Death of Me, 2020. 6/10

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman





The Influence, 2019. 7/10

Director: Denis Rovira van Boekholt

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My girlfriend hates when I leave her like that.

BLOODY NEW YEAR 1987

A group of friends end up stranded at a hotel where former occupants are trapped forever in time after a military experiment from 1969 goes wrong.

Die Hard 2 and Back To The Future. Because NYE is made for classics.

Also, BTTF would have been over much sooner if George McFly just broke out his sweet dance moves.::big grin::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgj9tewHso

And he didn’t even win an Oscar for that performance. ::sad::

Another dead f**k snubbed by the Academy. ::sad::

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (2014). Very good dramatization of Stephen Hawking and His first marriage with top notch performances by Eddie Redmayne (I believe He won an Oscar for this and truly deserving...reminded Me much of Daniel Day-Lewis in MY LEFT FOOT) and Felicity Jones as the loving wife who truly got more than She bargained for, but still remained. Recommended. ****

Dead End: Family gets lost in the woods and runs into ghosts, monsters, killers,... whatever. Forgettable stuff with a lame ending.

Don't Listen aka Voces, 2020. 8/10

Director: Ángel Gómez Hernández

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Some of the horror films I have seen since I last posted on here are "Krampus Unleashed," which I found pretty amazing and intense, keeping interest all the way through. I also saw a Bulgarian Christmas slasher film called "Christmas Slay," which is overall worth a look for a one time viewing, but there are scenes with sloppy editing, and it seems like they dragged it out here and there to make it feature length, which did not improve it. Aside from that last bit, it still has its moments and keeps interest, but not amazing or original. I also the two "Axemas" half hour long short Christmas slasher films that actually turned out to be pretty good with plenty of killer scenes, along with twists and turns to make it even more interesting and intense. ::danger::

This is a test

Interesting. There's lots of folks who loved this film. I found it mildly entertaining, but found some aspects irking. always happy to see Ray Wise.

How'd I do?

You did great. I screwed up something but i think its back on track. Thanks!

Interesting or surprising?

I am on board with that.
I think this movie was actually brilliant. The whole set up was really scary. I recall watching in by accident on HBO in a hot summer night in 2004, had no idea about it before.

Re-watched it later, a decade later and was as good as that time.

It's a good solid horror.

SAMURAI COP 2 2015

Loved the first one. This one was a loose shitshow. Not quite sure what they were going for.

While I agree that the set up is promising (every time you leave the car, you could die), I can't help but find that the characters were annoying and that the plot left too much unused. Just driving, yapping and arguing until the next beat.

Characters traits were shoehorned in for little or no purpose. The brother masturbated in a scene that said little more than "you are so dead". (because that's what teenage boys do, right?) From out of nowhere, the sister is pregnant, because she is so going to be the final girl. And while watching the ending, I half expected Bobby Ewing to step out of the shower.

So I was not really on board with this one, but I do see that I am clearly in the minority here.::wink::

Promising Young Woman 6/10

Hunter Hunter 6/10

The Midnight Sky 8/10

On Netflix

I think it depends a lot on the time I saw it, in my case.
In 2004 was still young and horrors were not that often available, as they are today. There were no streams available for me and I just installed internet and movies weren't on my list that much. ::big grin::. So I had to settle with what I found late nights on cable.

I agree If I would have seen it now, maybe the impact would have been different.

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Still amazingly grimy and creepy film of two detectives, older methodical burned out one (an Excellent Morgan Freeman) showing the ropes to idealistic Enthusiastic upstart (Brad Pitt-annoying, but such pity You feel for him later). A Serial Killer is dispatching people according to The Seven Deadly Sins and although You don't see hardly any of the slayings, just the aftermath and Your imagination will make You shudder. Good performances all across the board and very much recommended. ****1/2

wtf am I looking at here, hahaha

home sweet home

An excellent David Fincher film. Possibly his best, maybe 2nd to Fight Club. What do you think?

I do consider it a horror film, as it's truly horrific, which I think better classifies a horror than "scary", for good reason, thus the genre is Horror and not Scary. But I do understand those who consider it "Crime". I think Se7en is in line with with say Dressed to Kill (1980), which is more often associated with horror... IMDB classifies both these films as "Crime, Drama, Mystery". They are both 'suspense thrillers' as well. I think both Se7en and Dressed are very closely related to many Giallo films which folks seem to have an easier time calling horror. After just watching it, would you consider it a horror film?

Whatever Amalthea posted, it's too big. ::roll eyes::

Curious to see if there will ever be a third Unfriended film and what the threat will be then.

