Dracula In Space Film Review

For some reason film makers seem to think that sending a slasher on in this case a classic horror villain into space is a good idea and yet time and time again it never is. As now we have another horror villain that's left earth for space with this one being more of a retelling of the book then being a straight up sequel to any of the films but it is still weird that the makers of this film thought that it was a really good idea for this character to go into space and so then join me as I review the film that might very well be the most boring film of 2026 with the film in question being called simply "Dracula In Space" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when the crew of the space ship Demeter get a told that they have to haul the cargo from a seemingly abandoned ship the crew discover that they might have brought aboard something far more deadly then what they could have ever hoped for. 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 good as the films plot isn't that creative at all with it coming across as knock off of the plot of Alien only without the charm and cleverness to pull it off this wouldn't be a bad thing however if the plot of the film at least advanced alot of the time and yet for one reason of another the makers of this film instead chose to make this film a slow burner film which means that the films dreadful plot goes for large portions of it's already small running time with nothing happening to advance the plot at all now to be fair having a slow burn plot is something that could work if the film in question really had a plot that demands it really be one yet here the plot of the film and the films title demand that the films plot be one that really moves at a quicker pace as given the title of the film you'd really expect the film to have a plot that's snappy and that's fun to watch and yet this film has a plot that's neither of those things 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 Ash Grey Blonde star and The Bucket star Charlotte Reidie as Captain Harker and this films producer and Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey 2 star Louisa Warren as Captain Reyes. Also starring in this film is Bikini Shark star Jessie Vinning as Stoker , Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey 2 star Marcus Massey as Dracula , Paul Leon as Morris , Ashley O'Brien as Seward and Kamahri May as Juno.

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 good. With the best word that could be used to describe this films acting being wooden as that's exactly what it is alot of the time it's wooden with all of the films actors turning in these wooden and bland performances with it being made clear as day that this films director Gregory William Randolph Jr. had no idea of how to direct his actors however o be fair to him he has only made two other films before this one with him mostly making short films but he does have to learn how to talk to his actors as that's how you get good performances out of them and if your not going to do that then you better cast some amazing actors in your project something which given the fact that this film was a small budgeted British independent film he was never ever going to do and as a result the films acting does suffer quite alot with the best actor in the whole entire film being Marcus Massey as Dracula as he really comes across as the only one that's actually trying to turn in a good performance and while his performance in the film isn't amazing it's alot better then the performances from the rest of this films actors as they all really feel like that there phoning in their performances with the acting that's in this 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.

To say that this films characters are bland and forgettable characters would be a huge understatement as that's exactly what they are. As there's nothing to these characters that makes them interesting characters with all having the same bland character type and look fair enough these films are made cheaply and quickly but you still have to take the time to give us some good characters that we want to see make it to the end of the film and yet in this film what we get is characters that we feel nothing for as the film doesn't give us a reason to care for any of them with alot of them quite literally being characters that are knocked off from other forms of Dracula media with a few of them baring the same name of others that are heavily associated with Dracula which is fair enough but when you give us characters that just remind us of other better characters then you owe it to your characters to make them good and to make them memorable and yet here in this film despite the fact that there's already an android character in the film all of the characters act like there robots with Captain Harker being the stereotypical stoic leader of the group who wouldn't know what a smile is if it came up and hit her in the face Reyes being a useless character who is only there for eye candy and that's really it with the rest of the films characters including Dracula being just as boring and as bland as the rest of the films characters as they do feel like the kind of characters that you'll find in the first draft of a script and while this film might have only had one draft the makers of this film should have spent the extra money and spent the extra time on a re-write as that would then allow them to fix the films characters and to make them better then what they are in this film.

Look to be fair to this film the very idea of doing a Dracula movie in space is one that's a very good idea. Yet it's also one that could go very badly wrong if it's not handled right and that's exactly what happens here in this film as the makers of this film were more bothered by giving us references to Dracula then the were in giving us a fun film say what you will about Jason X but then one thing that you can't say about that film is that it's boring as there's always something happening be it a cool kill or the plot is being moved forward in a somewhat creative way yet here in this film tho none of that happens with the film really taking it's time in letting things happen whilst this is of course done to build up tension which is fair enough as that it something that you do need in a Dracula story but here the film isn't long enough and therefor the film really does need to get to the good stuff alot quicker as or else the audience is going to fall asleep watching the film as there's quite large portions of the film where nothing is happening due to the fact that were getting countless scenes of the characters just sitting and talking which is fair enough as they have to get across plot information but here it comes at the expense of having a fun and entertaining film where as with Jason X that film knew right away that it was going to be a dumb fun filled slasher film and wasn't afraid to be anything more then that and yet given the fact that this film is titled "Dracula In Space" which is something that does make you think that your going to be getting a dumb film the film oddly enough tries to be something that it's not as this isn't a film that demands that you take it seriously this is instead a film that you should laugh at how bad it is and how dumb it is.

