The Mouse Trap Film Review

Mickey Mouse is the worlds most famous mouse and yet for some strange reason when Disney let the copyright on what is technically his second ever cartoon expire. Horror filmmakers leapt at the chance to tell a story that the house of mouse would never be able to tell with there iconic mascot with this film also being one of many in a long line of films that are based off of a beloved cartoon character and so then join me as I review the film that sees Mickey Mouse become a serial killer with the film in question being called simply just "The Mouse Trap" enjoy.

The plot of the film is when a group of friends go to surprise a friend at the arcade where she works for her birthday they all find themselves attacked by a man wearing a Mickey Mouse mask. 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 for lack of a better word weird but not in a good way as the film doesn't even tell a complete story with the film just ending for no rhyme or reason with the films plot not really coming to any kind of conclusion with the plot of this film also being fairly weak at best and at it's worst just down right bad as the plot just comes an goes as and when it pleases and yet when it is here and is focused on it's just not that interesting of a plot either with the films plot just being the kind of plot that you'd expect to find in a film like this ne only without any of the fun or charm that you'd really want from the plot of film like this one to have with the plot of this film also being not really rather entertaining and as well as not rally being really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Sophie McIntosh as Alex Fen , Madeline Kelman as Jayna and Ben Harris as Ryan. Also starring in this film is Callum Sywyk as Marcus , Mireille Gagné as Gemma , James Laurin as Paul , Kayleigh Styles as Jackie , Mackenzie Mills as Rebecca , Jesse Masmith as Danny , Allegra Nocita as Marie , Damir Kovic as Detective Cole , Nick Biskupek as Detective Marsh and this films writer and one of this films producers Jack Says and Kill Keith star Simon Phillips as Tim Collins / Mickey Mouse.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films acting really being alot better then what it really had any right to be as no one would have expected great or even good acting from a low budget film like this one and while this films acting isn't that good it's certainly alot better then what it really should have been as it's quite clear as day that this film mostly unknown actors rea;;y are indeed all trying there best to turn in a good performance even given this films somewhat really weird concept with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by this film script as this films script gives none of this films actors 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 rally does help to lower the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

To give this film some sort of credit it does have a rather unique setting that being an arcade which is a setting that really isn't used in horror films. While this film doesn't really use it's setting to it's full advantage it is still a fun setting for a horror film and it's one that really does allow for alot of really creative kills and alot of really creative scares as well just due to the fact that the killer can appear in so many places that they just couldn't do in another slasher film and it also means that the victims can also be stored in the games themselves which just that very thought in of itself is such a cool idea that it makes you wonder why other horror films haven't used an arcade as a setting for there film just due for the amount of creative things that you could really do in that setting and on top of that is the fact that for a small independent feature film like this one it's a really great setting as it means that the film already has all of it's locations in one big location instead of having to pay for studio space you can just use all of the locations that you can find in an arcade and just go wild in them but at the same time there is only so many places that you can have the killer appear from before it gets really old as does the fact that are only so many places where you can have the victims stored before it's becomes repetitive as well.

For all of you that perhaps don't know this film was only made because of the fact that the copyright on what is technically the first ever Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie ran out at the start of the year. Which means that this version of Mickey Mouse and all of the characters that appear in that short and the short film itself can be used in none Disney related media with this film being the first horror film to do just that as not only do they use Mickey Mouse which yes they mention by name several times but they also have the original short film playing not only in the films opening credits but also in the actual film itself with this film following the trend that was started back in the 2023 film Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey in that it uses a very well known Disney character but now it puts them in a new light by making them the villain of a slasher film only this film at ;east has the common sense to make this film a horror comedy the issue being that the jokes that this film tries to tell aren't even that funny and as all alot of them are are just them commenting on the fact that they can now use Mickey Mouse in a horror film and that's really it and there's only so many times that you can here jokes like that before it starts to get old and boring.

The worst thing that can be said about this film is the fact that it's forgettable as that's exactly what this film it's forgettable. Just to give you all an example of just hoe forgettable this film is this review is being written a few hours after the films finished and I can barely remember what happened in the film as yes this film did the impossible it made a Mickey Mouse horror film which should be really memorable somehow forgettable that is something that really does take alot of skill as on paper this film should be memorable just for the share fact that it has perhaps the most beloved cartoon mouse as a horror film villain and yet for some strange reason the makers of this film chose to make this film really forgettable by giving us bland characters , a sub-plot involving one of the survivors of this film telling the police about the plot of this film which goes nowhere and only serves to set up a post credits scene and that's it and heck even this films unique setting which while yes does help the film stand out a bit doesn't really do enough to make the film feel all that memorable and even the films carboard cutout characters aren't really all that memorable either as alot of them only have one function in the film and that's really it and even then the film doesn't really allow them to fulfill that function due to the fact that the film just stops.

