Halloween 2024

The acting was great, and I liked that the main character was terminally ill so she had the liberty to have a seemingly mundane side quest while the rest of the world tried to figure out how to survive, but otherwise kind of boring.

Great music, great atmosphere. It really felt like I was seeing a new story play out within the Saraphites of The Last of Us. Samara Weaving was great. What the hell was it all about and what happened at the end? I really don't know. But I did enjoy it.

To be honest, I was only half paying attention watching this after the first 20 or 30 minutes. I found it to be kind of boring. I liked Nick Frost's performance, but I just didn't find story that interesting.

It's cheesy because of when it was made, but I had always assumed it was a horror comedy, and it definitely isn't. It's a very cool take on a Dracula story with some pointed commentary on slavery and racism, and mostly a love story. Great lead, great cheese, and because it was made in the 70's, some funny action and chase sequences.

I think if I had seen this when I was a teenager, I would have been really into it, but not so into it now. Jennifer Tilly is great though.

Not the best suqual, not the best movie, but every scene with Tony Todd is a joy, and the score (which may have been reused verbatim from the original?) is still amazing.

Absolutely bonkers. Pretty entertaining, though, and pretty cool to see Fiona Dourif play young Charles Lee Ray.

Even. More. Bonkers. It's so over the top, and very teen drama, but the actors are fantastic, the puppetry is amazing, and Jennifer Tilly is sooooo good, and sooooo funny. 

Chuck's in the Whitehouse! Once again, absolutely, completely bonkers. A wild ride at least.

I thought this was pretty boring without much of a payoff. I'm okay with a slow burn for a super scary or interesting ending, but the ending wasn't very scary or interesting. 

I really enjoyed the style of this movie. Great visuals, great, weird dialog. A scary monster(?).

This was a trip! Love the aesthetic and style—totally different than anything I've watched since maybe Eraserhead? It's kinda weird, but I'm into it for the visuals alone.

Absolutely incredible. Just watch it.

This was pretty dang good. I get why it is so iconic. The monster looks fantastic, and it's fun to imagine what seeing this would have been like in 1931—probably pretty terrifying and mind-blowing. I had no idea that Frankestein was this rich heir whose murders by proxy would be forgiven because...he's rich?

A fantastic reintroduction into the original Halloween timeline

I've been surprised by the other Hell House sequels, but this feels like they're solidly in the "stretching it too far" territory. Definitely had some scary moments, but no real new takes on what the franchise has already done, and the backstory feels unnecessary. 

I thought this was a great take on the home invasion genre. I'm almost always rooting for the victim in a horror movie, but this time I was really rooting for Maddie. I really felt like they put us in her head effectively. Also had some pretty gnarly gore—that hand crush was absolutely disgusting.

Pretty Good!

Loved it. Such a different take on a slasher, stylistically. All of the slasher tropes are there—it could almost be a remake of Friday The 13th in the plot and details, but it's soooo different in terms of mood, perspective, and style.

I really dug it! Such a fun watch, and amazing villain. Several twists that totally got me, and beautifully shot! Definitely my favorite of the influencer subgenre so far.

I wanted to like this so badly! It had the recipe for me to love it: an all-women black metal band filming a music video in a haunted forest in Chile?! But it definitely missed the mark for me. I kept waiting for something scary to happen, but it never came. There was no pay out for the mundane lead-up. I was bummed, but still give it two knives for the effort and cool concept. 

I didn't find this movie to be scary whatsoever, but I was surprised at how well done it was, and how into it I was.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I miss the intense green tint of the older movies. They definitely got me thinking that Jigsaw didn't die somehow, so kudos, but overall this one just felt like a lame modern take.

I really dug the premise and setting—they really nailed the 70's feeling, and the actors were fantastic. I wanted to know more about Jack's involvement in that supposed cult, and there were a couple of lame effects mixed in with lots of really amazing effects, but overall I really enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed this. It's really good to see a fun, quirky take on a common horror theme. I loved the weird dialog, and the color and set design were fantastic. That poor dad—both of his wives were murdered?!

I'm not 100% sure what the hell happened, but I loved it. The style, the weird changing aspect ratios, and the nick cage was all amazing!

Pretty good. So many meta moments that I really enjoyed. And the 80's set and costume styling, and film style felt really accurate and believable, but as far as the overall story goes, I didn't think it was as strong as X or Pearl.

I was feeling pretty critical of this for probably the first half, but as things start happening, I have to admit, it was getting me pretty jumpy. It felt super slow, but it has a pretty good payoff with some cool effects later on, but I can't help but compare it to Blair Witch, and the payoff didn't feel nearly as cool as that one.

