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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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Werewolves Within OK/G
The new werewolf film directed by Josh Ruben, who also
starred in and directed Scare Me, a
film I wasn’t too fond of---the concept may have been fine, but I don’t see why
it couldn’t have been an audio tale if we just watched the characters tell
stories without any of it being shown to us.
This film is based on a videogame (?) and is being described as a
werewolf whodunit horror-comedy. In it,
a group of people in a small town band together at a local inn during a
snowstorm after several attacks have occurred.
It’s pretty obvious right away who the ‘who’ is in the whodunit part
(their rationale is somewhat clever though), and it’s definitely more of a
comedy than horror film, some of the comedy being a bit too tongue-in-cheek for
me. I think it’s ultimately more of an
ensemble film, with a body count, and the werewolf isn’t seen until the end,
looking kind of like Teen Wolf (yes,
the Michael J. Fox film), making me better appreciate the scenes where the
werewolf is just implied. At least it
actually is a werewolf film though, because, for a bit, I thought it was going
to go the same route as The Wolf of Snow
Hollow and not technically be a lycanthrope feature (that Jim Cummings film
isn’t bad though and you can read my review for it here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-wolf-of-snow-hollow.html).
This review sure made it seem like I
disliked this movie, which isn’t true, it did work as an ensemble film and
there may have been a bit of fun to it, but it was still disappointing because
good (or even great) werewolf movies are rare and I was really anticipating
this would be one of them (I recently posted an entry for one of my other blogs
containing a list of my favorite werewolf films and books here---https://tenbestlists82.blogspot.com/2021/06/ten-best-werewolf-moviesbooks.html). Sure, it may be better with another viewing
and after I read other opinions on it, even though I shouldn’t go by other
opinions despite changing my thoughts in the past, but, as of now, I can’t say
this is one of my favorite werewolf flicks.
7/3/2021
Bonus review:
Charlotte EH
Charlotte: The Return EH
Thinking this was an evil doll movie (with a sequel) that
somehow bypassed my radar, I decided to check it out. Charlotte
does contain a doll, yes (or two), but it’s really an anthology film presented
as stories on a TV the doll forces a tied-up babysitter (which we don’t see happen)
to watch. Now, I’m not sure if the
doll’s name is actually Charlotte, or if she even has a name, but I do remember
the name mentioned in the first segment containing no doll (well, voodoo
dolls). And I would be willing to turn a
blind eye to the bit of false advertising since I do love anthology films as
well, if it was actually a good one. It
is a low-budget feature, as you probably guessed, mainly due to the fact it’s
unknown (I only recognized one face throughout the entire film that won’t be
recognizable to all), but low-budget certainly never means unworthy. There are 8 tales in this 80-something-minute
film and only two truly stood out for me---one involving girl scouts, the other
involving a movie theater---but even they weren’t so spectacular to recommend
the film; even one tale involving another doll felt completely empty and a bit
anticlimactic. Even though I wasn’t
crazy about Charlotte, I saw that the
sequel, Charlotte: The Return, was also free (both on Tubi,
y’all!) and wasn’t that long (even less than 80-minutes), so I figured, why
not? The first segment was actually kind
of dark and made me hopeful for the rest of them, but, unfortunately, that was
the only one that stood out for me this time.
I can’t even tell you exactly how many vignettes there are, but does it
really matter if I’m not recommending it?
Again, there was only one recognizable face throughout the entire
picture, and likely only recognizable to an esoteric audience. Neither one were the worst films I’ve seen,
but I say that about lots of movies, so don’t take that as any amount of
praise, not even an iota, because they both still sucked (perhaps why they should’ve bypassed my radar), as
anthology films and evil doll movies (more of the former but advertised as the
latter). 6/28/2021
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Blind Trust >>>EH
Enforcement >>>OK
(In Danish with
subtitles)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space >>>EH
The Monster That Challenged the World >>>EH/OK
Paradise Cove >>>OK
Road Head >>>EH
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur >>>EH/OK
Scooby-Doo! Where’s My Mummy? >>>OK
The Winter Lake >>>EH
Wish Upon a Star >>>OK
---Sean O.7/5/2021
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