Once again in no particular order, here are the last 16:
16. Carrie
(2013)- A young girl who
lives with her religious mother and is bullied at school discovers she has
telekinesis. I've seen the original many times and although the original
does a better job of building terror, this is a solid remake.
17. The
Ruins- A group of
friends vacationing in Mexico go to a hidden Mayan temple where they are
attacked by a parasitic plant. I went into this with low expectations but
it actually wasn't too bad. It didn't adhere to most horror movie
conventions and my interest was held.
18. *Sleepaway
Camp- Recommended by my
sister, Amanda, two cousins go to summer camp where deadly events start to
occur. You have to watch this movie! It's so terrible it's
brilliant. The twist ending was genuinely shocking and I didn't see it
coming at all.
19. The
Exorcism of Emily Rose-
Set primarily in a courtroom, a trial commences against a priest who performed
a botched exorcism. This is more of a courtroom drama/horror film but
despite its length, I was interested the whole time. There are some
definite creepy moments as well.
20. Evil
Dead (2013)- A group
goes to a cabin in the woods to help their friend go cold turkey until they
discover a mysterious book in a boarded up basement. If sassy demon talk
is your thing, this movie is for you. Nothing special but fairly
entertaining.
21. Extraterrestrial- Friends go to a house in the woods to
party and end up finding a crashed UFO. Throw every alien cliché into a
film and you've got this movie. The jump scares were the only
"scary" parts but they were so predictable I didn’t even
flinch. Between the corniest ending of all time and what I'm pretty sure
was plagiarized dialogue from Titanic, do not watch.
22. V/H/S/2- A 9 part anthology, two investigators
try to find a missing college student and end up discovering a series of
mysterious tapes in his seemingly abandoned dorm room. I haven't seen the
first one because I read the sequel was better. Since the movie is told in
short segments, the action happens fast, which could be a positive or a
negative. It does leave a lot of unanswered questions but overall a
fairly decent movie. The camera work on
the penultimate segment was atrocious.
23. Candy
Man- A graduate student
gathers information for her thesis on urban legends and finds that one of the
legends may be real. A rarity for horror films, this has a well written
script. Parts of it were slow but
overall a good watch.
24. Jug
Face- After a girl is
slated to be the next sacrifice for a backwoods community, she tries to
escape. Unless you enjoy hearing stereotypical southern accents
accompanied by the actions that typically go with them, avoid. Also, it wasn't
really a horror movie. The story is really slow and boring and the ending
is unsatisfying.
25. Would
You Rather- Trying to
make money to better their lives, a group of strangers attend a dinner party
and are forced to play a twisted game of "would you rather."
I've seen some pretty messed up movies but this one might take the cake.
It's very graphic and disturbing. I had an idea for the ending but
thought, "There's no way that would happen, it's too messed up" and
of course, that’s what ended up happening.
26. The
Fog- Recommended by
friend Nicole, a town happily celebrates its centennial but unbeknownst to the residents,
the town’s founding is coming back to haunt them. This is unmistakably a John Carpenter movie. Being a huge fan of the Halloween series, my expectations were high and they were met. There is a great buildup and it
doesn’t rely on overly graphic content.
27. *Vacancy-
A couple’s car breaks
down near a small motel and they decided to spend the night but there may be a
reason why they are the only people checking in. Has it happened? A horror movie where the lead characters
actually make smart decisions? Indeed it
has! That alone made this enjoyable to
watch along with the fantastic tension build and satisfying conclusion.
28. The
Hills Have Eyes (2006)-
A family gets stuck in the desert on their road trip to California and
encounter violent mutants. This movie is
stupid. Overreliance on jump scares, unnecessarily
graphic, way too long, and didn’t really make sense.
29. Silent
Hill- Based on a
video game series, a woman searches for her adopted daughter in a seemingly
deserted town. This movie feels like it
will never end. It’s incredibly long for
no real reason. It may be because I
haven’t played the games but it also made no sense. It seemed like the plot changed every half
hour. After reading tons of discussion
boards online, I think I kind of understand it but no movie should require that
much outside research.
30. The
Devil Inside- A woman
travels to Rome to see her believed to be possessed mother in a mental institution. I remember when this came out and I really
wanted to see it until I heard how terrible it was. Jump scare after jump scare after jump scare,
the rumors were confirmed. Putting aside
the terrible acting and bad attempt at making this a “documentary,” this has one
of the worst endings of all time.
31. *Paranormal
Activity- A couple
starts to experience strange happenings around their home and set up video
cameras to try and capture who or what is the culprit. I was trying to watch movies I hadn’t seen
before but for my last movie in October, I wanted something I knew would be
good. I’ve seen this five or six times
and can easily say this is the scariest movie I’ve ever watched. The buildup of tension is incredible and the
events seem like they could have actually happened. This movie does get a lot of hate but I think
many people who call it boring or say nothing happens are too used to jump
scares and blood/gore.
And with that, I'm probably never watching another horror movie ever again. Hope everyone had a good Halloween!
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| Halloween ended up being really fun! |
lessons are free all day tomorrow if you didn’t make it today or want to come back. It was a crazy busy day but great to finally see people climbing in the gym. Hope to see you there!
That’s all for now. Bye.
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