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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

🎃 Horrorthon 2023 #3.3

This was very disappointing.
Not scary; boring; seemed more like a Scary Movie spoof than the original version of one of my favorite horror movies. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance: I couldn't even finish it, only got about 1/3 of the way through. From what I did watch, it appears the 2004 American remake used the original storyline and structure, just made it 1000-times more scary and interesting.

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Monday, July 31, 2023

The Frighteners (1996)

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Friday, May 5, 2023

The Canal (2014)

CREEP👏TASTIC👏 and more brutal than expected. A refreshing indie descent into madness, especially after watching Coherence which was boring.

Side note: love the low-key 70's Italian horror vibe of this promo art.

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Friday, April 14, 2023

Jack Goes Home (2016)

HOOOOO BOY, this was way more art-house than I was expecting. For about the first 50 minutes, it was all drama drama drama, and I'm wondering how is this a horror movie? Then he finally goes into the attic and finds The Box, and everything just goes berserk from there.

⚠️ Definite trigger warnings for survivors of sexual assault and abuse.

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Friday, March 31, 2023

The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Post Mortem (2020)

This movie has probably the most mixed reviews ever, but I really enjoyed it. The English overdub on the DVD was awful so I turned it off in lieu of subtitles and I'm glad I did, much better.

There are creepy corpses doing very undead things, and people being snatched into the air and tossed about like ragdolls. Maybe the acting isn't great, but I can deal with that just fine for some good haunts.

One definitely noticeable issue, tho, is the "questionable intentions" of the man with this 10yo girl who ends up being his sidekick -- it's low-key cringey FOR SURE, but doesn't seem malicious. They're connected by death and resurrection, and end up being a paranormal team.

I think maybe a lot of people who don't get what's overall happening in this film just have never heard of a psychopomp. That would explain a lot of confusion/complaints I've seen like "this-and-that is ridiculous and doesn't make any sense at all", well it does make sense if you know about psychopomps.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

🔥 50th Anniversary

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Friday, March 3, 2023

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

One of those rare instances where the prequel was better than the original.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Ouija (2014)

Never understood why this movie gets such a bad rap. Sure, it's nothing groundbreaking in the Teen Scream arena, but it at least deserves to be higher up in the barrel. It's got spooky atmosphere, jump scares, a mystery to unravel, and even Lin Shaye! Come on! Overall it's an enjoyable, popcorn, watch-with-friends-in-a-dark-room kinda horror flick.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Dead Birds (2005)

This could have been much better if they didn't put in so much of the generic "demon face" CGI that was all-the-rage in the early 2000's horror industry. You know the face: razor-sharp teeth, black-hole eyes, streaky pallid skin, growling hiss (see photo). There's an excessive amount of that in this movie. Really detracted from an otherwise creepy haunting premise.

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Sunday, February 12, 2023

Lady in White (1988)

I never watched this as a kid, so I don't have any nostalgic connection to it at all. That being said: it was hard to sit through the incredibly cheesy Hallmark-channel-level 80's heartfelt treacle that comprised a good 50% of the movie. Almost made me quit a couple times. But then there are some genuinely frightening scenes, like a little girl getting strangled to death by an invisible assailant. There was also a surprising amount of heavy content relating to race relations (was this a "kid's" movie?!). In the end, I made it through the whole thing, the guy I figured was the killer from the beginning turned out to be the killer, and I'll probably never watch this again.

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