finished watching The Front Room. Should had been called "The shyt Room" literally lol 
The Substance is my Wow WTF brilliant Horror of 2024 thus far..but Art the Clown is on his way soon so I'm Shook.
Horror this year has been excellent.
Horror this year has been excellent.
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One of and definitely a Great jump scare!!
storyteller
Superstar
Adding Triangle to the list for its "even better the second time" energy. Also, to remind everybody that there are a couple of spots left.
Horror thread's 31 days of Halloween List -
1. Triangle (Prime)
2. The Loved Ones (Paramount+)
3. Salem's Lot 2024 (Max)
4. Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (Tubi)
5. VHS Beyond (Shudder)
6. *Choose your own*
7. Don't Go in the House (Tubi, Youtube)
8. Cure (Internet Archive)
9. Masque of the Red Death(Pluto/Apple TV+)
10. The Eyes of My Mother (Max)
11. Henry Portait of a Serial Killer (Peacock)
12. Curse of Chucky (Netflix)
13. *Choose your own*
14. Junk (2000) (Youtube)
15. Detention (2011) (Tubi)
16. Sleepaway Camp (Peacock)
17. The Skeleton Key(Peacock/Apple TV+)
18. The Witch (Max)
19. Brain Damage 1988 (Tubi)
20. *Choose your own*
21. Audition
22. J. D.'s Revenge(Tubi/Brown Sugar/Prime)
23. Dead Silence (Tubi)
24. Sinister (Max)
25. World War Z (Paramount Plus)
26. The Burbs (Youtube)
27. *Choose your own*
28.
29.
30. The Shining(MAX/Apple TV+)
31. John Carpenter's Halloween
Horror thread's 31 days of Halloween List -
1. Triangle (Prime)
2. The Loved Ones (Paramount+)
3. Salem's Lot 2024 (Max)
4. Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (Tubi)
5. VHS Beyond (Shudder)
6. *Choose your own*
7. Don't Go in the House (Tubi, Youtube)
8. Cure (Internet Archive)
9. Masque of the Red Death(Pluto/Apple TV+)
10. The Eyes of My Mother (Max)
11. Henry Portait of a Serial Killer (Peacock)
12. Curse of Chucky (Netflix)
13. *Choose your own*
14. Junk (2000) (Youtube)
15. Detention (2011) (Tubi)
16. Sleepaway Camp (Peacock)
17. The Skeleton Key(Peacock/Apple TV+)
18. The Witch (Max)
19. Brain Damage 1988 (Tubi)
20. *Choose your own*
21. Audition
22. J. D.'s Revenge(Tubi/Brown Sugar/Prime)
23. Dead Silence (Tubi)
24. Sinister (Max)
25. World War Z (Paramount Plus)
26. The Burbs (Youtube)
27. *Choose your own*
28.
29.
30. The Shining(MAX/Apple TV+)
31. John Carpenter's Halloween
i was gonna use Black Christmas (1974) for one of my choose your own watches.
its on Tubi/Crackle/Sling for free, so if no one else chimes in, feel free to use that
Also Audition (1999) is on Tubi as well
storyteller
Superstar
I like it! I remember always hearing that it's the original slasher. The phone calls are such a great touch!
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
storyteller
Superstar
I finally got around to watching M. Night Shyamalan's Trap.
It's not his worst, not his best, but I feel like it coulda been so much better. The plot unfolds in what feel like three different conflicts, each with its own interesting set up, but each part drags too long and Shyamalan gets in his own way by trying to be too clever. But it's not all bad...Josh Hartnett does a GREAT job switching from loving dad to psycho from one scene to the next, and there are some pretty tense scenarios that only unwind because their resolutions feel too convenient.
So we end up with a movie that has interesting parts, but drags each of those bits out and comes to some lazy resolutions imo. A firm 5.5 outta 10. Now, some spoiler thoughts...
