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cipheramnesia · 1 year ago

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Jennifer's Body is profoundly overrated and I will never recommend it as queer horror. I can name a half dozen other movies without even working hard that are better horror and have better queer text or subtext. All Cheerleaders Die, Seance, The Ranger, She Never Died, Book of Monsters, Assassination Nation, Spiral, Jamie Marks Is Dead, Tragedy Girls, and even the lackluster Cannibal Troll.

Jason X (the one in space) is a better, smarter, more interesting and more genre savvy horror movie with more profound love of horror than any movie in the Scream franchise or Cabin In The Woods (for which I have a special dislike). For that matter so is Troll 2. Also the original Slumber Party Massacre and even Slumber Party Massacre 2. Scream and Cabin In The Woods have a slick coat of paint and clever dialog hiding a middling to offensively hateful understanding of horror. Slumber Party Massacre, the OG purposefully genre aware feminist slasher film is the bar to clear and they failed.

American Horror Story and every Walking Dead Series are joyless effects reels that respectively try and fail to capture the gonzo spirit of the 70s and 80s, and George Romeros entire body of work. They're machines built to manufacture scenes that will make people talk on social media about how bloody and/or shocking they get, strung up on an empty frame with nothing but cold wind blowing through it. Chucky the series and Z Nation are superior in literally every aspect except budget. They are series full of heart and deeply care about characters, trauma, and growth, and the bonkers amount of surrounding violence sustains and propels the narrative rather than existing for the sake of some grim notion of social darwinism.

Event Horizon is widely regarded by most critics as terrible in every way you can imagine. Despite this, it is overrated. It is not a secretly good underdog classic, and Paul W.S. Anderson is a hack who has never made a single good movie in his life. It's hard to come up with specific and superior alternatives because I'm not sure there's a worse outer space horror that exists. Pick literally anything else.

I think the last three Romero zombie movies were pretty good. I think Return of the Living Dead 2 is also pretty fun if a bit dumb. I think a lot of people pretend like The Blair Witch was never scary or good because they're embarrassed they got caught up in the hype and don't want to admit they liked it. Tobe Hooper is a legit genius director. Jordan Peel somehow is underrated and it's definitely because of racism. Hellraiser parts 5, 6, and 7 are okay - not great but better than their reputation, certainly better than part 4.

I don't think there's any hard fast rules about what makes something horror or what makes something disturbing or scary. A lot of Tumblr likes to declare specific things as rules of horror as if set in stone but it's not true. Horror can be as much about contrast or the unknown or the deeply and grotesquely detailed as it needs to be. It's a fools game to pretend to know what any single thing defines horror because it's as much a silent empty hall as it is literally gallons of blood gushing everywhere. It's the knock at the door for the last man on earth or a giant army of ants stomping a city. Defining how some elements of horror function is interesting. Declaring them as rules is stupid.

Ultimately none of those matter anyway because the best horror is just about people. Not as in people being the horror, but as in the subject of humanity. Love of the artists. Joy in the form of everything awful or alarming. Sharing and loving the audience who spends their time with the art. A lot of horror knows how to exploit its audience and flatter its audience and pamper its audiences' egos about how they're not like those OTHER horror fans those WEIRDOS because this one is meta or expensive or artistic. The lack of love is tangible, the emptiness between words and bodies and moments in time. Horror is joy, filling that space with love and humanity.

In general, my opinions about horror are objectively wrong, however they're wrong in ways interesting enough to be worth considering.

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tibby · 4 years ago

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spare movie recs please

you didn’t specify genre so:

drama: the talented mr ripley, thoroughbreds, tsotsi, it’s a wonderful life, panic room, y tu mama tambien, cinema paradiso, the miseducation of cameron post, all about my mother, sweet country, orlando, the virgin suicides, pather panchali, the favourite, searching, the breakfast club, roma, widows, bicycle thieves, the social network, monsoon wedding, newsfront, holding the man, minari, hustlers, selah and the spades

comedy: parasite, knives out, the princess bride, palm springs, ten canoes, the personal history of david copperfield, tucker and dale vs evil, popstar: never stop never stopping, hot rod, hunt for the wilderpeople, play time, the castle, in bruges, the grand budapest hotel, bride & prejudice, superbad, the sapphires, amelie, 21/22 jump street, my cousin vinny, heathers, the simpsons movie, bill & ted, chungking express, rare exports: a christmas tale, school of rock, good morning vietnam, mayhem, attack the block

horror: carrie, an american werewolf in london, unfriended: dark web, freaky, a nightmare on elm street, the host, trick r treat, the final destination franchise, halloween iii: season of the witch, sleepaway camp, ginger snaps, scream, cube 1997, killer klowns from outer space, wnuf halloween special, slumber party massacre, the babysitter, chopping mall, suspiria 1977, reanimator, aliens, cursed 2005, the stuff, the thing, silence of the lambs, ghost ship, christine, the bay, night of the comet, the texas chainsaw massacre 2, urban legend, the cabin in the woods, black christmas, ready or not

