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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/rexara-amara on 2023-08-03 21:40:08+00:00.

I'm looking for horror movies made in English (so no dubs or subs) that explore Islamic beliefs in the supernatural. Maybe it's an exorcist movie or it's just a haunted house movie that's haunted by Jinn. But please don't suggest "Islamic Exorcist (2017)" because it's really bad and very poorly made.

1.) English Language 2.) Horror Movie 3.) About Islamic beliefs in the Supernatural 4.) NOT Islamic Exorcist 2017

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/OpenUpYerMurderEyes on 2023-08-03 19:25:50+00:00.

Original Title: I watched Heavens Gate for the first time three weeks ago. I saw it again a week later. I want to see it again this weekend. I can't stop thinking about it, it's so imperfect but my God does it GO FOR IT. What other infamously maligned and/or ridiculously long film have you been obsessed with?

It's such an immense film. It's the only time I saw something on my TV that was so rich with craft it felt giant enough to be on an IMAX screen. On top of that it is the most interesting and deep exploration of race and racism ever done by a white person along with a condemnation of the American spirit as harsh and impactful as the first two Godfather movies.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/retroanduwu24 on 2023-08-03 18:37:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/darthrishikos on 2023-08-03 17:55:19+00:00.

Just saw High Plains Drifter. Great film. Such a change from today's films in everything from atmosphere to camera style. I love the Dollar Trilogy and strangely the first one- Fistful of Dollars the best of the three. Also loved The Outlaw Josey Wales. What's your favorite? I have yet to see his matured westerns of the 90s. Pale Rider and Unforgiven.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/reyacolla on 2023-08-03 17:54:31+00:00.

I saw this movie floating around on my For You page. I decided to watch it after finding it online. And after watching it I can fully understand why the TikTok user recommended the movie.

Hell House LLC is a found footage horror genre. five years after an unexplained malfunction caused the deaths of fifteen people who operated a haunted house for Halloween. A documentary is currently in the works. Diane (a member of the documentary crew) interviews Sara, the sole saviour of that night.

If you're a fan of found footage horror genre, then I highly recommend this movie. The plot twist caught me off guard.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/Chemical-Ad-2694 on 2023-08-03 17:50:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/LundgrensFrontKick on 2023-08-03 16:54:36+00:00.

Original Title: When it comes to A24 horror films, the movies that take place in higher elevations make the most money (on average). Also, the most elevated A24 horror film is Hereditary, because it mostly takes place in Park City, Utah, which is 7,000 feet (2,134 meters) above sea level

Quick Notes

1. Spoilers for Hereditary (2018)
2. I'm fully aware that this data is dumb
3. Green Room and The Blackcoat's Daughter are my favorite A24 horror films.

The idea for this dumb data article came to me while watching The Shining (1980). As Jack and his family are driving through Colorado (average altitude of 6,800 feet) I started thinking about movies like Devil, The Devil’s Pass, Evil Dead Rise, and Blood Red Sky - movies that take place in skyscrapers, airplanes or a high-altitude location. Basically, movies that take place in an elevated location. The idea made me laugh because of the recent debate about “Elevated Horror,” a divisive term that describes horror movies that avoid jump-scares/gore/blood explosions and instead rely on allegories or emotionally complex stories that psychologically affect viewers. In other words, Jason X (which is beautiful) is not an Elevated Horror film - despite it taking place in space.

The one company that kept coming up while researching elevated horror was A24, the beautiful movie production company (I’m a proud AAA24 member) that has been distributing excellent films since 2013. Because of all the press coverage that made A24 the face of elevated horror, I decided to see which A24 horror film is the most elevated - by altitude. Yes, it’s a dumb idea, but it makes me laugh and I learned a lot about being above sea level. .

Here’s a list of the movies that will be competing, and maps showing where they take place.

