Corpse Bride Film Review

 

Tim Burton is a director who has made quite alot of really creepy films and despite the marketing hinting at otherwise he has only directed one stop motion animated film. With that film being the very film that i'm going to be taking a look at today just because of the fact that I wanted to watch an actually good family friendly horror film and so then join me as I review the film that is criminally underrated with the film in question being called simply just "Corpse Bride" enjoy.

The plot of this film is young groom Victor Van Dort unexpectedly finds himself married to a dead woman and so must find away out of this marriage so that he can marry someone in the world f the living. 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 and was alot better and creepier then what it really should have been but entertaining all the same in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Johnny Depp as Victor Van Dort , Helena Bonham Carter as Emily and Emily Watson as Victoria Everglot. Also starring in this film is Tracey Ullman as Nell Van Dort and Hildegarde , Paul Whitehouse as William Van Dort , Mayhew and Paul The Head Waiter , Dame Joanna Lumley as Lady Maudeline Everglot , Albert Finney as Lord Finis Everglot and Grandfather Everglot , Richard E. Grant as Lord Barkis Bittern , the late and great Sir Christopher Lee as Pastor Galswells , Michael Gough as Elder Gutknecht , Jane Horrocks as The Black Widow Spider and Mrs. Plum , Enn Reitel as The Maggot and The Town Crier , Deep Roy as General Bonesapart , Stephen Ballantyne as Emil and this films songwriter and composer Danny Elfman as Bonejangles.

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. Which really isn't all that surprising as this film is made up of some really good actors and actresses and it really helps that im Burton really does know how to get a good performance out of all of his cast members which when combined with the fact that this films casts members are a bunch of really good and actors and actresses then it's not really surprising that this film really does have some really good acting in it.

Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Laika Entertainment. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation in this very film was in all honesty really good with the animation being breath takingly beautiful and stunning and more then holds up even all of these many years later.

As mentioned this is the first stop motion animated film that Tim Burton directed with him only serving as a producer on both James And The Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas. With this film having that stereotypical Tim Burton look which does make the film look exactly like The Nightmare Before Christmas but while the two films do look exactly the same it's The Nightmare Before Christmas that is the better of the two of the films as that film is more fun and has more fun with it's setting where as in this film we don't really spend alot of time in this films version of the underworld.

I would have liked it if this film did spend alot more time in the underworld as that's where the film is it's most fun. With the film  just being a blast whenever those scenes come on and the film just being uninteresting when it;s the world of the living which shouldn't be the case as the film has a great mystery which takes place in the living world and so you'd think that some effort would be put into the making the scenes in the world of living just as fun and interesting as it's underworld is but that's sadly not the case.

This film is a musical with the films songs being written by the films composer Danny Elfman and this films co-screenwriter John August. I will admit that this films songs are pretty good with my personal favorite being "According to Plan" just because it is a really fun song that sets up just how opposite both families are with the Van Dorts being a loving family and the Everglots being money hungry and unloving but t the same time tho this films songs just aren't as memorable nor they as good as the songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas but while this films songs just aren't as good when compared to The Nightmare Before Christmas because there's not even a handful of songs all of the songs that we do get in this film are really very meaningful and add to the actual plot of the film which is not the case for alot of musical films.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and seventeen minuets and eleven seconds. While Haunted Mansion is to long this film has the opposite problem as it's far to short which means that the film has to rush from plot point to plot point in a rather inorganic way which means that this films plot points feel rushed instead of feeling earned and heck even the films crucial mystery of how killed emily in the first place isn't given that much attention but I will admit that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy 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 comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film having some pretty decent jokes in it but at the same time this film also has alot of really bad an unfunny jokes in it as well which really do bring down the overall quality of the jokes that we get in this film which is a shame because when this film tells a funny joke it is a really funny joke in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really good film but it's also a film that is full to the brim of wasted potential with the film just feeling like a rough cut of a film instead of the films final cut 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 review and as such that means that this very film earns 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 review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies an gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , 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 Image actually has images from this film up 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.

Haunted Mansion 2023 Film Review

 

Disney have very slowly been getting more and more into releasing horror films granted those horror films have been family friendly horror films but there still horror films none the less. Well the house of mouse has just now released there latest horror films and if it's going to do anything like their previous films at the box office then you can expect this film to be a flop and so then join me a I review the film that should have not only have been released in October but also on Disney+ with the film in question being called simply just "Haunted Mansion" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a single mother and son discover that there new house is haunted they task four people to help get rid of the ghosts once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films plot being really entertaining and at times it can be really very engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is LaKeith Stanfield as Ben Matthias , Rosario Dawson as Gabbie and Owen Wilson as Father Kent. Also starring in this film is Tiffany Haddish as Harriet , Danny DeVito as Bruce Davis , Jamie Lee Curtis as Madame Leota , Chase W. Dillon as Travis , J.R. Adduci as William Gracey , Creek Wilson as Mariner , Ben Bladon as Hatchet Ghost , Lindsay Lamb as The Bride , Charity Jordan as Alyssa Matthias , Fedor Steer as Phineas The Traveler , Terence Rosemore as Gus The Prisoner , Mike Benitez as Ezra The Skeleton , Erika Coleman as Eleanor Gracey and Jared Leto as Alistair Crump / Hatbox Ghost.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us n this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad However that's also the issue as this films acting isn't all that good with alot of that coming down to the films script which gives this cast absolutely nothing to work with interms of what their respective characters personalities even are.

