There’s no catching up to do. Each season is completely different. All good in their own way, mostly. Definitely worth the watch 
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The only ones among those that I have seen are X and House (which I saw around the time it came out while I was still in high school).
Will keep an eye out for your recommendations. It’s a pain that we don’t have all the cool streaming services here in Japan that you do in the US, UK, etc. 
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So much horror, so little time…! 
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Yes Kate got sober also after Mike. She did a pretty candid podcast lately on her sobriety which was honest anda good listen. They are a horror power couple! 
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Will look at some of these thanks Laura for the list.
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I enjoyed the Autopsy of Jane Doe! I’m a big fan of the Saw films, but I also like Hush, Silent Hill, the VHS films and House at the End of the Street. I’m a big horror fan - I’ve got Billy the Puppet from the Saw films tattooed on my arm too.
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I love Mike Flanagan and all of his stuff! One of my all-time favourite writers/directors!
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Oh and Tusk 
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That’s awesome. Didn’t know his name was Billy. But you’re a dedicated fan, I’ll give you that. 
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loved it
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That’s pretty cool, but it might freak me out if I happened to see it in a grocery store or someplace…! 
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A sober horror power couple, no less!
All of the other actors in Midnight Mass did a great job too, though. One that really resonated with me was Riley’s dad. Although it could have been because he kept playing Neil Diamond records–like my own dad used to!
Also on a musical note, am I the only one who kept getting flashes of Nick Cave from Hamish Linklater’s portrayal of Father Paul/Monsignor Pruitt…?
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Had to delete my last post so that I could post again (apparently it is not permitted to post more than three times in a row). Sorry for totally spamming this thread… 
Well, over the past few days I’ve watched a few more horror movies (surprise, surprise). Wonder if any else has seen any of these?
Orphan: First Kill—thought this was pretty good. I don’t think I liked it as much as the first one, but like the first one, it has a really excellent plot twist.
Session 9 from 2001—I’d actually seen this before, but couldn’t really remember it. This has a cool dark atmosphere and an excellent strange musical score.
Eyeball—a 1976 Italian giallo directed Umberto Lenzi. Entertaining enough, but not a particularly great example of the genre in my opinion. Really dumb plot.
The Child—a microbudget b-movie from 1977. Unintentionally surreal on almost every level.
The Atticus Institute—a 2015 possession film that is presented as a faux documentary (like you might see on Netflix or something). Some great ideas, but it didn’t quite deliver in its execution, in my opinion. Not bad though, Some pretty creepy moments.
The Clovehitch Killer—from 2018. I watched this last night, and it was really interesting. It’s kind of like The Wonder Years with a serial killer or something. I thought it was marred by some massive plot holes—especially at the end, but it was still pretty good. There’s no blood or gore, but I think it is one of the most unsettling depictions of a serial killer that I have seen in a movie.
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Appreciate your recommendations …now youll be able to post more
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The horror continues! (As does my relentless monopolization of this thread… )
Saw a ton of stuff last week. Too many to mention really, but here are some highlights:
Martin (1977) – finally got to see this early film by George Romero. An unusual modern take on a vampire film. Pretty dark and disturbing.
Beau is Afraid – Couldn’t wait for the Japanese release next month, and, to be honest, I find the idea of watching a three-hour movie in a theatre a bit daunting these days, so I shelled out for an import blu-ray. Like many people, I am not sure what to make of this. I guess I like it—I have to at least admire the ambition. It’s quite an amazing piece of work, but what is it exactly??! I guess it laid to rest my misconception that Ari Aster is some kind of “new hope for modern horror cinema,” because it’s not really a horror film. I wonder if, now that he’s got Beau Is Afraid is out of his system, we might get something more grounded from him again?
…But I just read that his next movie is going to be a “black comedy fantasy film” starring Nicholas Cage, so I guess not!
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015) – directed by Osgood Perkins (son of Psycho’s Anthony Perkins!) I thought this was absolutely fantastic. Along with Hereditary and The Witch, probably one of my favorite horror movies of the millennium so far. I won’t say anything about the plot, because this is definitely one where the less you know about it beforehand, the better, but I would recommend it to anyone who likes creepy supernatural/occult type stories. This really got under my skin and stayed there a lot longer than I was comfortable with!
The Shining – the US version. This is one of my all-time favorites, so how on earth did I not know until last week that the US version of the film is almost 25 minutes longer than the international version that I am familiar with?! Anyway, when I discovered that, I instantly purchased a blu-ray of the US version to rectify the problem.
It was great to see the additional and extended scenes. Of particular note for this forum, Jack’s alcoholism is made much more explicit in the US version, whereas in the international version it is really only alluded to.
I will probably watch the longer cut any time I watch it the future, but if was watching it with someone who had never seen it before, I think I would put on the shorter international version, as, like many others (including Kubrick, apparently), I think it is the tighter and more impactful version of the film.
On a personal note—I passed my fourth month sober last weekend. 
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Nice job on the 4 months! I’ve been meaning to post mine too. I’ll probably just mention the good ones bc altogether there have been ALOT
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I watched Orphan: First Kill and thought it was pretty good. The twist was good as well!
I watched White Bone Lodge and it held the premise of a home invasion movie. It was ok, fairly entertaining. Easy watch for midweek.
After I saw Orphan: First Kill, I wanted to check out some of the director’s other films. I watched Wer (a kind of found-footage werewolf movie) and Separation (a ghost story revolving around the theme of divorce and child custody), but, although they had interesting concepts, I didn’t think they were really any good.
He has also directed a movie called The Boy, which was pretty well received and also apparently hinges on a crazy plot twist, so I’m looking forward to checking that one out too.
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Never heard of that, but it sounds interesting. I like films set in Scotland.
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