By the side of the road?

Jeepers Creepers

All in all a serviceable slasher. Positively surprising, since I expected worse.

A good monster and a few good kills and boom, we're off to the races.

BEAST NO MORE 2020

A woman finds a deformed feral child in the woods and tries to mother it after losing her own child in a car accident.

Ending was kind of stupid.

Remember watching this almost 20 years ago. It blew me away. Did not except it to be like that.
The sequels don't come close, but are watchable.

Last Night in Soho

A truly great film. You could knock out a 12 paragraph long glowing review and it still would not do it justice.

He has demonstrated it throughout his career, whether it's in Shaun of the dead or Hot Fuzz or Scott Pilgrim, but Edgar Wright is an abolute master of visual storytelling. Just the shot alone of Eloise/Sandie coming down the stairs in the sixties club looks a million bucks. And there are so many of them in this film that I simply lost count before it even ended. Like the train sequence, where you could probably do a lovely parallel with Hot Fuzz. Or the shot of Eloise running through the hallway in a frenzy, between what are either fellow students or ghosts from the past.

But I would miss out by not mentioning his talent as a storyteller. From the first moment she irresistably dances through the house, you are drawn into Eloise's world. Seeing the world through her eyes (with the discomfort that comes with the territory), growing ever more hallucinatory as the story progresses. Not unlike what you would would feel in films like Jacob's Ladder, where you cannot tell where the real world stops and the dream starts.

The final reveal is set up perfectly well and kicks off an astonishing final sequence with images worthy of Argento. Edgar Wright has done so many comedies that this came as a surprise, but he can do haunting shots and give them the same beauty that Dario Argento does.

All of the actors deliver. We know Anya Taylor Joy could do thrillers (like Split) and Thomasin McKenzie is someone to look out for with a performance reminiscent of Jessica Harper in Suspiria. And Matt Smith is perfectly cast as the sixties smooth man Jack.

I can't wait for this to hit the streaming platforms, so that I can watch it again (and again). Or to see his take on The Running Man. My favorite Schwarzenegger film in the hand of a cinematic genius. I just can't wait.

Five stars across the board.

Mulholland Dr.

6/10

Margot, a young woman abandoned by her mother as baby, travels to a secluded Amish community with a documentary film crew seeking answers about her mother and extended family.

In tone with the rest of them, nothing new, but enjoyable. Loved the setting, but wish de went more into details.



5/10

As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.



3.5/10

A group of friends reunited to play a game. Each one of them expects to get something about it. The rules of the game are to tell a story of horror for each candle.



5/10

A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

Grabbers

Bad Candy, 2020. 6.5/10

Directors; Scott B. Hansen, Desiree Connell

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Lamb, 2021. 7.5/10

Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson

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Playdurizm, 2020. 8/10

Director: Gem Deger

Man, you sound like a fanboy.

I personally missed Simon Peg. Missed the humor. Missed the horror. What I got was just a very sad tale. 6/10