Shook 2021 Film Review

 

Horror fans it's honestly not that I get inspired to do review a certain movie let alone a horror movie but i was browsing Youtube the other day and while I was watching a video the trailer for the film that i'm about to review came up. Now usually I would skip adverts but for some reason I didn't skip the trailer for this film and because of that fact I went down and I tracked myself down a copy of the film and so join me horror fans as I review the 2021 Shudder original horror film that is called simply "Shook" enjoy.

The plot of this film is social media star Mia agrees to look after her sisters dog but what should be an easy night of dog sitting turns into a night terror and Mia must figure out who is killing her friends before she ends up dead. In turns of what I thought about the plot of this film the plot of this film really wasn't that bad nd the plot of this film was told really well in my opinion and while the plot of this film is as far as can tell pretty original the film doesn't go as far as it could with it's premise and as such the premise feels like it wasn't fully thought out in my opinion.

Starring in the film is Daisye Tutor as Mia , Emily Goss as Nicole , Nicola Posener as Lani and Stephanie Simbari as Jade. Also starring in this film is  , Octavius J. Johnson as Santi , Grant Rosenmeyer as The Voice Of Kellan , Jeremy Bolden as Big Mike and Youtuber Genelle Seldon as Genelle. I'm honestly shocked that the film didn't cast more Youtubers or social influencers in this film since the main character is meant to be a social influencers as such I feel that it would have made sense if the film had cast more social influencers in the film in my opinion.

As for what I thought about the acting in this film in all honesty the acting in this film is alot better then it really had any right to be in my opinion. Since this film is basically a low budget independent horror film as such no one can blame the makers of this film for choosing actors that are cheap to get for this film but to all of the actors credit they all turn in some passable performances in this film which trust a passable performance is lot more then what this film deserves in my humble opinion.

One of the things that really bugged about this film is the fact that the film starts a plotline about someone going around and killing dogs which you'd think is going to be the main plot of the movie or will play a part in the movie. However you'd be wrong because the film doesn't address that plot line a all hell it doesn't play a part in the movie it's something that's brought up once or twice and that's it which considering that this plotline is what starts of the actual plot of the film really shouldn't be the case at all since in my opinion the person who is going around killing these people's dogs should be the person who is putting our hero Mia through all of this pain and torture but that's just what I think anyways.

Now believe it or not this is my first watching a Shudder original film (for those that don't know what Shudder is it's basically Netflix but for horror fans and Shudder just has horror shows and horror movies) as such I cannot say if this is there best film or not. However i'm now official open to watching Shudder original films just because I truly believe that it keeps you open to new faces in horror as well as new horror stories that you most likely won't get from either going to the movies / cinema or from watching a horror show or movie on Netflix or any other streaming service in my opinion.

The editing in this film is so freaking obnoxious that it's honestly laughable in my opinion and I say this because. All throughout the film the film will occasionally play whatever video Mia is playing (on either her phone or on what I assume is her laptop) and the video will appear usually on a large wall behind Mia for literally no reason whatsoever and again for no reason whatever the film will occasionally have who ever it is talking to appear at the ide of Mia to whisper whatever it is there saying to her and it just comes across so freaking obnoxious like I honestly feel that the films writer and director Jennifer Harrington thought that she was making an artsy type of film and yet she forgot that she was making a low budget independent horror film and thus she forgot to make the film fun in my opinion.

Now then believe it or no this film actually does have somewhat of a mystery angle to it and I say somewhat because even tho Mia doesn't know who the person torturing her is the film never goes to any length to fully develop that mystery. As such I have to say that this is a very poorly done mystery since the film offers you no clues as to who the person who is torturing Mia and as such what its revealed who the person who is torturing Mia it comes out of nowhere all of these reasons make the mystery in this film a bad mystery in my opinion.

