Carrie 2013 Film Review

 

There alot of Stephan King books out there that continue to get adaptation after adaption with IT being a chief example of that. However there is one of his books that has more adaptations then IT as that the book only really has two adaptations where as the film that i'm about to review today marks the third technically fourth adaptation of a book that really is truly creepy and so then join me as I review the film that really didn't need to be made in the slightest with the film in question being called simply just "Carrie" enjoy.

The plot of this film is teenage outcast Carrie White discovers that she has telekinetic powers and gets invited to a prom that both she and her hometown will remember forever. 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 al 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 but that's more due to the fact that the plot of the book is really good and I will admit that regardless of the quality of the adaptation this plot will always be really good and I will admit that this films plot was very entertaining for the most part in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Kick-A*s star Chloë Grace Moretz as Carrie White , Julianne Moore as Margaret White and Judy Greer as Miss Desjardin. Also starring in this film is Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell , Portia Doubleday as Chris Hargensen , Alex Russell as Billy Nolan , Baby Driver star Ansel Elgort as Tommy Ross , Barry Shabaka Henley as Principal Henry Morton , Zoë Belkin as Tina Blake , Karissa Strain as Nicki Watson , Katie Strain as Lizzy Watson , Samantha Weinstein as Heather Mason , Demetrius Joyette as George Dawson , Mouna Traoré as Erika Langton and Hart Bochner as John Hargensen.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this films cast turning in some really good performances however what lets thew acting down is the fact that you don;t just by Chloe Grace Moretz as Carrie White not because she's a bad actress because she's not but it's more due tot he fact that she's horribly miscast as the character and as such you don't just see the character all you do is see the actor and that is something that really does take you out of the film.

Doing the CGI for this film is Acme F/X and the legends and the really greats that are currently over at Mr. X. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured /  presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really bad with his films CGI being laughably bad at best which really shouldn't have been the case at all as alot of the stuff that they use CGI for should have been very easy to make look good even for a horror film released in 2013 and yet they somehow managed to turn in a film with really bad looking CGI effects.

This films just gets so much basic stuff wrong even from the first shot of the movie as they get rid of the opening of the 1976 original movie which  gave you a false of security and instead replaced it with a typical horror opening. On top of that they cat the wrong person as Carrie White not because Chloe Grace Moretz is a bad actress because she really isn't as she does turn in a good performance in this film but it's because he's far to good looking which goes against everything that Carrie White is as she is meant to be just an average looking girl who is just looking to get by day to day and yet with Chloe Grace Moretz that's gone out the window because all you have to do is take one look at her and you'll know that she belongs more with the popular kids and not as this social outcast character who has no friends to speak off.

There are things that are done better in the original film like the alot of the films death scenes for example. However at the same time this film does some things that are actually good like for example by having Chris an Billy play the video that Chris took of her bullying Carrie and having that play just after she drops the bucket of pigs blood on her that was a good idea as it really does hit home that no matter where Carrie goes in her life be it to school or at home she will always be seen as an outcast and that was something that I really did like and on top of that it also made sense to update that bit of the scene as well as that character in that time period would do something like that as she is a dreadful bully.

While they did do a decent job of updating some aspects the film like by having Chris film to bullying that Carrie goes through. The film could have done a tad but more like by having Carrie find out about the video while she using the internet at school but I will admit that is a very minor issue but what isn't is the fact that the film offers us no scares where as the original film had plenty of scares you could even make the case that the opening of the original film is pretty scary given what we know happens to Carrie later on in the film this is something that should have had alot more effort put into it as the film does have a spooky premise and yet the film doesn't take full advantage of that with the film instead feeling like something that would air on The CW instead of an actually creepy movie that is worthy of the Carrie name.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty minuets and fifty six seconds. Which is a tad bit on the long side for this film to have as the film really doesn't have alot of story to cover that large  amount of running time with the film having alot of stuff int that just feels like teen drama and padding as it's stuff that really doesn't effect the overall plot of the film where as if you compare that to the original film almost every single scene in that film is needed as it ether advances the plot or the characters where as in this film it just really felt like that they were really rushing alot to hit all of the plot points that we all know and really love without truly understanding why we liked them in the first place but I will admit that his film does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as 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 his 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 fairly bad. As alot of it just wasn't built up all that well especially when compared to either the book or the original film but I will admit that the signature prom scene was done really well altho the overuse of CGI in that scene did make it seem more laughable then it did out right scare when that shouldn't have been the case but when it got it right it really did get it right in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall while this remake is alot more enjoyable then what I thought that it would be it's not really as good as it really could or really eve should have been for that matter 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 ad as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.

