What did you ghosts watch this week? (10/20-10/26)
Boo!!
My week:
House of the dead (2003 Tubi): This was my first experience with a Uwe Boll flick and I have to say that I kind of enjoyed it! The dialogues were hilariously clunky, the actors were perfectly mediocre, the 360 slo-mo shots were cool as fuck (I don’t know if that’s a trademark from him but I would like to see more of them), the video game clips were weird as fuck but kind of funny, the makeup job was decent, the gore was good, the settings were cheap but nice and the story was pretty standard. My rating: 5.5/10
Creeping death (2023 Tubi): « Tim's mother has brain cancer, but his friends steal a sack unleashing the Aos Si Celtic spirit on Halloween night. They must survive the night or sacrifice their lives to the spirit. The spirit pursues them for their trespass. » The first 15 minutes fooled me into thinking this would be a good October movie to watch. I don’t mind low budget horror but this was really not good. I’d compare it to a new candy you get in your Halloween bag that has a nice wrapping and looks good but then you look at the flavour and see it’s orange. Then you still have hope that it might be good but it just end up tasting like shit and getting stuck in your teeth. That being said, some of the gore was fun, there were a lot of pumpkins and a cornfield. My rating: 4/10
All hallows’ eve (2013 Tubi): I’ve seen the first two Terrifier movies but always pushed this one back. Well, this week, Alie inspired me to watch it. I enjoyed most of it but didn’t care about the part with the aliens. My rating: 6/10
Haunt (2019 DVD): Could have a bit more meat in its bones but otherwise quite satisfying for a slasher film. It’s intense, creepy, violent and scary. The teen actors were okay, the clowns stole the show but it’s definitely style over substance, even for then genre. My rating: 7/10
Hocus Pocus (1993 DVD): This movie made for some good time with my kids. We all enjoyed it and it had a very fitting and appropriate Halloween vibe. The cast did a good job and the story was fun. My rating: 7.5/10
Little monsters (2019 DVD): This was a big improvement for me in rewatch. I did not have a very fond memory of it, just remembered it being alright and slightly disappointing. I don’t even understand because it was charming, entertaining and crazy enough to earn its R rating. The two leads had way more chemistry than I remembered too. My rating: 7.5/10
ParaNorman (2012 Tubi): The first 20 minutes were good but the rest of the story was meh. The animation was great though. My rating: 6/10
Wednesday (2022 Netflix): It was a marvellous experience watching this with my kids. We all got hooked right after the first episode and had a lot of fun speculating on what would happen next and trying to find the culprits. They really did a good job on the writing, the cast was very good with the main star shining as bright as night. A full blood moon lit night with bazillion of stars in the sky that is. Last series I watched was Fallout and now this. Both of them would make my list of favourite series of the last decade. Overall: 8.5/10