Now then this film ha a running time of one hour and twenty eight minuets and fifty nine seconds so let's round that up to one hour and twenty nine minuets. I have to say that that running time feels about right for this film since there really isn't enough story to cover any thing even close to two hours or even one hour and thirty five minuets altho I would have liked it if the film gave more time to the mystery angle since then we could find out more about the person who is torturing Mia and we could actually get some clues so we the audience as well as Mia can work out who the person torturing her really is but that's just what I think tho.

Now then there are some deaths in this film and that means that I have to talk about the deaths that are in the actual film itself. In my opinion the deaths in this film were done pretty badly since we don't get to see any of the deaths in the actual film all we see is the aftermath of the death which might work for an artsy type of film but it doesn't work for a horror film since in a horror film your audience wants to see the characters die and not see the aftermath of the death as such be denying the chance for the audience to see the characters die your also denying your audience the very thing that they came to or in this clicked on your film to see in my opinion.

Overall the best word that I can use to describe this film is average because it doesn't go all the way with it's plot and it doesn't go all the way with it's characters either. As such this film feels average and while I have talked about the good things in this film as well the bad things that are in this film in this very review I have no choice but to say that in my opinion at this a bad horror film that should be avoided by any self respecting horror fan in my opinion and this film gets a 4.5 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images that I used in this review well I got the images that I used in this review from Google Images and the official Horror film fandom wiki page and my preferr3ed website for the images that I used in this review has to be Google Images since that's really the only website that has a wide collection of images from this film and as always horror fans we end this review as we always do with our one true goddess Elvira wishing us all some very unpleasant dreams.

 

Babysitter Massacre 2013 Film Review

 

Horror fans one of the most common I guess tropes is that of the killer stalking the babysitter it's a film that's been done so many time it's unbelievable. As such it really shouldn't surprise you that there's a whole fil just dedicated to that idea but there is and not only that this one film has spawned I guess you could say an entire franchise of films and so join me horror fans as I review the 2013 film "Babysitter Massacre" enjoy.

Now here's where I would normally tell you what the plot of the film is as well as give you my opinion on the plot of the film. However the film chose not to include a story which is the first issue since the film is pretty dull without having a plot and I do strongly feel that this film would have been more watchable if there was a story since then we could have got alot more insight into the characters and it would have given the film a reason for existing.

Starring in the film is Erin R. Ryan as Angela , Marylee Osborne as Bianca , Joni Durian as Lucky and Tara Clark as Arlene. Also starring in the film is , Odette Despairr as Linda , Serendipity Lynch as Sandy , Geoff Burkman as Mr. Walker , Stephanie Coffey as Allison , Chandra McCracken as Tina , David Denoyer as Tony , Amy Taint as Cindy , Haley Madison as Cassandra , Mike Canestaro as John , Stephanie Michael as Britney , Marshall Norman as Tyler Petrino , Rachel Kathryn Ritter as Erica , Bradley Diehl as David and Alicia Lozier as Melani.

Just to give you guys an idea of the quality of the acting that's in this film this film was made very freaking cheaply. So yeah as you can expect the acting in the film is going to be pretty bad but given that this is a very low budget film that's to be expected and as such nobody can really knock the film for having bad acting since there of course not going to get the best actors on a tiny as hell budget and I do feel that given the film's budget the acting from all of the cast members is at best passable which is honestly to be expected since like I just said this is a very low budget film and as such you have to lower your expectations.

Like a ton of these low budget horror films there's a ton of nudity in this film and all of it is gratuitous as all hell. Since the nudity adds nothing to the film or the characters hell there's so much nudity in this film that almost every single main female character at one point or another goes topless and I have that it honestly got pretty dull watching the girls go topless for no reason and I get that s*x sells but you still have to make a good movie but here the focus seems to be more about showing us these s*xy women instead of telling a good even passable story.

