My SPOILER FREE First Impressions Of It: Welcome To Derry

Usually when a horror movie becomes so successful that it spawns a TV show the film was nine times out of ten a slasher film. However the same thing cannot be said for this show as it was based on a book and film that are in the supernatural horror genre and yet even so we still have a pretty cool looking first episode with it being proven that Alien: Earth isn't the only good new horror show to be based off of a film and so then join me as I give you MY SPOILER FREE first impressions of the show that takes us back to Derry with the show in question being called simply just "It: Welcome To Derry" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is four months after there friend disappears a group of kids all start hearing the song that he was listening on the day that he disappeared and set out to find there friend once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being a whole lot more better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights this episodes plot should have been the basic set up of the show type of plot and really nothing more then that but nope that's not what we get in this episode infact we know just as much about what the main shows plot is going to be about coming out of the episode then what we did coming into it with the episode really just telling it's own unique plot which was honestly really refreshing to see as now we the audience have more of a reason to check out episode two of this show with the plot of this episode being as strong as it was was ever going to be given the fact that it's the first episode of a new show and while yes this episode plot does fall into the same trappings that all first episode plots of a new show have to fall into but because of the fact that this show is a prequel to the 2017 It movie it doesn't have to set up the world that it takes place and because of that the plot of the show is allowed to be this really strong plot with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this episode is Taylour Paige as Charlotte Hanlon , Jovan Adepo as Leroy Hanlon and James Remar as General Shaw. Also starring in this episode is Stephen Rider as Hank Grogan , Matilda Lawler as Marge , Amanda Christine as Ronnie Grogan , Clara Stack as Lilly Bainbridge , Blake Cameron James as Will , Arian S. Cartaya as Rich , Miles Ekhardt as Matty Clements , Mikkal Karim Fidler as Teddy Uris , Jack Molloy Legault as Phil Malkin , Matilda Legault as Susie Malkin , Chris Chalk as Dick Hallorann , Rudy Mancuso as Pauly Russo , Dmitry Chepovetsky as Rabbi Uris , Finley Burke as Don Uris , Eli Katz as Mrs. Uris , Thomas Mitchell as Colonel Fuller , Chad Rook as Staff Sgt Masters , Mark MacRae as Young Father , Zoë Barrett-Wood as Young Mother , Audrey Wellington as Teen Daughter / Arlene , Lochlan Miller as Little Boy / Ray and Brittany Spiteri as Bert The Turtle.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episodes acting being alot like it's plot in that it's so much more better then what it had any right to be as by all rights this episodes acting should have been really flat and wooden with all of the actors still trying to figure out and find there respective characters and yet there's very little to none of that in this episode with all of the episodes actors turning in some really good performances with it being helped that this episodes director and one of the shows executive producers Andy Muschietti really does know how to get a good performance out of all of his actors a skill which he showcased in both of the It movies and does so again in this very episode with the best actor in the whole entire episode really being very hard to say as really all of this episodes actors could make that claim and it would make total sense with even the episodes kid actors not being as annoying as you'd think that they would be with Clara Stack having a bright future ahead of her should she want to continue acting but if push did indeed come to shove i'd  say that the best actor in the whole entire episode is Clara Stack as she really is the glue that holds this episode together and is just so good to watch in this first episode alone with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does raise the over all quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Character wise this episode does rather rightfully fall a little bit short as the characters aren't the best characters as they all do come across as being very one dimensional. This is very understandable at this point in time as this is after all only the first ever episode of the show with alot of the characters showing alot of promise and room to grow as characters however therein lies the problem as the foundations for these characters are rocky at best and so it doesn't matter how good that they end up being because of the fact that the foundations for these characters aren't good with the first impressions of these characters being weak at best but to be fair tho these types of shows do usually have weak characters in them as it's doubtful that any one will be remember any of the main characters names from either Friday The 13th: The Series or Scream: The TV Series which does mean that it makes sense for this episode to have weakly done characters as well and to be fair to this show it does seem like the makers of this show have watched other horror shows before now and learnt what not to do when it comes to there characters as the makers of the show do indeed take steps to show that the characters can be interesting and who knows might be good characters come the end of the season and while you always want to lead with your best foot forward here it does seem like it might be worth waiting until about the fourth episode before we get a really good handle on who these characters as people as this episode really doesn't give us a whole lot of backstory when it comes to quite literally any of it's characters.

Just incase you all don't know whilst it might easy to assume that this show is a prequel to original book it's actually a prequel to the 2017 It movie. Which to be fair is a really good idea as we don't really know what Pennywise was up to prior to the start of thar movie nor do we know what Derry itself was like prior to the start of that movie either but at the same time tho whilst is set in the world of the movies it is based on an interlude from the original book what that interlude is I can't say as i've not read the book nor do I intend to due to a certain scene involving the character of Bev but it is great to see that two pieces of media can come together and inspire a new piece of media and tell  a story that really hasn't been told before now and while yes this show could very easily fall into the same pitfalls that really all prequels tend to fall into when they have a character appear in the prequel that we know for sure is alive and well in the original here tho it is something that only time well tell if they do indeed fall into that and if so it is something that could make this show feel pointless as afterall who would want to watch a show where they already know the outcome of it but here in this episode it does seem like that the makers of the show won't be going down that route as there basically telling two origin stories at the same time the first of which being the origins of the town itself which is a really intriguing story and the second one being the one that alot of people are coming to this show to see that being the origins of Pennywise with both stories set to play out over the shows three planned seasons with each season taking a step back further into time itself.

