Very Point-A-to-Point-B storytelling. No twists. No real challenges. Not bad, but not really great. Decent performances. This is one of the Into the Dark “episodes” — which, for the most…
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Rewatch from… whenever it first came out VHS? I was never a huge fan of TCM for some reason, probably because the films played in that “creepy, true-to-life horror” that…
Been quite a few 3½-star rating. That’s middle of the road. I think some of them have had great parts, but the sum didn’t quite make it. So this one……
Great concept and acting. Just was a bit one note, and the ending was… eh.
Although I saw this one more recently than Bloody Birthday, I remember less about this. A standard anthology with Carpenter as the “host.” Fairly bland in story and execution. A…
I saw this at some point back in the day, but couldn’t remember anything about it. Maybe because there’s nothing memorable here. Cloying kids (that girl is straight out of…
Not sure why I didn’t love this. Decent slow burn fantasy/horror set in a gritty realism — just like Pan’s Labyrinth. Everything was right here, it just didn’t click for…
Uh-oh, the stars are a-slipping. Despite the use of the gobos and colored lighting (FINALLY!) the stories just aren’t working. The pacing is still glacier slow. I almost wouldn’t be…
This short film, directed by Sam Winemann, is well made — if kinda bland. A fairly stock, underdeveloped villain. Telegraphed ending (no suicide note, but he likes to write, so…
I don’t mind films with subtitles, but when the listing says “English,” I don’t expect over half of the film to be subtitled. That said, this wasn’t a bad film,…