@HarleyGirlKate when I was looking up art for it I saw it was made into a movie. How exciting!! I always see it in my imagination but to see it actually in a movie is always something.
@TR23 i hate to say that i watched the parody scary movie before i watched the actual movie Scream. A lot of similarities between them. And I actually liked how it stayed close to the movie it was based off instead of trying to throw other movie references in it. But I did like scream. I always had a crush on shaggy so seeing him in a different light reminded me that my childhood was over
@MajesticMango: That is pretty neat!
@lonelytauros Pleeeease tell me this is real! 🦝🩸💀🤣 I watched the trailer and for serious thought it was a fake movie trailer, but then I hit the back button and saw it has an IMDb page. Bahahaha Dude, I need to see this ridiculousness.
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Horror book countdown to Halloween! 28 days away! Hell is a city. Forget the old-fashioned sulphurous pit you may have read about. Over the millennia, Hell has evolved into a bustling metropolis with looming skyscrapers, crowded streets, systemized evil, and atrocity as the status quo.
Cassie thought she knew all about Hell. But when her twin sister, Lissa, committed suicide, Cassie found that she was able to travel to the real thing—the city itself. Now, even though she's still alive, Cassie is heading straight to Hell to find Lissa. And the sights she sees as she walks among the damned will never be in any tourist guidebook.
Legend has it that in Ireland there’s a fairy like creature called a Banshee that comes and either sings you a song or you can hear her cries indicating your death.
@SunsetSnuggles crackcoon is real but this one right here might be the scariest one of them all!
Halloweens is 27 days away!
The classic tale of supernatural obsession from the critically acclaimed master of darkness—and the inspiration for the cult classic film Hellraiser
From his scores of short stories, bestselling novels, and major motion pictures, no one comes close to the vivid imagination and unique terrors provided by Clive Barker. The Hellbound Heart is one of Barker’s best—a nerve-shattering novella about the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within its endless domain. It is about greed and love, desire and death, life and captivity, bells and blood. It is one of the most frightening stories you are likely to ever read.
Frank Cotton's insatiable appetite for the dark pleasures of pain led him to the puzzle of Lemarchand's box, and from there, to a death only a sick-minded soul could invent. But his brother's love-crazed wife, Julia, has discovered a way to bring Frank back—though the price will be bloody and terrible . . . and there will certainly be hell to pay.
So I watch American Psycho last night around 4am and it was probably the best decision I’ve made this whole year. I rented it off YouTube and before I watched the movie I watched the trailer. The trailer was very high energy and you can see the main character having a lot of enthusiasm and showing a lot of emotions so when the movie started I loved how it showed us he really didn’t have any and the only time he did was when he was killing. Christians voice was perfect for the narration. A great choice. Reese Witherspoon, can’t say I’ve seen her in anything else but she played the timid role grandly. William Defoe, I’ve only known him from Spiderman so seeing him do another part was really nice. Really unexpected for me but just a reminder for me to be more open minded. And man, did this movie open my mind a bit. And also kinda left it out to dry. I’m still kinda confused about the ending but hopefully when I read the book it’ll make more sense to me. Anyways, I definitely do see myself watching this movie again and again. I hope yall enjoy it as much as I did
Are we doing spoilers here? Just curious before I post.
Nice to hear your thoughts.
@billiam Sure. I recommend using the spoiler markdown though.
I've seen this film maybe 6 times over the years, and I read the novel once, just a couple of years ago. First time watchers, I'm curious, do you think:
that Patrick Bateman killed all those people, or did he hallucinate it?
I think the film did a really good job of putting me in a liminal space. And it wasn't an obvious liminal space. It started out as a normal realistic kind of film, and then as the movie goes on, it gets more and more surreal. Until I started questioning things. And by the end, I was questioning myself just like I questioned the ending. Did I miss something? Can I trust my senses, my thinking?
My favorite part of the film is the vibe. It has this creepy, late-night vibe. I think the first time I saw it was on the IFC Channel back in the day, at like 2am, all by myself. I didn't know anything about the movie going into it, and I felt like I was in this limbo space, kind of like The Overlook Hotel in THE SHiNiNG. But here instead of one location being the weird space, Bateman's psyche is the limbo place, and Bale took me along for that ride.
