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And the nominations are...
🕑 Added 2025-01-10 22:35:39 +0000 UTC1. Nosferatu 2. Suspiria 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Heretic
The Shining actually scored higher than Heretic but there was a lot of crossover with the Kubrick votes and I'd rather have more balanced options for people to choose from. Also I think if I put two Kubrick films in there it's essentially just splitting the Kubrick vote.
If you have an hour to rot your brain you can listen to me going through all your suggestions in the video below. I doubt it will be informative OR entertaining but I'd like your honest opinion on the new microphone I bought. This is actually why the results in the video are from yesterday and I'm posting this late tonight, because I have been trying to make it sound good/like normal and so far I cannot. There are editing mistakes I noticed in the video but I have just spent six hours going back through trying to better the audio and ended up right back at the start, so you're getting the video as I exported it last night because I'm going to have a mental breakdown if I keep messing with it. Rest assured that if I can't get it to sound 'like normal but better' I will just go back to my old microphone. But for right now at least I'd like to hear your opinions on it because I've just muddled my brain and it all sounds terrible.
Full results below:
[Please keep in mind this is a corrupt and unscientific system of voting, and I cannot count, but this is what I came up with.]
Nosferatu 165
Suspiria 47
Eyes Wide Shut 43
The Shining 41
Heretic 33
The Exorcist 32
Get Out 28
The Killing of a Sacred Deer 24
The Northman 23
Parasite 21
The Thing 20
A Clockwork Orange 20
Nope 19
The Haunting of Hill House 17
The Boy and the Heron 16
The Substance 15
Annihilation 14
Perfect Blue 14
Mother 14
Men 14
Long Legs 14
Twin Peaks 14
Midnight Mass 12
My Neighbour Totoro 12
Spirited Away 12
Banshees of Inishirin 11
The Wicker Man 11
The Lobster 11
2001 10
The House That Jack Built 10
Alien Romulus 10
Us 9
A Dark Song 8
The Babadook 8
The Black Phone 8
The Ring Movies 8
28 Days Later 7
Jacob’s Ladder 6
Interstellar 6
Mulholland Drive 6
Poor Things 6
Se7en 6
Sinister 5
Talk to Me 5
Oculus 5
The Conjuring 5
Insidious 5
Let the Right One in 5
Blade Runner 4
Enemy 4
Eraser Head 4
The Godfather 4
The Holy Mountain 4
Squid Game 4
Lake Mungo 4
Howl’s Moving Castle 4
Beyond the Black Rainbow 3
Hagazussa 3
Mad God 3
Red Rooms 3
Shogun 3
True Detective 3
Under The Skin 3
The Village 3
Santa Sangre 3
A Field in England 3
Funny Games 2
When Evil Lurks 2
The Wailing 2
The Terror 2
Rosemary’s Baby 2
Apocalypse Now 2
Asteroid City 2
Saint Maud 2
Portal 2: 2
The Hunt for Red October 1
PAW Patrol: The Movie 1
The Wall 1
The Favourite 1
Comments
Hunter Cox
Do a review of why Nosferatu sucks compared to The Witch…
Angelle Bonnecarrere
Again I will advocate for Heretic. So many themes to explore: Comparative lit, religion, final girl tropes, serial killer tropes, MORMONISM...it's a treasure trove.
Aradia Morningstar
I’m interested in The Shining, A Dark Song and Smile
Scarlett
Such an impeccable film! What a great exploration of familial trauma and disappointing your parents.
Jared
I forgot to suggest Everything Everywhere All at Once. I haven't looked at any other analysis of the film but could be interesting.
Ryan O
Love all of these suggestions.
Alton
Nice. I say this though, Nosferatu was great but wasn’t what I thought it would be. I put all of Eggers films on re watch before nosferatu
Barry Hurst
Looking through the list I wish I'd voted Parasite now! Looking forward to the video though 👍 Are you going to finish your video on Rust & Marty 🤔
KabUuUUuuUUla
Oh shit! I didn't even notice that lol. I've been binging your videos, specifically the hereditary and VVitch videos (going through the midsommar one now) and it's all fantastic. just a few minutes ago I subscribed to the patreon and have to look though all the content still I guess 😅.
Novum
Hey man glad to have you on board! It would be the modern Suspiria, yeah - but if you have a look through my videos you will find a 3 hour reaction/commentary to it already!