Now i could be wrong here but it seems like this film was going for a mystery angle and I say that because they have the killer's face hidden for the vast majority of the film. If they were going for a mystery angle then I have to say that they did a poor job of it because they didn't give us any clues whatsoever but if that wasn't the case and the makers of the film weren't going for a mystery angle then I have to wonder why did they keep the killers face hidden for the vast majority of the film since that would imply that we have to work out who the killer is.

I will say that they were trying to go for somewhat of a plot arc with the character of Bianca who as mentioned before was played by Marylee Osborne. However they didn't follow through with that arc whatsoever since her arc was trying to rescue her friends and thus make up for what she did in the past by standing up to the killer however when the time came to resolve that arc Bianca did nothing but stand there and cry with one of her friends telling her to leave so that the friend could save Bianca's life which to me at least a huge let down since it was an interesting arc for the Bianca character it's just a shame that the film makers chose not to go all the way with that arc.

This film has a total running time of one hour and eighteen minuets and thirty two seconds and trust me when i tell you that the film feels alot longer then that. The film feels alot longer then one hour and eighteen minuets and thirty two seconds because not only is there no story but also alot of the victim characters are honestly really unlikable I can't think of a single main character that I liked in this film and to me added to the boredom of this film since all I was doing was waiting for the film to over and done with.

You can tell that this is a low budget film since there's not that many locations in the film and the film is mostly shot in the day. Even the scenes set at night you can tell were filmed in the day because of the fact that in some shots you can see that the sky is still a little bit blue , I get that the makers of this film didn't have a huge budget but surely they could have filmed some scenes like early in the morning since then the sky would match with whatever nighttime scenes they were trying to film but they didn't even try to film very early in the morning and so we are left with scenes that you can tell were filmed in the late afternoon / early to late evening.

Now then since this is a slasher film that does mean that we have to talk about the kills that are in the film. Which are honestly rather simple which given this film's budget is to be expected alot of the kills in the film are either throat slits or people getting hit on the head with a hammer and sometimes people getting stabbed in the chest with the sharp end of a hammer (whatever that ends called) and even those are simple kills that have been done to death they do work really well for this film in my opinion and it's always good seeing all of the extremely unlikable characters getting killed.

Overall if your in the mood for a really low budget horror film then I guess this would be a good one to watch. However at the same time the film does have a lot of faults even for a low budget horror film and those issues are hard to ignore they could have been fixed if the makers of the film but in the effort to make a decent film but since they didn't bother to fix this issue that I mentioned in this and yes the film does have good things in it as well which i've covered in this review as such this film gets a generous 4 out of 10 from me. 

All and I do mean all of the images that I got in this review I got from Google Images and nowhere else. Since I only went to Google Images for the images that I ended up using in this review I have no choice but to recommend that you guys use Google Images if for some reason you want images from this film and alot of the images from this film on Google Images were shocking very high definition and as always we end this review we always do with our one true goddess Elvira wishing all of us some very unpleasant dreams.

 

Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS Review

 

You guys know that I very rarely throw up the 18 rating warning however I feel that it's very warranted for this film. This is a film that I have covered before but i'm covering it again because well honestly my thoughts on the film might have changed plus if things go the way that I think that they are going to go then there's a chance that you might be seeing a review of the sequel Ilsa, Harem Keeper Of The Oil Sheiks and so join me as I review "Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS" enjoy the review.

There's is no real plot to this film but the basic premise of the film is Ilsa is a Kommandant of a Nazi prison camp and she conducts who conducts sadistic scientific experiments designed to demonstrate that women are more capable of enduring pain than men are. That's honestly it in terms of both the premise and the plot and honestly for this kind of film that's all you need but at the same time I would have liked it if there was a story but that's just me tho.

Starring in the film is Dyanne Thorne as Ilsa , Gregory Knoph as Wolfe , Tony Mumolo as Mario and George Buck Flower as Binz. Also starring in the film is Maria Marx as Anna , Nicolle Riddell as Kata , Jo Jo Deville as Ingrid , Sandy Richman as Maigret Rodina Keeler as Gretchen , Richard Kennedy as The General , Lance Marshall as Richter , Uschi Digard as Pressurized Chamber Prisoner , Colleen Brennan as Redheaded Prisoner and Sandy Dempsey as Prisoner.