Noe ten 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 Carrie 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 Images 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.

Five Night's At Freddy's Film Review

 

Video game movies used to be a huge joke in Hollywood with alot of them being just as bad as the one that came before it. Yet in recent years they've been getting better and better with Hollywood putting in alot more time and effort into actually creating an actually good video game movie and well we have yet another brand new video game movie out there for us all to watch and well I thought that i'd check this movie out and so then join me as I review the movie that sees a Scream legend make his grand return to the world of horror films with the film in question being called simply just "Five Night's At Freddy's" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when down on his luck Mike Schmidt gets a new job as a security officer at an run down kids restaurant he discovers the restaurant holds many deadly secrets. 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 al; honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty pretty bad as this films plot can best be described as being rather weak at best with the plot of the being so weak that it's hard to work out what the actual plot of the film actually is with this films plot also being rather dull and boring as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt , Piper Rubio as Abby and Elizabeth Lail as Vanessa. Also starring in this film is Mary Stuart Masterson as Aunt Jane , Kat Conner Sterling as Max , David Lind as Jeff , Christian Stokes as Hank , Joseph Poliquin as Carl , Grant Feely as Blonde Boy Ghost Kid , Asher Colton Spence as Hook Ghost Kid , David Houston Doty as Bunny Ears Ghost Kid , Liam Hendrix as Hat Ghost Kid , Jophielle Love as Blue-Eyed Girl Ghost Kid , Roger Joseph Manning Jr. as The Voice Of Foxy , Tadasay Young as Dr. Lillian , Lucas Grant as Garrett , Michael P. Sullivan as Doug and Matthew Lillard as Steve Raglan.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue as the acting in this film isn't that good either as while we do get some decent performances in this film we also get alot more bad performances and heck even Matthew Lillard who is usually really good and as is a good actor plays his role like he's playing a less twisted version of Stu of Scream which just isn't right for his role in this film and while Josh Hutcherson does try to turn in a good performance he ad the rest of this films cast for that matter just elevate this films bad and predictable script.

This film is of course based of off the 2014 video game of the exact game with even the creator of the game Scott Cawthon serving as this films co-writer and co-producer. I will admit that I have never and will never play any of the games but based of off the games Wikipedia page it seems like the games have no real plot to them at all which makes me wonder why they chose to make this movie outside of the games being popular for about five minuets which means that the film had to make up this boring plot which shouldn't have been the case as the games creator worked on writing the script for the movie and yet this boring plot was the best that they could come up with.

Not really helping things is the fact that this films characters just aren't really all that interesting in the slightest. With none of them having much in the way of a personality which is fine for the game as the game is told in the first person and so the gamer can make up the characters personalities but for the movie adaptation the makers of this film should have made the effort to give the characters some sort of personality which would help to make the characters actually likable instead of just having not even be cardboard cutout of characters as is the case with the characters in this film and while not having a personality does make sense for the animatronics it's something that well ever work for the films human characters.

For some strange reason this film was released not only in cinemas but also on Peacock on the exact same day. Which just doesn't work anymore as cinemas are now fully open and plus by releasing it the exact same day and date on Peacock without a paywall it means that the film won't be able to make as much money because given the choice between watching a movie for free in the comfort of your own home or paying to go and see that exact same movie alot of people are going to take the free option just because of the fact that it would mean that they could watch the movie in the comfort of their homes and while yes this movie is currently making alot of money at the box office it's not going to make as much as money as it perhaps could have done.

