Dark Shadows Episode One Review

Soap operas are a form of TV show that is very easy to make and very cheap to make as well as you don't need a huge budget to make a soap opera. Yet for some strange reason there's only been one horror soap opera ever made this is despite the fact that the horror itself is pretty much perfect for the soap opera format as you can spend alot of time building up to a scare by having a creepy episode choke full of them before restarting the process all over again and so then join me as I review episode one of the show that is to date the only horror themed soap opera ever made with the show in question being called simply just "Dark Shadows" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is young Victoria Winters finds herself heading to a new job in a mansion in Collinsport, Maine where the job itself will change her life forever. 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 not that bad as this is a soap opera the story of course doesn't end with this episode but instead ends months later but as for the plot of this episode it was something that was really well done with the plot itself doing a good job of building up suspense not only for the mansion but also the Collins family as whole whilst at the same time being the kind of plot that you really wouldn't expect a soap opera to have as they typically have more lighter plots and the plot for this episode is anything but that and that is something that really does work well enough in this episodes favor as it helps to set this show apart from all pf the other soap operas out there with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters and Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. Also starring in this episode is Mitchell Ryan as Burke Devlin , Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins , Joseph Julian as Wilbur Strake , Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs Hopewell , Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans , Jane Rose as Mrs Mitchell , Conrad Bain as Mr. Wells , Katherine Bruce as Sandy , Alfred Hinckley as The Train Conductor , Bob O'Connell as Bob Rooney and Tom Murphy as The Chauffeur.

Now then interms of what 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. Which is pretty much on par with the acting in alot of soap opera but at the same time tho the acting in this episode was also alot better then what it really had any right to be as this episodes cast members only had one take to get the scene perfect and from an acting point of view that's really hard to do and yet they did it and it's because of that they they really did nail there characters perfectly which was something that not only wasn't expected but also something that wasn't needed as this was only the first episode of the show and as a result of that is the fact that it would have been foolish to expect good acting in this episode and yet that's exactly what we got with the acting in his episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode was just so good that all this episodes cast really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's really in this very episode.

One of the biggest strengths of this episode is the fact that it really does full advantage of the soap opera format by using to build up suspense all throughout the episode. With the episode spending alot of it's building up just how creepy the Collins family and there mansion are which is something that does work in this episodes favor as now we the audience have a reason to scared for Victoria without actually seeing why the townsfolk are saying these things which is something that does play into the soap opera aspect of the show as this is a soap opera then the show doesn't have to reveal everything right in episode one it can take it's time to build things up and make them alot more of a bigger deal which is something that this episode does and does in a way that feels natural and organic as of course the townsfolk would be talking about this family and it makes you wonder f what they say is true or not or if there actually making things alot more lighter then what things actually are which is something that would be really interesting.

This episode does a fairly solid job of setting up it's central mysteries that would last for the shows first few months of airing. With there being the mystery of who Victoria's birth parents are , who the Collins family are and why Burke Devlin wants revenge on them all of which are mysteries that play out over the shows first few months or airing and all of which are things that are really well set up in this episode as the episode gives you enough to make you want to watch the next episode but it doesn't give you to much that it makes it super easier for you all to work them all out before the episode reveals them with this most likely being due to the fact that each episode was produced on a weekly basis think South Park but live action which means that if a character is liked by fans in the one episode then the makers of the show can include that character in the next episode and give them alot of scenes as well something that just wouldn't be possible today as shows are produced months in advance and yet because of the fact that this show was produced on a weekly basis it means that the show could tackle things that are happening in real life America.

While this episode does get quite alot of things right it does also get quite alot of things wrong as well as the episodes characters aren't that well defined. Which while that is something that does make sense as this is a weekly soap opera show and as such it would have been foolish to expect the characters to come across as being fully formed characters they still need a place to go as characters and yet because of the fact that the episode is more focused on setting up the plot of these first two hundred plus episodes it means that the characters don't get alot of chances to fully establish who they are as a characters this isn't helped by the fact that the episode does feature quite alot of flashbacks which does do a solid job of setting up the fact that Victoria is bit of a dreamer who is always day dreaming but at the same time tho those scenes also take away screen time that could have used to help to establish other characters in the episode and not just help to give one of the shows characters some personality with alot of the flashbacks not even adding anything to the actual plot of the episode and as a result of that is the fact that they just come across as being filler when the episode really didn't need filler scenes added to it.