romance: emma 2020, when harry met sally, rafiki, 13 going on 30, imagine me & you, if beale street could talk, music and lyrics, enchanted 2007, celeste and jesse forever, 10 things i hate about you, casablanca, about time, crazy stupid love, sunshine on leith, across the universe, splash, in the mood for love,

documentary: stories we tell, three identical strangers, i am not your negro, scream queen!, revival: the women and the word, the thin blue line, between a frock and a hard place, girl on girl, forbidden lie$, the up series, man with a movie camera, the queen of versailles, grizzly man, aileen: life and death of a serial killer, the gleaners and i, f for fake, haunters: the art of the scare, horror noire, in search of darkness, tickled, grizzly man, not quite hollywood, crip camp, cursed films, tabloid, the woman who wasn’t there, heaven’s gate: the cult of cults, jesus camp, shut up and sing, lularich, i’m also a fan of louis theroux’s stuff

#hope this is enough x #ask #Anonymous #film recs

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swanqueeneverafter · 7 years ago

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12. Red-Handed, Pt.2

Enchanted Forest. Village Meeting. Past. (All of the village’s citizens are gathered at the tavern. One of the men who was with the hunting party speaks to the group.) Man: “The one thing I know, is that last night, was the very last massacre (Everyone cheers:) You know, if I had stayed with that party for another ten minutes, I, too, would be among the dead. (Granny, Red, and a disguised Snow White enter:) And, when I think if I’d only doubled back, maybe…I could’ve caught it in the act. Maybe, I would’ve been able to slay the creature.” Granny: “You would not.” Man: “Widow Lucas.” Granny: “This creature is more powerful than you can imagine. You wouldn’t have a chance. Stay inside, hide your children, forget your livestock.” Man: “You’ve said all this before.” Granny: “But, I haven’t said how I know. Nearly threescore years ago, I was a child with six older brothers. Big as oak trees, all of them veterans of the Second Ogres War. And my father, the biggest of them all. Come one Wolfstime, he decided to go out and take on the wolf. A different wolf back then, of course, but just as fearsome. They went out there to protect me. I was supposed to be asleep, but I crawled out on the roof to watch and lay down in the thatch. They had the beast surrounded, the seven of them, with spears all pointed in at it. And then it started. It was lunging – not at the men, at the spears. Grabbing with its teeth, breaking the shafts. They stabbed it with the splintered end, but it didn’t matter. It tore their throats so fast, that not a one of them got a chance to scream… Or pray… Or say goodbye. When my father died, I tumbled from the roof, and I landed in the blood in front of the wolf. I felt its breath on my face. Then, it clamped its hot jaw on my arm, and I rolled away. (She pulls back her sleeve, revealing several large, parallel scars:) Then, it looked at me with eyes so black, they weren’t even there. Then, it walked away. You ever see a wild animal just turn its back and walk away like you don’t matter? If this wolf is like that one, there is no defeating it. It’s already won just by existing in our world. You don’t kill it – you just hide.” Later, At Granny & Red’s Home. (Red and Snow White are sitting by the fireplace at the cottage.) Snow White: “So, your Granny’s kind of intense.” Red: “Yeah, a bit. I feel like a rat in a trap.” Snow White: “Is this trap keeping you from… being with someone?” Red: “How did you know?” Snow White: “Well, I saw some looks exchanged back there, and, I hate to break it to you, but it wasn’t subtle.” Red: “Yes. Peter. We’ve been friends forever, but… Now things are… Well, changing.” Snow White: “That must be nice.” Red: “Do you have someone?” Snow White: “Oh, no. I’m not sure that’s in my future. You’re lucky, Red.” Red: “I know. And we’re talking about going away together. But I don’t even get any time with him. Granny’s too afraid of the wolf to let me out alone. You saw what the wolf did. Sometimes, I wonder if she’s right.” Snow White: “Oh, she’s right about the wolf. But, she’s wrong to use it to keep you from love.” Red: “You think that’s what she’s doing? Let’s kill the wolf.” Snow White: “Hang on.” Red: “We’d be heroes.” Snow White: “Red, teams of trained hunters have been killed.” Red: “But they go at night when it’s got the advantage. If we went now, we could find it slumbering in its den and kill it in its sleep. Come on.” Snow White: “Red, I don’t know.” Red: “I’m going – with or without you. But, you’re right – I can’t let her keep me trapped forever.”