This movie does try to have get a romance going between Josh Hutcherson's character and Elizabeth Lail's character. Which is something that really doesn't work as the two characters really don't have any chemistry together whatsoever with the two actors feeling more like that they just met each other that day with this not really being helped by the fact that the film that there in really doesn't call for a romance to be added as there's no situation in which the romance could be fully developed in the slightest which means that the whole things just comes of as being rather half baked when it really didn't need to be.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty nine minuets and twenty eight seconds. Which really is such a long time for this film to have especially when you take into account that for large portions of this films running time nothing is happening to advance the overall plot of the film which wouldn't be a bad thing if they were developing the characters in any way but there not doing that instead all they are doing is just watching the characters just go abut their day to days lives and there's only is long that you can see that before you start getting bored which happens really quickly in this film with this no really being helped by the fact that the film has some pretty bad pacing to it.

So now then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. AS we do get to see some pretty creative kills but what really lets all of this films ills down is the fact that we don't get to see alot of the kills in this film with the camera panning away before we get to see what actually killed certain characters and while that approach worked for films M3gan for example for a film that based of off a horror video game they really should have shown us all of the kills in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this film really wasn't as fun as could or even should have been which is a shame because this film had all of the ingredients to be a really fun film and yet all we got was a rather depressing mess of a film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns 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 tat 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 Five Night's At Freddy's fandom wiki page , MP 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 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.

Masters Of Horror: Dance Of The Dead Review

 

Anthology TV shows really are a strange breed as even tho there have been plenty of them very few of them are horror related. However in 2005 that's exactly what we got and on top of that we also got episodes that were directed by some of the best legends in the world of horror however I sadly never got the chance to watch this show when it was first airing well that now all changes as i've just watched my very first episode of the show and so then join me as I watch the episode that really is a let down when you take into account who is directing this episode with the episode in question being called simply just "Dance Of The Dead" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is a girls life is forever turned upside down when she has the chance to find out what really happened to her missing sister. Now then interms off what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honest 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 not that bad but that's sadly also the issue as the plot for this episode wasn't all that good either with the plot being really weak at best and with it just coming and going as and when it chooses which only served to make the episode feel boring in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Jessica Lowndes as Peggy , Genevieve Buechner as Young Anna and Jonathan Tucker as Jak. Also starring in this episode is Margot Berner as Marie , Ryan McDonald as Boxx , Marilyn Norry as Kate , Lucie Guest as Celia , Sharon Heath as Gerri , Horror icon Robert Englund as The MC , Erica Carroll as Mia , Don MacKay as Steven and Karen Elizabeth Austin as Quinn.

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's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With alot of the episodes cast turning in some decent performances which is something that really did shock me as alot of the episodes cast members are unknown actors and so to expect good acting from them wouldn't have made sense and yet that's exactly what we got as all of the actors in this very really did turn in performances that were really good but the actors are very sadly let down by the episodes poor script.

This episode really does go to show you just how versatile of an actor that Robert Englund really is as he goes from charming to sinister all within the exact same scene in this episode. This was something that I really did like about the episode as it reminds us that some of the actors and actress that star in horror films can also be some genuinely really good actors and that's something that sadly not alot of people are going to see as alot of the mainstream audiences won't watch their movies for various reasons be it because it's not being released into theaters or because it's not being released by a very well known studio and as such alot of them will miss out some truly good actors just blowing us all away with their performances.

The best way that I can describe this episode is that it's a cross between the TV show Blood Drive and the Mad Max film series only done on a really small budget. As there are alot of things in this episode that are very similar to things that appear in Blood Drive and heck even Robert Englund's MC character is very similar to The MC character in Blood Drive even down to them being very charismatic characters that have a dark secret and I have to wonder if Blood Drive was at the very least partially inspired by this episode as the things that are similar are just to much of a coincidence for them not to be done on purpose but if your going to be inspired by anything then you might as well be inspired by something that Tobe Hooper directed.

