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Mohawk (2017)
Neither Nor
It's not terrible, it's not good either.
Terribly uneven performances. Ezra Buzzington is pretty good in it. Some of the others are terrible, light southern accent on New Yorkers for instance.
Some of the script is good, sometimes they say "injuin"
I've seen a lot of whinging in other reviews about "wokeism.," in all honesty it's not far off from real history.
Heaven forbid these people view a much superior film about Native experiences like Thunderheart they'd blow their gaskets.
Overall the film is an old fashioned cat and mouse pursuit film that ends a total wash, not good enough to really like, not bad enough to really hate.
Nomads (1986)
One Of My Favorites
It just came out in the wrong time period. In an era of cheap slashers, here came a multi-layered ghost story. Great performances, interesting and unique story.
Vuelven (2017)
Amazing Film
The idea that horror can present a full spectrum of emotions is something that is too often lost. This is a smart film without being "arty" there are chuckles, there's fear, there's horror, and it ends on a total tear jerker.
This level of complete film making from the genre should be applauded everywhere, just bring tissues.
The Frisco Kid (1979)
A Pleasant Surprise
A soft, adorable comedy, the chemistry between Ford and Wilder carries this buddy comedy through what could have been a slapstick piece. It's funny, but light and soft funny, not Mel Brooks funny.
The Hunt (2020)
Don't believe the hype, it's not a right or left film
And considering the film beat you over the head with the metaphor of the right and left being ninnies who make the reasonable American middle suffer from first frame to last, I find it amazing how many people squalled about it.
Now the film itself
It's more or less The Most Dangerous Game with a one note joke hung on it. The joke works often enough that it doesn't get entirely tedious, but it does start to wear. And the middle break scene destroyed the momentum it had going, just lit it on fire. It managed to get some of it back, but not as much as it had.
The motto of Blumhouse, "We Make Mediocre" is in full effect here. The Film is fine, it's watchable, at spots it's hilarious, but it's hamhanded with its one point, and screwed up it's own momentum as well.
Call it a 6.5 out of 10 rounded up.
Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012)
Somebody Watched A Lot Of FIlms
This might be too goofy to get a higher rating, but it does a damned fine job of what it aims at.
The people behind it must have watched every slasher film between 1974-1989. They knew all the camera angles, they knew the soft targets to make fun of. Including having the soundtrack be out of sync for the 1978 scenes.
The humor is juvenile, but it is funny.
A parody that will make the humorless complain about it being cheesy because they won't get it. But if you also watched a lot of slasher films......
This is how you make a dumb film intelligently.
Come to Daddy (2019)
I have one regret
And that is that I put off watching this so long. Elijah Wood trades on his innocent face to really sell this. It all hinges on that. What in particular that is, is a warped and hilarious film of high order. It combines plenty of gore with plenty of laugh out loud.
Byzantium (2012)
This Really Should Be Rated Higher
First and foremost its a beautiful and complete film. It has all kinds of themes and power dynamics being explored. Films like this show that horror as a genre has range and the ability to be gore fests.
Really, this was a lovely surprise of a film. The Let The Right One In comparisons I've seen are certainly fitting.
La horde (2009)
Solid
It's a pretty solid example of the genre, definitely some of the best actions sequences available for the style. Not exactly enthralled by the ending.
Juan de los muertos (2011)
Very funny
I hadn't intended it that way, but I have a great contrast. The night before I watched Warm Bodies, which is a cute enough little romantic comedy zombie film. Nothing wrong with it, solid enough film.
And then I watched this, and frankly after watching this I have almost no memory of watching Warm Bodies.
It's funny and clever, the political satire is used as a wonderful running gag no against the whole of Cuba or even the whole of the government, but just the total BS it tells.
Knowing this is coming from Cuba sort of shows the world is smaller than we think. We say that kind of stuff all the time.
Warm Bodies was cute and an acceptable viewing, this was flat out fun. Way smarter than 90% of the zombie flicks out there.
Candyman (2021)
Better than could be hoped for
I really, really want to see more of Nia DaCosta directing horror.
Her tension builds and visuals were top notch.
Saved the gore for when it would have the most punch, and used it as a punch instead of just a fill.
Really, she has some serious skills. I'd love to see what she could do with something other than rehashing an old Clive Barker bit. Don't get me wrong, it makes for a worthy sequel in its own right. But I want to see what she can do with new material.
