Board 8 > All Purpose Horror Topic 2021: Living Through Our Own Horror Stories

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Played most of the RE7 DLC. Thoughts:

Nightmare
Least interesting part of the Banned Footage by far. Survival modes like these never really appealed to me, especially with the "try, fail, get more weapons than before, try again, repeat" setup.

Bedroom
This might've actually been my favorite Banned Footage. The escape room format is so perfect for RE7 that I'm surprised they didn't take advantage of it more in the game itself. The puzzles were clever, the chase to fix everything you altered was thrilling, and the fact that eating Margueritte's food literally kills you is hilarious.

Ethan Must Die
didn't play this one, doesn't seem like my kind of thing

21
Loved this. I'm weirdly a fan of in-game poker games to begin with, and the mini-story with Lucas here was both funny and terrifying. Then the expanded mode actually seemed worth playing, with more challenge, more trump cards (getting long trump combos and then cutting off an opponent's entire hand in one shot is so satisfying) special enemies. Also, naming the opponent Hoffman in a Saw-inspired game is perfect.

Daugters
Not gonna lie, I was actually a little disappointed by this mode. It's the one I was most excited for, because I wanted to see how the family devolved upon exposure to Eveline, and we got a little bit of that. Best part of this was exploring a little bit of the house when it was still in rough condition but actually looked like a livable home with a working fridge and decent people. But then the family devolves entirely, immediately, and the rest of the level is just walking around trying to avoid 1-hit deaths. Really would've loved to see more from the Bakers as they were before they changed.

Not a Hero
Meh. It was cool getting to play as Chris admittedly, but gameplay wise it's mostly more of the same, only with more punching. It's basically linear hallways one after the other with only a few exceptions, and didn't draw me in much until the end, where it starts opening up the Lucas lore and finally shows what happens to him post-game (in a fun boss fight!).

End of Zoe
This was a blast. Someone said "you know what would make this game more fun? Less guns, more punching, and more alligators." And they were right! Less suspenseful horror and more action horror, this is completely ridiculous, with Joe fighting Jack, who is somehow still alive in a new form, with literal wrestling moves instead of weapons. It's just fun the whole way through.

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IGN did a horror movie face-off and, well:



sorry @Snake5555555555

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Ooooooooof

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https://twitter.com/plastiboo/status/1454533529853997060?t=UtH1O6ZkVHNyW_ZnJFd1aQ&s=19

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That was great

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Here's an amazing short horror video I just found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo&ab_channel=Gooseworx

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Hey guys watch Last Night In Soho.

It wasn't tremendously scary but it's still probably the best movie I've seen all year.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdtfLdgqvrA&ab_channel=THEMERKINS

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I don't know if anyone else still cares that I pledged to post my thoughts about jcgamer's top 50 horror movies as I watched the ones I hadn't seen, but I do! (Yes, it really has taken me eleven months to go for another one after Ready or Not.)

And uh, chances are none of you need me to say Carrie is great! I found what I could sum as its economy especially impressive, as it never seriously flagged in spite of its slightness - or to put it another way, Brian De Palma & co. did so much with so little. That it's my least favorite Stephen King adaptation I've seen so far really just means Misery and The Shining (+The Shawshank Redemption) make for awfully tough competition.

On a more personal note, I feel like all of those movies (dare I say even Shawshank) seek to show that humans are the scariest monsters of all, which I appreciate. I also can't help but think I would have been a high school social outcast to a similar degree but for chance and circumstance, based on what I now know about myself. That surely assisted in placing me as the viewer in Carrie's shoes, as if the movie itself didn't already do so well enough independent of such a perspective.

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I care! Carrie is definitely great. Well-told coming of age tale under the guise of horror. The cathartic release of Carrie's full rage and power is incredible from both a raw imagery stand-point and for what it all represents, the complete extent of Carrie's emotions become manifest as something to be both feared and pitied to an extent.

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Oh nice! Yeah Stephen King has like a dozen adaptations that are 8/10 or better, and Carrie's right up there. You're right, Brian de Palma is a genius working under constraints. That long shot at the prom showing the fixed voting & bucket rig is so great: (2:38 to the end, and I think it actually extends longer than that)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9tDvFHxY-4&t=2m38s

I think Piper Laurie's character freaks me out more than anything else in that movie. It was also more heartbreaking than I expected once I finally watched the whole thing.

Let me know if you watch any more!

