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If you like your horror movies mean-spirited, gross, and funny, it's worth catching in a packed house. audience reactions were priceless.

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[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago

I wish customer support operators had the freedom to tell you to kill your self.

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

I fully agree

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm totally getting Baader-Meinhofed(and I don't mean turned into the pigs by the feds at bellingcat) by this movie never heard of it till today and its come up 3 times

[-] hollowmines@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

it just made a gazillion dollars on a 700k budget, is why you're hearing about it so much.

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ah fair enough Wikipedia threw me off by saying it was a 2025 film

[-] ephemeral@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

it always bothers me when a movie's release year is based on when it first premiered at some festival, and not when it became available to the general public. so many good movies get left off of year-end lists because they were technically released the year prior, even though only a couple hundred people at TIFF saw it then

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

Yo it was so freaking good.

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I really hope we're in a new horror film renaissance right now. Isn't this the second one this year that basically printed money on a nothing budget? It's not quite as impressive as Romero's accomplishments in the 70's, but I feel the tide shifting in the same way, you know?

[-] hollowmines@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Actually it's at least the third - Undertone and Iron Lung (haven't seen either tbh) also did really well on v small budgets. And yes, it does seem like people (esp young people!) are really hungry for original, non-franchise horror movies to the extent they will actually pay money to see them in theaters. Backrooms is maybe a touch less impressive because it has a huge supply of producers etc backing it, but it's also doing remarkably well.

Obsession is actually doing better week-over-week (which never happens) and apparently is about to overtake the fucking Star Wars movie for daily business. So yeah I think it's a real shift.

[-] Wisp@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

I feel like starting around 10 or so years ago we’ve enetered a new golden age of horror. A lot of good shit has been coming out

[-] Darthcapi@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

The movie reminds me of the girl friend Gingy creates in the shrek Halloween anthology. “I should’ve tried harder” “no!!! Don’t try harder!!!!!”

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I audibly what the fucked multiple times

That scene with the indie music juxtaposed with the ominous events to come is so chilling to me. Living in my head rent free

[-] hollowmines@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

I thought the sound and music editing were particularly inspired throughout.

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

I realize that I should not concern myself too much with such musings, but I’ve gone down a few rabbit holes and am convinced that the director doesn’t really know what the movie is saying. Should give him credit though, he’s young and put out a banger

[-] hollowmines@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Directors having bad takes on their own movies: a tale as old as movies. See: at least 90% of "Director's Cuts"

[-] Hohsia@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

I think there’s a director’s cut for this one and it piqued my attention tbh apparently it was the difference between an NC-17 and R rating

[-] hollowmines@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

The difference between R and NC-17 when it comes to violence is pretty much totally arbitrary. IIRC they removed a couple of the head smashes from the car scene and that's about it.

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