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🎃Arthouse Spooky Movies Thread🎃
Here's some indie, offbeat horror(ish) films I watched recently.
Demon (2015)
The real horror is making a fool of yourself at your own wedding. Best drunken ensemble scenes since Underground.
10/22/2020, 10:55:08 AM
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The Lighthouse (2019)
A lockdown instant classic. Great aspect ratio.
10/22/2020, 11:01:12 AM
Favs: 25
Retweets: 0
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Good Manners (2017)
Brazilian lesbian werewolf horror drama. It's almost two movies in one. Touching.
10/22/2020, 11:05:19 AM
Favs: 26
Retweets: 3
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The Endless (2017)
Two brothers coming to terms with their hippie UFO cult past. Perhaps a bit too much cosmic horror derailing the psychological thriller.
10/22/2020, 11:16:29 AM
Favs: 24
Retweets: 2
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The Wailing (2016)
It starts as a kind of detective comedy, but turns into a brilliant paranormal Rashomon.
10/22/2020, 11:24:14 AM
Favs: 22
Retweets: 0
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A Ghost Story (2017)
The existential kind of horror. Beautifully restrained. A bit self-indulgent in its slowness, it gives you plenty of time to think about your own mortality.
10/22/2020, 11:29:52 AM
Favs: 13
Retweets: 0
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November (2017)
Estonian folk tales are terrifying. Incredible cinematography. One of the most underrated movies in recent years.
If you liked Midsommar, this is the next level.
10/22/2020, 11:38:25 AM
Favs: 46
Retweets: 2
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Colors Out of Space (2019)
Apt, colorful Lovecraft adaptation. You are basically waiting for Nicholas Cage to go insane.
It's also the long awaited comeback of weirdo director Richard Stanley. Bonus viewing: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
10/22/2020, 11:48:14 AM
Favs: 22
Retweets: 1
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
A vintage one. Impossibly creepy Czech fantasy-horror.
It's like a lush, messed up Alice in Wonderland.
Only if you are ok with the sexualization of a 13yo actress.
10/22/2020, 11:58:25 AM
Favs: 10
Retweets: 0
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Prospect (2018)
I'm cheating because it's more of a sci-fi thriller. Father & daughter mining in a ridiculously dangerous alien forest.
Impressive how far it can go with a relatively low budget.
10/22/2020, 12:04:51 PM
Favs: 29
Retweets: 2
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Some other all time favorites I already tweeted about:
The Witch, Under The Skin, Mandy, Let the Right One In, Only lovers left alive, Troll 2, The Green Room, Thirst, A girl walks home alone at night, Hausu, Midsommar, Upstream Color...
Feel free to send your recommendations!
10/22/2020, 12:23:58 PM
Favs: 22
Retweets: 0
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Vast of the Night (2019)
Two teens investigate a mysterious frequency buzzing over a small town in New Mexico. A Twilight Zone-like mystery with a vivid 50s setting, terrific direction and acting.
10/23/2020, 9:57:34 AM
Favs: 20
Retweets: 0
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Under the Shadow (2016)
What's scarier? Being a civilian during the Iran-Iraq war? Parenting? Being a secular woman under the Islamic Republic of Iran? LITERAL GHOSTS?
Smart, original, and genuinely terrifying.
10/26/2020, 4:39:39 PM
Favs: 17
Retweets: 3
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)
It has zombies, but it's more comedy than horror. A very clever meta-movie, and a celebration of low budget filmmaking.
10/28/2020, 11:38:32 AM
Favs: 21
Retweets: 0
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Host (2020)
A Blair Witch Project for the Zoom era, entirely filmed under quarantine restrictions. A bit slight and conventionally jumpscary, but I appreciated the medium specificity.
10/29/2020, 8:50:00 AM
Favs: 8
Retweets: 0
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Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
A dark fairy tale set against the backdrop of the Mexican drug war. There are some wonky parts in it, but it's uncompromising and visually striking.
10/30/2020, 6:04:46 PM
Favs: 11
Retweets: 0
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In Fabric (2018)
A hypnotizing satire of consumerism. It follows a haunted dress, drawing a surreal narrative arc. Some Dario Argento's vibes and colors, but smarter, weirder, and funnier than any Italian giallo.