Look fair point this film was made very cheaply but for some odd reason this film looks like that it was filmed in the house of one of the producers. Yet the film is meant to take place on a space ship in outer space yet we don't actually get to see outer space in this film barring for a few very badly done FX shots which the film does take great pride in showing us with this being something that does make the film feel alot more smaller as this ship is meant to be huge and yet we don't get to see much of it rather we just get to see a few rooms and few corridors and that's really it which is something that makes you wonder why the makers of this film chose to make this film as they quite clearly didn't have the finds to make it as good as they could have done as they could have had some steam coming out of some pipes and some pipes up on the wall to make it look like that we're in the engine room or for when we are the main eating quarters they could have had some lights on and have some tables in the background just anything to give that set more life and make the the world of this film feel more real and yet because of the fact that the film has some VFX shots which they take great pride in showing us it means that the rest of the film gets to look fan made at best and the effects get to loon decent by comparison with the film having some admittedly cool looking effects for when Dracula is defeated at the end of the film but that doesn't make up for the fact that the rest of the film just looks bland and while yes the makers of this film were working well within there means which is fair enough when you do a film that's set in space the audience expects to see something new crew and creative and yet all we got for this sip was something that's bland and forgettable.

To give this film some form of credit it does do something interesting by having Dracula basically invade the dreams of the characters. With this being done as a way to convince them to join him or to let him bite them which is a cool idea and again to the films credit the film does go as far as they could have done with it given the fact that they didn't have a bug budget to work with in the first place with the only thing that lets that idea down being the fact that nothing very rarely if ever comes of it as while yes we do get some kills out of it they happen very rarely with us not really getting to see how these visions effect the crew mentally which is something that would have been very interesting to see and it would have given us a new and interesting angle as well and yet the makers of this film don't do that which makes would could have been a really cool addition to the film as now we would have the fact that the crew is being made more and more mentally unstable as the film goes on which is something that would have been interesting to see as we don't get to see that happen in a lot of Dracula media and yet because of the act that this film is being ore focused on knocking off Alien then it is in being a good Dracula story that has some really cool things in it it does mean that the only genuinely good idea that the film has feels underused alot of the time as it would have been cool to see Dracula use that skill to get the upper hand on the crew just by planting moments of doubt which yes would have been a small thing but it still would have something that would have helped to make this really bland and boring film stand out from all of the other Dracula films out there.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty one minuets and twenty three seconds. Which for any other horror film would have been a decent running time for the film to have and yet this film is slow burner which is something that doesn't really work with the fact that the film has a really short running time and yet the film spends so much time in just having the characters explore the ship in the first place and not enough time in it's plot with the film not even having enough plot to cover that amount of running time as by all rights the film only has enough plot to cover about forty five minuets and that's really it and yet the makers of the film have lots of scenes that are just filler scenes as a way to get the film up to feature length with alot of those scenes being just way to expand something that usually would have taken a few seconds to do with the film not even using it's running time all that wisely as the film doesn't take the time to fully it's plot which fair enough it might not have to do as this film is telling a really simple story and doesn't need to be that well developed as a result of it as the film spends far to much time in setting up the plot then it does in giving us scenes that actually develop it when it would have made more sense for this film to spend alot more time in giving the film some kind of plot development instead of just having things happening for the sake of it with the film not even taking the time to give the characters any kind of character development as we get to find nothing about any of this films characters heck we don't even get to find the first names of any of the films characters as that's how underdeveloped that they all are as we get to find out nothing about what it is that makes these characters tick in the first place but I really will admit that this film really does have some really bad pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror 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 really bad. With alot of the films kills being lame at best and at worst being off screen with the film not really putting alot of thought and effort into it's kills with it feeling like that the makers of his film didn't put that much thought and effort into the films kills as they all feel just lame and while yes granted there's only so much that you can do with Dracula as the main villain as there are only so many that you can see him biting someone before it starts to get dull and boring and to be fair this film doesn't really show him biting someone all that often as alot of the time he just basically takes over them which is something that they don't explain with the film not really having a kill that you could say is the best kill in the film as all of the films kills are just bland and forgettable as they have nothing about them that makes standout as they all just feel bland and generic like they could have been kills that were in other films as there's nothing that makes them feel unique to this film with the film not even taking advantage of the fact that there in space or the fact that they have Dracula be the main villain of the film and yet if the film did any of that then we would have gotten some really good kills in it and yet for one reason or another the makers of the film didn't bother to give us some good kills in it with all of the films kills being lame with the same thing even being true for Dracula's death which is the only semi-decent death in the whole entire film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall no matter how bad Minnie's Massacre ends up being it won't be as bad as this film is as this film isn't even a film that's so bad that it's good as it's just painfully bad film that is more then boring to watch as it's also a chore to watch and a chore to get through as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the 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 which really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old core of exactly a 0 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.