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For those interested, I finished up my 2021 October Horror Movie topic. 105 movies/TV shows in total! I just finished putting the two years I've done this together for a mega list!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79686314

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Just finished Midnight Mass

100% lives up to the hype

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Right? I think it's Flanagan's best and most complete work. It's genuinely scary, emotionally powerful, the setting and lore is well-realized without being overly complex or lost in its own mysteries, the performances are incredible. It's one of my favorite pieces of TV in a while.

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Snake5555555555 posted...

Right? I think it's Flanagan's best and most complete work. It's genuinely scary, emotionally powerful, the setting and lore is well-realized without being overly complex or lost in its own mysteries, the performances are incredible. It's one of my favorite pieces of TV in a while.

I haven't seen Flanagan's other shows but I'm definitely compelled to now. Everything about this was just so impressive, and like you said, it all just feels complete. The themes are fully realized, pretty much every character gets resolution of some kind, and that ending was one of the darkest things I've ever seen on TV

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Also, saw Last Night In Soho tonight as well

probably my favorite movie of this year so far tbh

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Johnbobb posted...

Also, saw Last Night In Soho tonight as well

probably my favorite movie of this year so far tbh

My guuuuuuuy!

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Last Night in Soho - 8.5/10

https://youtu.be/Sqx25aIZys0

Some really stunning British horror this year between this and Saint Maud. Edgar Wright always brings the soundtrack & visuals. I want to watch it again soon.

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wait

Fishing Gear

Don't Breathe 2 - 7/10

I just kept laughing at how hilariously bad Detroit is made to look in this movie. I appreciate that they went way more over the top and ridiculous compared to the first - might as well. Also pretty sure there was a line specifically referencing Leon the Professional and one referencing Star Wars lol. Seems like they kinda had fun with it.

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I feel like this conversation started with "if all the billionaries/1% whatever" did this it could solve world hunger, not literally one guy wealth.

Being presented as just an Elon thing has already corrupted the entire discussion.
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I am so bad.

Did anyone save my horror movie lists? Or know where I can get an archive?

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Boom:

My Horror Movie Ratings For October 2020-21!:

The Best of the Best:
Aliens - 10/10
The Conjuring - 10/10
The Descent - 10/10
Don't Breathe - 10/10
Halloween (1978) - 10/10
Midnight Mass (TV Series) - 10/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) - 10/10
Poltergeist (1982) - 10/10
Psycho (1960) - 10/10
Scream (1996) - 10/10
Sinister - 10/10
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - 10/10
The Thing (1982) - 10/10
The Wailing - 10/10
What We Do In The Shadows: Seasons 1-3 (TV Series) - 10/10

Must Watch:
The Color of Space - 9.5/10
Drag Me To Hell - 9.5/10
The Haunting of Bly Manor (TV Series) - 9.5/10
Last Night In Soho - 9.5/10
The Medium - 9.5/10
Psycho Goreman - 9.5/10
The Ring - 9.5/10
Alien - 9/10
The Canal - 9/10
Halloween (2018) - 9/10
Hellraiser - 9/10
Insidious - 9/10
The Invisible Man - 9/10
Malignant - 9/10
Oculus - 9/10
Spiral (2019) - 9/10
The Audition - 8.5/10
Black Christmas (1974) - 8.5/10
Censor - 8.5/10
Child's Play (1988) - 8.5/10
Cloverfield - 8.5/10
Daniel Isn't Real - 8.5/10
Halloween Kills - 8.5/10
Host - 8.5/10
I Know What You Did Last Summer - 8.5/10
Ju-On: The Grudge 2 - 8.5/10
The Lighthouse - 8.5/10
Lovecraft Country (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Mandy - 8.5/10
Mara - 8.5/10
The Mimic - 8.5/10
Scream Queens: Season 1 (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Slasher: The Executioner (TV Series) - 8.5/10
Suspiria (1977) - 8.5/10
The Taking of Deborah Logan - 8.5/10
The Terror: Season 1 (TV Series) - 8.5/10

