Terrifier 2 Film Review

The Terrifier films are films that have shockingly been getting more and more popular with each passing release. So much so that the newest film in the franchise actually beat Joker: Folie à Deux at the box office for a few weeks and yet with that in mind I thought that now was the right time to check out my first ever Terrifier film just to see what all the fuss is about and so then join me as I review the film that has not one but two creepy clowns in it with the film in question being called simply just "Terrifier 2" enjoy.

The plot of this film is one year after the events of the first film teenager Sienna Shaw finds herself the target of a demonic clown that's hell bent on killing her and everyone that she loves. 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 with this films plot being the kind of plot that could only work in a messed up movie like this one as while the plot of the first film was pretty light on story this film seems to be pretty heavy on story whilst also containing all the blood and gore that this franchise was known for however instead of having all that just for shock value which it very easily could have done it's instead used to advance the overall plot of the film which is something that you really don't see in any horror films and while yes the plot of this film could have been a bit more focused as it does come across as being all over the place at points but at the same time this films plot was also one that worked really well because of the fact that it was unfocused as it added to the overall crazy nature and tone of the film which is something that really did work for this film 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 Lauren LaVera as Sienna Shaw , Elliott Fullam as Jonathan and Sarah Voigt as Barbara. Also starring in this film is Kailey Hyman as Brooke , Casey Hartnett as Allie , Charlie McElveen as Jeff , Amelie McLain as The Little Pale Girl , Johnath Davis as Ricky , Samantha Scaffidi as Victoria Heyes , Leah Voysey as Clown Cafe TV Host and A Nurse , Chris Jericho as Adam Burke , Felissa Rose as Ms. Principe , Owen Myre as Sean , Griffin Santopietro as Eric and Tamara Glynn as The Costume Shop Mom and David Howard Thornton as Art The Clown.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew 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 feature / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which is something that was really shocking as very few of this films actors are well known actors even within the horror community and as a result as of that is the fact that it really would have been foolish to expect some good performances from them and yet that's exactly what we get in this film with all of this films actors turning in much more better performances then what you typically find in not only a slasher film but in horror films in general and this is something that really does go along way to showing the mainstream audiences that you can get good acting in good and well made horror films as all you have to do is just look hard enough for them with it really being helped by the fact that franchise creators , writer and director Damien Leone really does known how to geta  good performance out of his actors something which does shine through in this film with the acting that's in this film also 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 really 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.

This film pretty much introduces the character who could only be best described as being the Harley Quinn to the franchises version of The Joker. With the Harley Quinn of this series being Thee Little Pale Girl who acts exactly like Harley would do back in Batman: The Animated Series in that she always helps out with the schemes and is always there to give us the audience a small dark chuckle and it could even be argued that the character does also look like Harley Quinn as well with the character being a decent character in this film as she does act as someone that only Art himself can see thus making him appear to be even more insane to other people and when others can see him then it usually spells danger for them with the one thing that makes her and Art stand out in the world of horror villains being the fact there basically mimes as they don't talk at all but they get across what there saying and feeling through there actions and it's through there actions that we get the idea of them being close friends with each other who are just as each other and are both willing to do whatever it takes to do whatever it takes to get to there latest target and torture them both mentally and physically with The Little Pale Girl even somewhat acting as someone for Art to interact with as they duo do get alot of scenes together with both characters being truly evil characters and The Little Pale Girl being quite literally a female version of Art himself. 

This franchise is alot like the Saw franchise in that they both got there start from short films which in the case of this franchise was The 9th Circle. With the character of Art then being spun off into his segments in anthology films before then taking centre stage in the 2016 film Terrifier with all of the Terrifier films getting more and more of a following being more and more popular which both this franchise and the Saw franchise being a good case for looking at small indie short films if you want to see the next big horror franchise as you really never know what the next big thing in horror can be with both Art and Billy The Puppet being prime example of that as both character really did come out of nowhere and take the horror world by storm and in the case of Art his costume was one of the most cosplayed costumes for Halloween this year and Billy The Puppet being the face of the Saw franchise so much so that all he had to do was appear in a few scenes in Scary Movie and people knew right away what it is they were parodying as he was just that well known of a character what also connects the two franchises is the fact that they are both the little franchise that could as despite everything going against them they still managed to keep on trucking and make fans out of those that perhaps wouldn't have given the time of day in the first place with both of these franchises also really going over the top with there gore as well.

