Expectations are a difficult thing sometimes. I went into the The Banana Splits Movie expecting something perhaps a little subversive, yet…fun. Instead I got a horror movie–what I expected. It’s surprisingly gory at times–with only hints of the subversiveness that I was looking for. And that’s a pity because otherwise, what’s the point? The biggest […]
I didn’t see IT: Chapter 2 because I was underwhelmed by IT: Chapter 1 so I didn’t quite see the point. And with Doctor Sleep coming sometime in November I’m looking forward to some horror content before that time, so enter Haunt. It sounds vaguely like The Houses October Built, though with Eli Roth directing […]
I didn’t see IT: Chapter 2 in theaters this weekend because I saw IT: Chapter 1 and was thoroughly underwhelmed. Doctor Sleep, like IT, is a Stephen King adaptation so I’m hoping that it’s worthwhile to see in theaters. What it has in it’s favor is that it’s directed by Mike Flanagan (The Haunting Of […]
The final trailer for IT: Chapter 2 was released about two weeks ago and this is the first I’ve seen of it. And that’s not typical for me. The reason for the delay is that I saw the first movie in theaters, and found it terribly underwhelming. With a particularly strong emphasis on “underwhelming:” It […]
The “first” version of IT earned somewhere in the ballpark of $700 million dollars (on a $35 million budget), which is interesting considering that it–pardon the pun–was weak tea as far as horror movies go. And speaking of box office, the receipts of the original movie indicates two things. First, it’s likely that the budget […]
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