Pinocchio: Unstrung Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

Whilst alot of indie horror film studios are jumping on the band wagon of making cheaply made horror films out of beloved kids cartoon characters the one studio that started it all was Jagged Edge Productions. Well there've just released the latest entry in there Twisted Childhood Universe with this even boasting a couple of legendary horror actors in it and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that is quite easily better then Bambi: The Reckoning with the film in film in question being called simply just "Pinocchio: Unstrung" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a grandfather makes his grandson a puppet to keep him company the puppets naive nature leads to him getting the urge to kill something which the boy and his group of friends must stop before it's far to late. 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 tought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. To be frank this films plot really does have no right being as good as it isas by all rights this films plot should have been a very paint by numbers slasher plot where you can predict all of the plot points coming a mile away. Yet with this film you really do have no idea of where the plot is going with this being something that does make you want to keep on watching the film and heck speaking purely from a plot point of view this might be the best Twisted Childhood Universe film as alot of them do have these predictable plots to them and yet here with this film you no idea of where the plot is taking you or where it's going to go next and while yes the films plot could have been alot more stronger in some aspects it's alot alot more better then the plots of films like for example Popeye Returns of Betty's Revenge as with this plot there is alot effort put into making good and out into making you care about the plot in the first place granted it's not as good as say the plot of Scream VI but for the type of horror film that this is it is a good plot in it's own way 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 Jude-Evan Lloyd as the voice of Pinocchio and Robert Englund as the voice of the Cricket. Also starring in this film is Batman Begins star Richard Brake as Geppetto , Cameron Bell as James , Karolina Knight , Amanda , Mya Brown as Georgia , Jack Art Gray as Dudley , Luca Marandola as Logan , Toni Olabanji as Trey , Elliott Spilling as Zach , William Turnbull as Daniel and Jessica Balmer as Mia.

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 tought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. The fact that this films acting is about as it is is something that you do expect not only from the Twisted Childhood Universe films but also from other films like this as well with the main difference here being the fact that this films writer , producer and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield is actually trying to get a good performance out of his actors and while some of the kid actors are really bad as it usually the case with kid actors the acting from the adults especially Richard Brake and Robert Englund is top notch with of them showing of why they are in there own rights horror acting legends. However neither of them are the films best actor as the best actor in this film is Cameron Bell as James as even tho he is a kid actor in this film he is just so good in this film and heck even tho this is only his first ever feature film the kid does have a really great future ahead of him in acting should this be a path that he chooses to go down further, with him being shockingly good in this film as his performance really does anchor the entire film with Cameron brining his own likable charm to the character which is something that really does shine through in his performance in this film. With the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film. 

This films characters are where the film does somewhat start to dip in quality as alot of them just aren't that good in the first place. As alot of the side characters are very note characters who are just there to be killed of and really nothing more then that with the best example of this being the character of Dudley who adds quite literally nothing to the films plot and it just there to tell us how amazing Pinocchio as a toy puppet is and that's not enough to to fully justify him being a character in the film as alot of his lines could have been given to any one else in the film and it would have made just as much sense and the character of Mia is just there to be the token girl character as outside of the fact that she's the only one of the there group of friends who can drive she adds nothing to the film. However tho where the films characters do pick is both in the side characters and with Pinocchio's side characters as we all know The Cricket from all of the various adaptations of the book with him here not really acting as Pinocchio's conscience as here he is one of two characters that are actively trying to get Pinocchio t commit these crimes in the first film with the other being a wood creature, Pinocchio himself was about as well handled as he always is with the film not really doing any thing all that knew with him as a character which is fair enough as there is only so much that you could do with him as a character. The films main two human character Geppetto and James where actually quite good with Geppetto being a grandfather that does genuinely love his grandson James so much so that he does create Pinocchio just to keep James company and James is a sweet and innocent kid who is just lovable.

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If you've been following these films from the very beginning then you will spot some easter eggs and some cameos from other characters like for example we either have Peter DeSouza-Feighoney as Michael Darling or one of this films producers Scott Chambers as Christopher Robin. As it could be either character that we see in a hospital scene talking to James but either way it was fun to see either character as it does hit home the point that these films are meant to be set in the same fictional world with the cameo being done tastefully as they do appear in a scene where there character would naturally appear and aren't just forced into the film as a way for us fans of these films to get mildly excited like they very easily could have been. Heck even the cover to one of the songs that a character is listening to is one of the posters for the first Blood And Honey film with Winnie The Pooh being plastered front and centre which is a nice little tip of the hat to where these films began as opposed to where they are now and again much like with the cameos the film doesn't really linger on it all that much as it's just a quick shot and then the film moves on but it is still nice to see the makers of this film not only giving us glimpses as to where the characters are now but are also tipping there hat to where they began these films and the very rough state that they were in and yet due to the fact that they were more then willing to listen to the fans and fix the issues that people had with the first film in the second film it does mean that there is alot more effort put into these film as opposed to any of the other film where the main villain is a classic kids character, while it the film would work without these cameos and easter eggs as they don't really add anything to the plot of the film they were still fun things to put in and The Twisted Childhood Universe is now at that point where they have build up enough good will where they can afford to put in things like this and not have it be distracting from the main film.

