I love NOTLD 90 as far as remakes go.

Zersch @ 2/7/2020 12:04

I love NOTLD 90 as far as remakes go.

Its definitely the rare remake that isnt absolute dogshit

I couldn't even think of 39 horror films, let alone watch them!

The Borderlands

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Time for everyones favorite subgenre, FOOOOOOOUND FOOTAGE! As far as found footage movies go, wasnt half bad! Religious horror is kinda creepy to me because guess what, religion is creepy! But overall there were VERYYY few scares. I dont just mean effective scares, I mean scares period. There were almost NONE. That was weird What it lacks in scares it kinda made up for with its two leads. Those guys were good. Good actors and good characters. I thought Gray was gonna be super annoying at first, and he was, but he got better as it went on. Felt bad for them both by the end. Did NOT feel bad for the Vatican guy! I think those two really kinda salvaged what couldve been an even more forgettable found footage movie I saw a lot of people praising the end, I thought it left a lot to be desired. First, I dont like how we didnt see what happened to Mark and the new priest guy at all. I mean I guess Mark was supposed to be dead when the room went crazy? I couldnt tell. I think they couldve done way more at the end there and in the underground tunnel But the END END is what people seem to talk about a lot. And yeah it was a fairly horrifying way for them to go. Stuck in a tunnel AND all that..acid shit leaking on them, whatever it was. But overall it just felt empty, I was like oh..its over huh. And thats a shame since the two leads were p good. OH WELL! Also I watched this at ten this morning so it wouldve been more effective if I watched it at night surely. Oops ★★★ average/good/interesting concept Misc. - Found Footage: We've got Hell House LLC vs As Above So Below vs. The Borderlands. Giving it to this one! All three of these were okay and each one did something half right. I'm putting Borderlands first and Hell House last. Which is the exact opposite order I would rank them if it was by spookiness! 2020: 5 2019: 3 2018: 4

Angst [Psychological - Home Invasion]
November [Psychological - Fanaticism]
The Night House [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
The Quiet Family[Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

Good Manners [Monster - Werewolf]
Nosferatu [Monster - Vampire]
Night Living Dead remake [Monster - Undead]
Phase IV [Monster - Animals & Nature]
Night of the Creeps [Monster - Virus]
Gremlins 2 [Monster - Small Creatures]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Monster - Classic]
Alligator [Monster - Giant Monsters]
The Thing From Another World [Monster - Neo Monster]
The Hidden [Monster - Aliens]

American Mary [Gore - Torture]
Bad Taste [Gore - Splatter]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Gore - Cannibal]
Maniac [Gore - Extreme]

Christine [Paranormal - Possession]
Saint Maud [Paranormal - Witches & Occult]
Cronos [Paranormal - Supernatural]
Relic [Paranormal - Haunted House]
The Masque of the Red Death [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]
The Innocents [Paranormal - Ghost & Spirits]

The Burning [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
Stage Fright [Killer - Slasher]
Blood and Black Lace [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

Horror Noir [Misc - Meta]
The Duke of Burgundy [Misc - Horror Romance]
The Brood [Misc - Creepy Kid]
The Stuff [Misc. - Body Horror]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [Misc - Revenge]
Dead of Night [Misc - Anthology]
Trouble Every Day [Misc - French Extremity]
Little Shop of Horrors [Misc - Comedy Horror]
The Borderlands [Misc - Found Footage]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [Misc - Gothic Horror]
Color Out of Space [Misc - SciFi Horror]
Cam [Misc - Technology]

Christian @ 2/7/2020 12:18

I couldn't even think of 39 horror films, let alone watch them!

Imagine doing it three times!

Every so often youre gonna see me accidentally leaving p0[']/?:"()P pasted in my write up because those are my keyboard keys that dont work and I need it there to copy and paste from. Very annoying! Consider it my calling card

Curtis @ 2/7/2020 13:21

Christian @ 2/7/2020 12:18 I couldn't even think of 39 horror films, let alone watch them! Imagine doing it three times!

impossible.

