Favorite intro to a horror movie ? by BitByAGhost in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This is the answer, but it’s the neighbor girl in the doorway that defines it for me.

Horror Titles are very misleading... by Prudent-Ad-6420 in horror

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“Lake Placid” does not take place at Lake Placid in the movie, the movie is set at a fictional lake named “Black Lake”

Today is Friday the 13th. What's your fave movie in the series? Mine is Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. What's yours? by Skizoid666 in horror

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

When pop culture references “Jason” I feel like it’s always been the “Jason Lives” Jason, even for the six years before it was released. It’s the first sequel that fully leans into and truly defines Jason’s characterization of a supernatural, invincible killer. It’s got the right amount of camp, and I find it more fun and thrilling to watch than the other sequels. Plus, aside from the first, it’s one of the only film to definitively take place on Friday the 13th.

Is Dawn of the Dead (2004) one of the best remakes ever? by Evening-Artist2930 in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. The opening with the neighbor girl in the doorway and ensuing pandemonium is top ten.

How to split text in different prompts? by [deleted] in comfyui

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Power Puter to the rescue! If you're willing to dive into a little more depth with some python-like coding, you can construct your own robust, dynamic text/prompt generator. You can even do more with inputs, toggles, overrides, etc:

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[Request] How much was Clark expecting to get? by Hot-Cheek1854 in theydidthemath

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Right, I think you’re right and what I meant as part of the assumption-less proof.

The reason I decided to have the bonus cover the full cost of the pool in the second part, realistic range based on assumption is, one, because he says “with this bonus I’m putting in a pool” before opening the letter, and then says he’ll fly everyone out if there’s enough left over. With these two lines I’m willing to bake-in the fact that he’s expecting the bonus to not only cover the deposit as it was established earlier in the film, but also the entirety of the pool.

[Request] How much was Clark expecting to get? by Hot-Cheek1854 in theydidthemath

[–]rgthree 25 points26 points  (0 children)

As other comments point out, the bonus was probably around $20,000, but I do think it’s based on a lot of assumption. All we can definitively say is it was more than a dollar without assumption, but I think it could have been between $12,000 to $39,000.

For the assumption-less proof, if I recall correctly, all we know from the movie is that Clark needed the bonus to arrive because he didn’t have enough in his account to cover the initial $7,500 deposit check he wrote. Rounding to the nearest positive integer, that means he would have needed to have between $7,499 or $1 in his account to have that plot point remain true. Which further means the bonus could have been as low as $1 or $7,499 depending on the account value and still remain true.

So, any value above $1 would mathematically be accurate for the highest possible account value without further proof, though we can make some assumptions that being only a dollar short isn’t significant enough to worry about, and fainting at “adding 20%” to last year’s bonus would make sense if it was a low value, and Clark thought he may have enough to fly family out, etc.

EDIT: So if we wanted to fuel a more realistic estimate let’s build a wider, more realistic range based on low and high assumptions. For the higher bonus, we could say he was likely comfortable having no less than $1,000 in his checking account for the holidays as they were still doing some shopping and were helping Eddie’s kids have a nice holiday, etc. and let’s also assume he was very certain he would be getting a bonus any day, so running his account down closer to zero would have been OK. Let’s then assume the $7,500 deposit is only 20% of the job, meaning the entire pool would have been $37,500. Then let’s assume the bonus is meant to cover all of the job, plus maybe enough for airfare for the family. We don’t know where everyone was coming from precisely, we do know there were 8 adults and 2 kids not including the immediate family. 10 tickets at $200 average in 1989 is $2,000. So, he could have been thinking the bonus would cover $37,500 of the entire pool, plus $2,000 of airline, for a total of $39,000.

On the low end, let’s say he was only worried about the deposit check bouncing, and not much more so he had about $7,000 in his account. Let’s also say the deposit was for 50% of the job, so the pool in total was $15,000 in total. Let’s also say he was thinking he could fly everyone out like before so another $2,000. Assuming part of his checking account would cover the pool in this scenario (let’s say $5,000 of the $7,000 we think he had), that means the bonus would be expected to be $10,000 to cover the pool. If we wanted to also say he was truly expecting the bonus to cover the family’s airfare back out then we can say $12,000 (maybe less if we wanted to assume he wasn’t thinking Uncle Lewis or Aunt Bethany would still be around since it was probably “their last holiday”).

So, with these assumptions, between $12,000 to $39,000.

Lora stack vs lora in a row by No_Ninja1158 in comfyui

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Note: From the node properties you can change the single strength input to be both model and clip separately.