Storybrooke. Town Line. Present. (Mary Margaret drives her car along the road out of Storybrooke and pulls over just before she reaches the sign. She gets out and goes into the woods. A short ways in, she hears a rustling sound. Suddenly, David appears through the brush.) Mary Margaret: “I-it’s you. You okay? You’re looking for Kathryn, too?” David: “I’m looking.” Mary Margaret: “She knows you didn’t do anything. Emma, I mean. She can tell when people are lying, so… She knows. And I’ll stand with you. I’ll tell everyone this isn’t possible. She’s going to turn up somewhere. That’s why we’re out here, right?” David: “I’m looking.” (Mary Margaret notices that David isn’t quite all there.) Mary Margaret: “David? (David begins to wander back into the woods. She yells to him, but he doesn’t seem to hear her:) David? David!” Enchanted Forest. Past. (Snow White and Red are searching for tracks in the forest.) Snow White: “What about that?” Red: “That’s a dog. See how small that is? Don’t look where the snow’s drifted – it covers tracks.” Snow White: “Hey. Over here.” Red: “That… is a rabbit. What we’re looking for will be huge. Like a dog print, but big. Like, eight inches across with big, long claws.” Snow White: “Like these?” (There is a trail of massive paw prints leading through the forest.) Red: “Yes. And those. Oh, my gods. How big is this thing?” Snow White: “This was one stride? From here… To there?” Red: “Come on – over there. Through the brush, and off towards the hill.” Snow White: “You’re good at this.” Red: “When there’s something I want, I’m good at tracking it down.” Storybrooke. Sheriff’s Station. Present. (At the station, Henry is searching the internet for a job for Ruby. Ruby is sitting next to him, while the phone on the desk continuously rings.) Henry: “Want to be a bike messenger?” Ruby: “Bike messenger?” Henry: “That’s about taking things to people in a little basket.” Ruby: “Nope. Yeah, see, I’m not so great at bike riding.” Henry: “How about taking things on foot, to people, in a little basket?” Ruby: “I’m not so sure that’s a real job. (The phone rings again:) Why do the phones keep doing that?” Henry: “Oh, the non-emergency calls go to a machine when Emma’s busy.” (The phone rings, again, but Ruby answers it.) Ruby: “Sheriff’s station. How can I help you? Mmhmm. I’ll get her to return. Thank you, too. (She answers the next call:) Sheriff’s station. Hey, Miss Ginger. Uh, no, that’s not a prowler. That’s Archie’s dog – Pongo. Throw him a vanilla wafer. He’ll quiet down. Did you still want to talk to Emma? Great. Glad I could help.” (Emma, who has overheard Ruby on the phone, walks in.) Emma: “How’s it going, you two?” Ruby: “Great. Except I can’t do anything.” Emma: “I’m sure that’s not true. I just saw you on the phone. That was good.” Ruby: “That? That’s nothing.” Emma: “No. No, it isn’t. I actually have some money in the budget if you want to help out around here.” Ruby: “Yes! Thank you! Yes. Um, I could answer phones and help out. Um, is there anything else that you need done? Organize files, cleaning up? Please – I want to be useful.” Emma: “I’m swamped with the Kathryn Nolan thing. If you maybe want to grab us lunch, I would never say no to a grilled cheese.” Ruby: “Done. You want anything?” Henry: “Um, two chocolate chip cookies, an apple pie, and a hot dog.” Emma: “He ate at school.” (As Ruby goes to leave, Mary Margaret enters.) Ruby: “Hey! Lunch, Mary Margaret? I’m getting for everyone.” Mary Margaret: “Uh, no. I’m not hungry. (Ruby leaves. To Emma:) David’s in the woods. There’s something wrong with him. He looked right through me. It’s like… It’s like he was a different person.”

