Do you like scary movies? The rolling horror thread 2020

[TKC]

The remake is a completely different film really, linked by vague themes and a name - even the colour palate is completely flipped but I think it’s still good

[SloameOcean]

Have you seen the original version of The Haunting? I just rewatched that recently and fell in love with it again.

[OrangeMouse]

The one from 1963? I don’t think so. Thanks for the recommendation.

[hesastopsiiiiign]

It’s a long time since I’ve seen it but The Changeling (1980) might be up your street

[OrangeMouse]

I really liked The Witch from 2016. Thought that was creepy as hell.

[TKC]

The Innocents
The Orphanage
The Others
The Changeling
A Tale Of Two Sisters

[OrangeMouse]

The Others I have seen, also seen the black and white original film it was loosely based upon, can’t remember it off the top of my head though…

[SloameOcean]

This might do it for you too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQFXTNvBLKI

This is an episode from an old TV show, Dead of Night. Recommended this to @midnightpunk recently and I think he really liked it.

[OrangeMouse]

Thanks I’ll watch this evening.

Strangely, I see on that YouTube link there is Ghosts Of The Underground. That’s a fantastic documentary about haunted parts of the London Underground. I’d love to go to all those closed off Underground stations. It really gets my imagination running wild. Not that I believe in ghosts anymore. Unfortunately.

Ghosts On The Underground

[SloameOcean]

This sounds right up my street - thanks for sharing!

[OrangeMouse]

Just watched it again. Such a classic documentary. It never gets old.

[hesastopsiiiiign]

How is Possessor? Is it very arty or is it something my wife can follow along while flicking through her phone? She doesn’t mind weird but she doesn’t like films that go out of their way to be abstract or up their own arse for want of a better word

[FontaineYouGotaSon]

looks like one for the Scarred for Life thread!

Scarred for Life: Hauntology, old British television and slightly disconcerting folklore

Hello. I’ve just started reading the first instalment of Scarred for Life, focused on the 1970s, and featuring such gems as The Owl Service, the old public information films about the dangers of the railway and that sort of thing. I’ve long been ‘generally’ interested in hauntology, even perhaps before I knew what it was. I remember listening to Lemon Jelly’s ‘Nice Weather for Ducks’ and being strangely attracted to it, and this has continued into a lifelong love of anything slightly eerily ma…

[TKC]

Nah it isn’t arty at all. It’s quite all out action really. Similar in tone to that Overlord but a lot lot better

[TKC]

Wait not Overlord but that film which came out at a similar time about being implanted with AI and that

[hesastopsiiiiign]

Upgrade? Man I loved that film

[TKC]

Yeah thats the one. I wasn’t keen on that but loved Possessor so reckon if you liked Upgrade then this will be right up your street

[SloameOcean]

Why am I only finding out about this thread just now? I really need to venture outside of the horror thread once in a while…

[Petagno]

2021 thread here:

The Everyday Hell Of It All - The Rolling Horror Thread 2021

As we leave behind the actual horrorshow of 2020 and stride confidently into the recurring horrorshow of early 2021, let’s count our blessings that horror on film continues to produce seemingly endless originality and ingenuity. Plus a load of remakes and sequels natch… Previous thread here: First post of 2020’s thread was @Scott_Chegg being excited about the coming release of Saint Maud. Which I’ve still not seen - yeesh… RIP in pieces

@moderators - would someone be so kind as to lock this thread please. Thanks