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Miss you too buddy <3
Yas! Intruder is SO good. The setting, atmosphere, and everything else about is is perfect. I have it on dvd, but I should probably pick up the blu ray so I can cherish it even more.

I saw Scalps from 1983 last night, and kinda luved it. It has WAY too low of a score on here. Like in the 3's 0_o. It is way better than that. Some people might think it takes too long to get going (it's 80 minutes and the horror really doesn't kick in until about an hour in), but I didn't mind. There were some terrific unintentional laughs and bad dialogue too <3. I swear it took them like 30 minutes to drive to the buriel ground . How intoxicated.

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Seriously though, how moronic were those cops at the end of Intruder? LOL, I loved how that one girl was like "I WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED YOU!" and they proceed to manhandle her without a shred of proof that she was the one behind the carnage. Meanwhile, the true killer all bloodied and laughing maniacally in the phone booth was like "THEY DID IT! THEY KILLED EVERYONE!" in the background. Bruce was so clueless and useless, even compared to most slasher cops. Then, he gets top billing for it.... at least on my DVD where his name is proudly sported first along with one of the Raimi brothers who himself is something of a minor, disposable character. LOL

I saw the bluray for Scalps on Amazon but I keep passing up on it, mostly because I don't know what it's about. What's the basic premise? I know that the one I really want to see is The Unseen (1980) but the bluray is out of stock. I might cheat and watch the version of it they have on YouTube, but we'll see how desperate I get in the next coming weeks.

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Oh the cops were embarrassing . I almost forgot about that treasure of an ending. The filmmakers were probably hoping we'd gasp (<3) at that shocking ending, but in reality it was an overweight mass of obese proportions. Still a phenomenal movie though! The ending just adds to the fun.

Scalps is about six college students and their professor who plan on going to an ancient native american burial ground to dig and look for artifacts. However the professor has to stay behind and the six students go off and do it by themselves. The place is all sorts of spooky and haunted, and one of the students ends up being possessed and bumps off the rest of the group one by one. Sorry, if that was too specific, but the film doesn't really hide what it's about or anything. Dan you may hate it, but I thought it was just great! I feel like you will like it since you like The Prey and Humongous, and this one has a very similar pacing to those films.

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I'll have to check it out. I think that one along with Society keeps showing up on my "Must Buy" suggestions on Amazon. I might have to save up for it. I still want to grab a copy of Chopping Mall on bluray as soon as it's released though.

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YAS <3. Chopping Mall has waited far too long for a blu release. Like I have it on dvd, and the transfer is so chunky. Like my VHS tape that was a former rental in the 80's that I bought back in 2001 looks better.

Few updates!

I watched 1985's Blood Cult yesterday, and it was such an awful experience. I have nothing against SOV horror movies, but my goodness was it a BORE. Like worst cast ever? The lead was so old he could have been aboard the Titanic (what a boring old man), and nobody else even gets character development. It started off as a slasher, and then kinda becomes a cult film (lawd give me strength). There wasn't anything interesting about this.

I then watched 1987's Blood Lake. It has a 2.5 on here, and it seems like literally everyone, but me hates this movie or thinks it's just a gigantic joke. Sure it was SOV, the sound isn't all that great and the killer is ridiculous, but I thought it was fun and the cast had chemistry and everyone looked like they were having fun. I also find it so inspiring that movies like this were able to get distributed in the 80's. I mean it looks like a group of friends just decided to go out and make a slasher film for dimes, and cast all their friends. I know that it's technically terrible, but I've seen way worse, and I thought it was entertaining.

Lastly a little while ago I FINALLY saw All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. Remember when this film kept getting delayed and they showed previews for it in theaters for like ten years? . Idk frands, but I'm a bit disappointed :(. Like it started off a bit slow (then the middle of the film somehow got worse), and the characters were so unlikable. I have no doubt if this was made in the 80's or 90's, it would have been a classic, but it's honestly just okay as it is. However the twist kinda redeemed it somewhat (though I still wasn't satisfied with the ending), and the soundtrack wasn't bad. I decided to be generous and gave it a 6 on here, but it's probably more like a 4.5.

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Blood Cult never caught my interest, and I never heard of Blood Lake. Did you watch them online somewhere?

And, Bobby, don't feel guilty... I really wasn't big on Mandy Lane either and I watched it back when it finally saw release and every site was talking it up. My main complaint about it was very similar to your's... the characters were all so unlikeable. I know that's the case for a lot of slashers, but a lot of them at least have one person to root for but this one had none for me. I find that this tends to be the case for a lot of indie/low-budget slashers... it takes work to write really good characters, I guess. For this one, I think it depends on if you can get behind the Mandy Lane character or not. While I do like Amber Heard from some of her other movies, her character fell flat for me here. I might have to give it another watch; I see Amazon is streaming it for free.



Another lesser-known slasher that completely fell off the radar that sort of commits that same movie sin was Death Do Us Part (2014) which is one that I did like even though it really should have been bad but I really enjoyed it. You should look this one up and let me know what you think of it. I think the fact that it was about terrible adults as opposed to drunken teens helped save that one along with the presence of Kyle Cassie, who was also in Children of the Corn: Revelation and just plays a really likeable charmer kind of character and his presence helped me like both films more than they probably deserved.

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There was just something so special about slasher movies from the 80's and 90's! Like the characters were just so much more likable and awesome. Movies like The Burning, Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Urban Legend, A Nightmare on Elm Street etc (the list goes on and on) had terrific characters, and you could really get behind them. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane had not one character who was even mildly likable. It's like they didn't even like each other. The premise was so good too, and I truly think if filmmakers from the 80's and 90's made the movie, we would have had great characters, and a much stronger movie in a ton of ways. Why would Mandy even like any of the guys in the film the way it is now? There's no complexity to any of them, and they treated everyone terribly. The few girls in the film were also nasty acting and bullies. Another film that had similar problems was the Friday the 13th remake. Look how wonderful the casts are from the ones from the 80's. You can remember them all! The remake had a few nice leads I guess, but everyone else was just obnoxious and rude all the time.