The other thing that this episode gets wrong is the fact that it doesn't really set up the townsfolk all that well either. Which again given that this is a soap opera does somewhat make sense but at the same time there meant to the shows supporting cast and yet we the audience aren't really given a reason to care for them as apart from Mr. Wells who does come across as someone who doesn't really believe that Burke Devlin is there to do anything bad even tho he outright yells at Mr. Wells alot of the time and straight up acts like an antagonist towards him whilst also acting like a hero and a kind person towards Victoria with the other thing that the episode gets kind of wrong is the fact that it doesn't really set up the Collins family which in this case does kind of work to the episodes advantage as we get to here about them through other people and as a result of that is the fact that we get to build them up n our heads and while we do get two scenes with two of them at the start and the end of episode what we do get to see from them does make them seem like an odd family.

Now then this episode has / had a exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty seven seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and to this episode this episode really does have the absolutely right amount of plot to really cover that right amount of running time which makes it odd that the episode would include alot of flashback scenes as all but one of them add nothing to the plot of the episode and come across as being like a filler scene when the episode really doesn't need any kind of filler in it as the episode works well enough with it's current running time and and even if that wasn't the case and they wanted to add in an extra scene this is a soap opera and as a result of that is the fact that you don't really need alot of plot to cover whatever running time that the show typically has as all you need is just the bare amount of plot to cover that amount of running time which makes it all the more shocking when it turns out with this episode that it has more plot and really could have been longer but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual horror 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 horror that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. As even tho there really isn't anything that's all that creepy and scary in this episode which is to be expected as this is only the first episode of the show what the show does really well is create tension and it doesn't let you go all throughout the episode running time and as a result of that is the fact that we the audience are practically begging for a scare not because this is a bad show but because of the fact that it would mean that the tension would be dropped if even for a minuet and yet at the exact same time not having anything that's all that creepy in it an argument could be made for the actual Collins family being the creepiest thing in the episode just due to how well built up that there in the episode which makes them come across as being really creepy and scary in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it's very easy to see why this shown was as good as it was as this show and this episode is very addictive as you just have t watch the next episode just to see what happens with this episode also being a really good and a really solid first episode despite alot of faults 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 really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got al of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , the official The Dark Shadows fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this episode being Google Images really simply because Google Images actually has images from this episode really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really 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 really end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Longlegs Film SPOILER FREE Film Review

Independent horror seems to be having one heck of year with all of the best horror films that are coming out this year coming from independent film studios. Well now there's another one out there with this one having the advantage of having a huge name who is on his way back to the top not only starring in this film but also serving as one of it's producers as well and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE review of the film that gives us a new creepy villain with the film in question being called simply just "Longlegs" enjoy.

The plot of this film is FBI agent Lee Harker is assigned the task of tracking down a killer who has evaded being caught for many years and has a connection to Harker herself. Now the 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 hood while the plot of the film is really nothing new as it does come across as being inspired by The Silence Of The Lambs this film does put enough new aspects into the plot that it makes it come across as being new and refreshing again with the plot of the film being a genuinely creepy plot that does indeed have plenty of twists and turns in it that keeps us the audience on the edge of our seats all through the films running time all and as a result of that is the fact that the pot of this film does come across as being a really good plot with the plot of this film being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is It Follows star Maika Monroe as Lee Harker and Blair Underwood as Agent Carter. Also starring in this film is Alicia Witt as Ruth Harker , Michelle Choi-Lee as Agent Browning , Dakota Daulby as Agent Horatio Fisk , Kiernan Shipka as Carrie Anne Camera , Jason Day as Father Camera , Lisa Chandler as Mother Camera , Ava Kelders as Ruby Carter , Rryla McIntosh as An adult Ruby Carter , Carmel Amit as Anna Carter , Peter James Bryant as A Senior FBI Agent and one of this films producers Nicolas Cage as Longlegs.

