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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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It’s a Wonderful Knife OK
Billed as “It’s a
Wonderful Life meets Scream” and
the title couldn’t make that any more obvious.
A teenage girl wishes she were never born while an aurora borealis is
hovering over her small mountain town (which we’re told later one can’t usually
see in this part of the world), and, before you can say ‘be careful what you
wish for,’ she’s immediately thrust into a parallel world in which she hasn’t
existed before. You see, she felt
suicidal because she (understandably) never got over killing a murderer the
previous year at a party, in addition to her boyfriend hooking up with another
girl at a current party (which has been going on behind her back for some
time). Since she “never existed,” the
killer is still alive and has been killing for the past year (someone close to
her being one of the victims). The
majority of kills are, by and large, worthy, this definitely earning its
R-rating. Whereas I was hoping for more
of a Scream though, it ultimately
ends up being more of It’s a Wonderful
Life. Don’t get me wrong, I have no
problems with feel-good holiday films if that’s what I’m expecting (I’ve liked
my fair share), but this was a little too feel-good for me (when all was said
and done), which isn’t exactly what I expected from a Christmas horror
movie. It wasn’t terrible, not at all,
but I don’t think I’m going to make an annual habit of watching it this time of
year. 12/1/2023
The Exorcist: Believer EH
Intended as a direct sequel to the 1973 William Friedkin
film (Ellen Burstyn makes an appearance as her character, and maybe Linda Blair
does too…), as well as a new trilogy, much like director David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy (you can read my
reviews for all three of those films in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2018/10/mooby-reviews-102818.html,
here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2021/10/halloween-killsslumber-party-massacre.html,
and here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2022/10/halloween-endsjeepers-creepers-reborn.html). Now, I am a fan of the first Exorcist; I don’t think it’s as great as
others have made it out to be, but it is good (it may have been frightening
when it was released in 1973, but with so many similar films released since, I
doubt it would have much of an impact on modern viewers). I don’t care for any of the sequels/prequels
though. Exorcist II: The Heretic is one of the worst movies I’ve ever
seen! I’m not even that much a fan of The Exorcist III despite being praised
by many a horror fan; it is better than all the other sequels/prequels though,
I’ll give it that. The other two…Beginning and Dominion? Let’s just say I
don’t remember too much about either other than not being much of a fan. This latest installment isn’t going to win
any worthy sequel awards from me either (at least Rotten Tomatoes agrees, currently
only having a 22% rating out of 247 critics).
In it, two young teen girls end up in a farm a ways from their town with
zero recollection of how they arrived there.
They got possessed after an adventure in the woods near their school (trying
to summon spirits usually does that to you).
After exhibiting some questionable behavior (i.e. causing a scene in
church, trying to kill her father), research is done (contacting Ellen’s
character being part of it) and the inevitable exorcism is performed. The ending was pretty dark for one character,
but this “sequel” is largely lackluster, hence unnecessary. Unfortunately, I will watch any sequels that
are made (damn OCD), but maybe they’ll be better than this one? I don’t hold high hopes for movies anymore,
none of Green’s Halloween films were
that grand, after all, but surprises are always welcome…12/1/2023
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Amigo (2019) >>>EH
(In Spanish with
subtitles)
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster >>>OK
Bad Things >>>OK/G
(Shudder)
Night of the Missing >>>EH/OK
The Nights Before Christmas >>>OK
Once Upon a Time at Christmas >>>EH/OK
Perpetrator >>>EH
(Shudder)
---Sean O.
12/3/2023
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