This film does also introduce us with a great protagonist in the form of Sienna Shaw who is quite easily one of the better horror film protagonists in recent memory. As the character is given flaws that make her human and is given hobbies and interests that actually play into the plot of the film as well with the character being a very headstrong character who is very much a stickler for the rules something that is something that she has to overcome and learn to lighten up a bit and have some fun and as we do see how both being a stickler for the rules and having to much fun can get you into trouble as it's due to the fact that she's a stickler for the rules that she starts to see visions of Art and it's due to the fact that when she is having to much fun her friends drug her for no reason which is something that tells us that it;s OK to have fun and it's OK to be a stickler for the rules but you also need to have a healthy dose of the other in order to be a truly healthy person with her interests being that she likes to make costumes more specifically she likes to make costumes based off of drawings that her dead father drew with her costumes looking really good and it's also her costume that plays apart in the films plot as it turns out that her father actually prophesized that she would take on Art whilst wearing one of his costumes something which we see play out during the course of this films third act with the character also being the most likable character in this film as that's just how well written and acted that the character really is.

Out of all of the characters that are quite unlikable there's one that's really unlikable and that's the character of Barbara. Who is the mother of both Sienna and Jonathan and she's quite easily an unlikable character as instead f helping her kids out when they really need it she's more bothered about herself with the character even slapping Jonathan across the face quite hard as well when he dares to call her out for how she's been treating him and yet she doesn't apologise for her actions at all and this is something that makes her death so satisfying as we the audience are given no reason to really care about her character other then the fact that she still might be grieving for her husband and that she might not have fully recovered from his death but either way that's still not an excuse for acting like a terrible person to your own kids as there still recovering from his death as well and yet she doesn't take how there feeling into account and it's her death that really does make Art to be more of an anti-hero as all throughout the film we only see him attack characters that while nine times out of ten what there saying and going comes from a place of love it can still come across as being rude and mean and the best example of this is Barbara herself who is just so self absorbed that she's not really stopping to think how her kids her feeling and heck even when her son runs away from being hit by her she does nothing to go and find them she just stays at the house and continues drinking.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and eighteen minuets and twenty six seconds. Which for any film let alone a slasher horror film is such a long running tie to have but to this films credit this film really does have more then enough there in terms of plot to really cover that really large amount of running time but at the same time tho this film really didn't need to be that long as you very easily could have told this films plot in well under two hours and by doing that it would mean that the plot of the film would be alot more focused as there would be no pointless filler scenes like we get in this very movie with the only reason as to why this film was as long as it was is because of the fact that it has some really long death scenes and a few filler scenes that really aren't needed like for example this films mid-credits didn't need to be almost five minuets long and the scene with Sienna at school really isn't needed either as it adds nothing to the actual plot of the film and while having the film be this long does allow for the characters to become more fully three dimensional characters and that is something that would be effected if the film did have a shorter running time but that's something that could also be worked out in the editing of the film tho and wouldn't really be that big of an issue due to the fact that this film is well written in the first place 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 films 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's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this films kills being the best aspect of the film itself as there so over the top and there so gory that you can't help but fall in love with them with Art himself being a really sadistic killer who is willing to kill his victims in really unique ways and heck even the films best kill is also the films longest kills as it eats up at the very least ten minuets of the films running time and that's the death of Brooke who gets very badly beaten with her face smashed in and her bones broken amongst other things and that is something that really does make her kill the best kill in the movie with it also being helped by the fact that her kill is also the most unsettling kill in the whole entire movie because of the fact that like all good horror films the film really does take it's time on delivering the kill itself and so there's always that tension building and building there until the final kill blow is delivered by which point us the audience are really not only so filled with dread that we can't wait for it to end but we're also really so grossed out by it as well that we really don't want to end either with alot of this films kills also being both really gross and yet really creative as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really good film and it's not hard to see why Art has become this pop culture figure as he really is an enigmatic villain who has alot of character to him with this film being the best example of just how good a slasher film can be and it''s all due to the fact that it's a good film regardless of it's a slasher film or not 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 a 7.5 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 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 the official Terrifier fandom wiki page , Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images really simply because Google Images actually really has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really 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 really do end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

