Throughout Shocktober, I plan on writing about a ton of different movies. Some of them I watch every year and some will be first viewings. To kick off Shocktober, I chose something familiar. A staple of the Shocktober holiday for me. The Strangers…
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Letterboxd – ObsessiveViewer- Little Monsters, 2019 - ★★★ April 1, 2020Very charming zombie comedy. Lupita Nyong'o is super endearing and there's really good chemistry with Alexander England. Josh Gad steals the show and helps cement the tone of the movie by being over the top in a fun way.
- Search Party, 2014 - ★½ April 1, 2020A really lazy and dumb comedy. The script is so bland and the hijinks are completely unearned. The comedy set pieces lack basic cohesion with the plot. No work was put into making the plot (derivative as all hell) endearing or even logical.There are a ton of recognizable people in the cast and the movie would have been far more enjoyable if they were given t […]
- First Kid, 1996 - ★½ March 27, 2020Everything about this movie feels phoned in. Sinbad is fun but it really feels like large swathes of the script is just "have Sinbad improv exasperation" instead of trying anything interesting. Every narrative beat is painfully obvious, even for a kid-friendly Disney movie.
- Treasure Planet, 2002 - ★★★½ March 27, 2020Really liked this sci-fi pirate tale. Animation is gorgeous and the set pieces are really mesmerizing. The story is a bit predictable at times but that's a small complain.
- Freaks, 2018 - ★★★½ March 23, 2020Freaks owes a big debt to Firestarter but it's at least more original outside of its homage than Stranger Things was/is (and I like Stranger Things a lot).Very wise to deliver the world building through the perspective of Chloe. Good storytelling and impressive effects work.
- The Head Hunter, 2018 - ★★★ March 23, 2020Very cool low budget atmosphere piece. It's all tone and mood and it's done to good effect. Set design, cinematography, locations, makeup and costuming all work together to make some really striking visuals.
- Little Monsters, 2019 - ★★★ April 1, 2020