According to Dread Central this episode is Tobe Hooper at his best and on that I have to respectfully disagree. As this episode is just flat boring and uninspired and while yes the episode is very well directed to say that this is Hooper at his best when it's quite clearly not just isn't right especially since the director himself hasn't really made anything that's him just let loose since Texas Chainsaw Massacre just isn't right as this episode is a sign of Tobe Hooper needing to slow things down as he's just not able to make this episodes script work anymore which is something that the Tobe Hooper of the seventies ad the eighties would have been able to do and not only that he would have made a feature length film and a good film at that. 

This episode is written by Richard Christian Matheson and is based of off the short story by his own father Richard Matheson. This seems like an episode that reads better as a short story as then you have however many pages you need to tell the story where as here you only have one hour to tell the exact same story and because of that alot of things do suffer because of it like the fact that all of the episodes characters aren't fully developed at all with all of the characters coming across as being very one dimensional which doesn't make them interesting characters with this this not really being helped by the fact that none of the episodes characters are likable both of these tho are issues that may or may not be fixed in the original short story.

 Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty eight minuets and forty seconds. Which both works for and against this episode it works for this episode as the episode doesn't really have alot of plot to over that large amount of running time to begin with but it works against the film as it means that the characters can't be fully developed and a threat can't be fully established as the episode has to rush along to the next plot point but it does so with such bad editing that all it does is leave us the audience wondering what's even going on on screen which is something that really should have been fixed but I will admit that this episode does have some fairly solid pacing to it tho.

So now then as this i a horror show that means that I ave tom actually talk about he actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode 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 episode was in all honesty really bad. With this episode not really being scary in the slightest which shouldn't be the case at all as the episodes director knows how to scare people and he knows how to make things scary and yet for this episode he just doesn't bother to make anything scary and heck there's not even a jump scare in this episode because that's how lacking this episode is in the scare department in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while on paper this episode should have worked as it does have alot of things that should have made it work for one reason or another this episode just doesn't work at all 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 i this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns 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 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 Images 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.

Twilight Zone: The Movie Film Review

 

There are alot of movies both horror and none that I haven't seen yet with today's film being one such film. Heck i'm not even sure if this film can even be classed as a horror film as it has a segment in it that isn't horror and has noting to do with horror but i'm only classing it as a horror film as both Google and IMDB have this film classed as a horror film and so then join me as I review the film that brought together the likes of directors John Landis , Steven Spielberg , Joe Dante and George Miller with the film in question being called simply just "Twilight Zone: The Movie" enjoy.

As this is an anthology film it really doesn't have a plot to speak off instead having four segments with their plot with three of which being full on remakes ( Segment Two "Kick the Can" , Segment Three "It's a Good Life" and Segment Four "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"). With only the films first segment being a partial remake of the episode "Back There" which I think is a good thing to do as the original show was an anthology and with this film it's quite clearly obvious from how this film is being done that all four filmmakers were fans of the original TV series with it only making sense that they would instead openly choose to remake three of the shows most popular episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Vic Morrow as Bill Connor , Doug McGrath as Larry and Charles Hallahan as Ray. Also starring in this film is Scatman Crothers as Mr. Bloom , Bill Quinn as Leo Conroy , Martin Garner as Mr. Weinstein , Selma Diamond as Mrs. Weinstein , Helen Shaw as Mrs. Dempsey , Murray Matheson as Mr. Agee , Peter Brocco as Mr. Mute , Priscilla Pointer as Miss Cox , Scott Nemes as Young Mr. Weinstein , Tanya Fenmore as Young Mrs. Weinstein , Evan Richards as Young Mr. Agee , Laura Mooney as Young Mrs. Dempsey , Christopher Eisenmann as Young Mr. Mute , Kathleen Quinlan as Helen Foley , Jeremy Licht as Anthony , Kevin McCarthy as Uncle Walt , Patricia Barry as Mother , William Schallert as Father , Nancy Cartwright as Ethel , Dick Miller as Walter Paisley , Cherie Currie as Sara , Bill Mumy as Tim , Jeffrey Bannister as Charlie , John Lithgow as John Valentine , Abbe Lane as Sr. Flight Attendant , Donna Dixon as Jr. Flight Attendant , John Dennis Johnston as The Co-Pilot , Larry Cedar as The Gremlin , Charles Knapp as The Sky Marshal , Christina Nigra as A Little girl , Eduard Franz as An Old man , Jeffrey Weissman as A Young Man , Albert Brooks as The Driver , Dan Aykroyd as The Passenger and The Ambulance Driver and Burgess Meredith as This Films Narrator.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast turning in some really good performances which really shouldn't be all that surprising given not only who is starring in the film but also given the fact that each of this films fours directors knows how to get a really good performances out of their cast with the same thing also being true for the films kid actors as well.

