I wasn't even aware that the thing they encounter was a fossilized humanoid alien. I thought it was just a machine or weapon of some kind. It isn't exactly obvious what it's supposed to be.

Ummm, this might not be the movie for you then. The beginning is nothing compared to the ending. In fact, I'm not even sure if I can remember the beginning compared to the ending. You mean where some guys get their throats cut fairly graphically by David Arquette and Sid Haig?

That's not wrong, but I think the unusual pacing and feel of the movie is perfect: a very slow crescendo of ominous vibes that eventually completely pays off. If there's a better or more original combination of Western, horror, and dark comedy, I don't know what it is.

Those are all valid reasons, but isn't that kind of like saying: Shame on you Fox or MGM (or whoever), you didn't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and hours on preservation efforts so that somebody in 2016 could write their MFA thesis on some obscure series of silent films that nobody else cares about. I guess…

You're right, the scene behind Winkie's at least is a pretty classic jump scare by any definition. I guess all I'm really saying then is that overuse and unskillful use of jump scares in horror movies is a pet peeve of mine.

Those are great examples of startling moments, and I agree that they work very well. The distorted clown face at the end of MD is another extremely effective, startling moment. I guess maybe those are what everyone views as good jump scares.

Ahh, OK then. I told you I truly don't know anything about her.

That is … kind of brilliant, actually. But where is Venkman? I need to know.

I agree. I don't how much of Hemsworth's stuff was ad-libbed, but he has all the best lines in the movie. Very little of the ad-libbing from any of the other actors seemed to hit the mark, while McKinnon never hit the mark, and I almost felt embarrassed for her. Like I said elsewhere, I don't know anything about…

Weird, because I would single out McKinnon as the weak link. I don't know what she was going for with Holtzmann, and I truly don't know anything about her aside from this movie, but I found almost every unscripted line of hers to be painfully unfunny and uninspired.

There was a decent American version of Godzilla. It was called Cloverfield.

I lived through the 80s, and I always wrongfully assumed that it was a straight-up comedy of some kind. It seems significantly darker than I was thinking, but now I'm not really sure what it is exactly. A show based on a lot of awkward, halting conversations with computers? As memorable a character as he is, Max…

I despise jump scares so much. They "work" on me because being startled is inherently unpleasant, especially as an introvert, and so I sit there holding my breath merely because I know what's coming. It's the cheapest possible way to generate tension. It's the horror equivalent of the cheapest way to get a laugh in…

He could say "Sure, thanks, whatever. Now give all the money to this famine relief organization here," which would be doing some good for the world and still kind of give the finger to "the man," but he isn't even about that. I think he really is just kind of a curmudgeon/asshole.

Cure is great, but Pulse is quite possibly my favorite Japanese horror flick of all time, and boy are there a lot of great ones to choose from. As baffling as it is plotwise, Pulse completely and utterly puts formulaic, jump scare, Hollywood-style horror to shame; it's a masterpiece of gloomy imagery, spine-tingling…

Bummer. I thought for sure it would last until the morning. Do they really have editors working 24/7? I kind of thought some type of automated system posted previously-written articles throughout the night.

I think it would just be better if the next Elder Scrolls game wasn't quite so visually dull and washed out.

He has the lack of self-awareness down pat, but I think his stuff isn't quite idiosyncratic enough to qualify as true outsider music. Too bad. He could have attained William Shatner levels of greatness as a musician.

I have no idea what the situation was or is, but it kind of doesn't surprise me that the member who was not on board with opposing Ticketmaster is the one who cares about something like this. Maybe the rest of Pearl Jam is not so much snubbing him as just not giving a shit about anything related to the Rock and Roll…

Rejects is a mildly interesting period road movie, and he seems to have a knack for that sort of thing, which is demonstrated nicely at the beginning of 31. Lords of Salem is an admirable but failed attempt at arthouse horror. But aside from Rejects and Lords of Salem, everything he's done is juvenile garbage in my…