Terrified (2017)

AKA: Aterrados

Starring: Ariel Chavarria, Maximiliano Ghione, Norberto Gonzalo
Director: Demian Rugna


Premise:
A neighborhood starts experiencing strange occurrences. When residents start dying off the local police captain call in his old partner who by a chance encounter enlists a team of paranormal researchers to sort out the what might be happening.

My Take:
Any movie that makes me jump multiple times is a good one (it doesn't happen often). This is just a creepy movie dealing with creatures from alternate dimensions crossing over into our plane.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Shudder

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Stan Against Evil, Season 3 (2018)

Starring: John C. McGinley, Janet Varney, Deborah Baker Jr., Nate Mooney


Premise:
Season Three has Stan and Evie still fighting the curse left behind by the coven of witches. It all leads up to a big decision Stan has to make with an even more evil entity.

My Take:
After three fun filled seasons, it seems the series has wrapped up the original story. However it leaves the viewer hanging the edge with a promise of an entire new direction. There should be more fun to follow in the next season.

Rating: So Good

Watched: IFC

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Over Your Dead Body (2014)

AKA: Kuime

Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito, Ebizo Ichikawa,
Director: Takashi Miike


Premise:
A group rehearsing for the play Kwaiden, finds fiction and reality blending together as lust and jealousy conjure up a spirit.

My Take:
The movie gets a tad confusing at time as it jumps between the play rehearsal and real life with the characters. An interesting and more subtle movie from director Miike.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: TubiTV

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Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite (2015)

Starring: Valeriya Dmitreiva, Igor Kripunov
Director: Svyatoslav Podgaevskly


Premise:
A group of teens summon a legend known as The Queen of Spades. When one of them mysteriously dies the rest realize they are up against a dangerous force.

My Take:
Interesting legend and boring execution (mostly).

Rating: Warning

Watched: Amazon Prime

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Mr. Mercedes, Season 2 (2018)

Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadway, Holland Taylor, Justin Lupe, Jharrel Jerome, Tessa Farmer, Jack Huston, Maximiliano Hernandez, Nancy Travis


Premise:
Season 2 has the Mercedes killer is a coma and given an experimental drug by his neurologist. The drug allows Brady to had mind control over others. The cop who brought him down, Bill Hodges, thinks something is amiss with the situation and bound to prove it.

My Take:
Another interesting season of the show. It manages to be somewhat engrossing and somewhat average at the same time.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Audience

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Lucha Underground, Season 4 (2018)

Starring: Matt Striker, Vampiro, Melissa Santos, Dario Cueto, Johnny Mundo, Mil Muertes, Pentagon Jr., Fenix, Cage, Ivelisse, Jake Strong, Marty Matinez, Willie Mack, King Guerno, Taya, Matanza Cueto, Famous B, Areo Star, Dragon Azteca Jr, Paul London, Joey Ryan,


Premise:
Wrestlers compete for a championship belt.

My Take:
Each season of this show is fantastic with it's fast pace ring action, over the top characters, and outrageous stories features human sacrifices to the Gods, a supernatural robotic hand, black magic returning wrestlers from the dead, and so much more. Every wrestler has a story. As I have said before this isn't like most wrestling shows out there which is what sets it apart and makes it so much damn fun. They had better get a season 5.

Rating: So Good

Watched: El Rey

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No Escape Room (2018)

Starring: Jeni Ross, Mark Ghanime, Kathryn Davis, Dennis Andres
Director: Alex Merkin


Premise:
A father and daughter try to bond by participating in an escape room with a group of people only to find out there is far more sinister force at work.

My Take:
There is a decent amount of suspense and an equal amount of stupidity be the characters. It makes for an uneven film - watchable but easily forgettable.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: SyFy

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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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Preacher, Season 3 (2018)

Starring: Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Betty Buckley, Ian Colletti, Noah Taylor, Pip Torrens, Julie Ann Emery, Malcolm Barrett, Graham McTavish, Colin Cunningham, Jeremy Childs

Premise:
Season 3 has Jess returning to his home in order to have is powerful voodoo practicing Grandmother revive Tulip from the dead... for a price. Cassidy gets involved with a vampire cult in New Orleans. The Saint of Killers is hired by Satan to retrieve Hitler and Arseface after they escaped Hell. And Herr Starr keeps trying to make a deal with Jesse to have him become the new God.