• Enemy (2014)
• Under the Skin (2014)
• Tusk (2014)
• Life After Beth (2014)
• Into the Forest (2015)
• Dark Places (2015)
• Green Room (2016)
• The Monster (2016)
• The Witch (2016)
• Krisha (2016)
• The Lighthouse (2017)
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
• The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2017)
• It Comes at Night (2017)
• A Ghost Story (2017)
• Hereditary (2018)
• Slice (2018)
• In Fabric (2019)
• Midsommar (2019)
• Climax (2019)
• The Hole in the Ground (2019)
• Lamb (2021)
• Saint Maud (2021)
• False Positive (2021)
• X (2022)
• Pearl (2022)
• Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
• Men (2022)
• Talk to Me (2023)

*Beau is Afraid was filmed in Montreal, but it takes place in a fictional world so I didn’t include it on the map.

Quick Notes

• The Monster was filmed in Ottawa but it seems to take place in Any Town USA. I scoured the film for a location, but I couldn’t find where it takes place. The license plates are never seen and nobody is like “We’re stuck in Hudson, Florida!” Because of this, I placed it in Ottawa.
• It Comes at Night was filmed in upstate New York, and the location is left vague (the license plates are no help). Because of this I placed it in New York.
• Tusk was filmed in North Carolina, but it takes place in Manitoba. Thus, I counted the setting and not the filming location. Same for Midsommar.
• I left out High Life because it takes place in space. Too easy.
• When it comes to elevated horror, movies like Get Out, The Babadook, It Follows, and Black Swan were also mentioned numerous times. However, they take place in low-ish altitudes so I left them out to make sure this dumb data article didn’t spiral out of control.
• I pulled the maps from here, here, and here

The Winner!

1. Hereditary (2018) - Takes place in Park City, Utah - Elevation 7,000 feet
2. Midsommar (2019) - Takes place in Hälsingland, Sweden - Elevation 2,201 feet

What makes me really happy is that the most elevated films are Hereditary (#1) and Midsommar (#2). Ari Aster directed both of them and they are also the two highest grossing A24 horror films. It’s pretty great that the highest grossing A24 horror films are also the most elevated. Hereditary takes place in Park City, Utah, which has an elevation of 7,000 feet, Ari Aster’s film about a very patient cult who want to snag some hell money, also features a character being elevated into a treehouse and there’s a spooky scene that takes place in an attic. The film is also heavy thematically on grief, depression, and family trauma which fit in nicely with the elevated horror folks. It also features a head getting obliterated (Highest part of the body), which should sit nicely for the people who like horror films that feature head obliteration.

Fun Data

Elevation Facts

• 0-250 Feet - 81.1 Tomatometer average and a $7.4 million average at the worldwide box office
• 250 - 500 Feet - 71.8% Tomatometer average and a $5.3 million box office average
• 500+ Feet - 69.4% Tomatometer average and a $28.9 million average
• I love that the less elevated films have a higher critical average. The Lighthouse, X, Pearl, and Saint Maud helped this category a lot.

Honorable Mentions

• Lamb (2021) takes place in Akureyri Iceland (56m / 184 feet) and filmed in a valley about an hour away from the town center, Lamb gets extra points for having the main characters' home be placed in a valley that is surrounded by mountains and occasionally we see the characters hiking in the hills and climbing up steep inclines. So, while it doesn’t have the highest altitude it does feature loads of high places. An added bonus is that the bedrooms are on the second floor.
• Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) features some solid mountain shots as the core duo drive to the mansion. However, the mansion where they shot is only somewhere around 330 height in elevation.
• Into the Forest (2015) takes place somewhere in the pacific northwest. It doesn’t give me a lot to work with, so I referenced the book in which the setting is in Northern California. The movie was filmed in Canada…
• A Ghost Story (2017) features some solid skyscraper work
• The Lighthouse (2017) features a 70-foot lighthouse that was built for the movie
• Life After Beth features some solid mountain hiking
• The Witch has Anya Taylor Joy floating in the air (and baby goo)

My 10 favorite A24 moments that feature characters in an elevated position

1. Green Room - The Ain’t Rights performing “Nazi Punks” is an all-timer moment.
2. The Witch - Thomasin floating in the air is a great visual
3. Under the Skin - Scarjo watching the beach scene from a bluff is a solid moment
4. Hereditary - I love a good treehouse bit
5. The Blackcoat’s Daughter - There’s some legit second floor action
6. Tusk - Watching Allison throw fish down to Walrus Wallace hits hard.
7. Midsommar - Turning 72 isn’t always a great thing
8. X - It’s cheating, but I love the overhead shot of the alligator.
9. Climax - it’s only one step, but I dig the DJ shenanigans during the first dance
10. Life After Beth - The final hiking scene

If you're bored and want to listen to some podcast episodes about the movies mentioned in this data article check out the Movies, Films and Flix podcast (it's everywhere). I've talked about Green Room, Tusk, and The Blackcoat’s Daughter,

Make sure to check out my other Reddit data posts if you like this one!

