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Johnbobb 02/04/23 3:21:15 PM #102: |
Johnbobb posted... this game is so dark that I have to have the game's brightness almost the whole way up just to see what's going on. There's a difference between having shadows to add to the dread and just having the environment be a solid black screenThis wasn't an exaggeration BTW This is a screenshot I just took https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/0/0/AAS3NhAAEJuQ.jpg --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 02/04/23 3:29:14 PM #103: |
Damn I don't remember the game being that dark for me. --- 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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v_charon 02/04/23 3:37:58 PM #104: |
Same. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 3:42:26 PM #105: |
Chapter 9 Complete
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 3:43:31 PM #106: |
Snake5555555555 posted... Damn I don't remember the game being that dark for me.It's been the entire game, I don't know why it's so bad --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 3:55:09 PM #107: |
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 3:56:16 PM #108: |
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 4:05:40 PM #109: |
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 4:13:31 PM #110: |
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 4:46:24 PM #111: |
Encouraging you to go back and replay things and still not giving you a way to move quicker, fast-forward, skip cutscenes or choose individual scenes instead of hour+ long chapters is such terrible game design --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 02/04/23 5:40:28 PM #112: |
Man the ending is truly terrible and abrupt. --- 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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v_charon 02/04/23 6:53:51 PM #113: |
I really do like the game, but the ending does seem like the weakest aspect. I think if you compare it to the Dark Pictures games, I would say it would probably be amongst the better ones from that series but most of those games have better conclusions. I feel like most of the storylines between the characters didn't matter at the very end, and the fact Still though, you get to see Deputy Dewey one more time. Have to mark out for that. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/04/23 8:44:55 PM #114: |
Also when we saw Infinity Pool, we also saw the trailers for some films I hadn't heard of/seen before. I was aware of Inside with Dafoe previously but this was the first time I actually watched the trailer. Interesting to see if it'll really be horror or not, probably fringe to the genre like The Lighthouse I imagine. That said, he's an incredible actor and we'll go see it regardless. I wasn't aware that the Children of the Corn remake/reboot was actually done and coming out in March; that's so fast. The original has some old campiness to it but it'll always hold a special spot in my heart. The final was Bunker, which after the trailer I'm expecting big things from. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 02/04/23 11:39:21 PM #115: |
went back and redid Chap. 9 and 10 with --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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jcgamer107 02/05/23 8:48:05 PM #116: |
Yeah M3GAN was cool, I'd say 8/10. That actress is a great physical performer. --- azuarc wasn't even home. he was playing Magic the Gathering at his buddy's store, which is extremely easy to verify ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/05/23 8:53:51 PM #117: |
M3GAN feels like they were testing if they could go absolutely batshit with a sequel, so I hope the next one is just completely unhinged while still being able to have strong themes. --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/06/23 11:06:30 PM #118: |
Knock at the Cabin watched tonight. I've got 5 films under my belt now, not even counting Missing! Time for the birth of my 2023 list. 1. M3GAN 2. Knock at the Cabin 3. Infinity Pool 4. Fear 5. Skinamarink A few extra thoughts I had on Infinity Pool... --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/09/23 9:57:18 PM #119: |
A couple more films are hitting theaters; Consecration and She Came From the Woods. Neither are really films that I'd normally go out for but I'm holding myself to do the best attempt at seeing as many releases this year as I can. Genny usually can get us free tickets, but only if her theater has picked up the movies. Unfortunately, neither of these films were big enough to pick up but living in Atlanta gives up plenty of opportunity to catch virtually any release even if it's limited. Another religious horror film vs. horror comedy/parody. Probably will try to see one on Sunday and the other Monday night. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/09/23 9:58:21 PM #120: |
The Outwaters is also having a very limited release this week! Check it out if you can! I hope to see it soon. --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/09/23 10:01:13 PM #121: |
Oh shoot you're right, I forgot about that one. That's 3 limited releases to somehow find the time for. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/09/23 10:11:15 PM #122: |
Updated schedule: Sunday: The Outwaters (for free!) Monday: Consecration Tuesday: She Came From the Woods Showtimes should all work out with our work schedules, hooray. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 02/09/23 10:42:15 PM #123: |
Saw Knock at the Cabin and loved it but I'm also biased because I loved the book --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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jcgamer107 02/09/23 11:16:37 PM #124: |
Reviews are coming in for Consecration and it's not looking good... --- azuarc wasn't even home. he was playing Magic the Gathering at his buddy's store, which is extremely easy to verify ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/10/23 9:27:36 PM #125: |
Gonna see The Outwaters in about an hour! --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/11/23 12:52:52 AM #126: |
