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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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M3GAN OK/G
It received a rating of 93% (as of this writing) out of
roughly 300 critics on Rotten Tomatoes, there were memes created, and a sequel
is already planned. Surely there must be
something special about this killer doll film, no? I watched both the rated and unrated versions
(both currently available on Peacock), and I usually like to watch the rated
version first (if given the option since that’s what the general population is
initially given). There are only a few
scenes (you can count them on one hand) that are a bit gorier in the unrated
one, but there may have also been a few more “F” bombs, if I’m not mistaken. In other words, go for the unrated version if
you prefer your films a tad more
violent. [Sometimes an unrated version is
completely different, such as Dead Alive,
that zombie movie Peter Jackson did before The
Lord of the Rings films, which was much, much gorier than the rated
version, which I saw first]. The titular
creation (the spelling is an acronym) comes about when a woman is forced to
care for her niece and thereafter given an idea for a plaything (that being a
4-foot doll with sentient qualities). As
with all technology in entertainment that seems too good to be true, eventually
bad things happen. Do you think Megan
goes after the ignorant neighbor and her aggressive dog, plus the bully of the
little girl she’s created to protect? Of
course she does; it’s just a matter of how and when. Although this is marketed as a killer doll
flick, it’s more of a killer robot flick.
Whatever, it involves an item that kills. Was it overrated? Possibly, but not necessarily. I enjoyed it, a little, for being nothing
more than what it set out to be, but I don’t think it was anything super, super
special. 2/25/2023
Bonus reviews:
From (Season One)
Ten-episode series on MGM+ (which I believe is the new
Paramount+), all roughly 50-minutes each.
There’s a small town surrounded by woods wherein anyone who happens to
enter it cannot leave (you try and you’ll just end up right back in town). People stuck there have come from all
over. There are creatures that look like
people until they attack that only come out at night. Are they vampires? Possibly; I don’t recall the name ever
mentioned; they’re just labeled “monsters.”
You must be inside somewhere protected by a talisman that prevents them
from entering. Are these people in some
kind of purgatory? Like all of life’s questions,
everyone in town has speculations. There
is a Stephen King quality to it all in that there are many characters we get to
know that are stuck in a predicament. It
does drag at times (no surprise given there are ten episodes not much shorter
than an hour a piece), but I never felt like I forced myself to continue, and I
am curious as to what the big mystery is, which wasn’t revealed this
season. There is a season two coming
this April, and I will tune in for at least one more round (two at the absolute
most), but I hope they don’t plan on going longer than that. 2/22/2023
Sorority Babes in the
Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2 EH
This is actually a
sequel (released at the end of last year) to the 1988 film, as it refers to the
events in it (providing a brief flashback), but I think it’s more of a
remake. Was it unnecessary? Hell, to those that actually saw it, was the
first movie even necessary? [I know, are
any movies really necessary? All you do
is sit on your ass. On a side
note---Static-X used a quote from the film on one of their Wisconsin Death
Trip tracks]. With a title like that
(I’m referring to the first here), I don’t think you’re supposed to take it
seriously. It (the predecessor) was
slightly (I stress the word slightly) fun in that cheesy Eighties horror-comedy
way, it involving babes in a sorority (no way, really?) initiating other babes,
horny dudes that get caught spying on these babes, and the initiated babes
forced to break into a bowling alley (again, really?) with these busted dudes
to steal a trophy. The trophy they
happen to steal contains an imp that grants them all wishes, but, in the
age-old ‘be careful what you wish for’ scenario, these wishes end up doing more
harm than good (what do you expect from a demon?). That imp is what I found most irking about
the film despite being practical---he didn’t belong in a movie that should’ve
been cheesy Eighties fun. I think I
would’ve enjoyed it more had the sorority babes and the horny dudes simply
break into the bowling alley and just bowl in addition to doing typical cheesy
Eighties movie stuff. It was directed by
David DeCoteau (a filmmaker with a slew of less-than-B-movies to his name) and featured
recognizable B-movie actresses Linnea Quigley (Silent Night, Deadly Night; The
Return of the Living Dead; Night of
the Demons) and Brinke Stevens (The
Slumber Party Massacre), the latter directing this sequel and making an appearance as her character
from the first (I met her at my first horror convention years ago; nice
lady). This sequel follows the exact
same formula with different performers (one being another recognizable face
from Eighties films), a different bowling alley, and a slightly different imp
(albeit with a similar persona---you’ll find out why); different sorority house
too probably (hence why I say it’s more of a remake). I think the only people that will watch this are
those that have seen the first one and will do so out of curiosity (yours truly
certainly was curious, especially for a sequel to a film like that made 34
years later!). It is barely even an
hour, but, if anything, I would just tell you to waste roughly 20 extra minutes
with the predecessor, even though I would suggest spending your time with even better
films than that. 2/19/2023
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Boiling Point (2021) >>>OK
The Fabelmans >>>OK
#Float >>>EH
House of Darkness (2016) >>>EH
The Retaliators >>>OK/G
The Strays >>>OK/G
(Netflix)
The Visitor (2022) >>>EH/OK
---Sean O.2/26/2023
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