After typing it all out...yeah, kinda dumb. But Shyamalan is no stranger to "going for it" and I think he did here. Had he come up with more clever solutions and trimmed a bunch of fat, this coulda been a great flick. Instead it's aggressively mid with me rolling my eyes more than the daughter did over Hartnett's piss poor use of slang.
So TL:DR version: It's mid...5.5 outta 10...but if it were 15 or 20 minutes shorter, I'd probably revisit it for laughs.
It's not his worst, not his best, but I feel like it coulda been so much better. The plot unfolds in what feel like three different conflicts, each with its own interesting set up, but each part drags too long and Shyamalan gets in his own way by trying to be too clever. But it's not all bad...Josh Hartnett does a GREAT job switching from loving dad to psycho from one scene to the next, and there are some pretty tense scenarios that only unwind because their resolutions feel too convenient.
So we end up with a movie that has interesting parts, but drags each of those bits out and comes to some lazy resolutions imo. A firm 5.5 outta 10. Now, some spoiler thoughts...
I love that M. Night went for a Hitchcockian thriller as opposed to the more supernatural stuff that he tends to work with. The father/daughter dynamic starts pretty nicely, with a bit of backstory unfolding and Hartnett establishing himself as a bit of a dork. The "he's the butcher" reveal would have been a nice surprise, if the trailers and ads didn't give it away.
The First Big Conflict:
But anyway, then we get to the first big conflict which is killer trapped at the concert. This whole section drags imo. Hartnett doesn't get to go unhinged since he's got to hide his identity, and his solutions to problems are more miraculous and lucky than actual smart thinking. The only person our "threat" harms is a drunk chick he bumps down some stairs in a scene that made me laugh instead of recoil. Hartnett's entire escape is predicated on the obliviousness and stupidity of people around him, in spite of the fact that they set up this elaborate trap in the first place.
Like, Shyamalan really thought he had something outta this show:
But instead it's a flop.
The Second Big Conflict:
Anyway, the escape also takes too long. The concert, conversations with another kid's mom, and the breaks to check on Hartnett's daughter all feel like wastes of time. But it gets us to the most interesting part of the movie, which is the cat and mouse game between the killer and the diva (I didn't remember any character's names, which I'll blame on Shyamalan not making them interesting enough). So Hartnett gets away, but has to expose his identity to his daughter's favorite musician...now he's trying to keep his secret from his family, diva is trying to expose it without getting another person killed. That's a FIRE setup!
But this is where the resolutions get really bad. From Hartnett's family being clueless to the Diva stealing phones and acting weird as hell...none of this cat and mouse game really lands. There's a part where Diva and the daughter are playing a piano and singing, while Hartnett is two feet away wth the phone open to his "kill the next victim" app (who coded this!?)...it feels like it could have been a funny bit on Key and Peele or Eric Andre.
It's got this energy all over it:
Anyway, the diva finally says EFF IT. She tricks Hartnett into giving her his phone in ridiculous fashion (dude has a "kill the next victim" app on that phone, and just hands it off to get a pic). Then she locks herself in a bathroom, uses social media to save the victim on the app, and gets Hartnett caught right in front of his family. This sets up part three...
The Third Big Conflict:
So, getting away from the cops isn't the last conflict. No, Hartnett escapes the police really easily. But after escaping, he goes to confront his wife...who we've barely gotten to know. The diva is out of the story now, the daughter stopped being important after the concert, and now we have a new lead. It turns out the wife suspected Hartnett of being a serial killer and had blown up his spot a few times...
Hartnett inexplicably blames his wife for everything that's happened, as opposed to his addiction to murder that's so bad he created a "kill the next victim" app. It's a bit dumb as a premise, but Hartnett finally gets to go FULL unhinged and it's kinda glorious. He bodies the final conversation with his wife, only for the police to show up again and hit him with something like 17 tasers, after his wife already drugged him...he might have that Unbreakable gene.