A Nightmare On Elm Street 1984 Film Review

This is a very special day indeed as the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today is now officially forty years old. As this film was first released all the way back in 1984 and unlike Warner Bros who really decided to start releasing there fortieth anniversary Blu-Ray of the film in around August to September I decided to hold of reviewing the film really until the exact day that it turned forty with this film review really being written on the exact day that this film was first released all the way back in 1984 and so then join me as I review the film that really basically shows us a more demented version of Kevin McCallister with the film in question being called simply just "A Nightmare On Elm Street" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when she and her friends start having nightmares about the same man it's up to Nancy to find a way to stop these deadly nightmares before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that 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 n all honesty really good as the plot of this film is one of this films highlights as it's just so fresh and different and heck nothing after this film has even dared to us the same plot which does make it stand out quite a bit and while yes the plot of this film really could have done with being fleshed out alot more then what it was given that this film had for what was at the time a really small production budget it's a wonder that the films plot turned out as good as it was and was as focused as it was as it would gave been very easy for the plot of this film to have been lost in the shuffle and become more of an afterthought but because of the fact that this film was a passion project for writer and director Wes Craven the films plot really does take centre stage and as a result of that is the fact that we end up with a film where it's plot is just so good from beginning to end 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 and Robert Englund as Fred "Freddy" Krueger. Also starring in this film is Ronee Blakley as Marge Thompson , John Saxon as Lt. Donald "Don" Thompson , Amanda Wyss as Christina "Tina" Gray , Nick Corri as Rod Lane , Leslie Hoffman as The Hall Guard , Joseph Whipp as Sgt. Parker , Charles Fleischer as Dr. King , Lin Shaye as The Teacher , Ed Call as Mr. Lantz , Sandy Lipton as Mrs. Lantz , Donna Woodrum as Mrs. Gray and Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz.

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 that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of this films actors turning in some really good performances which given who is starring in this film both is and isn't a surprise it's surprise in the case that none of this films actors were known actors back then and alot of them still aren't known all that well now and as such it would have been foolish to expect a good performance from these actors but at the same time it's also not all that surprising that this films acting is just so good as some of this films actors are now known names in Hollywood be it for there acting or there effects work in other movies and TV shows with those actors turning in some truly wonderful performances in this film and proving that even in horror films you can still find good acting as all you'd need is a good script , a good director and good actors ad that's really it and that's what this film has in spades with the the acting that's in this very film also 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 a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

One of this things that this film rather rightfully gets alot of praise it's use of practical effects and it's easy to understand why. With all of this films practical effects not only looking really good but also being the very definition of the word iconic as that's exactly what they are and heck so many of this films effects scenes are so iconic that when it came to redoing them in the 2010 remake alot of them were also done practically with the only one being done in CGI being the scene where Freddy tries to come through the wall with this films version of that scene being the better one because of the fact that it was done for real and it looks super creepy because of that fact and it's the exact same thing for all of this films practical effects as they were all done practically and they all look good because of that fact with practical effects always looking so much better then CGI effects with this film even doing effects that make you question how they were done with the best example of that being the deaths of both Tina and Glenn as with Tina's she is dragged up her mothers bedroom wall and onto the ceiling and in the case of Glenn we hos blood shooting up from out of his bed and landing on his ceiling all which make you wonder how they did those scenes something that would have been obvious if the film was made today but back when this film was being made you had to find a way to make those effects and they found a great way by having a rotating set and looking the camera down and both scenes look really good.

To be frank Nancy is a great final girl because of the fact that not only does the character have tons of personality but she's also a really likable character as well. With the character being very proactive in defeating Freddy as she straight up turn her house into a one giant Home Alone style trap as the second she finds out that she can bring things out of her dreams she starts making plans to defeat Freddy in the real world with the only thing that lets her down is the fact that her mother doesn't believe and actively trys to stop her from defeating Freddy but yet she shows her smarts by finding ways around her mother which she does end up doing and because of that she's able to rig up the house with several trap to aid her in defeating Freddy but at the same time tho the character can be seen as being annoying as she does spend the vast amount of this films running time just shouting for her mother and that's really it which is understandable given the situation that she's in but at the same time it makes her come across as being a slightly annoying character however she gets the golden treatment when it comes to the vast majority of her friends as all of them about from Glenn don't have much in the way of personality with Rod being the stereotypical jock type of character with him getting some character development but not much and sadly due to the fact that she's not in the film all that long Tina doesn't really get the time to display any kind of personality trait.

