TVG Presents: All Things Horror.

[VinylGuy]

yeah!!!

[oasisfan35]

Fuck all of this shit

Twenty five years after the release of the original genre-changing classic, Lionsgate and Blumhouse announced out of CinemaCon today that they will partner on the development and production of a new The Blair Witch Project movie as the first film in a multi-picture pact with Blumhouse reimagining horror classics from the Lionsgate library.

Detest.

[bart]

I mean it can't be worse than Book of Shadows

[VinylGuy]

Yeah the last Blair Witch was not good

[Ms Harmless]

Blumhouse has made some great movies (Get Out) but lately a lot of shit ones, TBWP is my favourite horror movie ever, so... nope don't want this

[Ms Harmless]

I don't know about this, loved the original, but I think setting it in Europe and involving British people makes sense, I was expecting worse

[Hypnos]

I had my problems with the implausability of the third act of the original, but I admired the tension and suspense. Really heavy stuff. This look like shit, and the trailer ruined the twist. Mcavoy is a good actor, but here he seems like a caricature of former roles.

[VinylGuy]

i hated the original and this trailer jesus, its basically the whole movie

[Ms Harmless]

i hated the original and this trailer jesus, its basically the whole movie

lol yep

[Ms Harmless]

I mean, the ending of the original is supposed to be over the top, the movie is a satire after all

[VinylGuy]

I mean, the ending of the original is supposed to be over the top, the movie is a satire after all

is a satire about what? how europeans are way too polite? thats the idea?

[Ms Harmless]

I mean, the ending of the original is supposed to be over the top, the movie is a satire after all

is a satire about what? how europeans are way too polite? thats the idea?

yes, as per the director; it's about Denmark in particular but as a Brit I can relate as well; it's not just about the tendency towards politeness but about the public pressure to maintain it, in the most insidious circumstances (that's my reading)

[VinylGuy]

yeah i like that idea more, the pressure thing. But i dont quite consider europeans to be polite.

[Ms Harmless]

yeah i like that idea more, the pressure thing. But i dont quite consider europeans to be polite.

they very much are to each other, not always so much to outsiders...

[Ms Harmless]

yeah i like that idea more, the pressure thing. But i dont quite consider europeans to be polite.

they very much are to each other, not always so much to outsiders...

the politeness I think is linked to a kind of loyalty to national(ist) reputation, and when you dig under the surface it's not all benign (look at their / our common feelings on immigration for example)

[Ms Harmless]

for another great movie looking at this topic, watch last year's "The Beasts / As Bestas", about the conflict experienced by a family moving to Spain from the Basque region of France

[VinylGuy]

Oh, yeah i need to see that one. Lots of folks reminded me.

[Hypnos]

As Beastias is fantastic.

I get the satire in SNE, but I think is in constant conflict with the horror elements of the movie to fully works. The director asks for so much suspension of desbelief in order to get a satisfactory impact.

[Ms Harmless]

well, I loved both, but that's fair criticism; I don't necessarily need a film like that to feel totally "realistic" (grounded, yes, but that's different)

[Ms Harmless]

also, that constant conflict as you put it is part of what makes it work for me; the disbelief, the second-hand embarrassment, the concern for the kids, it's all part of the horror