The conclusion is kinda dumb. The daughter hugs her dad, then runs to her mom...if losing her friend group was bad, this trauma is definitely gonna be worse. But at least she got on stage with a diva as part of a serial murderer's escape plan. The wife asks the cops not to hurt her husband...the one who was gonna kill her, who she drugged, and who she watched eat 17 taser blasts like a boss.
Then we get a post credits scene of an arena worker who met Josh Hartnett that day...funny scene, grade A post-credit moment.
The First Big Conflict:
But anyway, then we get to the first big conflict which is killer trapped at the concert. This whole section drags imo. Hartnett doesn't get to go unhinged since he's got to hide his identity, and his solutions to problems are more miraculous and lucky than actual smart thinking. The only person our "threat" harms is a drunk chick he bumps down some stairs in a scene that made me laugh instead of recoil. Hartnett's entire escape is predicated on the obliviousness and stupidity of people around him, in spite of the fact that they set up this elaborate trap in the first place.
Like, Shyamalan really thought he had something outta this show:
But instead it's a flop.
The Second Big Conflict:
Anyway, the escape also takes too long. The concert, conversations with another kid's mom, and the breaks to check on Hartnett's daughter all feel like wastes of time. But it gets us to the most interesting part of the movie, which is the cat and mouse game between the killer and the diva (I didn't remember any character's names, which I'll blame on Shyamalan not making them interesting enough). So Hartnett gets away, but has to expose his identity to his daughter's favorite musician...now he's trying to keep his secret from his family, diva is trying to expose it without getting another person killed. That's a FIRE setup!
But this is where the resolutions get really bad. From Hartnett's family being clueless to the Diva stealing phones and acting weird as hell...none of this cat and mouse game really lands. There's a part where Diva and the daughter are playing a piano and singing, while Hartnett is two feet away wth the phone open to his "kill the next victim" app (who coded this!?)...it feels like it could have been a funny bit on Key and Peele or Eric Andre.
It's got this energy all over it:
Anyway, the diva finally says EFF IT. She tricks Hartnett into giving her his phone in ridiculous fashion (dude has a "kill the next victim" app on that phone, and just hands it off to get a pic). Then she locks herself in a bathroom, uses social media to save the victim on the app, and gets Hartnett caught right in front of his family. This sets up part three...
The Third Big Conflict:
So, getting away from the cops isn't the last conflict. No, Hartnett escapes the police really easily. But after escaping, he goes to confront his wife...who we've barely gotten to know. The diva is out of the story now, the daughter stopped being important after the concert, and now we have a new lead. It turns out the wife suspected Hartnett of being a serial killer and had blown up his spot a few times...
Hartnett inexplicably blames his wife for everything that's happened, as opposed to his addiction to murder that's so bad he created a "kill the next victim" app. It's a bit dumb as a premise, but Hartnett finally gets to go FULL unhinged and it's kinda glorious. He bodies the final conversation with his wife, only for the police to show up again and hit him with something like 17 tasers, after his wife already drugged him...he might have that Unbreakable gene.
The conclusion is kinda dumb. The daughter hugs her dad, then runs to her mom...if losing her friend group was bad, this trauma is definitely gonna be worse. But at least she got on stage with a diva as part of a serial murderer's escape plan. The wife asks the cops not to hurt her husband...the one who was gonna kill her, who she drugged, and who she watched eat 17 taser blasts like a boss.
Then we get a post credits scene of an arena worker who met Josh Hartnett that day...funny scene, grade A post-credit moment.
After typing it all out...yeah, kinda dumb. But Shyamalan is no stranger to "going for it" and I think he did here. Had he come up with more clever solutions and trimmed a bunch of fat, this coulda been a great flick. Instead it's aggressively mid with me rolling my eyes more than the daughter did over Hartnett's piss poor use of slang.
So TL:DR version: It's mid...5.5 outta 10...but if it were 15 or 20 minutes shorter, I'd probably revisit it for laughs.
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