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 all of this films actors really turning in some really good performances which whilst is not entirely surprising given that alot of this films actors are a bunch of really good actors in there own it is still surprising as well as alot of this films actors are also a bunch of unknown actors and as a result of that is the fact that it would been foolish to expect a good performance from them given that alot of them really haven't been in anything major until now with all of them more then holding there own when it comes to acting against Nicolas Cage who continues his streak of good performances with this film as he really is on top form with this film with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out pf them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.

Just like alot of really great horror films this one does also give us a really creepy main villain in Nicolas Cage's Longlegs. With this films villain being a really creepy villain as we get to see the lengths that he's willing to go to get to his targets in a mental way and the fact that Nicolas Cage is willing to go and turn in an over the top performance during certain parts of the film only serve to make the character alot more creepier then what he would have been if those lines were said with a performance that wasn't over the top and while yes this villain won't be as iconic as say Freddy Krueger or Micheal Myers for example interms of the more modern day villain this is one that is more then capable of having his own sets of fans just due to the fact that he is a really creepy villain that just from his look alone does have a unique look to him which is something that alot of horror villain these days are missing and even the fact that this films villain acts kind of like a stalker at points whilst that is nothing new thanks to Micheal Myers basically doing the exact same thing it is something that really does make him a really creepy villain in this film.

One of this films TV spots has the gall to say that it was just as good as The Silence Of The Lambs this is a huge thing to say. Just given how good that that film is and after seeing this film and having never seen The Silence Of The Lambs it's something that really isn't true however it is quite clear tho the film does take some inspiration from The Silence Of The Lambs as everything from the plot to even the characters feel like that they take inspiration from The Silence Of The Lambs as Maika Monroe's character Lee Harker takes inspiration from Clarice Starling and Longlegs himself taking at the very least some inspiration from Dr. Hannibal Lector and on top of that the plot of both films are strikingly similar to one another which given the set up of this film and the set up of The Silence Of The Lambs isn't a very hard thing to notice and it's something that could also be said for a lot of horror films that also have the set up of an FBI agent trying to track down a serial killer as that set up is a really very thing to do as.

While the film does try to create a mystery over who Longlegs is it's thankfully doesn't keep it going as it's painfully obvious who it is. Just due to the fact that he's being played by Nicolas Cage and yet at the exact same time the film doesn't suffer because of it instead it thrives as it adds another layer to the film as now we the audience are left wondering not only when this films villain will strike next but also who will be his next victim and have to work things out at the exact same time that Lee is working things out as well and as a result of that is when she reaches big revelation in the case it is something that really does come as a big shock as we the audience are there with her one hundred percent of the time and that is something that does make the film really good as a mystery film not having a key mystery would usually be a sign that the film is bad here it works because the makers of the film know that Nicolas Cage is a very recognisable name who has a very recognisable face and as a result of that the makers of this film chose to put more of an effort into creating good scares instead of creating a really good mystery.

It's not all good tho as while the films main characters are really well handled what isn't handled all that well are the films supporting cast of characters. With alot of them being very one dimensional characters which does make it hard to tell them apart from one another with this not really being helped by the fact that alot of them do disappear from the film for large portions of the films running and as a result of that is the fact that the films supporting characters don't have a chance to become memorable which in some ways does make alot of sense as you don't go to a film to see the supporting characters you go to see the main characters but at the same time tho the main cast of characters are only as good as the supporting characters as Batman is only as good as Alfred is and yet here because the supporting characters aren't that well written the main cast of characters just across as feeling incomplete like there all missing something but it's hard to work what it is and that's something that could have been fixed if the supporting characters were given alot more focus that what they were given in this film with this being made all the more worse when you take into account that alot of the films key supporting characters actually play a huge part in the films plot and yet because there not given alot of focus we the audience have no reason to care about them nor do we want to see them come out of this film alive and well either.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty seven minuets and one second. Which is a solid running time for this film to have as the film really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount running time but at the same time this film would have been better off if it was longer and if it did have a slightly longer running time as that would allow for more focus to be given on the films characters and on the films mystery as well as then there could have been some build up as to who Longlegs is and as to what his deal is instead of having them both just come out of nowhere and having the characters not act like there a big deal when they really are this could also help the films supporting characters become alot more developed as characters which would make us the audience care for them alot more then what we already do which is something that really would help out in the long run as well but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film were in all honesty really good. As while yes the film does relay far to much on jump scares which is the easiest scare to have that is something that really does work well enough in this films favor that you do kind of forgive the film for having them as the film does take the time to build up it's tension not only in the lead up to a jump scare but also in the immediate aftermath of a jump scare as well which is something that makes all the difference as alot of horror films like this will just build up tension before the scare and not do anything after it where with this film they let the scare stay with you for a little while before then moving on to do it all over again with the next scare which is something that really does help the scares in this film be lot more creepier and scarier then what they really had any right to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall this film along with alot of horror films that have been released so fay this year really does prove that if you want to see a good quality horror film then you shouldn't look at what the major studios are doing you should be looking at what the smaller independent studios doing with this film being a really good example of that 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 this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images really simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really 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 really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