I did watch both of those films online! Blood Lake is pretty hard to find, and the VHS goes for like 300 dollars on Amazon (plz gurl), so I watched the one uploaded (in sadly 17 parts) on Youtube. It was fun. Blood Cult is also on Youtube.
Dan, Death Do Us Part sounds really good. I never even heard of it. I'll for sure check it out.

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I also had a hard time believing that Mandy Lane blossomed over the course of one summer, or however they put it. I know the movie tried hard to sell this point, but I wasn't buying it. If they were going with this angle, they needed to cast someone who was more beautiful in an unconventional sense, not a straight-up beauty. Amber Heard is just downright gorgeous and has always has been.

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lmao @ the Many Lane previews playing in theaters for 10 years <3 Pretty sure I remember seeing one in like 2006 and then being confused ca. 2011 when I found out it hadn't been released yet.

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The 80s frenzy continues...

The Toxic Avenger (1984) - All three of the movies are on Amazon, with the fourth excluded for whatever reason but I'd figure I would cross that bridge when I came to it. I absolutely loved this movie and it really does show why Troma movies can be so charming. While I wasn't crazy about Mother's Day, I happened to love Graduation Day and the vibe in this one reminded me of that one a lot. It's played straight enough where any fan of similar films should check it out, but it's ultra silly as well and the tropes and conventions of a superhero film are hilariously blown out of proportion and played for laughs. Unlike Graduation Day which is sadly lost on a lot of fans of the slasher subgenre, this one is actually pretty successful at endearing to its targeted fanbase. Gorey, bloody deaths, shameless "oh no they didn't!" moments, nudity, and perhaps one of the weirdest sex scenes I've ever seen. Needless to say, I'm a fan. 7/10

Don't Go in the Woods (1981) - Yes, it's probably bottom barrel so far as 80s killer movies go, but there were a few quirks about it that gave me a few chuckles. One, this movie was like sex-less and drug-less... I think there may have been one scene where a couple was in a van before they got killed off, but they were an unsexy older couple and I don't think either got naked. Hell, they were probably not even getting it on... they were just there to be body count numbers. And I don't think our doomed campers even brought booze or pot which is kind of weird for a wilderness slasher of this nature. Two, the two main girls were so boyish that I thought that it was an all-male group of campers. The redhaired girl looked just like a boy, until she opened her mouth. Three, why did Angie Brown's name get boxed in a square while everyone else's names weren't in the credits? Four, that cute little tune about not going into the woods was sufficiently catchy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwVYrTSftqI). Finally, that deputy going from an ordinary manly man the whole movie through to flamboyantly saying (waving and all) "cute couple" at the end might have been one of the cutest and most adorable things I've ever scene in a horror movie. But, yeah, stupid as hell movie, but amusing at times. 4/10

The Unseen (1980) - I cheated with this one and watched the beautiful bluray version on YouTube; I tried to buy the bluray but it was sold out on Amazon and too costly to buy elsewhere so whatever, I tried. Anyway, if you like seeing beautiful women find themselves in peril ala the aforementioned Mother's Day, then this might just be for you. Barbara Bach plays her part with incredible class, but I also like the bad guys as well. It's not really the most original movie though, but I at least enjoyed it for the 80s charm at least though I was shocked that this wasn't the supernatural movie that I was expecting due to the title. 6/10

Possible Hit List for the Upcoming Weekend
...depending on my mood, obviii...

- Clown (2014) (FINALLY)
- Anatomie (2000)
- Nightmare (1981)
- RoboCop (1987)
- Outpost 37 (2014)
- Maggie (2015)
- L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone (1974) (aka The Killer Reserved 9 Seats)
- Venom (1981)
- The Subspecies series...
or
- Stranger Things - it's what everyone else is doing...

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Don't Go in the Woods is such a masterpiece omg. Dick and Cherry <3 what an outrageous film filled with a bunch of actors that were clearly dipping into one too many vicodins (just to relieve the pain of filming it). I love that all the dialogue was dubbed too. What a messy flabby production <3. The women's short feminist hurrcuts <3 quite bold. lmao I think Angie's agent got her name in the box . They must have thought this was gonna shoot her to stardom. How embarrassing.

Dan, I remember The Unseen having some top notch performances! The director is Danny Steinmann (the director of Friday the 13th part 5), and the film lacks the crazy that film had, but I still like it quite a bit.

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The acting was a strong point to The Unseen, and a reason why I liked it more than Mother's Day even though both films are both similar in my mind. I had a list of *The* titles from that time period that I wanted to see, and The Unseen the final one on that list. The list includes:

The Other
The Sentinel
The Entity
The Changeling
The Brood
The Unseen

Most of those movies all had great performances, and underrated by the horror community.

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Dan, I think I liked Mother's Day (the original) a lot more than you did. Movies like Last House on the Left aren't really my thing (I personally prefer the remake of Last House on the Left, but I know I'm in a small minority), but Mother's Day really worked for me. It kinda sells itself as a slasher in some ways with the holiday theme, and the way it's told (the opening, a group of friends going into the woods) and I really thought the three female leads were terrific, and really likable. I liked how we got to know them, and you were never quite sure which of the three was the actual final girl. The final scene though bugs me (that final twist is just so lame). Thankfully Troma wasn't yet what it would become, so the film never feels like a Troma production.

