Horror films that were better than you expected?

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Another-- The Evil Dead (2013 remake). I know that some people really liked it, but at the time it was released I remember a lot of people crapping on it and fellating the original.

To me, the remake is superior to the original in every way. It's actually scary, there's no campiness to it. The original, influential though it is, is very hard to take seriously these days.

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I was led to believe that Lake Mungo would be boring as hell, but it was an absorbing experience for me. I love mockumentary/found footage stuff, and thought that this film did it far better than most.

For all the hate, Babadook is actually pretty good. Except for that screaming kid in it. Fuck him.

bampin

>>19338506
here to post this

babadook is great and the kid is annoying at first but it all comes full circle. great movie and great attention to detail.

did anyone like mama? I thought that was pretty great.

what about darkness falls? that movie was pretty fucking rad. little older though.

>>19338752
I really liked the idea behind Mama, and some of the imagery was scary, but the overall film fell flat for me. I preferred the short it was based off of.

Haven't seen Darkness Falls, but will check it out.

>>19338497
when they watch the cell phone vid i nearly shit my pants

>>19338428
I know this one is kind of out there, but What Lies Beneath is definitely spooky.

>>19338428
Probably overstated by this point, but the Babadook really rekindled my faith in modern cinematography to produce an actual horror movie instead of a rob zombie, jump scare a masturbatory amounts of blood movie.

>>19338506
Spoilers maybe?

The kid is SUPPOSED to be annoying. You're supposed to dislike him and sympathise with the mother at first, otherwise the reveal would have no teeth. Anyone who complains about the kid has utterly missed the narrative this movie sets up, and that's on them because it was expertly done.

>>19338854
Yeah, that scene made it all worth it. I don't know why it spooped me so bad, but it did.

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I liked this much, much more than I probably should have.

I wish more horror movies dove into hermeticsm

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>>19338497
>I love mockumentary/found footage stuff
Opinion dismissed.

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>>19338479
>taking evil dead seriously

M8

>>19338506
Nope. Babadook isn't great at all. It's stupid. Don't know why 4chan likes it so much.

>>19338752
Ah man I forgot what darkness falls is about, but I'm too scared to look it up and read about it. I remember liking it though.
Wax House (most recent) is one of the best horror films ever made.

>search babadook on google

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/11/the-babadook-how-horror-movie-monster-became-a-gay-icon

what

>>19339696
wtf

>>19338752
Darkness Falls wasn't bad and the idea behind it was even great but man, I just couldn't take it serious. Disliked the acting mostly.

>>19339553

>Babadook sucks
>but Wax house, that generic Splatter shit, yeah that's great

babadook was about improperly dealing with PTSD

>>19339776
Last horse crosses the finishline

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>>19338479
> the remake is superior to the original in every way

los ojos de julia

>>19339804
why is this an appropriate response

>everyone shits on others opinion
>won't post their own

It's like I'm on /tv/.

>>19339978
Nice opinion you got there

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>>19338752
>>19338506
The Babadook? Did u have a Lobotomy? This movie is normie tier garbage par excellence.

>>19339944
It means you're slow

I went into "they look like people" with mixed opinions, and it turned out to be a lot better than expected. I thought the idea of never knowing if the bearded guy was crazy was interesting, and thought it built suspense well. It also had a nice, clear cut ending. 8/10, would recommend

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Watched this last night on a whim knowing nothing about it and was super fucking surprised how good it was. If you like Lovecraft or The Thing, check this one out

The Grifter

>>19339149
Name the movie retard

>>19340182
Tried watching this a week ago.. fell asleep 3 times and would rewind to try again. Finally gave up and haven't watched it again.

Don't see what all they hype is about. Might try another go though..

>>19340770
as above, so below - fuckface

>>19340182

fuCK NO
the void is utter SHIT
If you like Lovecraft, do NOT watch this movie or you WILL cry real tears.
The Void is a drawn out gorefest of shitty acting, B-movie violence, and exactly 0 scares.
The Void is nothing but dudes shooting at monsters and cultists in a hospital. It's practically an action movie. It's the Racoon City of movies.
I fucking hate the Void so goddamn much. Please stop talking about it.

>>19340007
why is this an appropriate repsponse

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>>19341694
Wow you really didn't like this movie. I guess that sucks for you, because I'm quite fond of it. I've recommended it to other people too, and everyone else seemed to enjoy it. It doesn't have your typical jumpscares like a lot of movies these days, but I found the overall vibe to be nice and creepy. You didn't like the practical effects they used for the monsters? I thought they were great considering its a low budget indie film.

>>19338428
The Descent

>>19341804
Alright Steven Kostanski, quit hyping your movie. It was practically only jumpscares, gorn, violence, and bad acting. Sure, the props were alright. I'll give you that. But the whole thing was just shooting and blood. Not a good movie, or a lovecraftian movie. You can't have a shot of space every 20 minutes and suddenly call it lovecraft.

