Carrie 1976 Film Review

Stephan King adaptations are dime a dozen these days with his books getting turned into movies and TV shows and yet his first book hasn't been adapted all that often. With the latest adaptation of his first book coming out this Wednesday as a TV miniseries and while it really won't top the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today it really can't be worse then the 2013 film version and so then join me as I review the film that has a killer prom with the film in question being called simply just "Carrie" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when she is bullied Carrie White starts to display telekinesis meanwhile one of her bullies finds a new way to torment her one which will end up causing the deaths of alot of people. 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. To be honest her this films plot still works really well fifty years later as its core its a plot about girl getting bullied and feeling unloved and that is something that is still relevant today with how this film handles it being something that makes this films plot standout. As it does take the time to let you really get to know Carrie instead of just having the film start of with her displaying her skills we see what it is that pushes her to that point and while the same thing is also true for the 2013 film version as well it's something that works all the more better in this film due do the fact that the plot does go out of it's way to show us that Carrie is this outcast and isn't that good at making friends whereas in the 2013 film due to how horribly that film was cast it wouldn't make much sense for that films version of the character to be this outcast and while the plot of this film isn't all that strong in the grand scheme of things due to how much thought and effort is put into the plot you can tell that there is a lot of love for this story being told 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 Sissy Spacek as Carrie White , Amy Irving as Sue Snell and William Katt as Tommy Ross. Also starring in this film is Nancy Allen as Chris Hargensen , John Travolta as Billy Nolan , Betty Buckley as Miss Collins , P. J. Soles as Norma Watson , Sydney Lassick as Mr. Fromm , Stefan Gierasch as Mr. Morton , Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Snell , Piper Laurie as Margaret White and Edie McClurg as Helen Shyres.

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. Everything in regards to the casting of this film is just perfect as every single actor in this film does feel perfectly cast almost as if they were born to play these characters so much so that it is hard to picture anyone else playing these characters and while it would have been super easy for them to go with a known actor for the lead role the fac that they went with the relatively unknown Sissy Spacek as Carrie White does make it alot more easier to buy into her performance as now we get the chance to just see the character and not see the actors. With this films best actor being Sissy Spacek as Carrie White as she is just so good in this film with her really capturing the true spirit of Carrie as she's not this evil person she's just someone who was pushed to far and this is something that you do get with her performance with it being helped by the fact that Sissy isn't the most good looking person out there and wasn't that well known when she got cast in the part therefor when you first see her on screen you don't see this well known actor playing a role you see the character with this again being something tat the 2013 film got wrong as they cast a very good looking and well known actor in the lead role and this is a role that does require you get an unknown person who isn't the best looking person out there to play her, with the fact that Sissy even went out of her way to not wash her face for a week and to rub Vaseline into her hair and wear childhood clothes being something that does prove that she was right for this role with her having her own unique charm that really does come through in her performance in this film. With the acting that's in this very film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this actors films 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.

While alot of the characters in most Stephan King adaptions are usually pretty bland here it does feel like that there was some sort of effort put into the films characters. With alot of the films characters being very well rounded and well thought out characters with a good example of this being Sue as unlike alot of the people who bully Carrie at the start of the film she openly shows remorse for her actions and tries to make things right by getting Carrie to go to the prom with her boyfriend this is something that does make the character feel alot more thought out as while her actions are seen as servicing the plot of the film they also help to make her a well thought out character who does care about Carrie as her actions at the start of the film could very easily be chalked up to peer pressure and just wanting to fit in and yet she openly goes against that when she sees what harm that she's done and proves that she is a good kid by going about setting it right. Another example is oddly enough Carrie White herself as the makers of this film almost go out of there way to make us care for Carrie by showing us that she does have a troubled life as she lifes at home an overly religious mother whom hasn't tought her the most basic of things with her even being abused not only by the kids in school but also in a way her own teachers and her mother these are things that do make you care for her character and make you feel sorry for her even the opening of the film does this by having this almost heavenly music play over the opening titles and showing what might be Carrie just happily brushing her hair before then getting in the locker room shower its a small thing as its almost dream like in it's own way but it does make us care for Carrie as a character.

Much like how this film does go out of it's way to make Carrie White very much the victim prior to the events at the end of the film. The film does go out of it's way to show the lengths that Chris Hargensen is willing to go to to make sure that she get's revenge on Carrie for doing literally nothing other then existing as we see Chris plan to dumb pigs blood on Carrie and convince her best friend Norma to swap the votes to make sure that she's right where Chris needs her to be these are things that while they don't make Chris as memorable of a villain as say Chucky or Freddy Krueger for example they do still make her a really good villain as she is willing to go to the lengths that no other character in this film is willing to go t to get the job done. Heck the fact that we never get to see Chris's father or even a hint at her home life does make it all the more better as for all we could know she could have a very happy and healthy home life with a mother and father that lover her dearly this that if it was to be case would make the fact she is a bully all the more upsetting and real as even people who do have those things can still be a bully as they are by there very nature still human and therefor prone to making mistakes with the mistake that Chris makes in this film being the fact that she tries to run over a very much angry Carrie instead of just running out of town, given the fact that we do see her get abused by both her boyfriend and her P.E. teacher tho it is safe to assume that her life at home isn't much better as the first thing she does when she gets lapped in the face by either of them is get angry which suggests that she's used to it from other people.

