A remake that’s fine (spoilers) Warning: This article contains Scream series spoilers In this remake of I onde dager or The Trip (which is a way worse title if you know what I onde dager translates as), Dan (Jason Segel) and Lisa (Samara Weaving) are a couple going through some difficulties. They travel up to …
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It’s time for hide and seek (again)
A fine sequel that slays (spoilers) Let’s start with a quick recap of Radio Silence’s Ready or Not. Grace (Samara Weaving), whose maiden name is revealed to be MacCaullay in the sequel, marries Alex Le Domas (Mark O’Brien), a member of a rich gaming dominion. However, she quickly learns that her new in-laws are satanists …
Unlucky Number 7
The seventh time is not the charm with Scream (Spoilers) It’s hard to talk about Scream 7 without mentioning the controversy, so let’s get that out of the way. The movie was originally going to be directed by Christopher Landon and star Melissa Barrera. Except then Barrera was fired after she spoke up in support …
GLHFDD
A timely, weird movie (Massive Spoilers) Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die starts with a man (Sam Rockwell) walking into a diner and taking the people eating their hostage. He says he’s from the future, the whole world is going to end because of an artificial intelligence, and he’s travelled through time to collect a …
One Way or Another
A well-made and well-acted thriller. (Massive Spoilers) Send Help is a recently released thriller directed by Sam Raimi. I rarely watch trailers anymore to avoid spoilers, and I certainly didn’t need one after reading “Sam Raimi original thriller movie.” Since I think it’s best if you go in blind, and I’m about to spoil the …
“Who the hell has a pet chimp?”
An entertaining if predictable horror (spoilers) Primate follows Lucy Pinborough (Johnny Sequoyah) as she returns home to hang out with friends and family, including her best friend, Kate (Victoria Wyant). The rest of Lucy’s family consists of her dad, Adam (Troy Kotsur), a deaf novelist, her sister Erin (Gia Hunter), who Lucy has grown estranged …
Number of the Beast
A well-made horror sequel (Massive Spoilers) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is the middle installment of a planned trilogy, all written by Alex Garland. Unlike the other two, it was not directed by Danny Boyle. Nia DaCosta helmed this one, which is evident from the first scene. The camera moves in a way that …
Blue Christmas
An underrated horror film (Spoilers) Businesswoman Angela Bridges (Rachel Nichols) is on her way to a family Christmas party when she’s knocked unconscious by her building’s parking attendant, Thomas Barclay (Wes Bentley). She wakes up with her hair down, changed into a cleavage-bearing white dress, with heavier makeup on, being subject to one of, if …
Slayride
Entertaining holiday movies (Spoilers) Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 slasher film released during the rise of moral guardianship. As such, it was very controversial because it featured a killer dressed as Santa Claus. However, all that free publicity worked in the movie’s favor, as it made a lot of money at the box …
Julie James Trilogy
Each film gets steadily worse (Spoilers) I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 slasher film that was written by Kevin Williamson, who also wrote Scream (1996) and created Dawson’s Creek. It’s based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan, which I didn’t bother to read because it’s a loose …