Anybody else getting enough of retro themed arty horror flicks? - eviltoast

Wardrobes and sets that look like 1980s magazines and catalogues but not like 1980s real life, palette with deep blacks and super saturated accents, post processing as if shot on film with optical lens effects and distributed on magnetic video tape though obviously shot and edited one hundred percent digital, modern synthwave heavy soundtrack, titles in red text on black background… You know the entire package. It’s starting to feel lazy. For some reason it seems to be the aspiring young directors first feature length flick for the last few years or so. Damn I’d be more impressed by retro theming be the 90s or 00s that should be these directors genuine era of nostalgia.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Remote area, no bars. It’s a horror movie all by itself!

    I had an idea once for a short story, I should get on this one of these days…

    Portland, Oregon has a train tunnel that is 260 feet below ground.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park_station_(TriMet)

    I imagine an event where the power goes out and the train is stuck in the tunnel. The passengers have no cell service and are using the lights on their phones to get around and find out what is going on.

    One by one the phone batteries start to die and the lights blink out.