Xervello
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It's horror movie time! *dances around in a bloody banana costume shaking cursed marimbas* Through my extensive search of a couple pages in this sub-forum I hadn't seen any threads devoted to horror films so I thought, hey, the time is now.
Let's begin with this question, shall we: favorite horror film from last year? And why? *please no spoilers if possible*
My answer: Hereditary. Why? I love slow burn, psychological horror with little to no jump scares. Extremely well directed, acted and paced. I didn't even think it was a slow burn (most did so that's why I describe it that way) as I thought it was brimming with tension from the beginning to the end. That Toni Collette didn't even get an Oscar nomination for her performance cemented my opinion not to watch that stupid awards show. She is magnificent in it. Everyone is. I'd easily put it in my top ten horror flicks of all time. And this would be a fun movie to watch with someone who has never seen it before. There are so many wtf?!? reactions just waiting to be had. My only complaint? The light resolution. You will DEFINITELY need to turn up the brightness on whatever device you're watching it on. There are things in the shadows you might miss. I saw it in 1080p online from a file sharing site and it was fine, but when I watched it on Amazon Prime the resolution was so dark that I couldn't even make them out. And they're important scenes. (even when I turned up the brightness to the max it was difficult) So note that before watching.
Let's begin with this question, shall we: favorite horror film from last year? And why? *please no spoilers if possible*
My answer: Hereditary. Why? I love slow burn, psychological horror with little to no jump scares. Extremely well directed, acted and paced. I didn't even think it was a slow burn (most did so that's why I describe it that way) as I thought it was brimming with tension from the beginning to the end. That Toni Collette didn't even get an Oscar nomination for her performance cemented my opinion not to watch that stupid awards show. She is magnificent in it. Everyone is. I'd easily put it in my top ten horror flicks of all time. And this would be a fun movie to watch with someone who has never seen it before. There are so many wtf?!? reactions just waiting to be had. My only complaint? The light resolution. You will DEFINITELY need to turn up the brightness on whatever device you're watching it on. There are things in the shadows you might miss. I saw it in 1080p online from a file sharing site and it was fine, but when I watched it on Amazon Prime the resolution was so dark that I couldn't even make them out. And they're important scenes. (even when I turned up the brightness to the max it was difficult) So note that before watching.