I did not like The Outwaters. To say the fucking least. --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/11/23 1:43:38 AM #127: |
The Outwaters thoughts. This found footage movie is one that has a ton of potential and during the usual boring BS parts where we get to know the characters, sets up a lot of potentially interesting things. And then it does fuck all with it. Absolutely nothing with it, which I can deal with. I was happy to not see the typical dysfunctional found footage characters arguing a ton. But then not only does it do nothing with everything they set up, they do nothing. Period. Nothing. With an ending that lands like a wet fart that my theater laughed at. Spoilers tagged below. --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/11/23 5:59:53 PM #128: |
Yikes, I can't say I saw that coming. Not going to click on the spoiler block yet, but the ending you describe sounds a lot like a film we saw years ago, It Comes At Night. Upon that film ending, someone a few rows up from us said "... that's it, really?" and it got lots of laughter from the theater. Not a really good sign. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/11/23 6:29:47 PM #129: |
I actually really enjoyed It Comes At Night, but it wasn't a horror movie and shouldn't have been marketed as one. I have good things to say about that movie, but it has a couple problems. I would say the ending was concise and pretty much everything I needed from it though. The Outwaters moment at the end was more so stupid you can't help but laugh. People in the theater before that were saying the movie was dumb among other things in a whisper. A woman stood up and said "This is too much for me" so she missed the last two or so minutes. There's another moment towards the end where I was so exasperated that my girlfriend looked over and just started laughing. The degree that I was over this movie was severe. --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/12/23 11:32:47 PM #130: |
Yeah... nah... 1. M3GAN 2. Knock at the Cabin 3. Infinity Pool 4. Fear 5. The Outwaters 6. Skinamarink I said this with Skinamarink and I feel like somewhat of a neanderthal putting the two "experimental" films right at the bottom, but it is what it is. If I have to go to Wikipedia (which didn't help) or Reddit to figure out what's going on, it really isn't the hallmark of a great film in my eyes. There are also some strange flaws I've found with the premise of this being a found footage film as well. Like, how is does he have footage of what we're led to believe is himself while he's holding the camera? Or how does he have footage of his mother's home when he's so far away in the desert? I guess again, I'm just not "getting it". It's pretty frustrating because I feel like found footage is a genre that can be good and just usually isn't. Typically it isn't for the reasons this one isn't, but yeah. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/12/23 11:58:42 PM #131: |
You have to know the part I was talking about #5 the end where my theater laughed though, right? --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/13/23 12:14:56 AM #132: |
It was an eye roll and facepalm for me personally. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/13/23 12:24:47 AM #133: |
Profoundly terrible stuff. I also saw Skinamarink last night because the girlfriend wanted to compare them. My feelings are that Skinamarink is worse because at least things happen in The Outwaters. Most of it sucks, but stuff happens. Skinamarink is just all just a perfectly set up idea that is completely fucking fumbled. Like all they literally had to do was ditch all of the experimental stuff and just put a real plot there. Skinamarink had like two actually good scenes but it doesn't mean much if the rest of the movie is just absolute nonsense and trash. The Outwaters makes me more annoyed thinking about it though, mostly because of how lazy it all feels and how they could absolutely do something interesting and good with the idea but, again, cuts out everything that would make it good or interesting. What kills me are critics fawning over these things and talking about how good they are. I feel like a crazy person reading these positive reviews of The Outwaters and coming out like "How in the hell could anyone come to these conclusions or pretend this was actually scary after the first 5-10 minutes of actually scary stuff?" --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/14/23 9:46:20 PM #134: |
We're at She Came From the Woods. Further thoughts later, but Consecration was actually good. It could be that I appreciate it more after watching nonsense but it was refreshing to see a story that was coherent. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 02/14/23 10:06:30 PM #135: |
Why am I still kind of excited for The Outwaters even after reading all this stuff? :D --- 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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v_charon 02/15/23 12:23:19 AM #136: |
1. M3GAN 2. She Came From the Woods 3. Knock at the Cabin 4. Infinity Pool 5. Consecration 6. Fear 7. The Outwaters 8. Skinamarink A pleasant surprise, for sure. With seeing these 3 films over the last 3 days, I really figured what ended up being the best would have been the worst, and what was the worst I figured would have been the best. Funny how that happens. Despite its billing as a "horror comedy", I didn't really get that from this movie honestly. It has moments but I guess when I think of horror comedy my mind tends to drift to over the top stuff like Scary Movie or Army of the Dead. In no way was SCFtW related to those two films, much to my delight because I don't really like heavy handed horror parody. More thoughts for Consecration: Thoughts for She Came From the Woods: --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/15/23 8:45:00 PM #137: |
I didn't think it'd happen, but we're going to get to see Blood and Honey tonight. Anyone else catch the one day in theater showing of it? --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PrivateBiscuit1 02/15/23 10:41:27 PM #138: |
