Red Mosquito

epilogue wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I love the Flanalogues, it's a real unique feature of his style; yes I agree it works best in Midnight Mass but I think the best argument for it in Usher is that it harks back to Poe's plush, verbose, more is more internal-thought prose style; I think Flanagan chose to nod at that even if it came across campy and laboured, and I like that

100%

Nailed it.

Also, though, I adored the monologues in Usher. Both Mary McDonnell and Carla Gugino are both such phenomenal talents that I would honestly watch an entire hour long monologue from each of them.

I would very much like to see a single-location, two-actor (or three, tops) movie from Flanagan, a la Benson & Moorhead

yes please

Ms Harmless wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I love the Flanalogues, it's a real unique feature of his style; yes I agree it works best in Midnight Mass but I think the best argument for it in Usher is that it harks back to Poe's plush, verbose, more is more internal-thought prose style; I think Flanagan chose to nod at that even if it came across campy and laboured, and I like that

100%

Nailed it.

Also, though, I adored the monologues in Usher. Both Mary McDonnell and Carla Gugino are both such phenomenal talents that I would honestly watch an entire hour long monologue from each of them.

I would very much like to see a single-location, two-actor (or three, tops) movie from Flanagan, a la Benson & Moorhead

VinylGuy wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I love the Flanalogues, it's a real unique feature of his style; yes I agree it works best in Midnight Mass but I think the best argument for it in Usher is that it harks back to Poe's plush, verbose, more is more internal-thought prose style; I think Flanagan chose to nod at that even if it came across campy and laboured, and I like that

100%

Nailed it.

Also, though, I adored the monologues in Usher. Both Mary McDonnell and Carla Gugino are both such phenomenal talents that I would honestly watch an entire hour long monologue from each of them.

I would very much like to see a single-location, two-actor (or three, tops) movie from Flanagan, a la Benson & Moorhead

Thats Oculus.

Abstentia has the single location element but its not good. He was clearly learning.
But Oculus is amazingly good.

Hush has the single location element but no dialogue of course.

Gerald's game has both.

Spoiler: show

great: the beginning, including the part where John finds out about the scam (the part where he goes back to the mansion to thank them is subtle and effective), and the whole sequence where he goes out in the pig mask to seek out those responsible or complicit, which turns into a slasher for a fun moment that is all too brief

entertaining but increasingly silly: everything afterwards, from the point they all find themselves in the old dank warehouse and "the games" begin: the "rope" scene got me laughing out loud, and so did the faux-motional scene were Amanda and John hug it out and cry; they're both great actors, but neither of them could make THAT believable

Hypnosomnia wrote:Do you guys enjoy when your horror is silly? I have no problem when that's the tone of the whole movie, but I find it problematic when feels like a bad decision. I hate Malignant for example.

Having said that, I absolutely love bad or inept horror movies.

daft twat wrote:Finished Usher. It was fine. A distant 3rd behind Hill House and Bly Manor. Do I need to watch Midnight Mass? I think I want to, but the trailer makes it look more like Usher than the other two.