MaXXXine Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

To say that this year has been a really good year for independent horror films would be a huge understatement. With one of the best independent horror films to come out in the past few years being 2022's X a film that was so popular that a prequel was produced not long after X had finished filming and with both of those films being massive hits at the box office it was only about time that we returned to the world of X and well now two years later the sequel to X is now finally here and so the join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the film that sees Maxine Minx take on another slasher villain with the film in question being called simply just "MaXXXine" enjoy.

The plot of this film is several years after the events of X adult film star Maxine Minx finds herself auditioning for a role in a horror film while she also has to content with a new killer on the loose one that knows Maxine a little to well. 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 n all honesty really good as the plot of this film does a good job of setting up where the Maxine character is in a way that feels true to who that character is as well as giving us a plot that whilst might have been alot more better off if it was made in the nineties was still fresh and different enough from all of the horror films that there that it can kind of get away with being a bit more dated in some respects with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is this films producer Mia Goth as Maxine Minx and Elizabeth Debicki as Elizabeth Bender. Also starring in this film is Moses Sumney as Leon , Michelle Monaghan as Det. Williams , Bobby Cannavale as Det. Torres , singer Halsey as Tabby Martin , Lily Collins as Molly Bennett , The Mandalorian star Giancarlo Esposito as Teddy Knight , Kevin Bacon as John Labat and Simon Prast as The Televangelist.

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  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 considering who is starring in this film really isn't all that new nor surprising either alot of this films cast really do know how to turn in a really good performance and as was per-usual for this franchise that's exactly what we got with all of this films cast members turning in some really good performances it goes without saying tho that the true standout performer in this film is quite easily Mia Goth who is just a joy to watch in this film as she manages to portray the loneliness that a character like Maxine would have been feeling due to the events of X and still make her a likable character that you want to root for with the acting in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this films cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.

What was unexpected is the fact that this film does portray the Hollywood film industry of the nineteen eighties in way that's true to how it most likely would have been. As the hollywood in this film is presented as a place that's where dreams are made of and where all you need is one lucky break to make it something which isn't in alot of horror films or films in general as alot of those films tell us that Hollywood is a place that's full to the brim of sleezy people and while yes that might have been true in the eighties as well it's not something that's focused on in this film as the Hollywood in this film is presented as a place that feels alot more real and lived in and while yes there are hints of that sleezy nature in this film it's not really something that's given a whole lot of focus on in this film with it being done really alot more in the background as we do get some of that sleezy nature with the more real Hollywood being at the forefront which is how it should be as it's something that really hasn't been seen before now.

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

This film does try to do the Scream type of slasher film by having a mystery surrounding who the main villain actually. However whereas that was built into the very DNA of the Scream films it was something that's never been in any of the X films and as a result of that is the fact that it really does come out nowhere with the actual mystery itself not being that well handled as the film really doesn't give you any clues to work out who the main killer of the film actually is and as a result of that is the fact that unless you've seen X then when it's revealed that the killer is Simon Prast's character who does actually get name here with the character officially being called Ernest Miller it really is something that does come out of nowhere and will leave you all scratching your heads as the film really doesn't give the us the audience any clues so that we can work it out for ourselfs heck there isn't even any suspects as to who the killer could have been either it's just something that is treated more as an afterthought with the film focusing more on it's slasher aspect and not really giving alot of care and attention to it's mystery aspect when the attention should have been fifty fifty with both aspects of the film getting alot of love and attention and not just one over the other.