American Mary

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This was kinda frustrating. This movie had NOOOOOO IDEAAAAAAAAAA what it wanted to be. It was all over the place First I was like oh okay shes gonna do dirty torture jobs for this seedy strip joint place. Then I was like op nope shes getting some weird customers based off of that job and thats what the movie will be. THEN the big turning point happens with the gross party scene and Im like okay here we go, its a revenge movie. Shell get the guy who gave her the drink, the doctor who invited her, then the professor doctor and their torture scenes will get more and more fucked up, I can live with that. BUT NO! Because THEN she tortures the main one right away and then the movie turns into her embracing the body modification life and opening her own thing! Its a MESS! The middle bit takes so many jumps so quickly. Theres the party scene, then she gets revenge the very next day and only TWO scenes later! Then the NEXT scene she opened up her...practice. Its all over the place and the editing is pretty bad Which is a shame because there was some potential here for sure. Any one of those couldve branched off into their own half decent movie but instead we got a little bit of everything, it was weird. And that ENDING. God that was bad, the random husband of a random patient who I had already forgotten about just shows up and stabs her and now shes dead, end of movie. Oh no! Stupid The good: Katharine Isabelle. She fit the role well. Shes pretty good I feel like I just talked myself into a 4 but I'll stick with 5. A low 5 Oh and the absolute best part of the movie is when her grandma dies and the movie relays it to us by showing Mary deleting her grandma as a contact from her phone. I lold ★★½ mixed feelings/flawed but fine/some good ideas Gore & Disturbing - Torture: We've got The Strangers vs. The Perfection vs. American Mary. Three..whatever movies, but I found The Strangers to be the most effective of the three at what it was trying to do. The Perfection was a mess just like Mary but I can appreciate how off the wall it was willing to get. And the shot of Steven Weber at the end was far more disturbing than anything in American Mary tbh, I thought this was gonna be far more disturbing than it was. Mary gets third place. These scores keep on FLIPPING! 2020: 5 2019: 4 2018: 6

Angst [Psychological - Home Invasion]
November [Psychological - Fanaticism]
The Night House [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
The Quiet Family[Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

Good Manners [Monster - Werewolf]
Nosferatu [Monster - Vampire]
Night Living Dead remake [Monster - Undead]
Phase IV [Monster - Animals & Nature]
Night of the Creeps [Monster - Virus]
Gremlins 2 [Monster - Small Creatures]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Monster - Classic]
Alligator [Monster - Giant Monsters]
The Thing From Another World [Monster - Neo Monster]
The Hidden [Monster - Aliens]

American Mary [Gore - Torture]
Bad Taste [Gore - Splatter]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Gore - Cannibal]
Maniac [Gore - Extreme]

Christine [Paranormal - Possession]
Saint Maud [Paranormal - Witches & Occult]
Cronos [Paranormal - Supernatural]
Relic [Paranormal - Haunted House]
The Masque of the Red Death [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]
The Innocents [Paranormal - Ghost & Spirits]

The Burning [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
Stage Fright [Killer - Slasher]
Blood and Black Lace [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

Horror Noir [Misc - Meta]
The Duke of Burgundy [Misc - Horror Romance]
The Brood [Misc - Creepy Kid]
The Stuff [Misc. - Body Horror]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [Misc - Revenge]
Dead of Night [Misc - Anthology]
Trouble Every Day [Misc - French Extremity]
Little Shop of Horrors [Misc - Comedy Horror]
The Borderlands [Misc - Found Footage]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [Misc - Gothic Horror]
Color Out of Space [Misc - SciFi Horror]
Cam [Misc - Technology]

Five down, that means its RAAAAAAAAAANK TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!

1-5 Rank

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1. Night of the Living Dead 2. The Borderlands 3. Phase IV 4. The Burning 5. American Mary An average start like last year. Two 6/10s and the rest are 5s. They were actually pretty hard to rank. I find 5 and 6 movies impossible to rank because theyre always such a mixed bag, sometimes the 5s have only like ONE single element going for them and thats basically what Im ranking against each other. Its a crapshoot really, ask me a different day and Im sure theyll shuffle. Living Dead holds the early top spot and American Mary is currently sitting in last. I am very sure movies will come along soon to steal those best and worst titles

I'm anxious for your viewing and judgment of TCM2.

