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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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The Wolf of Snow
Hollow OK/G
[POTENTIAL SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW]
Werewolves are a significant part of the horror genre, but
there don’t seem to be enough movies featuring them; enough good ones is what I should probably say,
because there’re probably a whole bunch of them I haven’t seen nor know
about. Some of the good ones that come
to mind are An American Werewolf in
London, The Howling, Ginger Snaps (plus its sequel and
prequel), Dog Soldiers, Silver Bullet, and I’ll even mention Wes
Craven’s Cursed for being
so-bad-it’s-fun. [The Sticks by
Andy Deane, singer of Bella Morte, is a good werewolf book for those that may
care; I think it would make a good adaptation].
This film involves a small town in Utah (Snow Hollow maybe?) dealing
with several deaths purportedly caused by a werewolf. The werewolf is practical, really a man in a
suit, but that beats CGI any day for this critic/horror fan. The humor throughout may not always work, but
it never feels out of place either, this very much being a horror-comedy
wherein neither genre cancels the other out.
There is a twist at the end, I kind of gave it away already, making it a
different movie than initially thought, but not in a way to completely ruin
what came before. I doubt this will
become a classic (I could be wrong though), but it’s decent for the time being;
not too long either. 11/20/2020
Bonus reviews:
Alien Xmas G
The Chiodo Brothers are most famous for giving us Killer Klowns from Outer Space, but they
were also involved in Critters 1-4, Ernest Scared Stupid (you’ll notice some
of the clowns from Killer Klowns
transformed into trolls if you pay attention), and parts of Elf and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.
This new stop-motion animated film available on Netflix is based on a
book of the same name co-authored by Stephen Chiodo (also the director here;
his brothers were involved in other ways).
It involves aliens, looking exactly how one would generally envision
them (pointy chin, round dome, black eyes), planning on stealing everything
from Earth after building a machine enabling them to do so. An alien named X is sent to complete this
mission (at the North Pole) and I probably don’t have to tell you it becomes a
bit cutesy by the end. Isn’t that what
the holidays are all about though? Blah,
blah, blah. I still enjoyed it, because
it’s aliens man!!! And it’s a Christmas
movie! And it’s nice to look at! Plus it’s barely even 40-minutes. 11/22/2020
If Anything Happens I
Love You G
(haiku review)
Animated short.
Images, no dialogue.
Potent 12-minutes. 11/21/2020
*[Currently available on Netflix]*
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
The App That Stole
Christmas >>>OK
(Netflix)
My Summer as a Goth >>>OK/G
Relic >>>OK
---Sean O.
11/23/2020
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