Speaking of the Ernest Miller character while he is an interesting character the character himself is always going to be compared to Pearl just because of the fact that she was the better of the two characters. Where as with Ernest Miller even tho he did make alot of appearances in X he was more of a background character with him taking the spotlight if you will in this film and while the character does have some good reason for wanting to commit these crimes as he believes that Hollywood is turning people to sin and so uses perverse teachings to convince people that he's in the right and killing  those that disagree with him to the point where he's basically formed a cult and while the revelation of Maxine being his daughter was a great addition to X it's not really something that's fully explored upon in this film which it really could have done just by having the two of them interact more and not have Maxine know that he's killing all of these people just yet as that could be something that develops both characters and it would have given us the audience some insight as to what Maxine's childhood was like growing up with a televangelist father and how that really made her want to bust out from his shadow be the star that she knows that she is as well as seeing how he reacted to her surviving the events of X and her wanting to be a star im her own right both of which are things that could have been explored in great detail in this film and yet for some strange reason there not but it;s quite clear that writer , editor , producer and director Ti West really does have a clear love for the slasher genre tho.

Interms of the newer character this film doesn't really fair all that well which does make sense as the side characters in both X and Pearl aren't really all that good either. However at the same time tho the makers of this film have had two years now to learn how to create good side characters and yet they really haven't and as a result of that is the fact that all of this films newer characters just come across very dimensional characters with the worst offender of this being Elizabeth Bender who just comes across as being the stereotypical unlikable boss type of character who has a few likable moments about them and really nothing more then that as we get to find out nothing about her and what makes her tick other then the fact that she's an artist ad that's really it and that's not enough to make her a interesting character and that wouldn't be a bad things if she only appeared in one or two scenes all throughout the film but she appears in quite alot of the film so much so that she pretty much has a slightly big role in the film and yet she's not given much there in the way of character with the same thing also being true for Leon who is pretty much just the stereotypical gay best friend that you'd expect to find in any romantic comedy who is also just a carbon copy of Randy Meeks from Scream as all he does is explain things to Maxine and that's really it.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty six minuets and two seconds. Which is the absolutely perfect running tie for this film to have as when you boil this films plot down to it's essentials this film has just the right amount of plot to really cover that amount of running time and to this films credit it really does make the absolutely best use of it's running time that it could have dine and while yes this film really would have been alot more better if it did have a slightly longer running time as that would then allow the makers of this film to give the characters some more actual character and it would allow us the audience the chance to see what Maxine's childhood was like and what her father Earnest's reaction to her surviving the events of X was like alot of those scenes would also be required to have been in the film from the script stage as that would be the best way to make sure that they don't bog down the plot of the film but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a slasher film that does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then  in all honesty I in al honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With the kills in this film being just as fun and just as gory as they were in both X and Pearl heck it could even be argued that the kills in this film are even more gory then the kills that we got in both X and Pearl with the best kill in this film being either the death of Earnest himself who's gets his head shot clean of by Maxine using a shot gun or to a guy who straight up gets crushed to death in a car compactor which is just such a fun scene to see with it being also a really shocking kill as it's nothing some that you expect to see in a slasher film and yet it's something that also oddly works for this film as well and it makes all of the kills in this film well and truly standout out from all of the other kills in alot of other slasher films that are being released this year as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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

Overall while this film isn't really a good end to the X trilogy which given that Ti West is currently possibly developing a fourth film in the series does make sense it's also not as good as both X and Pearl where and instead feels like a weak end to a really strong trilogy of films in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then  i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 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 X Franchise fandom wiki page , the official Scream fandom wiki page , Tenor and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images really simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really 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 really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