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I like the 'Last House' remake better than the original too, so count me as in with that minority as well. The fact that the daughter survived the initial attacks and the parents saw just how terribly she was brutalized by the gang made the parents' violence and revenge against the thugs way more believable than in the original, where I think the parents just pieced together that their daughter was dead by the criminals they opened their home to. The plot seemed more coherent and natural in the remake, and less forced for exploitative reasons.

I'm looking at the ratings now and it seems that IMDb on the whole favors the remake to the original, so perhaps we're not in the minority at all.

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Reviews: Netflix Edition... and then some


Deathgasm (2015) - Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.

I've been on the lookout for this one ever since I found out that it existed. I think I probably watched it the day - hell, probably even the MOMENT - that I saw that it hit Netflix. Unfortunately, by doing so, I kind of screwed myself over because Netflix didn't have the subtitles working properly at the time and the accents were fairly hard for my hard-of-hearing brain to understand. Still, that aside, I wasn't a huge fan of it though I adored Kimberely Crossman (who was really the only reason I wanted to see this in the first place). The movie wasn't really funny, nor was it scary so it left me feeling kind of cold though there are worse things to see out there. 6/10

They Look Like People (2015) - Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.

I've become a HUGE fan of silent horror... you know, those movies that sort of sit there bleakly on your watch list until you decide to watch them out of morbid curiosity. While innocent yet pretty enough at first, you slowly start to get more and more offput by the underlying and building psychological baggage that a film of this type has to offer. You may not always know what's going on and you may find yourself confused more often than not, but it's not because the movie is poorly plotted... rather, the filmmakers consciously make it this way to put you on edge. If you don't need constant action and can get lost in the story, then perhaps this one will work well for you. I gave this one a 6/10, but something tells me that this will become one of my favorites after a couple more watches. Probably one of the better UTR movies that Netflix has to offer right now, imo.

Haunt (2014) - An introvert teen befriends his new neighbor, and together the couple begin to explore the haunted house that his family has just purchased.

What a confusing mess of a ghost story. It starts out cliché enough, but it's hard to really establish what exactly the ghost is and why the ghost is haunting the house in question. The acting isn't much better, and what the hell was up with these parents? At least they weren't the normal overprotective cliché types, but they were almost the complete other direction... they not only let their son let a complete stranger sleep in his bed under their roof, but they also left these two alone for all hell to break loose. WORST PARENTS EVAH. At least the movie didn't annoy me, but definitely not the best that Netflix has to offer. 5/10

Nochnoy dozor (2004) (aka Night Watch) - A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.

It's really an interesting Russian movie with its own bit share of intentional quirks. The movie is honestly just a vampire movie with a lot of different, unique characteristics about it. It's almost like Underworld with the battling of two equally matched sides... while in that one it's about vampire and werewolves co-existing in society and coming to blows, this one is about members of the dark and light forces coming together to establish a balance for existence in society, with members of each side patrolling the other side on the Night Watch & Day Watch. While the treaty has stood the test of time, someone is out to end it and take control, and our protagonist (a member of the Night Watch) makes a mistake in the past that could fuel the demise of the treaty for the future. I hadn't seen a vampire movie quite like this one before, but overall it was enjoyable enough though somewhat of a chore to sit through at times. 6/10

Dnevnoy dozor (2006) (aka Day Watch) - A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.

The sequel to the above-mentioned movie. The movie brings back pretty much all the core characters of the first movie, so both movies could easily be strung together and you'd have one gigantic movie and it all feels very cohensive. While the first movie sets the stage, this movie is all about protagonist's atonement for his prior mistake established in the first movie. They make a female character of the first movie the guy's new love interest which is a bit awkward because they kind of left her off as being a bitch-in-sheep's-clothing after the first movie, but if you like the first one, this one is sort of required to watch as well. While most sequels can probably be ignored if you don't like them, this one really cannot as it completes the story that was left hanging after the first film. 6/10, again.

Love Sick Love (2012) - When New York ladies' man Norman meets gorgeous, cosmopolitan Dori, he embarks on a weekend of romance that soon turns to terror.

The movie totally sets itself to be dismissed as a mere Fatal Attraction knockoff and nothing more (at least if you read the synopsis), but it's got a few enjoyable tricks up its sleeve that puts it up a notch. This is not your everyday Lifetime movie, folks. Norman is sufficiently sleazy to start off with, but then he sort of wins you over by the end. Dori, meanwhile, gets under your skin when she puts on her needy, "be-with-me-or-you'll-die" schtick but never loses her sweetness despite being the girlfriend from hell. I want to say more, but the twists are really all this movie has going for it. It's a nice little mean-spirited unknown gem that I doubt anyone truly knows about. 7/10

The Girl in the Photographs (2015) - A bored young woman in a sleepy community called Spearfish starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered young women. Are they real or staged? The culprit is either a serial killer or some creep with a sick sense of humour.

A time when my opinion differs greatly from the masses, which seems set on hating this movie for whatever reason. It's really more than your normal passable slasher film, so I say to hell with the naysayers... best of all, it plays it all straight and doesn't need to sell itself out to the dreaded "horror-comedy" label for mild praise. I don't know how many of you have ever opened a store at ungodly hours of the morning, but I do regularly and it really can be creepy... and this movie actually has a segment that sort of shows that so that's when the movie started to win me over. The killers are creepy as hell and the characters are pretty fun and likeable, as well. Like Most Likely to Die, I really liked this one. 7/10

Late Phases (2014) - When deadly beasts attack from the forest, it is up to a grizzled veteran to uncover what the residents of a secluded retirement community are hiding.