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/MrStojanov on 2023-08-03 16:21:53+00:00.

Today my dad stumbled upon it on TV and I decided to watch it with him. Neither of us had heard of it before or had any idea what the film is about.

At first I thought that Overlord will be a pretty typical WW2 story, but I was very, VERY wrong.

It starts off with a plane full of American soldiers crashing and the main character meeting up with a few other soldiers who also survived the crash. They hide in a French village and start making plans on how to disable a tower that would prevent allied forces from providing air support on D-Day.

Soon enough a heavily disfigured character is introduced and we learn that she apparently had something done to her in a Nazi lab.

From this point on, Overlord becomes a zombie horror/action film as the characters discover the lab and try to destroy it.

The film has quite a lot of body horror, nice gore and great visuals. The main characters are mostly likeable, and the villains are appropriately gross.

I will admit, it's not very scary. The jumpscares are all super predictable and it generally leans more onto its action than its horror.

All in all, it's not a deep film. Not at all. But it's extremely fun and entertaining and I highly recommend it, especially if you like gory films about zombies and human experiments.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/AutistOctavius on 2023-08-03 16:00:21+00:00.

Saw Mutant Mayhem the other day and could only make out every other word. That's how it usually is with me and movies and I used to worry if I was losing my hearing.

But this time I noticed: Even though I couldn't hear the movie itself, I heard every miserable word of that "Trolls Band Together" trailer. So is it just AMC, or are movies deliberately played quieter than the trailers?

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/DannyPhilippou on 2023-08-03 15:47:05+00:00.

Yoooo, this is Danny and Michael Philippou aka RackaRacka. We directed Talk To Me, which is now in theaters nationwide. Ask us anything!

You can buy tickets to see Talk To Me in the US here.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/Keikobad on 2023-08-03 15:28:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/indig0sixalpha on 2023-08-03 15:00:43+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/johntentaquake on 2023-08-03 14:48:55+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/doctormirabilis on 2023-08-03 14:28:54+00:00.

What are some of the best examples of movies where characters go broke and/or suddenly find themselves without food or resources? I suppose being without money is the most common one. It would be great to hear some nice examples, esp. of movies where it's really a central theme and/or there are scenes where they go "oh shit, we're screwed". I can think of "Fun with Dick and Jane".

EDIT: It would be fun if it were movies where they try desperate measures, not just Dickens-type stories about poor people, if you catch my drift.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/indig0sixalpha on 2023-08-03 14:23:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/Tyrion_Lannister7 on 2023-08-03 14:06:55+00:00.

The spare time I have in between work, housekeeping, sport activities and social events I like to fill with watching movies. However, I mostly have 30 minutes to 1 hour time in between those events, so watching a movie completely is very hard. In the rare occasion that I have a few hours to sit down, relax and watch a movie - which is mostly in the evening - I waste most of the time compromising with my girlfriend on which movie we're going to watch. In the end I, again, have only a limited time left before I fall asleep.

Sounds familiar to anyone? How do you cope with this kind of scenario?

I always find it a pity to watch a movie in several episodes... You lose the connection to the story imo.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/unitedfan6191 on 2023-08-03 14:00:27+00:00.

Hi.

Hope you’re doing well.

I think most movies that get at least one sequel usually have a just one prerequisite, which is to turn a profit. It doesn’t often matter if the movie is particularly good or not as long as enough people are drawn to the movie that’s been released, whether that’s due to excellent marketing (that is better than the movie itself) or the movie is based on a series of very popular young adult novels and has more superficial qualities going for it but the young teen fans who devour the novel love it.