While Nancy's and her friends don't have much in the way of personalities they are better written then alot of other horror friend groups out there. As they do help to advance the overall plot of the film as it's there deaths that helps to spread a degree of panic across the town of Springwood as well as starting to get Nancy to wonder if she's actually crazy or not but at the same time tho her friends are mostly likeable characters with the same thing even being true for Rod who despite being a fairly unlikable character for alot of the films running time does also have his fare share of moments that make him a more likable like the fact that when Freddy is trying to kill off Tina in the bedroom he does at least make an effort to get him off of her which granted doesn't exactly end well for either of them but it's the fact that he at least the very least made the effort to try and save the life of his girlfriend that makes him a more likable character and while Glenn does come across as being the stereotypical "normal" teenager he does show all throughout the film that he's willing to help his girlfriend Nancy out even tho there's a chance that she could be crazy with Tina being a kind person who is willing to anything for anybody and it's these things that make her friends stand out from all of the horror friendship groups as alot of them just come across as being very one dimensional characters that are only here just because of the fact that the makers of the film want a high body count and that's really it.

While this film does have it's fair share of really creepy and scary moment in it the film does also have its fair share of really goofy moments in it as well. Like the fact that when Freddy runs he has some really long arms for no reason whatever which is meant to be scary as it's the main villain chasing down somebody but at the same time tho it just comes as being really goofy as all you can see is somebody with some really long arms trying and failing to catch someone and the fact that the we see Freddy grow his arms again for no reason does look good but at the same time it also comes across as being a really goofy looking scene as it's something that's never brought up every again but while the film does gave some really goofy moments in it there done in a way that makes it clear that the makers of this film are fully aware of the fact that it's a goofy looking scene and because of that it comes off a being a really fun and cheesy scene as well however given that this film is the first film in the franchise the film should have included scenes with Freddy just being scary and not really making that many dark jokes which in this film do work as they do feel in his character to do that and they do come across as him playing with his food and aren't as cheesy and as campy as they would later become in the later films as at the very least in this film they are still some creepy jokes that add to the overall tension of the scene and don't really take anything away from the scene in question which is something that they very easily could have done.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running tome of exactly one hour and thirty one minuets and fourteen seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running tin e that you'd expect a film like this one to have as slasher films don't really have that long of a running time with this film also having the right of plot there to really cover that amount of running tome but at the same time this film really would have been helped if it was a little bit longer as it allow for the plot of to be a bit more fully developed then what it already was and while we do get some hints of Freddy's backstory due to this films incredibly short running time his backstory can't be elaborated on which could be something that could be fixed in the film did have a slightly longer running time but at the same time tho Freddy's backstory might be more scarier because of the fact that we the audience don;t get to find out al that much about him but with the extra running time it would allow for characters like Rod and Tina to get across more of that it is that there respective characters are even meant to be as given the fact that they are killed off pretty quickly in the film they don't really get much of a chance to actually shine in this film and thus can come across as being really forgettable characters when there characters that should be more memorable characters but at the sae time tho alot of the extra scenes could be seen as being filler scenes as there's no way that the added scenes in this film would be able to add anything to the actual plot of this film and would come across as being really unneeded in the grand scheme of things but I really will admit that this film really foes have sone really good pacing to it tho.

So ow 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 pretty much all of this films being memorable for one reason or another be it because of the fact that there were really cool as in the case of Glenn or really stupid and down right laughable as in the case of Marge Thompson's death where it's obvious that the actress was swapped out for a dummy with the best kill in the whole movie being a tie between Tina and Glenn as both of there death scenes are not only really memorable but they both also play apart in the character journeys of both Rod and Nancy as well as we get to see briefly how Rod is effected by the death and the fact that he really is innocent something which he begs Nancy to prove and we see Nancy become more determined to defeat Freddy the second that she finds out that the last of friendship group is dead and while yes it does help that both of there deaths are some really cool looking deaths that's not the whole reason as to why they were best kills in the movie because as was just mentioned they do play a role in both of the characters journeys for both Rod and Nancy something that no other kill in a slasher film has dared to do both this film and after this film which is something that really makes there kills in this film really stand out as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film is still just so good even forty years as it's a fail that really has aged badly at all as all of things that worked in this film when it was first released all of those years ago still work in this film now even all of those years later as that's just how good and just how impactful that this film really is 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 thar 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 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 the official, A Nightmare On Elm Street fandom wiki page , Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images really simply because Google Images actually really has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really 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 really do end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Film Review

This review is being written on Halloween night and as such it was only about right that something that horror related get reviewed. Well with there being so many Halloween movies out there it really was tough to pick which one it was that gets reviewed and well I think i've found one that's the perfect choice given what day that this review is actually being written on and so then join me as I review the film that sees the man with the worlds most famous bleached William Shatner mask return once more with the film in question being called simply just "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" enjoy.

