Horror Movie Talk

Synopsis A young boy Elias and his mother Nadja set out on a transatlantic flight from Germany to New York for a top secret medical treatment. Nadja appears ill and particularly nervous about this trip. Shortly after boarding, a sequence of events no one saw coming quickly unfold putting Elias, Nadja and everyone on board in danger. This leaves Nadja no choice but to reveal an unbelievable secret in order to ensure her son’s safety. Review of Blood Red Sky This is a film with a lot of ambition, and is mostly successful with accomplishing what it is trying to do With a unique concept the film stands out from your average vampire flick. The vampires look bad ass, the transformations are well done and believable and the threat is always present. You feel the connection the mother has to her child and the bait and switch in the first half of the film is a satisfying reveal. The action special effects and execution of the two is where the movie gets most of its points for me. Where it struggles is the run time. It is just way too long for the story it is trying to tell, they really needed to trim the fat It was like they were trying to accomplish too much when they already had enough there to go with and each idea was a little over shown and over explained. With that said I do still see this film as a sort of hidden gem and worth a watch especially as someone who loves vampires but it does loose points for not having a more concise story and runtime Score 7/10

Synopsis In post revolutionary Iran in the 80’s during the Iran-Iraq war, Shideh is no longer able to study to be a doctor because of her political beliefs. Meanwhile, her husband is conscripted to the war and she is left alone with her daughter. While bombs threaten to topple their apartment building a malevolent entity starts to haunt them. Review of Under the Shadow This is the tried and true family haunting formula used in a novel setting of a repressive and war torn nation. It creates a unique conflation of traumatic stressors. A evil Djinn, is often the least of the protagonists worries compared to the imminent threat of death from an unseen foreign entity as well as the horror of losing your autonomy from a regressive dominant culture and government. This is listed as Rotten Tomatoes #2 on the 200 best horror movies of all time. I wouldn’t agree with the placement, but I do think this is a fantastic and interesting iteration of some familiar horror tropes. I can’t find anything to complain about, but I wasn’t necessarily blown away by it. I was also sick while watching it, so that probably brought down the overall enjoyment. Score 8/10

Synopsis After giving birth to an unnatural vampire-human hybrid, Bella herself becomes a newborn as she has finally transitions into a vampire. Bella is stronger and faster than expected and with the support of her chosen family she learns the ins and outs of vampirism and motherhood. But her bliss only lasts so long when the Voltori finds out about the child and her potential threat to vampire and human kind alike. In lue of this threat the Cullens must search for allies in the vampire community to plead their case or conversely fight alongside them to protect the child. Review of Breaking Dawn Part 2 This is clearly the best one Weird child, fun vampires, battle scene See more into the vampire community as a whole So little going on but so much at the same time. Score 4/10

Synopsis Matt Hagen, played by Tom Harries, is a wildly successful actor who has just been nominated for an Academy Award. Riding the high of his nomination, he attends a club where he meets a woman and ends up spending the night with her. This woman turned out to be the girlfriend of an extremely notorious crime boss in Gotham, but that did not dissuade Matt. She was just too hot! But this catches up with him as he wakes up to find a group of thugs surrounding his bed who cut up his pretty face until it is unrecognizable. With his moneymaker destroyed, he loses his fame as well as all his…well… money. In an attempt to regain his career, he meets with a scientist named Caitlyn to undergo an experimental procedure on his face. After injecting AI-trained nanobots into his skin, he starts to gain new powers as a side effect of their healing capabilities. Now Matt must fight not only for his beauty, but for the soul of Gotham itself. Review of Clayface Clayface is the third movie installment in the new DC universe following Superman and Supergirl. With the screenplay written by Mike Flanagan, the movie has a much different flavor than other comic book adaptations. I found the story to be pretty predictable and cookie-cutter for the most part. It isn’t breaking barriers with the plot. But I still really enjoyed the ride nonetheless. It is really fun to see Matt use his new abilities to enact revenge on those who did him wrong, all while spiraling into madness as Caitlyn does her best to keep him on the rails. The movie has a pacing problem, especially in the beginning. This had me worried that the entire movie was going to be too rushed to have any hope of being enjoyable, but I was wrong. The second and third acts are strong, and I had a lot of fun with the body horror and monster aspects of the film. Score: 8/10

Synopsis Breaking Dawn part one begins with the wedding of Edward and Bella. Over their honeymoon Bella becomes pregnant with an immortal vampire child (and possibly the antichrist? Its unclear). With the mortal Bella wasting away as the child feeds on her from within, Edward must find a way to save his new bride. Review of Breaking Dawn Part One This movie is legitimately one of the weirdest films I’ve ever seen. My jaw was on the floor the entire time and I could not believe my eyes in every scene. It is so strange, and there are moments where it is difficult to believe this was ever made in to an actual movie. Its terrible. Score: 10/10