One of the more impressive horror debuts I've seen in a minute.
It's a shame she's held back by relatively dated urban legend material here.
La nuit a dévoré le monde (2018)
Better Pacing Than Expected
Someone else mentioned Last Man On Earth, very good jumping off point. The real concept is loneliness, the main character hates people at first, crowds give him a head ache, and he ends up going mad from lack of company. Smart.
I saw Alone before this, and really this is the more clever of the two films, even if I think it probably borrows heavily from this one. Alone gives you the emotional jolts you want as a Hollywood film maker, this one feels more realistic.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Far more than it deserves to be
You're making a feature film with a whopping 55K to spend. Now I want you to make a visually arresting film that wears it's German impressionist heart on its sleeve, but you need to do it with a relatable plot. While it's a bit slow in spots, it should be a trainwreck, and it isn't it's actually a pretty good film. I have watched a lot of low budget attempts at vampire films, and most of them wished they were as good as this.
Strigoi (2009)
Solid Find
It gets a bit slow in spots, but a solid sense of humor usually carries it through. It at least counts as a breath of fresh air in movie world dominated by rehashes and remakes.
Sam gang 2 (2004)
Why Isn't This Film Legendary
Seriously, with the director's of Thirst and Audition doing two of the segments you'd think fans of Asian cinema would be touting this thing to the heavens.
The Cut segment is amazing and should have been rewarded with a blank check and an order to, "Just make great horror films forever please."
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Worth A Revisit
When it came out it drew unfavorable comparisons to Dracula, which is dreadfully unfair. They're different films, with Mary Shelley's being the far more philosophical of the two.
The cast alone is staggering, the staging is exacting and often gorgeous, and the script follows the books exactly enough to retain it, while having additional fleshing out and drama.
The Sentinel (1977)
Hard film not to love
Between the smart script, and the amazing cast, and that finale.... This is a decidedly 70s movie, but when you consider it's competition in this arena was the Devil's Rain, and Satan's Cheerleaders....
Martyrs (2008)
This, is a very different film
Numerous films delve into the levels of torture porn. But as often as not they are infantile journeys through sadism and gore for their own sake.
Martyrs somehow combines scenes that would make Eli Roth flinch with a powerful and engrossing and intelligent story.
It is completely far beyond anything that would get attempted here in the states.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
One of My Favorite Films
The jokes are Reiner and Martin mining similar territory as they did with the Jerk (which I also love) using a backdrop that is intricately woven between clips of 18 other films.
It's still a masterpiece to me.
Gimyohan gajok (2019)
Korea's Answer To Shaun of the Dead
Similar pace, similar style of comedy, with maybe a bit of extra slap stick thrown in which features hard in a lot of Asian films. Just an enjoyable film to watch.
Geung see (2013)
Goals accomplished
The directors clearly wanted to make a stylish pure horror homage to the Mr. Vampire films. Nailed it. It's visually arresting, beautiful use of traditional ghosts, and you can still feel the hard nod to the original films.
Yoga Hosers (2016)
Fun if Unexpected
There has always been a hint of Troma underlying Kevin Smith. That love of the absurd. This film really cuts it loose. I can get where some people wouldn't enjoy it, a lot of people don't get Zombie Ass, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and the Toxic Avenger. But, if you do love stuff like that, over the top horror movies who are really sneaking jokes in there, Smith delivers exactly that. It may not be a New Jersey film that flows with quick one liners, but it hits in its own right.
I put off on watching this because of the reviews, I kind of robbed myself.
Gôsuto sukuwaddo (2018)
Not Quite
I tend to love this director's work, but it usually works so well because the whole thing is over the top craziness. Here we have this ultra serious plot, which grinds gears hard when we get to things like the "baby gun"
Neither part is bad, they just don't mesh well.
El orfanato (2007)
So Beyond Anything You See Stateside
The film manages to hit every emotion, while at the same time delivering moments of full blown legit creep. It doesn't without resorting to nothing but cheap jump scares, and it doesn't go for the cheap "or is it" ending.
You smile, you'll cry and your skin will crawl
Such a superior film.
Tenemos la carne (2016)
Needed a Co-writer
It is so close to a great film, but it constantly slips gears and loses the ride. There needed to be someone there when the director felt at his most self-indulgent to rope it back just a smidge.