I was really impressed with this. I admit that werewolves aren't always my thing and it seems like most werewolf movies are all alike, or at least follow the same classic formula. This one is honestly really no different so far as that goes, but rather than stock the movie with a bunch of young Hollywood stars, we're following a blind Vietnam veteran the whole way through... and, as predicted, he's a pretty kickass protagonist despite his handicap and age. It just hit all the right beats the day I watched it, I think. 8/10


Some Others...

The Invitation (2015) - Listen to the praise, it is really that great of a psychological thriller. Something terrible is wrong, but you just don't know what until things start unfolding. Tammy Blanchard though I don't know what happened to her. She used to be hot as hell in the late 90s on GL, but now she's almost knee deep in plastic surgery yet perfectly cast as the California trophy wife in this. idgi, almost didn't recognize her at first until I realized that I knew who she was. Jordi Vilasuso, a former GL soap hunk, playing a gay man. <3 It's a good movie, but an added bonus to see a couple of my favorite soap stars back in a movie together.

Kill or Be Killed (2015) - Took me long enough to watch it, I know. Sadly, I didn't like it. Tries to be quirky and creepy but fails on both counts. 5/10

Complicity (2013) - Ugh, ew. It starts out like a typical teenage movie in that it takes place a house party with drinking, but then a girl cries rape and the accused rapist gets murdered when the others decide to play judge, jury, and executioner. What follows is an annoying hour of arguing amongst those annoying bastards involved. It was not worth sitting thru... at all. 5/10 - I'd give it lower for being annoying, but the movie went by pretty fast and I kept expecting to see the group of teens to start getting plucked off one by one. Unfortunately, IT'S NOT A SLASHER FILM, though everyone is annoying enough that you really want the movie to be longer so that it could be one...

Don't Look Now (1973) - A horror classic. It never seemed like one that I would enjoy personally and I wasn't in a hurry to see it before, but with it coming on Amazon Prime for free viewing, I couldn't pass it up. Why waste a Netflix DVD rental on a movie that didn't interest me, right? I got exactly what I expected from the movie... some beautiful scenery, a somewhat bizarre yet creepy finale, and an hour-long mystery. Overall, I just don't get the overwhelming praise for this one... 6/10

The Other (1972) - One of the most oft-forgotten 70s films out there. The entire cinematography is gorgeous and that ending was beyond twisted. The 'twist' is kind of obvious to the today viewer, but I'm sure it was a big deal for its time. 7/10

The Funhouse Massacre (2015) - A treat for slasher lovers who love their stuff fun, yet lean and mean. It looks corny as *beep*, but well worth seeking out. It almost kind of seems like a fun homage to the funhouse slashers of the past, but it never seems to try too hard. 7/10

Grizzly Park (2008) - OMG guilty pleasure alert. A group of horrendous young criminals get sent away to the wilderness to pick up trash, but end up as grizzly food instead. It's a dumb-as-hell movie that probably only I would enjoy, and while all the characters have no moral compass whatsoever, it's all played for laughs and I couldn't help but love it for existing. The campfire tune "I Met A Bear" got stuck in my head for seriously a week after seeing this. 7/10

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Dan, I never even heard of most of these titles! I'm actually super bad with modern dtv horror (anything post like 2010), and rarely watch them anymore. I was browsing Netflix and noticed a film called High Lane looks good though. Did you see that? I was thinking of giving it a watch. I liked Grizzly Park a ton btw! I'm usually not a fan of films with killer animals on the loose, but that's a good one. Don't Look Now is a film that I should have saw YEARS ago (since it's from the 70's, and you know how much we both love horror films from the 70's to the 90's, but I got the end spoiled for me, and now it just seems so pointless to watch. I know the cast and filmmakers are all talented, but ugh knowing the end sucks.

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You guys should give Fender Bender a try if you can find it. I think it might've been dtv. It was super good and it's from the guy who made The Night Flier. It has a great 80's vibe and soundtrack.

I also finally watched my last Lynch film. Wild at Heart. It was just as great as his other work though a bit obnoxious lol. Not my favorite really.

I have to say thanks to whoever initially recommended Hush. Out of everything I've seen recently that movie sticks out the most. :)

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I also finally watched my last Lynch film. Wild at Heart. It was just as great as his other work though a bit obnoxious lol. Not my favorite really.


Sis, I've never seen Wild at Heart! Like you clearly did, I've been putting it off, but I'll give it a watch since you like it <3. I'm not surprised it's not his best though. I mean Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire are all fantastic, and once you seen those Lynch films, his others just kinda pale in comparison.

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High Lane is pretty good; it's sort of a mixture of Wrong Turn and The Descent (one clever person even said that it should've been called 'The Ascent' lol). It's a foreign film that's also known as Vertige. When I saw it, it was dubbed in English with no subtitles available. To their credit though, I didn't even notice that it was dubbed until maybe the first 15 minutes so at least it was dubbed well. I should actually look to see if they have the original language on there now.

I totally get what you mean about knowing the endings to classics. I'm not a spoiler Nazi like some are, but Don't Look Now is a long movie to sit through and it would suck even more if you knew the ending. I kind of felt the same way about Deep Red as I did this one. Both were kind of a chore to sit through for me.

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Deep Red is such a goddess. Is it just me or does everyone else have the copy of the movie where they speak English for a little bit, and then it switches to Italian, then back to English. It wasn't as awesome as I remembered when I first watched it though.

Watch Tenebre instead. It's wayyyy better.

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Is it Tenebre or Tenebrae? And what does that even mean? lol

It is a good movie, though. I like a lot of those Argento movies. Phenomena and Opera are both pretty good, as well. I think the next on my hit list for him is Trauma (1993).

