Horror News & Discussion Redux

[Strychnine]

Its multiplayer game. NO THANKS.

You have to have to have to have a single player game in place FIRST and multiplayer second, period.

Not ripping your quote, I actually saw this game on the steam summer sale and remembered your post so I tuned in, saw it was MP, checked out. Then I read the reviews from those that like multiplayer and apparently its got severe connectivity issues. Annnnnnd if you cant connect then whatever money you spent is now wasted cuz theres no single player game to play until the wrinkles iron out.

See?

I see what you're saying. I HOPE they'll get the netcode squared away.

 

[Zer]

Sorry if I posted it in the wrong section but it is horror and a lot of Sherdoggers may not know about it...

Thanks bro. Been thinking about buying this. Looks interesting

 

[Strychnine]

Thanks bro. Been thinking about buying this. Looks interesting

It's on the Steam sale so it looks like I'll be getting this and IL-2 Sturmovik (Stalingrad) this Summer.

 

[Pixelated Porn]

Thanks bro. Been thinking about buying this. Looks interesting

dude, if you have not seen Frankenhooker, it is right up your ally

 

[xenomorph4prez]

I finally got around to The Visit and really enjoyed it. It had a strike against it from the start with it being a found footage/documentary but managed to pull off the gimmick rather well.

I know a found footage has been done reasonably well when I don't find myself thinking, this really should have been a short. I never thought that during The Visit and it kept my attention and entertained throughout.

It also took me longer than it probably should have to see the twist which was refreshing as I usually see them a from a mile away.

A few good jump scares, genuinely creepy scenes and humorous moments made it a well rounded film that I would recommend to any horror fan.

It is also notable that you spend the entire film with two child actors and I didn't really find them annoying, grating or awkward other than when the film called for them to be. Thats no small feat in my book.

7/10



I celebrated shark week by seeing JAWS at a local independently owned theater and it was fantastic to experience the film the way it was meant to be experienced. I often see older films are being shown at this theater in it's revival series and I have meant to go to several but this is the first one I actually made it out to and I plan on making it a habit to see as many classics in the theater as possible.


I also just finished reading Stephen King's Pet Sematary and it has to be one of the heaviest and darkest novels I've read. Out of the King books I've read so far I think it may be my favorite. I like that it is smaller in scope and focus than his epics The Stand and IT. I think another thing that puts Pet Sematary above the other books of his that I've read is that he managed to stick the ending cleanly. I think it probably took a lot of restraint for him to end it in the fashion that he did and not go out with a literal bang like a lot of his books tend to do.

I've only just started reading King over the last 3 years or so and so far I've read -

The Stand
The Shining
Doctor Sleep
IT
Pet Sematary

I think when I'm ready to read another King book I'm going to tackle Salem's Lot. Is that a safe bet or is there another book of his I should read instead?


And on a sad note the director of The Wicker Man (1973) has passed away today at the age of 86.

RIP Robin Hardy

 

[Bobby Boulders]

The Wicker Man is one of my favorite movies. So much tension, such helplessness at the end.

 

[Loiosh]

The Wicker Man is one of my favorite movies. So much tension, such helplessness at the end.

And it's given us some of the best gifs of all time.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

And it's given us some of the best gifs of all time.

The original? I have seen plenty of gifs from the remake, I don't recall seeing any from the original.

 

[Loiosh]

The original? I have seen plenty of gifs from the remake, I don't recall seeing any from the original.

Ah, you were talking about the actual Wicker Man movie. I assumed the remake and that you were kidding.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Ah, you were talking about the actual Wicker Man movie. I assumed the remake and that you were kidding.

Lol no. Horror is serious bidness.

 

[xenomorph4prez]

The original? I have seen plenty of gifs from the remake, I don't recall seeing any from the original.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

That first one should be used more, imo.

I seriously never see those used.

 

[xenomorph4prez]

That first one should be used more, imo.

I seriously never see those used.

There are gifs of the sweet nude dancing scene but I guess I will refrain from posting them even though it is for a special occasion.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

There are gifs of the sweet nude dancing scene but I guess I will refrain from posting them even though it is for a special occasion.

Not ironically, that was actually the first scene I suspected was made into a gif.

Dat ass.

 

[xenomorph4prez]

Not ironically, that was actually the first scene I suspected was made into a gif.

Dat ass.

Actually a butt double was used for the Dat ass scene, but still Dat ass all the same.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Actually a butt double was used for the Dat ass scene, but Dat ass all the same.

Oh, I know. She was pregnant and thought her butt looked too big, or something.

Little did she know of the glory she would have had. Now the glory goes to someone else.

 

[xenomorph4prez]

Oh, I know. She was pregnant and thought her butt looked too big, or something.

Little did she know of the glory she would have had. Now the glory goes to someone else.

Ingrid Pitt also has a short and tasteful nude bathing scene if your memory needs refreshing.

She was smoking in The Wicker Man.



Robin Hardy was a horror bidness MVP.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Ingrid Pitt also has a short and tasteful nude bathing scene if your memory needs refreshing.

She was smoking in The Wicker Man.



Robin Hardy was a horror bidness MVP.

If I had been in my prime in the early 70's, I'd have stalked Ingrid Pitt.

 

[Pixelated Porn]

If I had been in my prime in the early 70's, I'd have stalked Ingrid Pitt.

If we are talking horror babes, then Alice Krige in Ghost Story just fucking does it for me. She looks kind of distant but perfect in this movie. Oh, and underrated movie.

Spoiler

or some barbara crampton

 

[Bobby Boulders]

If we are talking horror babes, then Alice Krige in Ghost Story just fucking does it for me. She looks kind of distant but perfect in this movie. Oh, and underrated movie.

Spoiler

or some barbara crampton

Barbara Crampton is who I'd have stalked had I been in my prime in the 80's. My God, she was sexy.

I would probably still give her a go today.