Late Night With The Devil Film Review

Whilst mainstream horror films are these days mostly all sequels and remakes there are still original horror films being made. With the film that i'm going to be talking to you all today being one such a film as while it's a found footage film it's setting is one that's fully original with it's central idea being a wholly original idea as well and so then join me as I review the film that has well over a minuet and thirty second of opening company credit logos with the film in question being called simply just "Late Night With The Devil" enjoy.

The plot of this film is during the broadcast of his talk show host Jack Delroy finds himself and his guests being tormented by something otherworldly. 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 one is refreshing and is new as its one that hasn't been done both before and since this film and yet this films plot does also feel very by the numbers as you know where it's going to go before it goes there with the thing that makes it stand out being the fact that you don't know how it's going to get there in the first place and while yes this films plot could have been alot more better then what it was the fact that it was told through this seemingly lost episode of a fictional TV show is something that does make it feel unique and make it feel all the more real as for all we could know there could episodes like this out there and yet down being let this films plot down is the fact that it does feel really thin with the film only hinting at it's plot during the very brief backstage segments that are in the film and yet even then nothing that happens in those segments effects what's happening on stage during the main portion of the film and while that may be more true to how TVs are run it's also something that does make this films plot feel more like an afterthought as the film barely focuses on those segments 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 David Dastmalchian as Jack Delroy , Laura Gordon as Dr. June Ross-Mitchell and Ian Bliss as Carmichael Haig. Also starring in this film is Fayssal Bazzi as Christou , Ingrid Torelli as Lilly D'Abo , Rhys Auteri as Gus McConnell , Georgina Haig as Madeleine Piper , Josh Quong Tart as Leo Fiske , Steve Mouzakis as Szandor D'Abo , Paula Arundell as Diane , Christopher Kirby as Phil , John O'May as Walker Bedford and Michael Ironside as The Narrator.

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 in this film something which surely couldn't have been an easy task to do and yet they all pull it of really well and with alot of this films actor being at best little known actors it's a wonder that we got some really got some really good acting in this film and yet its made clear as day that this films writer and directors Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes really did know how to get a good performance out of all of there actors in this film with the best actor in the film being David Dastmalchian as he really does fully embody this character him fully capturing just what alot of late night talk shows hists were most likely like back in the seventies whilst also making the character fully his own and if the man wanted to continue making movies not just horror movies but movies in general then he really could make it as an actor as he is just so good in this film with him being full of energy when he needs to be and yet during the films backstage segments we get to see that the Jack that we see on stage is vastly different from the one behind the stage and all of that is something that does come through in his performance with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this film 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.

Where it could be argued that this film well and truly shines is in it's character as the film does give us some really well thought out characters. As the film does make sure to make all of it's characters do have somethin about them that does make somewhat close to being likeable characters like Jack for example yes he is a fame hungry character but he's also someone that did very deeply care for his wife as well with that care and love being something that does drive him to these extremes in this film and to the films credit it is something that they didn't need to do and yet it's something that they did and because of the Jack as a character does come across as being a more likable character because of it with the same thig also being true for all of the films over characters as well with them all having something about them that does make what could be seen as being these really unlikable characters now seem all the more likable like for example Carmichael Haig who is a bit of skeptic and is someone who is just trying to do the best with little that he has in the first place with it being made clear as day that the makers of this film really did put alot of thought into this s films characters as all of this films characters are some really well thought out characters with them all having something to do with the main plot of the film and them all impacting the plot of the film in some way shape or form be it due to them dying or due to them impacting the character of Jack in someway with this being something that you don't really see all that often and yet here it is in this film little known that not alot of people even know about in the first place.

Whilst there is no doubt that the Paranormal Activity films helped to make the found footage genre as popular as it is today they also helped to run it into the ground by being the same film even single time. Yet here in this film we get something that does kind of change the game a little bit as whilst yes it is still a found footage movie it's done in a unique way as its not someone holding up a camera all the time when they wouldn't normally be holding a camera rather it's tape from an episode of a TV show that only aired once and that's it and that unique setup alone is more then enough to make what is a tired genre of horror seem fresh and new as now we get to see things that we normally wouldn't get to see like all of the behind the scenes stuff which might seem like small things at first but it's the small things that make all of the big things work as this is a concept where we have to buy into the set up in order for the film to work and if we don't buy into it then the film itself just flat out doesn't work and yet because of the fact that the makers of this film made sure to fill the screen with alot of detail alot of which could be seen as hints of what's to come later on in the film they all combine to make this films set up work all the more and it's this kind of dedication that does prove that found footage films when there done right can work but sadly alot of them like the Paranormal Activity sequels aren't done right and it's those kinds of films that we remember alot more then the good ones when it should be the other way around as these good movies when they work can be works of art and yet alot of the time they end up being terrible films that we forget right away because of the fact that the makers of those film had nothing new to say with them.