While there are alot of things that this film does indeed get right it sadly does get alot of things wrong like for example the fact that they do a surprise reveal with Geppetto actually being the main villain of the film which does feel a little bit cliche. With the other thing being the fact that the film does go over board with making sure to give James this overly dramatic and depressing back story where his parents are killed and then one of his best friends are killed none of which was needed as they add nothing to the film other then being a way to explain why he is is staying with Geppetto in the first first place which even then you could change to him staying with because of the fact that he lives closer to James's school or his parents are away on holiday either one would have made sense. Speaking of James's school the makers of the film can't decide on if he goes to a private boarding school or not as the film does go out of it's way to say that Geppetto is insanely rich therefor it would make sense that he would send his apparently only grandchild to a boarding school with the school itself even looking like a boarding school and yet for some odd reason the school allows the students to go home every day which defeats the entire purpose of it being a boarding school in the first place and whilst yes this is a only a very minor issue in the grand scheme of things it is something that did drive me crazy watching the film as it really does look a boarding school and while the plot of the film isn't effected by this it is something that the makers of this film could have addressed with a line of dialog from one of the characters with them saying that it used to be a boarding school but is now just a regular school that right there would addressed this minor issue head on.

Let's talk about the twist with Geppetto as while it does make sense that the film would have him be a surprise villain. Given everything that we've seen with the character it really doesn't add up as everything that we've seen with him does make him out to be this kind old man that is genuinely trying to do what's best for his grandson with the two of them even having some sweet and fun scenes together and yet we are still supposed to buy into the fact that at the end of the film he is this cold blooded killer that right there just doesn't add up it would have worked if we got to see hints of him turning evil all throughout the film like maybe he does start to mistreat first Pinocchio and then James which granted wouldn't have been much but it would have been something. To be frank here that whole part with Geppetto being evil does feel like more of an excuse to have Richard Brake play another villain which is fine as if you've got someone who is known for playing horror villain then why not cast him to play another one but it is still something that could have been done alot more better with the only thing of good coming from it being the fact that we get to see Pinocchio be the one to kill him as while it would have made sense from an emotional stand point for it to be James to be the one to kill let's be real here the only person that we would want to see Geppetto is Pinocchio as he is meant to be the main villain of the film in the first place, with the fact that Geppetto does end up dying also kind of being tragic in it's own right as now James doesn't have any family left whatsoever which is also true for Pinocchio and while the film of course doesn't address this given the fact that Pinocchio is meant to be appearing in Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble it is something that could be getting addressed in that film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and sixteen minuets and twenty seven seconds. This is quite a short running time for one of these films to have and this is something that is a bit of an issue in it's own right as it does mean that things like the films plot can't be fully set up as by the time that the plot of the film is fully set up then the film over half way done whereas if this film was about fifteen minuets longer then it would have had more then enough time to set up the films plot and it's characters as while the films world won't for obvious reason need setting up its characters and there relationships to each other with the film having more then enough plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. With the film not even using its running time all that wisely as due to it having a shorter running time it really can't take the time to fully develop it's already thin plot as it does have to set up first and it can't do that when t's taking it's time to get properly started and when a film is this short every single scene needs to be about advancing the plot of the film and it can't do that when it has to spend so much screen time in first setting up the films plot with the makers of this film being more focused on showing of the Pinocchio puppet then they are in giving us a well developed plot. This is also something that does affect the films character development as well as the films characters can't have the time that they desperately needed in th first place to be well thought as they are now fighting for time with the films plot and yet if this film was just fifteen minuets longer both the plot and the characters would be able to get the development that they both so desperately needed with the makers of this film being more focused of making sure that we cared about James then they are in giving ant of its characters some character development but I really will admi that this film really does have some really good pacing to it ho.

So now then as this is a slasher film tat really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us un 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 the films kills actually being one of the best things about the film in the first place as while this film didn't have a big budget it as spent wisely as you can tell that alot of it went into making the Pinocchio puppet and to the films gore effects as the gore effects in this film are what really sell you on the films kills that they all look good and that was something that they really didn't need to do as the idea of having Pinocchio killing people and taking bit of them is a creepy enough idea that the film could have coasted on just having lame kills. With the best kill in the whole film being the scene where Pinocchio innocently entertaining the schools teachers gym with him just standing there doing nothing when all of the teachers get killed of in really brutal ways with each teachers death being the cause of another death with it all coming coming together when about two maybe three weights crush the face and skull in of a teacher, that whole entire scene is clearly where alot of the films effects budget went as every death in that scene looked like it hurt and while there deaths aren't caused by Pinocchio as he is literally just standing there watching them it is still fun to picture him there in the first place with the rest of the films kills being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall whilst the last two films in this universe haven't been the best this film is a return to form as it is a really good film that much like with the other films in this series does show that the makers of this film are willing to listen to the fans and give them exactly what they want which in this case does result in a really good film 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 ttings 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 6,5 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

Popeye Returns Film Review

Just when you thought that the days of very cheaply made horror films that happen to have a cartoon character as the villain were gone we get another one. With this oddly enough being a sequel to the film Popeye's Revenge and what's more then that is the fact that there are further TWO sequels to this film already in post production and are coming out some time this year and so then join me as I review the film is just a big load of nothing with the film in question being called simply just "Popeye Returns" enjoy.

