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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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Halloween Party EH/OK
I wanted something new and Halloween-related to watch around
this time of year, so I chose this. Stop
me if you’ve heard something similar before---A message randomly appears on
screen with your name and asks what your fear is; it has to be a real fear, not
made up, and your real fear will kill you if you don’t answer within the time
limit. Sounds like a very
run-of-the-mill film you’ve seen at least once (likely more) before, no? It does start that way at first before
becoming somewhat of a police procedural wherein two college students are the
“police” after learning the film’s title has more than one meaning. I was kind of hoping for a film involving
more of a literal Halloween party. The film
does look great, I grew quite fond of the main characters, and it does attempt
to go for scares towards the end, but it ultimately ends up being just another
run-of-the-mill horror film. I suggest
you look elsewhere to get in the Halloween spirit. 10/25/2020
Bonus reviews:
The Witching Season OK/G
Anthology series consisting of five episodes totaling
roughly 82-minutes (the longest being 31 minutes, the shortest being 9)
currently available on Tubi. They all take
place around Halloween and while it may be low-budget, it is shot
professionally; I’m a fan of the intro too.
The first segment, “Killer on the Loose,” is a slasher short containing
a twist that didn’t feel too original, but I didn’t expect it here. Also, the original Night of the Living Dead is playing like it always seems to in
movies, particularly horror (I should seriously start making a list of films
that play the George A. Romero classic).
“Princess” involves a stuffed bunny that isn’t as innocuous as it
appears. While they did a decent job
with camera angles and whatnot, and kudos to keeping it practical, the puppetry
could’ve been done better. And it isn’t
quite over by the end, making me wish this episode could’ve been expanded
upon. The shortest segment, “Not Alone,”
is also the weakest, being rather predictable, involving aliens (I
assume). I didn’t hate it though and it
is only 9-minutes. The longest one,
“They Live Inside Us,” was the best and could definitely work as a feature film
(ironically it was just made into one which is how I found out about this
series after seeing it advertised), it being an anthology series of sorts alone,
involving a writer devising scripts with different horror movie monsters in a
house wherein a murder/suicide allegedly occurred. I am curious as to how they fleshed it out
into a 103-minute film. Lastly, there’s
“Is That You?” which contains a dark nursery rhyme in the beginning that
eventually comes true for an unfortunate mother and daughter on Halloween
night. It definitely could’ve benefitted
from being longer, as they all could’ve (one, it already happened for, as I
mentioned), at least as longer episodes, not necessarily feature-length
films. These creators clearly have
ambition and could definitely make something worthy with just a little bit more
funding. I’m giving this a slight
recommendation being it won’t take up too much of your time as a whole, and
that it’s perfect viewing during this (witching) season. 10/24/2020
Cadaver OK
(haiku review)
Norwegian. Netflix.
It overstays its welcome.
Felt derivative. 10/25/2020
The Vanished (2020) OK
(haiku review)
Young girl disappears.
Full of clichés. Not
bad though.
Predictable twist. 10/27/2020
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein >>>OK
The Amityville Harvest >>>B/EH
Extremity >>>OK
---Sean O.
10/28/2020
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