#techno-horror

[almostlookedhuman]

How to Make a Monster (2001, dir. George Huang.)

[nine-frames]

回路 (Kairo - Pulse), 2001.

Dir. & Writ. Kiyoshi Kurosawa | DOP Junichirō Hayashi

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

WHEN COMIC BOOK MOVIES GO DARK IN THE SCI-FI/BODY HORROR VEIN -- IT'S A.I. BUTCHERING HUMANKIND IN 1999.

NOTE: My best friend included this movie in a stack of DVD's he lent me earlier this week, and I thought it was a really brutal/gruesome take on the sci-fi/horror/action movie genre. The fact that it's based on a Dark Horse Comics property only enhances its appeal, personally.

FILM: "Virus" (1999)

DIRECTOR: John Bruno

SCREENPLAY: Dennis Feldman & Chuck Pfarrer (adapted from Pfarrer's Dark Horse comic book limited series)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: David Eggby

PRODUCER: Gale Ann Hurd

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures

PLOT SYNOPSIS: "A powerful electrical-based life form takes control of a Russian research vessel and kills the crew.

 Finding itself trapped at sea with no escape available for it to spread through worldwide electrical systems. The creature desperately begins seeking escape.

An American tugboat boards the abandoned Russian research vessel hoping to plunder it and make a fortune.

The life form quickly seeks to eliminate the intruders whom it has come to see as a virus and utilise them at the same time to allow it to reach the mainland."

-- BLOOD-SOAKED HORROR REVIEWS (blogspot), c. March 2014

Sources: Mutant Reviewers, IMDb, Moria Reviews, X (formerly known as Twitter), Movies Films, & Flix, Pinterest, http://blood-soaked-horror-reviews.blogspot.com/2014/03/virus-1999.html, various, etc...

[almostlookedhuman]

04/31.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

LIKE SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF A COMIC-BOOK BECAUSE IT DID COME FROM A COMIC-BOOK.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a cybernetic/biomechanoid monstrosity from "Virus," the 1999 American science fiction horror film directed by visual effects artist John Bruno and based on the 1993 Dark Horse comic book series of the same name by Chuck Pfarrer.

Anyway, I was bummed out to find that this scene in the 1999 movie was nowhere to be found in the original 1993 comic book, meaning the movie definitely expanded in detail the cybernetic horror alien A.I. was capable of inflicting upon the human body. Essentially what you see here, and the results are beyond grotesque.

Source: https://bloodredreviews.com/2014/11/01/virus-1999 & X (formerly known as Twitter).

[slyth3rinbab3]

Deleter: A Movie Review

Don’t delete the dead

The movie revolves around the life of Lyra (Nadine Lustre) , an online content moderator whose job is to remove posts or contents from social media. Her job involves a huge risk of watching graphic videos she has to filter from the Internet – videos that shows disturbing images of murders, holdups and suicide on a daily basis.

Lyra remains undisturbed despite seeing many violent imageries until such time that a dark presence , who turns out to be the spirit of her deceased co-worker Aileen (Louise Delos Reyes) starts stalking her after being questioned by her “bosses” about Aileen’s mysterious death.

“Deleter” centralizes on the dark truth or sides of being a “content moderator” and the possible trauma they face on a daily basis as they had to filter video contents depicting disturbing images like murder, terrorism, suicide and the likes.

What I Liked About The Movie

I must say that the director did a marvelous job in making this movie as it lets the viewers learn the pros and cons of being a content moderator on social media.

What I also liked is the part where the movie showed Lyra during her younger years (played by Elia Ilano).

What I Didn’t Like About The Movie

There are also parts that I didn’t like about the movie such as seeing disturbing or gory images of death, suicide, crimes, terrorism and the things we would often see on social media on a daily basis. That was why I would cover my face whenever disturbing or horrifying images would be shown.

Insights Just right after watching the movie, I’ve learned and seen how content moderators in real life struggle on a daily basis as they go on their work and how it takes a toll on their mental health (as seen in Nadine Lustre’s character in the movie).

Sometimes, or most of the times, content moderators don’t receive the support they need for their mental health which is another ugly truth (which is a must as they are susceptible or prone to mental health disorders, given what their job description is).

Source:

“What is a content moderator? What Do They Do? How To Become One? by Ralitsa Golemanova from Imagga; https://imagga.com/blog/what-is-a-content-moderator/

The Hidden Consequences of Moderating Social Media’s Dark Side” by Jonathan Crossfield” from Content Marketing Institute ; https://contentmarketinginstitute.com/cco-digital/july-2019/social-media-moderators-stress/

“Why Protecting the Mental Health of Content Moderators is a Must” by Merlene Leano; https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-protecting-mental-health-content-moderators-must-merlene-leano?trk=pulse-article_more-articles_related-content-card

[yourvirtualgame]

Elijah Wood creates techno-horror VR game

Virtual reality game Transference presents the memories of a "traumatised mental patient"."

[austinchronicle]

Cracking the Nightmare Code Director Mark Netter on his new techno-horror

The great science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." For Mark Netter, director of new techno-terror Nightmare Code, we're in an age of technological sorcery. "We knew how the pulley works. But you have no idea how your phone works."

Netter's debut feature as a director receives its Texas premiere on Sept. 17 as part of science-fiction festival Other Worlds Austin's year-round programming. However, it's already picked up the Philip K. Dick award at the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction and Supernatural Film Festival earlier this year, for its depiction of the birth of a techno-dystopia.

Netter put it bluntly: "Technology will win out." On the positive side, there's the way social media usurped the traditional control of information during the Arab Spring, allowing the world to see what was happening on the streets. "You saw things sneaking out that you never would have seen before." On the darker side, there's the increasing fear (and proven evidence) that technology can be used to control, monitor, and subvert. "You have no idea if the NSA is watching you through your phone, which we know they can do and will do."

That sense of surveillance is constant. The movie is told by splitting the screen into four different images, like monitors at a security station. "The movie teaches you how to watch it," said Netter, although it was a tough learning curve for his cast. "Actors would ask me, 'When am I getting my close up?' And I'd tell them, 'Well, there'll be a scene where you're in front of a camera.'"