The plot of this film is Laurie and her son Jon find themselves in the fight for there lives when Micheal Myers returns to try and kill Laurie twenty years after his attempt. 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 as the plot of this film does do a very good job of telling the stereotypical Halloween story but in a way that makes it feel fresh and different which is something that this franchise really did need as it was beginning to get stale at this point in the franchises history but at the same time it's hard to say that this films plot is outright good either because if truth be told it's not as it just comes across as being the stereotypical slasher plot which is something that just doesn't work for the franchise that many consider to be one of the greatest slasher films of all time as a franchise that's this iconic does deserve a plot that is not only fresh and different but is also willing to actually be good and do something plot wise that harkens back to the original something which the plot of this film does also fail to do 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 Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode / Keri Tate , Josh Hartnett as John Tate and Adam Arkin as Will Brennan. Also starring in this film is Michelle Williams as Molly Cartwell , Adam Hann-Byrd as Charlie Deveraux , Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Sarah Wainthrope , Psycho star Janet Leigh as Norma Watson , LL Cool J as Ronald 'Ronny' Jones , Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers-Whittington , Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jimmy Howell , Branden Williams as Tony Alegre , Beau Billingslea as Detective Fitzsimmons , Matt Winston as Matt Sampson , Larisa Miller as Claudia , Emmalee Thompson as Casey , voice acting legend Tom Kane as the voice of Dr. Sam Loomis and Chris Durand as Michael Myers.

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 that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With the actors that you expect a really good performance like for example Jamie Lee Curtis really giving us exactly that a really good performance but at the same time where this films acting fails tho is due to the films younger actors who just can;t deliver as good of a performance especially when compared to the films more older actors with the films more younger actors coming across as being wooded and while alot of the blame for there performance does have to go to the actual actors themselves alot of the blame does also have to go to this film director Steve Miner who despite him being able to get a good performance out of his actors in his other films n this film just can;t manage to get a good performance out of his younger actors with even the films older actors only turning in a good performance not because oof the films director but because of the fact that they know how to do so with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that this films script s just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective 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 his very film.

While the films three legacy characters are handled somewhat OK it's the films newer characters that aren't that good. With alot of this films new characters being very badly written with one or two exceptions as John for example does come across as being kind of a hot head who is a little bit on the whiney side of things as well but at the same time given that he's been living with Laurie and the fact that she has PTSD and has pushed alot of her fears and concerns onto him it is kind of understandable why he acts the way that he does with the other decently written character being Will Brennan who is Laurie's supportive boyfriend and is just trying to do the best that he can do but the rest of this films characters just aren't that good with alot of them being very badly written characters who have the personality of a blank of wood and as a result of that is the fact that alot of this films character do indeed come across as being very dimensional with the film not really taking the time that it needs to fully develop instead just leaving as being very under developed characters that really should have been written alot more better as they are characters that could have been used in future sequels and be used to carry the franchise forward but instead all we get are characters that are very forgettable and just feel like that there characters that are in a slasher film instead of being fully formed characters that could have been used to carry the franchise forward should Jamie Lee Curtis have chosen not to return for anymore sequels.

This film was released in the aftermath of Scream and my god do you feel it as not only is there an oddly placed scene with two of the characters watching a scene from Scream 2. The film also had an uncredited rewrite from Scream creator Kevin Williamson with the film also oddly enough having a big of mystery element to it with the characters trying to work who is doing these killings which really doesn't work as the film not only outright tells us who the killer is at the start of the film it's also painfully obvious who the main killer of the film given that this is a film in the Halloween franchise but thankfully this film doesn't go full Scream by referencing every single horror movie under the sun but given just how good Scream was as it really did elevate the slasher genre at the time where as this film instead feeling like a slasher film that would be right at home if it was made and released in the eighties and not in the nineties as everything about this film just screams eighties horror slasher film and there's nothing that you'd expect or even want in a slasher film that made after the release of Scream as Scream really did make slasher movies a somewhat smart subgenre of horror where as this film just makes takes away alot of that work that Scream did and ironically enough what the very first Halloween film did and all for no reason whatsoever as this film really is a dumb slasher film but it's not dumb in the way that it would make it a fun filled film to watch as instead it's just a dumb film for all of the wrong reasons.

