Recommend me stuff on Shudder.com horror channel

[T & P]

I watched Speak No Evil at the weekend cos a friend told me not to watch it and that was a red rag to a bull for me.
I know why she said so as I now feel almost complicit in what I watched, like Heneke wanted you to in Funny Games, or like I did when I watched Man Bites Dog.
It’s a Danish horror about a family who befriend a charming Dutch family on holiday and make the mistake of accepting an invitation to visit them for the weekend at their home in the Dutch countryside. They’re initially hesitant, but accept out of politeness, and after encouragement from friends, one of who actually says ‘what could possibly go wrong?’
One of the most disturbing and excruciatingly compelling films I’ve seen in recent years. It all falls apart on closer reflection, but it doesn’t matter.
Don’t watch it though.

It felt like it had a lot of premise, and I was hooked from the off, but I was deeply unsatisfied by its outcome. I don’t have a problem on principle with the good guy(s) losing in films even if it feels a sad or unfair ending, but at the least I expect them to meet their demise after losing an intense fight for survival against their ultimately prevailing antagonist.

But the amount of suspension of disbelief required to accept the notion that the family didn’t do a runner when they had the chance after it’d become crystal clear their hosts were psychopaths, and more importantly the pathetic wimpy way in which they accepted their fate and thst of their child, and didn’t put up a fight and just stood there waiting to be stoned to death was as fucking unbelievable as was absurd and depressing.

I wouldn‘t be surprised if a film critic who read this told me I had missed the point of the ending, and that it all was some kind of metaphor for a couple’s disintegrating relationship, and their acceptance of the futility of life and their failure as human beings, or some shit like that. If that’s the case I guess I’m too uneducated to appreciate that kind of thought-provoking study into the human soul. But I still know it was a massive letdown, and about as enjoyable an experience as a wasabi enema.

 

[Reno]

Speak No Evil was the best horror film I've seen this year, great filmmaking and the way the terror escalates out of small social infractions was masterful.

T & P you really need to mind your spoilers and not ruin films for others just because you didn't like them.

 

[Orang Utan]

Speak No Evil was the best horror film I've seen this year, great filmmaking and the way the terror escalates out of small social infractions was masterful.

T & P you really need to mind your spoilers and not ruin films for others just because you didn't like them.

I wonder if it’s a cultural thing or if it’s a universal - that people will go along with a lot of awful things just to be polite.

Surely it’s ok for T & P to mention plot details if they’re blurred in inline spoilers?

Though I take issue with the last paragraph of his post - talk about passively aggressively asserting his own ignorance!

 

[T & P]

Speak No Evil was the best horror film I've seen this year, great filmmaking and the way the terror escalates out of small social infractions was masterful.

T & P you really need to mind your spoilers and not ruin films for others just because you didn't like them.

But I did! This is how it should look on your screen:



Are you seeing something different, or objecting to my discussing the plot? Everyone knows that you only click on spoiler tag hidden text discussing a film or show if you have already seen it, so I see no problem whatsoever here.

 

[Reno]

But I did! This is how it should look on your screen:

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Are you seeing something different, or objecting to my discussing the plot? Everyone knows that you only click on spoiler tag hidden text discussing a film or show if you have already seen it, so I see no problem whatsoever here.

Nothing was spoilered at the time I looked at this.

 

[T & P]

Nothing was spoilered at the time I looked at this.

I assure you I did it from the off.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

Speak No Evil was the best horror film I've seen this year, great filmmaking and the way the terror escalates out of small social infractions was masterful.

It‘s a brilliant, scathing and hilarious critique of middle class snobbery and prejudice. A rare and excellent film.

 

[T & P]

For fans of found footage subgenre, there’s an interesting feature length new documentary about it that’s just become available on Shudder.

 

[T & P]

Deadstream. A very enjoyable found footage comedy/horror

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

I can recommend a film called Hellbender. Definitely not to be taken seriously according to the directors. I watched it after a recommendation from podcaster and "ghost hunter" John E. L. Tenney.

Hellbender (film) - Wikipedia

Hellbender is a 2021 American horror film directed by, written by and starring John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser. The story follows a mother-daughter metal band living in an isolated woodland home, whose relationship is challenged when the daughter encounters other teenagers.
Izzy and her mother live a simple, peaceful existence in the woods, spending most their time creating metal music. After a chance meeting with a mysterious fellow teenager, Izzy begins to uncover the dark history of her family and their connections with witchcraft.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

Deadstream. A very enjoyable found footage comedy/horror

just finished this. Very enjoyable.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

We only got the free trial cos of Halloween, but most of the stuff on there looks terrible tbh, so far anyway. Hammy cod horror or slasher shit.

if that was true in 2020 its not true now. It seems to have the whole spectrum - there are great films on there, lots of middling films and a few terrible ones. But even some of the "terrible" ones are worth watching, especially if you're interested in classic horror films such as The Witchfinder General. And unlike Netflix they keep adding good new content. I have it instead of Netflix at £50 a year.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

an annoying aspect I've just discovered - if you don't finish watching the credits it stays in your "finish watching" list. I'm clearing the list right now by watching the very ends of several films.

 

[T & P]

Brooklyn 45. More of a war drama than a supernatural horror film (though there’s certainly some of the latter), this clever B-film feels like a play, full of strong performances. Very, very good.

Brooklyn 45

Friday, December 27, 1945. Five military veterans gather in the ornate parlor of a Brooklyn brownstone. Best friends since childhood, they've reunited to support their troubled host -- but when his invitation for cocktails turns into an impromptu séance, the metaphoric ghosts of their past...

www.rottentomatoes.com

 

[T & P]

There is a fair amount of buzz about this forthcoming film, which is getting a theatrical release. According to some website it will be available on UK Shudder on 19 April. The trailer looks promising, and I can't wait

 

[T & P]

Fans of the Child’s Play franchise are strongly advised to check out Doc of Chucky.

A fully behind-the-scenes documentary featuring everything about the film franchise you’d want to know and plenty more you didn’t know you’d been missing, it is fantastically enjoyable. From the surprisingly advanced animatronics employed to bring Chucky to life to the in-depth interviews with anyone from the films still alive, it is massively enjoyable so far- 90 minutes into the 300-minute monster, at least.