This is an episode that really should have been alot more worse than what it actually was as usually in first episodes they spend alot of time on setting up the main story of the show and in setting up the shows main characters. Whereas here with this episode they send all of five minuets in setting all of that up before getting right to the action and when it gets to the action it doesn't let up which is what a horror show let alone one that's based off of a film should do as we already know how this world works thanks to the 2017 film and this was something that was huge issue with the debut episode of Alien: Earth as it took so long to get going that it made the episode feel more boring then what it actually was as it was to busy setting up the story , characters and the world when it really didn't need to set up the world that the show took place in because we already had the Alien movies that did all of that for us and yet here even tho it more get going quite quickly it does feel like that it's missing something like things that should have been mentioned during the episode just weren't for no reason whatsoever with this being something that whilst it doesn't effect people's overall enjoyment of the episode it is something that could effect the show the further that this first season of the show does indeed continue and while there are alot of things to talk about n the first episode alone all of those things are sadly spoilers and this post is going to remain as spoiler free as possible but in saying that tho there are things that do work for the episode like the fact that it does have some rather subtle social commentary which granted really wasn't needed in the episode but it is something that would have been present when this episode was taking place in and it was something that was handled rather well.

This is a show that is meant to have a mystery element to it as the characters do have to work out what actually happened to there friend Matty. However much like with the characters the mystery element doesn't really work as well as it might do when all of the other episodes are taken into account due to the fact that the episode really doesn't give us any clues as to what's actually going on other then the fact that it might involve the towns Army Air Base and that's really it which is fine for a first episode as you do have have to give us the audience something to make us come back and watch episode two which thankfully this episode does do a good of doing exactly that but at the same time tho that does seem like a rather obvious place to go to when we the audience know that Pennywise is going to be involved in the mystery to some degree and so all we are left doing is basically just waiting for what we know is going to happen whilst watching these characters run around trying to play catch up with us the audience when we should be with the characters interms of what they know and this is where announcing that Bill Skarsgård is coming back as Pennywise is a bad idea as it right away robs the show of any tension and surprise that it might have had had that been kept as a surprise as then you could have had that big shocking reveal that you want to have when something has a mystery to it as that then could have been the perfect cliffhanger ending to one of the episodes and would then have made you wonder just where the series is going to be going next and whilst we do still get that as not much is revealed about the shows main plot that big shocking moment of finding out that Pennywise is in the show is now spoiled.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty three minuets and forty five seconds. Which to be fair to this episode does seem like a solid running time to have with the episode having just about the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place with the episode making the best use of it's running time that it could possibly have done by getting the plot moving right away but in saying that tho this is an episode that really doesn't use it's running tom all that wisely as it doesn't really develop it's plot all that well which granted might be because all of that plot development is going to becoming in the later episode of the show but at the same time tho given the events of this episode it is something that really does make you wonder just why the makers of the episode isn't take the time to start that development now as they've only got seven more episodes to do all of that and still tell a really good story as well with the episode not really taking the time to develop it's characters either which again is something that's completely understandable as this sis the first episode of a new show and it would be foolish to expect the characters to be that well developed after the episode but again given what happens in this episode it would have made some form of sense if some of the characters got some character development as that is something that will make them more memorable as characters and not the kind of characters that your going to forget about five minuets after the episode airs but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is a horror show that really doe mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode being worth watching just for the kills alone as there both that good and are that creative with them both really taking as full advantage as they possibly could do of the fact that this show is airing on HBO and HBO Max as there's alot of blood and gore in both of this films kills with both of them being really creepy in their own right with one of them showing what can best be described as a slow decent into madness and the other is basically watching a storm that you know is going to be very dangerous come slowly towards you and yet they both work really well with both of this films kills being the best kills in the whole entire episode with the first kill only just being ever so slightly ahead which even then is just due to the attention to detail with the killer in that first kill with that first kill being the ne that's more important to the overall plot of the season but in saying that tho the second kill is just pure chaos in all of the best ways possible which is something that really does make it a really good kill with both of the episodes kill scenes being really creepy in their own right which is something that does make this episodes kills as good as they were ever going to be as by all rights this episodes kills had no right to be as good as they were ant yet for one reason or another the makers of this episode went above and beyond in making this episodes kills not only really gory but also really creepy as well and it is something that does make them both some really good kills in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is an episode that really is worth watching just for it's kills alone as they really are a true highlight of the episode with the episode also having plenty of good acting and the plot being one that is really intriguing as you don't know what's going to happen next thank god we won't have to wait that long as HBO is releasing the next episode this Friday online with it then airing on Sunday as usual which just goes to show you just how much faith HBO really does have in this show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very post and with this only being my first impressions of the show but should I still be watching the show when the final does indeed air then I will then do a review of the show as a whole.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this vey post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this episode being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this episode really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Frankenstein 2025 Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

There are some directors that when you here that there making another movie you straight away get excited for that movie and well Guillermo Del Toro. Is one of those directors and with his latest film technically being released as it has a received a limited theatrical release before being released on to Netflix it only made sense that I review his latest film and so the join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that is easily better then what The Bride is going to be with the film in question being called simply just "Frankenstein" enjoy.