For those of you that don't know not only was this the first Stephan King adaptation it's also an adaptation of his very first book and came out a few short years after the book itself came out. With the film itself being mostly faithful to the book outside of how Carrie dies as in the book she dies when giant rocks fall and crush her and her mother and while they did attempt to film this ending there was an issue with the recording and the giant rocks that they had made looked like water droplets therefor they had to come up with a new ending with Carrie accidentally causing her house to burst into flame and crumble around her which crushes her and to be frank this ending works well for this film but the ending in the book works better for the book as this films ending is more cinematic and is more of an epic ending whereas the one in the book would have looked to goofy in the film despite it being a good ending for the book to have. Another change made from the book to the film is the fact that the book frequently has these letters written about the prom as if it was a crime with the letters outright painting Carrie as the sole villain of the piece and questioning weather something could have been done to stop it from happening in the first place this is something that of course had to be dropped for the film version as there would have bee no way to make a gimmick like that that work for the film and heck it's something that hasn't been in any theatrically released version of the books story which is something that does prove that it is something that could only work in the book, as if it was done in any other media it would come across as being two goofy for it's good with the only way that something like that could have worked being if the film intercut the main story with scenes with a police officer interviewing people around the town about the events of the film and even then that's a bit to much of a stretch as the film does work perfectly fine without it.

Whilst this film is rightfully classed as being a horror film as it does have alot of fantastic and well done scares in it. This film to me is more of a drama film due to the fact that we do spend more time with Carrie being bullied and feeling unsure of herself as even when Tommy does do something genuinely nice for her by asking her out to the prom she thinks that it's a trick and that people are pulling a prank on her when in actuality he's just a good kid trying to do something nice to someone with Carrie's own mother knocking her confidence by abusing her and making think that everything she does is a sin therefor Carrie has no real way to lash out in a healthy way as everything she does is deemed as being wrong by someone in the film. With the only time that it truly becomes a horror film being the prom scene and even then in the build up to that scene you could argue that its more of a drama film then a straight forward horror film and yet this is something that all could have been avoided if Chris had just stopped for one single second to think about how Carrie feels when she bullies her at the start of the film, with even that scene being hard to watch because of the fact that Carrie genuinely had no idea what was happening to her and really did think that she was going to die all of these things combined not only make her a tragic character but also make the film feel more like a drama and yet when the film does flip to being a horror film due to the fact that the film has spent so much time in letting get to know and like Carrie as a character that scene at the prom comes of as still being scary due to how far that she's fallen.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty eight minuets and nine seconds. To be frank this is a solid running time for this film to have as the film doesn't need to have that long of a running time as the book that's based off isn't that long in the first place and therefor it would have made no sense for this film to be all that long which is something that does make you wonder how the new TV miniseries is going to fair as that show is ten times longer then this movie which does make you wonder if the makers of that show are going to justify there longer running time by having pointless filler scenes which thankfully this film doesn't have with the film having more ten enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. With this film using its running time wisely as it does take the time to fully develop it's plot as there are plenty of scenes in this film that are all about adding things to the plot be it from Chris getting herself kicked out of Prom or even Carries mother saying that everyone will laugh at her if she does go prom all of these things are yes small things in the grand scheme of things but they are also things that do make this films plot be more developed as there are no scenes in this film does feels wasted as they are all about adding something to the films plot and making it feel alot more well developed. This is something that is also true for the films character development as alot of the films characters get character development even if it's Carrie going from the hero the film to a misunderstood villain or even Sue learning the error of ways early on in the film bottom line being these characters do in there way grow as people due to what they go through in the course of this film with the only more then likely two of three characters that don't get any character development being Tommy , Billy and Chris and that's pretty much it with the makers of this film putting alot of thought and effort into giving this films characters some 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 kills 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 kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. While we do really get only one major kill sequence in this film it is something that is earned due to how well the makers of this film did at making us love Carrie and loath Chris as while yes Carrie does end up killing countless people she herself is still a victim as she was bullied by Chris with it being her prank that pushed Carrie over the top and made her start killing all of those people in the first place. With the best kill in the whole film being of course the entire prom sequence as that whole sequence from start to finish even tho it doesn't last very long is still masterfully done from both a directing , editing and music point of view that entire sequence is just perfection as we do get to understand where Carrie has come from and while we do understand that the makers of this film still don't shy away from making her look looking really creepy when they need her to as she looks insane during that whole sequence and it's something that does work for the film even her hearing her own mothers words and as she imagines everyone in the school laughing at her with the only one who actually was laughing at her being Norma it makes that whole sequence just so cool and so scary with there even being alot of really cool deaths in that sequence be it Normal getting killed with the water hose or Mrs. Collins getting crushed by the basketball backboard with the rest of the films kills being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall the new Carrie does have alot to live up to if it wants to be anywhere near as good as this film is with this film getting alot of things right be it from the acting to how the prom scene is done this film is true masterclass on how to tell the Carrie story in a way that does justice to the original book in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thins that are n this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does eafn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for whete I personally got all of the images hat I personally used in this very review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , 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.

