Horror Hating

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.

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.

You'd think if you were going to name a movie after a character, it'd be one of the main ones.

The Masked Singer One of my guilty pleasures *may* be music reality shows (The Voice is my favorite, but I lowered myself to American Idol recently). I heard about the Season 5 winner (which was pretty obvious), so I decided to start with Season 1. I mean, if you can handle Jenny McCarthy (she wasn’t terrible), Robin Thicke, and some Nicole person from…Fifth Harmony? Oh and Nick Cannon. (Ken Jeong is my favorite.) . . . it’s not a bad show. While the episodes are pretty formulaic, I enjoy the challenge of trying to identify a voice. On the flip side, I haven’t heard of a quarter of these people.…

Hide yo' kids, hide yo' wife...

Just watch it.

Modern horror movies have become so easy to predict. And by that, I mean, I usually predict the ending sucks. And this one sucked. The worst part about it is that you think that those 90 minutes might be leading up to some awesome ending, but instead…it got fucked up. You’ve seen this setup before. Couple moves away from the big city to the quiet. The husband is a cheating asshole. The woman has an eating disorder, which never really ties back into the story. The house is probably haunted. The husband is probably a murderer. Well, he is, you find out pretty quickly. And the ghost? Trying to warn…

TW: rape, rape culture I saw this movie a while ago but just didn’t feel good about watching it. In fact, I’ve warned some friends away from watching it, knowing their histories of being raped or sexually assaulted. After watching Promising Young Woman, I felt empty. There’s nothing to cheer about, even at the end. This one surprised me–when you hear a female-directed revenge horror movie, you scream “YES!” and pre-buy on Vudu. I’m all for women-powered revenge movies. Taking back the narrative. But as with all of the posts that are published on this blog, this is my opinion as a movie watcher. And I watch movies to get…

How far will one mother go to protect her son? Duh, all the way. Which is why I’ve been avoiding this movie. Of course, she’ll do anything for her little monster. Not a new premise. Next! The acting isn’t half bad. The kid…he’s pretty fucking creepy. Especially when he’s eating entrails. Where have all the good horror movies gone?! Nothing is original anymore. It’s like they’re all having a gross-out using the same plotlines. Here’s this crazy looking demon and weird ass cult and you get a teeny tiny taste of it at the beginning and end. Great, thanks. I watched this kid eat people and MOAN for 90 minutes…