Doing the CGI for this film is Double Negative , Imaginarium Studios and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Industrial Light & Magic. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that he actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good which shouldn't be all that surprising given who is providing the CGI for this film.

What is truly shocking is that Disney turned down a script for this film by the great Guillermo Del Toro for being to scary. Which for me is a dumb reason to turn a script as this is a horror movie it's meant to be scary even family friendly horror films still need to be scary and I don't know if Disney knows this or not but kids like being scared and so by turning down his version of a Haunted House movie they just lost a lot of money as Guillermo Del Toro movies not only get very positive reviews from both fans and critics alike but they also make alot of money at the box office and they've just doomed this movie to fail because fans are now going to wonder what Guillermo Del Toro's vision for the film would have been like.

Like I said at the start of the review this film not only should have been released during October but t also should have been released straight to Disney+. As the film would have found more of an audience on Disney+ during the halloween season then it will find during the summer months in theaters as now ts just going to get lost in a sea of other bigger and in alot of cases better summer movies which is something that Disney really can't do with being the case right now and with Barbie killing it at the box office this film is only going to loose money which is a shame because this film does have alot of really good things for it as well as having some bad things going against it all of which add up to the film becoming the latest Disney movie to become a box office flop at the box office.

There are a few things that I did like about the movie like for example the ghosts were pretty cool looking. I also like the fact that the film managed to include heavy themes of death and grief into a kids film with thew characters of Travis and Ben both dealing with the recent loss of a loved one and seeing how they overcame that and form a bond because of that was interesting to see in this film it's just a shame that the film doesn't really go into that much detail nor do anything with that theme as it is something that's handled really well and the film could have dine with exploring that theme alot more then what it actually does.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty five minuets and forty six seconds. Which is far longer then what this film really needs to be as this film only has enough story for at the very latest one hour and thirty minuets and as such we just spend alot of time with the characters just stuck on repeat mode which after a while gets to be very boring as all there doing is just repeating scenes that we've already seen in the movie but I will admit that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then since this is a horror film that means 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 not that bad. Granted his film is a horror comedy and while the main focus of the film leans slightly more towards the comedy aspect of the film there are some really unique scares to be found in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film was better then what that it would be but at the same time it's also not really as good nor as creepy , scary and as really funny as it perhaps should be 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 means 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 the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being the official Disney fandom wiki page simply because the official Disney fandom wiki page actually has images from this film up on the official Disney fandom wiki page and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on the official Disney fandom wiki page 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: Death Island Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

 

Resident Evil fans it's been about six years since we last got an anime Resident Evil film and well a New one has just been released. I will very much admit that i've been looking to seeing this film every since I first found out about it and well you all just new that I was going to check out this 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 sees a bunch of the franchises protagonists team up with the film in question being called simply just "Resident Evil: Death Island" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a scientist is kidnapped Leon has to find him and in the process help Christ , Jill and Claire stop the world from a new deadly virus. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad altho it did feel pretty generic and just wasn't all that interesting in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Nicole Tompkins as Jill Valentine , Kevin Dorman as Chris Redfield and Matthew Mercer as Leon S. Kennedy , Stephanie Panisello as Claire Redfield , Power Rangers star and  legend Erin Cahill as Rebecca Chambers , Salli Saffioti as Ingrid Hunnigan , Daman Mills as Dylan Blake , Voice acting legend Cristina Vee as Maria Gomez , Frank Todaro as Antonio Taylor and Lucien Dodge as JJ.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in his very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of this films cast members turning in some really good performances which is to be expected as alot of this films cast members are a bunch of really good and really well known voice actors and so of course they are going to turn in some really performances in this film.

Doing the animation for this film is the true legends and the really greats that are currently over at Quebico. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films animation really blowing me away with just how good it well and truly was.

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

One of the things that I hated about this film is what they did to Jill Valentine as they turned her into somebody who is always right no matter what. To make things worse is the fact that they gave her the stereotypical side haircut which just makes her look like a girl boss type of a character and not an actual interesting character which is a shame because they do give an in story reason as to this sudden change in her character but they do nothing with that story which is a shame because the story behind her change which was she was basically brainwashed by Wesker into killing people could make for an interesting character arc but the film does nothing with it whatsoever which means that a great story arc just gets wasted for no reason whatsoever.

