Just got back from seeing this, I'll get right to it, Halloween does indeed end the Michael and Laurie Strode Arc once and for all and very fittingly at the end. However The main prob with this one is, Micahel must have been hanging with Jason Voorhees or Freddy Kruger Planning their next Vs movie, so they decided to get a random guy (Corey Cunningham) and make him the main killer for pretty much 90% of the movie, all while wearing Michael's mask.
Now I don't know about you but when I walk into a cinema to see Michael Myers do his thing and end an epic saga, I don't expect to see someone essentially standing in doing the killing as it were (when killing actually starts) for the majority of screen time. To cap it off, they build up Corey's character of a killer babysitter and then do nothing with him, just kill him off in the end, so I have been sitting there for over an hour now waiting for Michael watching this play out and it doesn't go anywhere. Now if they had built this up for Corey to be the new Michael (well I would have still questioned it) but it would have made sense whey there was all this padding and filler until Michael stepped into frame, especially if you watch previous 2 before which I did, where Michael kills 12 Firemen in just once scene alone, this should have been an epic Halloween battle a crescendo of a finale but for majority its pretty hollow..
Honestly you can literally skip the first hour, hour and a half and then splice the rest onto the end of Halloween kills and bam you got your ending. The epic finale of Michael vs Laurie didn't even take that long, and even longer for them to get face to face.
Also Michael actually getting killed was kinda weird, being this iconic indestructible character actually getting killed for once, but yea it did its thing for the end of this story, he'll be back in a new iteration I have no doubt (As long as they stick with just him)
For the most part watch Halloween 2018, Halloween Kills 2021 and then last 45 mins of this one and you got your trilogy basically.
Lets be real, "Who elese Ya gonna Call'
Back from seeing this today, I wasn't disappointed, lot's of humor that had me and my friend laughing, great little story and a new imposing villain.
In short this offers a faithful adaption to the franchise (Lest we forget a certain film) the OG cast are all back in what I can only describe as fun filled spooky action movie for the whole family to enjoy. You can really see the inspiration from the real ghostbusters coming into play here, being a more full on ghostbusters movie than afterlife.
I think the fans of the franchise will warm to this one (wink) as it does everything right in their, (my) eyes, while keeping it open and entertaining to newcomers. Pretty much like the sonic movies, take the family have a great time with it, which is what we have here. Despite initial critical reception, I know it's not Rachel Zegler proclaiming a timeless love story is weird, or a new shark-nado adaptation or even an African American led cast with a lord of the rings storyline guys but come on, this is at a the base level a good film, there's no arguing that.
There were some things that I could critique like the Phoebe randomly going to the park and meeting up with the ghost girl as you do for example.
the lore is also well fermented, with Ray now doing a show where people bring possessed or strange objects for him to detect any ethereal prescience's, which is something I can see him doing, while Winston handles the business side of things. We also have Peter being his ever usual self, and Janine suiting up with her own proton handheld.
Very much looking forward to a sequel, and where they can go now that the Gozerian era has ended and what new villains they can bring into the fray, the sky is the limit really, even if the OG cast do only appear for shorter stints.
I had a feeling I would enjoy this one, clocking in at nearly 2 hours I set some time aside for this. I did enjoy the film, however it did feel like a weird one at times, in terms of pacing. It was like driving on a road where you slow down then you speed up then you slow down, I think that best describes it. For me I didn't mind too much, I can see not everyone enjoying that however.
The film boasts some stellar cast members, Dan Akroyd, and David Bowie, what! He was unmistakable and I instantly knew it was him, a very neat surprise for sure, not in a role I would have thought either, also have a cameo from Clu Gulager from night of the living dead.
The story does need a few to pick up the pace and get going, also worth mentioning in turn that "Jeff's" character Edd is very slow as well for the most part, its a you will adjust to him or not kind of situation. Its ridiculous at times, with cool cameos and a neat story with an 80s setting so that did it for me.
I also loved the little nod to Abbott and Costello meets Frankenstein with Bella Lugosi, as soon as i heard it in the background I was like I know that film.
I saw the show for this many years ago with a school outing, and it was really cool. Only now getting around to watching this with Rick Moraniss though. I loved the fact Bill Murray, John Candy and Steve Martin are also in this, they were all great and it was a nice surprise when each popped up.
I also learned that it comes with 2 versions, I watched the directors cut and then I watched the Theatrical ending right after while it was still fresh.
I have to say I prefer the theatrical ending, here's my take why;
I think It works better tonally with the rest of the film and the lead up to the ending. The directors cut is full on and quite a change of pace but feels off to me. Don't get me wrong it was pretty cool, and over the top which I do like.