Interesting specifically, but also surprising in the sense, besides me, you're the only one on this board that was ho-hum or worse on Dead End.

[QUOTE=Sculpt;1046176]An excellent David Fincher film. Possibly his best, maybe 2nd to Fight Club. What do you think?

I do consider it a horror film, as it's truly horrific, which I think better classifies a horror than "scary"

I certainly consider SE7EN a horror film...such Dark places it goes to. Still haven't seen FIGHT CLUB, just bits here and there::embarrassment::

INDIAN SUMMER (1993). A group of 30-somethings get an invite to visit their old Summer Camp (A real one which the Director and others attended in their youth) where good memories and unresolved issues abound.
There is a LOT to enjoy here...the scenery is lovely, many thespians I like (particularly Bill Paxton and Diane Lane) and some truly funny bits here , especially "Jaime needs to not overwind his toys" and images of Spider-Man on the cabin walls and knowing that Sam Raimi , playing a bumbling Handyman, later went to great fame/fortune with the SPIDER-MAN franchise about ten years later.
Sadly, I found almost all returning campers to be incredibly superficial to incredibly annoying...have heard this compared to THE BIG CHILL (not seen and doesn't sound promising) and thusly, IS is not as good as it could have been. **1/2

200 Degrees: Not sure what to make of this one.

The story of the investment broker whose slick image falls apart was pretty well done and Eric Balfour does a good job. You can see his growing despair as the story unfolds.

I noticed echoes of Phone Booth in there, though this voice sounds a bit silly at times (also sounds menacing some times, but still). Still doesn't touch on Kiefer Sutherland's performance as The Caller, though. Also, the ending was too convoluted to do the rest of the film justice.

Oh, good grief. This was so depressing. I may have been gut punched before I started watching this, for good reason, but this wasn't just somber, it has no uplifting resolution, not as far as I can see. If this was puzzling, at least that would have been thought provoking. This was malaise.

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::big grin::

Welcome Home, 2020. 6/10


Director: Pushkar Mahabal


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The title Doomsday is not very imaginative and neither is this film. It starts off as a dystopian future where a virus has surfaced in Glasgow, making sure Scotland is cut off from the rest of the UK. Then, a cure is found and a team is sent out, after which the film devolves into a poor man's Mad Max where the baddies speak with a Scottish accent. Which is mibbe jist a wee bit silly.

So there is a lot to be said and desired. But it has a badass heroin, some okay action beats, an appearance by Malcolm McDowell, and - since it's a Britsh film - a fairly decent soundtrack.

LOL Now I feel like I can be free of this Dead End burden!

We Can Be Heroes (2020)
6/10

Kids with super powers are tasked to save their parents/world from alien invaders.

It's a bit clunky and/or kiddie with the dialogue, acting and some of the shot selection, but it's how the director does it, and different is usually nice. It's not particularly heartwarming. The story and execution is very cliché for 2020. And the resolution, though unexpected, is cringeworthy syrupy.

From Dusk Till Dawn 8/10

Tremors 7/10

Been many, many, many years since the last time I saw these two flicks.

I remember the first time I saw From Dusk Till Dawn I throught it was one of the best horror movies I'd ever seen. Fast forward to today and after watching From Dusk Till Dawn I started on Tremors, and at the 30 minutes mark I was thinking to myself; Man, has my taste in movies changed as I've matured? Tremors is just better paced and the tongue-in-cheek dialogue better written. Then the next hour went and, no, I hadn't matured one bit.

So without further ado, here's From Dusk Till Dawn vs Tremors.

1. When it comes to the lead actors I thougt both Clooney and Bacon played their
characters very, very well and they both did a rock solid job. So that's a tie.

2. When it comes to dialogue Tremors is just more clever written where From
Dusk Till Dawn just so badly wants to be cool that it becomes tiresome before
the halfway mark. Heck, they might as well have Clooney just saying "I'm a
bad ass" throughout the entire movie. Actually, that would have been hilarious.

3. Story wise Tremors leads in the first third as both dialogue and pacing is great.
But then they got stuck on a rock. And after that they get stuck on a roof. And
after that they got stuck on a tractor. And after that they get stuck on a rock
again. The end. Just gets waaaay too repetitive. Probably due to a limited
budget.

So I considered giving them the same rating, but no, the limited progression in Tremors weighted it down too much.

I HAVE SPOKEEEEEN!!!

Pet Sematary was a surprisingly well done remake. I liked it.

Just wondering about two things: Did the original resurrect the child earlier in the film? And maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like this ending was darker than the original.

No, very late.