My Take:
Season 3 is easily the best one yet as so many things laid out the last couple of years start coming together. The show is full of crazy, over the top characters and crazier situations. It's all part of the charm.

Rating: So Good

Watched: AMC

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The Debutanes (2017)

Starring: Sue Ramirez, Miles Ocampo, Michelle Vito, Jane De Leon, Chanel Morales
Director: Prime Cruz


Premise:
A weird teenager girl wants to be friends with a group popular kids. She gets a vicious prank pulled on her by them. The action causes each of the tormentors to die on their 18th birthday.

My Take:
A movie with decent scares, suspense, and supernatural reasoning. It has some faults, like zero adults throughout the movie, but overall enjoyable.


Rating: In the middle

Watched: Amazon Prime

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Hellions (2015)

Starring: Chloe Rose, Rachel Wilson, Peter DaCunha
Director: Bruce MacDonald


Premise: A teenager tries to survive Halloween when trick or treaters come to her door with evil plans in mind.

My Take:
A movie that definitely was not what I expected, but in a very good way. It's refreshing, fun, and strange all at the same time.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Netflix DVD

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The Bride (2017)

AKA: Nevesta

Starring: Victoriya Agalakova, Vyacheslav Chepuerchenko, Alesandra Rebenok
Director: Svytoslav Podgaevskiy


Premise:
A new bride goes to her husband's family home. She soon finds herself  to be the next sacrifice in the long family curse.

My Take:
A lot of familiar territory is covered in the film but it does manage to keep the viewer interested.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Amazon Prime

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Thelma (2017)

Starring: Eli Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Director: Jaochim Trier


Premise:
A young, religious girl discovers she has powerful psychokinetic powers.

My Take:
The movie takes the viewer on a fun ride as shifts from a young woman experiencing life away from home for the first time (and love) into a violent reemergence of mental powers.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Hulu

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Pirates of the Caribean: On Strager Tides (2011)

Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Stephen Graham
Director: Rob Marshall


Premise:
Jack Sparrow searches for the Fountain of Youth.

My Take:
The kickoff to a new trilogy of Pirates movies has some fun moments but a lot of it simply feels like rehashing what was already done.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Wolf Guy: Enraged Lycanthrope (1975)

Starring: Sonny Chiba,
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi


Premise:
A cop finds out he is the last of a clan of werewolves and uses his powers to

My Take:
A unique movie that tosses a lot at the viewer - yakuza, secret societies, spirit animals, and much more. Dont expect any big transformation scenes though.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Midnight Pulp

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Uncle Sam (1996)

Starring: William Smith, Isaac Hayes, Timothy Bottoms, Bo Hopkins, PJ Soles
Director: William Lustig


Premise:
A soldier killed in the Gulf War returns from the dead to slaughter the unpatriotic on The Fourth of July.

My Take:
An over the top B movie by some over the top B movie masters. It's fun for what it is but dont get too involved with the details.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Shudder

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Always Watching: A Marbles Hornets Story (2015)

Starring: Alexandra Breckenridge, Chris Marquette, Jake McDorman
Director: James Moran


Premise:
A news team discovers a box of tapes where a family is being tormented by a mysterious figure in a dark suit. The camera man soon finds out they are his next victims.

My Take:
Better than most movies done in this style. At least they give valid reasons for always recording and using cameras. Good suspense build up too.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Hulu

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Dearest Sister (2016)

Starring: Amphaphun Phommapunya, Vilouna Phetmany, Tambet Tuisk
Director: Mattie Do


Premise:
A young woman leaves her village to go the city and help care for her cousin who is going blind. The condition has also made the cousin have the ability to communicate with the dead.

My Take:
The movie touches a lot on a poor person finally having a little bit of money to spend, inter-racial/foreign marriage, class system, and Laos in general while providing a good supernatural tale.

Rating: So Good

Watched: Shudder

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The Shaft (2001)

AKA: Down

Starring: Naomi Watts, James Marshall, Eric Thal, Ron Perlman, Michael Ironside, Dan Hedaya, Edward Herrmann
Director: Dick Maas


Premise:
An express elevator at one of New York's most famous landmarks starts to malfunction and causes multiple mysterious deaths. An elevator repairman and a reporter try to get the cause as what is happening.

My Take:
There's a little bit of everything tossed into this flick and not of all it works well together either. Surprisingly the movie has aged well since it was made.

Rating: In the middle

Watched: Showtime

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