KabUuUUuuUUla
I'd love for Nosferatu, but I'm also very interested in suspiria. Would you be doing the 1970 version or the 2018? Also mad gods is fantastic and you should 100% get around to it at some point. Really loving the content and keep up the great work my guy. You, without exaggerating have the best analyses I've seen on the Internet 🙏.
John C.
Miyazaki films have amazing dubs. It's really a matter or your preference. The boy and the heron is his most recent release and it seems to touch on Japanese identity in a way I don't fully comprehend. It is one of his most complex films in my estimation. I gave it a light recommendation because of the same cultural barriers you touched on with Parasite. Also big oof on not using spell check, haha.
Shannon
The Banshees of Inisherin is Martin McDonagh not Yorgos, though fair mistake since both directors use a lot of Colin Farrell! Martin McDonagh's first movie In Bruges is a great complement to Banshees—it's another dark buddy dramedy centered on Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson's character's relationship which adds emotional depth to Banshees because you feel like you've witnessed their plight over 15 years. Haven't read anything about the films but I took Banshees and the recasting of Farrell/Gleeson as an homage to the legacy of In Bruges.
Shannon
FWIW I want to be spammed with pointless videos
Siobhan Morris
Oh goodness I *love* A Field in England. Any time you want to talk about that one I'll listen.
When2 game
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on our comments, it's like a mini treat podcast, idk about everyone else but I enjoy in between content like this! :D
Jessica Hudson
Nosferatu!
Anvekeen
I was also on my way to add something else to the topic of the movie choice : I feel like (imho) adding Nosferatu was maybe not the greatest idea because, since it's a very recent movie, it is something many people talk about and have in mind at the moment. And, in general, I feel like your audience would watch anything Eggers or Aster related, because those two directors' movies are always so rich, people would always support a video around their work. So I think it would be clever to avoid that in a future poll. But that's just my point of view!
Anvekeen
No worries, my pleasure! I remember a looong time ago watching a Q&A from a Youtuber who explained he was using a specific tool for balancing the sound from his videos to follow a certain standard. I never had more details but I realized there is often no simple way to equalize sounds or it's just not thought about, and so the volume can vary so much in between videos. But posting here for feedback is a great idea, we're here to help !
Novum
I think you're right dude, I stripped everything off it (including the makeup gain) and just put a very slight compressor and autogate on and I think it's sounding a lot better now. It's a SHURE SM7B and from what little I understand it's just very low gain. So I think the answer was to turn it up a lot, and then do very little. Unfortunately for this video I'd done a lot AND THEN turned it up a lot and it sounds like a nightmare. I don't want to spam people with pointless videos but I may post a soundcheck when I'm certain I've got it right. Thank you for the feedback though it is really helpful and runs in line with what I was concerned with!
Eliza
Nosferatu please!
Anvekeen
Hi Novum, if I'm painfully honest, the mic sounds worse in the video than the older one, but it probably has a lot to do with settings, it sounds mildly saturated and at too high of a volume in general? I hope you get it figured out. But it's hard to compare with this issue. Thank you also for your work, as usual.
Novum
Okay, thanks. I'll keep that in mind. I'm very happy to be surprised by Ghibli, I've just historically had a difficult time getting into anime! I'm trying to think of any I've seen and enjoyed and I'm drawing a blank. I think maybe because I missed out Pokemon/DBZ as a kid I just never got into the aesthetic.
Jared Sarnie
I would love to see some analysis on the singing detective. The original series is transcendent, the movie remake is unwatchable lol
Nifty Cent (Taylor)
I know many anime fans have very strong opinions on dubs vs subs for things, and I'm generally on the side of subtitles, mostly cause I think there's a LOT of bad dubs out there. Ghibli movies pretty much all are the best dubs I've seen though, and I'm perfectly fine watching either version, if I'm watching with someone else I'll just go with whatever they prefer
Novum
Yeah to be honest I think this could have been the winner if I'd have given it more time.
Novum
At the very least Jessica, you've reminded me I need to watch it!
Marnarnar
Suspiria, Nosferatu, and Mad God please!!!
Marnarnar
I didn’t even think of Mad God, but I’d like to see Novum tackle that
Adonijah Haigh
I've changed my vote, "Paw Patrol : The Movie" all the way crew
Jessica Russo
To the two other patrons that voted Mad God with me Cheers! 🍻