The plot of this film is hoping to defeat death after the death of his beloved mother Victor Frankenstein creates something that may bring the end to both of them. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good as while this films plot is basically a more direct adaptation of the book even down to the main artic setting however tho this films plot is still one that's really interesting as while it is a more faithful retelling of the book it's also not afraid to just be it's own thing something which does come through in how the film tells it's story and while this films plot is still really good it's also one that's not as strong as it perhaps could have been as it was hard to tell just what the main plot of the film was even meant to be alot of the tie with the film instead feeling more like a novel than an actual film as it takes so long for the film to explain things which is fine for a book as there you can have as many pages as you need to tell the story but in a film you have set amount of time and to have vast chunks of time in just setting things up and not paying them off as something that does hurt the plot alot more then help it with it feeling like this films writer , director and producer Guillermo Del Toro wanted to get across that he was a fan of the book which is fine but it's something that shouldn't come in the way of telling a genuinely good story in it's own right with the plot of the film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Oscar Isaac as Baron Victor Frankenstein , Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Mia Goth as Lady Elizabeth Harlander and Baroness Claire Frankenstein. Also starring in this film is Felix Kammerer as William Frankenstein , Lars Mikkelsen as Captain Anderson , Christoph Waltz as Henrich Harlander , David Bradley as The Blind Man , Lauren Collins as Alma , Sofia Galasso as Anna-Maria , Ralph Ineson as Professor Krempe , Burn Gorman as Executioner and Charles Dance as Baron Leopold Frankenstein.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty i i all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this being something that's not really all that surprising for two reasons the first which being the fact that Guillermo Del Toro does have alot of good acting in all of his films with it being made clear as day that he's a director that really does know how to get a good performance out of all of his actors with the second thig being the fact that alot of the actors that are in this film are a bunch of really good actors in there own right as actors like Mia Goth and Oscar Isaac for example have proven time and time again that they are really good actors and they do indeed prove it again in this film however tho this films best actor quite clearly have to be Jacob Elordi as The Creature as while Oscar , Mia and Christoph can all use there facial features to get across there characters emotion Jacob really can't under all of that heavy make up and therefor has to rely on nothing more then body language and movement and yet he pulls it off so well with him getting across everything that The Creature is thinking and feeling in almost all of the scenes that he's in and while no one will ever be able to top what Boris Karloff did in the role in 1931 Jacob however manages to make the role his own whilst still turning in a really good performance in his own right with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script was just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the CGI for this film is Herne Hill Media , Hotspring and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Industrial Light & Magic. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty 9 in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with the makers of this film really only using CGI when they have to and not when they want to which is a the best way to use CGI as it would have been super easy to have alot of this film be done inside of a computer and even have The Creature be an entirely animated character but there not and he's not with the film really only using CGI to great things like fire and lightening and even the ship that the characters are on does seem to be fully CGI with the film even having alot of CGI when Victor is claiming up to attack the device that would allow the lightening to hit the creature which even then seems like it was done more for practical reasons as one you obviously won't want your leading actor up on a very tall building whilst it's raining and two you can't predict when your going to a have a thunder storm therefor the only way to do that scene was with CGI backgrounds and lightening and while the film does over use CGI fire which does look decent but it's never going to top the real thing even this films bad looking effects still look some what decent because of the fact that there's more practical elements there which makes it alot more easier to blend those effects into the finished film.

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Like a film like The Hateful Eight which told it's story in chapters this film does the exact same with the film having three chapters with the first one being the prelude or basically the prolog and then we have Chapter One "Victors Tale" and finally there's Chapter 2 "The Creatures Tale". With Chapter 1 feeling more like a very loose remake of the original Frankenstein film as we do get to see pretty much alot of the things that was covered in that film only now we get alot more backstory for Victor with it being reveled that he has a brother who he doesn't really get along with that well and they had a father who pretty much hated Victor but loved his brother but what's odd is that whist Chapter 1 is pretty much a remake of the Frankenstein film Chapter 2 is pretty much a remake of The Bride Of Frankenstein with that chapter hitting on alot of the same plot elements from that film and whilst yes that film is pretty much just a carbon copy of alot of the book it still feels weird seeing things that are closely associated with that film like The Blind Man and The Creature learning to talk be featured in this film despite the fact that they were originally in the book with the only thing that's different being the fact that Victor doesn't create a Bride for his monster which really is a shame as seeing what Guillermo Del Toro could have done with The Bride as a character is pretty interesting to think about but given that this film is pretty much a more direct adaptation of the book it does make sense that he follow the book almost to a fault but at the same time tho it is odd that elements that are more well known for being in The Bride Of Frankenstein are suddenly showing up in this film for no rhyme or reason as those moments on their own don't really add anything to the plot of this film but they do add alot to this films version of The Creature.

