Spooky season will be over soon but we still have time to binge some Halloween favorites so share your favorite scary movie recommendations in this thread.

  • @1simpletailer
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    8 months ago

    Trick R Treat is a Halloween Classic, watch that if you haven’t

    Gonna recommend some slower artsy horror films that I really enjoyed but aren’t for everyone. If you enjoyed the movies like The VVitch and Hereditary they may be right up your ally.

    -A Dark Song (Slow Burn Occult Horror inspired by an actual ritual done by Alester Crowley)

    -The Endless (Low-budget Cosmic Horror story about two brothers returning to the UFO cult they escaped from as children)

    -Annihilation (Cosmic Horror. A team of female Scientist must cross a growing barrier which allows no people or communication to escape.)

    -Men (Folk Horror. A traumatized woman retreats to a quiet English village but finds herself tormented by its inhabitants.)

    -The Empty Man (Based on a graphic novel, sort of a mix of a Slasher and Cosmic Horror. A bit overlong and needed to be edited, but enjoyable none-the-less)

    -Suspiria (Both the original and the 2016 remake, they are best enjoyed together as the remake compliments the original rather well. A young American woman enrolls in a prestigious German dance school where not everything is as it seems)

    -His House (A refugee family flees to the UK. Can they escape the ghosts and trauma of their past while attempting to adjust to their new life?)

    -Amulet (Another topical horror film involving refugees in the UK. An ex-soldier moves in to a new flat occupied by a woman and her ill mother where he is tormented by ghost past and present.)

    -The Blackcoats Daughter (Slow Burn Religious Horror. Two girls are left alone at a Catholic boarding school over winter break when one of them begins to exhibit unsettling behavior)

    Might update with more later if I think of them.

    • @canthidium@lemmy.worldOP
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      28 months ago

      The Empty Man, which sounds dumb, is surprisingly really good. That whole opening is a masterclass of tension.

      The Endless is so good, and you have to watch Resolution, if only for the connections and easter eggs.

      • @1simpletailer
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        28 months ago

        The same duo behind The Endless and Resolution released a film on Netflix called Synchronic that also has ties to the other two. Personally I found it to be the weakest of the trilogy but it was worth watching. Its much more accessible to mainstream audiences and is more a sci-fi thriller then horror.

        • @canthidium@lemmy.worldOP
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          28 months ago

          Oh I had no idea that was made by them as well. I’ve heard mixed about it, but I’ll have to check it out. Thanks!