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Yes, Phenomena and Opera are great! Especially Phenomena. What a weird and wonderfully fab movie that is. I bet Jennifer Connelly has snuck it off her resume . I rewatched Suspiria somewhat recently (well sorta. I watched it again a few months ago), and I've always stood by that it was SUPER overrated. However, I really loved it this time, and it actually may be my favorite film of his now.

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I just finished Slaughterhouse (1987). I would compare it to Motel Hell, except this was not as campy as that. Kind of surprising actually, given that many other horrors from those later 80's year were downright silly at times. IMDB categorizes it as a Comedy & Horror, but I don't see how there was any comedy in this at all. The movie easily could easily fit into that canon of early 80's slashers like Prom Night or Just Before Dawn where everything is taken seriously, not Slaughter High or American Gothic where there' a lot of silliness mixed in with the horror.

Likeable characters for the most part, but unfortunately the movie is a bit boring at points though I suppose it does sort of set a realistic tone. The last quarter is atmospheric enough, the final girl was likeable enough, and the killer & weapon were cool. I was happy that the Amazon Prime video version was the director's cut and restored to decent quality, because a lot of times movies on there are so icky and blurry. Not with this one. If I had known that this was going to look so nice, I would have watched it sooner. The movie feels like it ends almost 5 minutes too early... I'm not a huge fan of abrupt endings so I think this lost a point for that alone. I'd recommend it, but I don't think I can give it anything past a 5/10.

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I'm having this vague memory of a cheesy 70s horror set in a run down hotel and the manager was this creepy old dude. The hotel was right next to a lake and if you pissed him off or he didn't like you, he fed you to the crocodile that was in it lmao! Anybody know the name of this movie?

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Eaten Alive (1976)

I haven't seen it yet though.

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Seriously? Watch it, it's a good laugh. I would like to see it again.

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Is it just me or does everyone else have the copy of the movie where they speak English for a little bit, and then it switches to Italian, then back to English.


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Oh yeah definitely watch High Lane, Sista! It's great. It's one of those that you will probably avoid cause it has a tacky cover art. A Lonely Place to Die was also a gem, in the same vein I believe.

And right? LH, MD, IE, and also Twin Peaks. I mean why bother with Wild at Heart? It kept me glued to the screen for 3 hours though. Still had that hypnotic feel to it. It's not without Lynch perks though, sis, so you'll like it. You will know it's his movie.

Keep an eye out for Crispin Glover aka Dead F8ck Jimmy's brief scene. I seriously guffawed at it. So creepy and hilarious.

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I have to say thanks to whoever initially recommended Hush. Out of everything I've seen recently that movie sticks out the most. :)

I honestly think Michael Flanagan is a director to watch out for. While I was a bit put off by Oculus, I really loved Hush and Absentia as horror films. What I like about his stuff is how he tries to tap into true horror and the atmosphere is always so creepy in his movies... they may not be the most entertaining or exciting, but you are left feeling some type of way after seeing them. Even Oculus left me with strong feelings of anger after seeing it, so at least it wasn't a "see it and forget it" type of experience like most other movies are.

A film of his that's coming up is Before I Wake (with Kate Bosworth) which I have on my watch list though I'm not sure if it's a theatrical release or a VOD one. I added Fender Bender to my watch list, though I see that it can't be viewed on Amazon yet so maybe it hasn't been officially released yet...?

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The plot seemed more coherent and natural in the remake, and less forced for exploitative reasons.


I agree completely. One thing that really rubbed me the wrong way in the original was the needless comic relief involving the cops. It was just so tacky to include it in a film with such serious, sad, and depressing subject matter. Overall I'm not a fan of Wes Cravens 70's work in general. I know some people love the original Hills Have Eyes, but again I think the remake is better, and I don't even really like the 70's version. To me Craven didn't start getting really good until 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street, and then was kinda a hit or a miss his entire career. He actually has really underrated films too. Like I really like Shocker, Cursed, Red Eye, and My Soul to Take, and all of those films are somewhat polarizing (My Soul to Take is flat out not even liked by most horror fans).

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Tell me how much you loved TRINA in Mother's Day? Such a beastly goddess. I expected somebody named Trina to be sassy and black but she was big and blonde and fabulous.

I honestly really liked the original Mother's Day too. And the remake/reboot (?) just as much! I expected to loathe the original since it was "Troma" and those movies are sick af and I had so many people on the horror boards RECOMMENDING that crap and it was always a gross let down so I was reluctant to watch it. But I'm glad I did. It's way better than I expected and I actually found myself liking the story!!

I have to say the remake made me uncomfortable and I have to give it credit for having so much balls. It was so grizzly and mean-spritied. And then some of those plot developments! I was like, really bitch? You had the money the whole damntime? So many strong character arcs <3

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The Sentinel!!!

Black and White CAT
Black and White CAKE!

And Mrs. Griswald's impromptu masturbation session...

O________O

Pretty disturbing movie.

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The Neon Demon claims to be a horror film, but really is one of those boring, dull slow burning tension dramas where nothing really happens til the end kind of movies. Kind of like The Witch. I suppose if you like movies like that or The Babadook then you may enjoy this. It was beautiful, in a way. However, it tried way too hard to be artsy and comes off a bit smug really. Most of the film is forgettable and lots of parts feel too indie. Not scary. Bland. I don't know what is with the praise these boring "horror" movies are getting, but its lame. It Follows is a prime example. Terribly boring and the characters aren't interesting at all. The kind that drags on and on as you wait for something to happen. Long shots of nothing. Who has the time? And yeah theres some artsy *beep* but who even cares?

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A lot of "silent horrors" tend to get praise. Idk if that's the best term for the type of horror we're talking about... I've started using it just to put a term to what seems to be coming out lately, but I think you might be more accurate in calling it artsy horror. I always try to see if a movie in that category succeeds at trading entertainment for creepiness, or if the writers are just being lazy. One awful one in recent memory was Dark Summer - I wanted to stab that movie with a machete. Hated it so much.