Resident Evil 2026 Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

Right now horror is having a fantastic couple of months with Obsession becoming a mainstream hit film and Buddy being a fun film. This trend is one that really does actually continue on with the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as really by all rights this film should have been really bad as every other live action film adaption of the game has been at best OK and at it's worst just downright bad and yet here we have one that not only feels like the games brought to life but is also a really good movie in it's own right and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that really had no right being as good as it is with the film in question being called simply just "Resident Evil" enjoy.

The plot is film is a medical courier called Ben has to deliver something to Raccoon City General Hospital whilst also fighting of hoards of monsters and just trying to survive the night. 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. Whilst yes it could well be argued that this films plot is simple as it's just one man trying to get something to a hospital this is something that does work in the films favor as it allows the characters to be charming ad it allows the world of the film to breathe. Yes this is a film that very well could have helped with having a more stronger plot but it wasn't one that was needed in this film as the simple set up of the film is more then enough to make it work in the first place and heck one could argue that this film not having that much of a strong plot does make it feel like the games as the first game doesn't have a strong plot as that's just two characters exploring a house and yet much like with that game the fact that this film does have simple plot does work in this films favor however tho there is no denying the fact that this films plot doesn't feel like the plot for a feature film rather it feels like the plot of a Resident Evil short film as there are no stakes in this film for a large portion of the film and when the film does introduce the stakes into the plot it's to little to late this is something that would have worked if this was a short film but or a feature length film the stakes did need to not only be higher but also be set up earlier on in the film with this films plot 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 Austin Abrams as Bryan , Zach Cherry as Carl , Kali Reis as Maxine and Paul Walter Hauser as Paul. Also staring in this film is Will Merrick as Dave , Andrea Miltnerová as A Pedestrian , Karel Dobrý as A Farmer , Zoé Bellas as Birdie , Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Stanley , Griffin Newman as Wade , Sara Paxton as the voice of Michelle , Emily Piggford as Dr. Maria Stokes , Johnno Wilson as Wilson and Doctor Who star Jo Martin as Andrea Vasquez.

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. This is something that should come as no surprise to anyone as this films co-writer, co-producer and director Zach Cregger really does know how to get a good performance out of his actors a skill which he again shows in this film as all of this films actors even those that are playing characters with no names or have very limited screen time do still manage to turn in a good performance in this film and while alot of this is due to the fact that the film does have some really good actors in it alot of it is also due to the fact that Zach Cregger does know how to get a good performance out of his actors. With this films best actor being Austin Abrams as Bryan as he is in pretty much every single scene in this film and he knocks it out of the ark every single time  with him being perfectly cast in this film as he does get the chance to show if just what it is that he could do as an actor in both a comedic sense and a dramatic as well as obviously what he can do as a horror actor with him making what could have been seen as being a really unlikable character come across as being a likable person who is just trying to do his job with his own natural charm and and charisma really shining through in this film. With the acting that's in this very 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 line 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.

The characters in this film are a very mixed bag as there is only one character that does stand and that's Bryan with the rest of them not really getting a chance to shine. This is something that does in it's own way make sense as Bryan is meant to be the main character of the film but in saying this tho the rest of the films characters should have been give more to do in the film rather then just show up or a few minuets and then never be seen or heard from again as all this does is make it harder for us the audience to truly connect with them as we don't get to spend alot of time with them and yet we get to spend alot of time with Bryan as the character does appear in quite literally every single scene of the film and while that's great for putting across his character and getting us to like him it does nothing for the rest of the films characters who do come across as being forgettable as a result of it. This approach to telling the story is ne that worked Weapons as that film was essentially told in chapters but here due to the fact that the film is telling it's story in a more traditional way therefor there should have been more time given to these other character as while Bryn is a really good and fun character to be around having him be the sole focus of the film and be the one that appears in alot of the film does rob the film of giving us more different characters, however on the plus side tho by taking this approach it does give Austin Abrams a true chance to shine in this film and it is something that he does take full advantage of as he does make Bryan be this really likable person that you do want to know more about and while the characters life prior to the events of this film weren't that great we do get to see how the things that he said at the start of the film effect him later on in the film.

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Whilst this film does just borrow a few names from the games this is perhaps the most like a survival horror game that these live action Resident Evil films have ever been. As we do get to see Bryan not only find a gun in a house but also struggle to find ammo for the gun and have to find ways to save on the bullets that he has all of these are things that were missing from all of the other Resident Evil live action films as a lot of them either focused to much on action or just weren't that good in the first place and yet with this film we do get to see all of those things and they are things that the fans of the game might like as they are done do well in this film and while yes none of the games characters appear in this film this is something that does help the film as now you don't have to spend time in introducing to a none gaming audience who these game characters are. Heck this film does poke alot of fun at video games like the fact that when ever you shoot a lock on a door in a video game the lock always comes loose and yet here in this film it's played as a running joke that that doesn't happen with Bryan even yelling that he loves video games when something that can do in a game happens in the film none of these are meant to be seen as being an insult to he games rather they are meant to be a fun little reference to games in general yet even tho there are nods to cliches in video games there is nothing when it comes to nods and wink to the Resident Evil games and while this is something that doesn't really effect the none game fan such as myself it is something that could make the die hard fans of the games angry but in saying this tho this is a film that is clearly meant to be doing it's own thing and just so happens to be set within the world of the games but the fact that the makers of this film did manage to get the survival horror game aspect of this film down perfectly is something that does help to make this film stand out as no other Resident Evil has done that as alot of them did forget that these games are first and foremost a survival horror game and that does mean collecting and saving things like ammo something which we do have get to see Bryan do in this film.