Doing the animation for this film is the really very little and mostly known animation studio Bo Gehring Associates. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film ell 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 being rather cheap looking but in this case that's not a bad thing as it adds to the char of the animation rather then take away from it with this films animation even getting one of the films scares as well.

This film is of course an adaptation of the classic nineteen fifty nine series of the exact same name with this film fully remaking three of the shows most well known episodes and partially adapting another one. This is to me the best way to adapt an anthology series as an anthology series doesn't have a plot to them which would make it hard to make it into a movie which only leaves you with one option and that's by going the route that the went with with this film and it's route that works out really well as it gives you a good example of what the show was like at it's best which means that if you haven't seen an episode of the show then this movie is a great way to dip your toes in with this show to see if you'll like it or not.

Instead of being a straight up remake of the show this film is instead an homage to the show even using the shows creator Rod Serling's original season one opening narration at the end of the movie. Along with using some of the shows original stars in different roles this is something that only serves to prove that all four directors of this movie were fans of the original show in some way shape or form as that is something that you wouldn't do if you didn't grow up watching whatever it is that your adapting for a movie and it's that kind of love that just oozes out of every single frame of this movie and makes the movie feel like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone.

I have to admit that it was really easy for me to tell which segment was directed by Steven Spielberg as he chose a really whimsical and sentimental story to remake. Which isn't a bad thing but given that this is the same guy that directed Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and Raiders Of The Lost Ark I would have liked it to see him direct one of the films more scarier segments instead of just going down the route that you expect him to him down don't get me wrong his segment and all four segments are for the most really well made but it would have been interesting to see him tackle an episode that scares the living daylights out of people instead f one that makes them feel all warm and fuzzy inside as that would ave been interesting to see.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty one minuets and sixteen seconds. Which is a great running time for this film to have as this film doesn't have a plot to speak of and yet even so I felt that this film could have had some longer segments in it just to hit home some of the man points of the story and while I do fully understand why the first segment ends that way it does that is one of the stories that really does suffer from having a lack of an ending which is a shame as it was a really strong opening story for this film to have and it's helps that this film really does have some fairly solid pacing to it.

So ow then as this sis 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. With this film having some really good and creepy moments heck the remake of "It's A Good Life" is a really creepy segment that's filled to the brim with some pretty scary visuals that look genuinely really creepy with that segment also lending itself really well to a creative death scene that isn't that good even it is kind of lame death scene but is still really creative in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this wasn't that bad a movie and it's one that I highly recommend to people who haven't an episode of the original,Twilight Zone just to dip their toe and see if this show is for them or not with this film being a good example of the show when it was at it's best 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 i this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 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 The Twilight Zone 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 Images 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 Exorcist: Believer Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

 

It seems that the current trend in horror cinema is to revisit old horror films by doing not a remake but a direct sequel and with the recent Halloween trilogy being a hit. We now have that film trilogy's writer and director David Gordon Green back to fill in the same shoes for another classic horror movie only this is one that hasn't really been touched at least film wise since the nineteen nineties and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that really tries to copy the formular layed out by Halloween 2018 with the film in question being called simply just "The Exorcist: Believer" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when two best friends start acting differently it's up to their parents to figure out what's happening to hem and save their lives before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that'd 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 but that's also the issue as this films plot wasn't all that god with this films plot being at best boring and cliche and terrible at it'd worst in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil , Leslie Odom Jr. as Victor Fielding and Ann Dowd as Ann. Also starring in this film is Jennifer Nettles as Miranda , Norbert Leo Butz as Tony , Lidya Jewett as Angela Fielding , Olivia Marcum as Katherine , Okwui Okpokwasili as Dr. Beehibe , Raphael Sbarge as Don Revans , Danny McCarthy as Stuart , E.J. Bonilla as Father Maddox and Tracey Graves as Sorenne Fielding.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast turning in some really good performances which wasn't really all that shocking as this films writer and director David Gordon Green really does know how to get a good performance out of his cast but the cast aren't really helped by the fact that this films script just isn't that good and so they can;t real;y turn in a good performance as this films script just won't allow for it.

