Horror Movies Thread

[TheCodeMan95]

Nothing dumb about it, man, i understand i watch stuff like this more close than others do so it's just my opinion on my own perspective - not too much to inform, either. It's just crazy to me because SO MUCH of the FNAF community is about fan-made projects BECAUSE Scott himself was a solo indie-developer. He loves the scene, dare i say, thrives off of it. HELL, it's how some of the MAJOR in-line games got developed - BY THE FANS themselves! Just look at the mascot-horror scene online as a whole (Poppy Play Time, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Garten of BanBan, etc.) or anything that claims to be FNAF adjacent (The Joy of Creation, TEALERLAND, Grizzly's, Tyke & Sons, etc.). So when i know that something like Ultra Custom Night was entirely developed by fans, but then Scott ADDED the exact concept -down to the code- to games in post AFTER release, I kind of roll my eyes a little bit at how choosey he is and how he conducts himself. It's a bit too much Indian-Giver for me. Don't be taking stuff from fans if YOU'RE actively taking stuff from fans. Does that make me sound more understandable? lol

Guess this is why it hasn't been at HHN! (yet) lol

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

Guess this is why it hasn't been at HHN! (yet) lol

 

[Lucky Planet]

Until Dawn movie would make a great Halloween horror nights house. it's got all the elements.
it would be perfect for hhn ( I know that the game would be perfect too, both of them)

the movie was ok. a little slow. a little boring when nothing was happening. but I liked the monsters. the concept was confusing.

it was not as bad as I heard it was. it had some good moments.

 

[amar831]

Until Dawn movie would make a great Halloween horror nights house. it's got all the elements.
it would be perfect for hhn ( I know that the game would be perfect too, both of them)

the movie was ok. a little slow. a little boring when nothing was happening. but I liked the monsters. the concept was confusing.

it was not as bad as I heard it was. it had some good moments.

As a fan of the game, there were certain parts of the movie, especially at the end , that had me full smiling at the homages. I really enjoyed the movie for what it was.

 

[Lucky Planet]

As a fan of the game, there were certain parts of the movie, especially at the end , that had me full smiling at the homages. I really enjoyed the movie for what it was.

I can understand why everyone would hate it, I can understand how it wasn't very faithful, or how it changed things for the worse.
but, for what they made, I liked it. I liked the horror parts,
and I keep hearing that this was an original script that was changed and adapted to have the until dawn name, the same way SAW2 used to be an original idea that was adapted into a saw sequel,

 

[Freak]

I know I’m kinda late to the discussion but I just saw the newest Final Destination movie and really loved it! I think some of y’all are taking the franchise a little too seriously, which it wasn’t designed to be. I just went in expecting to lmao out the outrageous deaths and I had a good time. I’m not going to obsess too much over the whole bloodline thing because….its Final Destination. We’re mainly going to laugh at some guy getting his face destroyed by a lawnmower. C’mon guys lol

On another note I saw the trailer for Weapons. That actually looks pretty cool.

 

[CoryLevy91]

Fear Street: Prom Queen represents one of the lesser offerings of the modern slasher film boom. If films like the newest Scream installments, the Terrifier series, Thanksgiving, In A Violent Nature, Happy Death Day, the Maxxxine trilogy, Sick, etc. represent the most creative or brutal or absolute highs of the subgenre, Prom Queen represents the middling, lacking offerings that bog the hack and slash down.

The 80's craze has run its course, the killer reveal is lackluster, the killer motivation is weak and very unsatisfying, the characters are mostly blander than white people chicken and it even if I wasn't the biggest fan of the original Fear Street trilogy, this feels like a huge misfire for the branding. A handful of decent kills can't save this one from finding itself drowning at the bottom of the slasher pool.

 

[belloq87]

I quite disliked FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN, as well. Characters were a really uninspired bunch.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Watched Fear Street: Prom Queen and Final Destination this weekend

Fear Street - it was a decent time but nowhere close to the original trilogy. I think it will be near impossible to capture the magic of that unless they do another full trilogy (which honestly just felt like a mini series). Felt very predictable and half-assed, quite honestly lol. Bummer because I was really looking forward to it.