Comparing the two cuts it feels more off having an invasion montage that just dragged out the story, it has a runtime of about 23 extra mins after the murder scene, Seymour and Audrey seem almost just like a footnote. Sure seeing Audrey 2 invade the world was cool, but it was like I just switched channels to day of the Triffid's or war of the worlds, and we already know the outcome with the mini Audrey being made as well as Audrey's overall victory after the murders.
To me the film is pretty closed off for the most part people wise, you have about 4 main characters not including Audrey 2 who you invest with, and a few random people here and there and at the end your supposed to connect with character's we cant or don't care about it just adds nothing.
The theatrical is a really happy ending of sorts with a sinistiar Mini Audrey but it also provides us with an amazing villain line from Audrey 2 "Oh Shit!" just priceless
So for those reasons the theatrical is a much cleaner cut and works better for me with the story, again being more tonally correct, plus it does show the Mini Audrey in the garden which seems like that classic villain that has been killed but you know he will be back vibe as it dons its evil smile.
I really enjoyed this one.
I've seen a lot of Warewofl Movies over the years, from the original Wolfman with Lon Chaney Jr • 1941, to
An American Werewolf in London • 1981, Silver Bullet • 1985 or even The Wolfman • 2010.
What I like and will stick out about this one is the style of a scared soul transforming into a beast of the night, or a creature to be hunted, or a monster terrorizing its a tried and true formula.
Here we have the great talent of Michael J Fox as a Teen Wolf, going through all the teen struggles but as a wolf.
What really caught me off guard is how everyone just accepts it and is like ok he's a werewolf that's cool, at first I was like oh boy, but you know it kinda worked. Being this hip basketball playing werewolf, finding himself and all the rest of it while embracing who he really is a wolf or Scott Howard.
Overall it's a fun watch, especially for lighter viewing if you don't like the more terrifying Werewolf movies out there, plus when was the last time you saw a Wolf dancing down a school corridor wearing a Walkman ( a 90's portable music player)
Just go in and enjoy.
It has moments of lucidity before descending like a bat into sheer madness, surprisingly enjoyable madness.
It's goofy there's no doubt about it, the music numbers in this have no right being as good as they are for this kind of film.
The story is pretty simple, interestingly being quite the vampire fan I will say I love the fact that we see an alter mirror version of Ralph even if it does break Vampire lore by you know being able to see himself in the mirror, yes its wrong but the fact that his alter self has this back and forth as his own kind of alter character I liked so yea for this movie I wont question it too much.
I will say the moments with Stanley showing his tapes I think dragged a bit for me on both occasions, his character personality was also annoying, sure there was a little giggle here and there but the tape scenes especially were way too long for me, like yea we get it lets move the plot along.
For me the film really took off in the big number "by my side" really made the film worth watching, It was that good I hit rewind and watched it again I enjoyed it so much, honestly its damn good. Tony Basil in her solo performance was also pretty neat.
Its defiantly a fun family Halloween movie. .........just be warned on that bat transformation though, that was different very differnt.
Yet another one of those films where I ask the immortal question "what the f**k am I watching"
I much prefer the original Leprechaun movie personally, I consider it a much better movie so far in this franchise, clearly they just keep going downhill from the first one.
Is the first one a masterpiece?, not at all; yet it does offer a cool new idea with more secluded locations along with a good cast.
This one just felty a lot sillier, the fact there is no continuity between films with each now seeming to be its own thing, it does have a few neat ideas, I feel confident recommending the first and leaving this one be unless you do have a curiosity to watch the full collection at least once like me which is fair. (Can't wait until I get to Leprechaun in Space I can see it now - shudders of Jason in space -
As far as I can see they are utilizing the original Halloween concept where they make a new one differently each time just using the same character.
The garage kill with the saw blades, seemed utterly pointless and unnecessary considering the character was leaving and wasn't gonna have anything to do with Bridget, although you do get to see Bridget (Shevonne Durkin) topless arguably the highlight of the movie.
The last segment in the Leprechauns lair was also cool with the intersecting rooms looping I will say
Really enjoyable 80s spy thriller movie, with a bop of a soundtrack from the era. I suspected from the synopsis and look of it after searching for recommendations to Cloak and Dagger (1984) and If Looks could Kill (1991) (two other neat spy movies worth checking out by the way) that I was going to enjoy this one, I wasn't wrong.
A student who plays with others using paintball guns on campus like a club fraternity thing (hey its the 80s I'd buy it, and in now way basing opinions on current day P.C., just enjoying what I'm being served up) anyway he ends up being seduced while on a trip to Paris by a woman called Sasha, let me just say there is something really enticing about Linda Fiorentino (Sasha's) accent that was so well done.
From here we have a regular spy fest, its entertaining and I wished they still made movies like this. The pacing was pretty good, the cinematography especially in the late nights and days of East Berlin were also really good.
If you like Spy action comedy thrillers then I recommend checking this one out.