Great:
The Babysitter: Killer Queen - 8/10
Beach House - 8/10
Brand New Cherry Flavor (TV Series) - 8/10
Channel Zero: Candle Cove (TV Series) - 8/10
Come Play - 8/10
The Conjuring 2 - 8/10
Crawl - 8/10
The Empty Man - 8/10
Event Horizon - 8/10
Hellraiser II: Hellbound - 8/10
Insidious: Chapter 2 - 8/10
Ju-On: The Grudge - 8/10
Killer Klowns From Outer Space: 8/10
The Midnight Meat Train - 8/10
The Monster - 8/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - 8/10
The Room - 8/10
Still/Born - 8/10
Revenge - 8/10
Terrified - 8/10
Terrifier - 8/10
V/H/S 2 - 8/10
Antlers - 7.5/10
Blood Red Sky - 7.5/10
Child's Play (2019) - 7.5/10
Child's Play 2 - 7.5/10
Coherence - 7.5/10
Creep - 7.5/10
Creep 2 - 7.5/10
Demonic (2015) - 7.5/10
Friday the 13th: Part III - 7.5/10
Fright Night (1985) - 7.5/10
He's Out There - 7.5/10
His House - 7.5/10
The Hitcher (1986) - 7.5/10
Insidious: Chapter 3 - 7.5/10
Mayhem - 7.5/10
Nightbreed - 7.5/10
Paranormal Activity (5): The Marked Ones - 7.5/10
Sleepaway Camp - 7.5/10
Unfriended - 7.5/10
The Void - 7.5/10
Absentia - 7/10
Bad Hair - 7/10
The Blair Witch Project - 7/10
Channel Zero: No-End House (TV Series) - 7/10
A Classic Horror Story - 7/10
Devil's Gate - 7/10
Haunt - 7/10
The House of the Devil - 7/10
Let Me In (2010) - 7/10
Knock Knock - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
My Bloody Valentine - 7/10
Summer of '84 - 7/10
Trick 'r Treat - 7/10
Underwater - 7/10
V/H/S - 7/10

Pretty Good:
Child's Play 3 - 6.5/10
Escape Room - 6.5/10
Eyes Without a Face - 6.5/10
Friday the 13th (1980) - 6.5/10
Friday the 13th: Part II - 6.5/10
Fright Night (2011) - 6.5/10
The Grudge - 6.5/10
Lore (TV Series) - 6.5/10
Malevolent - 6.5/10
Nightbooks - 6.5/10
The Ruins - 6.5/10
Scanners - 6.5/10
Them - 6.5/10
There's Someone Inside Your House - 6.5/10
Willy's Wonderland - 6.5/10
Antebellum - 6/10
Bedeviled - 6/10
Cat People (1984) - 6/10
Children of the Corn - 6/10
From Within - 6/10
The Grudge 2 - 6/10
The Houses October Built - 6/10
Lake Mungo - 6/10
The Neon Demon - 6/10
Poltergeist II: The Other Side - 6/10
Prom Night - 6/10
Ringu - 6/10
Slumber Party Massacre (1982) - 6/10
The Unborn (2009) - 6/10
As Above So Below - 5.5/10
Flatliners (1990) - 5.5/10
The Girl in the Woods (TV Series) - 5.5/10
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight - 5.5/10
One Missed Call (2004) - 5.5/10
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin - 5.5/10

Below Average:
American Horror Story: Red Tide (TV Series) - 5/10
Darkness Falls - 5/10
Eraserhead - 5/10
False Positive - 5/10
The Gallows: Act II - 4.5/10
Silent Hill - 4.5/10
Halloween Party - 4/10
The Nun - 4/10
Thinner - 4/10
Behind You - 3.5/10
Paranormal Activity (6): Ghost Dimension - 3.5/10
Pulse (2006) - 3.5/10
Coyote Lake - 3/10
Held - 3/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge - 3/10
Paranormal Activity 4 - 3/10
Rings - 3/10

Trash:
The Dinner Party - 2.5/10
The Gallows - 2.5/10
Prom Night (2008) - 2.5/10
The Bye Bye Man - 2/10
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer - 2/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master - 2/10
The Ring Two - 2/10
Sinister 2 - 2/10
American Horror Story: Death Valley (TV Series) - 1.5/10
The Curse of Downer's Grove - 1.5/10
The Final - 1.5/10
The Hole - 1.5/10
The House of the Witch - 1.5/10
The Sandman - 1.5/10
Slender Man - 1.5/10
Slumber - 1.5/10
Unfriended: Dark Web - 1.5/10
Valentine - 1.5/10
Captivity - 1/10
Deadcon - 1/10
Evil Eye - 1/10
Fantasy Island - 1/10
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer - 1/10
Texas Chainsaw (3D) - 1/10
Things Heard & Seen - 1/10
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - 0.5/10
The Fourth Kind - 0.5/10
Open Graves - 0.5/10
The Other Lamb - 0.5/10
When a Stranger Calls (2006) - 0.5/10

The Worst:
fear dot com - 0/10

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My man. Thank you so much dude!

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doomguy deconfirmed

i just peed a little