To be frank I do very strongly feel that this film will be better then the upcoming remake of Bride Of Frankenstein which is called The Bride. As this film whilst still doing new and interesting things with the characters is still respectful to the source material whereas just based on the films teaser trailer and posters The Bride looks like it has nothing to do with the world of Frankenstein and the world that Mary Shelly created back 1818 with this film from a visual stand point looking very visually stunning with there being alot of practical sets which is something that Guillermo Del Toro himself insisted upon as it's proper old school hollywood film making and whilst The Bride does look like that it has practical sets as well it also looks like something that would be better off as a direct to DVD or even a straight to streaming movie and while yes this film has also gone direct to streaming you can't tell that that was always going to be the plan as it looks like the kind of film that you'd want to see on the big screen and not something that you'd expect to see on your computer screen with this being due to the fact Guillermo Del Toro is a fan of film making and will do anything to make the best film possible and it is something tat does show in all of his products as they all have looks to them are very distinctive and are looks that you'll only find in this films as your not going to mix up his take on Pinocchio with say the live action Disney version or that Russian one that stared Pauly Shore as the Guillermo Del Toro Pinocchio film looks like a Guillermo Del Toro film as it has alot of love and passion put into it where as The Bride just based off of the teaser trailer alone looks like that it's lacking that passion.

Where this film does somewhat fall apart is in it's characters as the film spends far to long in setting up Victor. With not enough time spent on making the characters seem all that interesting as the film sets up Elizabeth as Victors love interest but then gets rid of that part of the film once Chapter 1 finishes up with her character not having all that much to her as she's just basically the love interest to both William and Victor and really nothing more then that with William himself basically being a more sane version of Victor and the ships captain doesn't have anything about him that makes him interesting which I guess does make sense as he's having this story told to him and so we don't really get to see that much of him and what little of him we do see is just him asking Victor and later The Creature questions and that's really it with the only somewhat interesting character in the whole film outside of Victor being of course The Creature as this is a character that does go from loving Victor as the only father figure that he'd ever known really to hating him due to the fact that Victor is expecting progress to be made with him to be quick and easy when The Creature is basically a baby and therefor things like speech and learning words won't come easy to him like they don't come easy to a baby with this version of the character much like the Karloff take on the character all he wants is a friend and father figure and that's it and yet Victor who thinks that he's god because he's created life isn't willing to be either of those things as he's been driven mad and yet when The Creature does indeed lash out at Victor we feel for his character because at his core he's a just a kind and gentle soul with this being something that Guillermo Del Toro really did understand about the character.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and twenty one minuets and fifty one seconds. Which even for a horror film let alone a high end one like this one is is still a pretty long running time to have but my god is it worth it as there's not a single frame that could be cut from the main story of this film as if you loose any scene of this film it does effect the plot of the in a massive way with this film even having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time as even tho this film feels like a novel and not a feature film this is a film that really did need a longer running time in order to tell it's story in a way that does justice to the story itself and while this film does use it's running time wisely in one regard in that the films plot is as well as it's ever going to be with the world of the film being as well thought out as you'd expect from a Guillermo Del Toro it's when it comes to the films characters that it doesn't use it's running tome wisely as none of the films characters barring Victor and The Creature are that well developed as characters which is fine for side characters like Henrich Harlander or even Baroness Claire Frankenstein as well as there just side characters at best but for characters like Captain Anderson , The Blind Man , Elizabeth and William there really should have been more thought and effort put into there characters as those are characters that are close to the films main characters and yet we get to find out very little about either of them as the film is alot more focused in giving all of Victor's origin story then it is in giving us good and well thought chaacters but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual horror that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual horror that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really well done. As what makes this film scary is the same thing that makes any good Frankenstein scary which isn't the kills but rather it's the idea that a man can play god which is a really creepy and scary idea in it's own right made even more so when that man then goes mad and starts to believe that he is god with this being something that was done really well in this film as we get to see Victor go from this charming and hopeful young man who wants to defeat death and yet due to the fact that he lost his beloved mother and wasn't really loved by his father he goes down this long and slippery slope to pure insanity which does end up with him basically becoming his father when he beats The Creature for saying nothing more then his name over and over again with the idea of man's hubris being big enough that he des believe that he is a god when all he's going is messing with things that are best left alone are themes and ideas and all good Frankenstein media should talk about as it's something that will always need to be talked about with this being film that whilst it doesn't have good kills in it it really doesn't need them as the idea alone is scary enough to make this film worth watching but in saying that tho it would have been nice if this film did have some good kills in it as that would then give us the audience a reason to be scared of The Creature in the first place in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall it doesn't matter if you've seen this film during it's limited theatrical release or if your going wait until November 7th of this year to watch it on Netflix either way you have to watch this film as it is a really good film in it's own right and is a film that you won't regret watching in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thigs that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Film Review

In just about a weeks rim two big things are happening for the A Nightmare On Elm Street the first of which is the fact that Robert Englund is finally getting a star on the Hollywood walk of fame and then quite literally the very next day A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge turns thirty years old. As such it only seemed right that I take a look at one of the movies from this truly iconic franchise and while there are a few good sequels in this franchise there's really only one that comes close to matching the original film interms of quality with that being the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I review the film that killed of two legacy characters with the film in question being called simply just "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" enjoy.