To be frank this films cinematographer Dariusz Wolski has done such an incredible job on this film with the film looking very visually stunning time. This is something that even those that don't like this film have to surely admit with there being alot of scenes in this film that are just stunning to look at with the best of example of this being the scene where Bryan first gets out of his car to check on the girl that he just hit as the lights from the back of his car light the whole scene with them hitting the snowy back in a way that does make them look very pretty to look at and heck the film even has alot of one long shots that would have been hard to pull of in a film with out snow but when you add snow into it it becomes harder as now you have to hide the crews footprints and yet those shots still look good. It's clear as day that the makers of this film put alot of thought and effort into making this film look as good as it could have done as every single frame of this film looks so stunning to look at as there is alot of care put into the film when by all rights that wasn't needed as the film would have made a ton of money in the first place and yet the fact that the makers of this film did go that extra mile just show us the audience that they wanted to create a film that was a really good and judging by alot of the reviews for the film and the fact that tis film has already made back not only it's production budget but also it's marketing budget does say that they did exactly that as people are not only going to see this film but there also getting there friends and family members to go and see it with the film being a visual treat for the eyes to look at as there are alot of visually stunning shots in this film so much so that it wouldn't be surprising if alot of them shows up on the One Perfect Shot account in a few months time.

Unlike the Paul W.S Anderson Resident Evil films which weren't meant to be funny but ended being so bad that you laughed at them in the first place. This film does have alot of jokes in it and while it is debatable on if those jokes worked or not as that is something that will always change from viewer to viewer they were jokes that to me did work as they felt true to this films characters whilst not undercutting the scene they are in or any of the films horror elements like for example we have a scene where Bryan and Paul argue over who should go and get the keys from Paul's dead friend Maxine which is something that does feel true to both of there characters as they would do something like that with Bryan reluctantly agreeing to go and get them only to get more annoyed when Paul keeps on blasting the cars horn at him every few seconds. Believe it or not there was going to be more jokes in this film but Zach Cregger actually removed alot of them when during testing he found that audiences loved the film more when there wasn't that many jokes something which he later thought was a good call as it made the film all the more better and while this might sound like i'm a fan of his as I do like this film and I do love Weapons but he was right in this case as having to many jokes would have made the films more horror scenes seem less scary as there would have been a character cracking a joke every five minuets and therefor only saving the jokes to scenes where there really isn't anything scarry happening is something that does allow for us the audience to have that moment to just breathe and catch our breaths before the next horror scene begins, while it could be argued that the film would have worked just as well if not better if it was a straight up horror film having those moments where the characters can make a joke is still something that does make this film alot of fun to watch not only for the mainstream audience that this film is trying to get but also for some horror fans that this film does end up winning over.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour an twenty five minuets and fifty seven seconds. This is something that might possibly make it one of the more shorter live action Resident Evil films altho there is a good chance that that might not be the case but either way this is a still a really solid running time for this film to gave as this is a film that really doesn't need to be that long due to how simple that it's main plot is and to be fair to this film there are no scenes in this film that do feel like filler as they do come across as moving the plot of the film forward in a way that does make sense and even those that are just there to build up tension do so in a way that makes them feel needed for the film with the film having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first. With this film not really using its running time all that wisely due to the fact that this film really doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot which granted would have been hard to do given how simple the plot of the film is but its not impossible as we don't even get to find out what caused the outbreak in this film as all we find out is that it was was caused by Paul doing something in the Umbrella labs and that's it and while fair enough other films haven't really explained how a zombie virus started either it would have helped this film stand out all the more if they did take the time to explain some of that with the makers of this film being more focused on giving us alot of jokes then they were in giving us a well thought out an well developed plot. This is also something that does effect the films character as while only Bryan gets character development as he does learn that actually he does want to have kids with Michelle that never really effected his actions both prior and after he comes to that realization which does make it feel like the makers of this film thought it up five minuets before they shot it and heck it's only Bryan that gets character development as none of the films other characters both named or not get character development in this film with the makers of this film being more focused on making sure that we know that Bryan is the main character of the film then they did in giving the films characters some 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 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 the film making alot of use of practical effects or it's scares which was a refreshing thing to see with there bein not that many CGI effects used to create the films scares with the scares themselves being very well done as the the film does spend alot of time in making you think where the scare is going to be coming from and nine times out of ten it's the one place that you forgot about and while yes all of this films scares are mainly jumps scares there being very few body horror scares the jump scares work very well and the body horror scares are just as effective in there own way. With the best scare in the whole entire being when Bryan searches a house for something and he comes across a girl who's mother has been absorbed into this creature with the girl herself starting to mutate and Bryan does eventually get her out of the bathroom she was hiding in her face splits apart with tentacles coming out of it and she starts to attack Bryan that right there is such a good scare as it's one that you don't think is going to happen as you think that something is going to happen with her foot as that was what was shown to be mutating and therefor when it turns out it's her face that's going to attack Bryan it is something that does catch you off guard and is a very effective scare because of it with the rest of the films scares being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall look if you haven't done already go and see this film on the biggest screen possible and even if you have done go and see it again as this film is just that good as it does prove that if you get the basics down then you can make a good live action Resident Evil movie in my freaking opinion 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 core of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got al 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.

