DreamKid Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 What are some Titles out there that escaped the spotlight or just never got the love they deserved in your opinion? I'll kick things off with the 1994 Film- Brainscan Brainscan falls into the "Fun" category when you're evaluating Horror films. It's 90s AF, and throws tropey haymakers at you for it's full duration. It stars 90's Crown Prince Edward Furlong as Michael Brower. Tech savvy rich kid with too much time on his hands, and no parental supervision(for various reasons). He sends away for a hyped up new game called (you guessed it)'BrainScan', at the recommendation of his best friend Kyle(Who reminded me of Luka Modric). Needless to say the game offers more than he expected, and we get an enjoyable film as a result. As I said, this falls into the "Fun" category. So don't expect The Shining- you won't get it. The trailer below. For those who love them. Just needless spoilers imo, but to each their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Bone Tomahawk, best film of 2015 cannibal the musical - comedy horror. trey and matts best movie to date, and it was their first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenaline_Flux Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 One of my friends has a rough list of horror recommendations that he's given the past year. I haven't seen all of these and quite a few are bigger named movies so don't necessarily fit the premise of the thread 100%, but I think it's still good to post as there are still quite a few good under the radar horror movies/shows in there. 1922 A Dark Song A Field in England Amsterdamned Baskin Berberian Sound Studio Black Sabbath Blood and Black Lace Blood Glacier Bullet Head Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror Burn, Witch, Burn Cam Carriers Cemetery Man Chopping Mall City of the Living Dead Colossal Crawl Creep Creep 2 Cub Cult of Chucky Curse of Chucky Darling Dead & Buried Death Line Deep Red Demon Demons Devilman Crybaby Dig Two Graves Don't Deliver Us From Evil Dust Devil eXistenZ Ghost Stories Ginger Snaps Green Room Halloween (Original and 2018) He Never Died Honeymoon Horror Noire Hounds of Love I Saw the Devil Ingrid Goes West Jug Face Julia's Eyes Kill Baby Kill Last Shift Laurin Life After Beth Liquid Sky Mandy Marrowbone Midnighters Midsommar Mom and Dad mother! Night of the Living Deb Painless Phenomena Premutos: The Fallen Angel Pyewacket Raw Season of the Witch Slasher Sleep Tight Slugs Southbound Stagefright: Aquarius Suspiria (Original and 2018) Tenebre Terrifier The Autopsy of Jane Doe The Awful Dr. Orlof The Bar The Beyond The Blackcoat's Daughter The Burbs The Canal The Devil Bat The Endless The Haunting of Hill House The House by the Cemetery The House with Laughing Windows The Invitation The Lift The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue The Loved Ones The Monster The Nightmare The Return of the Living Dead The Ritual The Transfiguration The Voices Them Tragedy Girls Train to Busan Unsane Us Veronica XX You Might be the Killer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 oh ****, Return of the Living Dead. best horror movie ever in terms of coolness and hilarity espeically since everyone plays it straight 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 Big variety in that list, it's good.^^^ 8 minutes ago, Adrenaline_Flux said: Creep Creep 2 For those that have seen the comedy show 'The League', these movies star one of the main cast members in a great role. Off memory I believe the films are almost 100% found footage, very entertaining. The first is better than the second, as is often the case, but the sequel is still decent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenaline_Flux Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 In addition to that list, I also recommend The Final Girls which is a comedy slasher. Hopefully that's still cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Adrenaline_Flux said: In addition to that list, I also recommend The Final Girls which is a comedy slasher. Hopefully that's still cool though. Honestly, it's kind of hard to think of a slasher that doesn't at least have some comedic elements. I don't see why anyone wouldn't qualify such a movie for the thread. Sounds fine to me. Horror and comedy can blend so easily in part because what scares one person- can amuse another. I mean The Shining has one of the funniest scenes of all time. Can't post it in here, but everyone remembers the gentleman in the Bear Suit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenaline_Flux Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, DreamKid said: Honestly, it's kind of hard to think of a slasher that doesn't at least have some comedic elements. I don't see why anyone wouldn't qualify such a movie for the thread. Sounds fine to me. Horror and comedy can blend so easily in part because what scares one person- can amuse another. I mean The Shining has one of the funniest scenes of all time. Can't post it in here, but everyone remembers the gentleman in the Bear Suit.... reminds me of this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 hour ago, DreamKid said: What are some Titles out there that escaped the spotlight or just never got the love they deserved in your opinion? I'll kick things off with the 1994 Film- Brainscan Brainscan falls into the "Fun" category when you're evaluating Horror films. It's 90s AF, and throws tropey haymakers at you for it's full duration. It stars 90's Crown Prince Edward Furlong as Michael Brower. Tech savvy rich kid with too much time on his hands, and no parental supervision(for various reasons). He sends away for a hyped up new game called (you guessed it)'BrainScan', at the recommendation of his best friend Kyle(Who reminded me of Luka Modric). Needless to say the game offers more than he expected, and we get an enjoyable film as a result. As I said, this falls into the "Fun" category. So don't expect The Shining- you won't get it. The trailer below. For those who love them. Just needless spoilers imo, but to each their own Never heard of it but it looks like a fun 90s movie. Also the shining sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 52 minutes ago, DreamKid said: For those that have seen the comedy show 'The League', these movies star one of the main cast members in a great role. Off memory I believe the films are almost 100% found footage, very entertaining. The first is better than the second, as is often the case, but the sequel is still decent. The duplass brothers are some of my favorite director/actors. Their stuff is generally simple concepts but the dialogue is so good. Creep and creep 2 were great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tyty said: Also the shining sucks I like many aspects of it. Nicholson's acting, the score, etc. As an overall piece, I do find it kind of boring. It's more comedy to me than anything else at this point. It may be the most respected film within the genre though, so it worked for my disclaimer about 'Brainscan' lol. 8 minutes ago, Tyty said: The duplass brothers are some of my favorite director/actors. Their stuff is generally simple concepts but the dialogue is so good. Creep and creep 2 were great Creep is a great example of the situations dopey/unaware people get themselves in. I think I read somewhere that the director wanted to blur the line of "Who the actually Creep was", which I don't think he necessarily accomplished, but certainly made a great attempt at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Will get back to this thread tomorrow, but I feel like malf and I are the only two on this site who appreciate Return of the Living Dead. Several of the funniest scenes all-time in that horror movie. But strictly horror, the one horror movie that exceeded my expectations more than any other was Last Shift. Might be because it catered to some things that legitimately terrify me, but I feel like that is the most underrated horror movie of ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 For those who like the "Psychopath toying with potential victims" genre, ATM should work for you. The premise is simple. 3 co workers find themselves in an ATM vestibule, with a rather unpleasant mystery person lurking outside. The film seems to be generally quite poorly reviewed, but it's a fine watch imo. Of the movies you'll see like it, ATM is more conceivable than it's peers. Feel free to watch it with friends so you get all their "Nah, this is what I would do in that scenario" nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 'The Hitcher' is great. One of the best ramp up Horror/Thrillers. Make sure to watch the 1986 film, and not the 2000s remake. Most of what goes on seems to come out of nowhere and for no reason. Which turned off many critics. I think it adds a sense of individuality to the film though, and separates it from similar movies that try too hard to make outrageous situations have some sort of meaning or logical origins. It's simple, the kid picks up an awful person- and awful things happen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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