One of the things that the Halloween franchise is known for is for having multiple timelines with this film kicking off it's third timeline. As with this film Laurie faked her death sometime after the events of the Halloween 2 and went into hiding with her son John which does mean that Jaimie is now no longer a canon character in this timeline with her great character instead being replaced with a much more boring character but the idea of having Laurie have PTSD and showing her suffering the side effects of the first two Halloween movies is a good idea as it's an approach that we really haven't seen before now as even slashers that brought back the protagonist of a movie like Friday The 13th Part 2 , A Nightmare On Elm 3: Dream Warriors , A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: Dream Master and A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: Dream Child don't even do that and they don't even hint of those characters having any kind of mental issues which is a shame because that thought alone does make for an interesting plot arc for the main character to go through as now the main character has to overcome that fear of surviving that first movie and coming face to face with the person who put them through hell or is related to someone who put them through hell and yet no slasher film has done it when it is something that really could work for a slasher film but even then it still doesn't matter as the films timeline was going to be stopped at somepoint anyway so the changes that they made to the Laurie Strode character was never going to stay with the character and she always going to revert back to how was in the original Halloween due to the fact that the makers of these films love creating new timelines for these films.

While this film does have a really unique setting with the film being set at what is basically a boarding school. The film really doesn't take that much time in fully developing it's setting as instead it's far more interesting in giving us a romance between John and Molly and Charlie and Sarah all of which isn't needed in the film as the film really doesn't go to the lengths to fully develop any of them as characters and as a result of that is the fact that we audience don't want to see any of these characters together as the film doesn't give us a reason to fully care for these characters which means that when not only do the couples get separated and then killed of in the case of Charlie and Sarah we the audience are left with feeling nothing when we should be feeling sad that those characters are no longer in the film but because of the fact that the film chose not to give us interesting new characters that we want to see more off as it's instead more focused on giving two very badly romances with the only romance in this film that's only somewhat decent being the one between Laurie and Will as at the very least get to see alot of those two together and we get to see the chemistry that those two characters actually have where as with the teens romance none pf that is there as while yes we do get to see the couples together none of them have any chemistry together and all of there scenes together are a bunch of very badly written scenes that add nothing to either plot of the film or the characters.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running tie of exactly one hour and twenty five minuets and fifty eight minuets. Which even for a Halloween film and even for a slasher film is such a short running tie for this film to have as this film really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover a much more longer running time then that as the only thing that the film would have to do is just flesh out it's plot and to flesh out it's characters and that's really it and yet for some strange reason the film does neither of that all for no reason as there was no sequel on the cards at the time so there was no scenes setting up a sequel as that was something that star Jamie Lee Curtis demanded not be in the film and yet for some strange reason the film was still really short and this is something that really does have a knock on effect throughout the rest of the film as it now means that the films newer characters can't be fully developed characters and it means that the stuff with Laurie can't be fully explored either as the film now has to rush from plot point to plot point in order to meet that really shorter running timer when instead making the film longer even by ten or fifteen minuets would not only make the film better as it would allow for the characters and the plot to be fully developed but it would also for the film to built up tension with out the use of having scary music literally every single time that Micheal Myers appears on screen but I really will admit that this film really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a slasher film that really does mean that I gave 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 not that bad. Which is something that does work for this film as this franchise has always had some really good kills in it even going back to the very first film so there is a president set there for there being some really fun and goofy kills in it with the same thing also being true for this film as well as there are alot of kills in this film that are really fun and goofy like the fact that Micheal uses a dumbwaiter to break her leg and then he stabs her to death and then just to taunt his foes he hangs her body up on the ceiling with a working light in her stomach which is a really fun and goofy kill with the best kill in the whole entire movie being that of Micheal himself just because of the fact that it was kill that we the audience had been waiting twenty years for which is something that does make his kill as short as it is feel earned as we the audience know what not only Laurie but the other characters that Micheal has gone up against have gone through trying to take him and while yes the next film does straight up ignore undo the fact that he gets his head chopped off at the end of this film it still doesn't really change the fact that his kill in this film was a really good and a really shocking kill in the first place in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while is a decent sequel and it does indeed serve as a great what if type of scenario for the Laurie Strode character its also a film that's not really as good as it really could have been as the film does have alot of faults in it as it is a film that just reeks of being made in the nineties when it's a film that really should have been made in the eighties and no later then that 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 thins 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 a 5.5 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 mf 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 really simply because Google Images actually really has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really 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 really do end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

