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| Topic | Board 8 Ranks 2010s Horror Movies - *THE RANKINGS* |
| Snake5555555555 05/15/22 2:01:15 PM #77: | thesmark - No genre seems to lend itself better to anthology films than horror: Creepshow, Three Extremes, Dead of Night and the Amicus films from the 70s are all fairly memorable with multiple good segments; this is not one of those. I was assuming all of this would be shot on VHS becausethats the title, but only the last one and parts of the wraparound are (or at least post-processed to look like they were)? Its incredibly lame that these are shot on digital instead of a VHS camcorder outside of brief parts of the wraparound segment. What we do get is two hours long and none of the segments pop and they all have the same vibe to them which I didnt gel with. If youre going to do a horror movie where you dont give a shit about any of the characters, youd better have some creative kills, very disturbing concepts/execution or some exceptional gore and this doesnt even do that right. The segment that works the best by far is the last one because 1) it commits TO THE PREMISE OF THE MOVIE and 2) fuzzier images lend themselves well to horror, where it feels grungier and you can't quite identify what's lurking on the corners of the screen all that clearly. Im grasping at straws though, this was a real slog. rockus - Boys will be boys. Watching this and Terrifier so close together really strikes me how much of a boys club the horror genre can be and while Im typically not one to be bothered by nudity or sex it really comes off as cheap and exploitative here. Maybe since so many of the shorts in this anthology have little time to develop much of anything that throwing some tits in every now and then seems just as thoughtless as the rest of the film. Almost every short here is undercooked and nearly all of them have either an awful ending or barely one at all. The only one that I got much out of was the final section because the effects are pretty cool and leads to a surprisingly inventive sequence, but it doesnt really have much of an ending so it still ends up being a disappointment anyway. BetrayedTangy - Normally I freaking love Anthologies, you get to see a variety of unique ideas without having to devote a large amount of time to the ones you dont like. Unfortunately for V/H/S most of them are complete garbage. Every single one of these features some of the most unlikable, horny douche bags Ive ever seen in a movie. I get their purpose, every horror movie has them, but when you dont have likable ones to offset them it leaves you with a feeling of apathy and frankly thats how I felt for the duration of the movie. So youd think wed get some cool deaths out of them right? Sure, if you can stop yourself from having a seizure thanks to the horrendous camerawork. It probably doesnt help that I was already sick of found footage movies after the first Blair Witch, but thankfully theres only one other on this list and it actually does it well! --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. https://www.instagram.com/horror_obscurities/ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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