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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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Last Night at Terrace
Lanes OK/G
I was in when I heard this was a horror movie set at a
bowling alley, written by Adam Cesare, the author of the Clown in a
Cornfield books (there’s a third one coming out later this year!); I found
out while watching that one of the co-directors of The Blair Witch Project was one of the producers too. The only other horror movie set at a bowling
alley I can think of is Gutterballs
(which I gave 3 out of 4 stars, according to my archives), and, ahem, I guess
those Sorority Babes in the Slimeball
Bowl-O-Rama movies (my review of the second one is in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2023/02/m3gan.html);
hell, there aren’t too many movies involving bowling period (Kingpin, The Big Lebowski…I should pitch a movie or TV series set only at a bowling alley!). Anyway, was this movie actually as cool as it
sounds? Kind of. As the title
clearly states, the titular bowling alley is closing up for good after the
night; a bunch of cult members wearing masks happen to arrive this night and
slaughter everyone, obviously for cult reasons (obviously); that is, of course,
except for a few survivors whom must do whatever it takes to survive while locked inside this alley. It definitely doesn’t have the highest budget
and certainly isn’t without its flaws (the violence in the beginning involving
internal organs being the main one---I thought it was kind of lame), but there
are enough pros (at least for indiscriminate horror fans) to make it worth
watching at least once. It’s barely even
75-minutes too. 2/6/2024
Bonus review:
Orion and the Dark G
DreamWorks animation available on Netflix involving a young
boy (of the title) that fears many things, the dark being one of them. Dark is personified here, its very own
character, and he confronts our protagonist one night, asking him to tag along
to see what he does, hoping this will conquer his fear. Off they go, meeting up with other entities
associated with the dark (Sleep, Quiet, Insomnia, Sweet Dreams, Unexplained
Noises). Based on a book of the same
name (by Emma Yarlett) and written for the screen by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I’m Thinking of Ending Things), taking
place during more than one timeline (one primarily), this movie is funny at
times, imaginative too, reminding me a bit of Inside Out (not as good, no), much more than Elemental did (my review for that is in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-bear-season-2.html);
it is undeniably charming (gah!). Too
early to say, but it might end up being a contender for the best animated
feature of 2024…2/2/2024
Other movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
The Bell Keeper >>>OK
Chariot (2013) >>>EH
Dark Windows >>>OK
Daughter (2023) >>>EH
Fingernails >>>EH
(Apple+)
God is a Bullet >>>EH/OK
Past Lives >>>OK/G
(In Korean, and
English, with subtitles)
Santa Isn’t Real >>>EH/OK
The Tourist
(Season One) >>>OK/G
(Netflix;
6 episodes)
Us or Them >>>OK/G
---Sean O.2/9/2024
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