The plot of this film is one year after the events of Part 2 Freddy is back yet again and this film it's up a bunch of psychiatric and an old foe of Freddy's to team up and put a stop to him before he gets rid of them all for good. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good as while this films plot wasn't as good as the plot for part 1 was it's easily alot better then the plots for parts 4 through 6 as this films plot takes it seriously enough that you do by into whilst also advancing the overall plot of the franchise in ways that make sense and don't just feel tacked on or half hearted with this films plot being one that is something that does work really well for this film as while it would have been super easy to have the whole of the film take place on the same street as the first two films having it takes place in a Psychiatric Hospital is a great idea as it means that all of the films teens are now in constant danger as they can and in some cases do get forcibly put to sleep with this films plot actually being the most stronger film plot when it comes to the sequels as this is a plot that could only work in the movies and isn't something that could be told in other mediums something which it very easily could have done as this is a plot that if it was in the wrong hands could feel more like the plot of a TV show episode and not that of a movie but due to the fact that this was made by people who clearly love the Nightmare On Elm Streets movies you can tell right away that they put alot of thought and effort into giving this film the best plot that they possibly could have done with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson , Craig Wasson as Dr. Neil Gordon and Patricia Arquette as Kristen Parker. Also starring in this film is Ken Sagoes as Roland Kincaid , Rodney Eastman as Joey Crusel , Jennifer Rubin as Taryn White , Bradley Gregg as Phillip Anderson , Ira Heiden as Will Stanton , Larry Fishburne as Max Daniels , Penelope Sudrow as Jennifer Caulfield , Priscilla Pointer as Dr. Elizabeth Simms , Clayton Landey as Lorenzo , Brooke Bundy as Elaine Parker , Nan Martin as Sister Mary Helena / Amanda Krueger , John Saxon as Donald Thompson and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt tat the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this veery film was in all honesty really good. Which was something tat was really shocking as while Lawrence Fishburne and Patricia Arquette are big names stars today they weren't back in 1987 and with all of this films actors being very little known actors it would have been foolish to expect great performances from any of them and yet that's exactly what they all give us as every single actor in this film really does nail there character down perfectly so much so that it is hard to picture quite literally anybody else playing these characters as that's just how good that this films actors really are with it being obvious that Robert , Jon and Heather all turn in some really good performances as well which is something that again makes total sense as they would have had the experience of playing there respective characters before and so they would best know how best to perform there respective characters in any given situation with the best actor in this film being none other then Robert Englund who even at this point in the franchise simply just IS Freddy Krueger with him clearly having alot of fun being this truly evil character something which does shine through in the final product of the film with it being no wonder that he would stay with the franchise all the way until 2002 as he really does get the Freddy Krueger character with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Caracter wise this film does fair really good as well as the film not only has some really good returning characters but it also has some really good new characters as well. While Nancy herself will be talked about more later on in this review she is someone who does gel well with the new characters owing to the fact that she knows exactly what there going through due to the fact that she's been through it herself in he first movie with the film really shining in it's new characters and setting up Kristen as someone who could possibly take over as the franchises next main character and while all of the other new characters do get alot of attention put on them that make them feel alot more fully developed as characters it's Kristen who is basically a main character in the movie and heck the film even starts with her trying to try awake despite having nightmares of Freddy however tho it still would have been nice to see more of the other new characters as while they are fairly well developed the ideas behind them feel undercooked as the film doesn't take the time to fully explore them like for example Will who we are told was in an accident at somepoint that cost him the use of his legs but we don't get more about his backstory then that with it only being hinted that it was Freddy that caused his accident something which would have been nice to hear more about as it is something that would have made there confrontation near the end of the film feel all the more personal and while it could be argued that Taryn gets a mini arc in the film with her trying to overcome drugs it would have been nice really to see that side of her character explored alot more as it could have been a welcome break from the main plot of the film.

This film does mark he start of what I like to call the dream trilogy as it's where all of the films up until the sixth film have one on going plot element run through them all and have more returning characters in them. While trilogy's usually have the second film be there best one with the third being the one that alot of people agree is the worst and the first being serviceable and the second one being the best one here it's not true as while the third one The Dream Child is still the worst one the first one which is this film is the best one with The Dream Master being a serviceable film as it's where Freddy started to turn more and more into MTV Freddy where he's always cracking jokes and being less scary where as here due to the fact that there was some effort made into developing Freddy further by having his powers be stronger then what they were in either the first or second film that's just something that that's not true for any of the other two films as they keep Freddy as strong as he is with him only getting stronger and more like a cartoon character in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and heck it could even be argued that the dram trilogy has it's own supporting cast of characters as well as Kristens mother reappears in the next film as do Kristen , Joey and Kincaid all of which do make the films feel alot more bigger then what they previously were as it says that the people who survived one Freddy attack can come back to take him on again and while that is something that could be argued started with this film with them brining back both Nancy and Don Thompson it is somethin that does become a recurring thing in the other two films as well which makes those film feel more connected outside of just being a sequel to a previous film.

