Dark Shadows Film Review

 

It's not unusual for a TV show to get adapted into a movie infact it's a shockingly common thing that is still going to this very day. However what alot of those shows have in common is the fact that they are all never based of off a soap opera well that is not the case for this film as this film was based of off a soap opera and so then join me as I review the film that proved that Johnny Deep just really doesn't make that good of a good vampire with the film n question being called simply just "Dark Shadows" enjoy.

The plot of this film us the first thing that's wrong with this film as this film has no plot so speak of whatsoever. Which is fine for an ongoing soap opera but when your a feature length film you need to have a plot as you don't have weeks upon weeks of television in order to tell your story you just have two hours and that's it and when you rob a film of it's story you also rob it of it's reason or being made which is very sadly the case of this film as the film just feels like it didn't need to be made and that comes down to the fact that the film itself has no plot to speak of which just makes this film rather pointless and aimless.

Starring in this film is Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins and Eva Green as Angelique "Angie" Bouchard. Also starring in this film is Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters / Josette Du Pres , Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard , Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman , Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins , Chloë Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard , Gully McGrath as David Collins , Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis , Ray Shirley as Mrs. Sarah Johnson and the late Sir Christopher Lee as Silas Clarney.

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. However that's also the issue as this films acting isn't all that good either which is a shame as we know that this films cast can turn in some good performances but they need a good script in order to do and sadly it's this films script that lets the actors down as this films script gives this actors and actresses absolutely nothing to work with interms of what their respective characters even are and so they can't turn in that good of a performance simply as this films script just really simply won't allow them all to do so.

If your like me then you most likely didn't know that this film was based of off the soap opera of the same name. With the series itself running between June 27th 1966 and ending it's run on April 2nd 1971 with the show having aired a whopping one thousand two hundred and twenty five episodes and while I can't tell if the show had any of it's storylines adapted for this film I can say that given that the show ran for as long as it did and given just how crazy the storylines on the show just from reading the shows wikipedia page I doubt that they adapted any of the shows storylines just to avoid any of the crazy and wacky storylines that were featured in the show itself.

This was firs time that Eva Green worked with director Tim Burton with the duo still making movies together. I have to admit that I was shocked to see that Eva Green was in this movie just because I haven't seen this movie in well over ten years but it's not really helped by the fact that her character much like all of the other characters in this movie are just forgettable which is a shame because she plays a really good villain with her character being one of the few characters that is actually fun to see in this movie and while her character is given some decent motivation what doesn't make sense is why she chose in the same town for centuries as her character never ages and the people in town just don't question it at all.

As a horror movie this film just straight up doesn't work as it's not scary and has no atmosphere to help to make it scary. Which shouldn't be the case as vampires are the easiest creature in the world to make scary and yet this film can't even make Johnny Depp's vampire character scary with his character particularly coming of the worst when it comes to the look of the characters as well as he just looks like a stereotypical Tim Burton character which doesn't make him unique nor does it help to make him scary and as the whole idea of the film rides on him being scary I really do think that alot more effort should have gone into making the actual film itself actually scary.  

If there was one word that I could use to describe this whole entire film it's forgettable because that's exactly what this film is. It's forgettable heck just last yea the film reached it's tenth anniversary and not alot of people where talking about this film and alot of what makes this film is the fact that it doesn't know what it wants to be as it will try telling a bad joke in one scene and then t'll try to be scary in the very next scene with nothing to ease the transition and so this film comes across as being a tonal mess and when you add in the fact that this film has no plot to speak of much like an episode of a soap opera then it's no wonder that this film has very largely been forgotten about by the larger film loving and horror loving world.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty three minuets and five seconds. Which for this film is far to long especially since for large portions of the films running nothing is happening as all we do is spend large portions of this films running time is spent just watching the characters just go about their day to day lives and while that's fine for the first couple of minuets it;s not fine when that's the overall majority of the films running time this is made somewhat worse when you realise that the first several minuets of the films running time is spent on a flashback scene that would have been much better used if it was cut up and used at various points in the films running time bu I will admit that this film does have some decent pacing to it tho with film for the most part just flying right on by.

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 really bad. With this film having alot more bad jokes then it does good jokes which is a shame because when this film tells a a somewhat decent joke it can be pretty funny it's just a shame then that the film is more focused on telling bad jokes then it is telling actually funny jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's not hard to see why this has largely been forgotten as it's not a very memorable film at all and because of that the film is doomed to be lost to sands of time in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the and bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 4.5 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 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.

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.