For the absolute life of me I cannot find out anywhere online which companies actually did the CGI for this film. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really bad with this film using far to much CGI when practical effects not only would have been cheaper to use but they also would look really better as practical effects always look better then CGI making things worse is the fact that this film makes alot of use of CGI and so you can quite clearly tell when there using CGI.

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

I left a name of this review when I was listing who was starring in this movie with that name being Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil. With it being the fact that she was in this movie that made me turn this review into a SPOILER FILLED review sadly tho she's only in the movie for one scene near the end of the movie but considering that for a long time it looked like that we weren't even getting her in the movie at all i'd gladly take just one scene over nothing and with there already at least two confirmed sequels to be development this one scene could now lead to her having a main starring role in one of the two sequels.

This film does try to keep the theme of family that was present in the first film but it fails to do as the family in the first film was built up over time. Which just simply isn't the case with this film as withing the first twenty or so minuets of this film the girls have already been processed and we had so little time with them and their respective families and so that theme of family gets lost as we don't get to see that much of how they act when there with their family which is odd as when we do get one of those scenes they are some really good scenes but there so few and far between and they add very little to the girls characters or to their parents characters.

This film is trying so hard to recapture the magic of the first film that it forgets to be it's own thing be it from recreating shocking scenes from the first movie in this one to openly mocking lines of the first films dialog. All of which make the movie feel alot, more like a bad fan fiction as there's nothing unique to this film outside of the core concept of having two people getting possessed and that's not really enough as more doesn't always mean better the first film understood that and gave us unique concepts and ideas that changed the world of horror that we are to this very day still seeing where this film is just copying what other more recent horror films have dine and not doing any thing new or unique with it's themes or ideas.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty four minuets and fifty six seconds. If the first film had the problem of being far to long then this film has the opposite problem as it's far to short and as a result of that the film has no time to build up tension or dread as the film has to rush along to it's next plot point and jump scare but I will give the film this it does makes the most of that running time and it does have more then enough there interms of plot to cover that amount of running time it would have really helped the film tho if it took it's time a bit more tho just to let tension and dread build up which would made the scares mire effective and I will admit that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual horror that's actually featured // presented tom 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 but that's also the issue as it wasn't all that god either. As this films horror could get pretty creepy in parts but because of the fact that there's no tension or a sense of dread both of which was oozing in the first film the scares that this film does have aren't scary as they perhaps could have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!

Overall this film had all of the potential to be a really good film but instead just couldn't reach that potential as all it did was copy what other recent horror films of this kind have been doing and that's really it 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 earns that this very film earns 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 this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and and gentleman I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from 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 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 Exorcist 1973 Film Review

 

When it comes to cinema there are so few horror films that can actually have some weight to the claim that they are the scariest film ever made. Well the film that i'm about to review for you all today is one such film as even tho i've never seen this film before this review I can now truly see why many claim this film to be one of the scariest films ever made and with the new film coming out in just a few short days I thought that now was the absolutely right time to check this film and so then join me as I review the film that made Linda Blair a household name with the film in question being called simply just "The Exorcist" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a mother finds out that her daughter is processed she sets about getting this evil spirit out of her daughter with the help of two priests. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with the plot being alot better then what I thought that it would be as well as being alot more engaging then what I thought that it would be as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil , Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil and Max Von Sydow as Father Lankester Merrin. Also starring in his film is Lee J. Cobb as Lieutenant William F. Kinderman , Kitty Winn as Sharon Spencer , Jack MacGowran as Burke Dennings , Jason Miller as Father / Dr. Damien Karras, S.J. , Father William O'Malley as Father Joseph Dyer , Barton Heyman as Dr. Samuel Klein , Peter Masterson as Dr. Barringer , Rudolf Schündler as Karl , Vasiliki Maliaros as Mrs. Karras , Titos Vandis as John , Wallace Rooney as Bishop Michael , Ron Faber as Chuck and The Voice of Pazuzu , Donna Mitchell as Mary Jo Perrin , Dick Callinan as Captain Billy Cutshaw and Mercedes McCambridge as The Voice of Pazuzu.

