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rhitwick

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Horror movie world is mostly dominated by Hollywood.
So Ghosts related or out of Bible would dominate their stories.

Next is to look into folklore of other countries and invest in them.

Everyone loves a well told movie. Why not from Japanese, Thai, Korean, Chinese etc.
 
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IMO horror is not completely based on folklore, it's more about things that challenge our sense of reality or forcing us to face things that we fear the most. Folklore is just a backdrop, but what's really exploited is our own sense of fear.

Now, fear can be something very mundane. For example, we all fear for the safety of our family members, so if say your children go out of the house we ask them to return before dark and if they don't come back we begin to worry. If it gets even later and they don't return, we begin to panic and start fearing the worst. So, the challenge of a good horror story would be, how to exploit such fear in a story. A good example of this is Pet Sematary where a family loses their child in an accident and unable to cope with the loss goes to forbidden lengths to get the child back.

So, the material does not really matter but it's about how fear is exploited.
 
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Relevant

*www.nme.com/news/film/new-study-ranks-scariest-horror-films-by-average-heart-rate-2791307
 
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Finished 'The Haunting of the Bly Manor', sigh ... Do not watch this, it is more of drama than a horror series. Except the cast and acting, nothing is good here. You might find the cast familiar from 1st part.
 
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rockfella said:
Midsommar 10/10. Loved it!
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I've been thinking of watching this but never came around to it. I will check it out soon.

Have any of you watched this series? Lovecraft Country (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb

It's based on H P Lovecraft's stories apparently.
 
rhitwick

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^IMDB says this,


Will this have any connection whatsoever (other than the title) to the works of H.P. Lovecraft?

Yes and no, because the novel of the same name it's based on makes significant references to Lovecraft. The Novel is a commentary on what is wrong with Lovecraft's work in the eyes of the writer Matt Ruff. It is vaguely set in the same universe but it isn't written in the style of H.P. Lovecraft.
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Oh well. Makes sense given that H P Lovecraft was actually a huge racist. But sadly I guess proper Lovecraft movies are hard to make.

There is this though: Color Out of Space (film) - Wikipedia based on a H P Lovecraft story.


I haven't watched this yet though.
 
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Desmond David said:
Oh well. Makes sense given that H P Lovecraft was actually a huge racist. But sadly I guess proper Lovecraft movies are hard to make.

There is this though: Color Out of Space (film) - Wikipedia based on a H P Lovecraft story.


I haven't watched this yet though.
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Well this guy was kinda sick in real life too. Just when I think I have seen it all something new pops up and keeps us going ...

thx ;)
 
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So, I watched Bird Box on Netflix a few days ago. And god damn it was an extremely underwhelming experience. While I appreciate what they were going with it just lacks enough substance. Nothing is really memorable about it (except the last scene), cardboard cutout characters and really bland story.
 
TheSloth

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rockfella said:
Midsommar 10/10. Loved it!
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Thanks for posting here. I watched this movie on last weekend and loved it.

Entire movie is almost in daylight, have bright colored scenes but that doesn't shine enough light to overcome the darkness of the context. Generally I like good cult based movies like Hereditary and this was no exception. It might be slow for some people and runs for 2hr 50 mins but with a short refreshing break, the time spent was worth. I really liked the acting of the lead actress too.

Overall, if one likes cult based horror movies/series then this is a must watch!
 
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Thanks for posting here. I watched this movie on last weekend and loved it.

Entire movie is almost in daylight, have bright colored scenes but that doesn't shine enough light to overcome the darkness of the context. Generally I like good cult based movies like Hereditary and this was no exception. It might be slow for some people and runs for 2hr 50 mins but with a short refreshing break, the time spent was worth. I really liked the acting of the lead actress too.

Overall, if one likes cult based horror movies/series then this is a must watch!
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Since there are no super natural scenes it all looks so real and crazy... Like it can happen in real life.
 
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