Cam

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This is our lowest rated movie on our list (on letterboxd) and uh...it wasnt very good! I heard pretty good things when it was dropped on Netflix last year, people kept describing it as a Black Mirror episode. If it WAS a Black Mirror ep I think it couldve been great, but this was just kinda dumb To be fair, I watched it with a friend and we kinda laughed at it as it went. I bet I wouldve liked it a little bit more if I watched it alone. Also, it DID hold my attention throughout. I was always curious to see what was gonna happen so props for that I just think a lot of the choices were weird. I thought the end was terrible. The shot of her repeating in the monitor behind her was cool, I liked that. But the way she uh...defeated her..was dumb, I hated it. I was very curious to see what she would do so that was disappointing, it made no sense. And she didnt even get to #1!!! And I HAAAAATED that she went back to it at the very end, that was so stupid The fact that she told her 17 year old brother that she does that? Fucking weird. The fact that her mom watched?? Fucking weirrrrrrrd. The whole bday scene with the brother's douchey friend was dumb, the music was so tense for some reason Madeline Brewer was solid, shes been good in the few things I've seen her in. And much like several movies in our three batches, the cool poster is better than the movie Overall I'm going with a maybe harsh 4 instead of a 5. I was feeling 5 the whole movie until the ending made me MAD! ★★ disappointing/uninteresting Misc: Technology: Videodrome vs Pulse vs Cam. Pulse was the best for sure, the other two are both FOURS for me. YIKES technology subgenre! Between Videodrome and Cam.....I'm gonna give it to Cam. I did not like Videodrome at all and I'm apparently not a Cronenberg guy. Ill give credit to Cam for holding my attention, plus the idea of a horror movie about losing your online identity and not being able to do anything about it is a fun concept. More fun than the zero things that I remember from Videodrome Look at that. 666!!! 2020: 6 2019: 6 2018: 6

Angst [Psychological - Home Invasion]
November [Psychological - Fanaticism]
The Night House [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
The Quiet Family[Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

Good Manners [Monster - Werewolf]
Nosferatu [Monster - Vampire]
Night Living Dead remake [Monster - Undead]
Phase IV [Monster - Animals & Nature]
Night of the Creeps [Monster - Virus]
Gremlins 2 [Monster - Small Creatures]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Monster - Classic]
Alligator [Monster - Giant Monsters]
The Thing From Another World [Monster - Neo Monster]
The Hidden [Monster - Aliens]

American Mary [Gore - Torture]
Bad Taste [Gore - Splatter]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Gore - Cannibal]
Maniac [Gore - Extreme]

Christine [Paranormal - Possession]
Saint Maud [Paranormal - Witches & Occult]
Cronos [Paranormal - Supernatural]
Relic [Paranormal - Haunted House]
The Masque of the Red Death [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]
The Innocents [Paranormal - Ghost & Spirits]

The Burning [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
Stage Fright [Killer - Slasher]
Blood and Black Lace [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

Horror Noir [Misc - Meta]
The Duke of Burgundy [Misc - Horror Romance]
The Brood [Misc - Creepy Kid]
The Stuff [Misc. - Body Horror]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [Misc - Revenge]
Dead of Night [Misc - Anthology]
Trouble Every Day [Misc - French Extremity]
Little Shop of Horrors [Misc - Comedy Horror]
The Borderlands [Misc - Found Footage]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [Misc - Gothic Horror]
Color Out of Space [Misc - SciFi Horror]
Cam [Misc - Technology]

Maybe I'll actually finish my list from last year. I think I still have like 30 left lol