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

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

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Film Review

 

For some strange reason this year seems to be the year that horror icons are getting their own documentaries. As the Chucky franchise recently got one with the great Living With Chucky and now another icon of not just horror but cinema and TV as a whole has just released his very own documentary and so then join me as I review the film that proves playing a nightmare of a character like Freddy Krueger can turn into a dream acting career with the film in question being called simply just "Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story" enjoy.

As this is a documentary this film really doesn't have a plot to speak as all it is is Robert talking about his life and his career. This is something that I think both works for and against he film it works for the film as it gives you the chance to hear more about the this man who has terrified us for decades but it works against the film as large portions of his life are either skipped over or just straight up forgotten about which makes the film feel more like an adaptation of Robert Englund's Wikipedia page and nothing more then that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this film is Robert Englund , Eli Roth , Lance Henriksen , Amanda Wyss , Lin Shaye and Tony Todd. Also starring in this film is Monica Keena , Miko Hughes  , Heather Langenkamp , Andrew Divoff , Bill Moseley , Dennis Christopher , Tammy Lauren , Kane Hodder , Jill Schoelen , Kelly Jo Minter , Mick Garris , Tuesday Knight , Adam Green , Corey Taylor , Jeffrey Reddick , Dwight H. Little , Kenneth Johnson , Nathan Baesel , Michael Leavy , Janus Blythe , Gary Sherman , Steve Johnson , Danny Hassel , Diane Cary , Tim Sullivan , Peter Atkins , Bobby C. King , Bart Mixon , Andy Palmer , Michelle Zeitlin , Jaron Presant , David Stump , James Chressanthis , David J. Stieve and Jonathan Glendening.

As with Living With Chucky I really did like alot of the people that were interviewed for this film as alot them did have very unique things to say. However with that being said all of them praise Robert which granted is to be expected but at the same time tho it does get boring after awhile and while it's great to see alot of the cast not covering the same points as each other I just wish that they'd gotten more people from Robert's private live just so we the fans can hear about what he's like when he's not making a movie or a TV show.

As was to be expected he does cover the same old Star Wars story that he seems to cover which was to be expected. As much as I love hearing the story of how he told Mark Hamill to go in and audition for the role of Luke Skywalker it's a story that i've heard so many times now that it's become kind of a cliche to expect that story to show up in any documentary that Robert Englund appears in but I will admit I did enjoy the fact that he added to the story as he does say that he stole a piece of paper with the list of things that they were looking for in Luke Skywalker and that he auditioned for the role of Han Solo. 

I really did enjoy finding out about all of the other films that Robert Englund did both prior to and after A Nightmare On Elm Street. As it goes to show you just how much of a good actor he is as alot of films prior to being cast as Freddy Krueger were either drama's or comedies and you can just tell from the very brief clips of each films that they show that he had alot of fun making them as his charm really does shine through and it's hearing these stories that makes me want to check out more of his filmography.

What really saddened me was the fact that his father didn't fully get on board with him wanting to be an actor. Even when he started to become successful even tho his father did get to live through the rise of Freddy Krueger mania Robert himself says that him wanting to become an actor instead of a lawyer strained his relationship with his father even tho his mother was quite happy with him choosing to be an actor even tho she didn't get to live through Freddy Krueger mania but sadly he never mentions if he and his dad ever fully became close again but given that his dad appeared on set the day they were filming Freddy's death at the end of A Nightmare On Em Street 4: The Dream Master we can safely assume that they did mend there relationship at some point. 

For me this documentary would have been made better if we to see what Robert Englund the family man at home is like. As we have tons of DVD's and Blu-Rays to see what Robert Englund the entertainer is like and this would have given us a more dramatic hook as well as we'd get to see how the role of Freddy Krueger effected not only him but also his friends and his family as well which would have been more interesting then seeing people talk about alot of very little known films that as much as I hate to it just aren't that relevant to this films story.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly two hours and ten minuets and eleven seconds. Which for a documentary about one person's life is a bit on the long side even more so when you realise that this film feels like it's repeat on alot of the time with the film going interview and clip several times over and maybe just maybe you'll get some interesting facts or you'll find out about a film that you never knew about but I will however very much admit that this film does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as there are some comedy moments in this film that means that I have to 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 alot of this films comedy coming from seeing how Robert acted behind the scenes on some of his movies which was just a pure joy tom watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while I can't say that this documentary is better then either I Am Nancy or Living With Chucky for that matter I can say this film is a must watch for any fan of either Robert Englund or A Nightmare On Elm Street 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 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all f 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 Star Wars 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.