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So the original Pet Semetary is good? The 2019 was such a piece of shit it. Only movie I've ever walked out on.
Try watching this shit alone at night.... scary af. Truly scared the living shit out of meThe Exorcism of Emily Rose
How has Antichrist (Lars Von Trier) not been listed yet?
Not generally a big fan of Von Tier but I'v seen a few recommendations of that.
I do think that most of the best horror of the past couple of decades has been more on the arthouse side though. The problem IMHO is that at some point in the early 00's the genre increasingly shifted towards catering for lowest common denominator "horror fans" who were happy with the same teen slasher/jump scare stuff being recycled endlessly.
Used to be people like Friedkin, Kubrick, Polanski, Scott, Cronenberg, Alan Parker plus of course Carpenter were making mainstream horror films, directors with real skill at the peak of their careers were as these days that rarely happens. Its a genre full of somewhat competent but ultimately bland directors working to order, hence why so many modern remakes turn out to be sub standard compared to stuff like The Fly, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, etc
Arthouse horror like Under the Skin, Berberian Sound Studio, Killing of a Sacred Deer, etc is much more following in the footsteps of a lot of 70's and 80's classics for me.
I really, REALLY, dislike slasher genre and jump scares. I'm not familiar with the term arthouse horror though, despite being a horror fan.
Killing of a Sacred Deer is pretty similar to The House That Jack Built imo. Having prior knowledge of what the directors tries to infer will make the movie experience better. As compared to someone that doesn't, they probably won't understand what the film is trying to say.
I'll try to see if I can find Berberian Sound Studio to give it a go.
Watched the autopsy of Jane doe last night, I liked itA bunch of solid flicks have been name already...
The most recent horror movie I really enjoyed was the "The Autopsy of Jane Doe".
Wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to this movie.