X Film Review

One of the most underrated horror films in recent memory is also the film that not only has a prequel film out but also has a sequel film out this Friday. With both this film and it's prequel film having been released in the exact same year and well then with the third film due out this Friday it was only right that the tie in review fro that film also be the first film in the series and so then join me as I review the film that technically has to scream queen in it with the film in question being called simply just "X" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a bunch of adult film filmmakers arrive at Texas farm to film there next movie they discover that there's something far more sinister going on with the farm elderly couple owners. 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 films plot being honestly really refreshing as it gives us a new twist on the slasher genre whilst at the same time also playing out alot of the tropes that were and still are seen today in alot of slasher films as well with the films plot also giving us a story that whilst could have been alot better is also an oddly refreshing in some cases new story as well which really is something that the makers of the film really didn't have to do as they could have gave the exact same slasher plot from those seen in the eighties and the film really would have been a very passable film but they went out of there way to give us a new story to tell in the slasher genre with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is future scream queen Mia Goth as Maxine Minx and Pearl and future scream queen Jenna Ortega as Lorraine Day. Also starring in this film is Brittany Snow as Bobby-Lynne Parker , one of this films producers Scott Mescudi as Jackson Hole , Martin Henderson as Wayne Gilroy , Owen Campbell as RJ Nichols , Stephen Ure as Howard , Simon Prast as The Televangelist and James Gaylyn as Sheriff Dentler.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of this films cast turning in some truly wonderful performances with the actors that you expect a good performance from really delivering on the acting side however what makes the acting truly standout is the fact that you also get good acting from those that you don't expect a good performance from like the films producer and singer Scott Mescudi as Jackson Hole who really does turn in a good performance in this film with the true standout performer in this film really being Mia Goth as she really does deliver two great performances in tis film is both Maxine Minx and Pearl with the acting in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this films cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.

To be frank this film does have a bunch of a characters that are both extremely likeable when they need to be an extremely unlikable when they need to be as well. With the best of example of this oddly enough being Pearl herself who for the vast majority of the films running time is presented as someone who is just the stereotypical old woman who doesn't always know what she's doing and that is something that makes her enduring to us the audience and as a result of that is the fact that when it turns out that she's one of the films killers it makes everything that she's done up until that point all the more creepy and when it is revelled that she's one of the killers she immediately switches from being a likable character to being an unlikable character with the opposite being true for Maxine who at first starts out as being fairly unlikable but when the time comes we find out that she's willing to help her friends out which does make her more likable as a character and it's the same thing for all of this films characters as well. 

As alot of you will know both this film and it's prequel were basically being made at the exact same time as when Pearl was in pre-production this film was in production. That is an absolutely insane thing to do as it takes such alot of work to get one film of the ground and yet with this film they had to basically get another film of the ground whilst also filming the first film that just goes to show you that A24 and this films writer , director and producer Ti West really did have alot of faith in not only the Pearl character but in this film as well as expanding upon this film whilst it was still being made is just a crazy thing and it's something that did pay off as alot of people really did love the film Pearl and they grew even more in love with the Pearl character and the world that both of these films take place in as well and it's something that could so easily have backfired if either this film or if Pearl weren't that good of a film and yet because of all of the care and attention that was put into the film not only from an acting point of view but also from a writing and directing point of view as well it weas pretty much a given that this film was going to be a really good film and that people would want to see more of these characters.

This film is pretty much a throwback to slasher films of the seventies and eighties with this film following alot of the tropes that were present in alot of slasher films from both of those two time periods. With that in mind while this film does indeed have alot of the old slasher tropes it does them with a knowing nudge and wink to the past that it makes those tropes feel new and different again but at the same time tho they are still tropes that you can see coming a mile away and while the twist of having someone who would traditionally be the final girl in Jenna Oretega's Lorraine Day be killed of in favour of someone who would more traditionally be killed of early on in the film was a great idea as it's something that does keep you on your toes or it would if it happened earlier on in the film and yet it doesn't which means that the twist doesn't have alot of time to have the desired effect of keeping the audience on your toes and making you wonder who could die next as if that twist happened earlier on in the film that we the audience really would be left wondering who would be killed of next as someone who would be traditionally be the final girl of earlier slasher films.

