The new movie is getting tons of buzz, I understand being interested in true crime events/history. However, going to horror conventions recently and in social media people wearing Dahmer shirts and other merch, wtf

The dude is a piece of shit and shouldn't be adored, idolized, or honored in the same way we celebrate actors, writers, directors etc, actual contributors to horror movies.

I absolutely adore horror and respect the fact that I might be desentisized to being actually scared by them, as I tend to watch one every night and have done so every night. Regardless, it's my favourite genre by a good mile.

I'm still hoping for that feeling when a movie hits you in the nerve and catches you off guard, maybe even creeps into your thoughts later when you're in bed.

So I turn to you my fellow horror fans, what are the movies you have found to be the scariest?

I personally have been most moved and terrified by The Grudge 2004 remake back when I was a teen, Shutter (thai), Halloween, Blair Witch Project, The Descent, It Follows and Hereditary, so kinda everything works for me, except maybe overtly excessive gore. Gimme your best shot!

This film and its sequel pissed me off because everything’s completely avoidable. I get them feeling like hey, the worlds ending, humanity is getting wiped out, let’s fuck to take our minds off the doom, but couldn’t they have stolen some birth control while they were raiding the pharmacies or even just been celibate for a while? Not only are they putting their own lives at risk by raw dogging, but they’re putting their existing children’s lives at risk too. Makes no sense to me

Sam Neill is best known for horror movies - Possession, Omen III: The Final Conflict, Mouth to Mandness and Event Horizon but He best known for playing Dr Alan Grant in Jurrasic Park series

(DISCLAIMER: all opinions from all races are valid and important in a dialogue like this, so even though this pertains to MY specific race all opinions are welcomed and encouraged!)

(EDIT) this post was not meant to embolden racist rhetoric or anything of the sort. This rant is about wanting POC’s to get leading roles in horror without having to be victims of racism. Racism is very real and deserves to be spoken about...but do pretty much all my main stream big budget black horror movies need to be about it? We can’t get our own type of Scream franchise? Halloween? Saw? A cool take on vampires or aliens? Fuck all the weird racist “dog whistle” dms I’ve been getting, and fuck everyone who used my post as a way to vent their racist frustrations. This was about wanting variety in my black horror and nothing more.

Man what the fuck is up with the horror scene rn? EVERY TIME we get a horror movie/show with a black lead(s) it HAS to be about racism or some form of oppression...but WHY?? It was cool when Jordan Peele did it with Get Out, but like fuck man enough is enough. It no longer feels like empowerment..and more like a weird fetishization of the struggles my ancestors went through.

Watching these screenwriters pat themselves on the back for “starting a conversation” makes me want to gag. “rAcISm iS sCArY” woah what an incredibly nuanced take on something I already fucking knew. Especially with the times we’re currently in, watching all these characters suffer EXCLUSIVELY because of their race is not only exhausting, but feels even more exploitative as if real black struggle is being capitalized on. I’m just a young black dude who wants to see other black dudes (and gals) fight monsters...without them being rAciST monsters.

But Idk dude all I know is that it tortures my soul to know that the movie Ma (2019)...FUCKING MA was able to get this right and focus on literally anything other than race. The only modern black horror “icon” I have...is fucking Ma. Am I wrong tho? Lemme know!

It's that time of the year folks. It's Halloween month, prepare yourselves for legions of normies invading our beloved genre, defiling it with their basic bitch opinions....

Just kidding, gatekeeping is for cunts. Let's help everyone get the most out of the best movie genre during this, the best time of year!

Just saw Conjuring Last Rites and some wonderful parents thought it would be a great idea to bring their children (definitely no older than 5) to this movie. They were screaming and sobbing throughout most of the movie until they either left or were kicked out around 75% into the film. The kids were also running up and down the aisles several times.

Extremely distracting and unacceptable. Not only this, the parents were constantly snickering at the kids to “shut up”. Sure the conjuring isn’t the most violent or scary movie but it’s is absolutely unacceptable to bring a 4 year old kid to this and it’s borderline child abuse. Theaters should ban small children from movies like this, even with their parents.

Yes. We get it. All new horror sucks, if it came out after 1990 it's horrible and only old movies are good. Shut the fuck up.

Yes, I'm sure you've seen every single new horror movie that came out. You've seen them all so you can confidently proclaim that all new horrors suck. And it's definitely not just nostalgia. Shut the fuck up.

I can give you a whole list of amazing horrors that came out these past two decades. Movies that are well-shot, well-acted, have a deeper meaning, amazing music, creative ideas and interesting plot. Just because you choose to watch bad movies and refuse to look deeper for the good ones (even though many of them are widely popular) doesn't mean "they don't make good horror movies anymore".

Sorry for the rant, I'm just tired. What do you guys think? Are you as annoyed as I am or do you agree that horrors nowadays just aren't good?

I’ve always believed that horror as a genre has to be approached very carefully from a conceptual point of view. In other words, you have to have an amazing idea. When you go see a film like Obsession, that’s an amazing idea. That movie works like a motherfucker. It’s not about the technical side. It’s not about what technical itches I would have to scratch. It’s about story. So I’m always looking.

This community has really been disappointing lately. Recently I watched the 2022 Hellraiser film as many others have. I love coming here to discuss my opinion about films and hearing other peoples thoughts that may be different from my own. Lately I’ve been seeing some people complain about things that don’t even pertain to the quality of a film. Particularly with the new Hellraiser I’ve seen multiple people complain about how it’s pushing “wokeness” by having a gay couple in the movie. Do I need to remind you all that Clive Barker who wrote the damn story is a gay man? Gay people exist in the world and them being included in a film is not pushing any agenda. Edit: someone literally commented on this post that they stopped watching the movie when a gay couple came on stop saying these comments don’t exist

A24 claims that this is a No. 1 record opening for what is the youngest filmmaker ever, Parsons now 20 years old. The previous youngest filmmaker to have a No. 1 opening was Josh Trank at 27 for 2011’s Chronicle ($22M opening)

Just type 8711 in the search bar and it will bring up all things horror (and one or two weirdly not)

These are all the horror themed films and shows without an algorithm applied.

Enjoy and happy spooky season

I feel like scary movies don’t scare me. I want to watch something that will really creep me out.

The new film adaptation of Books of Blood just premiered on Hulu last week, so I hope you’ve seen it by now. I’m really proud of the way Brannon Braga brought my words to life, and I hope you have some questions about it.

I also have a new novel, Deep Hill, a large collection of out-of-print short stories, new short stories and a novella called Mercy and the Jackal, with the collection to be called Fear Eternal.

Proof: https://twitter.com/RealCliveBarker/status/1314673139352133632

EDIT
I hope at some point I’ll get a chance to do this again with you all. It’s been fun imagining who is at the other end of this conversation, and it’s been a pleasure answering such articulate and well-conceived questions. Thank you so much. Have a good time with the Books of Blood movie and I hope we all have another one to show you next year. Take care everybody, keep safe, my love and best wishes to you. – Clive