The Spine Of Night Film Review

Horror is a great medium as there's something init for quite literally anyone if you like slasher films then there are tons of films for that if you like supernatural films there are tons of films. However when it comes to animation there really aren't that many animated films out there yes they do exist but there's not that many of them in the first place and very of them are actually good and even fewer of them of adult animated films which is what this film is and so then join me as I review the film that was animated by FOUR people with the film in question being called simply just "The Spine Of Night" enjoy.

The plot of this film is a witch queen is given powers thanks to a magical flower with that flower being able to grant terrible and deadly powers to all those that use it. 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 yes this film could be seen a being an anthology film it does also have a really good throwline running through it that being the journey's of this one flower that somehow ends it decades long journey back to the person that first used it and was killed by someone else decades earlier with the plot of this film being a really good and interesting way to tell a story like this as you very easily could have told this films plot in a way that doesn't make the film feel like an anthology film and yet because of the fact that the makers of this kind of went that route with the film and made the film feel alot more like a anthology it really does allow for the plot to really open up the world that this film it set in  and it also allows for this films plot to feel alot more fresh and different then what it actually is 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 Richard E. Grant as The Guardian , Lucy Lawless as Tzod and Patton Oswalt as Lord Pyrantin. Also starring in this film is Betty Gabriel as Phae-Agura , Joe Manganiello as Mongrel , Jordan Douglas Smith as Ghal-Sur , Patrick Breen as Doa , Larry Fessenden as Prophet Of Doom , Tom Lipinski as Falconhawk , Nina Lisandrello as Sparrowcrow , Abigail Savage as Kestelwren , Rob McClure as Gull and Maggie Lakis as Dae.

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 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 really good. Which isn't really something that's all that surprising given who is starring in this film as alot of this films actors are a bunch of really good actors in there own right and heck even a few of them have indeed ventured into the world of voice acting before now and as a result of that is the fact that it does make that they turn in some really good performances in this very film with this films actors perhaps being the oddest bunch of actors to ever start in a film really just because of the fact that both Richard E. Grant and Joe Manganiello are movie stars and yet the rest of this films actors just aren't and yet here they really all are starring in this one little independent film together and all of them really do knock it out of park performance wise as that's just how good all of this films actors really are and just how good the acting in this film really is as well with the acting that's in this very film also being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this films actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and as a good performance really 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.

For once I cannot tell you who did the animation for this film as there are no animation companies listed either in the films credits or the films official IMDB company credits page either. Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual animation 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 animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be as this film only had FOUR main animators working on this film hence why it took seven years to finish the film and while yes the film did have additional animators working on the film the very fact that it only had four main animators animating the film it really is shocking the animation that's in this film is feature film worthy as in it belongs to be seen on the big screen with this films animation looking visually like Heavy Metal and using rotoscoping for it's animation which does make the films animation look like that it was done in the late eighties early nineties and yet even with that in mind the films backgrounds look really good with them being very highly detailed with the films characters also having some really nice and fluid movements to them all of which really do come alive during the films more horrific scenes.

This film doesn't just look like Heavy Metal either as it also resembles it from a plot point of view as well. As both films are anthologies that deal with very mature themes and while Heavy Metal is the more mature of the two films this film is a little less mature as the only thing that makes it mature is the fact that it has topless women and gore in it ad that's really it and the fact that both films have a surprisingly stacked cast as well with this film pretty much being the more modern version of Heavy Metal only without the edge that made Heavy Metal work as this film does come across as being like an adult film in name only where as with Heavy Metal it had some really mature themes to go with all of the nudity and gore that was present in that film and as result of that is that is the fact that it's very easy to see this film becoming a cult film as a film like this was never going to attract a mainstream due to the fact that there are so few people out there actively looking for an adult animated film let alone an adult animated film that's also a horror film as well but what does set this film apart from Heavy Metal is the fact that it's a fantasy film where as Heavy Metal leans more into science fiction but both films do fully embrace both of there respective genres and gave fun playing around with what you expect to see in both of there respective genres.