Buddy Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

There are so few films these days that capture people's attention just from how there being marketed as alot of the time films will just release a trailer or two maybe a few spots and a few posters and that's it. Yet that is not the case with the film the film i'm going to be reviewing for you all today and it's due to that unique marketing approach that alot of people were hyped to see the film and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film of the film that is basically Barney The Dinosaur meets Thomas The Tank Engine meets Mr. Crocket with the film in question being called simply just "Buddy" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a nineties kids TV character starts actively killing of characters in his own show the kids have to try and find a way to stop and in the real world a mum is looking for her daughter. 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. To say that this films plot is really good would be a huge understatement as there is alot of fun to be found in the main plot of the film as you do get to see all of the tropes that were found in alot of kids TV shows in the nineties only now we get to see a more horrific twist on them which is alot of fun to see in the film. Where the films plot does start to be a bit boring is when we enter the real world with the plot with the mum trying to find her daughter as that plot whilst it is good just feels like the plot to a completely different movie as it plays everything super straight and while the plot in the TV show also does that in there it's dine to highlight just how stupid alot of it really is thus making it more fun to watch yet in the real world due to the fact that we are in the real world play everything super straight can't be done in a fun way with both plots being as well thought out as you'd want them to be as while they do tie together in a rather predictable way it is still fun just seeing how these plots do come together and how the film does explain why a character is suddenly recast in the world of the show 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 Delaney Quinn as Freddy , Cristin Milioti as Grace , Tristan Broders as Oliver and Madison Skyy Polan as Hannah. Also starring in this film is Caleb Williams as Wade , Luke Speakman as Josh , Tory Jacqui Malone as Tyler , Topher Grace as Ben , Brooke Bloom as Dr. Deborah Burr , Clint Howard as George , Seamus Flynn as Timothy , Bryson JonSteele as Derek , Phuong Kubacki as Nurse Nancy , Bennie Taylor as Mailman Miles , Conner Stumm as Mailman Justin , Patton Oswalt as the voice of Strappy , Michael Shannon as the voice of Willie , Jimmica Collins as the voice of Betty Bunny and A Scared Flower , Devon Hawkes Ludlow as the voice of Charlie , Rachel Appelbaum as the voice of Clocky , Eric Bauza as the voice of Mr. Mailbox , Worry Well , Couchy , Trashy and The Pee Flower and Keegan-Michael Key as the voice of Buddy The Unicorn.

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. The fact that this films acting is as good as it is is something that is both surprising and not all that that surprising its surprising in that alot of this films lead actors are kid actors and you don't usually get good acting from child actors and yet given just how stacked the rest of the films actors are the fact that we also have good acting in it is also not that surprising with all of the films more established actors also turning in some really good performances. With the best actor in this film being Delaney Quinn as Freddy as she really does carry the whole film along with Keegan-Michael Key and Cristin Milioti as while both of them are really good in this film Delaney Quinn is just that little bit more better with her being one of the better kid actors in this film as it does come across as her genuinely trying to turn in a good performance so much so that its not hard to picture her making it big as an actor as sh is just that good with her more then holding her own when it comes to acting with the films more established actors with there being times where she does act circles around them with her having this natural charm that really does come through in her performance. With the acting thats 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 te lines as they are 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 f the acting that's in this very film.

Much like the films acting and its plot this films characters while there not the best characters out there are still really good in there own right. With alot of the films characters being actually well written as while the it could be argued that the kid characters aren't the best written characters out given the fact that they meant to be the typical kids characters that you find in a show like Barney & Friends you could also make the argument that that's the point with them only becoming better later on when the film is in its second act with the even the adults characters of the show being the kind of adult characters that you find in a kids show as they have very standard jobs and are literally named after there job. Even Buddy himself is a very character as while he is quite literally a Barney knock off character he does have an edge to him that does make him alot of fun to watch where the characters do somewhat start to fall apart is the characters in the real world as while Grace is a good character as she is mother who is the only one that remembers having a third kid when the rest of the world even her husband doesn't remember it her husband tho is basically a none character as there is nothing to his character that makes him standout and it could be argued that the same thing is also true for Strappy the talking backpack but with Strappy you do have the excuse of him being a kids character which again could be seen as being the point of his character with it being something that does prove that the makers of this film did do there research as the characters in the show do feel like the kinds of characters that you would seen in a show like this.

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This film is basically riffing on alot of kids shows from the nineties like Barney & Friends , Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends. With even the character of Buddy being summoned the same way that the kids would summon Barney with both characters are first being a stuffed animal before then being brought to life in the case of Barney through the kids imagination which in of it self is pretty messed up when you think about it or in the case of Buddy just saying his name with the film poking fun at alot of the tropes that were commonly seen in those shows like the fact that everything is solved with a cheesy musical number or the fact that even tho the show takes place in this one city the main location is just this one set which the characters never leave this is so smart as it does show you that the makers of this film did do there research. As they do go to extreme lengths into making the Buddy parts of the film feel like an actual show that that would have been broadcast in the nineties and while OK fair enough it doesn't go into as many trope as Too Many Cooks did the fact that even tried to hit as many as they do is still something that's to be applauded with the film even explaining why there's suddenly a new character there that wasn't there the previous week which in this case is due to them being killed of by Buddy with the film even going as far as to have them be featured in the shows intro which again is a nice little touch that wasn't needed to make that point work and yet it oddly makes it work all the more. With the only thing that would have made it work even harder was if one of the Buddy episodes was "a very special episode" episode as then it would have allowed the makers of this film to really go all out and just have fun with that format as don't forget even kids shows did have those kinds of episodes and seeing what Buddy would have come up with in his own twisted way is something that is kind if interesting.