Supremely cheesy. And the theme is just the Psycho theme with an update 80's sound?

I thought this was pretty great. Pretty difficult subject matter, but the protagonist is amazing, and her revenge arc is pretty awesome.

Definitely more fun than scary, and it really feels like a Stephen King story. But it had some great visuals—I think the floating kid vampires looked amazing, much better than the Nosferatu ripoff (or homage?). 

Wooooow. This was a trip. An absolutely stupid opening sequence that seemingly had absolutely nothing to do with the story. The acting felt notably worse. The whole series feels a bit like an R-rated Law & Order episode, but this one amped it up. Many of the effects looked visibly fake, and the gimmicky 3D shots were so lame. And the repeated "Game over." lines, oof. But, I did like that the Doctor from the first movie ended up being one of Jigsaw's accomplices. Oh! I almost forgot Chester Bennington as a skinhead! 

Very cheesy (those transitions...), but Saw strikes again with an interesting "twist."

This one was just okay, but dang, they are so consistent stylistically, and the shots showing new context to previous scenes are impressive—did they shoot some of those ahead of time? 

Again, the consistency! And the flashbacks! This one was not bad.

Decent. Really likable characters, and some really cool sequences, but another super flimsy story for the killers.

Getting solidy into fully kooky territory, but I actually kinda like Glen/Glenda, and Jennifer Tilly is once again great.

It was fine, but really just felt unnecessary. We already had a Saw sequel with a Saw protégé recreating/emulating Saw, but at least it had a twist that involved Saw. This was just a copycat who just got away I guess? I dunno, whatever.

Suuuuper funny. I know this wasn't meant to be a horror masterpiece, but the digital effects looked pretty bad, except for the demons—those looked sick!

Absolutely gruesome. The practical effects are jaw-dropping and stomach-churning, and probably responsible for two of the three knives I'm giving it.  It was also actually very funny at times, as brutal as it was. As far as story goes, kinda flat and the little bit that it tries to develop the Art lore feels kinda weak and uninteresting. But Art is still so iconic and David Howard Thornton is fantastic.

Vincent Price Vicent Pricing! He thinks he's the last person alive on earth during an outbreak of vampire zombies (?). Nothing terribly interesting, but I love the visuals, and I love me some Vincent Price.

For the first while I really felt like this was a pointless retreading of what the first already did, but they got me with a few interesting turns and reveals, and ended up being decent, even though I felt like I had little idea what was going on at the end.

Eh. Generally interesting concept, but soooo flimsy. I could stop thinking about how obviously flawed and ineffective this would be. And like...how on earth would law enforcement determine if a crime was committed shortly before or after the 12 hour window?

Better than the first. But still meh.

I saw this in theaters when it came out and recall feeling very negatively about it, and thinking that it was all jump scares and nothing else. I liked it a lot more after re-watching it (home alone, late at night, which may actually be the better way to experience a movie like this). I think the slow buildup is actually really good, and it definitely had me feeling on edge waiting for a jump scare, and surprisingly, there weren't too many. Not amazing, but not half bad!

This felt waaaay different than the first one stylistically. A lot more of a teen slasher movie feel, and I was way less into it. I thought it was pretty lame that they had The Strangers pull some of the exact same moves from the first movie...like, are they really that un-creative that they're using the exact same moves 10 years later? I liked the family though, and both the brother and sister were acted really well, and I liked seeing The Strangers get got.

Holy wow. So good. A fantastic commentary with amazing acting, amazing sound, and outrageous gore that ranges from so uncomfortably realistic, to enjoyably silly. Watch it. Watch it now!

It was a lot funnier than I assumed it would be, and I can't stop wondering about if I'd like it more if it wasn't. And that's mostly due to Roddy's ridiculous one-liners (otherwise I actually thought he was pretty good). The glasses-view shots are absolutely incredible, and a really great concept. I really liked it.

A fantastic Halloween movie! Sam is cute, and I was rooting for him the whole time. Love the little twists of expectations throughout, and it just had me psyched for Halloween.

It was pretty hard to get past all of the SA—it's like that was the theme tying the shorts together. But getting past that, the shorts were pretty good. My favorite being the siren one, cause dang, that was a cool effect, and she was effectively unsettling.

Pretty dang good overall! My favorite short was Stowaway (what incredible visuals), and my least favorite being Fur Babies (kinda lame, kinda Tusk).          

Surprisingly cool music, and Erin's character is awesome. I wish the killers looked coolor/scarier, but overall this was not the standard home invasion movie I thought it would be.