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Halloween II 4/10
R.I.P.D 6.5/10
My week:
Total Recall (1990) 9/10
I didn't plan on having a Schwarzenegger weekend, and yet here I am. I love this movie. The cast is fantastic. I love the story. I think what makes it so great is that you can take it anyway you want. I remember reading an interview with Verhoven after the film debuted at TIFF and the movie was described like Schrödinger's cat. He filmed it specifically with ambiguity. If you think it's all in his head. You are correct. If you think it really happened. You are correct. It's just so much fun to watch.
Predator (1987) 8/10
I admit that I liked this one better back in the 80s, but it's still a fun, fun movie to watch. Some of the effects don't hold up as well as they used to, but the action is a blast to watch.
The Craft: Legacy (2020) 6/10
I have so many questions about this movie. Like why would a psychologist/therapist move her daughter into a house when she hasn't even met the whole family yet? And who gets a period so heavy that it drips on the floor and doesn't notice? (I'm not shaming anyone who that's happened to, but I would think that her clothing would have absorbed it all and that she would have felt at least felt something before it got to that point) I didn't actually hate this movie. There were some fun moments. There were times though, especially the end battle that felt more like an old episode of Charmed than The Craft.
Haunting of Cellblock 11 (2014) 6/10
Not a bad ghost hunter found footage film. Some of the effects were pretty cheap looking, but I thought most of the acting was pretty good for the budget. The scares were pretty minimal, and the story offered nothing new to the genre, but it stuck to the formula and I think it was somewhat successful there. At least they had a creepy location to shoot at.
The Spell (1977) 6/10
There were a lot of decent 70s and 80s made for tv movies. I think this one is one of those. Had a very respectable cast, and Lee Grant was stunning. The story is a little reminiscent of Carrie. Although no one is really despicable, no one is really likeable. I'm not going to say that this is great by any means, but it did keep me interested the whole way through.
Eaten Alive (1976) 6/10
I've seen this a couple of times now, and I still don't really know what I think of it. I mean it is a pretty silly movie, and at times the lighting, though a definite choice, is distracting. Robert Englund is a highlight for me. The film has it's moments of 70s sleaze greatness, but even though I am a fan of many films in the rape revenge genre, there is just something here that keeps me from really liking it.
Against the Night (2017) 6/10
This was decent. I think it benefitted from not going found footage. The few scenes that were worked. I did think that parts of it were a little too dark. The plot was creative, and strayed away from the usual storyline, even if it did use a lot of the common tropes. The execution and effects weren't too bad, and there were some nude scenes. I did lose interest a little bit, and I wasn't totally thrilled with the ending, but overall this was okay.
Hidden Gems (2022) 6.5/10
I almost turned this off in the first 5 minutes. I thought it was going to be horrible. I am glad I made myself give it 20 minutes. I ended up really liking it. The scenery was great, both on land and underwater. I am really liking Hallmark leaving British Columbia for some of their movies, and also casting different people. I liked the leads, they felt comfortable together. Yes, there was some of the usual tropes, and I did take off half a star for the unneeded conflict with the beachcomber as I felt it cheapened the story.
Offseason (2021) 5.5/10
So I have to admit, the first 5 minutes really turned me off. I was ready to shut it off, but I do have to watch at least 15-20 minutes of a movie before I do that. I'm glad I did, because it did improve a little. Decent cast with some Ti West movie favourites, and some familiar faces from other Mickey Keating films. Richard Brake was wasted in this though. I liked the creepy atmosphere, but over all it just didn't all come together for me. I didn't hate it, and I might enjoy it more on a second watch, but as of right now, that won't be for awhile.
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Pet (2016) 6/10
I knew I'd seen this before, but I didn't really remember anything other than some of the twistier parts and that I thought I liked it. So on the rewatch, I really liked the cast, and I thought the plot was interesting. It's a movie where no one really is sympathetic which makes it difficult to really care too much about what happens to anyone. I think that may be why I didn't fully remember this movie. There is some good tension here though, and the performances make it worth watching.
The Last Five Days: 10 Years Later (2021) 2/10
No idea why I watched this one. I really didn't care for the previous one, and in my review I said I wasn't going to watch this one, but boredom and not wanting to keep looking had me pressing play. The first one did make me laugh a few times. This one did not. It was so drawn out. Watching found footage that a drunk person filmed, wasn't fun. Sorry Clay Moffatt, that was painful and so unnecessary. The entire part after eating the fruit was really, really bad. The smashed camera effect made the bad acting even worse. I didn't enjoy this one at all.
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