There s no way to talk about this film without talking about just how fantastic and how unique that the films marketing really was. As not only did we have the standard trailers and poster but there was also an official It's Buddy Youtube channel launched that uploaded clips from the show as well as what the trailers for the show would have been and various advertisements just for the show that is just pure genius with them even uploading a video of Buddy reacting to his own then recently released TV spot all of these are things that no other movie has done before and while fair enough the Marvel movies or the DC movies can't do something like that but something like Coyote Vs Acme or even Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma heck with that film they even could have uploaded the trailer for Camp Miasma bottom line being there are alot of cool ways to promote a movie and this film did find another cool way with there even being a bunch of horror Youtubers just reacting to the clips from the show all of this does generate hype that the latest big budget movies wont do as they can afford to spend all of there marketing on trailer and posters but here due to the fact that the films marketing budget was really small that meant that they had to get creative and because of that they ended up creating alot of hype for a film that no one would have payed any attention to where it not for how good the marketing was in this film with this film even resulting in the film earning over $5 million dollars at the box office which isn't alot of money for a big budget film but given the fact that this film is an independent film that is a great amount for it earn even taking into account that it came out the exact same day as Coyote Vs Acme.

Like with Too Many Cooks this film does have a dark sense of humor to it and while not alot of the films jokes work when they do work they can be really funny. Like the fact that the main park set does look like something that would be seen in a nineties kids TV show with it even being filmed like one and yet when the characters do escape that set that's when it becomes alot more cinematic which is something that doe hit that joke all of the more and while there are some good jokes to be found there are others that don't quite work like for example the fact that the main city is nothing more then cardboard prop which is something that would have been funny if we saw it prior to the kids escaping the set as then it is something tat would make that joke all the more funnier as us the audience would have seen this location in the background. This does seem to be a film where it does have more good jokes then bad as even the fact that Buddy himself admits that he can't sing a the song that usually ends his show to heal himself up for the next episode is a good idea and it is something that the film does pay off in it's own sick and twisted with there being more jokes in here that you would find funny if you did watch these kinds of shows in the nineties as this is a film that is very much aimed at you with even the fact that the lessons that the kids learn in he show are these very generic lessons or even the fact that none of the kids seem to have parents these are all things that are in this film and they help make the film even more funnier as they are all things that were in alot of shows in the nineties and eighties with the film really working because of the fact that it embraces those shows.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets and thirty two seconds. Which is pretty much the perfect running time for a film like this one to have as it really doesn't need to be any longer due to the fact that the films plot as good as it is doesn't really allow for the film to have a longer time which is great as while it does mean that this film isn't on or that long it doesn't to be a long film in order for it to be good as the makers of this film have put the plot first first and while it would have been nice if this film was longer it would mean adding in a bunch of filler scenes that add nothing to the films plot and are just there to pad out the films running with the film having more then enough plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. With the film even using its tunning time really wisely as the films plot is about as well developed as it was going to be as this is the kind of plot where it doesn't really need that much development in order for it work as out side of the fact that the film explains that the world of the Buddy show takes place in it's world and we do see how Budd brings people into it and how they escape from it what we never find is why its it's own world and we don't need to with the same thing being true for alot of the plot elements in this film and yet the plot still works despite them not being that well developed in the first place. The same thing is also true for the films characters as while it would have been nice for Grace to get some characters and development and it could be argued that Freddy does get some character development due to the fact that she is the only one who remembers there mom in the real world next to none of this films actors gets character development and again they really don't need it as alot of them are meant to be characters in a kids TV show but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk abut 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. As while we don't get to see alot of the kills in involving the kids this is something that does make sense as they using kid actors after all but the few times that we do get to see a kid character get killed of it is really brutal to watch as we see Buddy brutally murder on of the kid characters from behind a door at point and it something that does indeed work with all of the films kills being these really brutal and over the top kills to the point where the kills themselves become more comical then scary. With the best kill in the whole entire film not even being one that we see as when the kids are escaping the shows main set they jump over the fence using the trashcans to help them only for one of the kids to struggle which give Buddy enough time to catch up with them and charge at them using his horn to pierce the kid through the chest something which we don't get to see but it is a kill that still works as it shows you just how far that Buddy is willing to go to keep things his way with that kill being something that whilst yes it would have been better if we did get to see on screen but the fact that we don't does make it all the more creepier and scarier as now we have to imagine it and because of that kill that Buddy is unable to finish his song as all of the kids have escaped 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 this film is one that does need to be seen as none of the films marketing does t alot of justice and while the stuff in the real world isn't that good the stuff in the shows world is where the film shines best as the film does shows that shows like Barney and like Thomas really were decent shows they could also be really scary in my freaking opinions anyways /at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as swell as all of the bad things that re 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 8.5 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 , 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.

