nowadays bad horror movies are all about trying to be brooding and atmospheric, but the end result is 90 minutes of characters whispering to each other between shots of them slowly walking around or staring in the distance while generic dark ambient music plays

as much as I liked it (because they did the brooding and atmospheric thing right), I blame The Babadook for this trend

also if you’ve read this far I’m guessing you have some interest in horror movies, so please recommend some things to watch on shudder before my trial subscription ends

  • Wisp [fae/faer, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    With horror being such a broad genre you’ve got to give examples for what you like if you want good suggestions. It’s much harder if you just say what you don’t like

  • DayOfDoom [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    90 minutes of characters whispering to each other between shots of them slowly walking around or staring in the distance while generic dark ambient music plays

    February/The Blackcoat’s Daughter was exactly this and it sucked.

  • Judgy_McJudgersonEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Idk if this is on Shudder, but I enjoyed Sinister. Rolls into the problem you described, but it did it well.

    Action… Darkness Falls was pretty good. The evil tooth fairy one. Oh! Th13rteen Ghosts is my favorite!

    Enjoy your movie night.