skillzdadirecta Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Solid list... I haven't seen Upgrade but I didn't think of it as a horror film and I would probably take Annihilation off and replace it with Bird Box. I also haven't seen Mandy yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Annihilation has the scariest scene the entire year with the bear. If you didn’t see it in theatres you missed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Two of the worst movies of the year making the top five horror movies of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 17 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Two of the worst movies of the year making the top five horror movies of the year? All 5 are solid though sooooooo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Yeah, I wouldn't have thought to put Upgrade on any list of horror movies. I also thought it was largely forgettable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 1 hour ago, johnny said: Annihilation has the scariest scene the entire year with the bear. If you didn’t see it in theatres you missed out. I saw it a month before it came out in theaters... on Paramount's lot. One scary scene does not a horror movie make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 It's not traditional horror, but Upgrade can be frightening in the same vein Black Mirror terrifies me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: I saw it a month before it came out in theaters... on Paramount's lot. One scary scene does not a horror movie make. Well one of the genres it’s listed under is horror. I’m sorry but what disqualifies it. There are several scenes that could scare people or make them feel some type of dread. If it did nothing for you then it didn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I have only seen Upgrade and loved it, but I wouldn’t consider it a Horror movie. I don’t even think the ideas it brings up are scary. It’s a great sci-fi and action movie but not horror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/24/2018 at 11:38 AM, johnny said: Well one of the genres it’s listed under is horror. I’m sorry but what disqualifies it. There are several scenes that could scare people or make them feel some type of dread. If it did nothing for you then it didn’t. I don't object to Annihilation being classified as a horror movie even though I didn't think it was all that scary. I just wouldn't put it on this list anymore than I would put Upgrade... but I can speak less authoritatively on that one because I didn't see it. Annihilation felt more like a classic Sci-fi film to me I think Bird Box should be on this list but most probably haven't seen it yet. It's as good as A Quiet Place if not better in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Nothing about "The House That Jack Built"!? Huh strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Slash Film's Top Five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 54 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Slash Film's Top Five This list is much better. Pretty much any list that doesn’t have Hereditary at #1 is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Halloween on both lists I see 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Annihilation is a fantastic movie, but nothing about it made me feel scared or terrified. Same with Upgrade (also a fantastic movie, just not scary). Now Mandy, holy fuck the first half of that movie's sense of foreboding dread is scary. Haven't seen Halloween and Hereditary was very underwhelming to me, especially in terms of scaring me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I thought Annihilation was on the better side of decent overall but what it definitely had going for it was an interestingly creeping sense of Horror. Nothing "scares" me in the boo-and-jump type of way at this point of having watched Horror flicks for like 25 years straight but the kind of implied body horror and corruption of our very being in Annihilation and similar stories still works on me. It's an aspect of existential dread and it can make me feel genuinely uneasy if executed well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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