|
Dreams in the Witch House 2022 ★★
Rupert Grint plays a guy who is only a child when he loses his sister Samantha. I'm sorry, I meant Epperley.
He becomes so obsessed with seeing her again that he drops some acid before getting sucked into this lower budget version of the Upsidedown. And needless to say, it all ends up going terribly wrong.
The effects in the other world look good and I am certain the Lovecraft story it was based on is solid. But the director did not use the tension well and Grint is simply not that convincing in this role.
The second star is for the effects and the rat crawling out chestburster style.
And then back in.
Mister Takei?
Oh my.
Lake Mungo 2008 ★★★½
Lake Mungo was a solid effort in the faux documentary/found footage genre. An entertaining bit of horror about the disappearance of a girl.
While it did not live up to the reputation garnered on the internet, it did manage to instill an overall eerie atmosphere with characters likable enough to empathize with them. Which is something you should not take for granted in this subgenre.
Also... The Tunnel, The Museum Project, Lake Mungo,... What is the deal with Australia and found footage?
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist 2005 ★★
A prequel to one of the all time classics can be nothing but underwhelming. And this one was underwhelming.
I can understand bringing in Nazis to give the main character a cross to bear.
But offscreen kills? 30 years after the groundbreaking effects in The Exorcist? Or The Omen? No sir, that will not do.
One of the better things was the recycled captain Rhodes-character, who now is a major. Otherwise, there is nothing much memorable about this flick.
13 Fanboy 2021 ★★★★
For fans of the series, this indie spin off is the bee's knees.
In short, 13 fanboy is Friday's answer to A new nightmare, where the monster crosses over to real life. In this case in the person of an obsessive fan stalking (and kidnapping and killing) the actors from the movies.
A few of the logistics don't completely make sense and this movie has no art house pretensions. But all that does not matter.
What matters is seeing all the old lovies back in a Friday-film: Tracie Savage, Lar Park Lincoln, Debbie Voorhees, Kane Hodder, CJ Graham, Judie Aronson,... Or the nods to the series.
The fun of seeing Corey Feldman as a sleazebag producer. Or seeing that Vincente Disanti seems to be drawing from the same casting style as Brad Jones. And look, it's James A. Janisse.
Or the fun of seeing your name on the screen as a one of the Kickstarter sponsors.
Casual moviegoers can easily give this a skip. This is for the fans.
And now I want to see that found footage "Snuffed Out".
__________________
|