I think Christian Bale did a great job with the part. I really believe him as his mask of sanity starts to slip. How anxious he's getting, which is kind of a change of pace for a horror film. We don't normally see the killer anxious like that. We also don't always see the killer as the protagonist either. Which, as I'm writing this, makes me wonder:
Is Bateman the killer, or the victim of the story? If you don't think he really killed anyone, then you could see him as a victim of a perverse society that has all it's priorities out of whack. He doesn't see himself as human, just like the big machine of government, corporations etc, don't treat us as people either. Bateman might be the one person in the film who loses his life. Hmmmm....
It's a very funny film, a very absurd film. The commentaries on pop music are funny. Kind of like I'm writing this long essay here, about a pop movie, just like Bateman does about Phil Collins songs... lol. It's funny how devastated he gets about business cards, apartments, setting ice cream down on his coffee table. Predicting how everyone these days thinks their opinion on every random thing is the most important thing. The raincoat scene is a lot of fun.
I also like how the ending makes me reflect on the title of the film, and what it's referring to. Why is he called a psycho? Because he's a killer, because his sanity is in question, or because his entire life is based on an absurd, dehumanizing materialism? Or is someone/something else being called psychotic? I tend to think the point of the novel/film was about how the rampant materialism of America was/is psychotic, otherwise there's really no point to calling the film AMERICAN Psycho.
I think the novel/movie had something to say about the way we live, and how our priorities are what is really psychotic. How our priorities and values lead to all the other things, like violence, that we actually call psychotic. How they lead to a loss of life/living, literally or figuratively, on a massive scale. The novel/film makes that link, somehow beating you over the head with the message, but also not really making it too obvious because there is so much other good stuff going on.
@lonelytauros Lol! Well Cocaine Bear started a trend...Love it! 😍😁
@Katota I’ve always liked the animal horror movies like Lake Placid Anaconda snakes on a plane and now this crackcoon one looks really good! And shoot there was one with the shark that I really liked. I don’t remember if it was deep blue sea it was one where Samuel L Jackson gets eaten right away like in the beginning of the movie lol 😂
@MajesticMango I have yet to watch Cannibal Holocaust, but I did finally watch Green Inferno which was inspired by Cannibal Holocaust.😁
Lol! I actually enjoyed it and found the "giving Cannibals weed as a distraction" scene hilarious. 😆😆😆
@lonelytauros That's wonderful, and I am fully aware of "animals attack horror genre" out there. Lol! 😆
Yes I know this, but in those movies where the animals hopped up on narcotics?😀
Or were they SUPPOSEDLY on illegal substances, Tauros? 😆
Crackcoon. Come on now...Lol
What's next?! Bigfoot On Meth? Or MethFoot?!
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@lonelytauros Vicodin Shark.😆
@lonelytauros Heroin Armadillos.😆
Just saying Cocaine Bear started a trend...It happens!😀
@Katota I think it’s an awesome genre. It’s just kind of like Godzilla, but instead of being hopped up on nuclear radiation they’re hopped up on drugs. lol 😂
This thread is amazing!! I didn’t even know this site had this feature, but then I saw the words ‘comfort’ and ‘horror’ at the bottom of my screen…. Thank you @MajesticMango 👻💀🎃
helloooo! My favorite horror franchise to watch while cuddling has to be the Terrifier movies, I can’t wait for the new one 🙀🥹 But I also love the Saw series and Chucky of course 🤩
Yeah that was Deep Blue Sea with Samuel Jackson.
Don't forget Sharknado
@sweetnstrong I've yet to see either Terrifier. I'll correct that this year.
snakes on a plane
👍👍👍 @lonelytauros 😁
It’s just kind of like Godzilla, but instead of being hopped up on nuclear radiation they’re hopped up on drugs. lol 😂
@lonelytauros Okay, you got a point there.😁
Godzilla had to be hopped up on radiation to demolish all those buildings around him.😜
I enjoy horror movies, I don't have favorites but as far as franchises go: A Nightmare On Elm Street!👍
Jason. Mike Myers. They're too quiet for me to get into, Freddy made me laugh! 😄😄😄
Of course I will say that Derek Mears' portray of Jason Voorhees in Friday The 13th (2009) caught my attention (and held it) because he did some amazing things with Jason...One amazing talent he did with Jason was RUNNING! 😆
LOL! I have never seen Jason run until 2009, and he was very clever in that as well.😁
Horror movies and cuddles are sweet
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@pmvines They are indeed, even the gawd awful horror movies are fun to cuddle to!😁🫂
The best
@billiam How can I forget it?! 😆
Sharks in a tornado. You can't forget that one! 😄