The Thing from 1982 and Annihilation are two of my favourites. The Thing is just well shot and interesting and Annihilation has some gorgeous surreal visuals.
The Thing has fantastic practical effects. I went in thinking it’s been ripped off by every horror game, the way Aliens feels half-cliche because it invented those cliches, so it couldn’t surprise me. That went out the window somewhere between the dog kennel and the operating table.
Horror is distinct from action because of specificity. Action is limited by what excites people. It’s all broad strokes. What freaks people out is a bottomless well.
The Thing from 1982 and Annihilation are two of my favourites. The Thing is just well shot and interesting and Annihilation has some gorgeous surreal visuals.
If you haven’t seen Color Out of Space you’d probably enjoy it as well!
Oh yeah I’ve seen it. Watched it and the Five Nights at Freddy’s style movie Willy’s Wonderland when I was doing a little bit of a Nicolas Cage binge.
Mandy is also worth a watch
The Thing has fantastic practical effects. I went in thinking it’s been ripped off by every horror game, the way Aliens feels half-cliche because it invented those cliches, so it couldn’t surprise me. That went out the window somewhere between the dog kennel and the operating table.
Horror is distinct from action because of specificity. Action is limited by what excites people. It’s all broad strokes. What freaks people out is a bottomless well.