Already been done. Also on Shudder
Sadly Iām not in the US and had to torrent Saloumā¦
Iām interested in the movie you mention, it actually got remade by (rather high-profile) French people last year, so I have to decide whether to watch the original or remakeā¦(also unfortunately Iām pretty sure I already know too much about it).
My only other Wan experiences are Saw (hated it at the time), and Conjuring (thought was ok but nothing special). But Malignant really has a very different energy from both of thoseā¦
Re: the Zoom call, thereās also the Unfriended movies (prepandemic, so Skype calls instead of Zoom) which are pretty good. I really like the idea of these ādesktop filmsā and the second one (āunfriended : dark webā lol) has some genuinely disturbing moments (the plots are not related so you can just skip the 1st one)
If uou like desktop movies, Searching with John Cho is an awesome suspense film filmed in that style
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Oh man, this would suck with high-profile actors. See the Japanese version for sure. The whole point is that itās about indie filmmakers putting everything into their art. The Japanese version used unknown actors (and theyāre all fantastic!).
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Pretty harsh D+ from Indiewire for Black Adam
Haha, I remember in the 90ās-00ās there was a whole bunch of B horror movies that tried to involve the internet in some way. Everyone back then thought the internet would be full of snuff films and people watching serial killers torture people. Instead the internet is mostly people looking at cat videos and porn.
If you die in the game, you die for real
Jimmi Simpson 
Next on this Rolling Stone comedy list is A Serious Man. 30 mins in and Iām getting close to turning it off this shit is boring. Might have to give up on the list.
I thought it was a pretty good movie but itās a steady chuckle comedy not a barrel of laughs.
Pearl is a masterpiece and Mia Goth is amazing. People better be throwing awards at her and Ti West this year. The closing credits alone merit it.
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Iāve never seen Scanners before, how good is it?
Mind-blowing.
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Iād watch Videodrome before Scanners if you havenāt seen either
I thought that one was decent but not great.
when I watched the early Cronenbergās, Scanners was my least favorite
My ranking was
The Brood >>>> Rabid > Shivers >>> Scanners
(and then Videodrome and The Fly as even better)
(but this was 20 years ago, so I might change my opinion nowā¦theyāre all worth seeing anyway !).
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I passed on watching Scanners, but The Fly and The Thing are for sure on my Halloweentime watchlist. I might watch The Fly and Nosferatu on Halloween night as a double feature.
For those of you who live in the Midwest, Svengoolie is airing Bride of Frankenstein tomorrow night. For my money the absolute best of all the classic 1930ās Universal monster movies.