Tag: horror
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Scream 4 (2011 review)
4 out of 5 The weird, and interesting, part about Scream 4 is that it’s a sequel that is also a remake. It’s also remake where characters know that they’re in a remake. Hell, even one character empathically says to not screw with the original. It has meta-fictional wheels within wheels within meta-fictional wheels that…
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Send Help
4 outta 5 Send Help is a thriller that is darkly funny as it follows two characters going increasingly bonkers. It has a cascading series of unfortunate events as the audience’s sympathies shift over the course of the film. There is a lot of yelling that gets funnier and intense, as the story which seems…
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
5 outta 5 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is the weirdest entry in the 28 Days/Weeks/Years series, and considering how weird this series gets, that is saying something. This film picks off immediately after 28 Years Later and, even though it is quite connected to the previous film, this has a darker, stranger identity.…
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Anaconda
3 outta 5 Anaconda is a decently funny meta take on the corny 1997 Anaconda film. In this movie the characters have a reverence for the original film and debate if they are making a remake, reboot, spiritual sequel, which signals what this is going to be. The chemistry of the leads are very fun,…
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
2 outta 5 Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is a limp entry in the film adaptation of the videogame series. Both films are overtly mopey emo slogs in a series that really should be more concerned about animatronic carnage. It is a sequel to the 2023 film but even in a sequel there should be…
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Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
5 outta 5 Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is basically season 2 of the Chainsaw Man anime series but it works great as a single film experience. Reze Arc doesn’t rely much at all on the previous season continuity, one of Season 1’s best characters is sidelined but it doesn’t matter because this…
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The Long Walk
4 outta 5 The Long Walk is a gritty grind of a movie. Directed by Francis Lawrence, who specializes in dystopian grind having directed multiple Hunger Games movies and I Am Legend, this is one of his better entries in that genre due to extreme violence giving it bite. This isn’t exactly hopeful; it’s of…
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The Toxic Avenger
4 outta 5 The Toxic Avenger is very silly, gross, horrific, messed up, squishy, dark, comedic and worthy of the Toxic Avenger mantle. The original 1984 film is a cult classic that is more of a gory revenge film than a comedy (although it does get incredibly dopey at times), this is more comedic, but…
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Weapons
5 outta 5 Weapons is a very intense, messy, weird and gory horror film about grief and scapegoating and family. It is sort of a zombie movie crossed with a possession film with witchcraft horror along with some relationship drama and characters spiraling out. There are a lot of incredibly creepy visuals which keeps the…
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28 Years Later
4 outta 5 28 Years Later is a different film than the original 28 Days Later and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later. First off, this is not as constantly intense as the first two films, this slows down a lot, but the Infected scenes are still gnarly, and somehow even more twisted than before. If…
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