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Death and the Winemaker 2021 ★★½
An animated film with clear elements of horror. In my opinion, the fantasy elements can be reduced to the parabel/cautionary tale like nature of the story.
This is not the slick drawing style of the Pixars of this world, so I can see how to some, this might feel as an acquired taste. I had the impression it fitted the storytelling style.
The story loyally followed the parabel style. Which means: if you have heard your share of these, the trick with death and the bottle was pretty predictable, as was the late ensuing chaos and misery. I did, however, enjoy the timing and the presentation of the curse and the cross the main character has to bear. They brought that very well.
As far as I am concerned, it's not so memorable as to give it four stars or so. But it has enough demonstrable qualities to make your seventeen minutes well spent.
Terror Train 2 2022 ★
Fans: Wow, an actually solid remake to Terror Train. Good job.
Absolutely nobody: You know what? You should do a sequel to that.
Coked up studio exec: Yeah, and you should make it totes wink wink nudge nudge and self aware, with all douchebag characters who do everything except literally wink to the camera.
Makers: And every streamer is a self obsessed asshole, right?
Coked up studio exec: Totes. Self obsessed asshole streamers are tight!
Makers: Cool, let's do that. But Copperfield and the main character can be still be somewhat nice, right?
Coked up studio exec racking up: Wut? Sure. Fine. Whatever.
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