tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15038599145534158712024-03-14T05:48:31.280-04:00The Scream Queen"What's YOUR favorite scary movie?"The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.comBlogger673125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-53908079190541285022019-12-01T16:34:00.001-05:002019-12-01T16:34:40.348-05:00Darlin (2019)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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OMG <b><a href="http://www.thescreamqueen.reviews/2012/03/woman-2011.html">The Woman</a> </b>was so awesome, right? I almost forgot they were making a sequel! I saw it when scrolling through Prime Video and I am pumped! Let's backtrack to <i>The Woman</i> real quick, and be reminded [SPOILERS] that The Woman took Darlin', the youngest daughter of the family, with her when she left the house, along with Socket, and oldest daughter Peggy, who appeared to follow the group. <br />
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<i>Darlin' </i>was directed by Pollyanna McIntosh, who played The Woman in the first film, and is more recently known for her role as Jadis in <i>The Walking Dead. </i>In perhaps a little nod to such, Cooper Andrews from <i>TWD </i>almost immediately appears in this movie as a nurse at the hospital where Darlin' is admitted after being hit by an ambulance. The Woman watches from afar and murders a local homeless man. <br />
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While her entrance into the hospital/general society seems intentional, the Catholic administration associated with the hospital seems creepily excited to take in a feral child, in the hopes that they may "save" her. Upon arrival at the girls' home, the priest/head of the facility immediately exploits her by putting her in a cage like an animal and videotaping her reaction. While there's one nun that seems genuinely interested in helping her, most of the staff seems focused on humiliating Darlin' or using her for some personal gain. <br />
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I actually liked this movie overall as a continuation of The Woman. I didn't like the marginalization of Peggy and Socket's stories, as well as only minor backstory of Darlin's life before arriving at the hospital. There were some really cool scenes, like The Woman riding in the car with Tony, or The Woman at the park with the baby that were so perfect and real. There was so much solid creepiness here, from the molester bishop to the weird wedding-like communion ceremony. This is definitely not as good as The Woman, but definitely a solid installment. (Yes, this is actually a trilogy, with <i>Offspring </i>being the first movie)The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-69067280390881781672019-09-22T16:11:00.000-04:002019-09-22T16:11:10.695-04:00Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hold on, so not only is there a <i>Cabin Fever</i> sequel that I haven't seen, but SEAN ASTIN is in it?! Sunday afternoon score! This time, we are not in the woods, but in the Dominican Republic, which of course isn't safe from flesh eating viruses. <br />
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In an obviously doomed expedition, a group of four -- Marcus, Josh, Dobs and Penny, set off for a deserted island for Marcus's bachelor party. In a laboratory, seemingly also in the DR, Porter (Sean Astin) is held in isolation as they try to figure out why he is a carrier of the flesh-eating pathogen, yet shows no symptoms.<br />
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Meanwhile, on the "deserted" island, everyone is getting high and swimming around in a sealife graveyard, which just really doesn't bode well. In classic <i>Cabin Fever </i>fashion, you know people have to be banging when the skin starts flying off. In a strange twist (SPOILERS), they're actually on the same island as the medical research facility where Porter is being held. A bloodbath (quite literally) ensues. <br />
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Much like the <i>Wrong Turn</i> movies, <i>Cabin Fever</i>(s) have a gory pull that make you want to watch just to see what disgusting thing is going to happen this time. Of course, it's impossible to beat the shaving scene from the original but this certainly isn't the worst franchise/format out there. Plus, I am LIVING for Sean Astin's rebirth as a chubby horror icon. #bobnewbyforeverThe Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-8971562390917951642019-07-21T15:12:00.002-04:002019-07-21T15:12:41.485-04:00Secret Obsession (2019)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't resist a Netflix movie that EVERRRYYYBODY is talking about, especially if it contains Mike Vogel looking like a snack. It's hot as balls here in NYC (over 100 all weekend) and we spent the whole day yesterday outside so today is for movies and air conditioning. I rarely get to watch "new" movies anymore, what with the parenting, full time job, and freelancing but some days there's just a lovely little pocket of time that I can use for stuff like this.<br />
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While I'm clearly most concerned with Mike Vogel, who plays Russell, this movie is also popular for starring Disney Channel favorite Brenda Song as his wife, Jennifer. Additionally, the detective is played by Dennis Haysbert, and I subconsciously keep waiting for him to say "Allstate." <br />
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After being chased by a mysterious man and subsequently being in an accident, Jennifer finds herself in the hospital with a traumatic brain injury and no recollection of her life prior. Russell arrives, expressing distress over his wife's accident, although she can't remember having a husband. While he has photo albums and memories of their life together, he tells her that both her parents died and that she doesn't see old friends since they moved right before the accident. I won't give away the "twist" but if you've watched as many of these corny thrillers as I have, you'll be able to figure it out pretty quickly. <br />
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Was this a quality movie? No, not really. It was chock full of inconsistencies, bad Photoshopping skills and a deep desire to be the second coming of <i>Misery. </i>But was this a fun movie to watch? Yes. If you enjoy killing a couple hours with a Lifetime movie, you will like this one as well.<br />
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<br />The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-31367478812014175732019-06-15T13:56:00.003-04:002019-06-15T13:56:34.356-04:00The Nun (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a soft spot for religious horror movies (I blame <i>The Exorcist</i>) and I definitely have a soft spot for movies in the <i>Conjuring </i>universe. Chronologically, this is the first film in the universe, taking place before <i>Annabelle: Creation</i>. <br />
