What are your favourite horror films that feel, structurally or otherwise, like very good novels? - ThreadSky

slimyswampghost.bsky.social • 512 days ago

What are your favourite horror films that feel, structurally or otherwise, like very good novels?

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restlessdreams.bsky.social•512 days ago

The Lighthouse!

bywayofjosiah.bsky.social•512 days ago

The Suspiria remake, no question.

thenoirgal.bsky.social•512 days ago

The Mist feels longer than the novella it’s based on. And you go in such a journey and there such a contrast between where you start and where you end up

chancesecond.bsky.social•512 days ago

A Dark Song feels like this, also Kill List.

depechejoe.bsky.social•512 days ago

Storm of the Century's not perfect but I like it a lot and it's definitely one of these

depechejoe.bsky.social•512 days ago

Although I suppose technically it's a short miniseries

sarahmargs.bsky.social•512 days ago

All of Ari Aster’s films feel like big doorstopper novels. The Witch, definitely. And The Wicker Man might already be based on a novel but I’m not going to check.

sarahmargs.bsky.social•512 days ago

In the Mouth of Madness feels too obvious but it is true

aalmutter.bsky.social•512 days ago

For me it's martyrs.

maximoverdrive.bsky.social•512 days ago

Hmm interesting question, The Lighthouse immediately comes to mind.

danielkraus.com•512 days ago

I don’t think this is what you meant, but this question got me thinking about how a lot of the old Cormam shockers (Dementia 13, etc) felt like pulp novels.

theeluisifer.bsky.social•512 days ago

The 2018 version of Suspiria with Tilda Swinton, without a doubt. To me, it feels like a masterful adaptation of a horror novel from a turbulent past instead of a reimagining of another classic horror film

justinallec807.bsky.social•512 days ago

In the Mouth of Madness

neverwanderer.bsky.social•512 days ago

I guess MIDNIGHT MASS isn't technically a film, but it's the first thing I thought of.

Aside from that...
MANDY
DOCTOR SLEEP (but then, it's adapted from a novel, so...)
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE

owllog.bsky.social•512 days ago

Ginger Snaps

kafrene.bsky.social•512 days ago

The Wicker Man for sure. Also Mandy funnily enough

citizenkate.satan.social•512 days ago

Intriguing question. Maybe Let’s Scare Jessica to Death? Curtains?

yungscorch.bsky.social•512 days ago

waderockett.bsky.social•512 days ago

The Taking of Deborah Logan had surprisingly rich and nuanced characters and lots of backstory. I can easily imagine its scenes as book chapters.

Short TV series like Midnight Mass feel more like novels because they have more room to breathe, but I suspect that's why you specified films!

citizenkate.satan.social•512 days ago

I adore Midnight Mass.

yungscorch.bsky.social•512 days ago

At least in Mike Flanagan’s head Midnight Mass is basically a novel haha