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Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver is a long title. It’s too long to repeat really. Therefore, I will refer to it simply as Living Dark from now on. Apparently, Ted the Carver is some kind of urban legend that I never heard about. When I read about it briefly I find that it originates from the early 2000s and is a text about someone exploring a cave. The further into it he...
The Most Dangerous Game is indeed a classic story. I think I first came in contact with it in a book aimed at teens when I was a kid. Of course, I can’t remember the exact story, I’m way too old to remember that. But at least it was similar and I remember liking it pretty much. The story itself was first published in 1924 and was written by Richard Connell. I imagine the topic...
Terrifier 3 was a very anticipated film for me. The first two movies were such effective splatter-horror movies. They used the element of humor but was still pretty terrifying. I had high hopes for the third part, to say the least. And believe me, it’s brutal! But it also doesn’t make any sense. In the two first movies, there was still a believable story. There was something more than just gore- and splatter scenes. In...
Eight Eyes is a movie set in Serbia, at least to begin with. Later the plot is transferred to Macedonia I believe. It is a joint production between the USA and Serbia and half the dialog is in Serb language. The other half is in English. Of course, I have to rely on the subtitles to understand the Serbian parts. So, in essence, I can’t really tell which language it is. It just seems most...
Boy in the Walls is a horror/drama from 2023. It’s about this family movie out in the countryside after purchasing an old house, probably at a bargain price. The daughter immediately hates the place. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s “only 45 minutes into the city” as her father puts it. or it’s just the fact that she will be stuck there with her new stepmom. I understand the tension. It cannot be easy coming...
Bitch Ass starts with an introduction by Tony Todd. He mentions all the ikons in the horror franchises and it’s especially funny when he comes to Candyman. It is his own character after all. He describes what we’re about to see as the first black serial killer movie or something like that. Now, I don’t really care what color of the skin the killer or the victim has, as long as the kills are entertaining...
The Train of Death or Kereta Berdarah as the original title is, is a horror film from Indonesia. I for one have little experience of films from this country of islands. I have seen very few films from there and the ones that come to mind are more cult films than anything qualitative. But soon dive into the action or the story at least. It opens up strong and I soon become very interested in...
Dard Divorce is a film directed by Olaf Ittenbach, so there’s bound to be lots of gore and guts. I’ve heard many things about it but I have never seen it until now. If I ever heard anything else that it’s bloody and gory and superb from that perspective is uncertain. That might be good, but does that make a movie good as a rule? Let’s find out. I’m a curious soul. I had to...
The Bell Keeper has one of those teasers that’s really interesting. I really like the it. It’s kind of suspenseful and I think that the music is much to thank for it. But there’s also mystique in the imagery and there’s some blood and gore. But above all else it manages to make it interesting, I wonder what this film will be once it starts for real. What does it mean “you rang the bell”?...
Jinn is a fantasy/horror flick from 2014. I would say it’s mostly horror though. I use the term fantasy more for films like Willow. Happy little tales that takes the form of fairytales. This is much darker. With that, I’m not saying that a fairytale or a fantasy movie can’t be dark. I just wanted to elaborate a little bit on that so you won’t get the wrong impression of this demonic film. Domenic Rains...
The Old Ones is a tale based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Of course, the title itself is rather exciting – The Old Ones screams like an H.P. Lovecraft tale. But also the fonts in the absolute beginning of the film give me a vibe of that 70’s gothic horror kind of thing that is hard to put into words. It’s just that vibe or that feel to it. Of course, It depends on...
Wake is a movie about this young actress. She’s in her late 20s. I think she says 28 at one time in the movie. Anyway, she’s dying for this role in the remake of the movie Wake. She seeks out the lead actress from the original movie to try to get some hints or whatever from her. She is rejected on the spot by the housekeeper. However, the young actress won’t take no for an...