The film does add some backstory to Freddy in this film as well with it being reveled that his mother was assaulted hundreds of times after being locked in a room with hundreds of maniacs over some holidays. Which is something that both does and doesn't work for the film it works for the film in the way that it does give the character of Neil Gordon something to do other then be an obvious love interest for Nancy but at the same time tho out side of it being releveled how to "permanently" kill of Freddy it adds nothing to the film and was really only there to pad the film out and that's it when something that's this important should be given more screen time and be apart of the main plot of the film and not be in the films side plot as it's Nancy and the kids that have to find out how to kill Freddy not Neil and Don therefor giving them that plotline doesn't work as you very easily could have had the kids fighting of Freddy in the dream world while Nancy is rushing of burying Freddy in the real world something that would have made total sense for the character of Nancy Thompson to do in the first place but at the same time tho it is something that works the way it is as well as it means that Freddy and Nancy can have that one last big confrontation in the dreamworld something which the fans of this franchise would have been wanting to see since the first film with the only thing that could have made the concept of people having powers in their dreams even better being two things the first one being showing Nancy's powers and the second one being having the main characters be a now institutionalized Jesse from the previous film as then we'd get to see the two heroes from this franchise teaming up to take on Freddy.

This film could be argued is the film that started of the trend of killing of legacy characters as while Friday The 13th Part 2 also killed of it's previous main character in that film it was at the start of the film and really played no part in the rest of the films plot. Where as here not only her return but also the death of Nancy and Don as well for that matter is seen as being huge plot points in the film as it's Nancy that calms down a hysterical Kristen and ultimately becomes a friend and an alley to the rest of the teens as well and therefor when she does die it is something that could be seen as being quite shocking even tho her death does make her look quite dumb as she knows that she's still in the dreamworld and therefor Freddy could still be alive and yet she goes to hug who is at first her father telling us that's also died but then it turns out that it's Freddy who ends up killing her which is something that does go against her character as in the first film she was presented as being someone who is quite capable and is quite smart with her even dragging Freddy out of the dreamworld and into the real world so that she can do some harm to him and possibly end him in the real world but here it felt like for that matter her character was changed where as there is a way that she still could have died by Freddy's hand and that's just by her getting into a fight with Freddy with her first winning the fight but then something happens that causes her to be distracted and that's when Freddy takes over the fight and kills her which is a death that feels true to her character as you'd not only get that one big epic final confrontation between Freddy and Nancy but you could also have Nancy trying to outwit Freddy as well.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty six minuets and thirty one seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for alot of these A Nightmare On Elm Street film with the film even having the right amount of plot to cover that amount of running time as well and for once the film does use it's running time very wisely as the film does take the time that it really did need to fully develop it's plot with it's plot feeling a natural continuation of the first films plot with the film advancing the plot of the film and it's characters with this being something that the film didn't really have to do but the fact that it was included is something that really does prove that the makers of this film really did care about this franchise which is something that makes sense as this film was co-written by franchise creator Wes Craven with even the films characters getting alot of character development as well with it coming all through the use of whatever there dream powers are meant to be with in the case of Will it being the use of his legs something that the character really misses and in the case of Joey it's the ability to talk which is something simple but at the same time it's also something that he's not able to do in the real world for whatever reason with the only thing that's not as developed as it could have ben being the fact that it's not really explained how or why the characters have these powers in their dreams when this is something that really should been a bit more thought out due to the fact that it is such a big plot point in the film but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho. 

So now then as this is a slasher that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With Freddy getting in some of the franchises best and most well known kills in this film all of which do look really good with the makers of this film even coming up with alot of really creative and creepy kills all of which do take as full advantage of the fact that all of this films kills do indeed take place inside of a dream with the film even having quite alot of really well done gore effects which are sure to creep out people along with the kills with the films best kill oddly enough not going to Jennifer altho she is the films most well known kill with the best kill in a film that full to the brim with really good kills going to Phillip as even tho it's the first kill in the whole entire film the amount of effects that went into making that kill and how visually impressive that that kill still is and the fact that it's a kill that could be argued is a key plot point that makes it the best kill in the film with even the visual of Freddy controlling Phillip like a puppet being something that is pretty creepy especially with Phillips veins in his arms and legs acting as the puppets strings with his kill being one that whilst it's not as iconic as Jennifer's death it is one that is a pretty creepy kill in it's own right with the film being filled to the brim with kills that are really creative and that are really fun to see in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's not that hard to see why this film is considered by many to be one of the best entries in this franchise as it not only matches what the first film did but it also takes them in a completely different direction whilst also remaining true to what the characters are and what the franchise is all about as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images hat I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Sorority Row 2009 Film Review