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>>19338428
this one

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definitely Devil's Pass. Mockumentary about the 'Dyatlav Pass' incident.

>>19341874
Agreed, that was a great flick.

Someone here that watched "Excision" ? Not a paranormal Movie bit definitely disturbing I think.

>>19341892
That was goooooood

One of my all time favorites is "the strangers". So freaking disturbing and definitely worth a try. "30 days of night" was also great and brought Freshness to the Vampire Genre.

>drag me to hell
Basically about this nice lady that gets cursed by an insane gypsy and then all sorts of fucked up shit happens to her.

>>19342175
Raimi knows.

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>>19338428

>>19342175
Basically about eating disorder and that bitch killed her Kitty !!! Good movie tho

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>>19342355

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>>19342141
This. I fucking hate found footage films but I really liked it. They actually put a bit of thought into the story unlike similar stuff.

It was called "The Dyatlov Pass Incident" in the U.K.

>>19338428
>The Bye Bye Man wasn't a terrific film

I don't understand why so many people hate this movie. For a low-budget horror flick, I thought it was pretty good.

>>19340770
>reverse image search
lurk more

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>>19339149
>I wish more horror movies dove into hermeticsm

Have you seen A Dark Song? Based (very loosely) on the Abra-Melin working. You might like that one.

>>19342627
Cool, thanks

>>19338479
brainlett

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Last Shift really spooped me out. It's nothing special and takes a lot from other movies but for being unoriginal, it's done really well. I haven't been that creeped out by a movie in a while.

>>19343463
This. Put on Last Shift one day to kill a little time and actually ended up enjoying it.

>>19340182
The effects in The Void were neat, and I liked the overall mood of the film, but the story was kind of lacking and the characters were hardly developed. Nice visuals, shitty writing. Had it been 20-30 minutes longer so that the plot had room to grow, it might've been excellent.

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>>19338428
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). Critics hated it because it wasn't scary. I liked it because it wasn't. The first one was scary enough. This one humanized the vampires in a similar fashion to the Pagan society in The Wicker Man (1973).

Yup. That's a young Tara Reid in pic related. Wasn't she a CUTE?

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>>19338479
Evil Dead and Fright Night both had surprisingly good remakes.

>>19339149
>go in thinking it's a movie about Hell
>it's about about finding the Philosopher's Stone
>complain that the Philosopher's Stone is not the kind of thing to Indiana Jones
>that's ultimately the point of the movie
I'd still have liked if both concepts were their own thing (the Catacombs leading to Hell would have been an amazing story in itself, or more time could have been spent upon alchemical symbolism), but ultimately I enjoyed it.

>>19342355
That's how I felt about the Babadook.

>>19345034
>humanizing undead monsters
That's stupid.

>>19343463
a creepier film in a similar setting is 'Let us prey'

>>19342627
>A Dark Song
I so fucking loved the ending. Until the end it became a bit boring and then BOOM! Her wish/answer to it all was amazing. I never expected this and the ending made this movie a 9/10 for me.

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>>19338428
looked like another cheesy law and order ripoff, was actually creepy and beautifully shot

>>19341694

You don't know shit about horror.

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>>19338428
I don't watch television or movies.

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>>19345251
Get a load of this normie faggot.

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Krampus was an amazing movie all the way around. The practical effects were amazing, and you could tell that all of the costumes were real. Had some dumb dialogue bits, but it was genuinely intense

CLOWN.
I shit you not.

>>19341874
I always answer OP's question with this, The Mist, and The Ruins.

>>19347252
Is that considered horror? Is Gremlins horror then?

>>19343639
Exactly this. It is worth watching for the effects and creepiness, but don't go in with high expectations.

>>19347252
Krampus was a miss for me, but the practical effects were good, I'll give it that.

>>19347269
Clown surprised me. It wasn't a great film, but I went in with low expectations and ended up enjoying it for the most part. It had a good premise in the cursed suit, and I liked Peter Stormare.

>>19347739
The Mist is legit. The ending was brutal.

bampin

>>19347885
Yea

>>19338752
Darkness Falls was fucking cool.

My recommendation is Dead Silence. Idk why but everyone I know hates this movie, it's not Hellraiser but it's pretty great. Got a few scares out of me.

>>19339258
>costanza meme
You are in no position to judge anyone.

>>19340182
Looked up the trailer on YouTube based on your recommendation and I got to say the movie looks like shit.

Get better rate bro.
I'm being serious here.

>>19349573
>rate
Taste*

>>19349503
Isn't that the ventriloquist dummy movie? I've skipped over it in the past because I'm not really into doll-horror, but maybe I'll peep it one of these days if it's actually scary

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Horror comedy, but it still counts.

>>19341694
This post makes me want to check it out. Thanks, anon.