horror movie recs

he/she/they + 20

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hello… long time no post. lots of transitional shit going on. i miss logging and reviewing horror (and refuse to abandon things) so i’m back, hopefully consistently and for good.

because they say it takes three weeks to form a habit, i’m going to post 21 days of horror.

no particular sub-genres or age ratings… i just want to dive back into it. definitely have some stuff i watched and didn’t post, some i’ll rewatch for this blog and some i won’t (terrifier, i’m looking at you).

i want to organize this blog a little more too, so i’m going to try to improve my tumblr literacy. i’m more of a discord/twitter person these days…

probably going to change the formatting of my posts, keep them straightforward but make them a little more eye-catching. hopefully you guys will like it.

okay, i talked enough. i hope everyone has been/is well. now, let’s get into it !

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hereditary (2018)

desc.:  When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry, trying to outrun the sinister fate they have inherited.

watch for free (or on hulu via hbo max): https://ww5.0123movie.net/movie/hereditary-25351.html

keep reading for a review!  <3

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (9/10)

this is. by FAR. my favorite movie of all time. i’ve seen it maybe five times now and every time i feel like i’ve had this epiphany; this life-changing viewing experience and there’s something so meaningful i still haven’t grasped. so, if you can’t tell, i fucking love this film and i want 10 more just like it now, please. 

minus one star because 10 is a bit gratuitous for a film that doesn’t fully explain itself and requires, honestly, a bit of research to grasp the symbolism (that i still haven’t fully grasped. this is all to say i will be watching it a sixth time). the movie attempts to explain what’s happening but there’s just... too much suspense, it’s too unsettling, as you’re starting to get it your whole world gets flipped on it’s axis. i’ve never felt so enraptured and lost and somehow, found. god i’m getting poetic.

i could write novels about how this film touched me. watch it. research into it. who is paimon in mythology? what do the words you see throughout the film mean? listen to reborn by colin stetson and see how it makes you feel just on it’s own. this movie is so, so traumatizing yet every time i see it i wish i could just be part of it. chefs fucking kiss. 

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silence of the lambs

desc.:  Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

watch for free (not on any streaming services): https://w.123-movies.club/the-silence-of-the-lambs-1991/watching/

keep reading for a review!  <3

⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/10) plus  ⭐⭐ if clarice is a lesbian cause she’s giving wlw vibes

For a classic, I was kind of underwhelmed???? 

Clarice was great. Amazing. One of the best female protags I have ever seen. There’s just something missing.... idk... it wasn’t captivating for me, and it seemed the whole focus of the movie was finding out who buffalo bill was. I DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT BUFFALO BILL. maybe this just wasn’t my genre of movie.... the gore was lacking and though they tried to be psychological, it’s almost like they tried too hard. Four stars because I do happen to find serial killers interesting and this was a decent delve into the topic.

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the final destination (2009)

desc: After a young man's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.

watch on netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70113006, or here

(keep reading for a review! <3)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/10)

just as good (and bad) as the last one, and even more pointless??? somehow??? like, the concept is the same, of course, and death’s an asshole in this one too, but ... i kind of started rooting for him at some point? the acting was WAY better, but like, god its so stupid

like. they sucked all the like, oxygen?? space to fill??? out of a mans body and he DIED, and i dont know if any of it even makes sense because h o w does a person die like that? CAN THEY EVEN? ITS JUST STUPID

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final destination 3 (2006)

desc: Six years after a group of high-school students first cheated death, another teen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition that she and her friends will be involved in a horrifying roller-coaster accident. When the vision proves true, the student and her fellow survivors must deal with the repercussions of cheating the Grim Reaper.

watch on netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70042687 or here

(keep reading for a review! <3)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (6/10)

rev: sort of kind of as good as the first couple???? but not. AND THIS ISN’T EVEN BECAUSE THEY KILLED PEOPLE I LIKED, IT JUST ACTUALLY KIND OF SUCKED. the main female lead was slightly less god-like but still pretty okay, oh my GOD i loved the boy, but for the most part the acting was really dramatic which is kind of confusing me because i could’ve sworn these movies were supposed to be funny??? idk they introduced new characters but you didn’t care THAT much about them, which would be okay if you didn’t have to spend an hour & a half watching them die!! but u do and it’s a LOT and for what!!! six stars is starting to seem like more than it deserves now but i’m nice, and the concept is still alright so whatever it’s fine (i swear it’s 6-star worthy, what’s especially fun is to guess who is gonna die when and HOW, you’ll literally always fucking get it wrong its RIDICULOUS but makes it worth it!!)

