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Blood Fest -
I thought Blood Fest was ok. The movie has some funny and surprising moments. Plus a couple good death scenes. The premise is really good. I would go to something like that if it was well done and not cheesy. I wish the movie spent more time on detailing the horror areas. Maybe going over the map before the characters get there. Or perhaps have them looking over the areas in more detail once they arrive. And that watchtower is cool too. The setup is like Disney or Amusement Parks for horror movies. Seychelle Gabriel is pretty good in the movie. But she was good in that alien tv show as well which I still haven't finished. I liked the bad guys and was surprised to find out the the actual movie's director played the ringleader of the Blood Fest. I thought he was funny. And I would go for a sequel with him and the killer that he introduced on stage. I love his line about if you come on stage this guy will kill you. It reminded me of a good line on a stage in Doomsday. Also I did like the final twist. I wish it didn't play to comedy as much though. Perhaps with some of the stuff going on it has to be comedic because it gets kind of crazy. But Halloween 3 played it straight so it can work if you set it up right. But still you really can't out do a movie like Scream unless you are really talented and the story is well thought out. And when you start name dropping classic horror movies you better have a good movie on your hands as it will just make the viewer want to see those classic movies. Scream hooks you from the beginning and doesn't let go. Blood Fest is too comedic and is all over the place at times. Just when you think it's going to get good and serious the comedic stuff comes up and it kept pulling me out of the movie. The Blood Fest wiki says Hell Fest is similar and I know it's on my list as well. Perhaps it will be up on demand by the October month. |
“Us” 7/10
Fast paced and with a great score. It was entertaining for sure, but not really scary. I guess the same could be said about “Get Out” which is a superior movie storywise. |
Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
This will definitely be in my top 5 for the year. Solid character driven driven crime flick. Not as over the top as Brawl In Cell Block 99 but it still had some crazy moments. This one may be a bit to slow burn and drawn out for some people but I thought it was masterfully executed by S Craig Zahler. |
Dragged Across Concrete, 2018. 8/10
Director: S. Craig Zahler https://silverscreenriot.com/wp-cont...-Concrete3.jpg A little over 2 and a half hours and it totally captivated me. The dialog in this directors films is absolutely fabulous! Every scene, every sentence brilliant! |
US
6/10 Could had been spectacular, had the idea and the elements to be really good, but fails to deliver and becomes another that will be forgotten in the next years. http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/u...er-384x600.jpg |
The Dirt, 2019. 7/10
Director: Jeff Tremaine https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pB...4y7-320-80.jpg  This was great! It was alittle rushed would of like to of known more about the band. They should of did a mini series. : ) Who ever knew Tommy Lee was such an ''adorable dork''. |
The Dirt (2019)
It brushed over some of the darker elements and the malevolence of the band at their peak. Pity there wasn't much focus on the band during the period without Vince... the album with John Corabi is one of their best. Nowhere near as good as the book but still an entertaining biopic that's well worth a look. |
You Might Be the Killer, 2018. 5/10
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THE RESIDENT (2011). Hammer film has a lot going for it, but story becomes silly and while not bad, not that great either. One of Chris Lee's last films. **1/2
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Not hard, but I'm not afraid to talk about Fight Club...
