Did you end up seeing Nosferatu?
I did not. Planning a We Live in Timesferatu double bill on Monday.
New Years Evil is great
Nice. Bummed that I missed We Live when it was at my localā¦
Iām still not sure what I made of Nosferatu. I was really drawn into it until the actual appearance of the big guy. I donāt know what I was expecting but with it being Eggers I figured something unique was coming and I was sort of disappointed it was just another retelling of Dracula. I know thatās a daft complaint but I couldnāt help thinking thereās a much better vampire film set in the same time period buried in there somewhere, and he whiffed his shot a bit here. I also still canāt decide if Bill Skarsgard and LRD are any good as actors.
Also itās unforgivable that the ship guyās wife and daughters didnāt eat him in the tomb.
Admired a lot of what Nosferatu was doing. Looks incredible, and that first half had some nice tasty dread-y vibes. I liked it as opposed to loved it. Aaron Taylor Johnson is not great, and it really feels a lot like a 2 hour plus film. Needed more blood and guts and more scares.
Really surprised the reviews here are so mixed, everything about it work for me. Thought it was a properly handsome film, fun OTT performances that leaned into the vibe I wanted from this, swept me along for the whole run time. Iām sure sometimes I was laughing at stuff it didnāt intend me to, but most of it felt intentional - very enjoyable period piece and the Nosferatu voice was so on point
Definitely was at its best with Nick in the castle, but wasnāt any section I stopped enjoying. And generally liked LRD a lot in this, she commits well as we get to the ending
Think I agree with charliās review basically
Nosferatu was a stinker for me, had no reason at all to care about any of the characters or what was going on. Nothing new brought to it, cardboard acting from everyone but Dafoe. Alls I can say is that there were some really pretty shots. I think they should have printed screen grabs of it and just displayed them as art.
saw this weekend
The Well - quite silly but fun Italian one with the actress from Terrifier restoring a painting which is linked to people chained in a basement. Nicely gory
The Dunwich Horror - Lovecraft adaptation I got a bit bored with. Was fine but very unmemorable
Canāt Come Out To Play - the director of Henry and starring Peter Fonda, Michael Shannon and Samantha Morton. Never heard of it before. Predictably solid but also the twist is easy to figure out and theres not much more beyond it
The Battery - really impressive one about two baseball players navigating a Zombified world. Shows just what a bit of imagination can do to make a long stale genre fresh again
The kids have started graduating to slightly more YA horror films having outgrown stuff like Goosebumps. Quite challenging to find 12A level stuff for them - 15 rated horrors tend to be slightly too much for me to be comfortable with either in terms of gore or swearing. Recently weāve watched Happy Death Day and its sequel and Vampires Versus The Bronx, all of which have been pretty good. This weekend, after about 60 seconds of research we settled on Brain Freeze - French Canadian zombie comedy from a few years back dubbed into English. It wasā¦ok. A few good gags and a zombie baby. Thatās about the measure of it 
Anyone got any decent YA type horror film recommendations?
Idle Hands maybe? could be a bit too stoner/sex comedy, but if theyāre at the level of Happy Death Day itās possible
Thereās a film I havenāt thought about in a loooooong time. Rated 18 apparently which is surprising.
Ooh, suggested from that on IMDB - The Frighteners 
Maybe Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? Definitely got some scary moments in it but I seem to remember my son being okay with it.
Good one! I actually thought of that but then somehow had forgotten about it again - has some genuinely creepy moments 
How about some of the Goonies-esque ones?
Super 8 2011 - JustWatch
Rim of the World 2019 - JustWatch
Or what about any of the Laika films: Caroline, Corpse Bride, ParaNorman, Boxtrolls, etc.
Good suggestions as weāve actually watched all of those except Rim of the World! Will add that to the list
My nieces liked it, not sure I can remember any of it but found it fun.
Other recent ones they liked are:-
No One Will Save You 2023
The Vast of Night 2020
Rated 15 but might be okā¦
Sting 2024
Never Let Go 2024
The Vast of Night is so good, even just at home I got fully swept up in the setting and atmosphere