alien romulus was pretty good but the fanservice was fucking CRINGE. mcu-tier nonsense. why do they think any of that was a good idea

@rosey as someone who hasn't seen any alien movie ever, i didn't notice it lol. i still thought the movie was just pretty average, though. pretty standard faire for a horror movie where everyone makes weird/stupid decisions in order to push the plot forward. it's not really scary, it doesn't have enough action to be cool, and the story was decent but not particularly compelling. there are so many movies i'd rather watch, even in the same genre.

@beardalaxy @rosey how many horror movies involve the horror monster having to outsmart smart and not weird victims? With the plot being pushed by a chess game of monsters and prey making logical gains and losses.

Modern "Horror" since the 1970s has been retards getting murked by superficially scary monsters.

It is why Aliens is more popular and critically received.

@andreas @rosey it's been a long time since i've seen it, but annihilation was really good.

my favorite horror movie is "as above, so below." it's loosely based on dante's inferno and has alchemy stuff in it. i'm pretty sure most of the deaths in that movie are due to the characters' individual hells coming to reap them, essentially. it's a lot more psychological but the death sequences are pretty unique. it also takes place in the paris catacombs so it actually forces the characters to be stuck inside with the horrors instead of them just not leaving for some bullshit reason. critics didn't like it much, but i thought it was really good. it's tomb raider meets dante's inferno pretty much.

i actually thought mama was pretty good too, not super scary but the story was well done iirc. the only death that happens is at the very end and it's super heart wrenching.