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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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Bloodride: Season One OK
New horror anthology series available on Netflix? I hate repeating myself but, in case you
don’t keep up with my reviews or know me that well, I was in given my love for anthology
shows/movies (particularly horror). This
6-episode series comes from Norway so, yes, that means subtitles for those not
fluent in Norwegian, but if you don’t like reading subtitles nor mind poor
dubbing, you can set it up where the audio is your preferred language (I
personally can’t stand dubbing, especially when its poorly done, and find it
distracting; I always use the same example, but High Tension was much better the second time with subtitles). “Ultimate
Sacrifice” shows what some would do for fortune and it does come easy for these
people living in the countryside as long as they’re willing to do something
drastic; PETA wouldn’t be too happy with this segment. “Three Sick Brothers” starts off promising
before finishing with one of the oldest twists in the book (or film, in this
case) that wasn’t too surprising anyhow.
“Bad Writer” felt largely derivative, feeling more fitting for a kiddie
horror anthology series like Are You
Afraid of the Dark? or Creeped Out
(which there’s absolutely nothing wrong with), but it was still okay. “Lab Rats” involves a group of workers
accused of stealing something valuable from their boss and was fairly straightforward
(read: standard). My favorite of the
bunch was “The Old School” which begins as a typical yet intriguing ghost story
that takes an unexpected (yet not altogether shocking) turn at the end. Lastly, there’s “The Elephant in the Room”
about an office costume party wherein more and more revelations come to light
in regards to a tragedy involving a previous employee. All in all, the episodes were generally just
okay (I didn’t necessarily detest any of them).
They seemed to be more of the psychological thriller variety (which
isn’t a criticism), although I was reminded most of an underrated Eighties
anthology film, Chillers (which I
recommend), during the intro showing all the characters in each story riding a
bus (the “bloodride”). You can binge the
entire series in roughly 3 hours (the longest episode being 32 minutes, the
shortest, 27), so if you’re bored and looking for something new to watch,
there’re worse ways you can spend 3 hours, like wasting an additional half hour
watching that overrated snoozefest, The
Irishman (which luckily, and rightfully, didn’t win best picture)! 3/14/2020
Other
movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Autumn Blood >>>EH
Cutting Class >>>EH/OK
Dr. Terror’s House
of Horrors >>>OK
Dogman >>>EH
Midnighters >>>OK
Pledge >>>OK/G
---Sean O.
3/15/2020
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