Tonight's deep sea horror film deserves its own post. Below (2002) is properly good. As opposed to the others that are good "for the genre". A haunted house movie, but on a submarine, from the director of Pitch Black. MAXIMUM CEPHALOPODS! 🐙🐙🐙 - ThreadSky

markalatham.bsky.social • 29 days ago

Tonight's deep sea horror film deserves its own post. Below (2002) is properly good. As opposed to the others that are good "for the genre". A haunted house movie, but on a submarine, from the director of Pitch Black.

MAXIMUM CEPHALOPODS!

🐙🐙🐙

Comments

jchaffee.bsky.social•29 days ago

I put these kinds of movies into the same category as cave horror and call them "claustrophobia horror."

markalatham.bsky.social•29 days ago

I can see that. The Descent is one of my all-time time favourites.

jchaffee.bsky.social•29 days ago

I love caving. My favorite cave horror book (that NEEDS to be a movie) is Earthcore by Scott Sigler.

markalatham.bsky.social•23 days ago

I've now completed:

Virus 🐙🐙 (Great effects, technically not an undersea movie, more of a boat movie)

Ghostboat 🐙🐙 (A little predictable and overlooked, but well acted and atmospheric)

laughinglemon.bsky.social•23 days ago

How about the real thing... https://youtu.be/4EIFjbntkZ0

markalatham.bsky.social•23 days ago

That's straight on the watch list!

markalatham.bsky.social•21 days ago

Getting towards the end of the list with:

Sphere (1999) 🐙

I thought I'd seen this years ago, but I hadn't. Decent director, incredible cast, solid FX, based on a good book...

So why is it so rubbish? Just... no.

markalatham.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think the list is done!

The Deep House 🐙🐙
The Abyss 🐙🐙🐙

I revisited the Deep House after @jennystrath.bsky.social recommended it. I liked it much better second time around. Applaud the originality, if not the acting chops 😁

Now... the Abyss...

jennystrath.bsky.social•14 days ago

I'm glad you enjoyed a The Deep House rewatch 🙂

I watched it for @randomhorror9.bsky.social I let them pick movies for me when I have the time. Because even if the movies are not good, I still get a good podcast out of it.

markalatham.bsky.social•14 days ago

An amazing piece of filmmaking. But that ending... It borrows heavily from Spielberg, and undoes all of that tense survival narrative. It just about deserves the 🐙🐙🐙 rating, but for me it's not quite the masterpiece it should be.