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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Halloween Ends OK
[SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW]
This may be the “end” of David Gordon Green’s trilogy on the
franchise (currently streaming on Peacock in addition to theaters), but I don’t
think we’ll ever see the end of the fictional Michael Myers. Like the majority of cinematic villains, he
can seemingly never die no matter how someone tries to obliterate him. Writers will always find a way to bring him
back. The way he’s destroyed in this
film (I won’t reveal how) is absolutely impossible to return from, at least in
physical form. Anyway, I really thought
this entry was going to be a different take than what we’re used to and what
was expected, kind of like Halloween
III: Season of the Witch was to the
original franchise, or like Friday the 13th
Part V: A New Beginning was (sort
of) to that franchise, which I would’ve kind of been okay with considering
there isn’t much to expect from these films anymore (let alone the subgenre),
but it is a Halloween film wherein
Michael Myers is largely absent. I
actually may have liked it better had the main killer here, affected by a
life-ruining accident, been influenced (or “possessed”) by Michael and Michael
not appearing at all (at least physically).
Part of me kind of wished that was how it would end up, but that likely would’ve
been even more polarizing for the fans (a description already proposed by a
critic). I didn’t hate this film; there
are good characterizations, as Stephen King said it was character driven, and,
like I said, I liked how something different was attempted (I kind of credit it
for sidestepping expectations), but it ultimately isn’t that great of a film on
its own. Horror fans and/or those that
saw the preceding two entries---my review of
Halloween is in here (https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2018/10/mooby-reviews-102818.html)
and my review of Halloween Kills is
here (https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2021/10/halloween-killsslumber-party-massacre.html)---are
obviously going to watch this and it will likely be polarizing (as mentioned),
but you never know how you feel until you check it out for yourself, no? 10/16/2022
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn B
Part 4 that’s labeled a reboot and allegedly the beginning
of a new trilogy, according to the All Movie website. I hope not based on this steaming pile of
elephant excrement. Yes, it stinks that
bad! As of this writing, it has a 0%
rating out of 11 critics on Rotten Tomatoes and I wholeheartedly agree. I liked Jeepers
Creepers, eventually grew to appreciate Jeepers
Creepers 2 on a trashy level (it’s a masterpiece next to this reboot), and don’t
remember much about Jeepers Creepers 3,
but apparently I gave it a decent review which you can read in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2018/01/mooby-reviews-1418.html. After almost an exact replica of the
beginning of Jeepers Creepers with
Dee Wallace in Gina Philips’ role, the film just becomes an uninspired
mess. A couple attend a horror
convention in Louisiana and end up going to a haunted house (after “winning” a
raffle) with a group of others where the Creeper inevitably starts offing them
one by one. There’s also a subplot
wherein the Creeper wants a pregnant woman’s baby, or something like that. The locations were perfect---Louisiana,
horror convention, cemetery, haunted house.
There was just no style to any of it and I didn’t even enjoy it on a
so-bad-its-fun level. Waste of
time! If they are making at least two
more, they obviously don’t have much to live up to. 10/11/2022
Bonus review:
The Midnight Club
(Season One) OK
I read the book of the same name by Christopher Pike not
that long ago and knew it was more dramatic than scary. You think I would’ve been prepared for the
same thing here, but adaptations don’t always need to be faithful. This is the fourth Netflix series created by
Mike Flanagan and apparently he often merges drama with horror, emphasis on the
drama, especially with The Haunting of
Hill House (you can read my review for that in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2018/11/mooby-reviews-11718.html). I liked his other two series, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Midnight Mass, better, but even they
weren’t always focused on horror (my review for Bly is here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-haunting-of-bly-manor.html,
Mass is here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2021/09/midnight-mass.html). Now, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with
mixing genres, but there is something wrong when the tones don’t always seem
compatible, like it occurred here and in Hill
House. If you never read the book or
know nothing about this series, a group of terminally ill teenagers stay at a
hospice and gather in a room at midnight to tell stories. It sometimes felt like there was an Are You Afraid of the Dark? vibe going
on, but it never reached the potential I felt it truly could have. Some of the stories told were fine (most of
the horror variety, luckily all shown instead of told), myself only recalling
some parts of the book as they occurred, and I liked the general camaraderie
amongst the cast (it definitely made for a unique, albeit depressing, kind of
teen entertainment), but there were only occasional moments of fright and the
ending of the last episode exposed an entirely new subplot that likely won’t be
too surprising if explained in another season (as cliffhangers often tend to
provide false promises). Plus, there are
ten episodes all ranging roughly between 50 and 60-minutes with many of them
actually feeling that long. I guess you
can say I had a love-hate relationship with this. I just had higher expectations, that’s
all. 10/16/2022
Other movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
The Curse of Bridge
Hollow >>>OK
(Netflix)
I Love You, You Hate
Me >>>OK/G
(Peacock;
2 episodes)
---Sean O.
10/17/2022
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