rsmurphy wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 8:35 am

ChudFusk wrote: Tue Feb 03, 2026 5:25 pm It was still worth the ride even after knowing where it was going to stop. It definitely fits in the newish genre that I like to call "Good For Her" horror.

Also see: Unwelcome.

Also see: The Severed Sun

Watched The Dark (2018) and it comes highly recommended, in which an undead girl/ghoul who haunts a forest befriends a victim of a pedophile. Heavy story about grief & trauma. The first 20 min or so I was completely dialed-in as it leaned into its horror aspects - staging, atmosphere, make-up...it got me! The psychological aspects are grave and depressing. Kind of like a Let the Right One In but instead of a dracula it's a ghoul. I loved it.

Watched Tusk for the first time, and for the first time Justin Long made me feel somethin'. It took turning his character into a walrus, but still. Michael Parks was incredible. Johnny Depp bugged me. The whole thing within the gf & haley joel osment's character running around was annoying. It was OK, I guess.

https://youtu.be/tDtGEA0WDps?si=o9IPzCTy-FsD4gp8

I've been using this short as my dopamine fix for the past few nights. Great use of audio, suspense, the staging is *chef's kiss*, and it successfully works for the jump scare. The audio over the credits is exceptionally chilling. It gets inside my head.

https://www.ethanevansfilm.com/

It’s not lesser known, but I watched Good Boy recently. It wasn’t particularly scary, but I enjoyed it. Whenever our dog appears to be watching something that we can’t see, we’ll now assume she sees a ghoul of some kind or is having an apparition of our demise.

The dog was indeed a very, very good boy.

Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 12:40 pm It’s not lesser known, but I watched Good Boy recently. It wasn’t particularly scary, but I enjoyed it.

I liked how I think it was the sister of the main character literally broadcast what was happening in the first half of the movie.

The Norwegian Good Boy from 2022 is also a decent watch that could've been much scarier.

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 1:06 pm

Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Feb 18, 2026 12:40 pm It’s not lesser known, but I watched Good Boy recently. It wasn’t particularly scary, but I enjoyed it.

I liked how I think it was the sister of the main character literally broadcast what was happening in the first half of the movie.

The Norwegian Good Boy from 2022 is also a decent watch that could've been much scarier.

I also dug how you didn’t really see any of the humans’ faces until maybe the end. (Other than on the television.)