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Tiny Spoilers For Each Film
MIDSOMMAR - I rented this because I saw Florence Pugh in Fighting With My Family and fell in love. Did NOT fall in love with this film. The opening was really cool. She showed her chops in what could have been an extremely awful boring introduction. Then it switched to Sweden and it went down hill from there.
The only good part was the sex scene. I've never involuntarily laughed so hard in years. If you haven't seen this. FF to the sex scene, everything before and after SUCKS. Plot Spoilers below for Greta. GRETA - I got a two for one special from Redbox. This was actually a better horror flick then Midsommar. But, it still came up short. The one thing that truly annoys me is sane folks not doing the most obvious thing during a crisis. Moretz's character has Greta stalking her. She does everything she should, and to no avail. Finally Greta goes nuts in the restaurant Moretz waitresses at, and is arrested. Fine. All this is perfectly acceptable in the real world. THEN Moretz goes missing. In a normal world, go to the cops. They didn't in the movie. They went to a private Detective. It turns out, going to the police was cut from the movie, and is in the deleted scenes special feature. It was a moronic scene. Instead of saying "my daughter has a stalker who was arrested, and she sent us each photos making us think she was away". It was a scene about Moretz's sanity. Completely unrealistic and deserved to be cut. But, a reasonable scene should have been there. Both were a waste of time. |
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This Is Our Home, 2019. 7,5/10
Director: Omri Dorani  This was so fucking wonderfully weird. |
The Disaster Artist was a fun watch. Franco really gets into Wiseau. Seth Rogen as Sandy counters Tommy's weirdness quite well. It's also fun to notice how Franco manages to make you feel a bit sorry for Tommy during the premiere, in spite of his obvious... oddness.
On a side note: cameo for the Google-guy. That was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxqca4RQd_M |
Krampus: Origins
I finally got to see this prequel. Despite one big flaw at the beginning where they have World War I still happening in December of 1918, while the real war actually ended in November 1918, it's overall not bad for an independent prequel on a low budget. The drama, dialogue, costumes, scenery, and visuals are overall well done with what they had. There is also plenty of decent laughable humor in there as well. There is a lot of backstory, and Krampus does not appear until the final 20 minutes, but this is an origins film, where that can be expected at times. Krampus himself is overall creepy and cool looking with his fx looking cool for lower budget. It is not as upscale as the 2015 movie or "A Christmas Horror Story" with William Shatner, but as mentioned above, it is an independent prequel on a lower budget, so you can't set your expectations quite that high. I can recommend this to those who can appreciate a lower budget independent film that is well done for what they had, but not to those hoping to see anything big budget. ::devil::
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Knives out.
This movie...quite wordy...but very fun. Feels like a 70's murder mystery. Sounds like one - the musical score was fucking excellent, really evoked what it wanted to. Some likeable characters. Some detestable ones. It kind of acts slightly counter to a lot of mystery movies, and because of this it totally works and doesn't feel samey or old-timey. I usually hate Michael Shannon but kind of liked him in this. Pretty much everyone did a good job with their characters. Except maybe a kid who's character was a bit superfluous, Don Johnson just...playing himself yet again...that and I'm never going to REALLY love a performance by Toni Collete after seeing what she could do in USTara...but yeah, look it was all well played. No complaints. I'd give this one an 8/10. It's a fun film with great dialogue and music, and the majority of the cast plays quite well off each other. |
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THE RELIC (1997). This could be sub-titled "ALIEN in The Museum". While this isn't great, it's certainly not as bad as many of the reviews I've read on it. If nothing else, Stan Winston's effects work is badass. I think because my copy was so dark, I didn't like it as much as I thought I would.
Have been to the Chicago Field Museum a couple of times when I lived above the city (1976-79) and thought it really good, especially the T-Rex skeleton that greets You as You walk in and we only get glimpses of it in the film. **1/2 |
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The Dark Knight
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Some winter horror....
http://dl.glitter-graphics.net/pub/2...z1f6z3gslc.gif Blood Runs Cold, 2011. 7,5/10 Director: Sonny Laguna https://www.horrorphilia.com/wp-cont.../07/images.jpg Blackcoats Daughter, 2015. 8/10 Director: Oz Perkins https://media1.giphy.com/media/l3q2J...izXa/giphy.gif Wind Chill, 2011. 7/10 Director: Gregory Jacobs https://media.giphy.com/media/LQaY1RKjPI6Pu/giphy.gif The Children, 2008. 7/10 Director: Tom Shankland https://gbhbl.com/wp-content/uploads...967f8e9_hq.gif |
The First Purge: maybe not an original comment, but The Purge-films do seem to get better with every installment. Though I do think the original film gets too much slack.