The plot of this film is eight years after the events of the of the first film Popeye starts targeting the one lone survivor from the first film whilst also being hunted down himself by a group of government army men who want to keep him locked up. 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 bad. Look to be real this films plot is just so bad as even tho it is a very extremely thin plot alot of the time it does feel like that the film doesn't have a plot to begin with with it feeling like the film is just a bunch of scenes loosely tied together. Popeye's Revenge for all of it's faults at the very least had a plot yes granted it was a bad plot but it was still a plot with a beginning , a middle and an end here we barely get a beginning before the film ends which makes it more baffling as to why the makers of this film decided to stretch this thin plot over THREE films when doing it in just one film would have worked all the more better, there is nothing redeemable about this films plot as it is a very lazy plot that the makers of this film should feel ashamed about and while yes granted these B movie horror films never have te best of plots to them in the first place but they still will nine out of ten have a plot to begin with and when this film can't even do that right then it right away is a huge red flag as now we the audience have no reason to get invested in the films plot as the makers of the film themselves aren't even bothering to make it good in the first place with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and as well as not really being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this film is Ashley Bedford as Dave , Jodie Bennet as Milly , Fitim DeStena as Dylan and Harriet Hope as Jen. Also starring in this film is Jack Hyde as Mendoza , Celine Mandy Kosch as Mindy , Olivia Lennox as Alice , Bannister Doll Heist star Christopher Morley as O'Brien , Skullhunter star Steven Murphy as Popeye , Ever After star Lara Sas as Cassie , Liz Stef as June and Jenna Wilson as Alina.

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 bad. Again you do expect these types of films to have bad acting in them as the main reason to watch these films is never the acting it's always what they are going to be with the cartoon character that they are turning into the main villain and that's that which is fair enough but there still needs to be some amount of effort put into the acting to make it worth while as while yes alot of this films actors are indeed trying to turn in a good performance they are let down by poor directing from this films editor and director William Stead with the only actor who really can't take any blame as it is her first proper acting job being Celine Mandy Kosch. With the best actor in this film being Steven Murphy as Popeye as he is the only actor reprising his role from Popeye's Revenge therefor he does have a good grip on how best to perform as this character which is a skill that does put to great use in this film with him having a certain charm about him does make you wonder what it is that this character can really do which is something that really does shine through in his final performance. With the acting that's in this very film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely anything 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.

The films characters much like pretty much everything in this film are really nothing to write home about. As all of this films character are for lack of a better word forgettable as there is nothing about them that makes them stand out as they all feel like character tropes and not fully formed characters with this being something that does make sense as this film would have been cheaply and quickly with the other two films but there still should have been more time spent in making these characters appear to somewhat memorable as the only character who is slightly memorable is Cassie and even then it's due to the fact that she's the main final girl of the film and not due to anything she says or does in the film itself. As none of her friends are that memorable infact they all just blend into one and Alice herself due to the share nature of character can't be that memorable of a character with the only character who is memorable is rightfully the films title killer Popeye and even he doesn't get alot of screen time in this film with him feeling like a side character in his own movie and yet what little screen time the character does have in the film he does do something that's more memorable then the rest of the characters and heck it could even be argued that Popeye is the films best character as while there isn't all that much to him as a character there is still an attempt to make him a decent character whereas with any of the films other characters it felt like that they were there just so Popeye had people to kill and not because of the fact that they added anything to the films story, these characters are the kinds of characters that you would expect to see in the first draft of a script and while this film might not have had the budget to do a re-write it really did need one just to fix up how poorly handled alot of this films characters are even when not being compared to Popeye.

As was mentioned at the very start of this review this film is a sequel to the film Popeye's Revenge however you don't have to see that film as the film spends a good few minuets early on in the film playing alot of the third act final battle from that film. This was just such a stupid thing to do as all it does is make it more obvious that the makers of this film didn't really have much of a plot and are just using those scenes not to catch up with the plot as the girl who is meant to be a survivor from those attacks wasn't even in the film in the first place and there those scenes just feel like they were added to the film so that the makers of this film could truly market this film as a sequel as there is nothing from that film that appears in this film outside of having the same actor playing Popeye and one reference to the previous film at the start of the film and that's it. For all of the hate that Silent Night Deadly Night 2 gets for just being a glorified clip show of the first film they still made a logical attempt to connect the two films together where as here there is none of that as it does feel like that the makers of this film had no idea on what to do for a sequel and therefor they just came up with the laziest thing over one night and called it a day, now I admittedly haven't seen Popeye's Revenge since it first came out therefor my memory on the ending is a little hazy but it there might have been away to do a direct sequel to that film and still have it play a bigger part in the bigger plot that they are trying to tell just by having the survivors of the previous film be the runs that are helping these new characters out as given the fact that the apparent lone survivor is meant to be related to the main character of the previous film it does make sense that she would come back to help her out in this film whilst also hinting that there are bigger things at play by having Popeye not only trying to kill these character but also working on Spinach that would help him stronger and more insane that right there connects the two films together and sets up a bigger plot better then what this film actually does.