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In 1952 Romania, two nuns are attacked by a demonic entity, resulting in the death of one and the suicide of the other. A man from town, Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet) finds the body. The Vatican learns of the situation and sends Father Burke (Demian Bechir) and Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) to investigate. When they stay overnight at the convent, Father Burke reveals that he struggles with guilt over an exorcism gone wrong, and Sister Irene shares visions she had when she was younger.<br />
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As the demonic entity wreaks havoc on the abbey, the people in town are also affected. Frenchie, apparently interested in more than getting into Sister Irene's pants, heads up to the abbey to help. We have the standard good vs. evil showdown, but this time with a hot townie in the mix, which I appreciate. <br />
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This movie was packed with jump scares that were made up for by the cool and eerie atmosphere. Possession movies are fairly predictable at this point, but I can't say anything bad about <i>The Nun. </i>Looking forward to more installments from the<i> Conjuring </i>franchise!The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-20380812923314437892019-05-27T16:20:00.000-04:002019-05-27T16:20:13.076-04:00Sinister 2 (2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So we're all on the same page that <i><a href="http://www.thescreamqueen.reviews/2013/05/sinister-2012.html">Sinister</a> </i>rocked, right? And you know they weren't going to let that go without a sequel, right? So no more Ethan Hawke, but James Ransone reprises his role as the deputy.<br />
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Single mom Courtney is living at the Oswald's former house with her twin sons, Dylan and Zach. Dylan is visited at night by the ghost children we know from <i>Sinister </i>and is made to watch the eerie home movies of various children being murdered.<i> </i>Like why do these little ghosts think that forcing children to watch these creepy ass videos is a good way to make friends? ;)<br />
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The deputy, now private investigator and Bughuul-obsessive is trying to break the chain of murders by burning down each house where they happen. But he's unable to continue his plan once he arrives at the latest house to find Courtney living there. There's also an abusive husband in the mix, making it difficult for the deputy to save the family from their imminent demise.<br />
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As in <i>Sinister, </i>it comes time for the current family/chosen child to make the movie. Will the plan be thwarted, or does Bughuul win again? This sequel was actually a lot like the original, just with different characters, but it was alright. The ending leaves an opening for <i>Sinister 3</i>, which was apparently planned, but shelved due to the poor performance of the sequel.The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-91848150195646696832019-05-27T14:20:00.000-04:002019-05-27T14:20:36.144-04:00The Prodigy (2019)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The poor reviews of creepy kid movies have never stopped me from watching one, and <i>The Prodigy </i>is no exception. Ever since I became a mom, I get even more terrified by these possessed little monsters and you for sure can't keep me away from Piper Chapman facing off with a demonspawn.<br />
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After a long struggle to get pregnant, Sarah and John (Taylor Schilling and Peter Mooney) finally have their son Miles (Jackson Robert Scott aka Georgie from the <i>IT </i>remake). From the start, Miles is very clearly gifted, much to Sarah's excitement. But as advanced as Miles is academically, he seems to be just as psychotic. Bad things keep happening as Sarah and John try to get to the bottom of their son's horrifying behavior, and perhaps save him and their family. <br />
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Side note, the reincarnation specialist is Colm Feore, from one of the most underrated Stephen King movies, <i>Storm of the Century. </i>Nice!<br />
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I think a lot of people were annoyed with this movie because they gave away the "twist" fairly early, but I didn't mind it and I found the supernatural aspect in this case to fit pretty well. The plot holes and weird decisions made by adults were problematic -- for example, why was he still in school after beating a child with a crowbar?! But overall, I found this entertaining and Miles was creepy AF. The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-30313825171777999712019-02-18T17:57:00.000-05:002019-02-18T17:57:58.462-05:00Final Destination (2000)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nostalgia day rolls on in my living room and it turns out I've never written a review of the original <i>Final Destination. </i>WTF. A classic. In 2000, I was 17, I had just survived Y2K and I was LOVING this movie in the theaters. Bring me Devon Sawa and Ali Larter and let's rolll.<br />
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Pre-9/11 airports always seem so carefree. Remember when you just kinda waltzed into an airport? People say that this movie reminds them that they're scared of flying -- flying doesn't scare me as much as it's annoying and squished and inconvenient. But alas, we all know that the premise of <i>Final Destination</i> is the plane crash, where only a few survive and "cheat death." Which then continues into multiple sequels that we all know and love.<br />
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So now that the few have cheated death, the race to survive begins. Death is still out to get them, since it missed with the plane. And isn't the glory of these movies? The increasingly inventive and cringe-worthy deaths? This was a new horror concept That's what we all enjoy about the franchise so much -- that thought that it could happen to us all?<br />
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<br />The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-3618007906381732772019-02-18T15:51:00.000-05:002019-02-18T15:51:47.099-05:00Trucks (1997)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have I seriously never reviewed this movie, which is the knock off of the seriously superior and very coke-fueled <i>Maximum Overdrive? </i>Today I have a rare 24 hours off, with no family or work, and I'm determined to do some writing. I got in a nostalgic mood early on, and trolled through Netflix and Amazon looking for comfortable sequels of my favorite franchises, to no avail. So it will be time to dig for more obscure nostalgia, and first I have landed on <i>Trucks</i>. <br />
