No, I thought it really had the potential to be a good kids "80's" horror flick, but it blew it. The story was just badly delivered.

I Care Alot. 2020, 7/10


Director: J Blakeson


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The Equalizer (2014)
7/10

Denzel Washington does a fine job as a mysterious man who helps and protects others (and Marton Csokas commands a cold calculating villain). There's a decent balance between drama and well-shot and choreographed action sequences. The drama only seems to document the goings-on and parses-out a few literary analogy gems to match a character. Though it lacks sufficient emotional depth, it's good-willed.

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ORIGIN 2015

A group of researchers uses an experimental cure for cancer on one of themselves.

Bland.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2011). Nothing great, but certainly not a flop either, although I thought my Wife had picked out the 1982 Arnold version. But once I saw Jason Momoa's name in the credits, understood why::wink:: Reminded Me very much of a GAME OF THRONES episode; extremely violent, similar looking sets/locales and two actors from GOT. ***

HAUNTED 2013

A paranormal investigator takes a group of skeptics to a haunted railway station.

Could have been good. Too dark and nothing really happened til the last 10 minutes or so.

Finally watched, "The Host" (2020) UK Shudder film after Hammerfan had recommended it. It was interesting. Fairly predictable but it was kind of fun.

Also watched, "The Witch" (2015). I thought it was excellent. A friend had recommended it. He said he liked it a lot but that it was slow. I think any faster and it wouldn't have had the same appeal. Reminded me of something Dante Tomaselli might have done if he had ever had a budget and a really good crew.

Got tricked by the trailer and plot, but a pile of ...

The Host trailer makes it look pretty good. I took a peak at Rottentomatoes and there's a huge difference between critics (25%) and audience (75%) scores. Critics calling it pedestrian and psycho ripoff, and how they hated to wait for the ending that was predictable.

Witch was slow -- poster child for the 'slow burn'. I agree, if it was faster it wouldn't make the same impact, as Alien and Rosemary's Baby.