Where the film does somewhat fail is the fact that it's not really all that interesting of a film with this being due to the fact that the film does feel a bit boring at times. With the film feeling like that its stuck on repeat mode alot of the time as alot of the time whenever Jack introduces a new guest something creepy happens and the guest ends up being traumatized by it which is fine for one or two guests but the whole film is like that and it is something that dies make you feel like if the makers of this film just couldn't be bothered to come up with something fresh and new to help to carry the film and to help make the film seem alot less dull and boring as it would be very easy to write this film as being a dull film due to the fact that the film does give you alot of information about Jack right at the start and it expects you to remember it all when it is something that would have been alot more better served if it did that in pieces as then we the audience would still have this mystery about what is really going with Jack and it would also have allowed the film to break away from it's formular but given that this film is trying to do something new with the found footage formular you can kind of forgive it for not doing all that much with the formular that it's forced itself to have as the film after all is meant to be about a forgotten episode of a chat show and those kinds of shows do have this strict formular that they all seem to stick to and if this film is going to lampoon them and put it's spin on the setting then it does need to stick to that format as well even if it is something that does end up hurting the film alot more then it does help it. 

As a film it easy to see why this one has pretty much been forgotten about as while it is a really good film it's also one that's not been released by a major studio. Which does mean that it more then flew under the radar it just straight up avoided it all together which is a shame as this is film that does prove that you can find these weird original films in Hollywood you just have to look for them alot more harder yet at the same time due to the fact that this film is a found footage film it is perfectly possible that alot of people might have grown tired with them and weren't ready to give this film the chance that it deserved as while yes it did still make alot of money at the ox office it is something that hasn't left that much of an impact on people and yet when you compare this film to Paranormal Activity which like this film did make alot of money at the box office but that film did something that this film as good as it is just didn't do and that's the fact that that film caught people's attention and yet due to when this film was being released it just wasn't able to do that as these days people are more quick to move on to the next big thing and because of that some really good horror films like Good Boy and like In A Violent Nature do end up being forgotten about this is despite the fact that all of those films are still really good films in there own right and could be seen as being game changers for the world of horror if only people where more then willing to take a chance and be inspired by them like how they were with the Paranormal Activity films and yet because there not this film is destined to be one of those films that will only be remembered by die hard horror fans and not by the mainstream stream audience that might have liked it in the first place.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty one minuets ad forty one seconds. Which to be fair to this film is a perfectly solid running time for this film to have as it is a film that really does need to be that long due to the fact that it does have so much plot to set up in the first place with the film just about having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place and yet in saying this tho the film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely due to the fact that the film really does take the time to fully develop it's plot with the film being more focused on being a spoof of seventies talk shows then it in giving us a more well thought out plot when it could have done both just by giving more scenes that help to flesh out the films plot and that help to make the plot of the film be all the more stronger then what it is in the first place with this even being true for the films characters as well as the film doesn't really take the time to fully flesh out all of it's characters and to give them much in the way of character development when the film has plenty of opportunity to do exactly that and could have done exactly that firstly by cutting one down on the really long opening company logos and secondly by having the film showcase more of what it's characters are about instead of just giving us snippets here and there which yes is true to the talk show format but what works for a talk show wont and in this case doesn't work for a feature length film as we know as much about all of this films characters coming out of the film then we did coming into 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 film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual scares 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 scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of the films scares being really creative and as they should be down right scary with it being made clear as day that the makers of this film really did put alot more thought and effort into this film scares then they did anything else as that's where we get to see just how creative that this film really is with the film even having some really impressive looking practical effects in it as well with the best scare in the whole entire film being when Carmichael hypnotizes Gus into thinking that worms are inside his body with worms being something that Gus hates the most with the thing that takes that scare over the top being the fact that we see Gus then rip open his chest to reveal a giant worm inside of him which then proceeds to pop out his eye with Carmichael then revealing that it was something that he only did just to prove the June was wrong about what happened with Lily with the film having alot of these over the top and creative scares that does prove that found footage films can still be scary if you have the right team willing to give you genuinely good scares and that is something that this film does have as alot of this films scares are really good scares with them being the kind of scares that do stay with you long after the film is finished as that's how good that they are in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst yes this is a good film and it is one that does deserve to be talked about alot more then what it is it's also a film that you do have to be in certain mood for watching due to the fact that yes this film could be seen as bit boring at times but once you get to the good that's when this film really truly something to behold 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 thing 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 or 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.