One of the things that you'd expect a zombie movie to be is scary and that's one of the things that this film sadly isn't for the most part. While yes we do get some jump scares in this film those re very rarely effective with them instead just being annoying and not scary all of which makes me wonder why the makers of this film just didn't bother to prioritize making this film scary as that would make your audience want to see your characters succeed instead all it does is take your audience out of the movie because it just reminds them that there really just watching a movie and nothing really of the more then that. 

One of the things that I was worried about was that some characters would get lost in the shuffle as there are quite a few main characters in this film. However for the most part that actually isn't the case with pretty much all of this films main cast of characters not only getting close to equal screen time but also having their own moment to sine in the films third act and the fact that all of the characters are teaming up is a smart way to give all of the characters equal screen time as it means that none of the characters are left with nothing to do.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets and forty three seconds. Which is a bit on the short side for this film as it means that alot of the films plot points and even the main villains big reveal doesn't really feel earned as the film doesn't really let them sink in and this is also true for the some parts of the films animation which moves far to quickly all because of the fact that the film has to hit it's next plot point in time but I will admit tho that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho so there's that at least.

So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action 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 action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really freaking cool. With the above picture being perhaps the coolest looking shot in the whole entire film and when your film is just filled to the brim of just really cool action scenes it really is saying something that one monster taking out a bunch of people in one shot is the coolest of them all in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while this film is quite easily better then both the live action Resident Evil Netflix TV series and Welcome To Raccoon City it's not as good as Degeneration was 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 that means that this very film earns 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 the official Resident Evil fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Image actually has images from this film up 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 Munsters "My Fair Munster" Review

 

It's been quite a while since I last spoke about anything to do with The Munsters and even longer when you take into account that i've have spoke about an episode of The Munsters TV series. Well as luck would have it I was looking for something horror related and well I thought it would be nice to talk about The Munsters some more and so then join me as I review the episode that I basically just an extended version of the shows unaired pilot with the episode in question being called simply just "My Fair Munster" enjoy.

The plot of this episode when another one of Marilyn's boyfriends run out on her Grandpa creates a love potion only it's not Marilyn that takes the love potion. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being very simply but enjoyably simple in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster , Al Lewis as Grandpa and Beverley Owen as Marilyn Munster. Also starring in this episode is Butch Patrick as Eddie Munster , Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster , John Fiedler as Warren Bloom , Claire Carleton as Yolanda Cribbins , Edward Mallory as Jack and Batman: The Animated Series and DCAU star Bob Hastings as The Voice Of The Raven.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that the actual actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very review was in all honesty not that bad. With the episodes cast turning in some really good performances for the most part as there some actors who just don't turn that good of a performance especially when compared to the rest of the cast members in this very episode.

As I stated at the start of this very review this film is basically an extended version of the shows first two unaired pilot episodes. With this episode even going as far as to copy scenes from the original unaired pilots which was something that I didn't really like all that much as all they did was remind of those pilot episodes but at the same time it is interesting to see what the pilot story would have been like it was a full twenty two minuet episode instead of only being somewhere around fifteen minuets in length.

There is one thing that really bugged me about this episode and that's the fact that even tho the love potion is meant to make two people fall in love with each other then why does it work on Herman and Lily who are already madly in love with each other. If anything the potion should have made them fall even more love with each other and have them acting so far out of character that it becomes comical as all they'd be doing is paying attention to each other which would open the episode up to alot of jokes just based of off what their doing.

Another issue that I have with this episode is despite the driving force behind the episodes plot Marilyn has next to nothing to do in this episode. She only appears in a small handful of scenes and that's it which is weird because the plot of the episode gets started because of her and she is the main driving force behind the episode and yet she's given nothing to do in the episode so much so that I wouldn't blame anyone if they forgot that she was even in this episode as the character just straight up disappears from the episode for a large portion of the episodes running time with the same thing also being true for Eddie as well.

This episode is a good episode to show of the family's family dynamic as we get to see just how much this family truly means to each other. With Herman showing concern that Marilyn can't find true love and Grandpa even making a love potion to help his niece out this is something that you don't get to really see in comedy shows anymore as alot of them just have the family be a dysfunctional family all of the sake of comedy but in doing that they don't make them a believable family unit where as this show and this episode goes out of it's way to show us that they really are a kind and loving family that really will do anything to make each other happy.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grad total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and twenty eight seconds. Which from what I can remember is pretty much the bog standard running time for an episode of this show to last and to this episodes credit it does take full advantage of it's running time and while I would have liked it if this episode was a tad bit longer if this episode was even five minuets longer it would be stretching an already thinly drawn out story even thinner but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in his very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that' actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of really funny jokes in it with alot of this episodes joking being very character driven and as such they feel like jokes that these characters would actually tell to each other and this episodes jokes are just straight up cute and funny jokes as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this wasn't that bad of an episode but that's also the issue as it wasn't that good of an episode either with this episode just dropping Marilyn who is central to the episodes plot and just doing things that don't add up or make sense in the grand scheme of things 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 episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns 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 Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Image actually has images from this film up 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