And, hey, if it makes its target audience happy, then that’s great.

Also, your picks could be a trilogy or contain even more films, but just a franchise.

I think the Twilight movies are the kinds of movies I’m describing and they have a lot of lust and attractive people involved and great supernatural elements, but they’re not considered “great” movies, though they’re very successful movies.

What are other movie franchises where none of the movies are really all that great (maybe not even good), but they keep getting made despite this? (Bonus points if the quality of each subsequent movie actually goes down, but they remain highly profitable)

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/Heavy-Ostrich-7781 on 2023-08-03 13:20:19+00:00.

I cannot get over how terrifying he is in this movie. Every second he is onscreen you fear for the vulnerable around his character. And he also shows himself as vulnerable near the end when his family finally leaves him but it always switches back into pure rage as that is all the character knows and lives by.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/1983MionStan on 2023-08-03 14:17:57+00:00.

The Little Mermaid (2023) is...a movie. I didn't hate it, but I definitely felt like I'd wasted my time. What makes this movie so disappointing for me is the new additions - which actually sounds great conceptually!...but awful in execution.

The first addition I want to talk about is Ursula being King Triton's sister. I've heard that they ripped this from the Broadway musical, so I'm not sure how the idea is implemented there, but this feels so unnecessary in the movie. This plot point is mentioned like once in the movie during Ursula's first scene. Hell, she didn't seem to even bat an eye to "killing" her supposed brother. You can remove this detail and the movie will still be the same. If they really want to go full on with this idea, make Ariel secretly go meet her aunt Ursula regularly despite her father's wishes. Ursula could easily take advantage of these meetings to familiarize herself with Ariel and manipulate her into thinking that she's not so bad. "After all, she is her aunt Ursula, why would she hurt her own niece?"

Another addition to this adaptation is Eric's mother. She is added here to deepen the parallels between Ariel and Eric's character. I was actually intrigued by her when she first appeared, and couldn't wait to see how the movie would handle her character...which is why it's disappointing to say that she wasn't really dealt with, at all. She just appeared a few times, and then had a character arc by the end out of nowhere. I was genuinely shocked that we don't even get a scene of her meeting Ariel at least once up until Vanessa's ~~marriage~~ engagement party. A scene like that would have contributed a lot to her character arc, as knowing Ariel would have made her realize that maybe the unknowns of the sea are not as scary as she thought. It's astounding the writing team never thought of that, she is such an extremely wasted potential of a character.

The last thing I want to mention isn't exactly a new addition, but it's something that has been really bothering me, and that is regarding the change of Ariel being the one who killed Ursula by the climax. I honestly wouldn't mind this change if the writing team managed to fit this nicely into the movie, but just like many things in the movie it feels out-of-place. In the original movie, Ariel caused Ursula to mistakenly kill her pet eels, which is why she directed all her attention towards Ariel, giving Eric the chance to kill Ursula instead. So in order to make the change of Ariel being the one who defeated her feel organic, there obviously needs to be some changes made towards the scene where Ariel made Ursula kill her eels, right? Well, the live action movie did not do that. Instead, we still have Ariel making Ursula kill her eels by mistake, but after that Ursula directed all her rage towards Eric? But, why? Eric didn't kill those eels, it was still Ariel, yet the scene is directed to make it seem like she was taking all her rage towards Eric? The scene where Ariel drove the ship towards Ursula also kinda makes no sense. The scene itself is a direct callback to the shipwreck scene, where Eric turned the wheel of the ship to try preventing it from getting wrecked. So narratively, wouldn't it make more sense for Eric to be the one who drove the ship towards Ursula by the climax? If they are insistent on making Ariel to be the one who killed Ursula, they could:

a) make Ursula thought she'd dealt with Ariel, and then only directed her attention towards Eric, which gave Ariel the chance to drive the ship

OR

make Ursula attack Eric with the intention of letting Ariel see her loved one die before her (just like how she made her the scene before), which gave Ariel the chance to drive the ship

b) make Ariel not understand how to control the ship (because why would she), which leads to Eric yelling at her to "turn the wheel" in order to guide her, giving the parallel to the shipwreck scene some significance

Part of what makes me like fairy tale retellings is how the original stories are twisted in different and interesting ways, which is why I despise Disney's live action remakes ever since Beauty and the Beast (2017). They just retell the stories of the original Disney adaptations but much worse, and when they did try to make changes, they're usually weren't explored enough, felt misplaced, or heavily contradicted the original movie's message (looking at you, Mulan).

