I was going to do a Final Girls vs. Final Girls Support Group anyway but the trailer for the new Scream hitting today does make it even better… “I’m Sydney Prescott of course I have a gun.” I feel teenage nostalgia coming on!
Why yes, yes it was. So why did I watch it considering the reviews pretty much summed it up? Well I’m an Anya fan and more importantly I’ve seen all the other Fox X-Men movies so I kind of wanted to stick a fork in the series, you know?
Doctor Sleep Directed By: Mike Flanagan Having not read the book I went into this movie expecting it to lean heavily on Danny Torrance and his return to the Overlook Hotel- the haunted hell hotel where the events of The Shining took place. I was pleasantly surprised that the highlight of this movie was the … More I Hope it Hurts: Doctor Sleep
The Lighthouse Directed By: Robert Eggers The Lighthouse stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two lighthouse keepers who take a four-week shift on a small island far out into the ocean. They spend four weeks pretty much driving each other crazy only for a storm to impede the much needed shift changeover. Then the … More Madness, Myth & Man in the Lighthouse
I started reading It last week- the movie version helped restart my interest in the horror genre. Unsurprisingly like most of the King books I’ve read from that era I can’t put it down. And reading it while awaiting the final chapter and thinking on some of the other scary movies I’ve watched or am … More What’s Scarier? Books vs. Films
Me: I’m going to finally read IT next. I’m going to do it. I’m going to be brave… Final trailer drops. Me: Maybe I’ll wait a little while longer.
Us Directed By: Jordan Peele Grade: A- I really wanted to talk about Jordan Peele’s new movie Us. So I’m going to split it here- the first part of this will be just a regular review what I thought of the movie. Then the second part spoilers.
It Follows Directed By: David Robert Mitchell Grade: B+ So despite chickening out of Halloween (was there ever any doubt?) for some strange reason I was determined to watch a scary movie for October’s Blind Spot. It Follows seemed like a perfect one. I mean after all its not some serial killer sneaking in and … More It Follows Does the Deed
A Quiet Place Directed By: John Krasinski Grade: B+ If they hear you. They hunt you. Which strikes me as a phenomenally bad time to have a baby but whatever.