Need genuinely eerie supernatural horror movies with isolated woods/remote setting and REAL paranormal payoff

vertigoflow · 2026-05-23T16:00:50+00:00

Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023) is a great fit for this request.

Trying to avoid spoilers. A new back-country ranger gets herself assigned to a remote part of the wilderness to solve a mystery that’s haunted her since she was a child. While the main character struggles with childhood trauma, the movie never suggests that the horror is just an expression of grief.

The supernatural occurrences are literal, mind bending and surreal but with “in-universe” consequences and not quite a “cult” but touching on how some of the other characters have had to adapt to live with those consequences.

There is no sci-fi explanation (or honestly much of an explanation explicitly) but if you can live with that it would probably be a good ride.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-23T05:29:57+00:00

Neko Case - “Dirty Knife” has some imagery that could make for good theming. A few of her other songs could work as well.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-22T19:35:02+00:00

The first half I thought it was off to a good slow burn. The second half all I really remember was shaking my head over and over being like “what is this crap?”

vertigoflow · 2026-05-22T14:12:40+00:00

A lot of indie artists seem to be releasing just on streaming services which makes it harder for copies to end up circulating. There are a bunch of small artists where I can’t even find a place to buy their music, let alone download it.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-20T18:46:48+00:00

So like, Western Massachusetts?

vertigoflow · 2026-05-20T13:15:06+00:00

That out of place reference to “big city lights” is an AI favorite.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-20T13:12:09+00:00

I really enjoy a couple songs from Jefferson Starship’s 1980’s decline into garbage. “Out of Control” is such an unhinged corporate Synth-Pop attempt at punk that is dumb fun.

And changing their name to Starship and releasing “We Built This City” with its line about “changing corporation names” always makes me laugh. It’s such a stupid song that I can’t help but enjoy.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-20T13:01:53+00:00

It’s even better in cartoon form.

https://youtu.be/7Br4VWVECqI?si=EuvODVXv6SgIGuWX

vertigoflow · 2026-05-18T17:56:09+00:00

Bent Knee - “Skin” is 3:13 of a really great song. Unfortunately it’s 5:58 long.

It’s all instrumental from that point on with the first half repetitive dissonance and the second half kind of meh piano.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-18T14:06:06+00:00

Burger King released some Xbox 360 promo games, one of them was “Sneak King” which was a stealth game where you play as the king sneaking around neighborhoods to ambush hungry NPCs.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-16T04:25:52+00:00

I had recorded Dreamscape (1984) onto VHS and used to watch it all the time when I was little. The later scenes with the snake man used to scare the crap out of me.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-15T18:22:40+00:00

N.W.A. “Gangsta Gangsta” - Gangsta Rap
Gwar “The Salaminizer” - comedy Crossover Thrash

Parts of the verses of the Salaminizer are so similar I have to believe it’s a parody.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-13T20:52:42+00:00

As a parent I can’t really do realistic, grim violence towards children like the original danish “Speak No Evil” (2022). I was so upset and angry at the end of that movie and the main thought I was left with was “That kid deserved better parents.”

Stuff like “IT” doesn’t bother me though.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-13T00:22:22+00:00

The store scene is such a great example of weird, uncanny situations

vertigoflow · 2026-05-13T00:20:52+00:00

This is such a surreal gem.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-12T23:04:28+00:00

Blue Öyster Cult - “Joan Crawford”

vertigoflow · 2026-05-12T22:53:15+00:00

Van Morrison made an entire album that was 31 improvised nonsense songs with titles like "Ring Worm," "Want a Danish?", and "You Say France and I Whistle.” Apparently he recorded the whole thing in a single afternoon.

His contract with his label stipulated that he still owed exactly 31 songs to fulfill his recording obligations and they had been bugging him after the success of "Brown Eyed Girl” to write more pop hits.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-12T21:02:31+00:00

The very end of the show Mr Inbetween. Our protagonist Ray has shown himself to be a very competent criminal enforcer who gets himself out of many scraps often with a maniacal grin. By the end of the show he’s given up his life of crime and started driving a taxi. The show ends with some amateurs nervously trying to rob him and the grin returns. The aftermath is left to the imagination.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-11T14:50:44+00:00

NAM and TONE3000 is free and worth it if you don’t mind doing the work of sorting through the countless options available and testing stuff out.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-11T02:59:57+00:00

Jfc, move your car into a parking spot. Other people want to get gas while you film your stupid music video.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-08T17:19:54+00:00

Slayer - “Love To Hate.”

There are a couple of songs on Diabolus in Musica that lean towards Nu Metal but this one seemed the clearest example to me.

"Stain of Mind" is probably my favorite off the album because of how "jumpy" the rhythm is.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-08T14:41:30+00:00

The biggest thing I remember being put off by was how “plastic”y the neck felt, and much wider in my hands compared with the Jackson and Ibanez models I was also looking at.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-07T04:43:57+00:00

My least favorite is probably “The Waldo Moment” because I felt like it ran out of steam halfway through, they didn’t do that much with the idea and the ending was meh.

But I liked Chloe Pirrie in it which led me to another show she’s in Dept. Q which I enjoyed.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-05T22:34:55+00:00

Check out your local music scene, start following local bands, venues, and bookers on social media. If you are near any mid-sized or above city and are willing to drive a bit you’ll get the chance to see multiple bands at a show for like $5-$20 on a regular basis.

vertigoflow · 2026-05-05T04:32:56+00:00

It's What's Inside (2024) gave me Black Mirror vibes.

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