Enchanted Forest. Past. (Red and Snow White are still tracking the wolf through the forest.) Snow White: “Here’s another one.” Red: “Right. And then here’s…” (Red looks down, and notices that the tracks no longer resemble just paw prints.) Snow White: “What?” Red: “This print – it looks like it’s… Half-wolf and half-boot. See?” Snow White: “Wolves don’t wear boots.” Red: “No, they don’t.” Snow White: “Then it just continues like it was a man?” Red: “Like it was a man and a wolf.” Snow White: “Red, what kind of monster is this?” (The two of them continue to follow the tracks.) Red: “So…” Snow White: “Yeah?” Red: “Wolfstime is once a month on the full moon. There’s a story I heard once about a creature-” Snow White: “Hey. Aren’t we awfully close to the cottage?” (They see the tracks lead to the side window of Red and Granny’s cottage.) Snow White: “Who’s gone to your window, Red? Is it Peter? Red, has he been at your window?” Red: “Last night – before the killings. And he never joined the guys to hunt the wolf.” Snow White: “But I’m sure he wouldn’t have killed them.” Red: “He wouldn’t. But when the wolf takes over…” Snow White: “What about tonight’s hunting party?” Red: “They’re going to kill him. Or he’s going to kill them.” Snow White: “It doesn’t have to be that way.” Red: “What can we do?” Snow White: “Tell him. If he doesn’t know, tell him. Stop him. If he’ll listen to anyone, if he’ll believe anyone, it’s you.” Red: “You think I can save him?” Snow White: “I think you can save everyone.” Red: “It’s going to be dark soon. Granny will be out of her mind with worry if we’re not home. She’ll go out there. Mary, this is so bad.” Snow White: “So do something.” Red: “You’re right. I have to.” Storybrooke. Granny’s Diner. Present. (Ruby enters Granny’s Diner and walks up to the counter to order.) Ruby: “I need a couple of grilled cheeses. I’m working over at the sheriff’s station now.” Granny: “Ah.” Ruby: “Sort of like a… Like a Deputy, you know? I guess sometimes, your fate finds you.” Granny: “Seems kind of like you’re doing the same thing you always done.” Ruby: “Plus so much more.” Granny: “Those will be right up.” Ruby: “Yeah.” Granny: "Tony has to unwrap the cheese slices.” Ruby: “I help solve crimes.” Granny: “I’m sure you do. I hope you’re finding what you’re looking for.” Ruby: “I am.” Enchanted Forest. Past. (Red and Peter are sitting by a fire in the forest.) Peter: “You think this wolf-man is me? Red, you know me.” Red: “I know it’s not you, really, but I think it’s using your body.” Peter: “Wouldn’t I know? I mean, wouldn’t I wake up in the woods? Wouldn’t I remember something?” Red: “Maybe. Maybe, it makes you forget.” Peter: “Oh, my gods. Those men – they died. If I did that…” Red: “Forget the past. Think of the future. We can go now, Peter. Have lives. All we need to do is tie you up during the Wolfstime, and I know where to get rope.” Peter: “No. Not rope.” (He picks up a chain off of the ground.) Red: “Chains.” Peter: “Just in case… Just in case you’re right. I’ll show you how to rig it up so that I can’t get out. And then you need to get away from me.” Red: “No. I’m staying with you. I’ll stay with you all night, and for all the nights to come.” Peter: “You’d do that for me?” Red: “I’d do anything for you.”

Storybrooke. Sheriff’s Station. Present. (Emma and Henry are at the station. Emma is getting ready to leave, while Henry is hiding his book.) Emma: “Okay, kid. Don’t mean to kick you out, but I got to go see if David’s in some kind of trouble out there.” Henry: “It’s okay. I’m supposed to meet my mom. (He locks his book in one of the desk drawers:) There.” Emma: (Smirks:) “Nice.” Henry: “You know, you can let Ruby do more. She’s Little Red Riding Hood.” Emma: “With the little basket? Yeah, she seems like a badass.” Henry: “She is. She just doesn’t remember how cool she is or what she’s capable of. But it’s true.” (Ruby returns with the food as Henry leaves.) Henry: “Hey, Ruby.” Ruby: “Hey, Henry. (To Emma:) Got your grilled cheese.” Emma: “Thank you. You all right?” Ruby: “I guess. I mean, this is something I know how to do. So, yay.” Emma: “Okay, let’s pack these back up, and we can eat it in the car. I need to do a little wilderness search, and I need your help.” Ruby: “I’m pretty sure I’m just going to screw it up. I mean, I’ll screw it up with flair, but…” Emma: “No, you won’t. Come on – you can do this.” Storybrooke. Woods. (Emma and Ruby are searching through the woods.) Ruby: “This place is massive. How are we supposed to find one guy?” Emma: “Hey, shh. We might be able to hear him.” Ruby: “It’s massive.” Emma: “I’m following the path because there are boot prints, so just stay close.” Ruby: “I shouldn’t even be here. I’m just going to screw everything up. Oh, wait.” (Ruby stops walking and Emma bumps into her.) Emma: “Ruby?” Ruby: “I hear him.” Emma: “Really?” Ruby: “Yeah, really. I hear him or… something. I… I know where he is. Don’t you?” (Ruby takes off through the woods.) Emma: “No. What are you doing?” Ruby: “He’s over here!” (Emma follows her.) Emma: “Ruby! Ruby?” (Emma finds Ruby standing over a bleeding and unconscious David. She kneels next to him, and tries to shake him awake.) Emma: “David? Oh, god. Come on! David, come on! Wake up! David, wake up!” (David wakes up.) David: “Emma? What? Ruby?” Emma: “Do you remember where you are?” David: “No, I… What the hell? I was… I was in your office. Did you bring me here?” Emma: “You don’t remember anything since you were in my office? Last night?” David: “No, I don’t.”