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final destination 2 (2003)

desc: Kimberly (A.J. Cook) has a premonition of a horrible highway accident killing multiple people -- including her and her friends. She blocks the cars behind her on the ramp from joining traffic -- and as a police trooper (Michael Landes) arrives, the accident actually happens. Now, Death is stalking this group of mistaken survivors -- and one by one they are dying as they were supposed to on the highway.

watch it on netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/60026114, and here

(keep reading for a review! <3)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ -⭐ (MINUS ONE, yeah, i can do that, it’s an 8/10)

rev: if the movies are supposed to be like, more ironically funny than serious then i think i’m starting to get it!!! but im pissed off because they killed my FAVORITE FUCKING PERSON. i know she was only around for like, one movie,, but this is the second movie so i have a right to be mad about that. THE MOVIE IS GREAT OVERALL THOUGH genuinely funny, and the female lead is next to godly, pretty sure i said the same thing about the one from the first movie but it’s FACT. I hate to sound cheesy man but.... this is just a good fucking movie

am.. am i saying movie a lot or is it just me

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final destination (2000)

desc.: After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

i can't find it free but here's netflix, it’s also on youtube: https://www.netflix.com/title/60000393

(click keep reading for a review! <3)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (8/10)

rev: i have some words for this one. visionary. genius. ahead of its time. ali larter was next to GODLY as clear, and even though it’s a 2000s film and the gore is mild (maybe you prefer that, i don’t know) the acting is so???? fucking perfect???? like where did the 2010s go WRONG? it was cheesy at first but it grew on me and i paused it maybe 10 times because the suspense was killing me.

watch this. please. it’s a right of passage at this point. 

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xx (2017)

description:  Filmmakers Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama present four horrific tales of terror. In "The Box," a boy (Peter DaCunha) starts to display strange behavior after looking inside a mysterious gift box. In "The Birthday Party," a woman (Melanie Lynskey) refuses to let an untimely death ruin her son's bash. In "Don't Fall," an innocent camping trip turns deadly, and in "Her Only Living Son," a mother (Christina Kirk) must deal with the child from hell.

free: http://m4ufree.site/watch-tf06-xx-2017-movie-online-free-m4ufree.html

netflix; https://www.netflix.com/title/80027041 

(click keep reading for a review!!)

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ( +  ⭐  ... brownie point)

rev: 7/10; i really liked it because the aesthetics of it were a m a z i n g but it’s kind of lacking??? in substance or something?? you don’t care about the characters tbh

but like bonus of ONE point because something about it is morbidly fascinating ESPECIALLY stories1 and 4

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teeth (2008)

description: Dawn (Jess Weixler) is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey (Hale Appleman), nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn.

free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYxHs38Knwg&has_verified=1 (??? it’s on youtube somehow but in case u wanna go thru sumn like potlucker: https://ww1.putlockers.co/movie/teeth/?watching=OSwBxmqPsE)

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 6/10! she’s supposed to be a teenager so the sexualization of her character is creepy but the overarching concept is pretty neat so.... i will allow it

if you’re a guy don’t watch this  i don’t even have a dick and this made my dick hurt... but like the character development in this is neat! kinda sad bc it’s like... her vagina has teeth lmao she’s an incel BUT the transition from purity pledge girl to badass my-vagina-is-a-weapon girl is worth the watch

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the loved ones (2009)

description:  In order to avoid a ghostly figure in the road, Brent Mitchell wraps his car around a tree, killing his father. While his mother goes to pieces, Brent escapes into a marijuana fueled world of pain and guilt.

free: https://www8.putlockers.co/movie/the-loved-ones/?watching=ESfcoEuRcn

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 7/10! it’s soooo fucked up and nerve-wracking it’s good!!

this is freaky in a very confusing very real way, there’s no demons (at least not physically), and there’s not much in the way of special effects either, but somewhere between the plot line and the violation of this dude’s human rights this movie chilled me to the c o r e. 

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the bunnyman massacre (2011)

description:  A clan of cannibals, including a madman in a rabbit suit, terrorizes a group of friends in remote California.

free: http://www2.freefmovies.com/film/the-bunnyman-massacre-25000

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 6/10; for a movie this dumb the amount of fear still coursing through me is unrivaled

ik you’re probably thinking ‘oh my god how tf could a bunny be scary’ but like. JUST THINK ABOUT IT. a grown man, in a bunny suit, with a chainsaw, nonchalantly killing u ... do u wanna go out that way? didn’t think so. but that’s besides the point, it could be better and more could’ve happened but the atmosphere this film creates is A1.

