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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 Mouse Trap EH
Mickey Mouse as the killer in a slasher movie? I had to.
Taking place in an arcade? I had
to. Just being a slasher movie I had
to. I didn’t have much hope though after
the spoofy beginning explaining Disney wanted nothing to do with this film and that this film wasn’t associated
with the company. This is an uninspired
barely 80-minute feature turning yet another children’s property into a horror
flick (I’m beginning to think the much maligned Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is the only one that somewhat
succeeded so far; you can read my review for that in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2023/10/zombie-townpet-sematary-bloodlines.html). I know, I know, what should I have expected
from a slasher movie made in 2024 featuring Mickey Mouse as the killer? Well, true, I didn’t expect much from a
slasher movie made in 2024 featuring Mickey Mouse as the killer, but you can’t always
use the ‘what did you expect?’ excuse.
Trust me, I’ve liked my fair share of “so-bad-its-good/watchable”
movies. I expected something better than
this. I have a feeling there might be
more coming though (as of now, I saw no plans).
If so, perhaps this one won’t feel as lacking…8/11/2024
Bonus review:
The Black Mass EH/OK
Another Ted Bundy film.
According to Wikipedia, there are at least seven of them. Aside from some documentaries, the only one I
recall ever seeing was the 2002 film (Ted
Bundy); I am interested in checking out the TV movie, The Stranger Beside Me, featuring Billy Campbell. This only features one part of his killing
spree during the end of the Seventies at a sorority house in Florida. Serial killers. Why do we continue to promote them? Yes, needless to say, you don’t have to watch
them, or read about them, and I or anyone else would likely feel differently if
we personally knew one of the victims.
[I can’t deny I watch them either, my favorites being Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and
2003’s Monster; I don’t count The Texas Chainsaw Massacre since it was
“inspired” by Ed Gein as opposed to being directly based off him]. Speaking of victims, since these films are
going to be made, why not spend more time focusing on the victims instead of
the killer since the general population usually only remembers the killer and
rarely any of the victims? I think
humanizing them would make it much more harrowing, causing us to feel for them
and those affected. That’s what I liked
about one episode of the Netflix Dahmer
series when they focused on one particular victim (you can read my review for
that series in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2022/10/beastdahmerhellraiser.html). That being said, this film barely gave us
enough time to get to know any of the victims (even though a post credits
message claimed the creators see the victims and those affected, not him), or
even Ted himself (it is assumed you already know about him), and you’d think more
time would’ve been devoted to humanizing the female victims, this being
directed by a female. Even if you take
away the whole Ted Bundy aspect though and this were simply a film about a
psycho attacking a sorority house, it would feel totally lacking (at barely
even 80-minutes), despite having some gruesome parts more gruesome than I
expected. 8/18/2024
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
The Bench (2024) >>>EH
Cinderella’s Revenge >>>OK
The Final Terror >>>B/EH
IF >>>EH
Immaculate (2024) >>>EH
The Trip (2023)
(dir. Dean Jacobs) >>>EH
(Available
on YouTube)
---Sean O.
8/20/2024
