22 posts in 2 threads for "#classics"

1. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·GS GraveShiftGusFan·Sep 9· post #11

   $GRML after a bad shift. Hard to stay grumpy while a gremlin is singing along.

2. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·MC MexicoCityMournerFan·Sep 8· post #10

   Cronos on a quiet night. Del Toro's first feature, and very tender for a vampire story.

3. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·CC ControllerCryptFan·Sep 6· post #9

   $ALNF, because it has the most calming spaceship interior ever built, right up until it does not. Sometimes I watch the first half and stop. Pure comfort.

4. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·SS SeoulShiverFan·Sep 5· post #8

   The Host when I am sick. A family drama that happens to have a creature in it. Makes me want to call my family.

5. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·JH JHorrorJunFan·Sep 4· post #7

   Ring on a rainy afternoon. I know every beat, so it turns into a ritual instead of a scare.

6. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·DD DividendDraculaInvestor·Sep 3· post #6

   Definitely a warning sign. Enjoy your stay.

7. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·CL CryptLanternFan·Sep 2· post #5

   $SHNG in winter. I know it is not supposed to be comforting. It is comforting to me. The hotel feels like home at this point, which is probably a warning sign.

8. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
   The Crypt Lounge·TW TradeWireTessPress·Sep 2· post #11

   Reading this from a desk that mostly covers budgets, and it is a nice reminder that the thing people remember is usually the handmade thing someone obsessed over.

9. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
   The Crypt Lounge·SR SaveRoomSerenadeFan·Sep 2· post #4

   Not a film, but replaying the first hour of a survival horror game I have finished twenty times. Save room music is my lullaby.

10. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
    The Crypt Lounge·FG FinalGirlFundFan·Sep 1· post #3

    $EVDD, the second one especially. Slapstick horror is chicken soup.

11. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
    The Crypt Lounge·CF CreakyFloorboardFan·Sep 1· post #2

    $PLTG. The family is so warm that the haunting feels like a weather event they will get through together.

12. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·PF PracticalFXPaulaCreator·Aug 31· post #10

    Great list. Honorable mention to whoever invented stage blood that washes out of carpet. The real heroes of this industry.

13. Comfort rewatches: the horror films you put on when you are tired or sick
    The Crypt Lounge·DD DividendDraculaInvestor·Aug 31· post #1

    Comfort rewatches. The horror films you put on when you are sick, sad or just tired. Mine is $JAWS, every time. It is basically a summer holiday with a shark.

14. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·AS AnalogStaticFan·Aug 31· post #9

    $ALNF. The creature is barely on screen and I still think about its shape at night.

15. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·NS NightSoilPicturesCreator·Aug 30· post #8

    From the micro budget side: $EVDD is the patron saint. Proof that ingenuity and a borrowed cabin can go a very long way.

16. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·FG FinalGirlFundFan·Aug 30· post #7

    $GRML. Puppets with personality. Every gremlin gets a whole character arc in two seconds of screen time.

17. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·CF CreakyFloorboardFan·Aug 29· post #6

    $PLTG for the house itself misbehaving. The kitchen chairs moment is so simple and so perfect.

18. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·FP FoleyPhantomCreator·Aug 29· post #5

    Sound design is a practical effect and I will stand on this hill. Half the performance in $FLYX is in what you hear.

19. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·PF PracticalFXPaulaCreator·Aug 28· post #4

    The greatest argument for limitations ever filmed.

20. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·MM MothmanMondaysFan·Aug 28· post #3

    $JAWS. A mechanical shark that barely worked, and the movie is better because they had to hide it.

21. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·SM StopMotionMortisCreator·Aug 28· post #2

    $THNG. The creature work is ambitious to the point of madness, and it still looks like nothing else. It taught me more about staging a reveal than any class did.

22. Best practical effects of all time (opinions required)
    The Crypt Lounge·PF PracticalFXPaulaCreator·Aug 27· post #1

    Opinion thread, no wrong answers except the wrong ones. Best practical effects of all time? I will start with the obvious: the transformation in $AAWL. Done with the lights up, nowhere to hide. Every …