which funny games u watching

I forget, have you all done Ghoulies at all?

Will... Ghoulies be next year for the Gremlins/Critters category?

If so I can't wait.

As Above, So Below grew on me like a sweet dank fungus. I didn't hate it on first watch, but I didn't like it as much as I've grown to.

Let me get in on this and actually finish this year.

Boc @ 10/6/2019 0:33

which funny games u watching

OG dawg

Haven’t seen the remake but I’ll probably watch it if I like this one

Zersch @ 10/6/2019 1:22

I forget, have you all done Ghoulies at all? Will... Ghoulies be next year for the Gremlins/Critters category? If so I can't wait.

I think next year is definitely Ghoulies to complete the trifecta. I can’t even imagine what comes next

Josh @ 10/6/2019 7:07

Let me get in on this and actually finish this year.

You should! The key is starting early aka now. You too Zersch let’s go boi

Them [Psychological - Home Invasion]
Santa Sangre [Psychological - Fanaticism]
Flatliners [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
Berberian Sound Studio [Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

Dead Snow [Monster: Undead]
Mulbuerry St. [Monster: Virus]
Hallow [Monster: Classic & Mythological]
Good Manners [Monster: Werewolf]
The Host [Monster: Giant Monsters]
The Lost Boys [Monster: Vampire]
Critters [Monster: Small Creatures]
Dark Skies [Monster: Aliens]
Shadow People [Monster: Neo-Monsters]
Ruins [Monster: Animals & Nature]

The Perfection [Gore - Torture]
Phantasm [Gore - Splatter]
The Neon Demon [Gore - Cannibal]
Ichi the Killer [Gore - Extreme]

The Exorcism of Emily Rose [Paranormal - Possession]
Superstition [Paranormal: Witches & Occult]
Kill List [Paranormal: Supernatural]
White Noise [Paranormal: Ghost & Spirits]
Darkness [Paranormal: Haunted House]
Demonic [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]

Rest Stop [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
The Town That Dreaded Sundown [Killer - Slasher]
Deep Red [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

Funny Games [Misc - Meta]
Thirst [Misc - Horror Romance]
The Good Son [Misc: Creepy Kid]
The Skin I Live In [Misc: Body Horror]
The Ladies Club [Misc - Revenge]
Kwaidan [Misc - Anthology]
Frontiers [Misc: French Extremity]
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon [Misc - Comedy Horror]
The Taking of Deborah Logan [Misc - Found Footage]
Devil's Backbone [Misc: Gothic Horror]
Event Horizon [Misc: Sci-Fi Horror]
The Den [Misc - Technology]
The Garden of Sinners [Misc - Anime]

I stole a bit of Curt's list and some movies I didn't get to last year.

And then filled in the gaps. (And kept my anime category because why not)

Mark Ghoulies down for 2020. It's a LOCK.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

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I've been on a HUGE classic monster movie kick recently. Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein have been my favorites (I also really enjoyed the Invisible Man). So, I was pretty excited to add this one to my list. Obviously, it's a 1950's monster movie, so you have to go in with your expectations pulled back a bit. There are a lot of fun underwater shots and sequences, and the monster design is classic. It feels like one of the very first movies with the "group goes into a location, must battle a dangerous entity in order to escape" movie. The characters are all written pretty well, you know what everyone wants and what separates them. The Monster got ROBBED IMO. Homie was just trying to live his life until these scientists barged into his home. I was rooting for the monster the whole time. It feels a bit drawn out for its length. It definitely feels slow at times and wouldn't be surprised if people might find it a bit boring. The movie has definitely grown on me the more I think about it, and I think having watched so many other older monster movies helped me go into this with the right expectations. when u see a human cutie and don't know how to approach her +

Opera

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Opera is textbook Argento. Overdramatic Italian acting in a murder mystery with some brutal kills sprinkled about. The acting is PRETTY rough, but if you enjoy over the top horror then you might be able to look past it. But seriously, one of the kills has one of the most overdramatic performances I've ever seen. There aren't a LOT of deaths but the first few are pretty graphic. There's a great death that involves a giant pair of scissors. You don't see much but the audio is just so grating. It's super unnerving. I also love the scenes with the "eye torture". It's such a small and simple device that puts the main character in such a fragile state of panic and harm. It's AWFUL! Love the shots where you see the POV of the main character with the needles under her eyes. The mystery/narrative itself is fine. I feel like they tried to add in some weird mother/daughter/stalker relationship that felt a little shoehorned and underdeveloped. I didn't really care about about the story and thought the ending was really ridiculous. I also thought the way they discovered the killer was kinda silly. Like they just KNOW the crows are gonna be able to pick out the murderer? What if someone in the audience had some crackers in their jacket and the crows flocked over to them? It just seemed like a reach. Doesn't hold a torch to Argento's other movies (Suspiria/Inferno) but I found it to be an okay watch.

9/39

Funny Games [Psychological - Home Invasion]
Santa Sangre [Psychological - Fanaticism]
Session 9 [Psychological - Phobia & Isolation]
Berberian Sound Studio [Psychological - Madness & Paranoia]

The Howling [Monster - Werewolf]
Thirst [Monster - Vampire]
Day of the Dead [Monster - Undead]
The Fog [Monster - Animals & Nature]
The Battery [Monster - Virus]
Critters [Monster - Small Creatures]
Dracula [Monster - Classic]
Them! [Monster - Giant Monsters]
Creature from the Black Lagoon [Monster - Neo Monster]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers [Monster - Aliens]

The Perfection [Gore - Torture]
Phantasm [Gore - Splatter]
The Neon Demon [Gore - Cannibal]
Ichi the Killer [Gore - Extreme]

Possession [Paranormal - Possession]
Midsommar [Paranormal - Witches & Occult]
Carrie [Paranormal - Supernatural]
The Haunting [Paranormal - Haunted House]
The Beyond [Paranormal - Devil/Demon/Hell]
Tigers Are Not Afraid [Paranormal - Ghost & Spirits]

The Hills Have Eyes [Killer - Backwoods & Redneck]
Peeping Tom [Killer - Slasher]
Opera [Killer - Crime & Giallo]

One Cut of the Dead [Misc - Meta]
The Love Witch [Misc - Horror Romance]
Pet Sematary [Misc - Creepy Kid]
The Skin I Live In [Misc. - Body Horror]
Irreversible [Misc - Revenge]
Creepshow [Misc - Anthology]
Inside [Misc - French Extremity]
Vampire's Kiss [Misc - Comedy Horror]
As Above, So Below [Misc - Found Footage]
Dracula [Misc - Gothic Horror]
Beyond the Black Rainbow [Misc - SciFi Horror]
Pulse [Misc - Technology]

Overall Rank

Creepshow
Pet Sematary
Pulse
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Opera
As Above So Below
Critters
The Perfection
Session 9

Josh is INNNNNNNNN

No turning back now

Let’s go Zersch

One of us. ONE OF US. ONE OF US.