Back in the mid to late two thousands the in thing to do when it came to horror films was remakes as we got alot of remakes to alot of horror films back then some were good and some were god awful. The film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today is one of the few films that was just OK so much so that in the sixteen years since it's release no one was really talking about it until very recently when it was announced that one of the writers of this film was trying to get a sequel made and so then join me as I review the film that for some odd reason has Carrie Fisher in it with the film in question being called simply just "Sorority Row" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a prank on an ex-boyfriend goes wrong and results in one of their own being killed the sisters of a sorority house find themselves being stalked by someone who is hell bent on revenge. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad however this films plot really isn't all that good as it comes across as being a generic plot to a generic slasher film which granted was all the range back in the mid to late two thousands but at the same time this is a film that really should have took what the first film did with it's plot and do it better and yet the makers of this film instead chose to do something that is basically a clone of I Know What You Did Last Summer only it's not as fresh and it's not as exciting either but to give this film some credit it's plot is fairly well done as it is a plot that is more then strong enough to support an entire feature length film in it's own right it just needed to be anything other then a clone of a movie that was already a clone of another movie as then this films plot could at least make the claim of being an original story but it can't do that when it's copying what another movie did just ten years prior and while this is a remake and so of course it can't be original as it has to fit in moments from the original film as well but if you look at what The Texas Chainsaw Massacre did with it's 2003 remake where it was it's own story but only borrowed elements from the original that is something that proves that you can tell an original story with a remake with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Briana Evigan as Cassidy Tappan , Leah Pipes as Jessica Pierson and Rumer Willis as Ellie Morris. Also starring in this film is Jamie Chung as Claire Wen , Margo Harshman as Charlene "Chugs" Bradley , Julian Morris as Andy Richards , The Hills star Audrina Patridge as Megan Blaire , Caroline D'Amore as Maggie Blaire , Matt O'Leary as Garrett Bradley , Matt Lanter as Kyle Tyson , Maxx Hennard as Mickey Donaldson , Rick Applegate as Senator Tyson , Ken Bolden as Dr. Rosenburg , Nicole Moore as Joan , Deja Kreutzberg as Riley and Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher as Mrs. Crenshaw.

Now then interns of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films acting being at best OK with alot of this films actors turning in the kind performance that you'd expect to find in a film like this one which to be fait is something that's to be expected as none of this films main actors were that well known at this point and therefor it would have been foolish to expect great performances from them but even Carrie Fisher who we know can act her socks here just feels like that she's putting the bare minimum and not being as good as we know that she can be but then again knowing that apart from her the biggest named star is a reality show star might have informed her choice and not acting that much in this film with the best actor in the whole entire film being Rumer Willis as both she and Briana Evigan feel like that there the only ones that are actually trying to put in a decent performance in this film with Rumer only just pipping her to the post as it were as her character is the better done character out of the two which really isn't saying much but performance wise Rumer is really good in this film with her performance being one of the more enjoyable performances in this whole entire film with the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

This film fairs about as badly as you'd from a horror film remake from the mid two thousands as the films characters aren't that good. With all of this films characters not being bad persay as there are some decent ideas for characters in here but rather there all undercooked with the film not going all the way with it's characters and as a result of that is the fact that all of this films characters come across as being very one dimensional which fair enough might have been the point as this whole film is meant to be a throwback to the slasher films of the eighties where they did have these under developed characters as the characters were never meant to be the main stars of the film but times had changed since then and horror had changed since then with the makers of the film not giving the audience what they should have given then from a character point as you can tell right from the films poster that this is going to be the kind of film that would be right at home on The CW with the same thing being true for the films characters as well as they are all characters that would feel more at home on a show on The CW and not in a movie as there's really nothing to these characters that hasn't been done better in other and better slasher films with even the likes of Cassidy and Ellie who really are the best characters in this film not being all that good as there's not much to them as the only thing that Ellie does for the vast majority of the film is scream because she's traumatized by the prank that went really wrong and Cassidy just spends the film defending her and that's really it and that doesn't make them good characters but granted they really do come of better when compared to quite literally any of the other characters that are in this very film.

As was noted at the very start of this review this film is actually a remake of the 1982 film The House On Sorority Row. Tho if truth be told this film is more of a very loose remake tho as the only things that they have in common with each other is the fact that they both involve a prank gone wrong , they both have house mother dying and they both take place in a sorority and that's really it as even tho i've not seen the original film I can tell right away from watching this film that the original is the far more better of the two films as in this film it feels like that the film was made to cash in on the remake crazy that was sweeping horror hollywood at the time and clearly wasn't done to address or even fix any of the issues that might have been present in the original film and heck they don't even say that it's a remake of this film in the opening credits for this film as they say that it's based off of "Seven Sisters" which was the original name for the original film but all that does is make people think that there's a film called "Seven Sisters" the film does make changes to the story tho as in the original film it's the house mother that gets pranked and is killed where as in this film it's an ex-boyfriend that gets killed who then accidentally kills one of the sorority sisters that was pranking him but that's really it as apart from that one change to the film the film does nothing new and nothing to make it feel like the original film say what you will about the Rob Zombie's Halloween remake from 2007 but at the very east you could tell that he was trying to make an actual Halloween movie where as here tho you get the impression that the makers of this film hadn't seen the original film despite it being called one of the best slasher films of all time and therefor just did whatever they wanted with the IP just to make some money quickly and that's it.

