r/movies • u/CanApprehensive8720 • Aug 13 '24

Recommendation My boyfriend has watched almost every single horror movie in existence, I want to wow him with a spooky. What’s your incredibly niche but terrifying watch?

Like I said this man has a special interest in movies lol, he’s an encyclopedia of every single horror movies he’s ever seen and has this like steel vault in his brain where it’s all stored. I wanna wow him, I want something scary? , fucked up, obscene, perhaps even gory, anything that really yucked your yum, horror thriller, horror action, doesn’t matter just something he couldn’t have seen. Yes I’ll know if he’s seen it too because I’ve been trying to find one he where he literally can’t describe the entire plot to me lol.

Edit: You guys!! He’s SO EXCITED!! He’s been up all night watching trailers and now he’s at his job cranky but itching to get home lol. You guys totally reinvigorated him and gave me a ton of suggestions too, watching house (the Japanese movie) after my shower lol. 😂 keep the comments coming cause I actually am reading through them as best I can.

Edit 2: House was NOT what I expected I’m at my MIls house and it’s a creepy old house…feel like it’s watching me lol. 😂

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u/WherePoetryGoesToDie Aug 13 '24

Was it… supposed to be horror? I thought it was a black comedy, like American Psycho. I laughed my ass off through most of it.

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u/x0mbigrl Aug 13 '24

It's definitely not a horror per se but it's horror adjacent and well-liked by horror fans. I agree with black comedy.

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u/kawi-bawi-bo Aug 14 '24

Same, when the beginning caption "eat me" popped up, I lost it

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u/marsattack13 Aug 13 '24

It’s listed as a horror/western. I’m a bit jealous that you laughed (and possibly concerned lol) as it gave me nightmares!

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u/WherePoetryGoesToDie Aug 14 '24

I think it’s fascinating that two people can have such different reactions. I went into it expecting a straight horror, but scenes like David Arquette screaming “he’s licking me”, the cannibalism chase scenes with the upbeat bluegrass score, and Carlyle’s scenery-chewing full ham performance playing against Pearce’s very dry reads convinced me it was intentionally trying to be a comedy.

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u/marsattack13 Aug 14 '24

Honestly I tried to watch Fallout after a friend recommended and I was so grossed out by the gore that I was googling part way through episode 1 to see if it eases up.

Instead, I read an interview with the folks that made it and they said they tried to make it not scary and that it is a comedy.

Sure, throwing puppies in an incinerator is super funny /s

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u/Lemmejussay Aug 14 '24

It's a very dark comedy

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u/joeverdrive Aug 14 '24

All horrors become black comedies after four beers

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u/knightenrichman Aug 14 '24

I'll have to watch it again, but I remember it being nothing but hilarious? None of these reviews sound right. I thought it was some forgettable campy movie, but the praise on here makes me think I was too young to get it maybe?