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Don’t Knock Twice 2016 ★★½
Turns out that, according to my stats, this was the third movie with Lucy Boynton I had seen this year. Blimey, could have fooled me, lemme tell ya that. Apparently, she had smaller parts in both Barbie and The pale blue eye.
Don't knock twice sees her starring as a girl whose life gets taken over by a ghost that haunts her and her estranged mother. Of course it starts off with her and friend doing something. Hey, that's why it's horror and chances are people do more stupid stuff in real life than in horror movies.
Now, your feel on this movie will probably hinge on your stance on jumpscares. If you don't like them, this is probably a skip. I personally see not that much of a problem with them as they are well done. And this movie does them well. Thus achieving the goal they are out for.
The few kills in this movie are also well done as well as the reveals and the red herring. The best friend gets offed in a way reminiscent of Unfriended and Host, while one of the other kills is highly related to the red herring.
The movie is not perfect. It lags a bit in the middle and, like with other ghostie movies (like Unfriended for one), it tacks on a final jumpscare that looks more like a studio note than like a genuinely necessary scene.
For ghostie lovers.
Ps: Ghostie lovers pizza (with mozarella with holes poked out for eyes), how great would that be for Halloween?
Anthropophagus II 2023 ★
Generic Wrong Turn sequel level torture porn with snarky and annoying characters (though perhaps with better special effects).
Should have seen this one at Bifff. The only fun is trying to pinpoint the moments where the Bifff crowd would crack a joke.
The Chair 2022 ★★½
An award winning short about a cursed chair that ruins the lives of its owners.
One or two good scares and the shot of the old man appearing out of nowhere works. But all in all more weird than scary.
OnlyFans 2 2023 ★
A bland short with clichés on new media and proof that Public Enemy was right about 911 being a joke in that town.
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