Final Destination - I've been a lifelong fan of this franchise, so I was INCREDIBLY excited for a new one. It's an absolute blast and with the success it's seeing, I think we'll be getting another one of these in a year or 2. Great deaths, some genuine laugh out loud moments, and an outstanding premonition.
The one problem I have is: some parts felt incredibly rushed.

Spoiler: Bloodlines - Minor Spoilers

It took a bit for the movie to get going - which is fine, but that means the deaths come quick in succession. It felt like we lost Howard, Julia, Erik and Bobby all within 15 minutes of each other.

 

[Clive]

What really puzzles me about Fear Street Prom Queen is that the sets, costumes, and production design in the immersive marketing activation they ran in Hollywood for three days looked significantly better than what was in the actual movie? Was really bummed how bad it was.

 

[CoryLevy91]

What really puzzles me about Fear Street Prom Queen is that the sets, costumes, and production design in the immersive marketing activation they ran in Hollywood for three days looked significantly better than what was in the actual movie? Was really bummed how bad it was.

It really might be the first time I've felt really, really done with the 80s aesthetic. Zero need to have this set in the 80s other than 'well, it's a slasher horror movie, they're supposed to be set int he 80s now, right?'

The fad was fun but it's been done to death. It's time to move on and find a different trope to lean on.

 

[belloq87]

PROM QUEEN's "take" on the 1980s is so surface-level and lazy, too. There's no real attempt to make it feel like a 1980s movie (in contrast with FEAR STREET: 1978, which actually does, at points, manage to feel like a late '70s movie).

 

[Legacy]

It really might be the first time I've felt really, really done with the 80s aesthetic. Zero need to have this set in the 80s other than 'well, it's a slasher horror movie, they're supposed to be set int he 80s now, right?'

The fad was fun but it's been done to death. It's time to move on and find a different trope to lean on.

So, this was something I was thinking about watching the movie. First, it’s not a great representation of the 80s as a lot of the dialogue wasn’t actually accurate to the 80s. But I realized the success/popularity of 80s based horror isn’t about what the genre has (outside of stellar music), it’s what’s the era doesn’t have. Specifically, putting something in the 80s means you have NO cellphones and (more importantly) NO computer labs or internet. As a result, you’re able to more trap characters in their ignorance.

 

[Clive]

So, this was something I was thinking about watching the movie. First, it’s not a great representation of the 80s as a lot of the dialogue wasn’t actually accurate to the 80s. But I realized the success/popularity of 80s based horror isn’t about what the genre has (outside of stellar music), it’s what’s the era doesn’t have. Specifically, putting something in the 80s means you have NO cellphones and (more importantly) NO computer labs or internet. As a result, you’re able to more trap characters in their ignorance.

This becomes especially useful in a straightforward slasher movie, which inevitably has two parts: before and after a significant number of central characters realize someone is killing people.

(Seriously, think about it. 95% of slashers operate this way.)

 

[rageofthegods]

The thing about Fear Street Prom Queen is that the original Fear Street trilogy were polished movies with lots of development and some money behind them that were meant for theatrical release pre-Pandemic and the new movie is a movie made for Netflix, so it has crickety, inelegant writing that could've been smoothed over in a rewrite and the whole thing looks like a fan film that didn't have budget for lights.

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

I think some of y’all are taking the franchise a little too seriously, which it wasn’t designed to be. I just went in expecting to lmao out the outrageous deaths and I had a good time. I’m not going to obsess too much over the whole bloodline thing because….its Final Destination. We’re mainly going to laugh at some guy getting his face destroyed by a lawnmower. C’mon guys lol

I couldn't disagree more and generally respect your opinion enough to not get into the why/how.
What you wanted is not what i wanted.
What i remember the franchise being is clearly not what you remember the franchise being.
What you have an opinion on is not what i have an opinion on and that's okay!

I feel like it's internet etiquette 101 to let people being more passionate about things be more passionate about things and not ask people to lower their expectations/feelings just because they don't match yours.
I, for one, am someone to say: Be more. Expect more. Raise those expectations. Have standards. Compare them. Be critical. Do better.
Something I'm not going to do is jump into a forum talking about sports and say "some of y'all are taking this too seriously" to people who have been going to games for 25+ years and do hours of tailgating and go so far as to match face paint and wear jerseys with thousands of other people; If you catch the metaphor (i don't do sports).

Haven't watched Prom Queen yet but i now weep for the future
(as i boot it up on Netflix tonight)