I'm going to be honest here nobody expects great acting from any of these Ilsa films and yeah the same is true for this film. Since even tho there is some decent acting in this film the overall quality of the acting is in my opinion pretty low mostly due to the fact that the script doesn't give any of it's characters any kind of personality are characteristics and so the actors can only do so much with the material which in this case to performances that are at best passable.

Now there is a very good reason as to why i've thrown up the 18 rating at the start of this review and that's because there are alot of scenes which are very uncomfortable to watch. Even for a horror film there are alot of scenes that are just straight up uncomfortable to watch and alot of imagery due to the setting of the film are in my opinion uncomfortable as well with one of those things being that the hero not only works for but supports the Nazis.

I do have to give this film credit for pushing the boundaries of what could be considered good taste since you never know where the line of good taste ends unless you cross it and this film did a good job of telling me where that line could be for me personally. Everybody is going to have different opinions on what they consider to be in good taste and I honestly feel that's good to see what you consider good taste and force yourself to try and go beyond those limits.

I will say that the character of Ilsa who as mentioned is played by the late and very stunning if you ask me Dyanne Thorne is perhaps one of the most truly evil villains in horror. Simply because she was not only based of real life people who committed very evil crimes but also because she is someone that truly doesn't give a damn about anyone or anything which not makes her an entertaining villain but it also makes her someone that demands be feared.

Another part of what makes Ilsa evil is what she does to men i'm not going to spoil what she does since it's uncomfortable but let's just say she cuts of something that no man can live without if you get what i'm saying. I've honestly never seen a horror film that has the balls to cut of something so shall we say important to the male body and I oddly wish that more horror films would have the balls to do this just because it's a great way to get people feeling uncomfortable which is what you want in a horror movie in my opinion.

This film has a running time of one hour and thirty six minuets and six seconds which for me personally was a big issue. I say that it's a big issue because of the lack story and due to the fact that there's no actual plot in this film the film can honestly feel boring which is a shame because the idea behind the film is honestly really good and could very easily support a film but it still needs a story to keep your audiences interested in the characters and sadly there's isn't a story here and so all your left with is boring characters which make the film feel alot longer then the one hour and thirty six minuets and six seconds running time but that's just what I think tho and if you guys find this film to be either very entertaining or the greatest film ever then more power to you i'm just not one of those people that rate this film very highly.

Now then since this is a horror film that does mean that I have to talk about the scares that are in actual the film itself. To me the scares in this film were honestly very effective due to the fact that like I said the Ilsa character was based on at least two real life people and so that makes everything she does to these prisoners seem all the more scary and it helps that the scares in the film are genuinely quite scary or at leas they in my opinion anyways.

Overall yes this film is honestly really freaking good and I can very easily see how this film got three sequels. I will say that even tho there technically three Ilsa film the third film in the Ilsa film franchise actually isn't an Ilsa film and has so many freaking titles that it's unreal ,going to back to this film tho yes there are plenty of good things to be found in this film as i've covered in this review but there's also alot of bad things about the film as well which i've also covered in this very review as such Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS gets a 5 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from one website only with that website being the one and only Google Images. Since I only went to Google Images for the images that I used in this review I have no choice but to recommend that you use Google Images if you to use any image from any of the Ilsa movies and i'm not going to end this with Elvira saying unpleasant dreams just because it wouldn't be fitting considering the film that i've just reviewed but who knows maybe she'll feature in tomorrows possible review but only time will tell tho so don't go getting your hopes up and the reason why I didn't include Elvira at the start of the review is because it didn't feel right given the film that i'm reviewing but like with the ending she might appear in tomorrows possible review but don't go getting your hopes up tho.

