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This Is the End 2013 ★★½
Not as fun as I remember.
Some funny bits in there, like obnoxious Michael Cera, the masturbation argument between Franco and McBride or the womp womp moment when Franco gets "saved". And the Backstreet Boys at the pearly gates will remain cult.
But the overall mushy and lovie dovie atmosphere as a cover for the jungle of Hollywood is not as hilarious as the makers had hoped for.
Inside 2007 ★★★★½
Inside certainly earns its place in the realm of French extremes. A European, more extreme version of The hand that rocks the cradle, if you will. In that it appeals to similar fears, just in a very different way.
The opening has you in the right mood, but is positively tame compared to what comes next.
The tension is great. Who is this lady and how does she know all these things about our lead?
The knife on the pregnant belly shot goes up there with the finger in Raw. Good stuff.
Sure, they bring in a few extra characters to up the death toll. But it does manage in giving a false sense of security. And we get gnarly head shot and Sarah stabbing her mother in the throat with a hairpin. As you do.
Throughout all of this, you wonder how the ending will top all of this. And then the ending... fuck me, that ending. A great topper to a very violent and gory film about what are in essence very human things.
Well recommended for fans of more extreme stuff.
Bury the Bride 2023 ★★
Went into this one because of the premise. A bachelorette party terrorised by the groom. Sounds good. Oh, and Scout Taylor-Compton is in it, the lead from Rob Zombie's Halloween.
It's a mediocre vampire fest with a few obligatory jump scares and a bland ending.
The dialogue?
Redneck: Says some redneck stuff.
Sassy girl: Oh... my... god. You're so stupid.
Redneck: stfu (or something like that)
Sassy girl: something something f-bomb bla bla bla two more f-bombs yadda yadda
So that's a lot of who cares.
A few good kills are enough to earn this movie its second star.
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