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Chiller: Prophecy (1995)
Great episode from I series I didnt know existed.
I was shocked to find this show on Amazon Prime. It's really quite good, and I'll be honest, the actress that plays Frannie is gorgeous enough to warrant watching.
The Walking Dead (2010)
How the mighty have fallen...
When this show started roughly 6 years AFTER the whole zombie craze had officially died out, it was mildly entertaining for a season. At this point beating a dead horse doesn't even begin to describe the tired repetitive nature and hackneyed plots this unoriginal show recycles and plops out episode after episode. Just shoot it in the head and kill it. Zombie stuff has been tied for over a decade for everyone but the most mindless follower drones that can figure out how to work a TV. Just stop it.
Suspiria (2018)
People who use the word art in a negative context and call this pretentious miss the point yet again
Just a quick response to the bad reviews by all the Transformers/Trump loving crowd. We know. You don't get it. You don't get most things in life and that's why you're always angry and slightly drunk. Maybe let the adults talk for a while ok champ? This is NOT a remake in a beat the dead horse sense of the word. It truly is a reimagining. If you don't like that call it an homage, just stop calling what you don't understand "dumb" "pretentious " or "artsy" (as if that's bad). The cinematography is brilliant, acting is perfect and the movie is a white hot slow burn culminating in a nightmare that will stay with you quite a while. The story is eerily and equally beautiful, entertaining and interesting if not flat out informative. Give it a chance, it is quite good. The Argento original is an amazing film and one of my personal favorites and I honestly may like this as much if not more. I don't won't to give away spoilers, just know that seeing the original in no way prepares you for this. As I said they are quite different flims but both fantastic in their own right. I do apologize for the hostility originally I just get sick of quality films being review bombed by the mouth breathing culturally bankrupt kind of people that call others "soy boy" and tell other Americans to "go back to their own country" as they up vote Twilight part 3 for the 12th time.
Absentia (2011)
Hollywood film makers have a lot to learn from this low budget masterpiece
I rarely ever write reviews but honestly, this movie needs a win and I want to give it one, even if I am just one little guy in a big city. This film deserves so much more praise than this 9/10 can possibly describe, and that's why I'm writing this. Before I get into any specifics I want to say what a well made and surprisingly original movie this is. It was a pleasure to watch. That said I've gotta point out some VERY minor problems I had with this movie. They're tiny and insignificant, even nit picky compared to movies with budgets that exceed 200 times what these talented people had, but problems none the less. Actually, let's just call them differences of opinion. Whatever, just hear me out. Far and away the most annoying thing in this whole movie is non boyfriend cop. Anyone that chews gum like that should be imprisoned for life, no second chances. I just wanted to break his teeth. I know its petty, and so are all my dislikes, but they annoyed me none the less, and I did warn you. Also, despite mentioning how "bad the neighborhood is" a couple times... the neighborhood is fantastic. Bad neighborhoods in California DO NOT look like that. Where are the bars on the windows? Where are the drug dealers/addicts? The trash? The prostitutes? Also, c'mon movie...that girl is no addict. Addicts don't jog, and an 'addict jogger' certainly wouldn't be, well...not that she's fat because she's not, but let's just say ample. I would know. I've been there. Also, check some facts. Heroin and all other opiates constrict the pupils, they do not NOT dilate them. Anyway, that's all the bad really. I know, I'm being stupid right? Now for the good, and there is far more good in this film than there is bad or childish things I felt neccessary to whine about. This movie is low budget, there's no denying that, but its made with a great deal of skill. I'm not here to heap praise on the cinematography or anything but I'm certainly not here to knock it either. It looks good, if only a little grainy, and even thats down to the fact that they just didnt have a million dollar camera more than anything else. This is a well crafted, unique movie that is shot and recorded well beyond a competent level. The story is undeniably original, and I'm definitely giving it a whole point for just that. Hollywood needs to look what these people did with next to nothing next time they decide to piss away another $250 million dollars on yet another terrible remake. This is a solid film through and through. Shot composition, lighting, sound, acting, everything is done on a much higher level than I expected. This isnt the greatest movie I've ever seen, but everyone involved has an awful lot to be proud of here. It's good. It's really good and I cant praise its originality and quality enough. It's an absolute disgrace that guys like Michael Bay have a job when there are talented, hungry film makers like this doing so much more with so much less. I think my 9/10 score is just a wee bit inflated, but thats only because of the noble job the film makers did with such an uphill battle. Unfortunately not enough people will see this movie but thats certainly not for lack of effort. Movies like this deserve a wide audience, and while they may never get one, I'm gonna do my damndest to let everyone know what a great job was done here. Even if I am just one little guy in a big city.
The Bye Bye Man (2017)
Oh it's bad. REALLY BAD.
This is the culmination of the last few years of sanitized pg-13 wanna be horror trash that studios have been pumping out lately. Stupid story, bad acting, incredibly dumb name for the villain... I could go on and on but honestly it's not worth it. If you give this movie anything above a 5 you're taste in movies is terrible. Maybe even as terrible as this awful movie.oh, and here's the spoiler, it SUCKS.
Trash Fire (2016)
First and foremost, this isn't horror
I don't do alot of reviews. It's rare that I feel the need to defend a film, but I found this on Netflix one night at 3 am and knowing absolutely nothing about it or it's actors, I watched it. (it's true, I've never once seen an episode of Entourage, nor did I know this was the guy in it) There aren't many full blown negative reviews of this movie, and the one there is is poorly worded and the writer doesn't know the difference between an attic and a second floor. I just want to say, give it a chance. Go in blind. It is well written, funny and tragic. This is 100% black comedy and it seems the term was coined for this film specifically. For a dialogue heavy movie with maybe 5 locations I found it incredibly engrossing.
Super Dark Times (2017)
This is fantastic
Just watch this movie. If you grew up in the 90s or even the 80s this movie is gonna give you the feels.
Book of Blood (2009)
Yup. It certainly exists.
This movie is perfectly average. It's not great, it's not terrible. It has moments that approach brilliance and it has moments that are just down right bad, but in the end it all wraps up pretty much the way you think it will. It starts strong and just plods along until it kind of just runs out of gas. Worth watching if you've got absolutely nothing better to do.
The Evil Within (2017)
I wanted to love it
As far as I'm concerned, dark psychological horror, gore, mind bending story telling, and unique visuals should all add up to something. I wanted the ride to get in my head. Instead we get 2 movies smashed into one. The story of John and Lydia was, well...stupid. Everything they do and say and the world they live in ruins the other story. I'll give this movie a single star for being unique, but it was executed terribly in my opinion. I really have this movie a chance. I didn't expect perfection, but I also didnt expect crap. Crap is a nice way of putting this. The pieces are there, they just weren't put together well. At all. This was a round movie forced into a square space and it just didn't work.
Yonggari (1999)
Hot, wet GARBAGE
Terrible CGI , even for the time. I was in school for 3d animation in 2001. Had I turned in something that looked like Yongary I would have gotten at best a D. Seriously this movie had absolutely no redeeming qualities. The plot is god awful and seems like it was made up as they went along. What else can I say? This movie is awful and the people who made it should be ashamed of themselves.