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bichazz · 4 years ago

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behold my horror movie rambling so u know what movie tastes i project onto ygo characters

What are some of your favorite horror movies? I feel like the ones you reblog are super interesting ones I haven't heard of before!

oohohohoho okay thank u so much for this ask i am basicaly always willing to go a little off the rails abt my fav horror films :) this got a little long so i'm putting it under a read more!

i'll mention some of my probably less well known favs here because i think talking about movies like that is more interesting and it's always fun to find a good movie you'd never really considered before. i tend to mostly gravitate towards horror comedies and films with interesting practical effects, so that helps lead me to stuff that's not quite so mainstream

ok so first off, probably my fav horror film which i DEFINITELY recommend is behind the mask: the rise of leslie vernon (2006). it's a meta horror comedy that's two parts mockumentary and one part actual slasher - the first 2/3 of the film is a student film crew following a guy (named leslie vernon) who wants to be the next big slasher a la freddy or jason (who are real people who existed in this universe) as he shows them the tricks of the trade and how he's setting up the place where he plans to make his killing debut, and the final part of the film switches to a more typical slasher type setting as the crew's conscience sets in and they get involved to try and stop leslie. i think it's a really fun film that you can tell had a lot of love and effort put into it. it's funny and the characters are enjoyable and it includes a character played by freddy krueger himself, robert englund which is always a bonus. my one friend who's really into horror films (including some really weird obscure shit) actually hadn't heard of the film before i convinced him to watch it with me and he loved it, so it's always something i try to recommend to people - especially since you can find the whole film on youtube. they also did a comic a couple years back which i haven't been able to read but it seems pretty interesting!

another fav of mine which is kind of a guilty pleasure is slumber party massacre 2 (1987). this one isn't actually a particularly good movie per se (it had a budget of $500,000 and grossed $1.3 million) but i personally find it really enjoyable due to some good practical effects, decent characters, and just how batshit crazy it gets - the killer is literally a leather-clad rocker who kills people with a giant drill attached to the end of his guitar, and he gets a musical number. where else am i going to get that but in this film? despite the kinda sleazy sounding name it's really not that bad and i personally think it's the best out of the spm trilogy (which iirc was created as satire), all of which were written and directed by women! also just look at this dude. i am obsessed with him.

probably my second favourite horror and also likely the most well known on this list as it's absolutely a cult classic is re-animator (1985) which i've been posting about a lot recently lmao. it's a (very loose) modernised adaptation of hp lovecraft's story herbert west - reanimator and i just think it is a delightfully fun movie to watch. it's just this gay little mad scientist and his well-meaning assistant/roommate (oh my god they were roommates) dan doing fucked up little experiments with this serum herbert made to try and bring the dead back to life, except it really doesn't work as he intended it to. it's funny and quite gory and has some pretty good practical effects which is always a bonus in my book. herbert west is a little fucking asshole and at one point he vibe checks a dude with an oversized shovel and then uses it to decapitate him with blood splatters galore. warning for a brief but very distasteful scene including aforementioned severed head (which has since been reanimated) and a naked lady, in case you haven't heard of that infamous scene which was really Not Necessary.

there's also from beyond (1986) that i've been reblogging stuff from recently which is another lovecraft adaptation (from a story with the same name) made by the same people as re-animator and starring mutlitple of the same cast members as well, including the actor who played the titular herbert west playing a main character in this film too. this movie is fucking weird man, it's just strange. my fav horror youtuber (scaredy cats) called this film "a horny puppet nightmare" in the video he did on it and that's definitely an apt description. there's uhhhh a lot of things wrong with this movie and it is DEFINITELY not for everyone but i enjoy it mostly for the cast, how batshit crazy it is, and also the effects. every monster in this movie (and there's a few) is so wet and slimy looking and i am obsessed with it. one dude basically turns himself into a gooey almost penis shaped monster it's so ridiculous there is so much going on in this movie like what the actual fuck.

leaving off this post here because i think if i say anything more it'll be completely unbearable and i think i've already said too much lmao so uh

tl;dr i largely love weird and funny movies which are often low budget and of....questionable quality that aren't as well known as more mainstream movies and i def recommend behind the mask: the rise of leslie vernon, slumber party massacre 2, and re-animator in particular if you're into this kinda thing!

#reblogging this here bc i think some characters would like these films lol #my most solid horror movie taste is kalin's. i think off this list he would like behind the mask and slumber party massacre 2 in particular #also anyone who likes horror movies follow my main i post a lot of shit on there 😎 might also fuck around and make a horror sideblog #this is also a reminder that anyone can talk to me abt horror movies both on my main and on here #here would be abt in relation to ygo characters in particular i guess lol #idk i just like talking abt this shit. imagine me wearing a giant button that says please talk to me about horror movies #[cocks gun] i spent way too long writing all this out you WILL read it

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killerspectrum · 8 years ago

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FAMILY ANNIHILATOR: BAD DADS

Familicide:

When the whole family is obliterated, usually in a single act, by a member of that family.

Cases of fathers deliberately killing their wife and children is both shocking and increasing in frequency. An overwhelming 70% of all family massacres are carried out by men.

Generally speaking, the act represents a last attempt to display a masculine role over the family. I’m the father, so I decide!

It has also been suggested that it’s a man’s general attitude to women and their reproductive nature.

Let’s see if we can understand a teeny bit of a very complicated and multifactorial crime.

