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WARNING:<\/mark> <\/strong>This Article May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all honesty, it would have been too easy to write this article and talk about the Maxxxine <\/em>trilogy, considering this is potentially what Ti West is best known for in terms of horror cinema, but I\u2019ll need to talk about them later down the line when discussing the modern scream queen Mia Goth and no one likes to repeat themselves! So, here are the other five films that fulfil his horror portfolio\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Innkeepers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You know what, I love the simplicity of this film. It\u2019s set in a small town inn and predominantly follows Luke and Clare who work there. I have to admit, I wondered if the reason the place was so quiet would be because the only guests they are getting are ghosts. The main reason I say this is because very little generally happens throughout the film and there\u2019s just something about Leanne Rease-Jones that gives that ghoulish, ghostly air. I\u2019ll say this much though, I am so glad I was wrong! I would say watch some of the closing scenes with the lights off as it is pretty dark however if you\u2019re jumpy it may not help! It\u2019s not a bad film, but I have to admit the closing 43 minutes of the film are possibly the best of the whole run time because things finally start to happen! The use of only torch light when they go down to the basement, for me, adds a certain chill to the scene as anything could be lurking in those shadows. Also, I was not quite prepared for how graphic the scene with the man in the bathtub would be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Roost<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              I mentioned at the beginning the most famous and recent films made by Ti West, however this was the first in his collection of horrors. I have to admit, the opening to this film caught me out a little bit \u2013 I thought I was watching cheap horror channel that was showing The Roost <\/em>however it turns out that this is exactly how the film begins and ends. I also didn\u2019t like the fact that this breaks in not long before the close of the film, taking you out of the main story. In truth, the film feels a little cheap, almost like a university project, especially when you get a look at the bats themselves and some of the camera angles used but you know what I genuinely liked the concept of the whole thing. It actually shook me a little bit when the screen faded black and all you hear is the screech of some beast. It might be because I was expecting the old lady to scream but still! I also didn\u2019t realise quite how creepy the sound of bats can genuinely be! Unless I missed it, there was no explanation as to how the bat bites caused people to become zombies normally I don\u2019t mind that but this was a little confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              It is interesting that Eli Roth didn\u2019t direct a sequel to his own film. Especially considering this literally picks up from where the first film leaves off with Paul in the lake! However, this is not to say that this film does not have the same level of gore as the original, but the acting is definitely cheesier. What lost me a little bit with this film, from the very beginning, was the focus on the water truck and bottles delivered to the school. Are they taken from the contaminated water supply near the cabin? Considering the film is still Cabin Fever, <\/em>it feels weird that it isn\u2019t set back at the cabin or even close to it. They had a whole opportunity to follow the infection spreading through the local town as two boys ended up drinking the infected lake at the end of the first film. Well, I guess it slightly does, given the incident at the roadside caf\u00e9 but the majority of the film follows a group of school children at prom. I also didn\u2019t remember the \u2018Down Home Water employee\u2019 from the first film shown in the flashbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trigger Man<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Much like The Roost <\/em>mentioned earlier, this is an early, low-budget film of West\u2019s. It was marketed as being based on true events but through all my searches, I can\u2019t find anything that proves this. Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m all for the mundane in horror films, mainly because it should make the actual fear more intense, however, there\u2019s so many scenes in this film that are either mundane conversation or none at all that it makes the film rather dull. Even though the film has been going for 40 minutes before one of the three men is shot, I had honestly lost interest – not enough clearly, as the gun shot made me jump but still! The remainder of the film is spent with the remaining two men ruining through woods trying to escape whoever is shooting at them. I honestly feel that if there had been slightly more action, which is still possible on a low budget, the film would be more enjoyable and potentially more intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House of the Devil<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              OK, OK, I know I said that no one likes to repeat themselves and I think the avid readers among you will realise that this film has come up previously but if I\u2019m leaving out the Maxxxine <\/em>films, this has to be discussed. Much like Trigger Man, <\/em>the opening to this film claims that it is \u201cbased on unexplained true events\u201d which turns out not to be the case. For a film that was made in the early 2000s, it really has the feel of a 1980s horror flick with the slightly grainy nature of the footage. I don\u2019t think it crossed my mind before quite how disturbing it is that Mr Ulman is repeatedly able to track Samantha down without her providing phone numbers at any point. It made me wonder on this watching, if they were always trying to get to Samantha! Well, more often than not with these types of films, the Satanists need a specific type for their sacrifices to work. This definitely would not have stood out to me before, but the newscasters reference Frightmare Theatre which is the show that opens The <\/em>Roost – nice little homage to his first ever film there. It\u2019s funny how little things cross your mind each time you watch a film, like I wonder if the pizza she was giving is drugged as she seems unable to get through to the pizza place again! What I do like though, which I know sounds weird, is there is no stereotypical chanting as the sacrifice begins. Just incidental music and Samantha\u2019s screams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers In all honesty, it would have been too easy to write this article and talk about the Maxxxine trilogy, considering this is potentially what Ti West is best known for in terms of horror cinema, but I\u2019ll need to talk about them later down the line when discussing the … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}