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 n this very film was in all honesty really good. With this this films acting being alot better then what I thought that it would be and what really helps the acting is not only the fact that this films cast are a bunch of genuinely really good actors and actresses but also the fact that this films script is really good and so all the cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and good performance will come out of them naturally.

Of course this film is adapted from the 10971 novel of the exact same name which was also written by this films writer and producer William Peter Blatty. From what little information I can gather about both the book and the film this film adaptation is a very faithful adaptation of the book which is something that you very rarely get to see but it's something that does make sense when you take into account that the books author was heavily involved with getting this movie made even like I said writing the films screenplay and producing the film himself but there is a downside to that and that is the fact that this film does have alot of scenes that don't add to the plot or it's characters and are scenes that could have been left out the film as a whole.

To me what is key to making this film work is the relationship between Chris and Regan as without you buying the as a mother and daughter all the creepy stuff that happens later on in the film just doesn't mean all that much. This is why the early scenes with them just being a mother and daughter are key to making this film because it's due to those scenes that we get to buy into them as a mother and daughter which means that when Chris gets scared we get scared and when Regan is finally free from her possession at the end of the film we feel joy to finally them together again and all of that just wouldn't be possible if we couldn't buy them as a mother and daughter.

As seems to be par the course it seems with the rest of this franchise this film suffered from production issues. From actors getting injured to actors dying anything that could happen during the production of this movie most likely did happen so much so that it led many to believe that the film was cursed which just goes to show you that alot of possession films are cursed as the same thing also happened during the making of the Poltergeist movies as well which does make me wonder if both films were indeed cursed as having those events happen on one film could just be a freak of nature but having it happen on two separate films that just seems like to much of a coincidence for it not to be true in someway shape or form. 

As much as I really do love this and as much as alot of the shots in this film belong on the OnePerfectShot X account. This film was incredibly boring with alot of scenes being in their not to add to the plot of the movie but just being in their just because the makers of the film wanted them in their which did make the film feel like a chore a sit through and while this film really does earn the title of one of the scariest films ever made just due to hoe hyped up this film has been over the decades it just wasn't all that creepy or scary and while the makers of the film can't stop the fans from talking about the film they really could have added alot more scenes in the film that do really add to the overall plot of the film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and twelve minuets and twenty one seconds. As yes I am doing this review based of off the directors cut of the movie but even with that mind this film is far to long then what it really needs to be with the opening twenty minuets not adding anything to the overall plot of the film and it's those twenty minuets that are just so boring to watch and to sit through and I get it you have to sit through the boring stuff in order for the scary stuff to make sense but the those opening twenty minuets are just so dull and boring and when you also add in the fact that this film really doesn't have alot of story there to cover that large amount of running time it makes you wonder why the makers of this film chose to make this film really as long as it is with this not really being helped by the fact that this film really does have some pretty bad pacing to it.

So now then as this is a horror film that means 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 were in all honesty not that bad. With this film having some genuinely creepy moments in it but to me what makes this film scary isn't Regan turning head all the way around or Regan doing a spider walk but the very idea of a loved one becoming possessed by something that is truly evil and not being able to do anything to help them and it's that very idea that makes this film a really creepy and at times scary film for me in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall while I can see why alot of people really do like this film and while I am glad to have finally seen this film it was just a really dull film and at times a very boring film as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at lest. ow 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 earns 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 al of the images tat I personally used in this review from Wikipedia , 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 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.