The X-Files Film Review

 

The X-Files was one of the more bigger shows of the nineties with even it's theme song being truly iconic. Therefor it did make sense for the makers of the show to the characters and the world to the biggest screen possible and in 1998 that's exactly what they did with the very film that i'm going to be talking to you all about as while i've never seen a single episode of the show or watched any of the movies I felt like watching this one and so then join me as I review the film that really was devised to be the start of a new series of the film with the film in question being called simple just "The X-Files" enjoy.

The plot of this film is FBI agents Mulder and Scully try to uncover a government conspiracy about Alien life on earth. 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 inn this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With the films plot being something that you might expect to find as the main plot for an episode of the show and while that is something that does work for the show for the movie it doesn't work as this films plot does very much feel like a TV show plot stretched to almost two hours with there being large portions of the film where nothing is happening plot wise. With this having the add of effect of making what could have been seen as being a really cool plot now seem dull and boring as alot of the time we are forced to watch these characters struggle to piece things together and to go to government meetings which is somethings that is never interesting when that's alot of what the film is with the films plot being at best thin as the film doesn't focus all that much on the plot as it rather spends more time on weather or not Mulder and Scully are still going to be partners at the end of the film which is something that would have been great back in 1998 but now almost thirty years later when there have been more seasons to the show and a directors cut of this films sequel it makes that plot point useless and one could even argue that it was pointless back then as there could be a chance that alot of people might not have seen the show and like myself are watching this film to get a good taste of what the show is like with the plot of this film also 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 David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully. Also starring in this film is Martin Landau as Alvin Kurtzweil , Blythe Danner as Jana Cassidy , Armin Mueller-Stahl as Conrad Strughold , Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner , William B. Davis as Cigarette-Smoking Man , John Neville as Well-Manicured Man , Dean Haglund as Richard "Ringo" Langly , Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers , Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike , Jeffrey DeMunn as Ben Bronschweig , Jason Beghe as FBI Man at Bomb Site , Michael Shamus Wiles as Black-Haired Man , Terry O'Quinn as Special Agent in Charge Darius Michaud , Lucas Black as Stevie , Gary Grubbs as Fire Captain Cooles , Don S. Williams as First Elder and George Murdock as Second Elder.

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 inn this very film was in all honesty not that bad. The fact that film does have some decent acting in it is something that does make alot of sense as the film does have a few people outside of the main lead actors being carried over from the show with those being the best actors in the film as they understand the tone and feel of the show and can therefor translate that to the big screen whereas alot of the films more newer actors play things so straight that there performances do become boring to watch. With the best actor in the whole entire film being Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully with her getting alot of the films more dramatic scenes which does give her a chance to show us just what it is that she could do as an actor with this being something that does play to the films advantage as it's in those scenes where she gets to truly shine with her for obvious reasons having some truly wonderful chemistry with David Duchovny to the point where you do buy that these two opposites would not only be friends but also be each others love interest with her using her natural likability which is something that really does come through in her performance. With the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that this script for this film 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 characters in this film really are about as decent as you'd expect from a film that's based off of a TV show. As while they would have ben fully drawn out on the show in the movie that's not the case and this is something that is going to be true for all films that are based off of a TV show but at the same time tho it does make it hard new people to jump on with this film as this film doesn't a good enough job of making the characters feel accessible enough for newer audiences and to be fair the makers of this film really didn't have to do that as let's be honest here it's going to be the fans that are going to watch this film and they'll already know who the characters are and how they act in certain situations but at the same time tho it would have been nice if the makers of this film did make the characters feel more accessible to new fans. As they could have used this film as a way to get more fans to watch the show as then they they would be seeing the characters that they like in a world that they are familiar with yet they don't do that with the end result being characters that while they do feel as well thought out as they could have done with Mulder being the lovable the goofball who actually knows what he's doing and Skully being the straight man to his funny man but is also willing to believe the impossible and that's all we get out of the characters and while that is fine for an episode of the show as the show has countless episodes to get across parts of there personality in the movie they don't have that privilege and therefor there should have been more of en effort to get across just who these characters are as people rather then just relying on the fans to all the work.

Whilst this show is set inbetween the fifth and sixth seasons of the show this film was meant to serve as the series finale with the idea being to then take the world of the show to the big screen which is a really good idea as that then allows for more bigger and bolder stories that couldn't be told in a TV show on a TV show budget. the issue here being that Fox demanded that the show be carried on and that the movie be used as a bridge between the two seasons with this films writer and producer Chris Carter even saying that he found the task of writing the movie to be very daunting with this being something that explains why the film makes a big deal of the titular X files being closed at the start of the film and then being reopened at the end of the film. Yeah this film would have been much more better as a series finale of sorts as then the makers of this film could just go all out and make the film that they wanted to make whereas with Fox forcing them to make the film as a gap between the fifth and sixth seasons just doesn't work as it then has to shoe horn a reason for the audience to watch the next episode or the next season of the show whereas if this film was allowed to end the show and the series was allowed to continue onward as a series of films then it would have allowed for the makers of this film to tell bigger stories and to go all out with there ideas something which they wouldn't have been able to do on a TV show budget and yet with a film it is something that they would have been able to do whilst still being true to the show and the fans that helped to make such a success in the first place, yet because of the fact that Fox just saw the rating for the show it meant that they lost the chance of making millions of dollars at the box office with several films instead of getting several more seasons on the show which wouldn't have made them that much more money in the long run.