In A Violent Nature Film Review

When people say that there are no original films being made in Hollywood anymore alot of the time there just looking at the films that all of the big studios are releasing. With them not even paying attention to what the smaller known studios are releasing because if they did they will see that there are plenty of original films being made not only in general but also in the world of horror case in point that the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as this film whilst it might look like a typical slasher film it actually does things that are new and different with the formular and so then join me as I review the film that has as many walking scenes as The Lord Of The Rings trilogy with the film in question being called simply just "In A Violent Nature" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when his grave is disturbed when someone takes a necklace that belonged to his mother an undead monster named Johnny raises from the grave bent on getting it back. 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 the plot of the film being one that's really creative as while yes it could be argued that this films plot is the plot of the stereotypical slasher film it does something new and different by basically having two vastly different films going on at the same time as from the point of view of the teens this film comes across as being a typical slasher film and yet from the point of view of Johnny it comes across as being a revenge film with the films plot being one that could also be seen as being nothing more typical slasher film plot with it's out doors setting being something that was done to keep the costs down the plot doesn't feel like it's being held back by that as the plot still works within those limitations and while yes the plot of the film could be seen as being a bit boring at times as the film does show us Johnny walking to each and every kill that he makes for long periods of time this is something that does help to sell you on the general idea of the film as whole as it would have been very easy to have Johnny just show up where the kids are alot of the time and yet by not doing that it allows us to breathe in this world and it allows the films plot alot more time to breathe as well 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 Ry Barrett as Johnny , Andrea Pavlovic as Kris , Cameron Love as Colt and Reece Presley as The Ranger. Also starring in this film is Liam Leone as Troy , So Much Tenderness star Charlotte Creaghan as Aurora , Lea Rose Sebastianis as Brodie , Sam Roulston as Ehren , Alexander Oliver as Evan , Timothy Paul McCarthy as Chuck and Friday The 13th Part 2 star Lauren-Marie Taylor as The Woman.

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 the fact that this films acting being as good as it is being something that was quite shocking as not only are all of this films actors a bunch of unknown actors and therefor it would have been foolish to expect even a good performance from them in the first place but the film that we got was actually a reshot version of the film with mostly different actors with this films actors doing a really good job acting in this film which is something that would have been hard to do given the unique premise and idea of the film itself and yet they all pull it off turning in some really good performances in the process with the best actor in the whole entire film being a tie between Ry Barrett as he has to get across alot of emotion and feeling without having his face be seen on camera as Johnny and Charlotte Creaghan who was just delightful to watch as the socially conscious member of the group with her turning in a performance that does make what could have been seen as being a really unlikable character somehow seem all the more likable because of it with the same thing also being true for Ry Barrett as well with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film 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.

On paper this films main characters do seem like the kind of teenage characters that you expect to see in an eighties slasher film like for example any of the Friday The 13th movies for example. This is something that is kind of the point with there characters as from there point of view they are living through this stereotypical slasher film and therefor they aren't going to be the best done characters and while that might be the point with there characters this is still a major flaw in the film as it also makes them less interesting as characters the badly done characters in eighties slasher films work so well those films were meant to be enjoyed and then forgotten about rather quickly hence why alot of them had the exact same set up and the exact same characters whereas with this film the idea is different enough that you do need new kid characters to help grow that idea and help make the scenes where Johnny is slowly walking to his next kill seem less long and less boring and yet the makers of this film don't really do that and heck we don't even get to find out anything about any of the films main characters outside of Johnny who we are told is someone that died over seventy years ago and that only comes back once a necklace is removed from his grave with him only being killed as he was pushed out of a tree by some people who wanted to get back at his dad which granted is a rather generic origin story for this character but it's more then what we get for the films other characters which is something that does make alot of sense as the only time we see the teens is when Johnny is seeing them but it still would have been nice to find out quite literally anything about them as that is something that would have helped us get to like them as characters.

Alot of slasher films more often then not say that there going to put you in the shoes of the killer and yet none of them do. Well this film is quite literally built around that entire concept and while this might not change the way that horror films are done much like how the original Scream did for slasher films in the nineties it was still nice to see a refreshing change to the slasher genre as it would have been super easy for the makers of this film to just do another slasher film and leave it at that but it's the fact that they didn't do that and instead chose to create something that no one has seen before or since this film that makes this film stand out all the more because of it and while yes this film does prove that there some kinks to be worked out with doing an entire film from the point of view of the killer it also proves that it could be done as well and yet for one reason or another both big and small studios have refused to further look into this idea as it is something that could be done very cheaply as you wouldn't need that many actors in the film in the first lace and if you keep the film in a more filmable location like a city for example then you can hire locally and maybe even call in favors from friends and relatives something which the makers of this film found out the hard way as this film is actually a reshot version as the first attempt to make this film went badly due to them being very ill pre-pared for what it would be like to film in the wilderness amongst many other things and yet the fact that they then after seeing the footage decided to reshoot the whole thing with the films writer and director Chris Nash even putting in his own money to help with the funding does prove that you can do a film like this and do it well if you have the right crew to help to make it come true in the first place.