 

Krampus 2015 Film Review

 

Horror fans it's been about three weeks since I last reviewed a straight up horror movie and well with Christmas right around the corner I thought it would be fun to try and tie Christmas and horror together. Well I think i've found the perfect film one that is honestly a little kid friendly so you can have it on over the Christmas and one that honestly has alot of good scares and so here is my review of the 2015 film "Krampus" enjoy.

The plot of the film is Max a kid who still believes in Santa looses his christmas spirit after an argument with one of his relatives turns violent and so without knowing it Max unleashes Krampus a demon who punishes naughty or badly behaved children and so the family have to fight for there lives and regain their christmas spirit. Plot wise this film is great because you have a great story that is not only well told but one where you cannot predict where it's going and honestly makes the film alot of fun to watch since your honestly interested in finding out where the story is heading which no matter when genre the film is is always a good thing.

Starring in the film are Emjay Anthony as Max Engel , Adam Scott as Tom Engel and Toni Collette as Sarah Engel. Also starring in the film are David Koechner as Howard , Allison Tolman as Linda , Krista Stadler as Omi Engel , Conchata Ferrell as Aunt Dorothy , Stefania LaVie Owen as Beth Engel , Lolo Owen as Stevie , Queenie Samuel as Jordan , Maverick Flack as Howie Jr. , Seth Green as The Voice Gingerbread Man Lumpy , Rick & Morty co-creator and star Justin Roiland as The Voice Of Gingerbread Man Clumpy and Gideon Emery as The Voice Of Krampus.

As for the acting in the hell it's just as a movie like this deserves like you hear a Christmas theme horror comedy and you don't expect great acting you expect OK to solid acting. Which this film has all of the actors turn either OK or solid performances with there being no true standout performer because this kind of film really doesn't demand that anyone turn in OSCAR worthy performances which in this case is a very good thing because it was clash with the film' goofy tone.

Doing the CGI for this film are the greats and legends over at Weta Digital , Ghost VFX and Mokko Studio. For a film that cost fifteen million American dollars to make this film honestly have some decent looking CGI to me what helps the CGI is the fact that it's mixed in with alot of practical effects and so even if you see a bad CGI effect which your honestly not that likely to do it doesn't really matter because it's followed up with a really cool looking practical effect.

I honestly love the fact that they didn't use that much CGI in the film since i'm a huge fan practical effects and I believe that if you can do something for real in a film then it should be a practical effect. Take for example this film they only use CGI when they absolutely have to and lot of what your seeing on screen is a practical effect and I have to say that the practical effects look so much better then the CGI effects because the practical effects were actually there on set where as the CGI effects don't always look like they were there on set.

Honestly the best way I can describe the tone of this film is that it's the kind of tone that you'd get if you mixed family Guy with The Simpsons and with a dash of Looney Tunes added in for good measure. Since yeah this film basically is a live action cartoon in places and while that does kind of clash with the horror elements in the film you could also argue that that's the point because Christmas and horror are complete polar opposites and so making a horror themed Christmas film that's aimed for teenagers and little kids just isn't going to work tone wise and you could very well make the argument that the tone doesn't work for this film and i'd honestly agree since the film can be a bit to goofy which doesn't work for the horror elements but then it could be a bit to scary which doesn't work with the films more comedic moments but that's just what I think.

There is one thing that I didn't like about this film and it's the commentary that the film has which is that Christmas has become to commercial. The only reason that I didn't like this aspect of the film is because it's a piece of commentary that's been played to death and while that commentary works for other films you have to add something new to keep it fresh which sadly they don't do here they just talk about points that over Christmas films not just Christmas themed horror films have talked about and that makes the commentary in this played out but it does lead to what I think is one the greatest horror openings since the original Carrie and if you've seen this movie you'll know exactly what i'm talking about.

