Haunter (2013) - Modest but fun shoestring indie with some good ideas & atmosphere and solid performances.
Started watching Terrifier but had to take a break. Lately I’m finding it more difficult to watch too much cruelty at once. I’ll watch the trilogy because I do love practical effects and the filmmakers accomplish a lot with a smaller budget, but I’ll probably ingest them 20 minutes at a time.
Want to watch Hatching. Body horror used to skeeve me out but with the shift in my tolerance for slashers, I’m finding it easier to deal with overly stylised genres.
I agree with you on Terifier, I personally watched the first movie and was quite shocked. And I’m not going to watch the rest as I don’t want to watch movies thst is violence just for the sake of violence.
I’m finding I like suspense and thrillers more these days, though I do still enjoy black comedy (Ready or Not was tremendous fun, but I think that’s because it was over-the-top just enough). It helps to look up behind-the-scenes footage of the Terrifier films, as the team genuinely seem to have fun making them. It’s just that the final product is so grueling with not much else to balance it out.
There are a lot of excellent indie horror shorts on YouTube as well, from some clever 10-second-horror contests to Kane Pixels’ The Oldest View series. The clever and innovative stuff really appeals to me, especially when it’s a film that builds slowly and moves in unpredictable ways. Slashers all have the same vibe, so cranking up the violence is kinda all they’ve got.
Lately I’m finding it more difficult to watch too much cruelty at once.
Huh interesting - I’ve also developed an aversion to sadism in the last years. Not just with horror but with certain mainstream TV shows as well. Kinda triggering even though my life is very safe, as if the sadism is too real and no longer safely in the realm of fiction.
Haunter (2013) - Modest but fun shoestring indie with some good ideas & atmosphere and solid performances.
Started watching Terrifier but had to take a break. Lately I’m finding it more difficult to watch too much cruelty at once. I’ll watch the trilogy because I do love practical effects and the filmmakers accomplish a lot with a smaller budget, but I’ll probably ingest them 20 minutes at a time.
Want to watch Hatching. Body horror used to skeeve me out but with the shift in my tolerance for slashers, I’m finding it easier to deal with overly stylised genres.
I agree with you on Terifier, I personally watched the first movie and was quite shocked. And I’m not going to watch the rest as I don’t want to watch movies thst is violence just for the sake of violence.
I’m finding I like suspense and thrillers more these days, though I do still enjoy black comedy (Ready or Not was tremendous fun, but I think that’s because it was over-the-top just enough). It helps to look up behind-the-scenes footage of the Terrifier films, as the team genuinely seem to have fun making them. It’s just that the final product is so grueling with not much else to balance it out.
There are a lot of excellent indie horror shorts on YouTube as well, from some clever 10-second-horror contests to Kane Pixels’ The Oldest View series. The clever and innovative stuff really appeals to me, especially when it’s a film that builds slowly and moves in unpredictable ways. Slashers all have the same vibe, so cranking up the violence is kinda all they’ve got.
Huh interesting - I’ve also developed an aversion to sadism in the last years. Not just with horror but with certain mainstream TV shows as well. Kinda triggering even though my life is very safe, as if the sadism is too real and no longer safely in the realm of fiction.
I nearly added that very observation in my post, so I would have to agree that could be a contributing factor.