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All-Time Favorite: Poltergeist (1982)
You don't get to like horror movies and not have watched Poltergeist. Get on it.
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The Midnight Club: Clock Strikes Zero
I love me a good Mike Flannigan mini series. I’d watch it even knowing it sucks. And this one kinda does. But it’s worth watching before shit gets culty. Only some of Flanigan’s mainstays appear, mostly in the oral stories these terminal kids are telling in the middle of the night. It introduces some news ones – ones I hope appear in future series. My favorite one being Anya, played by some Tik Tok star, apparently (Ruth Codd, a right British bitch!). Another delight is Heather Langencamp. I may have said “that looks like Nancy from Nightmare on Elm Street” before I realized it was…yeah. In my defense, I can’t…
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Smile: It’ll Make You Want to Hide Behind Your Eyes
This is one horror movie fans will want to see in the theater.
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The Thing About Pam: Said in my best Keith Morrison Voice
Not sure why, but Renee Zellweger has never been a favored actress. I am not one bit disappointed by The Thing About Pam; and in fact, I am now a Renee Zellweger fan. She's a great actress, especially considering she's emulating the murderess. You want to murder her when you watch it.
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The Quiet Should Stay Quiet
Never heard of this movie before today. It showed up in my horror lists, so I'm counting this as a horror movie. And really, it is.
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Hocus Pocus 2: How You Do a Sequel After 20 Years
Not only do I (mostly) hate movie versions of books, but I loathe remakes and sequels. Especially when they butcher movies I grew up loving. And I grew up loving Hocus Pocus. LOVING IT. I was prime age – 3rd grade – when it came out. I watched it enough as a kid that I vividly remember scenes to this day. The great thing about this movie is they know they’re making a sequel. It gives you the backstory of the Sanderson Sisters, one that makes you like them a bit more. There’s no Thora Burch, but the cast is filled with POCs, probably in big part to Bette Middler…
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Knowing: Something you don’t want to know
If I were to rank Knowing among Nic Cage's movies, it'd be at the bottom. Not a bad concept for a movie but poorly executed. There's something wooden about Cage's performance. I don't know if it's the soft lighting - this is when his hairline started to recede, where I'm not sure if it's a wig or this is him trying to hang on to what's left. But his performance seems wooden and hollow, there's no fire in his eyes like there are in so many of his other movies.
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The Cellar: In few words
After moving to an old house in the country, Keira’s daughter goes missing during a power cut. She decides she will go to hell and back to find her. The movie’s description on Amazon Prime Only she doesn’t return. THE END. That’s how simple this fucking plot is. The one thing this movie has going for it is its creep factor. I did get a little creeped out watching it, only nothing creepy actually happens, so meh. Recommended for… Easy-to-please horror fans who like British accents.
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Agnes: It’s Not About Agnes
You'd think if you were going to name a movie after a character, it'd be one of the main ones.
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In Defense of: The Unholy
Wait now, movie critics. Why did this movie get terrible ratings? It really was NOT bad. Sure, it’s another witch possession movie. What I thought made it clever was that the main character is a rag journalist who had faked miraculous stories several years ago (losing his job in the process). There’s even a plotline that makes it all the way through the movie, which is a win in my book. And honestly, Jeffrey Morgan works as the gruff journalist who once again ruins the story by faking it (he didn’t really). Here’s the thing: almost all movies are either a remake or a sequel. Why is it when a…