Sadly this film came out around the same time as Mad God and given just how good that that film it really did overshadow this film. When this is a film that does deserve to have it;s time in the sun as well as this film is good in it's right as it does give you some fully formed characters and it does give you a compelling story that while it's not for the faint of heart it is something that is a really enjoyable watch. With one of the things that makes this films enjoyable being the fact that you don't really know where the film is going as the film does have it's flashback scenes act as a prequel to what where seeing in the present day with the flashback scenes mainly detailing the rise of the  films villain and the fall of the films hero whilst in the present day scenes it's telling us the story of the rise of the hero and the fall of the villain which is really interesting way to go about things as it's something you don't really see in films at all with the film making great use of it's flashbacks scenes as to not only explain how the hero comes back to life after being killed off early on in the film but to also fully set up the world upon which that this film takes place in and while yes some of the world building could have been alot better then what it was and while the film could have used it's flashback scenes alot better then what it does as well the very very fact that they were able to craft this good of a film given the small team that worked on the film is a wonder in of it's self.

While this film does gave quite alot of things going for it one of the things that it has going against it is the fact that alot of the films side characters aren't that well developed. With alot of them being at best forgettable characters ad at worst characters that you just straight up don't care about with all of that beg due to the fact that the film doesn't really have the running time in order to fully develop all of it's characters with alot f them just coming across as being very one dimensional characters that don' have all that much going for them with this not really being helped by the fact that alot of the films characters end up dead by the end of their respective segments which is fine as it's service to the main plot of the film but at the same time you still need to make us care for the characters and if you don't do that then it really doesn't matter if it's service to the plot of the film or not because us the audience won't really care for the characters or not and while yes there deaths do also set up Ghal-Sur as the main villain of the film by showing us just how far that's willing to go in order to achieve his goal of basically becoming immortal we still need to feel something when these characters do die be it due to us hating them or loving them and when you don'y do that all it does is make there deaths feel hollow and it makes us the audience feel nothing for those characters.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty three minuets and thirty eight seconds. Which is a really solid running time for this film to have as the film really does have the right amount there interms of plot to really that amount of running time and with this film basically being an anthology film it really doesn't need a really long running time in order to tell it's story it just needs to be above feature length and that's really it and while yes this film really could have used with having a much more longer running time as that really would have allowed the makers to develop all of tit's characters alot more then what it really has the time to do as this film has to get from plot point to plot point and as a result of that is the fact that things do have to get dropped as alot of things that could have been added to the film to give the film it's character development those scene also could have felt like pointless scenes that add nothing to the overall plot of the film and thus making them feel alot like filler scenes when this film really doesn't padding out at all but at the same time it could also be argued that this film did have some character development in it then it could have made this film alot better then what it already is and it also could have helped to stand out against all of the other adult animated films out there as well but I really will admit that this film really does ave 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 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 the best part of this film. Due to the fact that all of this films kills are really gory with this film showing a guy getting straight up cut in half by sword where you see all of his insides and you get to see a guy get his face burnt right off with all of this films kills being really inventive given that alot of them just boil down to who can stab who first and yet it's because of how simple these kills are that alot of them do end being slightly memorable and oddly creepy because of it where as it would gave been very easy to make all of this films kills come across as being very forgettable kills which alot of them are but the ones that stand out the most are the ones that are the best kills in this film with the best kill in the whole entire film being the deaths off Ghal-Sur and Tzod as Tzod uses her flower to light Ghal-Sur on fire thus killing the both of them with Tzod's head floating off into outer space with the guy getting cut in half's death being a close second just due the fact that you get all of his insides which does make his death a really memorable death in a film that's filled to the brim with memorable deaths in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst Mad God might be the better of the two films that doesn't mean that this film deserves to be sleeped upon either and kudos to Shudder for taking a chance on these really creative and inventive horror films like both this film and Mad God as both of these films are really good films in there own right 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 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 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 really simply because Google Images actually really has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really 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 really do end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.