With It Follows, I think it succeeded just because the concept was different and there were a few creepy scenes involved, but major ugh at those characters. That was my major criticism of the movie. I might have enjoyed it more if that group all had a major orgy or something and we would've seen them get it one by one, but then I guess it would've fallen into Final Destination territory so nooo can't do that. But, despite the familiarity, no doubt I would've enjoyed that film more than the one we did get. lol

The Witch is polarizing. I actually liked the atmosphere of that one, but a few people I know have downright hated it. I think it's far from being the best thing ever though, contrary to what some review sites are saying. It's okay, but the heavy positive energy being thrown at that one is ridiculous.

I think there's a lot of good stuff coming out lately, though. Most Likely to Die, The Girl in the Photographs, Bite, and Viral were all pretty good. Still sucks we have to wade through the boring crap to find the entertaining stuff. I'm not sure The Neon Demon would be one that I would seek out; looks like a boring afternoon Netflix watch to me... when it gets added, that is.

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So, I finally watched Hush, and I sadly did not like it like you guys did. Actually I didn't like it at all. The setting was just terrific, and I'm sure I I would have loved this movie when I was younger and hadn't seen all this a million times before (woman alone with her cat, lead hiding silently under floorboards until she whimpers with the killer looking for her above, things shown earlier in the film coming back into play at the end like the fire alarm, and even the crossbow I had seen in another similar, but low budget film called Serial Slayer). Hush could have worked brilliantly if it had been a short film with a 20/25 minute running time, but instead this movie does everything it can to pad out its length including unmasking the killer early on (blowing any sort of suspense and making it feel like any Lifetime movie of the week), and various other ways of repeating the same scene over and over again. It literally feels like the last 20 of any horror movie stretched out into feature length time. Also, the film strangely makes a big deal out of the lead fighting back. Why? It happens in every horror movie ever. You know John Carpenter made a sensational film back in 1978 called Halloween, and he knew how to craft a suspenseful scene by just using the proper music to get the audience, and that's lacking here big time. What a very bad movie. I'm so, so beyond disappointed, and I should have just watched High Lane instead.

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Excellent movie, too bad you didn't like it. Probably similar to my distaste for Mother's Day. That really did nothing for me when I watched it, but you as well as others seem to like it just fine. My only thing with Hush is when the masked stalker willingly removed his mask, esp. so early in the movie - that made no sense to me and I don't see how any real-life killer would even do this... especially in a situation where the victims wouldn't recognize their faces anyway so they'd just leave their masks on so that they couldn't be identified should the victims somehow escape. Not to mention that it kind of turned the movie from an effective horror to a home invasion thriller which wasn't bad but not as effective as the momentum it had going up to that point.

Still, I like a home invasion where the victims fight back which is what this one was. You should still watch High Lane, btw.

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It might be just me, but Rest Stop (2006) seems to be so majorly underrated. I was expecting a silly 'Hitcher' redux based on the movie cover, but honestly this was a gem that really utilized its location well, introduced such a creepy family (the RV of religious nutjobs), and went by pretty well despite having only Jaime Alexander there to carry the whole way through with the help of Joey Lawrence. There were some major missteps in the final act and its sequel did it no favors, but what a creepy little gem this one was overall and the 4.6/10 on IMDb just doesn't seem right when garbage like the Hitcher remake gets higher ratings.

Black Cadillac (2003) was also a really good movie, as well. It was a title that I had never heard before, but when I got it in through Netflix, it was so well-acted (and made) that it makes me wonder how gems like this get buried in the first place.

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Saw Don't Breathe - and I thought it was really good, I love a thriller/horror that doesn't rely on jump scares, there was only 2 in the whole movie, and once the action started it stayed tense through the whole movie, I left the theater and my chest still felt tight, its something about Fede Alvarez, cause I felt the same with the Evil Dead remake, it was non stop once it started going and when I left the theater I needed a breather cause it was intense. But anyway, yea the trailer gave a lot of it away but there were still some surprises in there that made the movie great and made you switch sides on who to root for, great action and scares, and inventive characters and smart as well. some dumb decisions obviously but that's to be expected. For me it def lived up to the hype and deserves the good reviews it is getting, and shows you don't need a huge budget to make a good thriller/horror/suspense movie.

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Welcome, Will! I'm seeing it on Thursday with my Sherry baby I'm excited, I liked the Evil Dead remake so if it's anything like that it may just be good.

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Dan, I think I might have been a little too hard on Hush. I posted that right after I had watched it, and I guess I was just disappointed with all the good things I heard about it (I got flashbacks to my disappointment with The Cabin in the Woods at times). I do think Mike Flanagan has a lot of potential, and I'm gonna try and give Absentia a watch soon since you said it was really good. I checked out the trailer and the premise seems really interesting. I'm also gonna still watch High Lane! I was gonna watch it a couple days ago, but I decided to check out Honeymoon instead. Have you watched that one? The acting was really good, and I was really interested in what exactly was going on even if it was predictable.

YES Dan! Thank you! I feel like I'm the only one sometimes who thinks Rest Stop is super underrated. I don't get it. It's super tense, a little weird, a bit mysterious, and the setting is great. It just keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering what exactly is going on, why is the family so strange, and will the lead get out of that awful situation. Terrific movie. The sequel isn't so good though. However that doesn't take away from the first film which is one of the most underrated horror movies of the 2000's. Black Cadillac is great too, and that one has great leads, a great winter atmosphere, and it really does the whole Duel thing perfectly. You and I may not agree on Hush, but we do on these two <3.