While the films killers Howard and Pearl are some really good killers from an idea point of view what let's them both down. As the fact that neither of them are given a reason to start killing people which while yes granted is something that is further expanded upon in Pearl it's also something that should have been done in this film as this is the first time that we the audience are getting the chance to see these killers and yet there not being given a reason to start killing people which means that when they do start killing people it really does come out of nowhere and it's something that does hinder them as on paper having this elderly couple turn out to be killers is a good idea but the film makers really did still need to do the most basic of things with those characters like giving them a reason to start killing people and while Pearl is made out to be really unlikable and has a ton of personality Howard on the other hand is the complete opposite with him coming across more of being a blank slate and only killing people not because of the fact that it's in his character but because the script demands that he be a killer in this film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty six minuets and twenty seconds. Which was pretty much the perfect running tome for this film to have as alot of slasher from the seventies and eighties also clocked in at around this same running time as well and to this films credit it really does have more enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and the film does take as full advantage of that running time as it quite possibly could have done and while the film would have been alot more better of if it have a much more longer running time as that would mean that the alot of the characters would get alot more character development then what they get in the final cut of the film it would also mean that this film which is already a slow burner would then be forced to have alot of filler scenes in it and that is something that really would bog down the films pacing quite badly as well but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a slasher film that means that means that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presenetd to us in this very film well then in all hone sty 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. However that's also the problem as the kills that are in this film despite having some artistic merit to some of them just aren't that good either which granted could be the point as the films killers are two people who quite possibly in there eighties and so they wouldn't be moving as fast as they would have done when they were say for example in there forties but at the same time tho there really could have been some really more creative kills then what we got in this film and while we do get some good kills in his film those are very few and far between with the film having alot more kills that are nothing more then OK best then it does have some actually good kills in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this film does indeed try to do something new with the slasher genre by giving us a character that traditionally wouldn't be the final girl and by giving elderly slasher killers the film also does somewhat crumble under it's own weight as it has so many good ideas that aren't given the time that they need to fully shine when they really should have done as it would made the film alot more better then what it actually ended up being 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 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

The Final Film Review

There are alot of horror films that sadly don't get alot of attention from either the mainstream audience or die hard horror fans alike. With the movie that i;m about to review fro you all today being one such a film as this movie is so little known that not alot of people will even tho this that this movie is close to being twenty years old and it's also kind of a Saw knock off movie as well and so then join me as I review the film that is basically the Saw franchise on an even smaller budget with the film in question being called simply just "The Final" enjoy.

The plot of the film is several outcasts tired of getting bullied decide to get the ultimate form of revenge on those who have bullied and tormented them in the past. 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 as it's story at it's core was one that's rather simple and timeless as it's a story about people getting payback on those that have bullied them but here the plot of the film twists that in a way that makes the story seem fresh and new by giving us some new twists and turns but at the same time tho the plot of this film isn't all that good either as it doesn't do anything that's all that interesting as it's still a plot that you can see coming a mile away and while how you get to those points is a good idea it doesn't change the fact that the plot of the film is also really predictable as well with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Marc Donato as Dane , Jascha Washington as Kurtis and Whitney Hoy as Bridget. Also starring in this film is Julin as Heather, anime voice acting legend Lindsay Seidel as Emily , Laura Ashley Samuels as Kelli , Justin S. Arnold as Bradley , Travis Tedford as Andy , Eric Isenhower as Jack , Vincent Silochan as Ravi , Farah White as The Reporter , Preston Flagg as Riggs , Hunter Garner as Tommy , Ryan Hayden as Miles , Daniel Ross Owens as Bernard , Mark Nutter as Deputy Henessey and Matthew Posey as Parker.

Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which was truly shocking as at the time of this films production all of this films cast members weren't that well known and as a result of that is the fact that it would have been foolish to expect even an OK performance from this films young cast and yet the fact that we got a bunch of really good performances really does go to show you just how good this films cast are as nearly all of them turn in some really good performances with one of the few people that don't quite turn in a really good in this film performance is Julin , Mark Nutter and Matthew Posey who really do try to turn in a good performance but they all just can't quite turn in a good performance in this film with the acting in this film not really being helped by the films script which just gives none of the films cast absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does bring down the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.

