This is entirely subjective, I have placed some classics down lower because they just haven’t clicked with me :/ as well as a few down in shitty purely out of spite or a bad personal experience
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Annihilation and Hereditary are way too high. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the original Dawn of the Dead, and some early Cronenberg would be in my top tear. Bone Tomahawk is rad, glad that’s on your list. The new Candyman is freaking great also.
Really? Love both Annihilation and Hereditary. What don’t you like about them?
I just don’t think they’re classics. I don’t think they’ll stand the test of time. Their stylistic approach will be passe in a few years.
But movies like Dawn of the Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre have this rawness that makes them feel more… Idk, scary.
Hereditary’s plot was a mess. It seemed like the writers just cobbled a bunch of shorter stories together. I loved the very end even though it made no sense, but the rest of it just seemed like it kept playing the gross-out card. But it did have a good, creepy vibe.
Annihilation I liked, but NP really weighs it down. They needed a bigger personality for that role. I just don’t think it will be talked about in 10 years, and we’ll still be talking about Dawn of the Dead and TCM.
BTW, Annihilation is also a book, and it has two sequels. The 2nd book is mostly a bore, but the third is amazing and actually explains how the mysterious zone was created.
I feel like Hereditary gets better on rewatches when you start to piece the story together. There’s a few small details that happen fast that if you miss things get confusing. But upon my last rewatch i came out of it having a real appreciation for the actual story of it all rather than appreciation for just the creep factor. Some GREAT creep moments in that movie though and one of the only movies to make me feel just absolutely bleak inside. Toni Collette is obviously a stand out.
Now, have you seen Beau is Afraid? What an anxiety inducing movie, altho not as stressful as Uncut Gems. But i absolutely adore Beau, such a wacky movie with tons of great ideas. Slogs a little with the intermission in the middle but otherwise already one of my favorites films ever