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I added mah review for it.

Annabelle first appeared in the opening scene of the first Conjuring movie, which I thought was a good, creepy opening.

The Nun played a key role in the The Conjuring 2 and also made a brief cameo in Annabelle: Creation (the second feature Annabelle movie).

Littered with formulaic scares laced with unenviable amounts of CGI, it seemed to be trying too hard to manufacture scares and general creepiness. I hope this is the beginning of the end for The Conjuring universe, which has run its course in my opinion. As much as it hurts to say, if you're in the mood for a scary nun movie, I'd be more inclined to recommend Sister Act 2 than this movie.

What have you got to say about The Nun?

I'm almost ashamed to say that I've never really bothered to watch any of the movies in this series, outside of the original (which I would probably give a 7/10). I've seen bits and pieces of the second movie over 10 years ago but not enough to count it as an actual watch.

Yeah, I had been contemplating ordering the bluray for many months but ended up watching on Netflix first. Though the Australian and US Netflix probably have a bunch of different stuff, sometimes they do also share some of the same movies and it looks like they do with this one.

I know you're kind of saying this in a light-hearted way, but I don't think the 0.2 is a stellar difference, that tells me they're about equal. I guess it all depends on where you look. I'm sure I could go to other sites that also favour the original. Rotten Tomatoes has the original at 42% and the sequel at 30%.

Not completely related, but I've noticed with IMDb that older movies that were originally favoured as being mediocre/bad movies have had a steady increase over time in their average ratings. Believe it or not, when I first looked at IMDb back in the early 2000's, Child's Play (1988) was at 5.4 and now it is at 6.6 (1.1+), same with one of my other favourite movies like Kickboxer 2 (1991), which used to be 3.9 and is now 4.6 (0.7+).

I only saw it once but I like the original, so I'm not on the same "superior sequel" train that you're on. 

By the way, I noticed the review hasn't been added.... which I thought was strange. I can see a page has been created but review not yet added.

Terrifier is an extremely gory and violent slasher flick with essentially no plot or character backstory which aids in the complete depravity of the character and of the movie itself. As a slasher movie, it's an amazing watch but it does feel a little empty when you realise that you just watched a bunch of people get cut the fuck up with no real reason to show for it. I know that slasher flicks generally have very simple plots and backstories, but they usually at least have one... this one doesn't.

Have you checked out Terrifier yet?

I added a clip to the movie page but there is a channel on YouTube that has the rights to it and have it up in full on there.

Despite its shortcomings with its limited range of acting, Garden of Love is a movie that has been made with a lot of... well, love. It's not exactly for the faint of heart. There's a lot of gory and intensely violent sequences and they even manage to throw some clown-masked killing which wins points from me as I have a fondness for clown related horror.

Has anyone else seen this gory ghost flick?

It does have some similarities to that from what I can remember, though I haven't watched the movie since it came out. I do have the bluray for it (of course) so I should give it another watch sometime soon.

Among Friends surpasses the minimal expectations I had for it. I found myself to be quite invested in the unfolding events, though the movie never really ends up evolving to anything spectacular. Kane Hodder was hilarious in his two quick scenes and that really elevated what was ultimately an okay movie.

Anyone else check it out?

Very surprising then that you haven't seen Cannibal Holocaust, considering the impact it has had on the genre.

Cut and Run is an entertaining flick which has pumping 80's action theme music, some gory kills and Michael Berryman jumping out of nowhere on multiple occasions like some sort of crazed jungle slasher. If you were always put off by Cannibal Holocaust because of its disturbing aspects of cannibalism and rape, Cut and Run is the perfect alternative as it doesn't really have much of that stuff.

Have you ever had the chance to see this action/horror jungle flick?

I'm not sure what your experiences are with watching blurays, but movies from the 70's on blurays still typically look dated in comparison to modern films, plenty of film grain, even depending on how rough the negatives are, they still often have some cracks and pops etc, it's just a lot easier to see what's going on.

The way I look at it, is essentially the same as what this guy thinks about watching movies in different formats/qualities...