Search found 569 matches

by jonbly
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:57 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Nekrotronic
Replies: 5
Views: 7950

Nekrotronic

8/10 - Ghostbusters 4. Whilst clearly short on the budget side, this movie's goofy charm and energy keep it bouncing merrily along... aside from a fair bit of exposition.
by jonbly
Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:48 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Ready Or Not
Replies: 6
Views: 8688

Ready Or Not

9/10 - Excellent mainstream horror with comic touches.

Did anyone else struggle, whenever Daniel (the brother) came on screen, not to yell out
Spoiler:
"Daniel isn't real!"
?
by jonbly
Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:20 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Daniel Isn't Real
Replies: 3
Views: 6419

Daniel Isn't Real

7/10 - Neither Luke nor the shrink should have been stupid enough to empower Daniel. Following the movie's own logic,
Spoiler:
Daniel will just jump to another host now Luke's dead.
by jonbly
Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:13 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Eat Brains Love
Replies: 1
Views: 4789

Eat Brains Love

7/10 - Enjoyable romp at first, but runs out of steam by the end. Unresolved.
by jonbly
Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:11 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Spiral
Replies: 6
Views: 9355

Spiral

6/10 - This one didn't make a lot of sense to me... why harrass them at all? Contrived to fit its social agenda.
by jonbly
Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:44 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Why Won't You Just Die?
Replies: 2
Views: 5819

Why Won't You Just Die?

8/10 - Russian version of the old 'boyfriend meets father' story. It does not go well. Great fun.

I really want the closing music (Fuck You by The Hatters), but I'm slightly concerned that I might start singing along in public...
by jonbly
Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:26 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Are we dead yet?
Replies: 1
Views: 2718

Are we dead yet?

4/10 - Comedy, allegedly. Some OK plot hiding beneath a thick layer of idiots.
Spoiler:
Then it just stops. The prologue was apparently the ending, but that implies that our 'heroes' got the gold... but they didn't. Mr Sanderson's guys did, as far as we know.
I don't care anymore.
by jonbly
Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:16 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Mary
Replies: 6
Views: 8756

Mary

7/10 - Mainstream horror, nice and safe. 'Distinctly OK'.
by jonbly
Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:14 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Dark Sense
Replies: 0
Views: 4847

Dark Sense

6/10 - Psychic Simon is alternately powerless or unstoppable... but otherwise this went pretty well. I was confused by his ability to heal himself... which I'd assumed only related to his psychic 'stigmata', but later seems to cover broken legs and acid burns (and in retrospect perhaps even a crushe...
by jonbly
Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:07 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Criminal Audition
Replies: 1
Views: 2577

Criminal Audition

7/10 - The twist eventually explains much of it... but half an hour in I was really annoyed with this for making no sense... and some of the characters should have reacted more to that, I think.

What happened to the lady from Logistics?
by jonbly
Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:03 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary
Replies: 2
Views: 5596

Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary

7/10 - Ghostbusters 3. Took too long to get going, but eventually found its stride. Few caught the thrilling post-credits footage...
by jonbly
Sat Aug 24, 2019 9:08 am
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Porno
Replies: 3
Views: 6011

Porno

6/10 - Passable comedy horror which doesn't quite nail either. The 'camp' twist falls very flat.

It's amazing what you can do with a shoelace.
by jonbly
Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:42 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Kindred Spirits
Replies: 5
Views: 7986

Kindred Spirits

6/10 - Believability is stretched thin by having two actresses with very different looks cast as 'almost sisters'.
by jonbly
Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:35 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Bliss
Replies: 8
Views: 9915

Bliss

5/10 - Incessant strobe effects and wobble-cam make this borderline unwatchable. There's an intense vampire movie in there somewhere... maybe. Needed less volume in the first half to avoid viewer fatigue. Continuity was a mess... she drives past the same building twice, is followed by a white Jeep t...
by jonbly
Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: FF 2019
Topic: Cut Off
Replies: 8
Views: 9952

Cut Off

8/10 - Complex German thriller. Not one to watch without your full attention...

Needs an epilepsy warning for strobes.