(Oh and that ending where he tranquilizes the girl that calls him a creep I laughed, she had it coming)
This is a hard one to review, obv having David Swhimmer star as some sort of bungling inept NSA agent coming over to GCHQ to meet another inept agent sounds like a win win, well I mean it tries it's just not what I was expecting.
So the first episode did not hit home, I did love David's entrance but I was cringing a bit, while really wanting it to be good, this pretty much stayed with me for the first half of season 1, albeit I did chuckle here and there, and last few episodes were bringing me around a bit more. (I did go in with a perception of how the show may be though)
Now here's the weird thing, I really enjoyed Season 2, I think they should have opened with it even. I find it so strange that the second season is better than the first but in this case it is, by the end it had me wanting to see more and giving a damn about all the characters.
Episodes 3 and 5 of Season being among my favorite.
There is a 3rd season which consists of 1 special 45'ish min episode and its pretty hilarious, in the most stupid ways possible.
A bit bungled to begin with, missed opportunities and humor that isn't everyone's cup of tea, also never heard David drop so many bad language bombs before.
I gave it a 5 as I did laugh out loud a good few times, so giving it a 4 would feel disingenuous.
Give it a try, its pretty short and if you do make it to season 2 then maybe you'll also find something to enjoy here.
Watched it when it came out and it wasn't a fan, haven't seen it since. Until tonight as in the lead up to Dual of Destiny a 1-4 rewatch was in order naturally. this one just doesn't cut the mustard, when you go back to back each film until 4.
Crystal skull felt a little lackluster, and it's crazy when you consider it's roughly the same length. The humor, the adventure and the action going from Temple of doom or last crusade is just lost here, although I did give marks and enjoy the fight sequence in the jungle all the way from the vehicles up to the temple and the library bike scene.
the other movies held my attention every nail biting second but this one I was looking away and doing menial things in the quiet parts.
Going back to last crusade where Nazis boards the plane looking superior and Indy throws him out the window before saying he didn't have a ticket, to which all the guests get their tickets out, then a lull before going into the airplane dogfight, like that's Indy - humour, suspense and action, none of which we get here in the same measure at least.
if I go to watch them again (which I will) I would be fairly happy watching 1-3 and just the bike and jungle sequence from this one skipping the rest.
I also feel this one didn't. have enough real filing locations to it as well and utilized more cgi, it's just a weird one. Speaking of I wasn't enthralled by the nuke sequence either, like yea being flown into the air inside a fridge.....was any of that necessary, Indy survives a nuke that just happens to be going off and survives, I don't know.
In my opinion the weakest in the collection thus far, although they have from what the trailers have shown, brought the Nazis back for Dial of destiny so, I'm hoping it's a return to form.
Die-Hard Meets Home Alone, the trailer looked all kinds of crazy and David Harbour really delivered as his role as Santa Clause, I was also surprised to see Beverley D'Angelo from National Lampoon in this.
This Christmas film is as the title suggest violent as all hell, Santa Clause vs a house full of Mercenary's utilising whatever he can to survive and save the little girl on the nice list (lucky for her she is so sweet otherwise I dont think he would have stuck around) and let's just say you definitely do not want to be on Santa's Naughty list, some of these scenes may even make you wince, they don't hold back once they get going. (Looking at you bad guy making his way to catch the girl in the attic, or woman also trying to catch the girl in the attic but her head getting stuck to the floor ow)
Despite all of this, the film manages to keep the Christmas spirit just be sure the kids are in bed before you watch it.
Its different, so if you need a break from all the normal Christmas movies and need something else to play alongside Die-hard look no further, I enjoyed it for what it is David Harbour Santa kicking butt and ticking the bad guys off his naughty list, ho ho ho.
House of the Dead really does stretch the title given to it, this is not the video game adaption you are looking for.
What the F***k was with the 10 sec or so house of the dead video game clips spliced into scenes, I re-iterate what the (well you get the idea) It did not do anything, it didn't blend, it shouldn't have been there much like the plot really.
I can't say the movie was a total wash I did enjoy the sequence where there was mindless zombie blasting all the way down to the matrix style mid air weapon kills that part is definitely a guilty pleasure. Although the zombies were being killed pretty easily, the scene goes on for a little bit so you can turn off and enjoy that I guess.
To top it off 'G' Shows up at the end for like 20 seconds with a special forces team, it is clear the director had no clue of the source material. Also the characters have no real emotion to speak of, very early on in particular when the border control offficer blows away a guys girlfriend who has just turned into a zombie, he shows 0 emotion, he doesn't even try to act, he's just there waiting for his next line, like with.
Think that sums it up really a disasterous attempt at a great franchise with some funny moments even if they wern't meant to be funny.
Was a nice surprise to see Kira Clavell though.
