I just wanted to make a separate post to get recommendations for the 5 weekends of October. I personally suggest Noroi for Asian/ supernatural horror, however what has come to my attention is the love for the broad depth of categories that horror provides so with Noroi in contention for supernatural I want to present 5 horror categories as we have five October Saturdays.
The categories will be as follows: 1. Zombies 2.supernatural/ ghosts 3. Slasher 4. Haunted house and 5. Creature feature.
Pick your best and the highest voted in each category will be the main picks, however I will make an honorable mentions list after the main picks. Great mentions so far are- The Thing, Event Horizon, Evil Dead, ReAnimator, Living Dead (multiple), personal recommendations are tale of two sisters, Noroi, sleep away camp, Friday the 13th part 2, tucker and dale versus evil, and the original Halloween (Halloween 3 is also a gem)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Predator (1987)
The Ordeal aka Calvaire (2004)
Funny Games (either one)
Honestly the first two are a pass because no film version of body snatcher has lived up to the written aside from maybe slither. Funny games however is a great choice for slasher/ survival horror, but to me was super unrealistic because “wahman”. Haven’t watched Calvaire but it’s now on my list!
Did Funny Games have unrealistic wammening? Been a couple years since I last saw it but I don't recall that. Some of Germany's cuckedness came through in the general vibe, and I remember (spoiler alert) the invaders disabled the men first, obviously because they're more of a threat, but it didn't really have any unrealistic "wahmen stronk/smart" that I can recall. Though I do give the movie some leeway due to the (true) fact that people can get crazy strong when they're in a life or death situation.
Fuck, I do despise that ending though.
the American version definitely did, the problem with the final girl trope is it always ends with a woman unrealistically overpowering a man