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In this iteration, it's not just a truck stop, but also some cabins that house a hiking tour, which compels this group of people to end up together, surrounded by the now-possessed trucks. There's all the stereotypes - the grizzled old war veteran, the hippie, the redneck, the strong beautiful woman returning to her hometown, the bickering couple, the shy teen, the mouthy rebellious teen, and the hero (the much-touted Timothy Busfield). If you've read the story, it follows pretty closely, if not in a somewhat clunky manner. Sadly, there are no skeletons driving trucks as depicted by the poster art. The ending was definitely more of a "woah!" than <i>Maximum Overdrive</i>. <br />
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While they try to recreate it, the wonderful campiness and environment (Dixie Boy 4 EVAH!) of <i>Maximum Overdrive </i>just isn't here, even though it's a decent rendition of the SK story. The story itself is just kind of bizarre, and it lends to overacting and giant green demon trucks, not just a regular movie. The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-34766250055750255482019-02-10T17:01:00.000-05:002019-02-10T17:01:05.720-05:0047 Meters Down (2016)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I actually watched this movie a few weeks ago, and I was surprised at how much I liked it. I am a sucker for ocean/shark movies though and I loveee Mexico, so it's the perfect recipe for success for me. <br />
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Two sisters, Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt) are vacationing in Mexico when Kate finds out that Lisa was dumped by her boyfriend for being "too boring." After a wild night out and meeting some cute guys, they agree to do some shark diving with them and their "friend" that they go with "every weekend." The women lie about knowing how to scuba dive, but the captain, clearing seeing their lie, lets them aboard anyway. Now I've been on a few snorkel/boat trips, and this boat definitely looks sketchy at best. But all in the name of impressing your ex, Lisa!<br />
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All seems well, but this is a shitty boat with a shitty cable and the sisters plummet to the bottom, with quickly declining air and out of range of the radio. There's lots of complications here -- the sharks, the lack of communication, the limited amount of air. What I like about this movie is that the two woman actually make concerted and decent efforts and don't just do dumb shit for 90 minutes. And I was entertained by the little "twist" at the end that I know some may have found annoying. <br />
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I found out later that this was filmed in a tank in the Dominican Republic, and honestly, I was surprised. I think the set looks realistic. And Mandy Moore's acting was pretty good...remember when she was a singer? I think she should make the transition to a scream queen. You heard it here first ;)<br />
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Since I became a parent, I don't watch creepy kid movies as much, because when you live with a kid full-time, you realize that they can in fact be creepy as fuck. But this movie does look pretty rad, and it's the middle of day and I think I can handle it.<br />
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After losing their son in an accident, Jessie and Mark decide to become foster parents. Their first placement is a young boy named Cody, who is said to have trouble sleeping and was abandoned by his previous foster parents. Jessie finds a stash of pills and caffeine in Cody's room, and he reveals to her that he is afraid to sleep because of someone called "The Canker Man." That night, the living room fills with butterflies, which soon vanish. They soon realize that Cody's dreams, and nightmares, come to life.<br />
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While Jessie relishes in the opportunity to "visit" with her deceased son through Cody's dreams, her husband feels that she is taking advantage of the situation. Meanwhile, Cody's dreams get more horrifying.<br />
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I'll be the first to admit that I'm super over the distorted face jump scares but I was able to put it aside because I really did like this movie. Sort of like a fairytale <i>Nightmare on Elm Street </i>mixed with a little bit of <i>Mama. </i>The ending did have some unanswered questions, but I suppose we are supposed to draw our own conclusions. <i>Before I Wake </i>was spooky, eerie and had a cool storyline and solid acting. Definitely worth a watch despite the presence of numerous aberrations with missing eyes ;)The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-87658105180710331772018-12-29T17:09:00.000-05:002018-12-29T17:09:40.595-05:00Rats: Night of Terror (1984)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Obviously Netflix is the go-to but it's important to note that Prime Video (free for Amazon Prime members) also has a shit-ton of streaming horror, including <i>Rats: Night of Terror. </i>Filmed in Italy using the crumbling <i>Once Upon a Time in America</i> set, the director Bruno Mattei considered this to be his best work. <br />
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<i></i>225 years after a nuclear apocalypse, several amazingly-dressed survivors emerge from the bunkers underground to seek out a living situation on the surface. They have names like Video, Chocolate, Taurus, and Lucifer. I'm already obsessed with this movie, when five minutes in, they find a trove of food and pour straight up brown sugar into their mouths while dancing around. Their newfound paradise is quite literally crawling with rats, including some that are feasting on corpses.<br />
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Someone literally just said "computers and corpses are a bad mixture" -- this movie is incredible. Despite the massive presence of both corpses and rats, they decide to move right in. Then the carnage begins. Rats crawling out of people's mouths, people covered in rats getting set on fire, rats eating motorcycle tires, and rats spilling out of windows onto a squealing woman with 80s hair. The battle with the rats rages on with several casualties.<br />
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This movie truly belonged on an episode of <i>Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- </i>it was so corny and overacted but also just so entertaining and fun. 80s horror excess at its best. Check it out, the ending was just delightful ;)The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-58423079965399170872018-12-15T17:39:00.000-05:002018-12-15T17:39:31.083-05:00Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I didn't know we were still doing sequels of the "of the dead" movies but here we are! This is a "re-imagining" of (I guess) both the 1985 classic and the 2008 remake. This gets a 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a 3 on IMDB, so looks like we're in for some fun!<br />
