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Nonetheless I hope you enjoy! Worst case scenario there are so many amazing horror films to fall back on and we are all blessed for that.
I'm seeing Halloween Ends tonight. Fingers crossed. I have been known to like stuff that "everyone else" hates. So... who knows. ;-)
I'm so intrigued by films like this but I know I could never watch them.
I am quite tempted to watch Terrifier 1... I've read enough about it now that at least nothing would come as a surprise.
I bet many people will dismiss this one as a letdown, and I can understand why, but the Halloween fan in me is still more than pleased with what he got.
3.5/5
It is. The Carpenters infused it with John's vintage '80s sound.
They’re pretty sick, twisted, and over the top, to a point where it’s not normally my thing, but the crazy original and comedic villain, Art, makes it all work for me. I encourage you to give it a chance if you do have the stomach.
Halloween Ends sure is looking like one of the ultimate divisive movies of our times. I’m happy for those who really did like it. It just was such a massive letdown for me. I do hope it’s a super long time before anyone touches the series again, no one should until there’s something really brilliant to work with.
I love ALL HALLOW'S EVE and TERRIFIER because of Art. I'm also a fan of bold, brutal movies, so I can't wait to see TERRIFIER 2. I'm not buying into this "people are fainting" crap, though. People fainted during FRANKENSTEIN in the '30s because Karloff's makeup shocked them. People fainted during THE EXORCIST because, well, most Americans were (are?) still as superstitious then (now?) as their ancestors were in Medieval times. People fainted during THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE because -- forget it, no one fainted during that movie because no one, apart from myself and other fans of exploitation cinema, saw that movie when it came out. ;-)
I've never fainted during a movie, not even during the ones that allegedly have people fainting everywhere. It's a marketing stunt, nothing more. Like every now and then, Netflix supposedly has the "scariest film ever" to offer. Right, like BIRDBOX I suppose. Sure.
TERRIFIER is not for the faint of heart, but it's not CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST either. It's SAW level gory, and still less intense. And that's fine. The film has much more to offer than that: Art, a grindhouse quality, Art, a few cool splatter scenes, and Art. The art is in Art, a simple but effective "monster". And horror fans like myself, we love good horror film monsters.
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RIP
Giving me Babadook vibes... still kind of want to check it out.
Amen to all that. Resurrection and Zombie’s second are the only ones I dislike more which still says a lot. Really hoping there’s a long, long gap before the next one, and that they can figure out something much better.
The idea that binds Ends together is a very interesting one. The problem is that the character used to carry that theme is one that has been introduced in the third part of a trilogy when it really should have been an arc hitting its own climax by that point - just like the conflict between Laurie and Michael.
Imagine first introducing Darth Vader in ROTJ, revealing him as Luke's father, and then having them duel to the death followed by another battle with the Emperor? That is what Ends ultimately felt like. It's not bad, it's just ill-timed and awkward and the film never really hits a stride as a result.
At least Kills was pretty much batshit right from the first frame.
We could have introduced Corey in the opening of Kills, and with a bit of clever re-writing, had him be the guy that the townsfolk also go after following
Rather than that random guy who clearly looks nothing like Michael Myers.
This ought to be the official template for every Halloween movie!
The characters were certainly inconsistent in a lot of respects, especially in their appearances and layout. I laughed pretty hard when that sheriff with the huge hat appeared at the end of this new one, I completely forgot about his character. What a shame, as the actor's quite talented.
I also saw a question that made a ton of sense in hindsight: why would Laurie be living this survivalist life with Michael having been imprisoned for decades, but now that he's returned, slaughtered your daughter and several other townsfolk, escaped to a nearby area, NOW you decide to live some life of quiet tranquility with absolutely no preparations made for his return, no firearms stashed away just in case? It's pretty remarkable.
Either way, I do feel like this final one makes a mess out of what came before. It actually made me realize how much I liked Kills. He goes from “transcending his humanity the more he kills,” surviving that mob attack to being a geriatric old man who gets his mask stolen by a guy in his twenties.
They killed Hawkins off in 2018, brought him back with a big story arc in Kills and then do absolutely nothing with it in Ends. Pretty much everything I wanted answers for in the first two did not get answered.
Well, JGTH is kinda where I'm at with H Ends. I mean, it's a totally different film in tone and story and whatnot, but they're also trying to tell a different story, set in the universe of Michael, but without Michael doing what Michael does, all the time.
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- Pearl
This was the big one for me, and the film didn't disappoint. Ti West, director of two favourites of mine (Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, House Of The Devil), is hot on the track of classic horror status with his 2022 blitz krieg of X and Pearl, with MaXXXine in 'TBA' status. Pearl is a stylistic exercise in patience-before-the-reward, carried on the talented shoulders of the enigmatic Mia Goth, with a clear quality-over-quantity mission statement. I can't wait to see Ti West expand this into a creative saga.- Terrifier 2
This isn't a film for everyone... but it is for me. All Hallow's Eve introduced me to Art The Clown, a new slasher killer who combines the relentlessness of Michael Myers with the sadistic brutality of Freddy Krueger. Terrifier cemented Art as a guy who deserves our attention, even in cheap, repetitive splatter fests. But with Terrifier 2, director Damien Leone went "Dawn Of The Dead" on us, with well over two hours (!) of Art versus the world, a cat-and-mouse game, soaked in blood, that keeps the pulse high. It's been claimed that people have fainted or thrown up while watching the film, the most obvious promotional stunt since Karloff allegedly did the same in 1931. It's a juicy exploitation flick all right, but certainly nothing the average stomach can't take. To me, it's good, gory fun, centred around the mysteriously effective Art. Leone has said that another film is in the making. If so, thank you, Damien. Terrfier 2 is a bloody good feature for the gorehounds among us.- Hellraiser 2022
A long-time Hellraiser fan, I was really looking forward to seeing this latest instalment, the first of hopefully a couple more from the same people. I wasn't let down. It's a fresh take on the Hellraiser myth; it selected what marvellous pains it wanted to keep, and cut away the rotten flesh of tediousness we've had to suffer through since Barker's original was "sequelled" into hell. While an imperfect film for sure, it opened the box for interesting new avenues to pursue. I'm more than happy with this film.THE GOOD
- Halloween Ends
This is the polarizing film of the season. I like this one, as I have stated before. The story of Corey is really good; it's almost a return to Carpenter's Christine rather than to Halloween. As a Halloween film, it's lacking in spades, but that doesn't make it a bad film.- Orphan: First Kill
I was lukewarm on the 2009 film Orphan and so my hopes were low for a prequel made 13 years later. But a few cool twists got me involved in ways I hadn't expected. It's not a great film, but there's still a lot of fun to be had with it.THE BAD
- Jeepers Creepers Reborn
No, just no. The first two films in the series were good. Yes, they were made by a convicted paedophile; they were still good. The third one forced me to sober up in my appreciation of the predatorial flesh-eater returning every 23 years for a quick bite. But nothing could have prepared me for the major disappointment that is Jeepers Creepers Reborn, a film that looks like it was made by a few neighbourhood kids with cheap moviemaking software and grandma's dilapidated house at their disposal. The only horror here is the film itself, creepy only in its intentions to sell us this unfinished parody of a student project.A particular favourite of mine as well. Glad to hear others like it; even if a movie like that isn't scary, it can still be fantastic, and the cast and everything else make it that.
A real Stephen King adaption where the real villains are the adults.