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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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Prey EH/OK
Many movies have this title, as a search on All Movie will
confirm. One, from 2007 (directed by
Darrell Roodt), also involves lions; a very underrated natural horror movie, I
might add. This one stars Ryan Phillippe
and Emile Hirsch; Mena Suvari appears too.
Ryan and Mena play an American couple working somewhere in Africa before
they must flee from terrorists coming after them. They board a rickety-ass plane flown by
Emile’s character along with other passengers and end up crashing due to a
weight problem. Unfortunately they crash
in an area populated by wild game, namely lions. There are other animals as well as local
humans these survivors must contend with while staying in place or trying to
reach a nearby village. This was
well-shot and started off really well, there being great location shots and an
encroaching sense of dread, but I ended up being bored more than having
fun. The attacks, when they do actually
happen (which isn’t often), all occur offscreen. Real lions were used, but, come on, this was
made in 2024, and if you can afford at least three famous faces (maybe not so
much anymore, but still), you could’ve provided us with some attacks we
actually see! And the ending seemed a
bit too spiritual, thus didn’t work for me.
It’s not the worst movie I’ve seen, but there are worthier lion attack
movies out there; the aforementioned Prey
from 2007 being one, as well as The Ghost
and the Darkness, and even Beast (my
review for that is in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2022/10/beastdahmerhellraiser.html). 4/11/2024
Bonus review:
Dolly Deadly
I would’ve never heard of this film from 2016 had it not
been mentioned in a recent Fangoria article. It involves a young boy living with his
grandmother and her lazy man in a trailer because of what happened to his
mother as a baby (which you will see), and let’s just say this boy doesn’t have
the best life; eventually those around him won’t be so lucky. It is obviously low-budget, but it is
ambitious (I guess); it is bizarre AF (or “absolutely bonkers,” as the writer
of the aforementioned article put it), filled with idiosyncratic characters,
depraved even (it does take place in a trailer park, after all), but it is one
of those bad movies begging to be seen at least once (I was curious as to where it was all going). That’s not necessarily a recommendation
either…4/10/2024
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Drive-Away Dolls >>>EH
Everwinter Night >>>OK
Festival of the
Living Dead >>>OK
(Tubi)
Personal Shopper >>>EH/OK
---Sean O.4/12/2024
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