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There's been yet another zombie outbreak and medical student Zoe is a lucky survivor, ending up at a military base/refugee camp, High Rock Emergency Bunker. Five years into the apocalypse, they've lost contact with other outposts and are fairly isolated. They do tests on blood samples from the zombies (dubbed "rotters") in order to find a potential cure.<br />
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When a little girl at the camp, Lily, becomes ill, several people from the camp go on a supply run for medication. They run into a number of rotters, including Max, who pre-apocalypse tried to rape Zoe. Of course he manages to randomly travel back with them by hanging onto the undercarriage of the car, which seems pretty unfeasible but okay. <br />
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They catch Max and chain him up, somewhat proving that he's not entirely a zombie, just sort of, since he can still decide not to bite Zoe instead of mindlessly munching on her. While his blood proves helpful towards Zoe's efforts at a vaccine, he's not exactly great at following directions. But he's just such an annoying and non-scary zombie, just repeating "you are mine" over and over. <br />
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There's no point to a lot of remakes, and especially "re-imaginings" but this movie was just....whatever. The zombies were pretty lame, pretty much everyone was unlikable, and the vaccine was really the only "story." It may seem obvious, but pass on this one. The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-10418048884872819482018-11-17T16:37:00.000-05:002018-11-17T16:37:24.632-05:0013 Cameras (2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This guy looks creepy as hell and I already think I'm going to like this one. <i>13 Cameras </i>is about a couple (Ryan and Claire) that moves into a new house and realizes that their landlord is spying on them. Real life scares, people! This is something that could actually happen and that shit freaks me out. I've had my share of landlords over the years, but luckily no scary ones.<br />
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Sidebar: does everyone read Jezebel's annual scary stories contest. The "<a href="https://jezebel.com/10-scary-stories-to-fuck-you-up-at-night-1819882791">Little Hole in the Wall</a>" story from last year gave me NIGHTMARES. <br />
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I already don't like Claire, who is pregnant and basically goes to yoga and decorates the nursery, yet nags her working husband about everything. Like she seriously makes him drive with her like four hours round trip to get a stupid rocking chair for the nursery and then says it is uncomfortable. To be honest, I don't have a hell of a lot of sympathy for the cheating husband either, but I guess that doesn't mean that these people deserve to be spied on by Creepy McWeirdo over here.<br />
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After the initial creepiness of this though, the plot kind of went nowhere. It's a cool concept but lacks the overall eeriness of something like <i><a href="http://www.thescreamqueen.reviews/2015/05/hangman-2015.html">Hangman</a> </i>and nothing ever happened that really made much sense. Was he just voyeuristic and things got out of hand? Was the basement room a part of the plan all along? Has he done this many times? Is he raising his protege?! So many questions. Perhaps there will be a <i>13 Cameras: Part Deux. </i><br />
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So I actually started writing this review thinking that this was the 2018 Blumhouse theatrical release, but it turns out this is some nonsense from SyFy. Even better! I'm a sucker for college student hijinks gone wrong, so you've roped me in yet again, SyFy.<br />
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Eight college friends go on an annual Halloween trip, this time to a house that is thought to be haunted...involving a deadly game of truth or dare years prior. Against all common sense, they decide to start a game of truth or dare. They quickly realize that they are not running the game, and that an outside influence is choosing the truth/dares, and forcing their hand (literally!) if they don't comply. I was wondering if I was going to get to see some cannibalism this afternoon, and <i>Truth or Dare</i> came through. Now they have 48 hours to do all the dares or they are going to DIEEEEE.<br />
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Hold uppppp, did you put acid burns on the QUEEN, Heather Langenkamp?! I did NOT know she was in this. This is a little <i>Saw</i>-like, what with the one survivor and all the stomach-churning obstacles. I mean this shit went 0-60 pretty fast, from someone burning their hand on a stove to limbs getting hacked off.<br />
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<i>Truth or Dare </i>has the same cheesy overacting and fun, if not ridiculous, plot that makes us love SyFy original movies. They are the Lifetime of horror, and there is nothing wrong with that. This one ended oddly abruptly and open-ended, but up until then I liked it. Rock on, SyFy original movies -- keep bringing us college students removing limbs and mutant sharks eating Joey Fatone.The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-40921017918508715302018-11-10T17:31:00.000-05:002018-11-10T17:31:34.529-05:00Friend Request (2016)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In my quest to write more, and consequently take more time for myself, I find myself stowing away to my bedroom on a Saturday afternoon, armed with cheese and crackers and my laptop. My son squeals with delight in the living room as he plays Madden with his dad and I know it's good to step away every once in a while.<br />
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So, onto <i>Friend Request </i>aka Facebook IS gonna kill y'all. Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) is a beautiful and popular college student. I mean, I don't really remember my college years being seaside apartments, cocktail dresses and fancy birthday dinners, but okay. Shy loner Marina (Liesl Ahlers) friends her on Facebook, and feeling bad for her and admiring her animation talent, Laura accepts. However, Marina soon becomes obsessive and exhibits disturbing behavior, and Laura unfriends her. Shortly after, she learns Marina committed suicide. <br />
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Unfortunately, it doesn't end there for Laura. A video of Marina's suicide appears on her page, and she's unable to remove it, and she also seems to be permanently friended to Marina. Her friends begin to die mysteriously, as more disturbing videos get posted to her profile, which she is still unable to delete. Digging deeper into Marina's background, she uncovers a disturbing past. But as much as she doggedly pursues clues, it may be too late to reverse the course that Marina started. <br />
