GeoffOpinionatedGeek@mastodon.social
Oct 22, 2026, 8:49 PM@ElizabethLee I’m fine with horror movies, honest! Apparently I just haven’t… seen the good ones? I’ve added The Haunting to my list, thanks!
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90's Goth Elizabeth 🧛♀️ElizabethLee@metalhead.clubOct 22, 2026, 8:51 PM@OpinionatedGeek what horror movies have you seen and liked? That will help me figure out what to suggest.
- GeoffOpinionatedGeek@mastodon.socialOct 22, 2026, 9:17 PM
@ElizabethLee Hmm. From this Top 10 list (https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/the-10-scariest-horror-movies-ever/) I liked The Exorcist, The Shining, and The Ring. But that may not be a good list. In titles-not-starting-with-The, I liked Scream, Get Out, and 28 Days Later. I didn’t like Backrooms, Weapons, or Sinners. But honestly I was just interested in watching one you liked, for a change from one I’d pick.
- 90's Goth Elizabeth 🧛♀️ElizabethLee@metalhead.clubOct 22, 2026, 9:21 PM
@OpinionatedGeek hrm. If you're wanting something more modern that's also shot & acted really well, I'd say Hellraiser. But The Haunting is definitely a foundational movie, if you don't mind black & white classics.
- 90's Goth Elizabeth 🧛♀️ElizabethLee@metalhead.clubOct 22, 2026, 9:22 PM
@OpinionatedGeek wait, did you not like Sinners because you're Irish? I don't think I've talked to any Irish people about that 😅
- GeoffOpinionatedGeek@mastodon.socialOct 22, 2026, 9:27 PM
@ElizabethLee Heh, no, it wasn’t that. I just thought it felt smug and pretentious, and not a super plot.
- 90's Goth Elizabeth 🧛♀️ElizabethLee@metalhead.clubOct 22, 2026, 9:31 PM
@OpinionatedGeek I think there are probably a lot of things in it that maybe aren't as recognizable to people outside the US, especially related to music and the Jim Crow south.
- GeoffOpinionatedGeek@mastodon.socialOct 22, 2026, 9:35 PM
@ElizabethLee Could be. The Banshees of Inisherin probably suffers similarly, but for Ireland.
- 90's Goth Elizabeth 🧛♀️ElizabethLee@metalhead.clubOct 22, 2026, 9:36 PM
@OpinionatedGeek yeah, I run into that a lot of with foreign horror movies. I know I'm probably missing nuance but I have no clue what it is.
- GeoffOpinionatedGeek@mastodon.socialOct 22, 2026, 9:24 PM
@ElizabethLee Black & white classics are fine by me! (I did make a point of watching every movie referenced in RHPS’ Science Fiction, Double Feature, and it turned out I’d only missed a few. And Night Of The Demon is a cracker of a movie so I’m glad I filled in those few blanks.)