It’s a specific sub genre I’ve always been a fan of in horror is seeing terrible people do terrible things then get, for lack of a gentler term, karmically skull fucked. Though I’d be reticent to say they’re my overall favourite types of movies since you have to by virtue of the story spend a lot of time with people you don’t like, it is very fun to watch them get what is deserved. I’m currently (FINALLY) watching Fall of the House of Usher and it is sickly sweet for that very reason.

So I’m curious to hear, what are the best horrors where shitty people meet brutal ends?

Scores of anthology movie segments could place here but I’m actually going to use Deadstream as my example. I truly grew to love this movie because at first I didn’t like it, if for no other reason than I initially didn’t get the joke that you are not supposed to like Shawn as a character. He’s obnoxious, entitled and seriously fucking stupid so it’s all the more hilarious when his situation continues to just fall to pieces around him.

For those of us who were fans of The Guest, this is coming out on Friday in the US (we need to wait until December here in the UK...)
It's way more upfront about its melding of action and slasher genres. Dan Stevens does not play the same character as on The Guest, but he seems to be having a lot of fun scarfing down all of the scenery. Great to see Wingard & Barrett let loose with a smaller, (hopefully) more personal film.

This was a fun supernatural thriller about a cop being hunted by supernatural forces. I managed to catch this one just a few minutes before it left Netflix and was able to watch it all the way through despite being passed the cut off date. This movie is so tense and so fucking scary it makes being touched by someone feel like the worst possible thing. 10/10.

A part of my list:

-Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby

-Anthony Perkins in Psycho

-Heather O'Rourke and JoBeth Williams in Poltergeist

-Roy Scheider in Jaws

-Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter

-Angela Bettis in May

-Anya Taylor-Joy in The Witch

-James McAvoy in Split

-Lucky McKee for May (Director and Original Screenplay)

-Toni Collette in Hereditary

-Ari Aster for Hereditary (Director and Original Screenplay)

-Mia Goth in Pearl

-Brian De Palma for Carrie

-Pino Donaggio's Score for Carrie

-Mario Tosi's Cinematography for Carrie

-Paul Hirsch for Carrie (Editor)

-Best Original Song: I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me from Carrie (Performed by Katie Irving)

-Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall in The Shining

-Steven Spielberg for Jaws

-John Carpenter for Halloween (Director and Score)

-Robert Eggers for The Witch

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I came across this on youtube. But, I think it looks really promising. Plus, it has Keith David in it. That is almost reason enough alone!

1-3 couldn’t have dropped at a better time back in 2021. You just had to be there. I was waiting for each one to drop on Netflix during that time. After rewatching them recently, it still holds up great in my opinion. Deena got on my nerves but that’s my only complaint with 1-3. The 4th one was just okay to me, it’s not something I’d rewatch to be honest.

What are everyone else’s thoughts on parts 1-3 of Fear Street?

We've arrived! I know for me September 1st starts a 61 Days of Halloween movie run. I'm kicking off this year with a classic, 1995's Ice Cream Man starring the great Clint Howard. What's everyone else watching today? Do you have your list all set out or do you wing it?

The whole movie is an onion of psychological depravity. Incredibly cathartic the entirety of it is a lot to bare, and the whole time I’m glued and pascified like a child watching and hearing colour.
There is this horrific image being observed and the character study for Lydia is infinite. A successful stoic model that knows too much about a keyboard and way too much about herself.

Something about her obsession makes me obsessed with her. Her nonchalance in this level of psychopathy is entrancing.

I want more! Am I okay?✅

Obviously, Obsession has made this topic pretty relevant this year, but I also just rewatched Host (2020), and I noticed a lot of parallels between the two.

The idea of supernatural entities that are somehow manifested, created, or wished into existence and then go on to haunt people is particularly creepy to me. I think both movies do a really good job with the "be careful what you wish for" type of horror. Obsession is obviously the more direct example of a literal wish, but after watching it recently and then rewatching Host, I started to realize that something similar is happening there too. It isn't simply a typical "uh-oh, we conducted a seance and now a demon has appeared" situation.

The seance in Host essentially opens the door for an entity to appear, but what makes it interesting is that Jack doesn't really feel like a traditional Judeo-Christian demon whose goal is simply to possess someone. Instead, the entity seems to emerge from something much more ambiguous and almost conceptual: Jemma creating the Jack character, who technically never existed in the first place.

That idea of a supernatural entity entering the earthly realm because something was wished for or manifested into existence, whether that's the literal wish in Obsession or Jemma essentially creating Jack in Host, feels really interesting and fresh to me. It also makes the horror creepier because there isn't necessarily a clear mythology explaining exactly what these things are or where they came from.

I also find it really interesting that both entities feel strangely imperfect. They're incredibly powerful compared to the average human, but they don't necessarily seem to possess the same clear, goal-oriented nature that you'd expect from a more traditional demonic entity. They almost seem to be fumbling their way through the haunting while simultaneously being completely capable of causing horrific destruction.

That's what I find so fascinating about characters like Freaky Nikki in Obsession and Jack in Host. Watching these entities figure out how to carry out their hauntings, while being somewhat imperfect or unpredictable, makes them feel both more mysterious and, in a weird way, more frightening.

Maybe I'm stretching the comparison a little, but I really like this idea of a "Tulpa" or manifested supernatural entity in horror.

Does anyone have recommendations for other horror movies that use this kind of concept, where a supernatural entity is created, manifested, wished into existence, or otherwise brought into reality rather than simply being a pre-existing demon or spirit?

so ive recently been obsessed with anthologys especially if its horror, can you guys recommend me more that has the same vibe that i will list down below? tysm!! (those are the ones that i already watched & liked).