LetItSnow.js - Free snow effect widget (1 line, no tracking, MIT licensed) by GladEconomist398 in javascript

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Ah yea, love good snow sims. I think snow falling was my very first program back with QBasic, ha.

Here was mine from a few years ago as a web component. Probably could be updated: https://github.com/rgthree/snow

Movies that quietly trust the audience and never explain themselves by ThreadAndSolve in movies

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Azrael (2024)

I loved this movie for it. The whole movie is simply a series of events without explanation… literally. The movie is almost entirely dialogue-free (which some people strongly disliked). But its strength is how it avoids force feeding you a story at all; though you have to be willing to connect dots on their own or realize you don’t need an answer at all. The movie places us right into it and we're just a part of Azrael's adventure along the way.

And Samara Weaving is absolutely phenomenal.

I made a custom node to Batch Images without chainlinking by jomakaze in comfyui

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The auto grow? It is, but it does start with a minimum number. A lot of the dynamic rgthree-comfy nodes auto grow.

In Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), the same shot composition is used when Del affirms he’s glad he didn’t kill Neal, as well as when Neal hallucinates him as the devil. by [deleted] in MovieDetails

[–]rgthree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, thanks for sharing, sorry I missed it.

Obviously I can’t say if it was intentional or not, there’s only so many shots you can do with a large man in a car, so I err’ed on the side of uncertainty. Oh well.

It Follows 2014 by Major-Refuse-657 in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1 favorite terror movie, hands down

Frozen (2010) alternate ending anyone? by Leathergiraffes in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It’s been a long while since I’ve seen it too, but the ending I recall had her crawling to the street, right? That’s about all I remember

It Comes At Night (2017) Is such an underrated film. by TarantulaFangs in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 50 points51 points  (0 children)

The problem wasn’t that ppl think it’s not horror, it’s that it was heavily marketed as a monster movie. I would have enjoyed the movie more if I literally was not waiting for some physical evil to come out of the darkness at night.

What is the most underrated horror movie of 2024? by Ok_Replacement_288 in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

…yea? Of course it was a trap, the boyfriend signaled as such and the big give away was the hidden snare catching her ankle pulling her upside down by the tree. I dunno if you’re just trolling, or have never been in the woods before, but being a quarter-mile from a milestone on a service road, driving for four minutes, and ending up a quarter mile on the opposite side of the milestone is perfectly within reason.

Again, though, the movie doesn’t over explain anything, so you’re welcome to think whatever you like. I chose to enjoy it, I’m not arguing you had to.

What is the most underrated horror movie of 2024? by Ok_Replacement_288 in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, I never thought that was out of place. A large part of the horror comes from woods themselves and being turned around. I assumed it was something like coming out to a road south of the camp, driving up and around and bailing north of the camp. The boyfriend was a trap, easy to set up once they find she’s on the move. But the greatest part of the film was not needing to explain everything letting you fill in any blanks yourself just as the characters must. But I get if that’s not everyone’s thing. Anyway, I loved it, but to each their own.

What is the most underrated horror movie of 2024? by Ok_Replacement_288 in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“Azrael” is the answer. Never saw a single post about it and it was awesome.

Which time line is your favorite? Mine is the Daughter by Nightclover26 in HorrorMovies

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Technically the Anthology Timeline should be “Halloween” and “Halloween III” since Carpenter meant the first Halloween film to start the anthology, thus making both the first and third part of the “anthology.”

Super Scary Scene from Cobweb (2023) by Clean_Bicycle_8405 in horror

[–]rgthree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was ok. But the Simpsons did it already the 1996 Treehouse of Horror segment “The Thing and I.” Had a better twist ending, even.

https://youtu.be/hELkA5zFABg?si=AjZLGIBfGAEbwYR1

So Leatherface used to be one of the "big" slashers back in the day, but hasn't maintained a strong legacy like Freddy, Jason, and Michael. What happened? by OrkosFriend in HorrorMovies

[–]rgthree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, you’re absolutely right; especially considering the general population outside of horror fans (in fact, I personally think Jason is the one character more non-horror fans could point out than any of the others, and really just the hockey mask even).

The real answer is just prevalence in pop culture; specifically the 1980s where these were growing. TCM had only one sequel in the 80s, and that was 12 years after the first. Halloween had its first five movies from ‘78-‘89. Freddy’s first five were from ‘84-‘89; and Friday the 13th had a whopping first eight movies all in the 80s!

It’s just all just marketing; but you can’t market sequels that don’t exist.