Let's take a second to talk about the editing because of you thought that William Stead made for a great editor then you'd be wrong. As this film is edited so poorly with us barely being able to make out anything that happens as there are alot of cuts going on in any given scene with no scene being given the room that it needs to breath and for us the audience to truly soak in what's happening which does make alot of this film a very confusing mess to follow and heck even the ending to Popeye's Revenge is edited in a way that it does make it look like one of the characters in this film was the main character from the previous film when a simple search of Google tells you differently the only thing that could have made the editing in this film be all the more better was if William Stead just took his time in certain scenes and not rush or cut them to the high heavens as all this does is leave your audience confused as to what's actually happening in the film. Something that was also mentioned at the start of this review is the fact that this film has two other sequels coming out and yeah you really can tell as the film doesn't even properly finish telling it's own story is just fades to black before a "To Be Continued" card pops up with this film quite literally being nothing more then set up for the other two films which wouldn't be a bad thing if this film was actually good in the first place but it's not therefor people are less likely to watch films 3 and 4 in this Popeye's Revenge franchise as the first two films have made it clear as day that they are bad films and yet if the makers of this film put in alot of thought and effort into making this film not only good but also stand on it's own without the need for the other 2 films then people what be excited to watch the other two films as they would have seen just how good that the makers of this film can be.

While the previous film at the very least made an attempt to connect it self to the Popeye lore by also giving us a more Harley Quinn-esque version of Olive Oyl. Here we only get one reference to Bluto at the start of the film this might be because he could be playing a bigger role in one of the sequels with his name being shown to us here as a way to set up that that name could becoming back later on down the line which is fair enough but there still needs to be more of a tie to the Popeye lore then just having Popeye in it like maybe they they could have Whimpy show up granted this isn't much but it would be better then nothing at all but in all fairness the idea of having Bluto play a bigger role in one of the sequels does make sense given the fact that in the original comics and cartoons he and Popeye are meant to be enemies. This film is just one big helping of nothing as that's exactly what happens for alot of the film nothing happens to the advance the plot of the film , the characters are poorly done and the editing is terrible granted its not as bad as it was in Taken 3 but it is still pretty bad and while we do need to give these films more of a leeway when it comes to how they are made as these films are usually made cheaply and quickly but we still do need to call them out when they do something that's just flat out bad like for example the film does build up a mystery over who this guy is that appears at the start of the movie but then disappears for so long that you actually forget that he's in the movie with film making us think that he's either tied to one of the characters in the previous film due to how certain scene are edited or the fact he is Bluto only for it to be revealed that he's jus a guy which makes that entire subplot feel pointless as the makers of this film very easily could have said who he was right away instead of having him appear once and then forgotten about for at the very least forty minuets to only then reveal that he's not that important of a character.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and eight minuets and twelve seconds. Which for any film let alone one of these low budget horror films is such a short amount of running tike for the film to have and given the fact that the film does send more time on setting up things for the third and fourth films then it does in actually telling it's own story altho in saying this maybe the film being this short is a blessing in the disguise as it does mean that we get to be out of this film in alot less time but this film still should a longer running time just to flesh out alot of its own ideas and alot of it's characters and not just have them pushed to the side to set up the other two films with this film no even having enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. With the film not even using what little running time that it already has very wisely as the film doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot as the plot of the film as very very wafer thin at best with it feeling more like the plot to someones bad fanfiction only now it's the plot of a film and what's worse is the fact that if this film did deed dedicate more time to its plot and fully developed it then it could have worked but its made clear as day that the makers of this film cared about giving us pointless flash back scenes that they did about giving us a fully developed plot. This is something that does also effect the films character development as due to the fact that the films opening flashback to the previous film eats up a good three to five minuets and the fac that we get a pointless flashback to the eighties which eats up five minuets on its own then this films character are not only fighting for screen time due to there being far to many characters for a film this long to have in the first place but it does also mean that none of them can get any sort of character development with the makers of this film making it perfectly clear that they are more interested in setting up the sequels instead of giving us well thought out and developed 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 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 bad. It's in the films kill where we really do get to see just how small that this films budget really was as they all commit that single biggest sin that any slasher film can commit when it comes to there kills and that's the fact that alot of this films kills happen OFF SCREEN we will see Popeye raise a weapon to kill people with but then the film cuts away just as he is about to land the finishing blow which is something that would be fine for one or two kills but no all of this films kills are like. Heck this happens to so often that the film can't even have a best kill because we never get to see what it is that kills them off in the first place and yet even alot of the really bad horror films still let us see what it is that kills of there victims granted this might be the case because of the fact that the other two films were being made at the same time but if your going to be making a slasher film then you need to show us the kills that is slasher film making 101 with the closest thing to a kill that we actually see being in the opening scene where a girl gets her head trampled by Popeye which is a cool kill but even that one we don't get to see all that much of and therefor we really aren't scared for the rest of the film with the rest of the films kills being just as bad as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it really is telling when the best live action filmed version of Popeye the one from 1980 never got a sequel and yet one of the many Popeye horror films not only got a bad sequel but is also getting two other films with this film not really does a good job of getting you excited of the third film 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 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 boy 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 , Amazon . Co  Uk , 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.

Evil Dead Burn Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

Believe it or not it used to be decades inbetween the release of a new Evil Dead film and now it's going to be very few years. With the next installment Evil Dead Wrath currently in production but before we get to that film the latest installment of the franchise has just been released and well I just had to talk about the film the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that is all about fire with the film in question being called simply just "Evil Dead Burn" enjoy.

