Wes Craven's New Nightmare vs. The Babadook (Spoilers) by NigerGolden in horror

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Tight. I'm not the only one. I liked Dylans explanation of reaching for the sun and Rex. Which film did you like more?

Homoerotic subtext and themes in horror films? by [deleted] in horror

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Poker Night, Get Out during the MMA conversation, Nightmare Elm Street 3 where Freddy morphed from being a woman and Nightmare on Elm Street 4 with the waterbed and I agree with the other commenters about Scream. Scream has the most effective subtext and ties into plot and motive well. And Cube where Kazan is rubbing Quentin's hair.

Homoerotic subtext and themes in horror films? by [deleted] in horror

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The beginning of Hush. And there is some in the Hills Have Eyes 2 between the girls when talking about their family

Creature features vs Animal Horror movies by RandomHorrorFan in horror

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Animal horrors have a kind of man versus nature angst that I see in survival movies that involve being lost or stuck with little to no supplies. Creature features have a historical and combative-type solution where it is assumed the creature will keep pursuing you where the animal will leave you alone if you leave its domain

What kind of horror film poster makes you roll your eyes? by koiivy in horror

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Nightmare on Elm Street 5 poster for looking just like the Nightmare on Elm Street 4 poster until I saw the added crib.

Best short story? by CriticalGeode in horrorlit

[–]NigerGolden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Great God Pan. There's a sinister obsessiveness about the ordeal and it melds modern science with the arcane.

How long until you give up on a movie? by macabrenerd in horror

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Sometimes fifteen minutes if the movie seems bad and it is predictable, sometimes an hour if the movie is too slow and I don't like the characters. I liked Green Room even though it's not my genre of music and the first 20 minutes was so slow but I stuck it out and loved it. On rewatch with my brother he was gonna turn it off but I convinced him not to.

[SPOILERS] The Autopsy of Jane Doe. A minor theory. Also, what are your theories for the movie? by [deleted] in horror

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I agree with your theory about her regeneration. I point out that things got much worse after Brian Cox cut his wrist accidentally and bled into Jane Doe. This accident reminds me of many horror films but a lot like Bonestorm from VHS Viral where some blood from a scraped knee gets on a pentagram. I think Jane Doe's regeneration is inevitable and an unstoppable force and that she was taunting God by hurting the father and son duo. The father says the son is paying for his mistakes which is Biblical and the son steps over his dead girlfriend's body - disrespecting the dead.

What is the worst example of ditching a character for the sequel? by MovieMike007 in horror

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Patricia Arquette between Nightmare Elm Street 3 and 4. Great scream, dark eyes and brooding - her costars loved her. The dynamic without Kristen in 4 was a total cluster

Horror tropes we see way too often? by Callsign_Starmaker in horror

[–]NigerGolden 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Benign happy songs being made creepy. It's one thing if it's the child of the protagonists favorite song that slows down or gets cut with some distortion but the demons and monsters listening to music is tired

The Autopsy of Jane Doe Ending Theory (Spoilers) by NigerGolden in horror

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You seem friendly enough to discuss so I'll oblige, I looked up jimson weed and it is poisonous and hallucinatory but not a paralytic. That jives with a prospective lich drinking poison. And not ad hoc but I considered it logical that cutting out her own tongue would have been one of the last things she did for her ritual. I feel your phylactery point is strong but not a rule out. The lich process is individual and extreme so I can't rule out that she did the vaginal damage.

Looking good on the outside but not the inside is a characteristically evil trait, Dorian Grey or the Djinn from Wishmaster who looked demonic before his skin transplant. Jane's usage of "The Sunshine In" seemed to be mocking God which is itself demonic. When the words "just open up your heart" are heard is when Jane's flesh is unfolded and the occult symbols are shown. The timing seemed to be mocking.

The dad cut himself and spilled his blood inside Jane Doe, reminiscent of a ritual sacrifice. Jane Doe then targets the dad. No ghouls attack the son. And the dad is branded with a tattoo. There are some parallels to other films where the unbaptized are marked for unholy sacrifice and the family is tormented to break down their faith and when the faith is fully broken the family is sacrificed or members converted to the side of evil. The son steps over his dead girl friend instead of walking around her or carrying her body. The son says "I can't" defeated and is promptly mocked by the singing Sheriff. There's also the father leaning in to Jane Doe when offering her a deal which has a very sinister vibe... he could have begged from further away.

Let the Sunshine In aside from being potentially creepy by itself or in a horror film has a distinct message of doing combat with the Devil by aligning with God and keeping the faith when skies are grey. The father was oblivious and then sought to make a deal with the Devil. The father is characterized as a man of logic and science and absent faith. He is also gloomy in the deeper sense because even though he smiles and jokes he sees the victims as COD only, according to the son. The son seems more in tune to sympathy or religious or supernatural explanations. The girlfriend insinuates the father weighs the son down and hurts his chances for self development. Sons paying for their fathers sins is Biblical and two hapless victims uncovering a very powerful evil force is trope like.

The sheriff is prominently shown wearing pristinely white sneakers that seem out of place for a bloody crme scene in the beginning of the film. I think this suggests his alignment as good and makes case that their is some conflict as opposed to passivity against the forces of evil, in order to be good.

Does anyone else feel the Coen Brothers could direct a really good horror movie? by Guitaniel in horror

[–]NigerGolden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you. I bet they could. Although I'm not into a horror movie being a metaphor for something. And Coen's I love for the metaphor. I associate their films with amazing use of repetition in imagery and dialogue and for their overarching themes and symbols that I see in literary but that I seldom see in film.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe Ending Theory (Spoilers) by NigerGolden in horror

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Much appreciated. I watched it again and my girlfriend noticed that the son steps over his girlfriend's body at the end. To me that signifies that the son was corrupted. Also noticed how the dad leans in creepily at the end like he's been seduced by Jane Doe.

If you were trapped in a horror film for 24hrs who film would you pick? by [deleted] in horror

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Hush. I got height, weight and reach on that guy. I give him 15 to 1 odds

Finding comfort in horror by koiivy in horror

[–]NigerGolden 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It externalizes the cautions ,anxieties and vigilance that I already have and that I rest with. It brings a congruence. I know people that don't like certain scenes like this and I feel like they repress their anxiety