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So I think this movie had a lot of potential, but the character development was seriously lacking. Right from the start, Laura and her friends were vapid and unrelatable, having nothing resembling the actual life of a typical college student. It was hard to feel sympathy for Marina, who tried to be friends with exactly one girl and almost immediately flipped out on her. Her background story is kinda disjointed and all over the place, and consequently creates more questions than it answers. All in all, an okay watch, but could have done a lot more with the story.The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-84469839310154948562018-10-27T15:29:00.002-04:002018-10-27T15:29:26.716-04:00The Rezort (2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life as a mom is crazy, because sometimes you're so busy, and sometimes you're so mind-numbingly bored, but among all that time, you get very little time alone. Whole weekend days used to stretch before me, which I filled with hours of movies and endless writing. My blog was robust and much-followed. But these days it's hard to get the length of a movie alone, or the energy and focus to write. I find myself watching the same movies over and over for comfort, and so I can just zone out. But I'm making an effort to focus more on myself, so I once again have an afternoon ahead to watch and write. I'm going to make this happen more often :)<br />
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First up is <i>The Rezort, </i>where "every apocalypse deserves an after party." <i> </i>So in the (British) future, the war against the zombies has been won. What remains of the walkers are confined to a fancy resort that offers canned hunts that prove both fun and therapeutic. <br />
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Melanie, a survivor of the outbreak, hopes to conquer her trauma by killing the zombies, and brings her boyfriend Lewis along. Sadie, dumped right before her wedding, hopes to work out some anger on her would-be honeymoon. Annoying teens Jack and Alfie vow to "tap that ass til it falls off." Hopefully they will die first. Archer, a veteran of the zombie war,<br />
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Sadie sneaks into a control room, corrupting files, but the employees, not wanting to draw the ire of owner Valerie, decide to try and fix it on the DL. Everyone embarks on their zombie-killing mission, which is fairly uneventful, and they go to a spot to camp for the night. Predictably, the security system fails completely, endangering tourists and staff and initiating a "burn it to the fucking ground protocol."<br />
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The survivors of course make their best attempt to escape, and there is an interesting twist involving one of the characters. It's hard to go wrong with a zombie movie, and this fun take on the sub-genre of post-zombie-apocalypse certainly didn't miss the mark. The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-23232237880119076172018-08-01T14:24:00.000-04:002018-08-01T14:24:09.613-04:00The Bye Bye Man (2017)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For whatever reason, we have this "premium" cable package, which includes Showtime, HBO, Cinemax, etc. What I've noticed about these channels is that they all have like half dozen offshoot channels, and for like month, they just play the same half dozen movies interchangeably. So every time I flipped through, I kept seeing <i>The Bye Bye Man</i> and while that is a pretty dumb name for a movie, obviously I had to watch.<br />
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Apparently this is based on a story called "The Bridge to Body Island" about a blind man in New Orleans who murdered people, cut out their eyes and tongue, and brought them to life using voodoo. That sounds pretty rad to be honest.<br />
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The movie opens with a man going on a murder spree in the late 60s, asking each victim if they told anyone else about "the name." In present day, Elliot, his girlfriend Sasha and friend John move into a rundown house near their college. Elliot unwittingly sees the name (the bye bye man) carved inside a nightstand and later repeats it in the presence of others.<br />
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After that, things begin to quickly go downhill. Sasha gets sick, and Elliot gets crazy, and poor John is kinda stuck in the middle. You can avoid all this nonsense by not thinking of the bye bye man or saying his name, but we all know the easiest way to think about something is to know that you shouldn't. Hallucinations abound, and it's a big mess of who knows, who doesn't know, and who's headed to kill who. But I don't know, it's also kinda fun? This movie got pretty terrible reviews, but there was something I liked about it, so I'm going to go against the grain and give it a tentative thumbs up.The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-78920035659607913822018-02-24T18:27:00.000-05:002018-02-24T18:27:58.624-05:00Cult of Chucky (2017)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Can there ever be too many Chucky movies? I think we all know the answer is no. As long as Brad Dourif walks this earth, we're getting Chucky movies, whether we want them or not. So let's go, Chucky #7!<br />
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Andy Barclay (fuck yeah, Alex Vincent!) is on the worst date ever, where he's being interrogated by a nervous redhead about his Chucky-related past. I'm confused as to why having a possessed doll in your past keeps you from being a good mate, but I probably am more tolerating than most. Andy returns to his log cabin of beer and weaponry and we find out that he has kept Chucky's (living!) head in a safe to torment and chat with. <br />
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Meanwhile, Nica has been transferred to a lower security psych hospital, where things are going...not so well. Nica believes she committed all the murders, due to aggressive therapy and electroshock treatment, but a new paramour immediately mentions Chucky's involvement. Meanwhile, Chucky dolls are practically falling from the sky -- first in therapy, and then delivered by Tiffany. <br />
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While Chucky terrorizes the hospital, the staff attributes it to mass hysteria a al <i>Nightmare on Elm Street 3. </i>Also is it not so weird how hyper realistic Chucky gets with each movie? I think I prefer the old Chucky. Another character that's going a little downhill in this installment is Tiffany/Jennifer. What was previously adorable and spastic (possibly Harley Quinn-esque) has now become jittery and forced. <br />