COMMON CHARACTERISTICS

More likely than a woman to kill themselves afterwards.

Usually successful men in their 30s, ranging from surgeons, executives and engineers.

Will spend days, sometimes weeks planning and fantasizing down to the smallest detail.

Murders mostly occur in the family home.

Younger children are often murdered with a 'personal weapon’ using their hands; strangulation or stabbing.

Older children are usually shot.

Feel like their masculinity is being taken away.

Sundays and the month of August are popular choices for fathers who pulverize.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES

WHY DAD LOST HIS SHIT

FAMILY BREAK UP

Family disintegration is the #1 factor behind fathers who kill their own family, making divorce and separation a risky period for any potential household bloodshed.

UNDER PRESSURE

Even if a family is intact, other influences are overwhelming the individual with life duties to the extent they see death as the only way to alleviate the pressure. Examples are health issues and financial ruin.

SELF RIGHTEOUS

These type of killers are proud of what they have done and want to share details with others. Convinced they are justified in some sick manner, this killer is known to call remaining family members or local media to make special announcements. More recently, they are posting their deeds on Facebook.

DISAPPOINTED

This killer holds the mindset that his family let him down or he is unable to achieve his vision of ideal family life.

ANOMIC

This family is socially disorganized. Alienated from family and support systems due to a move, loss of job or being generally secluded from others.

PARANOID

Those who envision an external threat to the family. This could be social services, the legal system or another family member which creates a twisted desire to protect the family from outside ‘forces’.

MENTAL ILLNESS

People who commit spontaneous domestic homicides, are more often mentally ill or had a history of mental illness.

JOEL SMITH

Murdered: (4) Wife and three children. Ages 12,7,4

Date: July 12th, 2014

Location: Saco, Maine

Manner of death: Shooting

The Smith family spent that last Saturday night having a BBQ outside their apartment complex and chatting with neighbors. Described as looking calm and relaxed, the Smiths went inside their home around 9 pm.

Just a few hours later, Joel shot his wife and three children with a shot gun, before killing himself. Having recently moved from Arizona, Joel became despondent and depressed as the family struggled financially and a wife with substance abuse issues.

Besides a previous suicide attempt, there was no history of abuse or noticeable signs of violence leading up to the slayings.

ERVIN LUPOE

Murdered: (6) Wife and 5 children, including two sets of twins. Ages 8, 5 and 2

Date: January 27th 2009

Location: Wilmington, CA

Manner of death: Shooting

Things started to unravel for the Lupoe Family when both parents were fired, simultaneously, from their job at the local hospital where they worked together as X-ray technicians.

A few days after the loss of their jobs, he killed his wife and children in their upscale home with a revolver and spent the night with their corpses.

The next day, Ervin calmly called the local news station to report the crimes and let them know he was sending over a fax: his suicide note. He shot himself while the cops were en route.

In the note, Ervin explained that he and his wife were being investigated for misrepresenting their employment to an outside agency to obtain child care. With 5 young children, he felt their financial situation was hopeless.

Further in the letter, Ervin even attempted to claim his wife Ana was responsible planning and demise of their family. As for the kids...

"Why leave our children in someone else's hands?"

FERNANDO MANRIQUE

Murdered: (4) Wife and two children age 10 and 11

Date: October 16, 2016

Location: Near Sydney, Australia

Manner of death: Carbon Monoxide

Neighbors couldn't figure out what the hell Mr. Manrique was doing on his roof that last Saturday.

"He was up there replacing tiles, using power tools...Cutting and making all sorts of noise...."

Mr. Manrique was not replacing roof tiles, but something a little more sinister. He spent his last day alive installing an elaborate pump system to fill his house with carbon monoxide in order to kill his wife and two special needs children.

Because running-cars-in-garages is so cliche, Mr. Fancy Pants Engineer spent months designing the mechanism. In Mr. Manrique’s mind, gassing his family while they slept seemed like a reasonable solution to an upcoming divorce.

DANIEL LYNAM

Murdered: (7) His parents, his wife and two children, age 2 years and 5 weeks, and her parents

Date: July 11-12, 1987

Location: Tacoma, WA

Manner of death: Shooting

Over the course of a weekend, Daniel methodically killed several members of his family leaving behind three grisly crime scenes in his wake.

After killing his own parents at their house for whatever reason, he drove over to his wife's parents house, about three miles away, shooting them all in the head. Eventually, he drove back to his own house killing his wife and two kids in the same manner.

Police received an anonymous tip the following day from a man who said his brother had killed people and directed them to the house on Federal Way.

When the cops came, Daniel was polite enough to warn them to stay outside so he wouldn't have to kill them too. Ten minutes later, deputies heard a gunshot.

Daniel had a history of mental illness, but he didn’t leave a note of explanation nor was there any apparent motive for him to kill the majority of his extended family.