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Unholy Night, 2019. 7,5/10
Directed by Chris Chitaroni Kristian Lariviere Randy Smith https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....9Llei_TTW_.jpg |
Slay Belles! A comedy horror take on Santa Claus vs. Krampus! ::danger::
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Uncut Gems, 2019. 7/10
Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie https://66.media.tumblr.com/167e4abd...kahjo1_400.gif https://66.media.tumblr.com/33790077...kahjo4_400.gif https://66.media.tumblr.com/45e10630...kahjo8_400.gif |
Unfriended (my guilty pleasure)
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It: Chapter 2! That one is long, but amazing! Both of the new movies cover the book real well, and it has plenty of intense, gory, and scary scenes! The characters are also very well developed, and portrayed perfectly! Those who like the first of the new movies should love this one! ::danger::
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Blood Fest - Nothing memorable, but a fun flick in the vein of Cabin in the woods. 6/10
Saw 2 The first part was enjoyable, but it's still beyond me how this series is so successfull. Fun for the gorehound in me, though. |
Avengement, 2019. 7/10
Director: Jesse V. Johnson https://66.media.tumblr.com/36fcf041...fr6o1_400.gifv AMI, 2019. 5/10 Director: Rusty Nixon  Jacob's Ladder, 2019. 4/10 Director: David M. Rosenthal  |
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Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
I don't care what you say, I thought it was excellent! And I thought the ending was perfect! |
Annabelle Comes Home
This one is overall amazing with both of its scary and touching moments done perfectly if you give it a fair chance! The Conjuring Universe has not let me down let! ::danger::
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Smoke and mirrors: The story of Tom Savini
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Skin, 2018. 7/10
Director: Guy Nattiv  The Culling, 2015. 6/10 Director: Rustam Branaman  Hinsdale House, 2019. 5/10 Director: Steve Stanulis https://i0.wp.com/moviesandmania.com...00%2C566&ssl=1 Inner Ghosts, 2019. 6/10 {screener} Director: Paulo Leite  Black Christmas, 2006. 8/10 Director: Glen Morgan https://media2.giphy.com/media/yNiQKISO7c0Qo/source.gif https://pa1.narvii.com/6168/dbae8a20...ef27d1d_hq.gif Pigster, 2019. 7/10 Director John Lechago https://i.imgur.com/x6raQCk.jpg |
The Snowman ::danger::
That's overall very weird but also very intense and interesting all the way through. It is also very artsy, stylized gory, unique, and original! It's definitely worth a look for those into psychological thrillers who feel like something different! |
I just saw the "Child's Play" reboot, and it is actually pretty good. The first half is very entertaining and sometimes funny before it starts getting more intense in the second half, then scary. It also has a good mix of the old school done right format and the new school CGI format that actually blends well. The parts with the CGI also look real and lively, and not like the cheap CGI that you can tell is computer animated and added to the picture. It also held my interest from the beginning through the end. This is not normally saying much, but it is a lot better than a lot of the other remakes from the past decade.
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THE HOUSE ON MANSFIELD ST. 2019
British foundfootage. A film maker documents creepy stuff going on in his new cottage. I enjoyed it. Some pretty settings to look at. |
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THE YOUNG CANNIBALS 2019
A group of friends is tricked into eating human meat and then released into the woods to be sacrificed to a monster. Bit of a different story and i enjoyed it. |
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That’s the plot of the movie, right? How they manage to get anything to eat. I’m thinking human smoothies. |
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Finally got to see Joker. It delivered on every level: the story, the build up, the visuals, the mesmerizing performance by Joaquin Phoenix,... A very bleak story that touches upon real frustrations in our current society. You can debate on wether it lacks nuance, but that does not make it any less relevant.
Two quick side notes: 1) I know that the Batman-movies over the past 30 years have not really delved into the backstory of Bruce Wayne's parents. Are there any comics who did that? 2) I was 17 when River Phoenix died. At the time, he was an icon/cult figure of cinema. Now people only talk about his brother and he seems, for lack of a better word, to be "forgotten". Is that Joaquin's merit, was River perhaps not as good as we all thought back then? Anyway, it just struck me and I wanted to quickly mention it. |
They Look Like People - A slow burner that builds up some tension towards the end. I like it because more than aliens or anything else it touches on the fear of losing a friend, of growing apart.
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STAY OUT STAY ALIVE 2019
Campers come across a cursed abandoned gold mine. Kept waiting for it to get better...it didnt. |
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