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Also remember how Alex Vincent was looking all lame and apologetic at the beginning and now he's all hot and angry?! Come to mama. Why haven't I caught him on the convention circuit yet? As the bodies get carried out, Dr. Foley finds himself in hot water. Meanwhile, you could make an entire horror movie about his sexually abusive ass. <br />
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I feel like this whole transfer to multiple dolls and the splitting of souls was too far-fetched, even for a Chucky movie. Also confusing as to why Andy thought that shooting one Chucky would kill all the Chuckies when obviously there were lots of Chuckies. Gahhhh. And I know we always want to leave this open to another sequel, but now we're digging up Andy's former foster sister from like five movies ago?! <br />
<br />The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-17399816840705399952018-02-24T16:20:00.001-05:002018-02-24T16:20:42.354-05:00Curse of Chucky (2013)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mom brain in full effect, I actually started to write a review of <i>Cult of Chucky</i> and I was like hold on, did I ever see <i>Curse of Chucky? </i>It seems familiar but I can't find a review anywhere on my site, so we'll tackle this one first and then move on to <i>Cult.</i><br />
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Wheelchair-bound Nica (Fiona Dourif, Brad's daughter), accepts a package containing Chucky. Both she and her mother, Sarah are confused about the delivery, but decide to give the doll to Nica's niece, Alice. But before that can happen, her mother dies of stab wounds, which everyone comes to believe is a suicide.<br />
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Nica's sister and brother in law arrive with their niece and nanny. Chucky wastes no time adding rat poison to one of the dinner bowls. It's like chili roulette! Unfortunately, the priest eats the chili, and then, like most Chucky movies, it's just murder dominoes from there on out. The residents of the house have accepted and embraced Chucky (especially Alice!) and once Nica decides to employ the google machine, it's too late!<br />
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Chucky is traipsing throughout the house, looking like Michael Jackson, while people on three separate computers realize this was all a damn mistake. Through flashbacks, it's revealed that Charles Lee Ray had a relationship with Nica's family, which resulted in him stabbing a pregnant Sarah and paralyzing Nica from birth. Which also ultimately leads to Charles's human death. Nica uses a well-timed questioning of Chucky's manhood to literally get one step ahead....but sadly, off the the mental institution. <br />
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Chucky proposes a game of "hide the soul" to Alice, who accepts! And then, luckily, we get the return of Andy (now an adult Alex Vincent) accepting the delivery of Chucky (from Tiffany, no less!) which opens us up to yet another sequel! Whee!!<br />
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<br />The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-37687896399349428342018-02-19T16:11:00.001-05:002018-02-19T16:11:31.651-05:00Pin (1988)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I read something about this movie recently, and I was like holy crap this is TOO fucked up, I have to see it right away. One of my new year's resolutions is to devote more time to this blog, and that means actually sitting down and writing when I have free time instead of zoning out and watching reality TV.<br />
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Sometimes these obscure older movies are hard to find online (and we're a streaming only house for years now) but luckily some of them lurk on YouTube. It doesn't take long before this movie is totally fucked. Leon and his sister Ursula live with their weird parents, where they are fairly isolated and friendless. Their father is a pediatrician, and he has a lifelike anatomical dummy called Pin, who he makes "talk" to the children and patients via ventriloquism. It is creepy as HELL and I have no idea why any parents are taking their kids to this psychotic doctor. And just when you think this can't get any weirder, a nurse bangs the doll while the kid watches. For real, this is all less than 15 minutes into the movie.<br />
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It's no surprise these two grow up a little weird -- Ursula looking at <i>Playboy </i>before puberty, and Leon beating up guys she's having sex with as a teenager. After the death of their parents, with Pin in the car, no less, Leon's obsession with Pin grows, much to Ursula's dismay. Ursula does her best to live a "normal" life, while Leon does his best to sabotage it. He begins to have conversations with Pin using ventriloquism. While Ursula has a seemingly normal romantic relationship with a young man from college, Leon tells a topless young woman that he can't hook up with her while Pin is in the house. And hold up, is Pin motorized now?! Damn.<br />
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Pin is basically a part of the family, while Ursula tries to balance the relationship with her brother along with her boyfriend. Pin gets blamed for some gruesome actions, but is it Pin...or Leon? This movie has a pretty sweet ending, and did you know the voice of Pin is Mike from <i>Breaking Bad </i>and <i>Better Call Saul</i>?!<br />
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If you like bizarre, campy, creepy movies, you cannot miss <i>Pin.</i> I only see it available streaming via YouTube, but you can also purchase the DVD on Amazon. <br />
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<br />The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-70904937801281660462017-10-09T20:59:00.002-04:002017-10-09T20:59:33.386-04:00American Horror Story: Cult - "Holes"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beverly is getting in trouble at work for what her boss calls "fake news." She's focusing on the murders, as well as giving Kai air time in his bid to run for city council. She ends up getting fired, while threatening to tell everyone about the relationship between Bob and the young murdered reporter.<br />
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The underground group, led by Kai, hold their meeting, where Winter reports that the city council race is pretty low on people's priority list. Kai suggests they kill Bob for firing Beverly. And who shows up to the meeting but Ivy?!?! WTF. <br />
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Ally hallucinates that holes are in her skin and bugs are crawling in and out, causing her to aggressively gouge her neck. She returns to her hot therapist, and it's revealed that they have been struggling financially for some time, and their relationship wasn't doing too well either.<br />
