Amazing news! Or, dare I say it, Wonder-ful? Fine. But this is a great compromise for pandemic ridden areas (which is basically everywhere in the US right now…)
WW84 will hit international markets a week earlier, but hey. I’m not jealous. It’s a great Xmas prezzie for me, and all other Wonder Woman fans. (It’s all about me, apparently…) Huzzah, Warner Brothers!
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“There’s nothing loose about this goose.”
Holiday: Christmas. Obviously.
Genre: Regal Rom-coms
Synopsis: Amber longs to become more than a copy editor at her newspaper. Prince Richard longs for freedom from the crown. When Amber sneaks into the palace as the “nanny” to the Princess, unexpected sparks fly. Can these two figure out what they really want? Um, DUH.
“Baby please – just talk to me! I love you so much! I’m scared, please!”
Genre: One-on-One Horror
Synopsis: First anniversary? Mazel! Jackie and Jules are a married couple who are absolutely crazy for each other. So a romantic getaway to Jackie’s family cabin in the sticks sounds like a cozy getaway. But as Jules starts to learn more about her wife’s childhood? It’s looking like one of them might be straight up crazy.
Fabulous or Frustrating?: Alive has similar vibes to Revenge and The Duelists… A weird blend, sure. But it mostly works, thanks to fantastic performances, cinematography that creates an eerie sense of isolation, and a few twists that kept me on my toes.
There’s lots of cat-and-mouse thrills here, mixed with moments of Hitchcockian “bomb under the table” suspense. As the married couple Jules and Jackie, Brittany Allen and Hannah Anderson both do both loving and life-or-death exceedingly well. My heart broke for Jules, yet I wanted to know more about about Jackie and her fucked-up life. Here’s hoping for a prequel?
One thing in the negative column though… There are scenes that feel like bits of padding in an otherwise taught thriller, going on a tic too long here and beat too long there. Nothing so egregious that I found myself checking the time, but enough to sometimes feel the drag. Still, the way this film takes well worn tropes and adds fresh elements to the mix makes things interesting even in those moments.
In the end, it was worth my time, if only to see a brand new badass come into her own.
Score: 4 out of 5
“Just relax. I’ve got it all under control. You don’t have to lift a finger.”
Holiday: All of them. But it begins and ends on Christmas.
Genre: Saucy Rom-com
Synopsis: Sloane is sick of being a twenty-something at the kiddie table. Jackson is sick of casual dates becoming Big Deals simply because it’s a holiday. So when these two run into each other, they figure being each other’s “holidate” for every coming gathering this year is a great idea. All fun, no feelings. Right? Sure.
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Happy Halloween! Yeah I should be doing a final movie review for the month. But y’know what? I’ve done “31 in 31” for TEN YEARS NOW. I’ma do me. So this year I’m sharing one of my favorite things to click on for a touch of creepy: Shudder‘s Ghoul Log series! From a “traditional” Jack O’Lantern to one carved as Trick ‘r Treat‘s Sam, there’s several to enjoy.
So enjoy these YouTube tidbits of Sam O’Lantern and the Return of the Ghoul Log, and then hit up Shudder if you want more. (Each “Log” plays for an hour, and naturally you can watch over and over…) My favorite? Well, it’s gotta be the Joe O’Lantern (er, Joe Bob’s Ghoul Log) with Ernie the lizard dressed as the cutest widdle Freddy Kruger ever. Check out the featured image in this post if you don’t believe me. Awwww! 🧡🧡🧡
And from now, on I’m gonna keep the freaky fun rolling all year long; I’ll be debuting Freaky Fridays very soon! Cult films, 70s exploitation, classic B&W genre films, crazy international films, short films, and of course my beloved horror films. Every single Friday. Keep your eyes peeled. Ew, not literally y’all. Gross.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
*insert interesting quote here, because damn if I can find one in this clunker*
Story: Um. I guess there’s a family with a weird pervo grandpa who’s also a Satanist? (The goofy Devil’s Rain kind.) Well, gramps wants his oldest Grandson to join the family business. And yeah, that’s it.
Scares: Zero. It’s too stupid to be scary.
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“I lost my best friend that day. How am I ever going to make a guy like that again?”
Story: Surprise! Actor David Harbour is actually David Harbour III! And in this “documentary”, he digs into his father’s past, focusing on a play that was supposed to be a sequel to Frankenstein. Let’s just say it’s no classic. But the backstage antics sure are.
Scares: Zero. Because comedy.
Splat factor: Zero. Ditto.
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“We can have some fun. Enjoy it.”
Story: Maddie Young, a talented writer, has just published her latest novel, Midnight Mass. She lives in a beautiful home out in the sticks, to focus on her work. But there’s something she doesn’t know; there’s a serial killer in the woods tonight. And there’s something that killer doesn’t know; Maddie cannot hear or speak, but she’s no pushover.
Scares: Tons. This is a chilling home invasion film.
Continue readingWhere my fellow science nerds at?Because Roanoke Gaming’s YouTube channel is stuffed with all sorts of cool scientific breakdowns of horror movies and video games. From 28 Days Later to Pumpkinhead, Splinter to Dawn of the Dead, there’s lots of icky to enjoy.
Did I mention that Roanoke is a microbiologist as his IRL Job? Because he is, and he gets extremely in-depth with his theories.
Be prepared to get lost in science, in the very best way. And then have a glass of warm milk or cuppa before bed. You may need to self-soothe.
“Who says we’re immune? Maybe the earth just forgot about us.”
Story: It’s 1981. In the Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow in Quebec, things are starting to turn strange. Fish are flopping around after they’ve been gutted. Dogs who’ve been put down rise up. And white people are dying and turning into zombies. The Mi’gmaq are immune to the virus, but not immune to being eaten alive… So six months later, their reserve is a fortress. But should they help uninfected white people survive?
Scares: Mostly sadness at how the world works during a pandemic, in-between hard hitting gross outs.
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