The Burning

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If you know the scene, you know the scene. It's the best part of the movie, hands down. The amount of build-up is rare for a movie like this, and while it is a cool thing to do, I don't think the movie really uses the time wisely. I can't tell you a single trait of anyone in this movie. It doesn't even really have a protagonist. Just a classic group of campers who wanna BANG ALL NIGHT BAYBAY. I think watching this with Curtis helped me enjoy the ridiculousness of it all. Acting is way over the top and the writing is exactly what you'd think. I would not be surprised if my score lowered in the future. SCORE - 5/10 Killer - Backwoods & Redneck: I'm doing the same thing Curtis is doing. 2 Points to the favorite, 1 point to second favorite, and 0 for least favorite. Last year S2 won by ONE movie, WOWEE! If I'd have to predict, I'd say S2 is gonna stay on top but we'll see... Wolf Creek v Hills Have Eyes v The Burning. The S1 and S2 movies were some of my least favorite of the year, and something tells me the Burning won't be too different. Hills Have Eyes gets the 2. Maybe because I really like Wes Craven and even though this movie is a hot mess, I can at least see what he's going for. In my opinion, Wolf Creek was pretty unmemorable. A few nice wide shots mixed with horrible character logic and 90 mins of serial killer torture. 0 points for you! Which means the Burning and Jason Alexander get 1 point! S3: 1 S2: 2 S1: 0

Angst [Psychological - Home Invasion]
November [Psychological - Fanaticism]
The Night House [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
The Quiet Family[Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

Good Manners [Monster - Werewolf]
Nosferatu [Monster - Vampire]
Night Living Dead remake [Monster - Undead]
Phase IV [Monster - Animals & Nature]
Night of the Creeps [Monster - Virus]
Gremlins 2 [Monster - Small Creatures]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Monster - Classic]
Alligator [Monster - Giant Monsters]
The Thing From Another World [Monster - Neo Monster]
The Hidden [Monster - Aliens]

American Mary [Gore - Torture]
Bad Taste [Gore - Splatter]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Gore - Cannibal]
Maniac [Gore - Extreme]

Christine [Paranormal - Possession]
Saint Maud [Paranormal - Witches & Occult]
Cronos [Paranormal - Supernatural]
Relic [Paranormal - Haunted House]
The Masque of the Red Death [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]
The Innocents [Paranormal - Ghost & Spirits]

The Burning [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
Stage Fright [Killer - Slasher]
Blood and Black Lace [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

Horror Noir [Misc - Meta]
The Duke of Burgundy [Misc - Horror Romance]
The Brood [Misc - Creepy Kid]
The Stuff [Misc. - Body Horror]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [Misc - Revenge]
Dead of Night [Misc - Anthology]
Trouble Every Day [Misc - French Extremity]
Little Shop of Horrors [Misc - Comedy Horror]
The Borderlands [Misc - Found Footage]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [Misc - Gothic Horror]
Color Out of Space [Misc - SciFi Horror]
Cam [Misc - Technology]

The Stuff

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I got more than enough of the Stuff. Too much! This movie was all over the place. It’s got a really interesting premise, exploring the horror behind food manufacturing and marketing, but that’s pretty much it! The acting in this movie is not the best! Mo might be the most passive speaking protagonist I’ve ever seen. He sounds like he’s on Xanax, it’s the most peculiar line delivery in movie history. I thought he was gonna be an early kill, but nope, he’s the main guy! I would have really liked to see the kid do more. It felt like his story ended after he escaped his house. The scene with him in the grocery store is so hilariously bad, I loved it. But yea, just a lot of “huh” moments for me. Most of the dialogue feels made up on the spot. People will take three sentences to say something so simple. The late great Danny Aiello has a nice appearance, where at first you think he’s a bad guy...then he just gets killed by his dog. Okay! Paul Sorvino also shows up and has a nice little racist scene towards the end. Alright! But yea, if you wanna watch a movie about body paranoia or a giant killer substance, just watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers or the Blob. SCORE - 4/10 Misc. - Body Horror: From Beyond v The Skin I Live In v The Stuff. S3 gets destroyed in this category, so they get 0 points! From Beyond is a typical wacky sci-fi horror with great practical effects and a fun cast. The Skin I Live In, however, is so insane. It’s hard to figure out where it’s going but once you realize what’s happening, yikes. I remember thinking it was pretty problematic, but I think as a whole it’s just an all around better movie than From Beyond. 2 points for S2 and 1 point for S1. S3: 1 S2: 4 S1: 1

Angst [Psychological - Home Invasion]
November [Psychological - Fanaticism]
The Night House [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
The Quiet Family[Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