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Now Ally only has supervised visits with Ozzy and that's not really going so well either. The underground group/clowns show up at Bob's house. Is it just me or are these clowns getting scarier? Geez. In an very odd turn of events, Bob has a guy hanging from hooks in the attic with a black mask on. Consensual? Not? Guess we'll never know because Kai just goes ahead and stabs dude in the chest. And Bob's death is not far behind. <br />
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Meanwhile, back in the house that she hates, Ally sees Harrison skulking around his house even though he is supposed to be to missing along with Meadow, right? Instead of calling someone of authority, Ally just goes over there herself, finding a grave with an injured Meadow inside. She runs back to her house, and attempts to call 911, but after being told to wait on hold a moment, she uselessly calls Ivy instead. Meadow comes banging on the window, and reveals to Ally who all is involved in this clown nonsense, including Ivy. <br />
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Kai's support for the city council has gone up since the video of the clowns was released. High on power, he vows to remove the "weakest link" of the group, who he conveniently has tied up and gagged. To make up for running away before they killed Bob, Ivy needs to shoot the first nail into the poor guy's head. <br />
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In a conversation with Beverly, Kai reveals the story behind the loss of his parents. After a motorcycle accident, his dad became angry and abusive, and his mom killed him and herself in a murder/suicide. Instead of reporting the death, Kai and his brother (hot therapist Rudy Vincent!), lock them in the bedroom, covering them in lye, and continuing to cash their disability and pension checks. And Kai continues to visit them, Norman Bates-style! <br />
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<br />The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-13066360836762334052017-10-01T22:27:00.000-04:002017-10-01T22:27:56.476-04:00American Horror Story: Cult - 11/9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week, we revisit election night, when Ally betrayed Ivy by voting Jill Stein. We check in on the other characters, placing their respective votes, including some crazy recently amputated Trump voter. Kai employs Harrison as a personal trainer, then waxes poetic about LGBTQ labels. After cleaning the steam room, Harrison sees the happy face symbol, then "catches" Kai doing a weird exhibitionist thing in the shower.<br />
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Harrison returns home to Meadow to discover that their home is being foreclosed on. Him and Kai have a heart to heart, which is kinda odd after the whole jerking off thing, but ok. He follows Harrison into the steam room and DRAWS THE HAPPY FACE. Ahhh. Egged on by Kai, Harrison assaults and kills the asshole manager at his gym. Kai helps him to get rid of the body and hide his tracks.<br />
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Kai becomes interested in a disgruntled reporter, Beverly, who was harassed on-air, causing her to retaliate and be committed to psychiatric care. Upon her return, she becomes frustrated with a younger, attractive reporter who is receiving more attention. Fortunately enough for Beverly, the clowns, apparently led by Kai, murder her rival and the cameraman.<br />
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Ivy tries to convince Ally to attend a political rally with her, but Ally doesn't see the point, given that Trump has no chance of winning. Ivy goes to the rally alone, where she gets groped by a man. Winter chases after the man, and Ivy and her connect and have coffee. They follow the man to the store he works at, tase him, and tie him up. Their intent is to make him miss the voting period, and they promise to report his location to the police in 24 hours.<br />
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However, Kai finds the man, chained by one arm, and hands him a saw. Someone watched <i>Saw </i>a few too many timesss. So it turns out this was the amputated guy voting at the beginning of the episode! Devotion! The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-80860864489881484502017-10-01T21:19:00.002-04:002017-10-01T21:19:53.470-04:00American Horror Story: Cult - Neighbors from Hell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this episode, we have a new character and a new phobia - the fear of being locked up/buried, which is miraculously cured by Ally's therapist, Dr. Rudy Vincent. Everyone rejoices in the success, until the woman and her husband return home and get locked in caskets by the crazy clowns. Do these clowns have some sort of "in," or are they involved with the doctor somehow?<br />
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Back to Ally, who shot Pedro in cold blood, and will easily get away with it, since the cops feel it was completely in self-defense. However, the community feels differently, and protests outside the restaurant, and deems Ally a "lesbian George Zimmerman. Kai, previously her enemy, latches onto the fact that she killed an immigrant while defending her home, and proclaims his support.<br />
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Ally and Ivy's weird neighbors, Harrison and Meadow, visit, wearing sombreros and lighting into Ally for the Pedro incident. Later, Ally and Ivy find dozens of dead birds in their yard. Winter returns, at Ivy's request, but much to Ally's dismay. Winter, ever the horrible nanny and person, lets a man answering an ad into the house. Turns out he's answering a fake request to sexually satisfy "two horny lesbians." Ally and Ivy are far from amused.<br />
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Ally and Ivy return home to find a guinea pig in their strict no-pets household and find out it was brought over by Meadow and Harrison. Ally sees the chemical truck outside, that she believes killed all the birds, and tries to confront it, getting almost run over in the process. Meadow does the weird pinky thing with Kai, revealing her fears. <br />
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Ally, Ivy and Oz share a meal at the restaurant, and agree to let Oz keep the guinea pig. They return to find the clowns' symbol painted on the door, and said guinea pig being microwaved. Ally immediately suspects Harrison and Meadow and races over to their house to confront them. Ally then confronts the chemical sprayer, only to realize he is a clown.<br />