10/9/2021, 9:11:32 AM
Favs: 7
Retweets: 0
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Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
A British sound engineer / foley artist joins a dysfunctional film production in Italy. Unique, understated yet humorous meta-horror.
Also by Peter Strickland.
10/10/2021, 11:43:59 AM
Favs: 9
Retweets: 0
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Atlantics (2019)
A group of construction workers in Dakar goes missing at sea, setting a wave of supernatural occurrences.
A "voodoo-realist" love story that tackles class struggle, immigration, and women empowerment.
10/11/2021, 10:14:26 AM
Favs: 8
Retweets: 0
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A Field in England (2013)
Two men capture a group of deserters during England's Civil War, a microcosm of class conflicts ensues.
Historical-psychological-folk-horror-dark-comedy served with a side of magic mushrooms.
10/13/2021, 11:01:12 AM
Favs: 12
Retweets: 0
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Hagazussa (2017)
A realistic portrayal of a 15th century witch. It's slow and bleak, but the terrific cinematography and sound design make it worth. A Germanic, arthouse counterpart to The Witch (2015)
10/14/2021, 10:52:55 AM
Favs: 10
Retweets: 0
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Titane (2021)
"The Palme d'Or winning horror about a woman that gets impregnated by a car" is a tempting sales pitch, but I found it too off putting and disjointed despite some brilliant moments.
Unique for sure, but you can wait for it to be on streaming.
10/15/2021, 11:18:13 AM
Favs: 7
Retweets: 0
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The Love Witch (2016)
A modern day witch lures various men towards their death. Lush '60s cinematography + contemporary feminism. Original, fun, and sexy.
10/18/2021, 3:01:40 PM
Favs: 8
Retweets: 0
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Tumbbad (2018)
A man searches for treasure in a cursed Indian village.
A visually striking, genuinely scary, mythological tale of greed and colonialism.
10/20/2021, 10:11:04 AM
Favs: 13
Retweets: 1
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Save Yourselves! (2020)
A couple of aging Brooklyn hipsters go on an off-the-grid vacation as an alien invasion begins.
Portlandia-esque humor + apocalyptic sci-fi. Filmed before COVID but eerily prescient.
10/23/2021, 11:53:15 AM
Favs: 9
Retweets: 0
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Sicilian Ghost Story (2017)
A magical realist slow burner inspired by a real mafia kidnapping. Not quite horror but surely haunting.
10/24/2021, 2:32:49 PM
Favs: 9
Retweets: 0
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Teeth (2007)
That vagina dentata cult movie.
I can't believe that 1) this film was made, 2) works surprisingly well as satirical comedy and horror, and 3) makes a complicated connection between religious sex-negativity and rape culture
10/25/2021, 2:57:38 PM
Favs: 9
Retweets: 0
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La Llorona (2019 - the Jayro Bustamante one!)
A retired war criminal is haunted by the ghosts of his victims. It masterfully employs suspense and horror tropes to confront the memory of the Mayan genocide.
10/27/2021, 11:15:41 AM
Favs: 4
Retweets: 0
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The Innocents (2021)
Even in utopian Norway, children are little psychos. Especially when endowed with psychic powers.
An understated parenting nightmare.
Direction: Powerful
Identity politics: Confusing
10/6/2022, 9:13:49 AM
Favs: 2
Retweets: 0
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Wake in fright (1971 but recently rediscovered)
A disgruntled school teacher stuck in the Australian outback has the worst Christmas break ever.
A bizarre, foreboding descent into drunken masculinity.
CW: graphic kangaroo hunting footage
10/6/2022, 9:24:00 AM
Favs: 7
Retweets: 0
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Lamb (2021)
The life of a farmer couple changes when a strange-looking lamb is born and... everything more is a spoiler.
A laconic Icelandic horror-lite with beautiful vistas and anxious animals stares.
10/20/2022, 12:03:40 PM
Favs: 10
Retweets: 0
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The Humans (2021)
An ill-fated family has the worst Thanksgiving ever in a decrepit Chinatown apartment.
A family drama that plays with horror conventions.
It's adapted from a play through some bold, unconventional directing.
10/23/2022, 4:30:16 PM
Favs: 1
Retweets: 0
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