This film has a running time of one hour and thirty seven minuets and forty seconds and if i'm being honest that's the right amount of time for this film. I'm not going to lie I would have liked this film to have been a bit longer just because I was having a good time and it would have allowed for some character development which is very sadly lacking with the current running time (which as i've mentioned is one hour and thirty seven minuets and forty seconds) but at the same time if the film was longer even by ten minuets it would stretch what is already a pretty thin story to it's breaking point but that's just my opinion tho.

Now then this is a horror comedy and so that means we have to talk about both of those aspects and so let's talk about the comedy in the film. Which to me personally was honestly OK at best I can't say that this film didn't have me laughing because I did laugh a few times at the films jokes but at the same time I wasn't laughing as much as I wanted to given the amount of comedic talent in this film who we know can make people I was expecting to be busting a gut laughing instead I was left just smiling at a couple of the films jokes which for a horror comedy let alone any kind of comedy is in my opinion a pretty bad thing but that's just me you guys might have found every joke in this film to be freaking funny as all hell i'm just not one of those people who liked all of the jokes in this film.

Now that we've talked about the jokes in this horror comedy it only makes sense that we now talk about the horror aspect of this horror comedy. Which in my opinion is where this film shines best because my god are the kills in this film super freaking creative and for a PG13 film (which in the UK translates to either a 12 or a 12a) they get away with lot they dont show any blood or anything but you see people get killed in worse ways in this film then most horror films aimed at people either in their late teens or adults.

Overall the best word that I can use to describe this movie is fun because honestly this film is pure fun to watch. That being said there are some issues with this film which i've covered in this review and while you can very well say that the issues that I had with this film are the films whole point to me they are still flaws with the film but at the same time the film does have alot of good things in it as well all which i've also covered in this review and so this film gets a 7 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I got in this review I got from either Wikipedia , Google Images or the official Krampus fandom wiki page. Since I got the overall majority of the images from Google Images I have no choice but to recommend that you use Google Images if you want images from this film but be warned there really aren't many high definition images to be found on Google Images so use Google Images at your own risk and as per usual we end this review as we always do with our one true goddess Elvira wishing us all some very unpleasant dreams.

Freaky Film Review

 

Horror fans we are living in a time were no new films are being released in theaters well now there is a film that is out in theaters so you just know I had to check it out. I can't say that i've been looking forward to this film hell until about a few weeks ago I had no idea that was even a thing but with there being a savvier lack of new horror films being released I thought why not check this film out and so here is my review of the 2020 slasher comedy horror film "Freaky" enjoy.

The plot of the film is a high school student finds herself switching bodies with an older man the only thing is the older man happens to be a serial killer and so the high school student only has a few hours before the change is permanent. The best way I can describe the plot is that it's like a dark and twisted version of Freaky Friday and honestly I can't believe that this kind of story hasn't been done in horror before at least to my knowledge anyway since the story of this film is honestly really refreshing and is really well told in my opinion.

Starring in the film is Vince Vaughn as The Blissfield Butcher and Millie Kessler and Kathryn Newton as Millie Kessler and The Blissfield Butcher. Also starring in this film is Katie Finneran as Paula Kessler , Celeste O'Connor as Nyla , Alan Ruck as Mr. Fletcher , Misha Osherovich as Josh , Former Girl Meets World star Uriah Shelton as Booker , Radhesh Aria as Kumar and Dana Drori as Charlene "Char" Kessler.

As for what I thought about the acting in the film it was honestly a lot better then what I thought it was going to be. I say that because I literally knew nothing about this film and so when i saw who was in the film I didn't have much hope i'll be honest and so it was truly shocking to me to see that all of these actors actually turn in really good and solid performances because it's something that I honestly wasn't expecting to be the case whatsoever.

One of the things that this film doesn't do that well in my opinion is explain it's supernatural aspect which is kind of a big deal due to the film's premise. I honestly feel that the film should have explain why these two characters who have never met each other before are now suddenly switching bodies and the film should have explained it's supernatural aspect since like I said it's key part of the film's premise hell they could have done both with a few scenes or a few lines of dialog but for some reason the filmmakers pay no attention to the supernatural aspect of the film.