The plot of this film during a family reunion various family members find there relationships tested  when they start to turn into deadites. 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 though / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Whilst t could be argued that the film is treading on very familiar ground with it's plot the film does still tell this story in a good and interesting with the plot itself being one that does keep you hooked from start to finish but at the same time tho there could have been more meat to this films plot. Without going into spoilers the film does set up the fact that two characters don't really like each other and yet they do nothing with it with it not really effecting the plot of the film yet that is something that could have made the plot of this film be all the more interesting as it would have been something new in this franchise, yet at the same time tho the makers of this film did do the best that they could have done with this plot as this is a plot that doesn't really allow you to go that deep with it's themes or it's characters and that is fine for an Evil Dead film as it does allow the makers f this film to just go off the wall crazy with this being where the films plot is allowed to excel and when the plot of this film does go off the wall insane that's when it gets to be alot of fun to watch and while alot of the stuff early on in the film is still really good watch none of it compares to when the film does go insane with it's plot as that's when we see that the makers of this film really did have a great idea of this films plot and that idea works really well in 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 Planet B and Dune: Part Two star Souheila Yacoub as Alice and Pearl and Power Rangers S.P.D star Tandi Wright as Susan. Also starring in this film is Wednesday and Daredevil: Born Again star star Hunter Doohan as Joseph and Luciane Buchanan as Thya , Erroll Shand as Edgar , Maude Davey as Polly , George Pullar as Will , Tapiwa Soropa as Mike , Keanu Karim as Jared and Alain Chabat as Alice's Dad.

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 though / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. The fact that we have some really good acting in this film is something that is both a surprise and yet at the same time not really a surprise it's a surprise due to the fact that alot of this films actors are very little known at best actor but at the same time those actors that are well known like for example Hunter Doohan do help to give the film some good performances in this film. With the best actor in this film being Souheila Yacoub as Alice as she is just so good in this film with being able to let us know that this character does have a past with the families son Will whilst at the same time showing us that she does try to care about this family all of which are things that do make her performance one that is quite interesting to watch with her being able to to truly make it as an actor if she really wanted to as she does have something about her that makes her a likable actor with her performance being one that does show that she knows how to turn in a good performance as she has this inner strength inside of her which is something that really does shine through in her performance in this film. 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 anything 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. 

Without going into spoilers about the family what can be said about them is that they are not the best group of characters in this film. As alot of them are very note with them all having the same note when it comes to how they feel about a certain character in this film but at the same time tho given the fact that they've just gone through something utterly horrible it is understandable that they would be kind of standoffish for reasons that sadly cannot be said as it is a huge spoiler but it is something that will make sense if you see the film heck it is hard to feel sorry for them as yes they do g through something tragic at the start of the film but how they act towards this one person during the whole course of the film is something that does make them truly horrid people. There is some attempt to make them feel a bit more thought out as both characters and as people like with the character of Susan for example with her and Alice even having a truly great scene near the end of the film where you think that it's going to go one way but then it ends up going a completely different way and yet it is something that does still work for this film and while the previous film handled the whole family aspect a little bit better then they do in this film as in the previous they do show people that even tho they argue with each other they do still like each other which is something that not only made it easier to buy into them as a family but also like them as characters yet here in this film it did appear to be the opposite that's true as the family members are made to be so unlikeable not only towards this one persona but also towards each other as well that you just don't end up buying them as this tightknit family unit and even worse being the fact that you don't end up liking them as characters and therefor when the worse things happen in the film you don't feel sorry for them rather you end up cheering that it's happened.

SPOILERS START HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are two names that were deliberately left off of the list of actors that are in this film those being Greta Van Den Brink as Deadite Jessica and Alyssa Sutherland as Deadite Ellie. While the deadite Jessica thing might not be a big deal it's the deadite Ellie part that is as it does confirm that this film takes place sometime after the events of Evil Dead Rise with film in it's own way acting as a sequel to that film and heck the fact that they even brought back Jessica at all at the start of the film was something that they never had to do as the makers of this film never bring back certain Deadites rather they would just bring back Ash and that's it and yet here we have a very strong connection to the previous film and heck we even get to the head of the girl that Jessica scalped at the start of the previous film which is a nice little nod to the events of that that film. To be frank when I realized that the opening was taking place in the exact same lake as the opening of the previous film I started to freak out a little bit as that was just such a cool little thing that no one would have picked up on in the first place and then they go the extra mile by having these small nods to the opening of that film and while Ellie doesn't appear in the main body of the film with her only appearing in the films post-credits scene it was still a fun little nod and wink to the previous film as even in the original three films they never brought back alot of the characters from the film that came before it and therefor it was fun to see them again and heck Jessica's scenes at the start of the film actually play a part in the films plot as that's how the son Will died by crashing his car drunkenly into her with her passing on the deadite curse onto Will thus kickstarting of the events of this film.

