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‘Doctor Sleep’ made with love, pulled down by editing
6/10 As the ‘10s come to a close, the 30-year cycle of media nostalgia for the ‘80s is in full swing. The specific subset of romance for Stephen King media reaches its theoretical nadir with Doctor Sleep, both a sequel … Continue reading
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Tagged #rebecca ferguson, #the shining, Doctor Sleep, Ewan McGregor, Mike Flanagan, Stanely Kubrick, Stephen King
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‘Pet Sematary’ bland
3/10 As the credits begin to roll for Pet Sematary, what sounds like the opening riff of “Don’t Fear the Reaper” begins to play, and for a moment, I love it. It’s a bold choice. Movies have mostly moved away … Continue reading
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Tagged #jason Clarke, Amy Seimitz, bland, It, Pet Sematary, Stephen King
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‘It’ is boring, racist, sexualizes minors and has a 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes
2/10 The titular monster in It comes out of the sewer every 30 years to feed, so remaking the movie — yeah, I know the 1990 version was a “made for TV miniseries,” eat me — makes a ton of … Continue reading
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Tagged #annabelle, #racism, #rotten tomatoes, #warner bros., a truer purer form of creative bankruptsy, Bill Skarsgard, Evil Dead, fetishization of minors, Finn Wolfhard, It, Lights Out, Paranormal activity, Pennywise the Dancing Clown, preteen bukkake, Sinister, Stephen King, Stranger Things, the babadook, The Conjuring, you'll float too
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Ouija defies the Natural Order
Ever since The Conjuring blew the lid off the horror genre by opening to $41 million in July 2013, studios have been devoting most of their scary movie resources into Blockbuster season. October, traditionally horror’s time to shine, has become something of … Continue reading
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Tagged #blumhouse productions, #jack reacher, Absentia, annabelle 2, Annalise Basso, Blockbuster season, Boo! A Madea Halloween, Brett Ratner, David F. Sandberg, Elizabeth Reaser, Gerald's Game, John M. Chu, Lights Out, Lulu Wilson, Mike Flanagan, Occulus, Ouija, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Stephen King, The Conjuring
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