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I'm sure your reaction is similar to how I felt after I saw Green Room - which, don't get me wrong, was an alright movie for what it was but the overwhelming praise for it just baffles me. It works alright for a typical "young adults find themselves being hunted down one by one" movie that one would randomly find on Netflix, but it really isn't any better than all the rest out there that no one ever looks twice at. If you go into it expecting something mind-bending or original to warrant it's 7.0+/10 rating on IMDb (and 91% approval rating on RT), you will be disappointed. It wasn't even that thrilling or scary.

I can only guess that the movie benefited from the unfortunate passing of its star Anton Yelchin, who really was the only saving grace in that film for me just as he always was in all of his movies. All the other characters just weren't memorable or remotely likeable, and I finished the movie sort of not liking it after being told that it was so great. Oookay.

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Willow Creek was a goddess. I watched it last night. It plods along for like hours but it delivers the goods at the end.

It's what the first Blair Witch should have been.

6/10

omg Bobby, your scathing Hush review </3 I am torn on the early unmasking. That mask was creepy af no? But I kind of liked it. The bit with the lead's life flashing before her eyes was a cool touch too. It made me sad. :(

But the guy underneath was cute and amusing. His look reminded me of Harley. I was surprised to find out it was the green acid slime guy from 10 Cloverfield Lane.

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I agree with Green Room, it was like most movies where it had good potential but didn't really deliver. I liked the throw back grungy punk rock stuff and playing crappy gigs and the fact where it actually was, but you are right you don't really get to know any of the characters aside from Anton's and for me if you are going to have a smaller cast (5-6 deaths) I think they have to be pretty interesting or epic, but 2 people shot or getting mauled by dogs just feels cheap to me, in a bigger movie (8-10 deaths) like scream I think its fine, but I think I might just be nitpicking.

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Been watching the Subspecies films. The first one was so meh that I fell asleep twice while watching it (I was pretty tired so it may not be wholly the movie's fault, tbh... but I see three young women getting themselves into trouble so often in horror films ;_;). I put the second one on to fall asleep to, and Kevin Spirtas (then Kevin Blair) turned up to be in the movie so I spent the whole movie gushing about him to Mark via text... like a horny schoolgirl. lol. Needless to say, no nap was taken... and he's in the third one too so yay.

Yes, he's a dreaded skeptic character in this:
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But, hey, at least he's hot while not believing in the existence of vampires, so at least there's that. Right? Something tells me he's in for a surprise in the next sequel anyway so *gigglesnort*. ^_^

Willow Creek has been on my Amazon watchlist for well over a year, along with Atticus Insitute. Isn't Willow Creek found footage? I'm not a lover of that genre, and I think AI is a possession film which also is not a favorite of mine either. I've been hoping to see one or both of them come to Netflix Instant so that I wouldn't have to rent them.

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It's what the first Blair Witch should have been.



Are you fücking high?

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omg Bobby, your scathing Hush review </3


I'm sorry Tyler :(. I'll put Hush on my list of films to give another chance to because sometimes films can be way better on a 2nd watch. I'll just stay strong for now because I know most people like it a lot.

Saw a few other films and wanted to share with you all what I thought of them <3

The Hole (2009) - The Joe Dante one and not the other one starring Thora Birch. I really loved this one! It reminded me of one of those lesser known, but well budgeted horror films you'd see on TV all the time when you were younger and grew fond of over the years. There wasn't much technology in this (which was refreshing in a modern horror film with teens), there was real comradery between the three leads which made it feel like a throwback to 80's teen thrillers, and a Dick Miller cameo! Definitely a perfect Saturday night stormy weather movie, and the type of movie that would for sure get a younger viewer into horror movies. Really underrated among horror fans.

Dark Summer - Ugh I was so disappointed in this one! Like it has a really low rating on here, but I thought it would be one of those underrated gems since I love the plot of this one a ton (it worked so well in films like Disturbia and 100 Feet), and you know how ridiculous IMDB ratings can be. However this one was pretty bad. It was well shot, but the whole film just moved like everyone and everything was in slow motion, and for a film that was only 80 minutes (76 minutes without credits) it went on forever. It was also pretty angsty, and the teens in it acted like they were on sedatives or something. The lead Keir Gilchrist (It Follows) was good, and the film had a couple good twists towards the end, but the film was just too lethargic and slow. The director was the one who directed Grace and I remember that being good if slightly forgettable, but here I think he was under the false assumption he was making a better movie than he was. It's one of those silent/artsy horror films that are so popular nowadays, but this one just didn't work. It's too bad because I really wanted to like this one.

High Lane - The Ascent IS a perfect title for this one Dan! Half the film makes the most of heights, mountaintops, and bridges much like the Descent was just as much of a claustrophobia film as it was a creature lurking in the shadows one. Why do foreign nicely shot, nicely budgeted horror films always get overlooked by most people in the states? Movies like this, Cold Prey, Inside, Dead in 3 Days, and Deep in the Woods are known by horror fans, but it's sad that most people here will never know these films exist since they're just as good as most horror films that play in theaters over here. Other random thoughts on this one - Loïc was a total lesbian, the film had the corniest use of Alright by Supergrass ever, and I could have done without the epilogue that told the audience who was found and who wasn't. Overall a really good film.

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You're on the mark with your three reviews, Bobby. I agreed wholeheartedly.

I knew that The Horror Club looked at The Hole favorably, but I just never got around to it and I'm not sure why given how good it was. It's definitely leagues above that awful, mean-spirited Thora Birch film of the same title that also hangs out in Netflix as well. Great characters, spooky scenes, but none of them really get too extreme or cheesy given some of the content.