Unlike alot of horror films that have come recently this one is honestly the most fun to watch and that is honestly the best thing that I can say about the film. A film doesn't always need a deep story or deep characters sometimes it just needs to be fun and that is where this film excels in my opinion because I honestly had a good time watching this film and it's one that I can see other horror fans having a blast watching as well.

I honestly really like the idea behind this film since putting a creepy twist on the idea of people swapping bodies is such a cool idea and even the original idea of people switching bodies is honestly pretty creepy. I'm shocked that there might even be a horror film with this idea as it's main vocal point because it's such an original and refreshing idea and you could really go as far as you want to with that one idea.

Now apparently this film has the same DNA as Happy Death Day which basically means if the filmmakers of either film wanted to they could have characters from either film crossover and meet each other. As awesome as that could be I don't want there to be a crossover between these two film films just because I think the idea for this film is good for this one film and it would really work well in sequels or crossover films because we would have seen it played out in this film but if they filmmakers behind both films came up with an original idea then i'd be down to watch a crossover film.

This film is one hour and thirty six minuets long which I feel is a bit to long for this film simply because there's only enough story for an hour and a half at the most. As such this film does start to drag on a bit from around the half way mark onwards which is never a good thing regardless of what the film is as such I feel that whoever is in charge of deciding a films running time should have said to make it shorter but that's just what I think tho.

Since this is a horror comedy that means that we have to take a look at both of those aspects and so let's start with the comedy aspect of this horror comedy. I honestly feel that this film was pretty funny with alot of the jokes coming from the fact that it's a girl inside of a man's body (yes I know how it sounds and I didn't mean it to sound like that it's just that was best way to describe it) and so you'd think that the jokes that they can get out of that wouldn't be that funny and that they would get alot of jokes from that set up but no they make alot of jokes and they manage to make the setup very funny.

Now that we've talked about the comedy part of this horror comedy we now have to talk about the kills in this horror comedy. Which i'm not going to lie are super freaking creative yes there are some of the standard throat slits in this film but the overall majority of the kills are freaking creative as all hell and just from the fact that there creative kills I would honestly recommend this movie to slasher fans just because your going to see people get killed in ways that you've hopefully never seen before in a slasher film.

Overall this is honestly a really fun and refreshing horror film it's just a shame that it's being released at a time when no one will venture out to the cinema's to go and see it due to the on going pandemic. As i've made clear at this point I do honestly feel that you should go and see this film if you love horror films but with that said this isn't a perfect film since i've talked about it's faults in this review just like i've talked about all of the films good points in this review as such this film gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from either Google Images of the official Happy Death Day fandom wiki page. Since I got the majority of the images from Google Images I have no choice but to recommend that you use Google Images if you want images from this film but be warned not all of the images or high definition but a shocking amount of theme are and as always horror fans we end this review as we always do with our one true goddess Elvira wishing us all some very unpleasant dreams.

 

Cult Of Chucky Film Review

 

Horror fans I promised you that i'd review of a bunch of Chucky movies and well i've finally got to the last and most recent Child's Play / Chucky movie. It might have taken me alot longer then what I had originally planned but at least I can say that I have now covered the vast majority of the Child's Play / Chucky films and yes I will at some point get to both Child's Play 2 and Child's Play 3 but I don't know when tho and so here is my review of "Cult Of Chucky" enjoy.

The plot of the film is Chucky is once again terrorising Nica who after the events of Curse Of Chucky (the last film) has found herself in a mental institution and it's up to Nica to once again defeat Chucky before it's two late. Plot wise the film is fairly decent since it does offer a pretty unique setting at least for the Child's Play / Chucky films at least but at the same time the whole cult plot to me feels really out of place for this franchise but the story of this film I thought was really well told but that's just what I think tho.