Worth it just to admire Meg Fosters beautiful captivating pale blue eyes (your going to see them a lot)
It's an odd and yet interesting one, it's passable to watch nothing stellar.
I think the most apt comments I have read on this are the actors went on vacation in Greece and decided, "hey we have cameramen, a deserted village = let's make a movie".
It does some things well, such as the deserted setting in the isolated Greek town, at night when the wind blows it provides a nice eerie setting.
Wings Hauser does a good job of being the crazed killer, although truth be told he could have ended the film a lot sooner. The eventual cat and mouse game is good as a premise, it does fall with logic sometimes, as in "well why didn't he do that" or "why didn't she do this"
Must we have a narration from Meg during some of her alone scenes, we clearly have the facts, there's no need for reinforcement.
Also the dialogue seemed off once or twice, as though they just added it on the spur of the moment and it didn't quite fit.
Hauser does a good job of playing the crazed killer however and the end was interesting.
For someone who seems to not have fired an automatic shotgun before and also knowing she has only 4 live rounds, why did she waste 3 on what seemed like warning shots, for that matter why get rid of it afterwards, she still had one live round. Furthermore why didn't she try to search kesner's body for his handgun she clearly saw he had.
So just finished this one, spoiler free review is this is a family-friendly film which also caters to younger audience's who no doubt will enjoy, Its not a bad movie per sae there are however other alternatives you could be watching instead, as someone best described it as a lite version of a goosebumps movie.
The film has a lot going for it initially, its set in a Halloween store on Halloween, featuring Christopher Lloyd as the evil spirit with a hint of a "Stranger Thing's" feel to it now and again so it checks the boxes, it just has a lot of missed/wasted opportunities that it never fully capitalizes on, a sort of hollow misadventure.
Now for the spoiler related review of what I didn't like;
I disliked the chase through the store by Lloyd's spirit, channelling into different costumes to chase after the kids so he could possess one of them, it goes on too long and wastes too much time. At one point Lloyd has a cool evil looking character complete with a saw and a hammer but then has to go and get a more generic costume as he cant open a hatch the kids escaped down (which makes sense as he doesn't have hands, it's just wasted time though.
When Lloyd does possess the girl "Kate" only then does the store really come to life with some good visual lighting from the outside as well. It all ends too soon though, the kids just trap "Kate" who is commanding the store at this point by stringing her up with a rope foot trap, suddenly all the costumes lose their life, it's like thanks for showing up guys we need to hurry this along we're running out of film.
I liked the part where Christopher Lloyds spirit inhabits the first costume and he picks up a baseball bat and drags it along the floor menacingly, there needed to be more of that, there wasn't enough mortal danger, they could have used spiders, possessed dolls I dont know so many ideas unused.
For the most part your sitting there thinking they are trapped in a Halloween store on Halloween with a possessed and vengeful ghost, why are they not throwing the entire store at them, some more tense moments, more scares, more action, anything. I'm pretty sure the trailer showed them being chased or attacked by an evil clown which I did spot in the movie, he just didn't do anything so I might have to double check that, still again wasted potential.
The ending surprisingly touted a possible sequel which based on the mixed reviews, I'm not sure will happen, if it does I really hope it learns from this one and brings more life into the film, I'm never against seeing another Halloween themed movie or show so I do kind of hope it happens.
It's not a bad film, it's also not as great as it could have been either, it sits in the middle, think of it as more of a build up to the Halloween season, your mileage however may vary, to be honest at that point I would prob point you toward "The Curse of Bridge Hollow" instead.
Watched for the first time tonight on Halloween, after re-watching the original for the 29th time (see what I did there.) I have to say the og remains my favourite, however this does a really great job reuniting the Sanderson Sisters once more.
The witches are back, and there's hell to pay.
At first once the backstory started I was like do we really need this, it does add to the sisters backstory though and especially when it all culminates at the end it makes sense. Once the first song kicked in "The witches are back" I knew I was in for a good time, "One way or another" was also a blast to watch. Having said that I thought it a bit odd that the witch the Sandersons first meet, just gives Winifred the book and vanishes never to be heard of again, I guess its short and to the point so I can't argue that, I don't know a little more on that character and why she just hands over the book so quickly/easily would have been nice.
The story was unexpected introducing modern day witches, even allowing for more empathy for Winifred's character at the end which was surprising but very touching especially when Book tried to save her essentially from herself casting the book out until she realized, I thought was really well done. It was also nice to see them all using their powers a lot more this time around, again I would have liked more of a battle near the end however the effects were good.
I thought it was all over too soon, I could have watched more alas it was a fitting and emotional ending for the sisters (will they be back, you never know)
Overall it was great seeing the Sandersons back in action, Bette, Sarah and Kathy are a trio to be reckoned with and a joy to watch in action. The music was amazing and catchy, this is one to add to the family movie list around Halloween for sure.