As was just mentioned this films characters aren't really all that memorable as pretty much all of them just have one characteristic each and that's really it. Heck even in the main bulk of the film the film even forgets about one character in he film and she's meant to be the main character of the police portion of the film and yet she's barely even mentioned and she's the most interesting character in the movie as at least the makers of this film went through some effort to make this character at least somewhat interesting even if it was just by making her a goth girl and that's really it it's still better then what the rest of the characters get which is just the stick traits from a stereotypical slasher film only with nothing new added to them to make them standout and nothing interesting about them to make those traits feel new and different again but this film does get some credit for killing of who we are meant to believe is this films final girl Alex Fen as she just had nothing interesting about her character with her trait being that she's the typical all American girl next door kind of character and that's really it except the film does nothing new or interesting with her character and as a result of that is the fact that all of this films characters barring goth girl Rebecca.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty minuets and ten seconds. Which is about the right amount of time for a film like this one to have as the film really doesn't have all that much there interms of plot to really cover a longer running time and while yes it would have helped the film if the film really did have a much more longer running time as that allow for the makers of the film to fully develop there characters alot more beyond the one character trait that they all seem to have it would also mean making this films plot even weaker and giving this film alot of pointless filler scenes that would add nothing to the overall plot of the film but on the plus side is the fact that it would also allow the film to actually have a complete ending and not end on a scene that's blatantly sequel baiting by teasing the arrival of a Minnie Mouse and while this film does a solid running time this film is also one that if it was shorter would have actually helped the film more then hurt it as it would then allow the plot of the film to be alot more focused then what it already is as the films plot is a really weak plot that really isn't focused all that much either but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is slasher film that means that I gave to actually talk about all of the kills that are actually in this very film and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However thats also the problem as this films kills aren't all the good either as alot of this films kills are just this films killer walking up behind one of his victims killing them with a knife and that's really it and while that does work for the kind of horror film that this is it;s also one one that not only gets old and boring really fast but its also one that shows off just how cheaply that this film was made as those kind of kills require very little practical effects and can there for be done very cheaply unlike with Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey which whilst it was a very cheaply made film it at the very least had alot of really creative kills that you remember where with this film there's only kill that's memorable and that's really it and outside of the fact that the killer is someone dressed up as Mickey Mouse having one memorable kill isn't enough to save this films kills from feeling dull and boring in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall this film really isn't fun nor as funny as it really should have been as it doesn't really take full advantage of the fact that it's basically got Mickey Mouse as it's main villain which is something that really does allow itself a really fun film and yet this film just doesn't give us any of that whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.Now then  i've talked about all of the good and as ell 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 4.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for whee 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 , 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.

Alien: Romulus Film SPOILER FILLED Film Review

There are quite alot of truly iconic horror franchises out there from Evil Dead to Friday The 13th and many more. With one of those franchise also being the Alien franchise and it's that franchise that like alot of horror franchises has been seeing alot of ups and downs recently and well then the newest film in the Alien franchise has just been released in cinemas and well the  then you all just new that I had to check this film the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the fil that has the hon or of t being the first Alien film to be technically produced by Disney with the film in question being called simply just "Alien: Romulus" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a bunch of scavengers go out to scavenge an old space station or spare parts they find something on there that they weren't quite expecting to find. Now then interms of what I personally thought felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with the plot of the film being something that's oddly different and yet somehow the same from the Alien films that have come before us with the plot of this film doing a good job oof building up the threat of the Xenomorphs in a way that doesn't feel to condescending to older fans and yet at the same time done in a way that's friendly for potential new fans of this franchise as well with the plot of this film really being helped by the fact that's it's a plot that feels like that it was written by the fans and for the fans by people who are genuinely fans of the Alien franchise 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 Pacific Rim Uprising and The Craft: Legacy Cailee Spaeny as Rain and Industry David Jonsson as Andy. Also starring in this film is Morbius , Upgraded , Catherine Called Birdy , The Greatest Beer Run Ever and The Other Zoey Archie Renaux as Tyler , Transformers: The Last Knight , Dora And The Lost City of Gold and Madame Web star Isabela Merced as Kay , Spike Fearn as Bjorn and Aileen Wu as Navarro.

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 about 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 turning in some truly fantastic performances which is mostly due to the fact that this films co-writer and director Fede Álvarez really does know how to get a good performance out of his cast something that he's proven time and time again with all of his films and it's something that's reaffirmed here with this film as all of his actors manage to turn in some really good performance so much so that you stop seeing the actors and you start to see the character as that's just how well cast all of this films actors really are and just how good the acting that's in this film really is as well with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact the script for this film really is so well written that all this films actors 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 doe help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the CGI for this film is Atomic Arts , Clear Angle Studios , Fin Design & Effects , Gentle Giant Studios , Image Engine Design , Industrial Light & Magic , Legacy Effects , Logan , Metaphysic , NVIZ , Studio Gillis , Track VFX and Wylie Co. Now then interms of what I personally thought /felt about the CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI thats actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with the film using a very good mixture of both practical effects and CGI with the practical effects being used to help out the CGI effects which is a good way to use CGI as then all your doing is enhancing what was on there on the day to certain degree and your also able to match things up like the lighting from the set which in turn helps the CGI effect feel like it's actually there as it really does look like that it was actually with the CGI in this film also being good due to the fact that it also has some really good effects companies working on it as well.