While this film does get alot of brownie points for being a somewhat original film where it does suffer tho is the fact that for large portions of this film nothing really happens at all. With this being due to the fact that we are following the main killer of the film for alot of the films running time and there's only so long that that can be interesting and be new before it starts to get old and tired which in this film is something that does start to happen quite quickly with this being something it would have been quite handy for the makers of this film to give some screen time to the main hero characters as then it would only not give us anther POV for the film but it would also stop the film from feeling like a chore to watch alot of the time and while yes the point of the film is to quite literally put us in the shoes of the main killer those shoes could have been a bit more exciting as we don't need to see him walk to all of his kills all of the time and while this film is quite clearly taking inspiration from slashers like Friday The 13th and Halloween with it's approach to it's kills both of this film at the very least built up tension so that you actually feel something when a character is killed where as here you are left feeling nothing because of the fact that the makers of this film don't give you a reason to care for any of the films main hero characters infact you end up caring for Johnny the main villain of the film then you do the films teenagers when it would have worked all the more better if we had the same quieter moments that we get with Johnny but with the films hero characters as then not only would the film be alot less of a chore to watch but it also go quite along way in making the films hero characters alot more likable and memorable then what they already are in the first place.

One of the faults that alot of people have with this film is the fact that there are more scenes with Johnny walking then there are in the entire The Lord Of The Rings it seems. Which is something that is understandable as it does get very boring seeing him to walk to each kill and heck the opening five minuets of the film are sent with him just trying to claw his way out of the ground before going on a long walk to his kill but at the same time given that this film is meant to be inspired by early slasher films before the killers could just appear out of thin air it is interesting seeing him get himself into position for all of this film kills as usually films will just cut to the kill with there being very little to know build up to it and yet that's exactly what we get in this film and while the film doesn't give us any kind of tension building at all with t being more focused on showing us how Johnny got to the ranger station for example then it is in giving us some really good tension just the idea alone of showing us how this seemingly unstoppable person got himself into position to kill this one person is something that could be argued is building up tension as the audience know that Johnny is there but the characters don't much like how we know that Michael Myers is on the other side of the glass behind Nancy but she doesn't notice him with the only real difference being here there's no music to clue us in on him being there which is something that makes sense as we're following him for alot of the film but it still would have helped the film if the makers of this film cut down on the amount of shots of him just walking to his next kill as that would have made the film a lot more entertaining to watch and not be that much of a chore to watch.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty three minuets and fifty two seconds. Which for a film like this is pretty much the exact grand total running that you'd expect this film to have with this film having the right amount of plot to fully cover tat amount of running time in the first place but in saying this tho this film doesn't really use it's running time all that wisely as the film doesn't take the time that it has to fully develop it's plot as the film is alot more focused in showing us how Johnny gets to his kills then in further developing it's plot something which it very easily could have die just by cutting down on the scenes of Johnny walking to his next kill as that's not something that we need to see all of the time and while that is part of what makes the film feel unique it's also something that dies make the film feel more boring as well with this even effecting the films character development as none of the films teens get the chance to get across just what it is that makes them tick which granted is true for alot of other slasher films as well so its not really something that's unique to this film however this film could have taken steps to fix it just by having one or two scenes where the characters get the chance to develop there character and get across just what it is that makes them tick much like what the film really does do with the origin of Johnny and by showing Johnny playing with a toy car something is something that makes him feel more human then the films hero characters are 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 really good. With all of this films kills being the best aspect of the film with it being made clear that the makers of this film put alot more thought and effort into this films kills then they did anything else as it's in this films kills where the film really does shine with the film having alot of really good looking gore and practical effects in the film all of which are things that work really well in this film and while this films kills aren't as gory as the kills are in say Terrifier 2 are for example we do get alot of really gory kills in this film with the the best kill in the film being when Johnny punches a whole right in the middle of Auroras chest and then he uses his hook to to pull her head backwards through the hole and out clean the other side with that kill being a good example of just how gory that this films kills could be with it being something that does make the film feel unique with the film having alot of over the top gory kills like with Johnny using the log splitter to cut off both the park rangers hand and head in a really tense and gory scene or when Johnny hits a character over NINETY times in the face with an axe with that kill being a good example pf the makers of the film not really pulling any punches and not really holding back as alot of other slasher films just would have shown the character getting hit once maybe twice but that's it but here the makers of the film go over board with that kill with all of the films kills being just as over the top gory as you'd want them to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's no wonder that this film currently has a sequel on the way as this film is just so good this is despite the fact that the film does have alot of flaws to it that could be seen as holding them film back from being as good as it really wants to be but if the makers of the film have learnt there lesson then the sequel could be just as good if not better then what 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 thing 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 or 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.