Aw hell Blood and Honey is out? My schedule this weekend is packed so I dunno if I can see it. --- I stream sometimes. Check it out! www.twitch.tv/heroicbiz/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/15/23 11:31:19 PM #139: |
Initially it was only going to be in theaters one day, but it seems like they decided to extend it to a week long run time through to the 23rd. If you miss it then I think you'll have to wait and see where it ends up streaming at, not sure they've announced that yet or not. Seeing a midnight screening~, probably no thoughts until tomorrow night. I have no clue what to expect! --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/16/23 11:30:08 PM #140: |
So yeah, it was a movie, that's for sure. In retrospect, it was pretty easy to say what you could expect and that's basically exactly what you got with this movie. It's pretty much just 90 minutes of crazy over the top gore and weirdness associated with the source material. I guess with a film like this you can't really go in expecting like, deep meaningful storytelling or something to really grab on to. That being said, the guy who is writing and directing these horror films that are coming out (Peter Pan, Bambi, this, and it's sequel) might should consider a different method moving forward because this one has the novelty to sell it, but it should learn from franchises from the 80's that this sort of thing can grow really tiresome, even to a devoted audience. But if you love really crazy kills, this one has it. 1. M3GAN 2. She Came From the Woods 3. Knock at the Cabin 4. Infinity Pool 5. Consecration 6. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 7. Fear 8. The Outwaters 9. Skinamarink A few additional thoughts that will be spoilers: --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 02/18/23 10:35:49 PM #141: |
Just saw Bones and All and loved it. Definitely one of the most unique takes on the cannibalism subgenre. The romance was pretty captivating; the whole idea of a romance in the middle of all this death, gore and mayhem was shockingly well done. But mostly I just loved not knowing how to come to terms that these morally twisted characters were just looking for some companionship in a lonely world. I know what they do is messed up, but I just couldnt help but think that deep down these people are just normal folks just using their cannibalism as their only means of connection. Such a weird film to wrap your head around but I know I will still be thinking about it probably years later. --- 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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Johnbobb 02/19/23 12:18:23 PM #142: |
Part of what I love about Bones and All was the way the advertising for it (the posters and standees at least) dont suggest the horror aspect, so by all means given the director and the cast this looked like it was going to be a Call Me By Your Name spiritual successor. Also one of the best soundtracks of the year imo Excellent movie ||that also unintentionally shows the bias of the Oscar's against horror|| --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 02/19/23 12:20:55 PM #143: |
Also fun fact I learned after watching, Timothy Chalamets sister from Bones and All is the main girl from We're All Going to the World's Fair --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 02/19/23 12:30:11 PM #144: |
Johnbobb posted... Also fun fact I learned after watching, Timothy Chalamets sister from Bones and All is the main girl from We're All Going to the World's Fair Oh shit I didn't even notice! Trueeeeeeee about the Oscars, like to not get nominated for ANYTHING is a crime. And going in blind for this movie would be wild. I mean, I KNEW it was a horror movie and seeing --- 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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Johnbobb 02/19/23 12:37:48 PM #145: |
I knew it was horror only because I saw a list of the top horror movies on Letterboxd for 2022 and it was #1, leaving me very confused at first (I legitimately thought it was an error but then it listed genre: romance horror in the movie's page) I made sure the person I saw it with didn't know beforehand --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 02/19/23 12:54:17 PM #146: |
Nice. Going in I didn't really know how much of a horror movie this was going to be as a lot of what is considered horror nowadays is "90 minutes of drama with fucked up moment at the half way point" but I was really pleasantly surprised with how tense and disgusting the whole thing is. --- 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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Johnbobb 02/19/23 1:15:21 PM #147: |
oh absolutely, it's one of those rare instances of a genre clash movie that just really succeeds at both genres simultaneously. One of my favorite movies of the year honestly --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/19/23 9:35:21 PM #148: |
I kinda regret missing out on it last year. Genny told me I wouldn't like it though, and I didn't have the goal of seeing all the releases like I do this year so I bypassed it. Oh well. If anyone notices new releases throughout the year be sure to let me know. I'm considering having us watch Re/Member, which is a Netflix distributed film but was released in 2022 in Japan. I'm wondering if I should include it on my 2023 list though since its global release was this month. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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v_charon 02/25/23 12:24:26 AM #149: |
Is Cocaine Bear going to be considered horror? I've seen it listed as horror comedy in several spots, but other spots leave off the horror tag. Probably seeing it Tuesday night regardless of that. --- :> Truly smilin' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 02/25/23 12:28:56 AM #150: |
I mean it seems like a parody of movies like Jaws and Beast which are considered horror, so I'd say horror comedy seems like a fair call --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 02/25/23 3:36:48 AM #151: |
Yeah I would count it personally. --- 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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