Deadstream I guess could fit into the genre and it came out last year. It was a lot of fun though

The directors cut is the worse version, no question, particularly for a first time viewer. In addition to messing up the pacing of the theatrical cut, it feels the need to spoil all of the ambiguity and mystery of the film by over-explaining all of the metaphysics/supernatural elements.

Watching it now. Thanks!

I kinda loathe them too. Most of them are very lazy as horror movies. Quite often they tried to hide the poor quality of the film by making it found footage and I mean in the sense that it feels unnecessary and tacked on just to hide the badness of it. I understand they are often low budget and thats fine but it doesnt make them any better and you can do wonders with a low budget, even as so simply that you have a fresh take on it but most of them are very cookie cutter average.

Ohhh yeah I thought that was odd that they basically explained it but yeah, also I saw alot of hype for the soundtrack but can't say I noticed anything great? Appreciate u answering tho I honestly was so confused watching the movie expecting something better

There a handful a find okay, and for me it comes down to this: there has to be a good reason why the story is being told this way. For instance, if the story is told through a handheld camera that’s running for the whole film (like, say, Cloverfield), there has to be a good rationale for that. Most films that use these trips don’t seem to consider them at all, sort of how sitcoms started adopting The Office-style framing. A movie like [REC] comes to mind as doing this successfully, because the characters are reporters and film as much as they can because they think they might expose something suspicious or hidden. Almost every other time, though, it’s just wanting to use shaky cams and limited perspective and security footage regardless of what might be best or most effective.

I'm surprised nobody has listed The Royal Tenenbaums yet.

I will never forget how the movie was described to me. A time traveling rabbit tries to warn of a upcoming apocalypse. 'Go back to China bitch!'

the Zapruder Film is 60 years old.

As Above So Below was good.

Devil's Pass

I like em

The directors cut additions are mostly those interstitials focusing on Roberta Sparrows book, which in turn explain away most of the mystery and a couple of song changes on the soundtrack.

The wiki goes into detail: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko:_The_Director%27s_Cut

Chronicle, Blair Witch and Cloverfield were all good.

I decide based on first, how much I enjoyed the movie, second, how unique it was, lastly, would I watch it again.

"Problem Child"

"Game Night"

"Fargo"

"Little Miss Sunshine"

"Extract"

It really felt long 😭 do you know any scenes which weren't in the OG? Either way kinda sad I saw the directors cut now lol

>Yeah I agree,yes the jump scares were terrifying but it gets to a point where I can't focus on the plot or the story because all I'm doing is mentally bracing myself for jump scares

Only the filmmakers can speak for themselves, but what you just described sounds like they'd take as a win.

A Tale of two Kitties

It bore no resemblance to the Charles Dickens novel of the same name and was actually closer to Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. Movie couldn’t even get the source material right 😂

I have positive memories of watching it with my neighborhood friends as a kid … but then again I also said The Phantom Menace was my favorite movie around the same time period.

On a related note..

I've always found it hard to pick between a 5-point scale and a a 10-point scale.

A 5-point scale makes it easier to rate movies, but it also makes it harder to distinguish between them as each point covers a wider range of quality. A 10-point scale, while being more precise, makes it harder to decide what to rate a movie.

The Director's Cut is considered vastly inferior to the Theatrical Cut because it strips away a lot the ambiguity.

Please don't give Jared Leto attention.

This is absolutely the right answer

The theatrical cut is way better than the Director's Cut of Donnie Darko; some of the extra scenes should have been included as extras on the discs, but the director's cut really messes up the pacing and flow, has a worse soundtrack, imo.

Chronicle did a masterful job with it.

Project X was terrific.

Have you tried not watching them?

That was my thought too. I wish it had a more seeping dreadful helpless fear than just scream here, loud noise here, pop up here. It had a good enemy concept, poor poor execution.