Hey Lemmy,

What are your favorite horror movies from Blumhouse?

I went to Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights this year and they had the whole tram Blumhouse themed. I liked to watch horror movies during this spooky season, so i think catching up on some of these ones seems like a good place to start this year.

Old school horror game Post Trauma has popped up at Future Games Show at Gamescom Presented by Sid Meier's Civilization® VII to reveal a release date with a new trailer.

Debuted during the Expansion Pack post show, the sneak peek starts with an ominous shot of an abandoned train on the subway, setting a suitably unsettling dark and scary tone for what's to come as we slowly make our way through the rest of the trailer. We see our main character explore an abandoned underground before realizing that, actually, he isn't the only one there – the giant arm shooting out the floor is a highlight, but the big ol' heads with arms and legs are not. Far from a few friendly faces, we see all sorts of nightmarish beings that'll make your quest home anything but pleasant.

The trailer also features voiceover work from various characters and a closer look at new faces and environments. Excitingly, it ends with the reveal that Post Trauma will come to Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on October 29, 2024. That's just two days before Halloween, which feels very appropriate.

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I'm trying to find an episode from some anthology series (my brain wants to say masters of horror but that hasn't helped). Either way it's about Japanese people who live in an apartment complex and for some reason (ghost related) they couldn't leave the apartment complex and it's parking lot. It was an incredibly good episode, may have been subtitled.

This movie is easily in the top 5 I've seen in the last year. Go in completely blind and enjoy a smart protagonist while trying to figure out just how fucked everything is.

8/10

A young boy named Cailen with a broken camera is visited by a sleep fairy called the Cipsneed, but he's never heard of a sleep fairy.

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Julia Luu, a child therapist, finds that a young girl's imaginary friends might be more than they seem.

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I also suggest this post about "It Lives in the Static" series.

The scene on the kitchen floor with the tongs. Yeesh. Stuff like that really gets me.

I went in completely blind and had a blast. I caught it from the beginning on Shudder TV, so I didn't even read the description.

I had no idea what to expect. I was suspicious, didn't know who to trust, and it just really added to the fun and horror of it all.

I'd give it a solid 6/10.

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Every Sunday a bunch of folks over on Mastodon get together and watch a monster movie using the tags #monsterdon for discussion and #monsterdonalert for the movie announcement. Tonight's movie was The Brain Eaters (1958) and last week's movie was The Giant Claw (1957).

See @Taweret@octodon.social for announcements

I'd love to find and watch some gems I've missed. Can others suggest movie(s) they think others have likely not seen, but really should, starting from ~2010 up until today?

Obviously movies like Get Out are not in the "deep cut" category.

Suppose I hadn't seen the newest one. Would you still recommend it?

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Darcy spilled the beans a couple weeks ago, so unless she was messing with us and JBB is really misdirecting us with that Florida clue, we know one of the films will be Day of the Dead. What do y'all think the other one will be?

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Unless she was being cruel and misdirecting us, Darcy already spilled the beans that one of the films will be Day of the Dead (woop!). What does everyone think the other film will be?

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There will be another Lemmy live discussion tomorrow night over at !driveinmovies@midwest.social. r/Shudder live discussion refugees are welcome!

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What do y'all think?

I'm really bad at guessing these, but I'm going to say An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Abominable (2006).

However! Tomorrow is Bastille Day, so I think it would be appropriate if Joe Bob and Darcy played Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001).

Saw this question on !asklemmy@lemmy.ml and I wanted to throw it over here. Feel like with horror this may end up being more about film making than changes in sensibilities.

You might know Stephen King's It from the novel, the 1990 miniseries, or the recent movie adaptations - but have you seen Woh?

It seems like indie horror is in a golden age. I think the genre has the advantage of being able to be highly effective with much less complexity and time required.

A few I recently enjoyed:

--Summer of '58 was great. It might have the most intense and frequent jumpscares of any short game. Maybe a few too many. I prefer psychological / creepy and Emika Games did a great job of ALSO weaving it into the story. I had genuine feelings towards the characters.

-At Dead of Night. When I saw it was a FMV game, I thought it would be "Night Trap" for Gen Z. I was wrong. The game is amazing because of the script and execution. The characters make choices that make sense, as do the consequences. Also, major kudos to the kid who voiced Amy.

-Amanda the Adventurer. Great visual style and more stellar voice acting.

-XXXCYBERRATXXX Its mechanics aren't directly focused on horror, but the 2 ways you can die will make you jump. A clever short game.

-Faith. Who knew Atari style graphics could result in such an unsettling experience? Chapter 1 is free. Top notch retro style audio too.

What are some games you'd recommend?

Was originally curious about summer specific horror movies but realized there was no reason to limit the discussion. For my example I have yet to see a movie that even comes close to Midsommar in terms of summer-y vibes.

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For me it was Event Horizon, that was scary as hell when I was a kid, I had nightmares for months.

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FYI that we'll try for another Lemmy live discussion tomorrow night over at !driveinmovies@midwest.social. Come play if you feel like it 🤗

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What are everyone's guesses? I haven't seen a lot of animated horror before, so I've got nothin'.