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/Galileo1609 on 2023-08-03 12:25:13+00:00.

I am interested in making a video on how Hollywood is using AI to predict how well a movie will succeed before green lighting it for production. I've done a lot of research on this subject and it does appear that given the huge amount of IMDB data, and the emergence of Large Language Models (ChatGPT), that it is possible to make a fairly accurate prediction on how well the movie might do. Some companies are already working on it. The script is the most important element of the data that the AI would be trained on. The choice of actors, director and the genre of course play an important factor as well.

Would this be something you would be interested in watching?

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/mistermightguy on 2023-08-03 09:24:12+00:00.

I was reviewing my own ratings list on my IMDB account, and I became interested in some of my ratings in comparison to general user ratings. I always feel as through 7.0 star ratings is the 'average-good' for a film to be rated, and anything below that is automatically overlooked as not being worth watching - and while that might usually be the case, I feel as though there is quite a list of movies on IMDB with a less then 7.0 star rating that deserve a look-in.

So my question to fellow movie lovers, and perhaps those very IMDB aware, what are some movies that have a less than 7.0 star rating that you are a fan of, recommend to others, feel is overlooked, or should have a bit of a higher rating?

I've made a short list here of some of my own answers:

• Youth In Revolut (2009) 6.4 Star Rated

Bio: "While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity."

Starring Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, and Zach Galifianakis

• Money Monster (2016) 6.5 Star Rated

Bio: "Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage."

Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jack O'Connell

• South Central (1992) 6.8 Star Rated

Bio: "A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life."

Starring Glenn Plummer

• Wanted (2008) 6.7 Star Rated

Bio: "A frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities."

Starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman

• No Strings Attached (2011) 6.2 Star Rated

Bio: "A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more."

Starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman

• Hook (1991) 6.8 Star Rated

Bio: "When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy."

Starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, and Julia Roberts

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/DarlingLuna on 2023-08-03 05:30:25+00:00.

I know this is probably a silly (if fair) question to ask, but I read that Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (which is a terrific film) was shot by Nolan and Hoyte Van Hoytema in both IMAX 70mm and IMAX digital. Yet both versions have the EXACT same cinematography and identical shots, so I was wondering how this is accomplished and how a movie is shot on two different formats yet looks like it might have as well been shot on the same camera. Can someone help enlighten me on this?

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/Human-Leg-3708 on 2023-08-03 05:19:55+00:00.

So um Hi y'all , I don't know if it's the proper thread to ask this , but ...recently I watched code geass anime and was captivated by the world setting and the execution of that anime . A bipolar world with two major empires , their rivalry for centuries, globe enveloping military conquest , feats of a single man to change the courses of history as a third party , the battle of attrition and wit , and a terrible hidden truth behind the curtain , the world building enthralled me . Can you suggest me some movies(no anime or live action movies , traditional movies ) of similar setting? Thank you for your time 😊

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/tuleperaconlapapaya9 on 2023-08-03 04:44:25+00:00.

I'm trying to watch all the Daddario movies (don't ask), and there are some which are very hard to come by, like this one. It's weird because it has Ethan Hawke and Daddario in it, so it should be a bit more popular. Just wanted to know where can I watch the movie, without having to buy a DVD and waiting 14 years for it to arrive. Thanks.

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The original was posted on /r/movies by /u/Intelligent-Age2786 on 2023-08-03 04:35:17+00:00.

There have been a lot of movies over the years that were not received very well during their initial run, but were later reevaluated years later and have since been considered some of the greatest movies of those time frames. What are some RECENT movies that have gotten generally negative reviews, that you think will get reevaluated in the future and be thought of more favorably in a critical light?