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Harrison plays the pinky game with Kai, revealing that he wishes Meadow was dead. Ally shares her suspicions with the police, and they are interrupted by Oz, who found a video of Winter seducing Ally. There is commotion at the neighbors' regarding Meadow's disappearance, which Harrison blames on Ally. Ally and Ivy return to see Oz staring at a happy face on the wall. Clowns, clowns everywhere!The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-59164297259296883302017-09-29T22:57:00.000-04:002017-09-29T22:57:16.047-04:00Gerald's Game (2017)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I read <i>Gerald's Game</i> years ago, and while I wasn't particularly blown away by it, I remember picturing the Space Cowboy as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McGrory">Matthew McGrory </a>(RIP). I mean, it's scary, right? Being trapped in a completely logical and non-supernatural way like handcuffs to your headboard. I live in the city, it wouldn't take long for someone to find me. This is why I don't mess with the country. <br />
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So it's hard to carry a movie with mostly one character, but if anyone's going to do it, it will be sexy mama Carla Gugino, who play Jessie. Jessie and her husband Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) head up to their country house for the weekend to reignite their marriage. Gerald wants to reignite said marriage with some sort of rape fantasy that Jessie is not on board with. When he pops a Viagra and they have an argument, he ends up dead on the floor with her handcuffed to a very sturdy bed.<br />
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In the most bizarre bedroom in history, much unfolds. A dog comes by to feast on the dead husband. The ghost of her dead husband and a more competent version of herself guides her through tasks. And the villain of the story, the "Space Cowboy," makes his appearance. Meanwhile, in her thirst and isolation-induced mental state, she remembers childhood abuse.<br />
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So I feel like these trapped in one location movies can drag, and there were some chatting scenes where I was getting a little bored, but I was legit excitedly yelling at the tv at some parts! But I just did not like the character of the "moonlight man." He just looked too fake and ghost-like considering it was supposed to be a real person, and the pivotal shared scene in the end, which should have been eerie, came off almost comical.<br />
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Overall, I liked this movie, and Carla Gugino carried it well. But they probably could have cut out a few minutes of lecturing/chatting, and definitely gone in a different direction with the "space cowboy"/"moonlight man." But yet another successful Netflix original. The Scream Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134412515279573222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1503859914553415871.post-6462625370968908442017-09-13T21:44:00.000-04:002017-09-13T21:44:02.963-04:00American Horror Story: Cult - Don't Be Afraid of the Dark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You would think that clowns and Donald Trump are one and the same, but on this show they are very different! We're back with <i>American Horror Story: Cult</i> and seriously, Sarah Paulson is one of the best actresses this show has had. She just puts 100 percent into each one of these characters, IMO.<br />
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This week, Ally wakes up with a frightening clown in bed next to her. She grabs wife Ivy to investigate, and not surprisingly, she finds nothing. But is it just that the clowns are really fast and sneaky?! Because now I see one in her son's room switching off the nightlight. It's very hard to tell if the clowns are real or imagined on this show! Oh, it was just a nightmare. Poor Oz. <br />
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Back to Kai, who antagonized migrant workers into beating him, and is using it to speak out against undocumented citizens. He has also decided to run for city council to try and replaced Kang, who was murdered in last week's episode, possibly by clowns? Speaking of Kang, Ally tries to peek into the house when the new neighbors are moving in their belongings. <br />
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Racial tensions run high at Ivy and Ally's restaurant in wake of the political climate and attack on Kai. Back at home, they've apparently decided to keep employing the dumbass nanny that shows Oz murder videos. Oz calls her out to lying to the moms about what they saw about the murders next door. Of course, conveniently the new neighbors are beekeepers, right in time to freak out Ally with the honeycombs. They're a little freaky themselves, TBH.<br />
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The alarm goes off at Ally's and Ivy's restaurant, and stupidly, Ally goes down there in her pajamas with no police, and clowns likely stalking her. For good measure, she wanders around a fridge full of animal carcasses, and maybe the corpse of a chef! But who knows, because a lot of things are dreams and hallucinations on this show.<br />
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Obviously unsettled after the events of late, Ivy just goes straight to pick up her hot therapist. As it so turns out, the chef was murdered, and police suspect Pedro, another cook. Of course the new neighbors have an entire weapons cache that they've been building up "since Obama got elected." Ally, newly a gun enthusiast, takes one for herself. <br />
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While fortifying their house with extra security measures, Kai knocks on the door. He rants on with Breitbart-ish statistics and taunts her. Back at the restaurant, Pedro laments being a suspect. Winter, the worst nanny on earth, does a shitty job of putting Oz to bed and then seems to scare Ally on purpose as she stares at her medication. Instead of encouraging her to take it, LIKE SHE SHOULD, she runs her a bath and pours wine. Andddd, maybe gets sort of sexual? This show is weird.<br />
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Should your child's nanny be washing your back in the tub when your wife is at work?! My guess is NO. The alarm sounds...and do we think that Winter and the clowns are working together? All signs point to YES. The gay guy from next door comes over screaming that the power loss is a result of massive terrorism, sending Ally into a frenzy. Winter suddenly feels the need to save her ceramics and peaces. Ally is probably locked in her super secure house with the clowns. <br />
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Instead of just driving over to the restaurant, she runs about with a gun and hatches this ridiculous plan to run to the neighbor's house. When she opens the door, Pedro is on the other side with supplies. Sadly for Pedro, Ally is super trigger-happy and down goes Pedro. Until next week!<br />
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