TVG Presents: All Things Horror.

[oasisfan35]

reading around a film is as much part of the experience of consuming a film for me, it doesn't spoil anything

Total other side of the spectrum here, not that I watch much any more but

[Ms Harmless]

I really appreciate that Del Toro is completely unafraid of camp and melodrama, in a way that Robert Eggers isn't; I wouldn't change a thing about either of them but I'm really enjoying comparing and contrasting the styles of the brightly coloured Frankenstein and the blue-grey Nosferatu

[Ms Harmless]

"I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine, and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other."

I think Del Toro's script was mostly perfect, but I do wish they'd included this Shelley quote verbatim, it's perfect; I mean, it's there, but it's diluted a bit

[Ms Harmless]

"A Mother's Embrace" -- a STUNNING Brazilian little Lovecraftian slow burn that will go relatively unnoticed and that will be a crime; reminded me of early Del Toro or Bayona, which is CRAZY in 2025

[VinylGuy]

Keeper.

Perkins´s worst film to date. Its really undercooked. There are hints of a better movie but every choice he makes is just weird and boring. Kinda like a b side for the way more entertaining The Monkey.

Hopefully the next movie is something he writes, these last two seem something different.

[Ms Harmless]

recent horror movies

"Dracula - A Love Tale" - great film, and rarely for me I found the campy elements pretty seamlessly blended into the dark and dramatic, in a way that Coppola's film fails at for me

"Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc" - beautiful, funny and gnarly as always, with A+ animation and character design, loved it

"Dead of Winter" - started off wonderfully, beautiful setting and a stellar central performance, but it becomes too generic action thriller for me, with an action thriller score that annoyed the shit out of me; but if you like 90s throwback action on the quiet side, this might work better for you

[Ms Harmless]

very happy to hear that Hildur Guđnadóttir, who scored "Chernobyl", "Joker", "Women Talking" and "Hedda", is going to be scoring 28YL: The Bone Temple

[Ms Harmless]

my top 20 horror / thriller and adjacent movies released (to the UK) in 2025, followed by 20 more honourable mentions that I wouldn't kick out of my head on a cold night:

1. Nosferatu
2. 28 Years Later
3. Frankenstein
4. Bring Her Back
5. Hallow Road
6. The Girl with the Needle
7. Sinners
8. Weapons
9. A Mother's Embrace
10. The Shrouds
11. Alpha
12. The Long Walk
13. Presence
14. Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc
15. The Assessment
16. Fréwaka
17. Best Wishes to All
18. The Ugly Stepsister
19. The Damned
20. The Banished

Honourable Mentions:

Dracula: A Love Tale, Companion, The Surrender, Strange Harvest, The Beldham, Protein, Heart Eyes, Dead Talents Society, Dangerous Animals, Wormtown, Dead Mail, Meanwhile on Earth, Monster Island, Found Footage: the making of the Patterson Project, The Rule of Jenny Penn, The Righteous, Puzzle Box, Shelby Oaks, Wolf Man, The Dead Thing

[VinylGuy]

good list, i havent seen or really know a lot of these. Ill check them out.

[bart]

Ghost Story (1981). I held off watching this one until I could read the book and I finally finished that last week. The book was pretty good. The movie is not.

[bart]

Although I do know what the doctor from Dream Warriors’ penis looks like now so I guess that’s something.

[Ms Harmless]

last night I was browsing Shudder movies to watch and landed on French film "All the Gods in the Sky", a ridiculously bleak, deeply uncomfortable but beautiful film which is comparable to "Bugonia" but better imo

[Ms Harmless]

I'm rewatching the prior 28 franchise films before seeing The Bone Temple on Friday evening

so far, Days = a masterpiece (obvs)

tomorrow I'll rewatch Weeks and Years

[oasisfan35]

I'm rewatching the prior 28 franchise films before seeing The Bone Temple on Friday evening

so far, Days = a masterpiece (obvs)

tomorrow I'll rewatch Weeks and Years

28 Days Later is definitely on of my favorite films.

[VinylGuy]

Im probably going tomorrow to see the new one. Looks great.

[RockPusher]

The 28 franchise is one of my favorite film franchises of all-time. Me and the kids watched Days last night, gonna watch Weeks tonight, Years tomorrow, and then take in the new one on Friday.

I don't know if I can rank them, but I would grade them thusly:

28 Days = A+, just a great film in so many ways

28 Weeks = Intro is A++, one of the best scenes I've ever witnessed, rest of the movie weaves between C and A-, but it's definitely a worthwhile ride

28 Years = A to A+. Time will tell. I love it.

(Mother Love) Bone Temple (of the Dog) = ???

[Ms Harmless]

The 28 franchise is one of my favorite film franchises of all-time. Me and the kids watched Days last night, gonna watch Weeks tonight, Years tomorrow, and then take in the new one on Friday.

I don't know if I can rank them, but I would grade them thusly:

28 Days = A+, just a great film in so many ways

28 Weeks = Intro is A++, one of the best scenes I've ever witnessed, rest of the movie weaves between C and A-, but it's definitely a worthwhile ride

28 Years = A to A+. Time will tell. I love it.

(Mother Love) Bone Temple (of the Dog) = ???

yes to everything

[Ms Harmless]

I'm rewatching the prior 28 franchise films before seeing The Bone Temple on Friday evening

so far, Days = a masterpiece (obvs)

tomorrow I'll rewatch Weeks and Years

Weeks is the, um... weekest film of the franchise but still has many things I love about the franchise; I just think the family drama intimacy is slightly undercooked compared to the action movie cliché of it all, which is a bit overcooked for my taste; overall the film is much greater than the sum of its parts and a million times better than most horror sequels

28 Years Later is a masterpiece, no complaints

Bone Temple in just under four hours, howzat!

[Ms Harmless]

I'm rewatching the prior 28 franchise films before seeing The Bone Temple on Friday evening

so far, Days = a masterpiece (obvs)

tomorrow I'll rewatch Weeks and Years

Weeks is the, um... weekest film of the franchise but still has many things I love about the franchise; I just think the family drama intimacy is slightly undercooked compared to the action movie cliché of it all, which is a bit overcooked for my taste; overall the film is much greater than the sum of its parts and a million times better than most horror sequels

28 Years Later is a masterpiece, no complaints

Bone Temple in just under four hours, howzat!

it was absolutely amazing

[VinylGuy]

damn, im thinking maybe next tuesday for me