50 States Of Fright

Amazing Stories

Black Mirror

Creeped Out

Cabinet Of Curiosities

Creepshow

Channel Zero

Darknet

Dimension 404

Electric Dreams

Junji Ito Collection/Junji Ito Japanese Tales Of Macabre (Anime)

Love, Death + Robots

Monsterland

R.L Stines The Haunting Hour

Twilight Zone

Two Sentence Horror Stories

Tales From The Void

Weird City

Hey friends. I was too young to see it when it aired and just found it streaming for free. Since I work 6 days a week I don't have a ton of time to watch. I was wondering if I could get some suggestions for the best episodes! Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone! My mom is coming for lunch and wants a horror movie with little swearing, smart, and not going to keep her up at night. She's nearly 70 and can't do scares like she used to. She doesn't like comedy horror

Meanwhile I'm the opposite end where I love Evil Dead, Hereditary, and a lot of gore in general. Ive honestly forgotten any titles that could be low key.

Im wondering about "dead silence" for the twist ending. Can anyone else suggest anything? Ive already checked Google for answers and it suggests movies for teens

Hey, I had a wild nightmare last night, and even though it nearly gave me a heart attack, I really liked the concept behind it.

In my dream, a group of people found an abandoned Gothic church in the middle of the woods. In the church's basement, there was a bound man who didn't speak and was extremely aggressive. Despite looking human, his behavior was more like that of an animal.

The group assumed he had been severely harmed or traumatized and tried to help him. I don't remember the middle part, but I know that at the end, paintings on the church walls revealed that the man was actually some kind of monster. The paintings depicted the monster's method of reproduction, which involved a kiss where the monster either vomited into the person's mouth or impregnated them via a tentacle down the throat.

Like whole thing was so creepy and unsettling!

Is there a horror movie like this??

Thank you in advance XD

I'm talking about movies like A Chinese Ghost Story, Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Mr Vampire, The Boxer's Omen etc. They often don't care about having a consistent tone and will jump from being silly to horror to action all to try and just be as entertaining as possible. If you've never seen any it's a very fun rabbit hole to dive into.

Does anyone else here enjoy these movies and what are your favourites?

This movie was unexpectedly so so good, and had some really great body horror/underlying themes. I feel like I’ve never heard anyone mention it so figured I’d shout it into the void

I am looking for movies like The Ritual, Troll Hunter, Willows Creek, Stickmans Hollow. Movies that with camping ambiance and forest, the creep atmosphere, etc

My son and his wife are not horror fans, but ever since my husband passed a few years ago they have been watching two horror movies with me every October. They give me a prompt in August then we discuss them until we come up with the best choices. This year I am a bit stumped though.

They want two movies of the same/similar genre, but as different in style/execution as possible. And if from different decades that is also a plus. Also, no SA, no extreme torture and no weird body horror, so no The Thing unfortunately :(

Any suggestions for pairs for our annual spooky night?

So far I have these, but not really feeling it.

Pontypool and Train to Busan (zombie type)

What Lies Beneath and Hokum (haunted place)

Near Dark and Lost Boys (vampires)

Cabin in the woods and Tucker and Dale vs evil (forest)

Movies from the past they have loved:

Silence of the Lambs

Hell House LLC

Session 9

Troll Hunter

Scream

Thank you!

Was planning on watching this tonight before bed I can watch the Korean Cut or the international cut.

Has anyone seen this. I like the synopsis but was wondering how people rate it?

I mean, my top pick would be the cops from Barbarian (2022) because what the actual fuck was that all about just leaving her behind and having her fend off a very serious and dangerous threat by herself.

Or the one in Friday the 13th (2009), the police are actually called for once, but all they send is one cop! Just one cop when there’s a murderer on the loose. Not only that, he’s just casually driving down to the lake house with no sirens or anything.

Let's also add another wildcard here and say that sheriff from the remake of I Spit On Your Grave (2010) as well.

Besides that, some cops are portrayed as ignorant, dumb, or or fighting off the killer by themselves and ends getting killed or is actually in cahoots with the villains too.

So who are your top picks for the worst law enforcement characters in a horror movie?

We all know the classics. Jason's sleeping bag tree smash. Freddy's marionette kill. Drew Barrymore in Scream, etc. I wanna go over some lesser known, yet equally awesome kills.

Car Smash - P2

Ho-lee shit. When it comes to kills involving cars, Maxxxine is the only movie I can think of that comes close to rivaling this one. I dont wanna spoil what exactly happens if you haven't seen it, but this is a pretty solid flick so check it out.

On Tap - Scream 7

I know, I know you hate this movie. Fair enough. But on creativity alone, this one deserves a spot. Scream doesn't usually go super crazy with the kills, mostly stabbings and such, but they went all out on this one. The way the beer comes out of the mouth at the end... chefs kiss

Corkscrew - Jason X

The cryogenic face freeze n' smash is the fan favorite of this movie, and for good reason. Its awesome. But, sometimes its about more than just the kill itself. The, "We're screwed" after dude slides down the corkscrew just puts the cherry on top for me.

T-Rex Shadow Puppet - Killer Klowns From Outer Space

This has always been a favorite of mine. A little killer clown makes a shadow puppet t Rex that eats a group of people? Sign me up. Its almost cute in a way. I just love it

Powerwasher to the Face - M3GAN

Man, if this movie would have been rated R this kill could have been sooo good. Its still a great kill, regardless. I've never seen anyone else use a powerwasher full of chemicals to blast someone's face off.

Thats just 5 off the top of my head. Theres a million others out there. What other lesser known kills are there out there?

Who here is a fan of Indonesian horror? Any good recommendations?

I've seen a few Indonesian horror films, and they're pretty great for the most part.