Starring in this film is Fiona Dourif as Nica Pierce , Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay and Brad Dourif as The Voice Of Chucky. Also starring in the film is Michael Therriault as Dr. Foley . Adam Hurtig as "Multiple" Malcolm / Michael , Elisabeth Rosen as Madeleine , Grace Lynn Kung as Claire , Martina Stephenson Kerr as Angela , Zak Santiago as Nurse Carlos , Ali Tataryn as Nurse Ashley and Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany Valentine.

The acting in the film is honestly a lot better then what I remember it being and please bare in mind I first saw this film when it was first released. The actors who you expect to deliver a solid performance really do deliver with Brad Dourif once again killing it as the voice of Chucky and Jennifer Tilly turning in a solid performance as Tiffany and I have to say Alex Vincent is still really good as a now grown up Andy Barclay.

Now it's been confirmed that the upcoming Chucky TV series which is called either Chucky or Child's Play The TV Series will continue the cult plot set up in this film. Which for me is a good idea since this plotline really does need to explained more since it not really handled very well in this film in my opinion and so spreading it out over several hour long episodes is honestly the best thing that they could do for this plot line.

While they do explain how Chucky suddenly knows how to split his soul across several other dolls to me it's something that doesn't really work. Since for all Chucky could have known the spell that he found could have killed him or made him mortal and so I find it very hard to believe that Chucky would blindly put his faith in a spell that he found on the internet that to me just doesn't make any kind of sense.

I will admit that the only part about the voodoo cult subplot that i liked is that we get to see Chucky take over Nica's body. That to me is such a cool idea and I cannot wait to see what the TV series does with that idea should they do anything with the idea but the only thing that I didn't like about it in this film it's that Fiona Dourif who plays Nica doesn't change her voice that much to me would would have really sold me on the idea of Chucky taking over people's bodies is if she changed her voice to sound close enough to her father since her father is THE voice Chucky Brad Dourif which would not only have been a cool idea but it would have total sense as well.

These direct to DVD films have so far had a really cool habit of bringing back actors from the earlier films in the franchise and while this film gas been out a while i'm still not going to say who it who cameos in this film. Simply because well ne it would ruin a really awesome moment and two it is literally just that a cameo and nothing more but I will say that this person's cameo is an after credits scene and it hopefully sets up the characters possibly appearance in the the upcoming TV show but only time will tell.

The running time for this film is one hour and thirty minuets and fifty six seconds so let's round that up to one hour and thirty one minuets. Which while it does feel about right for the main story of the film but when you take into account the whole voodoo subplot then this film could have been better if it had a longer running time just because the whole voodoo thing really did need explaining better and this film just plain and simply didn't have the running time it needed in order to fully explain that plotline in my opinion.

Now then boys and girls since this is a slasher film that does mean that we have to talk about the kills that are in the film. Which for me are very hit and miss since for every cool looking kill we got it was then quickly followed up by two or three kills that didn't look as good but for me tho there were more good looking kills then there was bad looking kills which for a slasher horror film is always a good thing.

Overall this was a decent film but I can't honestly say that it's better then Curse Of Chucky because it really isn't in my opinion. That doesn't mean that there aren't some good things to be found in this film because there but there's just as many bad things about the film. To me and many Child's Play / Chucky fans Curse Of Chucky was a return to form for the franchise and so it's sad to see it's sequel not be as good as such this film gets a 4.5 out of 10 from me.

All of the images that I used in this review were gathered from either Google Images or the official Chucky fandom wiki page which is just called The Chucky fandom wiki page. Since I got alot of the images that I used in this review from Google Images I have no choice but to recommend that you guys Google Images if you want images from this film simply because there are alot more images from the film but not all of them are high definition tho so you have been warned and as always horror fans we end this review as we always do with our true goddess Elvira wishing us all some very unpleasant dreams.