I think I said my thoughts on Dark Summer somewhere on this thread, but I don't remember where. Hated it. Keir Gilchrist just couldn't carry the movie for me, and you're right.. it's way too slow and I almost want to say that it didn't know what it wanted to be as well? It's been a while, but wasn't it hinted that it would be a home invasion where a criminal on house arrest would get tormented by people he's hurt in the past.... but, instead, the movie turns up to be a vengeful spirit movie instead? Netflix sypnoses tend to lie, so maybe that's more Netflix's fault than the movie, but I remember expecting a vastly different movie than the one I got.

I finally watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) last night and was absolutely blown away. It may be one of my favorite horror movies seen this year, this coming from someone who hates the constant 'Exorcist' knockoffs which most possession films tend to be. This one had a fresh, interesting take on it. It focused on the trial that follows a failed exorcism than the actual experience of possession, which has been done to death. Great performances all around, as well. 9/10

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It's definitely leagues above that awful, mean-spirited Thora Birch film of the same title that also hangs out in Netflix as well


Oh for sure! Thora Birch is a pretty good actress (who doesn't love American Beauty and Hocus Pocus?), and Keira Knightley is always good in a oddly bland way (Atonement is one of my personal favorite non horror films), but their Hole is a wasteland of depression and like you said mean spiritedness.

I finally saw Absentia a couple nights ago btw! Dan, I absolutely loved it. It actually might be one of the best, and scariest horror films I've seen in a while. Hush struck out for me, but Mike Flanagan really hit a home run with this one, and what a debut effort it is. Everytime the leads sister went for a run I'd tense up(<3) because I knew she would jog through that tunnel on her way home and see some freaky stuff. Her and the lead were ridiculously likable/very believable as sisters and surprisingly both were actually pretty damn good actors (even in the films downtime it was great just to watch them talk to one another). I don't think I would oversell this film to someone who's curious about it though. It wouldn't surprise me at all if someone found it slow, boring, not scary, or all three. I loved it though, and it's a tremendous indie with an intriguing premise, and a great payoff. If I had to nitpick, I could have done without the romantic subplot involving the lead and the cop, and the film seemed like it didn't quite know how and when to end. Those are very small complaints though.

I also saw two others (both were on Netflix)

The Unborn - This is the type of film that has no beginning, middle, and end. It starts off somewhere in the middle, stays in the middle, and then just kinda ends back at the beginning. It also must set some sort of record for supposed scare scenes. I swear every other minute was a scare, scare, and a scare. And every scare, scare, scare, was a miss, miss, and a miss. Don't get me wrong there was a few rather unsettling visuals (the old man's head twisting around), but it was mostly CGI stuff and practical effects or just good old plain scary storytelling work so much better 9 out of 10 times! There are some people on IMDB that will try and claim a film like this is the worst horror movie ever though, and that is just so far from the truth. Every seasoned horror fan knows just HOW bad a movie can get, and The Unborn is a well short, watchable (to me it got more and more so as the film went on) movie theater horror film. There are so many films that are much, much worse. On a side note, poor Cam Gigandet. Real good looking guy, but after Twilight (which probably helped him land more roles) he got stuck in some of the biggest clunkers. The Unborn, Priest, Trespass, and The Roommate (which I actually like). Maybe Twilight wasn't such a good thing for him after all :p.

The Lazarus Effect - I'm surprised at both home much I enjoyed this, and how much I was disappointed in it by the time the end credits rolled. Like I went into this with zero expectations (I mean zero), and for the first half of the film I was really with it and kinda loving it! The acting was very good (Olivia Wilde is extremely underrated, and Evan Peters of American Horror Story has a terrific oddball presence), and the plot was actually kinda fascinating (though you have to shut your brain off). However once (spoiler ahead) Olivia Wildes character came back from the dead, it all fell apart for me. For a film with such an intriguing premise, and supposedly intelligent characters (they found out how to bring back the dead!), why not explore things a bit more and get super creative? All the film becomes is a lights flickering on and off sort of thing (in one freaking setting), and it was such a letdown. The med student/scientist sub genre is actually oddly underrated (Hollow Man, Flatliners, Unrest, Pathology for example), but this could have been so much more. However I still gave it a 5 out of 10, and enjoyed it way more than I was expecting.

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With Absentia, it's one of those movies that you almost have to see twice, or at least get other perspectives after watching it to pick up the pieces you yourself didn't pick up along the way (which was the case for me). I would only recommend it to those people who truly want to be creeped out by a movie and actually try to figure out what they've watched. Sadly, that's not a lot of viewers who dismiss a movie for being slow and never take another look, but I found the underlying storyline very creepy and, as you said, the acting was pretty good all things considered.

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lol Bobby, I found myself so bored with The Unborn the whole way through. One of my biggest issues with it is that the leading actress just had absolutely no charisma... she was worse than Alicia Witt in Urban Legend, except at least that one was a decent movie with a bad lead. This was a bad movie with an even worse lead. Usually, I can forgive a mediocre plot if the leading actor(s) win me over somehow, but she did absolutely nothing for me. And it was hardly just her, though... it seemed as though no one who worked on that movie were concerned with making an effectively good horror movie but rather just wanted to collect a paycheck. What a bland movie... I think I gave it 4/10 when I really try to avoid giving anything less than a five.

Cam Gigandet just sort of does what he does and doesn't seem to give a sh!t which is kinda cool. Have you ever seen Bad Johnson (2014)? The sypnosis is as follows: A charismatic womanizer receives his comeuppance after his penis mysteriously leaves his body and takes human form. You kind of have to respect an actor who sort of just does oddball movies like this, which was actually pretty funny movie despite such a stupid plot. It was on Netflix for the longest time but I haven't seen it on there lately so maybe it's been removed now.

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