TV/Movies Megathread

[Sheilbh]

Haven't seen the [Rec] sequels, as I usually presume that sequels/remakes of successful horror movies suck.

Honourable exception being Romero. Aside from that I think Ring 2 is the only decent horror sequel I've seen. So yeah I'd avoided the Rec sequels too.

[Malthus]

Ide, out of curiosity, what is in your mind the "Spanish type of horror"? Creepy kids? Dark houses?

Evidently, being mistaken for Mexicans. 

[FunkMonk]

Mexicans are superior to Spaniards anyway.

[katmai]

Mexicans are superior to Spaniards anyway.

[FunkMonk]

 

[Josephus]

Saw an interesting spanish horror film not long ago on TV. At least I thought it was Spanish. Let's just say it was in Spanish. The title was something like "We Know What We ARe" and it was about a family of cannibals. Very strange..but watchable.

[Ideologue]

Ide, out of curiosity, what is in your mind the "Spanish type of horror"? Creepy kids? Dark houses?

Well, that was mainly a throaway joke about del Toro (who produced Mama, and directed Pan's Labyrinth), and The Orphanage, which are similar movies.  STILL, if I had to defend it--I don't know if what I've observed is particularly Spanish, but it does have a bit of atypicality to it--a focus on children as characters, children's views of the world, and childhood fears (here, being taken from one's parents, even if that parent is a CGI ghost).  Also, less interest in serious gore (Mama's PG-13, I think maybe the Orphanage was?) than in creating an atmosphere of dread, and presenting upsetting imagery that totally counts as body horror, but not in the anatomical, goopy Cronenbergian vein (I could point to a few dozen frames of this movie that sort of made me want to cry ).

Anyway, yeah, like Shaun said.

[Queequeg]

Haven't seen the [Rec] sequels, as I usually presume that sequels/remakes of successful horror movies suck.

Honourable exception being Romero. Aside from that I think Ring 2 is the only decent horror sequel I've seen. So yeah I'd avoided the Rec sequels too.

Romero?  Land of the Dead was great, but Diary was diminishing returns.  Haven't seen the latest. 

[Queequeg]

Anyone else watching The Americans?

[mongers]

Quick question, is 'Black Death' with Sean Bean worth 1h30m of my view time ?

[Grey Fox]

Anyone else watching The Americans?

It's on my list. How is it?

[Sheilbh]

Romero?  Land of the Dead was great, but Diary was diminishing returns.  Haven't seen the latest.

I was thinking of Dawn of the Dead.

[PRC]

Quick question, is 'Black Death' with Sean Bean worth 1h30m of my view time ?

It's all right.

[mongers]

Quick question, is 'Black Death' with Sean Bean worth 1h30m of my view time ?

It's all right.

Yeah I watched it, ok, but nothing at all special.

[CountDeMoney]

Quick question, is 'Black Death' with Sean Bean worth 1h30m of my view time ?

It's all right.

Yeah I watched it, ok, but nothing at all special.

What did you think about Flightplan?