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‘Screaming’ in a post-satire world
The first thing to notice about Scream 5 is that it isn’t “Scream 5.” Despite being a direct sequel in the same continuity, the number has been left off all official marketing material, and there couldn’t possibly be a better … Continue reading
Only official ‘Slender Man’ movie is the worst ‘Slender Man’ movie
1/10 And now to dissect Slender Man, the movie its own studio didn’t want you to see. In rural Massachusetts, four bored teenagers summon the Slender Man. They do this by watching a video on the Internet straight out of … Continue reading
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Tagged #deadpool, #sony, #the witch, It, Occulus, postmodernism, Slender Man, the babadook, The Ring
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‘Hereditary’ an audacious mixed bag
9/10 And now for Hereditary, this year’s “scariest movie ever made.” The film begins with the funeral of the Graham family matriarch, Ellen, after which her daughter Annie (Toni Collette) begins to see strange things around the house. The family soon … Continue reading
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Tagged #A24, #the witch, Alex Wolff, Hereditary, Milly Shapiro, Paranormal activity, the babadook, The Conjuring, Toni Collette
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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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Solid scares, likable cast, but Conjuring 2 is nothing new
Rhiannon Saegert @missmusetta If Insidious 4 The Conjuring 2 really is scarier than the original, it’s because by now, the people making these films have abandoned storytelling in favor of doing what they do best — decent scares. The film begins … Continue reading
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Tagged #a nightmare on elm street, #annabelle, #conjuring2, #ghostbusters, #it follows, #james wan, amityville was a hoax, annabelle 2, aquaman, conjuring 2, dear god why is annabelle 2 happening, demon surprise, ghost hunters, Insidious, insidious 4, master filmmaker james wan, Oculus, Paranormal activity, paranormal investigators ed and lorraine warren, patrick wilson, the amityville horror, the babadook, The Conjuring 2 is fun, The Conjuring 2 is predictable, The James Wan checklist, vera farminga, woman in black
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