Weapons Film Review

2025 really was a good year for horror with there being quite alot of original horror films films coming out and while yes we did still get the odd sequel or remake we mostly got original horror films last. Heck even two of those horror films have now been nominated for OSCAR's with Sinners being nominated for sixteen awards and while the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today has only been nominated for the one it's the fact that we alot more horror films being nominated for OSCAR's in the first place that is something to always applaud and so then join me as I review the film that is now officially a prestige horror film with the film in question being called simply just "Weapons" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when all but one kid in her entire class goes missing a school teacher and a parent find themselves in the crosshairs of something really more evil then what either of them first thought. 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 the films plot being one that is wholly original as unlike Sinner which borrowed elements of it's plot from the film From Dusk Till Dawn here everything in regards to the plot of the film is unique to this film with the films plot being told in the same way that it was told in The Hateful Eight where it's told in chapters only here we get to find out that all of the characters that we are meeting are all telling different parts of the same story with this being something that does help to make what could have been seen as a being a small time plot seem all the more bigger as now we get to see how it affects alot of the films characters with the film giving it's plot alot of focus all of which does go quite along way into making this films plot be all the more better then what it really should have been and while films like Sinners and even Good Boy for example might have the better plots it' this film and it's plot that is the more interesting to see as you never really know what's going to happen next with the plot of the film being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is one of this film executive producers Josh Brolin as Archer Graff and Julia Garner as Justine Gandy. Also starring in this film is Alden Ehrenreich as Paul Morgan , Austin Abrams as James , Cary Christopher as Alex Lilly , Toby Huss as Ed Locke , Benedict Wong as Marcus Miller , Sara Paxton as Erica , Justin Long as Gary , June Diane Raphael as Donna Morgan , Whitmer Thomas as Alex's Father , Callie Schuttera as Alex's Mother , Luke Speakman as Matthew Graff , Clayton Farris as Terry Miller , Scarlett Sher as The Child Narrator and Amy Madigan as Gladys.

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 this films acting being alot more better then what it really had any right to be as quite alot of this films actors aren't big named actors and therefor it would have been foolish to expect good or even great performance from them and yet all of this films actors really do knock it out of the park performance wise with it being made clear as day that the makers of this film really did cast all of these characters really well as it is hard to picture anyone else playing these roles as it just makes to much sense for them to be played by these actors with the best actor in the film being a tie between Julia Garner , Josh Brolin and Amy Madigan as all three actors are just so good in this film with Amy being really creepy as the unassuming Gladys , Josh being really heartbreaking as a father who just wants to see his son again and Julia being really good as Justine who really gets all of the blame for all but one of her students going missing and she has to somehow really hide the fact that really is broken on the inside with that being something that really both she and Josh Brolin do really well with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film 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.

Doing the CGI for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Ingenuity Studios , Big Flick Rentals and The-Artery. 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 I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI thats actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with the films CGI mainly being used on the scene where the kids crash through several houses at the end of the film as for obvious reason your not going to have real kids doing something like that for real and to be fair to this film you really can't tell that it's CGI as it does look real with the rest f the films CGI mainly being used to extended the sets and that's really it and that's greats as that's how CGI should be used as there only fixing things that they couldn't help with on the day of filming and to do things that you for obvious reasons don't want to be doing with a child actor with the film making great use of mostly practical effects as while there is some amount of CGI done to characters faces when they become rage machines and start attacking whomever Gladys tells them to which even then it's done because of the fact that not alot of people can have there eyes come out like they do in this film and therefor the only way to do something like would be to have level of CGI on it to make it look good in the first place and while it would have been super easy for the makers of this film to go really over board with the CGI the fact that there is a strong focus on practical effects over CGI effects with the two blending together really well does show us that you can have a modern film without having a ton of CGI in it.

People always say that there are no original stories being told anymore and that all we get is sequels , reboots and remakes. Whilst that is true for the bigger studios if you look more deeper and look at what's coming out independently you'll notice that horror films in particular have been churning out original films for a long time and just because because there not mainstream films that win all of the awards doesn't mean there not there just look at films like Good Boy and Late Night With The Devil as prime examples of that as neither film was made by a major studio and neither film is that well known to the mainstream audience and yet they both managed to find an audience that really connected with them and while yes mainstream horror films like for example Scream 7 and to a lesser degree any of the horror films released by Platinum Dunes are all either sequels or remakes that doesn't mean that there aren't original films out there heck even the film that alot of people where hoarding as being an original film in Sinners technically isn't an original film as that film largely borrows it's plot from From Dusk Till Dawn and yet it got called an original film where as Good Boy and Late Night With The Devil that actually are original films went unnoticed all because of the fact that there not released by a major studio and while this film is both released by a big studio that being Warner Bros through there New Line Cinema line it is still an original film and it's one that does deserve as much love and attention as Sinners got for being an actual original film that did really well at the box office and yet for one reason or another not alot of people were talking about this film when it first came out.