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This film does in it's own own way feature actor Ian Holm as his likeness and voice is used for the new character Rook with the character being played ad voiced by Daniel Betts. The character of Rook does seem like a pointless character as he really does nothing other then talk to fellow droid Andy and that's really it and while yes he does warn the current crew about the face huggers when when of there own is attacked and of course killed by one that's not really enough to justify his inclusion in the film as they could have done all of that just by having Andy access the ships computers and find out all f the information that way which would have gotten across the exact same amount of information in a way that also gives that character something else to do as apart from serving as the groups muscle and having him help the crew out several times he could then also be served as the audience character so that when he finds something out as a character we the audience are given that exact same information as well and while yes granted getting the information across that way could be seen as being pretty boring as there's no way in heck that you could do that in a way that feels natural it does also feel right for that character as he would go and check out information about where he is and find what he can about what's there as well.

As a film that's meant to be set in between Alien and Aliens the film does somewhat work as both a prequel and a sequel. As we find out that the ship that the crew are on is a rogue Weyland-Yutani ship. Which does kind of ask the question of how the Xenomorphs moved from one ship to another without other ships finding out about them and requesting help from other ships with this new ship being a really nice looking ship that does have alot of really good looking sets that would have by really interesting to see in a future prequel just so that they could explain how they went from one ship to another as that is something that there going to have answer at somepoint down the line and this is something that could have been avoided if they just set that the ship that the team are on is Nostromo which does make a very brief appearance near the start of the film in a fun little easter egg which does make this film again feel like that it was made for the fans of the first by people who were fans of the first film which is something that does work well enough in this films favor as the fans know what it is that works well enough in the Alien franchise and if the reviews are anything to go by then it's also the fans that were right about this film being that good as well.

Just to further hit home that this film was made for the fans by the fans this film really does take it's time building up it's tension. Something that was gone by Aliens and outright never even came back in the two prequel films and it is something that should have been brought back alot more sooner then what it was as its the tension of this film that makes this film all the more creepy and scary as even tho it take around about one hour to get to the very first reveal of the Xenomorph and you don't notice that it's been that long because of the fact that the tension was that well built up and it's something that this films co-writer and director Fede Álvarez does really well as even tho he got to the scares really quickly in his Evil Dead remake when it came to Don't Breathe on the other hand he took his time letting the tension build up and up and up before getting to a proper scare something that is also the case for this film and it works as it fully absorbs you into the world that this film takes place and it gets to the point where your just begging something actually scary to happen just so that you can't have that relief and when it doesn't all it does is make you more tense which then makes it really all the more better when the film does get to it's chest buster scene and the first reveal of the villains of this film as well as both of those are really well done and that's because of the fact that the film really took it's time to get to both of those moments and really made you wait for both of those moments as well.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty one minuets and ne second. Which is a solid running tie for this film as the film really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and to this films credit it really does need that amount of running time in order to tell it's story in a really effective manor as there's nothing that you could cut form this film without it effecting the overall story as a whole which would make it very hard to cut down on alot of scenes without going back to the very beginning of the films development and the film really does take as full advantage of that running time as it really could have done and while yes the film would have been better if the film took the time to really fully develop it's characters which make there deaths all the effective then what they actually really are but at the same time tho that would also mean filling up the film with scenes that might very well seem like filler scenes and because of that they would also run the risk of making this film feel alot more slower paced then what it actually is but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this film having alot of really creepy and really inventive kills and alot of that does come from the fact that the film does take it's time in getting to even the first film and while yes the chest buster kill isn't that new or inventive it is done in a way in this film that make that kill feel all the more personal and while alot of the kills that are in this film don't really do that the ones that do are the ones that stand out with the best kill in the whole entire film coming just before the full reveal of the Xenomorph as it's tail cuts a guys throat open and then the all you see is Acid blood from the Xenomorph just drop onto the person that just got there throat slit which was just such ab inventive kill to do as it shows you just how far these creatures are willing to go in order to kill of anyone that isn't them and because of that we really did geta  really good kill out of it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall while it's far to early to tell if this is a return to form for this franchise it is on the right track to being a return to form but sadly only time well tell if this film is a true return to form this franchise as anyone can make one good Alien film but it takes skill to make more good ones tho in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review ad as such that really does mean that this very film 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 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 , the official Xenomorph fandom wiki page , Tenor and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being the official Xenomorph fandom wiki page really simply because the official Xenomorph fandom wiki page actually has images from this film really are up and on the official Xenomorph fandom wiki page and really plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on the official Xenomorph fandom wiki page 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.

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.