There is one major thing about the opening that doesn't quite work and that's the fact that even tho they do do something new by telling the same story essentially from different points of view. Which is a good idea with the first part very much feeling like an Evil Dead movie as it does do a good job of getting you in the mood for the rest of the film the issue is tho is that second part both looks and feels like a completely different movie with it only really feeling like an Evil Dead when it catches up with the first part with the second part of the opening feeling something that you would see in an adult drama and not something that you would want to see in a horror film as while it does show us how Will dies in the film it good as well doesn't have that much of a connection to the rest of the film. This is not to say that having a two part opening is a bad thing infact it is something that does make this film stand out as the previous film only told one story which isn't connected to the plot of that film where as here everything about the whole opening does connect to the film rather it's the fact that the second part could be the opening to something else other then an Evil Dead movie that throws it off as there is nothing about that second part that makes it look and feel like an Evil Dead movie as the first part has this dirty and grimy almost homemade look to it that does make it feel right at home with these movies and yet when it cuts to the second part everything is polished and looking as perfect as it could be which is something that would have been fine if this was a drama but it's not and this is something that does create this odd disconnect between the two parts of the film, heck you could say that as the first part is mainly being told from Jessica's POV that things look grimy because of it and with the second part being told from Will's point of view then that would explain why the film looks polished but even when the two of them combine it still looks polished and perfect.

This film does carry on the trend set by the previous two films by giving us a bada*s main female character which in this case is Alice. While she is no Beth or Mia she is still a fairly decent character as we do see get to struggle with getting the rest of the family to like her after the death of Will and heck even Will at times didn't like her and while that is a great jumping off point for the character it does feel like that the makers of this film went over board with trying to make her a strong character as they also make her an abuse survivor was it turns out she was abuses by Will himself and yet they don't really show her overcoming that over the course of the film and while it could be argue that she does have flaws as she does want alot of people to like her to the point where it could be argued that she is more of a people pleaser and less of her own person but that's not a major character flaw rather that's just because of the situation that she is in in the first place. To be fair Alice on paper could have made for a really fun character as all of the basics are there for her to be this bada*s of a character that when push does indeed come to shove it is really earned but the film never gives her those moments to truly earn the fact that she is this tough as nails character that is capable of killing all of these people whereas in the previous films the makers of those film did go out of there to make it believable that both Beth and Mia could kill all of the people that they need to as they gave them flaws that they had to over come and become stronger because of it whereas here in this film it felt like that the makers of this film had a good idea for a strong female character put didn't want to put in the work to make her a stronger character, as on paper yes she should have worked but there still needed to be thought and effort put into her and part of that does include giving her not only a personality but also character flaws as these are things that would make her a more likable character when compared to the rest of the family whom it could be argued are the films main villains.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty two minuets and thirty four seconds. Which whilst that is still a perfectly solid running time for this film to have in the first place it is also a tad bit on the long side as while the film doesn't take all that long to really get going it does however start to drag around the middle to the ed of the film with this being something that could have been fixed if the film was even five minuets shorter which it very easily could have been as you would have to cut a few scenes out of the film none of which are actually important to the main plot of the film in the first place this is despite the fact that this film really does have the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. Yet even with this extra running time this film still doesn't use it's running time all that wisely a while this film is around fifteen minuets longer then Evil Dead Rise was the plot of that film felt more developed whereas here the makers of this film seem to be more interested in giving us other things that add nothing to the overall plot with the films plot at best feel more like an afterthought in the film when compared to what else that the film has going on for it with the makers of this film clearly being more interested in making sure that we k now that this family hates Alice then they are in giving us a well thought out plot. This is something that does also effect the films character development as well as none of this films characters get any kind of character development whatever as Susan still hates Alice by the end of the film this is despite the fact that Alice actually goes out of her way to try and save Susan in the film and Alice herself while there is an attempt there to make her a well thought out character even she gets nothing in terms of character development just going back the previous film again Beth in that film went from not being sure how she felt about kids to openly protecting them when the time comes which yes is a small thing but it's a small thing that shows us just how she has grown in the film whereas here with Alice there was no scene like that in the film they did have a scene with Susan near the end where Alice just straight up tells her what Will did to her but she learns nothing from that scene and both Susan and Alice don't grow because of that scene rather they remain stuck in the same place with it being clear as day that the makers of this film were more focused on giving us more Deadites then they were in giving us character development but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it 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 good. Heck one could even say that this films kills are the best thing about the film as this is where the film gets to be as off the rails as it really should have been with there not only being alot of blood in this film but we also get to see some really creative angles in the film all of which do add to the chaotic nature of the kills which is how the kills in this franchise feel as this is a franchise where you can and will get killed of in a really over the top way and therefor having these creative angles and camera movements combined wit alot of blood is something that will help with that. With the best kill in the whole entire film being the death of Thya as when she and her brother Joseph are in the car driving there slowly turning dad Edgar to the hospital after collapsing after killing the family dog Max at dinner Edgar suddenly start to violently attack both of them in the car with him killing Thya by grabbing the top of chair in the car and stabbing her with it through her throat which was such a unique kill and while it won't be getting Dead Meats "Golden Chainsaw" ward should they eventually do a kill cunt on this film it was a really fun and creative kill as you don't get to see any kills in horror films done like that and while it doesn't catch you off guard in the slightest it is something that does let you know that this once beloved family member is now willing to kill his own children with the rest of the films kills being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall it really is hard to say if this film is better then Evil Dead Rise or not as this film does copy alot of the things that were in that film but what can be said is that this film is still a really good film it's just one that is trying a bit to hard to be the next Evil Dead Rise and because of that it has no real identity of it's own 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 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very film well then boys and girls and a 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.