DR. ANTHONY PAUL

Murdered: (3): His wife and two children age 17 and 12

Date: July 18, 1990

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Manner of death: Sedatives

"We lived together, we loved together, we die together''

Highly regarded in the medical field as a specialist in gastro-intestinal cancers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, none of his colleagues could imagine the horrific development Dr. Paul was planning.

Caring for his severely disabled daughter and a wife who suffered from chronic arthritis, Dr. Paul was distraught with the ongoing health issues and the inevitable financial stress. The middle aged doctor was convinced there was no other alternative than to kill everyone.

Dr. Paul left work early on a Friday afternoon, casually mentioning an envelope he left on his desk. Open it on Monday, he said.

As they read his suicide note that following Monday, his co-workers came to the shocking conclusion that there a house full of dead people they should probably do something about.

Inside their 10-bedroom estate, investigators found the family in the master bedroom. Each person was found holding their own empty IV bag.

His suicide note detailed the reasons for his actions and even though his son was healthy, Dr. Paul did not want his only son to grow up in foster care and become an "outcast".

Mark Short Sr.

Murdered: (4) Wife and three children, aged 8, 5 and one year

Date: August 6, 2016

Location: Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania

Manner of death: Shooting

The Short family had been featured several times in the local media as they documented their struggles to care for their youngest child, who received a heart transplant when she was just a few days old.

A shining example of perseverance and being strong in difficult times.

Privately however, the couple were not getting along. Soon after one altercation ended with the cops being called, his wife Megan decided it was time to get a divorce and started making plans to move out.

The day before the murders, Mark took his three small children to Hershey's theme park while Megan announced on Facebook that she was leaving her husband and needed help moving into her new apartment the next day. She never made it.

Her family became concerned when she didn’t show up on moving day with her belongings and called authorities.

Investigators found the whole family dead in the living room dressed in their pajamas with blankets spread out as though they were having a slumber party. Everyone, including the 1 year-old heart recipient and a family dog, were shot with a .38 caliber pistol.

Short left a note describing his emotional turmoil over the loss of his family.

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The Greatest Year in Horror Film History Part II: 1986

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The Greatest Year in Horror Film History Part II: 1986

Let me take you back to a better time in history. Imagine that Mark Harmon is People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, the Reagan Administration is illegally selling weapons to Iran and Lionel Richie is dancing all over that ceiling. We can even head over to the neighborhood bookstore and pick up Stephen King’s It, the New York Time’s top selling book of the year. If you’re not the reading type, we can just cuddle up with our Pound Puppies and watch ALF or Pee-wee’s Playhouse. That’s right, Fiends, it’s the middle of the 1980’s and the livin’ is easy.

Last week we discussed the films that made 2017 the #3 Greatest Year in Horror Film History. This time around we are looking at the year that came in at number 2. Here’s a quick recap of the method behind the madness:

OUR METHODOLOGY OR: HOW WE LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE EXCEL

We took a look at all of the horror films from 1970 to 2017. (The early 1970’s were a starting point for us because A) We needed one and B) The frequency of quality and iconic horror films really picked up during this time).

To determine a “score” for each year, we took a look at 5 different rating sources-

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer Score

RT Critic’s Average Rating

RT Audience Score

RT Audience Average Rating

IMDB Viewer Ratings

– These ratings were averaged to find the “Fiend Score” for each film. We then combined the Fiend Score of the top three horror films from each year to give that year a total. I admit, the selection of the top three films was sometimes difficult. It was necessary to take other factors into account, such as the size of release, box office total and iconic status to determine which films were included in the top three. These three films were totaled and given an official number which we are calling its “NOFS Score”. These NOFS Scores ranged anywhere from 142 (Ouch) to 255.

So, now that you’re all caught up, let me introduce you to the #2 Greatest Year in Horror Film History:

PART II- 1986

NOFS Score- 243

Most horror fans associate the 1980’s with one thing and one thing only, the slasher film. It’s true that moviegoers were treated to a steady diet of slash and gash, but by 1986 audiences were ready for something different. We were already on our sixth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and we have already met both Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger twice. Add to that all of the copy-cat films, both good (Sleepaway Camp, Slumber Party Massacre, The Burning) and bad (Chopping Mall, Final Exam), and you have a market flooded with films full of expendable teens being hacked to pieces. That’s why you start to see a significant increase in audience enjoyment and engagement with non-slasher films in the mid-80’s. Here are the three films with the highest Fiend Scores from 1986, and they are all three examples as to how the movie going public was turning away from the slasher film:

#3- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Directed By: Tom McNaughton Written By: Richard Fire, Tom McNaughton Starring: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold

Fiend Score- 75

I can hear the chirping birds already… “Henry didn’t see a wider release until 1990, so it shouldn’t be included here!”. First of all, birds are super-weird and secondly, the film premiered at the Chicago international Film Festival in September of ’86 and saw just as many midnight-showings in NYC that year as in its limited release in 1990. So, I’ve decided to include it here as the #3 film of 1986.