While it was a good idea to have all of this films villains hide behind masks it is also something that makes the victims look dumb as alot of the villains have really unique features body shapes that makes them recognisable. Which has the add on effect of making the films look dumb since for example the character of Dane has some fairly curly hair and is the only one in there school with that type of hair and yet none of the bullies can put two and two together which yes might be the point as the bullies openly admit to not even knowing the names of who it is that there bullying but at the same time tho if your going to go to the length of giving all of the social outcasts masks and costumes then at least make sure that there not showing anything that is unique to them and then you can get away with the bullies not even knowing who it is that's torturing them and it would make those that were being bullied look like that they've thought of everything where as as things stand it makes the whole thing look like that it was put together at the last minuet when that's not the case as it's stated in the film that they've been planning for this for a long time.  

It's really plain to see that this film really does alot of inspiration from the Saw films more specially the later Saw sequels. With there being alot more focus on the torture methods instead of the characters and story where as in the later Saw films there would be alot more focus on the films traps and not the characters and the story and as a result of this is the fact that the film really does come across as being nothing more then a Saw trip off film albeit one then at least tries to do something new and different and doesn't just copy the Saw formular to the letter but with that being said tho it does make you wonder why the makers of this film chose to copy the Saw films when it would have been alot more cheaper to do a slasher film as then you wouldn't have to come up with various torture methods and do lots of various make up effects as you could always not show that much of the kill which would save the makers of this film alot of money in the long run but at the exact same time tho it would also require alot more locations which wouldn't be cheap to get tho.

This film does do something that was rather smart and that's the fact that it gets you to care about those being bullied and it gets to hate the bullies. Only to then switch it around and have the ones that your meant to like be the ones that are committing these crimes and the ones that your supposed hate be the ones that are the victims when usually in a film like this it's usually black and white about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys and as a result of that is the fact that there's no twists and turns and yet that's exactly what we get in this film as it makes you wonder who it is that your supposed to like with this being hit home even more when you take into account that the outcasts homelifes aren't exactly perfect either be it because of the fact that there parents are always arguing are they just don't straight up talk to them all of the outcasts have bad homelifes which again makes you route you for them where as all we see of the bullies up until they reach the party where they get captured and tortured they've all been acting like people which makes you wonder if the outcasts were right all along or not.

The film does at least try to make the outcasts human by having them interact with there respective bullies during the torture part of the film. With even some of them accepting there bullies apologises which was something that the film didn't have to do and yet by doing that it does make both sets of characters feel alot more three dimensional as the bullies themselves learn that there actions do have consequences and the outcasts learn that even people who might seem like harmful people are still just that there people and because of that they can mistakes and they need to learn that there actions can and do have consequences and while this is true for a lot of the outcasts the fact that they go and show Dane going slowly insane over the course of the film really does go to show you just how far he's gone mentally and while he's not willing to break his vow and kill his main bully the fact that he's willing to kill of one of the people that was actually helping him and was a very good friend to him does show you that when pushed he is willing to commit murder.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty two minuets and forty seven seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for a film like this one to have and to this film it really take as full advantage of that running time as it really good but the film really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to really cover that large amount and as a result of that s the fact that alot of scenes like the outcasts setting up for the party do come across as feeling like filler as they add nothing to the overall plot of the film in the longer run while something  things do indeed come back like seeing Dane lay down a bear trap near the start of the film does indeed come back none of what we see of them setting up for the party plays apart in the films plot in anyway whatsoever and all it does is take away screen time from scenes that could have been used to set up what the outcasts personalities are like and what the bullies personalities which go along way to help to make those characters feel alot more three dimensional then what they already are but I will admit that this film really does have some really food pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that means that I ave to actually talk about the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty i in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual scares that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the problem as this film wasn't all that particularly scary either but given that the films main focus was on the torture methods and not in creating good scares much like the later Saw films that does somewhat make sense but at the same time given that this is a horror film there should be some focus on creating good scares and not just giving us some rather interesting torture methods which at best would make anyone just squirm and not outright scare anyone with the scariest thing in this episode being the fact that actor Marc Donato gets really up close and personal with the people that he's torturing which was fun and at times creepy to see but that's really it as there really was nothing all that scary to be found in this film whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while it's not hard to see why this film isn't all that talked about that much as it is a really small budgeted horror film it is still one that at least tries to do something new with the age old idea of outcasts getting revenge of some sort on those who have bullied them in the past and that is something to be praised no matter the quality of the film that it's attached to in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 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 Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.