One of the things that really doesn't work all that much in this film is the fact that it tells it's story essentially in chapters. As while this is a good idea it is something that does harm the flow of the story and the film mystery aspect as well as the film will just get going again when it suddenly cuts to black and starts up all over again with a new POV character which is fair enough as it does give us the audience a reason to keep on watching the film but at the same time tho it also makes this film feel alot more like a TV and alot less like a movie with those cuts to black essentially being the end of an episode with it affecting the mystery as the film only gives us clues as to what really is going on when the film focuses on three characters those being Alex , Justine and Archer and that's really it and even then those characters have there stores spread quite far apart with the film not really bothering to give us much more of a clue during all of the characters stories which is something that would be fine if this wasn't a mystery film and yet because it is a mystery film that does mean that they have to give us clues in order for us the audience to work out for ourselfs just what really is going on with this something that could have been fixed if the film just cut down on the alot of the pointless character stories as we don't need to see what James , Paul and Marcus were doing as there stories don't have that much impact on the films main story and yet because of the fact that the film does have all of those stories being told which don't get me wrong does lead to some really good scenes it does mean that small things like the lack of a good mystery do have to get sacrificed.

One thing that both does and doesn't work is the relationship between Justine and Archer it works in the respect that they are the only adults in this possibly small town actively looking for these kids and therefor they team up with each other to help each other out. However it doesn't work in the respect that Archer at the start of the film was openly accusing Justine of possibly kidnapping the kids one of which included his own son with there not really being a moment in the film where the both of them realized that how they've been acting all through out the film was more hurting there cause and not really helping it with this being something that very easily could have been fixed either with a line of dialog or a look from Archer after he's just saved Justine from being killed off by Marcus as then he would have seen for himself that the things that she's been saying to him and the whole town for that matter was the truth and therefor he would want to help her and she would need his helps as he knows what general direction the kids were all running in the morning they all disappeared yes it is a small issue grated but it's a small issue that does effect the film in a big way as the film rests on us the audience buying into the fact that they would help each other out and yet without a scene in the film were the characters acknowledge either that they need help or that they were in the wrong for treating the other person so badly in the first place it is something that makes there relationship come across as being forced and not something that these two characters would possibly do in the first place and yet if the makers of this film did remove the chapter aspect of the film then it would have allowed for a moment like that to happen in the first place.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and eight minuets and twenty nine seconds. Which for a horror film is a tad bit on the long side but in saying this tho this is a film that really does need that long of a running time in order to properly tell it's story and do justice to it's plot as if you made this film even five or ten minuets shorter then you would run the risk of doing alot of harm to the film plot with this film having more then plot there to really over that amount of running time in the first place and yet this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as this film doesn't take the time to fully develop it's plot something which it can't do due to the more episodic nature of the films plot and while yes there is a main plot of the film going on the film can't develop it as just when the plot really gets going again it cuts to a different POV character and therefor has to start all over again and while this doesn't really effect te films character development all that much as the characters that you want to see get more developed as characters do get their time to shine but the film still doesn't fully develop it's characters as while the film does develop Justine and Archer it doesn't develop the rest of it's characters with characters like Alex and Gladys for example coming across as being very one note and one dimensional characters which would be fine if they were just side characters but there not there meant to be main characters and while the film does have an in story reason for us not finding out all that much about Gladys as she gets introduced late into the film with Alex tho there's not really an excuse as the film does revolve around him and yet we don't really get to find out all that much about him as a character 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 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 it being made clear as day that the makers of this film out alot of thought and effort into giving us some really memorable kills as even tho there aren't that many kills in the film the few that there are stand out all the more due to how impactful that they are and how well done that they are as well and while Gladys isn't that well developed as a villain just due to how late into the story that she's introduced it's her death that's the best kill in the whole entire as we get to see get chased through several houses and down the street before getting tackled to the ground where she is then dismembered by all seventeen kids that she had bewitched with her death being the most gory death in the whole film with it being made obvious that the makers of this film knew that we would want to see a good death for her character as they go out of there way to give us exactly that and while the film does have plenty of other gory moments like Justine slicing of a part of Paul's face during the third act or even Marcus headbutting his husband to death it's the death of Gladys that works all the more due to the fact that she is this really evil person with the film having some really good deaths in it as well all of which do make this film to be even more creepy then what it rally should have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst yes Sinners is the more better film and totally deserves all of the nominations that it got that doesn't mean that this film should be forgotten about even more so when it's been OSCAR nominated as well as this is a film that really does deserves all of the praise that it got and then some 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 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.