Obsession Film Review

Every so often there comes along a movie that just takes the box office by storm and beats even big budgeted films. This is very much the case with the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as even tho the film was released all the way back in may and spent a good few weeks at the top of the box office it is STILL in the top films at the box office and is still making a boat load of money and so then join me as I review the film that is the seventh highest grossing film of all time for 2026 with the film in question being called simply just "Obsession" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a man called Bear uses novelty wish giving toy to make his crush fall in love with him only for her to start to go more and more insane. 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. Believe all the hype that people say about the films plot as it is just that good with the fact that it is an original story ad not a remake , reboot or sequel being something that does make it all the more better as now the makers of this film have to put in the effort to make the plot of the film good in the first place and it is something that does pay off really well. Granted not alot actually does happen for alot of the film with the films plot being pretty thin at best however this is because of the fact that the film is a slowburner with the film really taking it's time in telling its plot and it is something that does work as while horror audiences today are more use to faster plots that move at a faster pace this is a film where the plot would be damaged if it did move at a quicker pace as alot of what makes this films plot for work as well as it does in the first place is the fact that it is allowed to build up tension and not only put you in this state of unease but keep you there, while the plot of this film would have worked just as well if there was more to this plot the fact that it was kept as simple as it is does allow for alot of elements to be more thought out 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 Michael Johnston as Baron "Bear" Bailey and Superman & Lois star Inde Navarrette as Nikki Freeman. Also starring in this film is Cooper Tomlinson as Ian , The Hate U Give star Megan Lawless as Sarah Harper , Andy Richter as Carter Harper , Haley Fitzgerald as Viola , Darin Toonder as Harry and this films writer and director Curry Barker as the voice of the One Wish Willow Customer Service Representative.

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. To be frank this films acting is so much more better then what it really had any right to be as nobody would have expected this film to have good acting in it due to the fact that all of this films are very little known actors and yet they all hit it out of park with there acting with all of them turning in some really good performances in this film which has to speak to the skill of Curry Barker as both a writer and a director as even tho he had only made one feature film before this he was still able to get good performances out of all of the actors in this film. With the best actor in this film bar none being Inde Navarrette as Nikki Freeman as she is just such a joy to watch in this film with her showing the struggle between the real Nikki and the one that's living out Bears wish all without saying a single word as all she needs to do is just give a look or twitch her eye and it's more then enough to let you know that there's a struggle going on inside of her and it is something that is really effective to watch in this film and heck she does have a big future ahead of her not just in horror films but in acting in general as she is so good in this film with her being able to go from really cute and likable to downright scary and creepy and back to cute again all in the same scene with this being something that really does shine through in her performance in this film. With the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Whilst both the acting and the plot of the film are really good the same thing cannot be said for alot of the films characters. With the only two interesting characters in the whole film being Bear and Nikki with both Sarah and Ian just having nothing about them that makes them interesting characters and whilst this does make some sort of sense as it is Bear and Nikki that are the main characters of the film when half of your characters are just dull lifeless people then it does make you wonder why there was no thought and effort put into them as characters with all of the love going to the main couple of the film which again is something that does make sense as Bear and Nikki are the films main characters but there still needed to be something literally anything memorable about both Ian and Sarah as characters. Heck the only thing memorable about Sarah s her death and that's it as the character really added nothing to the film whereas with Ian there was still an attempt to make him a good character as we do see him try and help Bear out alot of the time but he is still a dull and lifeless character, compare this to Bear who we do get to find alot about like the fact that he has this huge crush on Nikki and has done for some time and the fact that he loves cats so much so that he does breakdown and cry when his cat Sandy dies at the start of the film this is a small thing yes but it is something that does make him all the more memorable as a character ad with Nikki whole we don't get to find out all that much about her before her body is taken over we do kind of find out that she has a father who is as fit as fiddle and while thats the only thing that we get to find out about her the film does have an in story reason for that that being the fact that she does spend alot of the film "possessed" whereas with both Ian and Sarah despite the fact that both of the main characters do spend alot of the film around them we find out nothing about them that makes them interesting as characters. 

The best word that can be used to describe this film is creepy as that's exactly what it is in every single sense of the word. As the film never really stops building up tension even during the times where is a jump scare and there is that small moment of release there's always tension building up either in the foreground or in the background as we never really know just what this version of Nikki will do next with this being where this film does shine it's brightest as it makes the film feel like a throwback to the original Halloween which like this film was more of a slowburner and was always building up tension and it is something that does still as the whole point of a horror film is to scare people and that's exactly what this film does not just with its kills and gory scenes but with it's themes and ideas and the fact that the film does build up alot of tension is something that does hit that point home even further. With the best example of this being the scenes where Nikki does go from being cute and harmless to creepy and scary as we never really know just what it is that that she's going to say or do next not only to herself but also to other people and seeing become more and more slowly unhinged as the film progresses is something that does make those jump scares all the more scary as that could be the time when she finally does snap, bottom line being while yes this film does have alot of jump scares in it it uses them effectively and it uses them to move the film forward with them not being there just to have a random scare but rather they are there to show us just how more deranged that Nikki is becoming with again a good example of this being when she has a day off while Bear doesn't with her just standing by the front door waiting for him to return not moving all day which is such an effective scene as it does show us that this version of Nikki has taken a dive off of the deep end.

