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Showing posts with label review. Show all posts
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Cosmic Horror: Glorious
Imagine finding out conclusively that there's a God. Or gods. Or Lovecraftian Ancients. Then imagine one of those guys singles you out specifically. And needs something from you. YOU. You are now not only in on the Great Secret of the Universe, but you're a significant and universally-vital part of it.
Then imagine you're stuck in a disgusting rest stop restroom as you discover your grandiose mission. Oh, and imagine this primeval entity is speaking to you through a glory hole.
I loved this film. It'd make a wonderful stage play. I am always amazed when a movie with practically only one set can pull you in and keep your attention and develop characters so thoroughly that you forget 90% of the film is shot in one location. And when that one location is a dirty restroom it's even more impressive.
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
Halloween Ends
The saga ends. The end of a franchise. We'll never see Michael Myers ever again (until the reboot).
I've been pretty vocal about my dislike of the last two HALLOWEEN films. I still feel like they were soulless cash grabs. Unnecessarily violent, and just bizarre in the way they rearranged/rewrote/ignored the canon timeline. And SURE most of those old HALLOWEEN sequels were horrid, but that should never be used as a reason why we should be ok with the latest films. Or less demanding. Or softer in our reviews of them. I told myself the last two were just expensive fan films so my brain could live trauma-free. I love Michael Myers, and as a fan it has not been easy watching him endure so many odd situations since 1988 (I loved HALLOWEEN 4).
Since "Horror Films" were on our October checklist when my friend Wren was visiting, we knew we had to see this recent trilogy off in style.
Periodically throughout the entire film, we'd look over at each other and say, "I don't hate it yet!" The movie was GOOD. Despite everything I was hearing online from disappointed and confused fans. The same fans who relentlessly trashed on my beloved CANDY MAN were now saying things like "They tried something different, but it didn't work. It was weird." I figured it was going to be a real stinker. It wasn't. Like not at all.
The best way I can describe it is that it felt like a Halloween anthology film that took place in the HALLOWEEN FILM universe (kind of like what they were planning to do back when they made HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH). It was Michael Myers-adjacent. And it was original.
Laurie's character felt more believable. The town felt more sincere and logical. And the main protagonist was one of the most interesting and sympathetic characters I can recall in recent horror film history. No spoilers here, but if you watched the other two and figured this would be more of the same (for better or worse), you definitely need to give this one a shot (with or without wine).
Strangely, the trailers that were released were wildly misleading and portrayed a movie that never was. I think the folks promoting this thing panicked and tried to sell it as a big showdown between Michael and Laurie. "The Saga Ends," as I recall.
John Carpenter's score was perfect too. So I'll end this review with a track from the soundtrack (which happens to be to the neatest scene). And with a simple statement: We really dug it.
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Monday, August 8, 2022
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Trailer: The Empty Man
I heard nothing but bad things about The Empty Man, but I always loved the Beksiński-like creature featured in the film's trailer. I was looking for images of it online tonight and ended up watching Chris Stuckmann's review of the film, and now I'm VERY curious about the movie, as he is quite the fan of it. Just added this one to my watch list.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022
My First Booze Review: Rot's Spirit Tales
Lies. All lies.
Found the below review for the Corpse Flower brandy I featured earlier this week.
Boy, am I glad I didn't pull the trigger on that purchase.
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Monday, January 24, 2022
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Dr. Lady's Creepy Cheapies
Some wonderful mask reviews on this guy's youtube channel. And a lot of cheese too.
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
Demon House Review
I'm liking the sound of this:
This is in NO WAY a spin-off 90-minute episode of “Ghost Adventures,” in which the guys use a number of devices and tons of night vision and/or full-spectrum cameras to tell their stories and collect evidence. Instead, Demon House utilizes the people who were affected by the case to convey just how insanely scary the events surrounding this building actually are. Was there possession? Is it haunted? Was the house used for nefarious purposes? Every time you think that things cannot get any stranger, the story keeps building and the tension keeps mounting.
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Friday, December 4, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015
Mr. Jones Review
From John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and
Classic TV.
It’s a horror film (and found footage film) that doesn’t rely on a body count to thrill or terrify, and, oppositely, creates a genuine and pervasive atmosphere of dread. This is a movie in which -- by the half-way point -- you will feel that there is something wrong or off-kilter with reality itself; that the universe has been suffused with forces both dark and sinister.
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