Most horror films have uncomfortable sequences peppered throughout their run time. It’s what makes them “horrific”. There are few films, however, that are as disturbing from start to finish as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. The film follows the killing spree of Rooker’s Henry and shows how he slowly involves his roommate Otis (Towles) and Otis‘ sister Becky (Arnold). While this synopsis seems pretty pedestrian to most horror fans, it’s not the subject matter of the film that makes it so disquieting.

When the film’s producers Malik B. and Waleed B. Ali gave McNaughton the money to make Henry, they were expecting a slasher much like the ones that came before. What they received, when all was said and done, was the exact opposite. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is an “anti-slasher”. It displays the crimes committed by Henry and Otis with an honesty that was shocking to audiences at the time. The director forced us to watch as these two men raped and murdered with impunity instead of trivializing or fetishizing the violence like slashers are wont to do. By 1986, the public had already been fascinated with real life serial killers, some even going so far as to idolize monsters like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Richard Ramirez. This film is a direct answer to that fascination, showing us all what a real monster looks like. It’s a difficult watch, but it is necessary viewing for every horror fan. Michael Rooker delivers one of the most powerful performances in horror film history and the cold gray muck of the inner-city Chicago setting make this one of the best films of the 1980’s.

#2- The Fly

Directed By: David Cronenberg Written By: Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

Fiend Score- 80

David Cronenberg’s The Fly is one of the most entertaining horror films ever made. Jeff Goldblum has never been better as Seth Brundle and the film is filled with incredible practical visual effects that get gloopier and nastier as his Brundle transforms into Brundlefly. His chemistry with Geena Davis’ Veronica is amazing, as well, and invests the audience in their relationship as things begin to go downhill. All of that being said, The Fly turns my stomach in a way that makes it difficult to revisit as often as it deserves.

The body horror isn’t necessarily what bothers me. I watch films like The Thing multiple times a year with no problems, so I can handle gross and disgusting as well as the next person. The Fly brings something else to the table, however, that makes me really uneasy. In other body horror films, the danger comes from the outside, from the eponymous “other”. In this film, however, we bring this horror upon ourselves. If I don’t want to get all gloopy and nasty, then I know to avoid Antarctic expeditions and ads for free medical procedures. This film shows that even someone with the best of intentions can still turn into an inhuman monster. All it takes is a simple mistake.

Brundle starts the film as an unassuming scientist who’s only desire is to aid mankind and to change the world for the better. He admits early on that the company funding his research will own his creation, so there’s very little monetary gain for him. Even so, he makes a dumb mistake (after a classic Champagne-induced overreaction) and completely destroys his humanity. As someone who makes an average of 6,000 mistakes a day, what happens in The Fly is absolutely terrifying.

#1- Aliens

Written and Directed By: James Cameron Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser

Fiend Score- 88

Anyone who claims that Aliens is not a horror film can go fly a kite!

I’m sorry for the strong language, but it had to be said. Those that say that this film is simply an action movie in space is incorrect and a harsh rebuking is the only way they can be corrected. For the sake of this article, and being correct, I am classifying Aliens as a horror film.

An what a horror film it is! The entire second half of the film is a non-stop roller coaster ride of tension and anxiety. From the moment the Xenomorphs show their faces to Ripley’s climactic fight with the Queen, this film does not let up on the audience. The first film gave us one of the greatest monsters ever in the Xenomorph, and this film gives us dozens of the nasty creatures. What else can someone ask for? There is a ton of great action and adventure within the film, but it’s the evolution of the aliens themselves that make this film so horrifying.

Aliens shows us what can happen to a colony when just one of the creatures is introduced. It shows that we have no chance for survival as a species when put up against an alien that can reproduce and evolve so quickly. It’s this futility that gives the film the impact that it has. The plight of young little Newt, played by Carrie Henn, is that much more dire because we have already been shown what the ‘morphs can do to a colony and a squadron of Space Marines. Couple that with Weaver’s outstanding performance (one of the greatest of all time) and the desperation of the Queen to protect her “children” and you have a film that ranks as one of the finest of all time.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Aliens sports the second-highest Fiend Score of any film we studied. At a total of 88, it ranks behind only a tie between The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and a film to be discussed next week.

Wes Craven didn’t have a great year in 1986. His incredible run of The Last House on the Left/The Hills Have Eyes/Swamp Thing/A Nightmare on Elm Street officially ended with 1986’s Deadly Friend. Although it has lower review numbers than his other films, its Fiend Score of 37 is the lowest in his filmography.

Join the Discussion:

So, we have uncovered two of the top three greatest years in horror film history. What do you think about 1986 being ranked as the number 2 year of all time? Join our Official Facebook Group and let us know what your thoughts are. What do you think will be the greatest year in horror? Keep your eyes locked onto Nightmare on Film Street to find out!

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