Good Manners [Monster - Werewolf]
Nosferatu [Monster - Vampire]
Night Living Dead remake [Monster - Undead]
Phase IV [Monster - Animals & Nature]
Night of the Creeps [Monster - Virus]
Gremlins 2 [Monster - Small Creatures]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Monster - Classic]
Alligator [Monster - Giant Monsters]
The Thing From Another World [Monster - Neo Monster]
The Hidden [Monster - Aliens]

American Mary [Gore - Torture]
Bad Taste [Gore - Splatter]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Gore - Cannibal]
Maniac [Gore - Extreme]

Christine [Paranormal - Possession]
Saint Maud [Paranormal - Witches & Occult]
Cronos [Paranormal - Supernatural]
Relic [Paranormal - Haunted House]
The Masque of the Red Death [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]
The Innocents [Paranormal - Ghost & Spirits]

The Burning [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
Stage Fright [Killer - Slasher]
Blood and Black Lace [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

Horror Noir [Misc - Meta]
The Duke of Burgundy [Misc - Horror Romance]
The Brood [Misc - Creepy Kid]
The Stuff [Misc. - Body Horror]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [Misc - Revenge]
Dead of Night [Misc - Anthology]
Trouble Every Day [Misc - French Extremity]
Little Shop of Horrors [Misc - Comedy Horror]
The Borderlands [Misc - Found Footage]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [Misc - Gothic Horror]
Color Out of Space [Misc - SciFi Horror]
Cam [Misc - Technology]

The Masque of the Red Death

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I love Vincent Price. This movie is essentially him being a dick for 90 mins, then finally getting his comeuppance at the very end. That’s the movie. A 3.6 on LB feels a little high, but I can see the appeal. There’s some pretty cool visuals with the man in red and a great Vincent Price performance, who obviously steals the show. The gorilla burning scene was such a crazy end to what felt like such a small subplot, but MAN it was brutal. The “dream” or “sacrifice” scene with the wife felt so weird and out of place. It felt like they were just trying to pad the time. Also, shout out to the most quiet “death by arrows” scene in cinematic HISTORY. SCORE - 5/10 Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell: In the Mouth of Madness v The Beyond v The Masque of the Red Death Not too difficult of a choice here. Aside from some fun practical effects, (which honestly looked like someone smudged play-doh on their face) The Beyond was kind of a miss for me. 0 points for S2! In the Mouth of Madness has grown on me a bit since we first watched it. It’s a nice Carpenter gem with a great Sam Neil performance. 2 points for S1 and 1 point for S3. S3: 2 S2: 4 S1: 3

Angst [Psychological - Home Invasion]
November [Psychological - Fanaticism]
The Night House [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
The Quiet Family[Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

Good Manners [Monster - Werewolf]
Nosferatu [Monster - Vampire]
Night Living Dead remake [Monster - Undead]
Phase IV [Monster - Animals & Nature]
Night of the Creeps [Monster - Virus]
Gremlins 2 [Monster - Small Creatures]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Monster - Classic]
Alligator [Monster - Giant Monsters]
The Thing From Another World [Monster - Neo Monster]
The Hidden [Monster - Aliens]

American Mary [Gore - Torture]
Bad Taste [Gore - Splatter]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [Gore - Cannibal]
Maniac [Gore - Extreme]

Christine [Paranormal - Possession]
Saint Maud [Paranormal - Witches & Occult]
Cronos [Paranormal - Supernatural]
Relic [Paranormal - Haunted House]
The Masque of the Red Death [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]
The Innocents [Paranormal - Ghost & Spirits]

The Burning [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
Stage Fright [Killer - Slasher]
Blood and Black Lace [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

Horror Noir [Misc - Meta]
The Duke of Burgundy [Misc - Horror Romance]
The Brood [Misc - Creepy Kid]
The Stuff [Misc. - Body Horror]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [Misc - Revenge]
Dead of Night [Misc - Anthology]
Trouble Every Day [Misc - French Extremity]
Little Shop of Horrors [Misc - Comedy Horror]
The Borderlands [Misc - Found Footage]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [Misc - Gothic Horror]
Color Out of Space [Misc - SciFi Horror]
Cam [Misc - Technology]