This film really does live up to it's tagline of be careful what you wish for as even tho Bear does end up with the girl of his dreams. The film does take great pride in showing us just how badly a wish no matter how well intended it is can very quickly turn sour which in this case does mean the version of Nikki that loves him isn't the one that he loves as this version of the character is not only really devoted to him but it gets to the point where she is willing to kill anything that shows him affection with this being something that films in general never really take the time to show us as they always treat the whole idea of getting what you want as a good thing but they never really take the time to show us just what it is that the characters are leaving behind. With that being something that would have helped those characters become who they are in the first place and this is something that does make this film find out as it not only takes the time to show us what does happen to Bear when he does finally get the girl but it also shows us that if your not word perfect in your wish as he only wished for Nikki to love him more then anything else which the toy itself has to take literally so she literally loves him more then anything else but if he was more careful with his words then while yes there is a good chance that she would still be possessed the chances of her killing anyone are all but gone but in saying this tho the whole idea of the film is to show us that sometimes just because you do get what you want it doesn't always mean that you'll like it as we see Bear very quickly fall out of love with this version of Nikki due to the fact that deep down he knows that it's not the same person, with him even spending a good portion of the films truly epic third act trying to either break or get the wish reversed with Ian even going as far as to not believe him and use the same toy to wish for $2 billion dollars which to his shock does come true thus condemning Bear to end Nikki's pain by killing himself the one thing that he didn't want to do.

As was mentioned at the very start of this review this film not only spent a few weeks at the top of the box office but as of this writing it is STILL within the top five films at the domestic box office. Just to be clear right now this film is currently out pacing films like Supergirl 2026 , The Mandalorian And Grogu and Jackass: Best And Last amongst other films when really any one of those films should have easily beaten this film at the box office and yet due to the fact that the makers of this film did put in alot more thought and effort then the makers of any of those film did it means that a film that should have long been gone from the box office is now still going strong and is still showing the big Hollywood Studios that you don't need alot of money to make it to the top of the box office as all you need is a good script , director and actors and that's all three of which ate things that this film has in spades. This is a film that Hollywood will make into a prestige horror film as nine times out of ten it will go up for alot of awards and it will win them and yet those same big Hollywood Studios won't learn from the mistakes that they are currently making as it is those same mistakes that are allowing the big budget films to be flops at the box office as Masters Of The Universe as good as that film is should have been a bigger hit at the box office and the same thing is true for Supergirl and The Mandalorian And Grogu they all should have been bigger hits at the box office and yet for one reason or another the studios that were making them did make mistakes be it releasing the film theatrically like with Masters Of The Universe or by having actors that did nothing to help the film when promoting it or just not being that good of a film in the first place these are all lessons that Hollywood does continually forget to learn and because of that the films that they want to be hits end up being flops and the films that they want to be flops end up being massive hits.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty eight minuets and fifty three seconds. This was to be frank the perfect running time for this film to have as usually supernatural horror films don't have that long of a running time as they usually don't have alot to them which requires them to have a long running time and to some extent the same thing is true for this film however with this film being more of slowburner with the film really taking its time with its plot and in giving us alot of really tension filled scenes it really did need that amount of running time to do it's plot justice with the film having more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. However tho in saying this the film really doesn't use its running time all that wisely as the film really does take the time to fully develop its plot which is something that it really should have done given the fact that the film did have ore then enough running time in order to it and yet for one reason the makers of this film either forgot to add things to the plot that do make it feel more developed or just straight up didn't want to do with this being something that does make the plot of this film feel a bit on the thin side of things with it being clear as day that the makers of this film cared more about giving us alot of tension then they did a really well developed plot. The same thing is also true for the films characters as none of them get any kind of character development apart from maybe Bear who does learn not to use a toy that grants wished on people which even then that's not much in the way of character development as while there is some amount of thought and effort into making the characters of Bear and Nikki memorable there's no thought given to there character development as they do all end up in the exact same place at the end of the film then they were at the start of the film as none of them learn anything over the course of this film with it being made clear as day that the makers of this film put more effort into making Nikki and Bear memorable characters then they did into giving the characters some actual character development but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual horror that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual horror that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Whilst the film does rightfully get alot of praise for its jump scares and how it uses them that doesn't mean that the film isn't devoid of kills as while the film does technically only have three kills in the whole film they are all worth watching as they all show us just how insane that this film can get and to be fair to this film nearly all of them do work with one of them actually being important to the plot of the film. However that kill is not the best kill in the whole film as that honor does go to the death of Sarah as it is not only a really gory kill in it's own right it is also a kill that does come out of nowhere the kill itself won't be spoiled in this review as you really do need to go and see this film again to see the kill but it is a kill that does catch you off guard and while it does give that brief moment of release as now Nikki has finally killed someone the tension then right away just starts building right back up and it doesn't stop until the end credits start rolling, with the death of Sarah even being the goriest kill in the whole film heck the kill is just so good that it's all but guaranteed to get the golden chainsaw whenever they do a kill count on the film as the death is just that good and is just that fun and brutal to watch with the rest of the films kills being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall if you haven't done already go and see this film and if you have done go and see it again as this film is worth seeing multiple times of the big screen as the film does have a fun lead villain that you actually want to know more about and a premise that is intriguing enough to make up for the fact that the plot is wafer thin at best and while the rest of the characters aren't that good that doesn't detract from the fact that this film is so good and is more then worth watching in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the goo and as well aa all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and a 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 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.