The Tyler Durden nihilistic philosophy is church! |
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High Tension, 2003. 8/10
Director: Alexandre Aja https://media2.giphy.com/media/Pn9ABAtia736o/giphy.gif I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday, 2017. 6,5/10 Director: Mike Lombardo https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.town...size=400%2C205 Phantasmagoria 2, 2018. 8/10 Director: Cosmotropia de Xam https://66.media.tumblr.com/79fd5220...cu3po1_500.jpg Teratomorph, 2019. 8/10 Director: Joe Meredith  |
Try, 2000. 7/10
Director: Jonas Åkerlund https://66.media.tumblr.com/cec2bfb2...cu3po1_400.jpg Spun, 2003. 8/10 Director: Jonas Åkerlund https://66.media.tumblr.com/923efc56...cu3po1_400.jpg |
Bunnyman Vengeance. 2017. 7/10
Director: Carl Lindbergh https://d1t80wr11ktjcz.cloudfront.ne...d=270x360&q=50 The third and final film of the series. I really liked this, all of the movies in fact. It had some dodgy but forgivable CGI and its quite violent. I may purchase all three films, very revisitable. Matriarch, 2019.6/10 Director: Scott Vickers  Us, 2019. 7/10 Director: Jordan Peele https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019...isable=upscale This was okay. Better than the usually Hollywood mainstream fare. Had some good creep factors, ie them in the driveway and trying to get in the house. Lovely. The Highwaymen, 2019, 7/10 Director: John Lee Hancock  Two great actors and a nice take on the Bonnie & Clyde saga. |
THE FIELDS 2011
A young boy spends a few weeks at the family farm with his grandparents while his parents are trying to sort out their marital problems. But something in the cornfield starts terrorizing him. More creepy than scary and quite well-done. |
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, 2018. 7/10
Director: Eric Prestley https://66.media.tumblr.com/06e20d74...cu3po1_500.jpg Chickens Blood, 2019. 7/10 Director: Korey D Jordan https://66.media.tumblr.com/0544a3d8...cu3po1_400.jpg |
CHERNOBYL DIARIES 2012
Pretty good. |
Slender Man -
Not that bad but not that good either. A few good scenes. But it seemed like a lot of the movie pulled ideas and scenes from other movies. You can play a drinking game spotting the scenes. And another thing, these movies need to stop with the scenes that are too dark to see which seem to be common in modern horror movies. I wouldn't recommend this one unless you want to see what the Slender Man would be like in movies. |
Terrified (original title Aterrados) 2017
Not bad, but, don't know if I'd watch it again. |
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Pet Sematary ( 2019 )
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** Major Spoilers ** First off, I’ll go ahead and disclose that Pet Sematary is in my top three fav Stephen King books. Secondly, I will also be up front about the fact that I do enjoy the 1989 Mary Lambert film in spite of its flaws and (valid) criticisms. So I was pretty hyped to see a more contemporary take on the story, and thought the cast looked good ( particularly Jon Lithgow as Jud ). Boy, was I disappointed and, upon further reflection, kinda pissed. First and foremost, we all just have to accept that most book to screen adaptations lose a lot during the transition. But we can appreciate and overlook this when they still manage to hit the main beats, with the occasional inclusion of other less important details sprinkled in as a nod to their existence in the source material. But, we are well within our right to dispute changes that heavily impact the overall narrative, as well as ones that result in important plot points being left on the cutting room floor. That is the case here. The decision to swap Ellie and Gage’s places in the story lessens the impact ( no tasteless puns here ) of their death. Gage getting hit by a truck is just about one of the most gut wrenching and awful things King has ever written, and the reason for that, is because he’s a toddler. Not organized enough to realize the danger of the road and incapable of getting out of the way, which makes it all the more tragic and terrible. But Ellie’s death in this version is ridiculous, over the top, and borderline funny. She’s “ lured “ into the road by Church, and basically just stands there while a giant, loud as fuck truck flips and the trailer slides into her. The kind of death where plot demands a character lose control of all motor function and forget that they exist in the third dimension, in order for it to even happen. If you’re wondering why I started with the climax of the film, that’s because the first half is the cliffs notes of everything else that happens in the book. The gravest offense, imo, is how the character of Jud is handled. First, Norma ( his wife ) is cut, she is already dead and barely mentioned. Second, instead of having him be the one to tell it, all of the backstory on the town and the land is either rushed or left to a quick Google search in one scene. In the book, Jud takes on an almost surrogate father role in Louis’s life, and really seems like family by the end. Whereas, the remake relegates him to the role of an old curmudgeon that lives across the street who suddenly decides to let Louis in on the secret of the burial ground, cuz plot. Also, the burial ground itself is green screened and comes off looking like Mordor, as realized by the CG artists from The Asylum. Oh, and btw, the