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it (1990)

description: Based on one of Stephen King's bestselling novels, this is a story told in flashbacks. In a small town, a group of children are terrorized in their youth by an evil force. Thirty years later, when they learn of a new series of child murders, they return to see if they can't stop it once and for all. Adults now, with success in diverse careers, they still must come to terms with their pasts and with the evil that stalks their New England home town, and their own fears and nightmares.

free: https://123moviesnet.org/movies/it-1990

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 3/10; I’M SORRY IK IT’S A CLASSIC BUT IT’S S O BORING

It is like that movie u watch to fit in bc everyone’s seen it but u realize very quickly it’s Titanic if Titanic was a horror movie it is HELL to watch. the 3/10 comes from the fact pennywise made me laugh but also kinda spooked me. 10/10 for myself for even making it through the movie tho

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the babadook (2014)

description: Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her out of control 6-year-old, Samuel, a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a sinister monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook' turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he's been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control and as he becomes more unpredictable and violent, Amelia is genuinely frightened by her son's behaviour. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.

tldr; widowed mom can’t control wildt lil boy ... who happens to dream that something (the babadook) is coming to kill them both.

netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70300205

free: https://fmovies.film/movie/the-babadook-2014-02/watching.html/

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 9/10; i have to admit BABA BABA DOOK DOOK DOOK is the dumbest thing that’s ever scared me

 ....not to be gross but for a fucking terrible plot i was shook all the way up. like, deadass scared. and sad. i felt a lot of things. the actual scary dude isn’t that scary to me tho i was more spooked by the ambiance. enjoy <3

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you’re next (2013)

description: A chilling warning scrawled in blood on a neighbor's wall starts an evening of bloody mayhem for the Davison family. A lively reunion is abruptly brought to an end when a gang of mysterious killers, disguised in animal masks, wage an all-out assault on the Davison's secluded home. Using a series of sophisticated traps, axes, crossbows and machetes, the family are slaughtered one by one until nowhere is safe. But neither the attackers, nor their victims, have counted on Erin; an innocent girlfriend who has the killer instinct to fight back...

tldr: big ol’ reunion goes to shit when furries attack. innocent girlfriend lowkey a WHOLE badass

free: https://www1.putlocker.ac/watch-youre-next-online-free-putlocker.html

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 7/10; plot had me shook in like .2 seconds at the end god damn

it’s actually not bad given the lack of actual gore like the suspense kept me watching. it didn’t end up being predictable either so brownie points !!

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unfriended (2015)

description: This film unfolds over a teenager's computer screen as she and her friends are stalked by an unseen figure who seeks vengeance for a shaming video that led a vicious bully to kill herself a year earlier.

free: http://womovie.co/watch-unfriendedp-2014-online-full-free-hd

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 6/10; i....cried, and i was a lil spooked too ngl

i mean like it’s bad but like a gooooood type of bad, like the amateur porno or domino’s pizza of horror films. blair’s fucking annoying so i suggest u literally don’t give a shit about any of these characters before starting. besides jess...she has my whole heart. enjoy <3

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funny games (2007)

description: In this provocative and brutal thriller, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive.

free: https://ffilms.org/funny-games-2007/

(click keep reading for a review! no huge spoilers)

rev: 4/10 outfits on point, creepy dialogue on point

my favorite part about this movie is the golfing outfits. it’s a psychological horror but idk at the end i was like wooow that was really a whole 2 hours of my life spent watching this. i recommend watching tho it’s a fucking roller coaster

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american psycho (2000)

description:  Patrick Bateman is young, white, beautiful, ivy leagued, and indistinguishable from his Wall Street colleagues. Shielded by conformity, privilege, and wealth, Bateman is also the ultimate serial killer, roaming freely and fearlessly. His murderous impulses are fueled by zealous materialism and piercing envy when he discovers someone else has acquired more than he has. After a colleague presents a business card superior in ink and paper to his, Bateman's blood thirst sharpens, and he steps up his homicidal activities to a frenzied pitch. Hatchets fly, butcher knives chop, chainsaws rip, and surgical instruments mutilate-how far will Bateman go? How much can he get away with?

tl;dr: perf white dude gets super jealous and pulls some murderer shit, how much can he get away with?

free: https://fmovies.film/movie/american-psycho-2000/

(no important spoilers but, warning!!)

rev:  6/10; ok ok in all honesty i cringed a few times

i have a love/hate relationship with this film. personally i was super confused but that’s probably just me. features sex in which patrick only looks at himself and a bomb-ass face routine walk-through. did you know ice packs helped with a puffy face? i didn’t. warning for slight gore and just an all around uncomfortable feeling.