To give this film some form of credit it does handle it's political messages alot more better then what the 2019 remake of Black Christmas did. As just like in that film alot of the male characters in this film are either evil or dumb as a rock but here tho the makers of the film do at the very least try to make them standout by having one of them becoming mentally unstable due the prank that went wrong and having one of the kills kill him thinking that he's the killer which is something that the 2019 Black Christmas movie never did as that movie was more focused on forcing it's political massages down our throats then it was in being subtle and doing something that's actually good however tho this film still does get alot more things wrong tho as it makes alot of the main characters just come across as being really unlikable as there only keeping this thing a secret so that it won't effect there lives after college and that's really it where as in the 2019 version of Black Christmas the girls did have a legit reason for wanting to stick together and weren't doing so threw fear that there lives when they leave college might be messed up granted there's no way to fix this issue without first going to back to the original film but this is were this film could have been better then the original film tho as they could have come up with a new reason for the girls to stick together and want to keep this secret like maybe have one of the girls have this family member who is high up somewhere and him finding out about this prank could damage his career yes that's not a good idea but it's still an attempt at something new or they could have had the mean girl type of character from the group Jessica force them into keeping it a secret like one of the characters did in the first I Know What You Did Last Summer as that is something that would have added something to her character as well.

Whilst this film isn't listed as being a mystery film the fact that it does have the characters each trying to work out who the killer is does say that this film is pretty much a mystery film. However even there it doesn't really succeed as the film doesn't give us any clues as to who the main killer of this film is even meant to be in the first place and as such when it's revealed that it's Kyle it is something that does come out of nowhere as does the fact that his sole reason for killing people even those that weren't involved with the original prank was to make sure that his girlfriends life out of side of college wasn't messed up is something that does come out of nowhere as alot of the scenes with that character don't give us any clues as to what's really going on with him as a character which makes it feel like that the makers of this film forgot to include who the killer is and so they just made it up moments before filming the big reveal scene whereas if there were scenes that did give us clues as to who the main killer is meant to be and what his motive for doing these crimes was even meant to be then it would have made the mystery aspect all the more better with the only thing that doesn't really add up is why Kyle as it would have made more sense if it was someone that was related to Megan the girl that got pranked at the start of the movie and heck the film even has her younger sister Maggie go to the same college as her and join the same sorority as her so why not make her the main killer with her motive being that she saw the girls quite literally getting away with murder and that be what drives her to do these killings in the first place as then you'd have this new character who could very easily fade into the background when needed and then have that big reveal be just as shocking as the makers of the film wanted the reveal with Kyle to be as well.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty one minuets and twelve seconds. Which again to be fair to this film is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a slasher film from 2009 to have in the first place with this film having just about the right amo8nt of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place however tho that is really the only good thing that can come from this films plot as this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the plot of the film is that well developed and while this is more due to the fact that the film has a really short running time and is not the fault of the films writers Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger with this film being one that really could have used a longer running time as while yes that would mean having to here more of there dreadful excuse for dialog it would also mean that the films plot could be more developed as well with this having the added benefit of allowing the films characters to actually get some character development as well as the film doesn't develop quite literally of this films characters at all as we know just as much about the characters coming out of the film then we did coming into the film which would then make it easier for us the audience to either love or hate the characters and we would therefor feel sorry for them when they do die in this film but because of the fact that the makers of this film didn't do that it means that we feel nothing when the films character do die but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a slasher film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty OK at best. As the kills that we do get to see in this film are pretty decent at the best but the issue is tho is that despite the fact that this film is rated R we don't get to see that much of the kill with alot of the kills being shown from the neck up and even when we get to see alot of the kill we don't get to see anything that's to gory as while we do yes get to see some blood it's only a very small amount of blood at best which makes it look like that the makers of this film were afraid to make an actual horror film and so they didn't go all the way with there kills which is a shame because there some really unique kills in this film they all just needed that little something extra to make them more special then what they already are i the first place and heck we don't even get to see Jamie Chung's death despite it having a cool setting in the sorority's hot tub with the best kill in the whole entire film being the death of Chugs as she gets a bottle of beer rammed down her throat with the open end of the bottle sticking out the other end of her throat which is such a cool kill and it's something that does show that the makers of this film know how to pit together some really creative kills something that they would prove yet again when the writers of this film wrote Saw X and while this film does have characters that are purely there to be killed off alot of there death scenes aren't that interesting either with alot of this films kills being of a very mixed bag ranging from straight up bad to OK at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film feels like it would been more at home as a show on The CW as that's just high the bar of quality is for this film as the only thing that makes this film stand out is the fact that it has a reality TV show star and a Star Wars icon in it and that's really it with the rest of the film being nothing more then a generic mess of a film that had potential to be good but the film just couldn't live up to that potential in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thigs that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , MP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.