To be frank here this film is so boring to watch as for alot of the films running time there's nothing happening no plot , no characters , no scares and while that is fine for an episode of the show as if one episode is bad it's OK because there's several other great ones just corner. Yet with a film you really do need tot knock it out of the park right a way and this is something that film just doesn't do with the films throwing so many characters and plot lines at you that it is hard to keep up with not only who is who but what there plot in the film is with the film being a slow burner of a film and while being a slow burner can work for a film if you you film isn't that long this film is almost two hours long and there are long portions where there's just nothing going on. All this ended up doing was it resulted in me not only checking how long was left in the film as it was going painfully slow but it also left me to checking my phone alot of the time and that is always a bad sign as you never ever want to be checking your phone when your watching something as you should always want to be hooked and be entertained by what your seeing on screen maybe if I was more of a fan of the show then this wouldn't be an issue as this kind of pacing does seem to be more in line with the show but the issue with that is the fact that the show has several seasons to tell its story where as with a film you have two hours and therefor you can't really afford to take the same approach to storytelling as the two mediums are vastly different and need to be treated as such, however the when the film does get tense and does get exciting that's what it picks up and starts to be this pretty solid but then the film will cut away from the good stuff and spend another thirty to forty minuets on being a slow burner.

Another issue with the film is the editing as the film doesn't give chance to see the thing that you've come to this movie to see that being monster. Due to the fact that when the monster does show up and does kill someone the editing around it is so fast that you can't tell what's happening yet this is meant to be a horror film therefor we want to be see the monster and we want to see the kills and yet we never do the idea for this film seems to be to rush past all of the good stuff and to slow down on the slow and boring stuff when it really did need to be the over away around as no one is going to this film to see the meetings that Skully has to go and yet the film spend alot of time on showing us every single one of them when all this does is eat up time that would have been better saved on showing us the monster and in showing us the kills. Yet when the film is showing us soke really creepy scenes the film does then slow down and let us bathe in the tension to the point where we do feel tense and we want the scare to happen with a good example of this being the films opening scene with the bomb as that scene is so well paced that by the time the police do finally arrived we are on edge wanting to know if the character that is going to obviously make it out OK actually gets to make it out OK yet with the scenes with the monster attacking people we don't get that heck we don't even get a good look at the monster as all of the time that we see it it's shown in the dark when it would have been more effective for show us the audience what this creature granted the makers of this film might not have thought that the monster looked all that good but then one has to wonder why there is a longer cut of the film out there that does show us more of the monster when stuff like that should have been in the main cut of the film and not in a home media cut of the film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly hour and fifty seven minuets and fifty three seconds. With this film being more based off of the theatrical cut as the extended cut runs for over two hours with neither running time being the right running time for a film like this as this film very easily could have told its entire plot in well under one hours and forty five minuets just by focusing on the main plot and cutting alot of the pointless filler scenes that add nothing to this films plot and are there just to get people to watch the next season of the show as there alot of filler scenes in this film with alot of pointless characters as we didn't need Cigarette-Smoking Man in this film as his scenes add nothing to the plot of the film other then to set up the fact that the X files have been reopened at the end of the film an that's it with this film not even having enough plot to there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. Heck the film doesn't use its running time all that wisely as the the film doesn't take the time to fully develop it's plot as the film can't fully develop its plot as it's alot more interested in focusing on other things other then it's main plot and yet when the film does focus on its main plot that's when it gets to be most interesting with the makers of this film being alot more interested in setting up the shows sith season then they are in giving us a well developed plot. This is something that does to much more lesser extent effect the films character development as while the films main characters don't get any kind of character development in this film it's more understandable in this case as they would have had several dozen episodes both prior to and after this film to get all of there character development and while yes it would have been nice if this film did give them literally any kind of character development it really wasn't needed with the makers of this film instead giving more thought and effort to all of the pointless side characters then they were into giving the characters some actual character development 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 have to actually talk abut 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 not that bad. With the films scares quiet honestly being the best part of the film as outside of the scenes with the monster attacking a few people we actually get to see alot of the scares and alot of the tension be built up really with the makers of the film really taking as full advantage of the fact that they have this longer running time to build up tension then what they might have done in an episode of the show. With the best scare in the entire film being when Mulder and Skully find themselves in a domed building in the middle of nowhere and suddenly the floors start to open up revealing several dozen bees forcing the duo out into the corn field where they then get chased further by men in black helicopters with this scene being so good because of not only the fact that the we get to see it but also because of the fact that the film got to build up tension by showing the characters first finding this building ad then walking inside it even looking at the floors that are about to open up with the film really taking its time in building up tension for that one scare which does pay off as it is a genuinely creepy moment in the film with it even playing a huge part in the plot of the film later on with the rest of the films scares being just as good as well in my freaking opinion anyways / at least.

Overall this really shouldn't go without saying but your not going to like this film if your not already a fan of the how as it does give more of what the show was only now its in a feature film format but in saying that given the middling reviews that this film got upon release its easy to say that not even fans of the show will find this film to be all that enjoyable to watch in the first place 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 film really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in his very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally sued 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.