Hereditary (2018)

Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro
Director: Aru Aster


Premise:
After her mother passes away; a woman's family starts to experience a series of strange and tragic events.

My Take:
The movie is full of constant misdirection and pulls the viewer different ways before revealing its true purpose. To give away any more would be a great injustice to the movie.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Francesca (2015)

Starring: Raul Gerderlini, Silvina Frippaldi, Luis Emilio Rodriguez
Director: Luciano Onetti


Premise:
Detectives try to find a serial killer murdering "impure" girls. This case is also linked to a 15 year old case of a missing girl.

My Take:
This is a strange, modern giallo that throws a lot back at its predecessors.

Rating: In the middle


Watched: Tubi TV

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Venture Bros, Season 7 (2018)

Starring: Christopher McCulloch, James Urbaniak, Doc Hammer, Michael Sinterniklaas, Patrick Warburton,


Premise:
Season 7 has the Hank and Dean entering young adulthood and experience more of the trials and tribulations that go along with it. Rusty creates a teleportation device that despite being his greatest achievement has grave consequences. And the Monarch continues to work his way back to be a top level villain.

My Take:
The series remains one of my favorites for it's blend between originality and constant homage. Plus it's created a rich mythology all its own. This is full of it's trademark humor and over the top plots with a more than enough big reveal moments sprinkled in.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Adult Swim

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Angel Negro (2000)

AKA: Black Angel

Starring: Alvarao Morales, Blanca Lewin, Juan Pablo Bastidas
Director: Jorge Olguin


Premise:
At a graduation party a girl dies. Ten years later the survivors are being killed off. Perhaps they is more to do with the young girls death than they lead on?

My Take:
Sort of a cookie cutter movie in terms of story but it is significant film in the history of Chile cinema.

Rating: In the middle


Watched: Amazon Prime

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Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound (2015)

Starring: Doug Bradley, Clare Higgins, Simon Bamford, Imogen Boorman, Oliver Parker, Tony Randel, Andrew Robinson, Barbie Wilde, Nicholas Vince, Oliver Smith
Director: Kevin McDonagh


Premise:
A documentary telling about the making of Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

My Take:
If only Clive Barker and Ashley Laurence would have been interviewed for the movie it would feel complete. It's still a cool look at behind scenes.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Shudder

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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

Starring: Dan Gill, Brit Shaw, Chris J. Murray, Olivai Taylor Dudley
Director: Gregory Plotkin


Premise:
A family moves into a new house and finds a camera that can see spirits. They also find a box of VHS tapes that seem to be coordinating with their daily lives and effecting their young daughter.

My Take:
One of the more interesting movies in the series.

Rating: In the middle


Watched: Netflix DVD

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Dead Daughters (2007)

Starring: Ekaterino Shcheglova, Mikhail Dementyev, Darya Charusha, Ravshana Kurkova
Director: Pavel Ruminov


Premise:
The ghosts of three girls who were killed by their mother pick a random person to watch over for three days and decide if they should live or die.

My Take:
Much of the move is just boring and good have benefited with 20-30 minutes being trimmed from the long running time.

Rating: Warning

Watched: TubiTV

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Killer Condom (1996)

Starring: Peter Lohmeyer
Director: Matin Walz


Premise:
A sleazy hotel has defected condoms that kill people

My Take:
The movie doesn't take itself seriously and that's about the only saving grace. It's a classic Troma flick that some will love and others will despise.

Rating: Warning

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Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012)

Starring: Thure Lindhart, Dylan Smith, Georgina Reilly, Stephan McHattie, Paul Braunstien
Director: Boris Rodriguez


Premise:
A famous painter moves to a small town to teach. He ends up caring for a local mute who has ties to the university. The man also sleepwalks and devours living things. The painter finds inspiration him the mute doing this and begins painting again.

My Take:
It's a movie that grows on you as it keeps going, mainly due to the character development and their odd relationship.

Rating: In the middle


Watched: Shudder

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Hellraiser: Judgment (2018)

Starring: Damon Carney, Randy Wayne, Alexandra Harris
Director: Gary J. Tunnicliffe


Premise:
Three detectives are trying to solve a series of horrific murders. What they start to dig up may not be of this world.

My Take:
Really all this has to the with the Hellraiser series is a group of Cenobites act as judge and jury for people. If you are looking for a lot of Pinhead, you wont find it (and he has a rather emo brooding to him). While the film has a nice look and truly gross scenes, overall the story is sort of a mess.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Vudu

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Leatherface (2017)

Starring: Lili Taylor, Stephen Doriff, Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse, Finn Jones, Sam Coleman, Jessican Madsen, James Bloor
Director: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury


Premise:
A young man gets put into a mental institution due to his family being unfit. The kid and a few others escape and get chased down by the sadistic sheriff.

My Take:
Did we really need a Leatherface origin story. Especially one so cut and dry - kid from a bad home has traumatizing experience that turns him into a killer. There's nothing too special here and the movie is played far more as police chase movie.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Ghosthouse (1988)

Starring: Lara Wendel, Greg Rhodes, Wanja Sellers, Ron Houck
Director: Umberto Lenzi


Premise:
A group of people visit a deserted house after one of them sees visions of a dead girl.

My Take:
A few creepy and disturbing moments are scattered through this otherwise mundane flick.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Hoopla

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Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2015)

Starring: Barry Corbin, Brooke Coleman, Kurt Cole, Edward Hong, Laura Leal, Shiree Nelson, Johnny Walter
Director: Kirk Louden


Premise:
A group of college students doing a research for an assignment must find out the origins of a local legend.

My Take:
What starts out as a decent story gets very convoluted with a multiple layered legend. A little more straightforward and little shorter running time would have helped the movie be better.


Rating: Warning

Watched: Hoopla

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Takut: Faces of Fear (2008)

Starring: Shareefa Daanish, Eva Celia Latjuba, Epy Kusnandar
Directors: Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel, Raditya Sidharta, Robby Ertanto, Rako Prijanto, Riri Riza, Ray Nayoan


Premise:
Six horror stories that deal with murder, cannibalism, zombies, black magic, and ghosts.

My Take:
A wide array of stories that are all good but none really stand out as excellence.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Amazon Price

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Slumber (2017)

Starring: Maggie Q, Kristen Bush, Sam Troughton, William Hope, Will Kemp
Director: Jonathan Hopkins


Premise:
A sleep doctor helps a family that claims to have a demon stalking their son's sleep.

My Take:
An interesting premise with the sleep demon lore but ultimately their isn't enough substance here.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Hulu

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A Quiet Place (2018)

Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Director: John Krasinski


Premise:
A family tries to stay alive after aliens with super sensitive hearing have taken over Earth.

My Take:
A movie that ratchets up the intensity as it goes along.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Muckman: The Terror That Never Forgets (2009)

Starring: AJ Kahn, Alison Whitney, Danielle Donahue
Director:  Brett Piper

Premise:
A documentary crew searches for a bigfoot like creature, not knowing the producers are setting it all up. What they dont realize is there a real creature in the woods.

My Take:
A better than average low budget movie full of complete nonsense.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Amazon Prime





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Comedown (2012)

Starring: Jacob Anderson, Sophie Stuckey, Jessica Barden, Calum MacNab, Adam Deacon, Duance Henry, Geoff Ball
Director: Menhaj Huda


Premise:
A group of friends turn an abandoned apartment building into a pirate radio station that happens to harbor a psycho killer

My Take:
Basically the standard kids get killed off one by one by a lunatic. Nothing all that interesting in the movie.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Amazon Prime





















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