The basic premise of this is, a serial killer goes to a concert with his daughter. Or a father who murders people takes his daughter to a concert that means a lot to her. Trap navigates this dichotomy brilliantly. I don’t know what to say about the movie. It is lazy in certain parts, and […]
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A somewhat baffling but interesting movie. There are a lot of elements that kind of work. The main character is really good. She’s believable throughout and her transitioning into an alter ego is an interesting ride. I don’t really understand a lot about the guy that she’s in contact with. He’s empathetic and helpful as
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“V/H/S Beyond” is almost as hard to review as it is to type out. It’s six pretty disparate stories held together by a loose theme, and each short film attempts its own storytelling style, actors, thematic elements, and perspective. But it would be far too generous to say each short actually achieves those heights. From
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Pearl is beautiful, interesting at times, and well acted. But it’s not scary, and fails to make the characters compelling enough to feel high-stakes in the most important moments. Pearl is the prequel to “X”, and they share slasher vibes and a central location. But where X feels exuberant and almost playful, Pearl feels forced
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Minor overall spoilers. Have you ever booked an Airbnb? Have you ever thought “Hey wouldn’t it be scary if I got murdered?” If the answer is yes then oh boy have I got a movie for you. This movie kind of feels like three movies duct-taped together. There’s an initial, somewhat typical build up for
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Major Spoilers for Saw, Saw 2, and Saw XIt’s the TENTH Saw movie, y’all, and Tobin Bell is back as either the most or least Jigsaw you’ve ever seen depending on your perspective! Sad news for nobody in the world but Jigsaw and fucking Amanda: Jigsaw is dying. He’s got a bad and late stage
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Speak No Evil is a frustrating movie. Our main couple are Americans in Italy on vacation, and they meet a British couple, whom they quickly befriend, they both have one child and the children that also get along well, and eventually the Americans are invited back to the British couple’s house for a weekend. Following
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So Kas had seen this one and I hadn’t. Midsommar is a weird cult story that makes me wish my people (white vaguely Scottish/Irish people) had more culture and legend (or at least that I knew our mythology better). At least I have mental illnesses and queerness to enrich my perspective (hooray?). There are a
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A masterpiece. A Quiet Place has always been about the intersection between horror stories and stories about humanity and how we connect and communicate. This one does not disappoint. A Quiet Place tells the story of a terminally ill woman trying to make it through New York on, literally, day one of the invasion. She
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If you like the original Scream, odds are you’ll like this. An absolute blast from start to finish. A classic who-dun-it with every flair typical to a Scream Movie, including a few directly matching shots. Everything from the plot, to the killers, to the cameos, exactly mirrors Scream as direct commentaries on current horror. The
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