little funeral procession you see up there on the poster and in all the ads/previews, y’know the one with the kids in the creepy masks? Yeah. It has nothing to do with anything and is not explained or referenced again after it happens, it exists solely for one scene and trailer bait. The last half of the film, and the ending, are where it truly deviates from both the book and the 89 film and ( to me ) are the final nails in the coffin. Ellie isn’t scary. Period. She’s a 9yr old girl with a droopy eye and some veins on her face. If you’ve ever seen a horror flick with an evil little girl in it, you’ve seen this and probably seen it done better. As for the ending, the book’s is creepy, the 1989 one is grim, but the remake’s? Head-scratchingly lame. The whole affair of this remake smacks of missed opportunity. They could have gone for the throat in terms of both gore and representing the overall theme of the novel better, which is what a devastating loss and seemingly bottomless grief are capable of leading us to do, even if we knew the consequences. The gore is also inconsistent and unaffective. Pascow is hit by a car, and looks like he went through a meat grinder. But Ellie is hit by a truck trailer at high speed, and not only dies a bloodless death, but comes back essentially looking the same. If you’re gonna hit a kid with a truck, fucking go for it. Horrify us with an accurate depiction of what would happen to a child with that kind of damage. The original film didn’t, either because of budget/the age and ability of the actor/or the fact that in the late 80’s/early 90’s the MPAA still loved to turn horror films into Swiss cheese over content. They could have updated and expanded on both of these things ( and so much more ), but instead opted for bad cg and lame jump scares that don’t land. Overall, I’d lump this remake in the with weak, forgettable, and entirely unnecessary likes of Suspiria 2018 and Poltergeist 2015. 2/10 |
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Bloody Ballet, 2018. 7/10
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The Head Hunter, 2019. 7/10
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Glass (2019)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 6/10 Entertaining for Mcavoy's performance, but the writing is terrible. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 9/10 I loved this movie. Funny, fantastically animated - my favourite movie of the year so far. Burning (2018) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 8.5/10 Brilliant in its ambiguity, as well as frustrating for it. There's a tonne to be dissected here, and it's a movie that lingers on the thoughts for days after, but I'm unsure if there are any solid answers. The Favourite (2018) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 8.5/10 A very entertaining film with great performances. |
Suspiria (2018)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 8/10 A treat for the senses. Good Time (2017) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 8/10 Solid movie with a great score and good performances. Double Date (2017) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 6.5/10 Entertaining if predictable, and ultimately it didn't go anywhere interesting. The Sisters Brothers (2018) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 8/10 A solid movie. Prospect (2018) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...82,268_AL_.jpg 7.5/10 Loved the aesthetic and the feel of this movie, with some good world building, even if the story was a little short and lackluster. |
BACKWOODS 2014
A couple get lost while hiking and are stalked by a big black bear. Different kind of horror but horrible nonetheless. The boyfriend got overconfident in his backpacking abilities and it was his downfall. It was not too bad. |
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Let Her Out, 2016. 7/10
Director: Cody Calahan  Pet Sematary, 2019. 6/10 Directors: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer  I thought Ellie and Church were fabulous! Everything and everyone else was just mediocre. |
Us was very interesting and intriguing. Jordan Peele certainly knows his stuff: how to build up tension, character development, (subtle) social commentary,... The only downside would be the "tethered voice", which to me was annoying rather than scary. But all in all, that is nitpicking.
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STILLWATER 2018
Six friends reunite for a camping trip but after their first night of heavy drinking and drugs, they wake up to find one of them was murdered. A bit slow but good with a nice ending. |
CAPTAIN RON (1992). Have heard all sorts of scathing things about this, but really not that bad, although pretty predictible. Kurt Russell is good in here (as per usual) and most of the laughs came from his eccentric behavior. Mary Kay Place is quite appealing in here, too much so to be married to Martin Short's incredibly annoying character. For me, his first time off the boat would also be the last. **1/2
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DARKEST DAY 2015
A young man washes ashore with no memory of what has happened to him. He eventually hooks up with a group that has so far avoided a Zombie virus. He has unknowingly brought trouble with him. Not a huge budget I'd say but still pretty good. |
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