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Why on earth is this not a sequel, they set up for a sequel at the end of the previous film for nothing. The remake of the opening of the original film is so badly made and it would be fine in context if the rest of the film wasn’t also really badly made. The self referential Scream (1996) style meta nonsense is so bad. Ocean Navarro wasn’t too bad and the sets were fine but other than that everything is so badly made in every way. Please don’t make anymore of these films, we don’t need closure.

It’s taking itself more seriously than the previous at the sacrifice of fun and there is so much arguing about nothing. Too much happens in daylight and it makes the monster look stupid. It has very below average special effects especially on the car chase. The ending was stupid. It’s barely watchable. At least Gabrielle Haugh was entertaining.

This is similar to the first film but the casting is so much worse. The characters are one dimensional. The story just isn’t interesting this time round and the time between monster attacks is tedious. All the suspense is gone as you saw the monster in the first film and they show you a lot in this film and seeing it so much makes it look goofy. I really appreciated Justin Long returning even if it was only briefly. It’s not good but it is kinda fun because it’s so stupid. What made the bus windows explode? The laughably bad decision making is back. I pretty much hated the ending but the finale was fun.

This is so beautifully creepy. It has a fantastic story really well told. The acting is excellent with engaging characters. I preferred the first half but that doesn’t stop it being an excellent film overall. I especially enjoyed the brilliant direction. It’s an intelligent and thoughtful psychological horror thriller.

I was never a big fan of the Omen films but I can appreciate how well made this one is and how well it respects the original film. Probably my favourite Omen, better than Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981). I really like the cast and characters and story. There are some good scares and a really horrific hand along with some fun practical effects. The fire CGI looked fake. The car crash birthing scene was comical.

I really didn't like the centre framing, I found it distracting. The excellent sound design really stood out along with the phenomenal acting. It’s a bit of a slow burn but when it gets good it’s excellent. It has a simple story and I’m fine with that, it’s predictable but that’s also okay. It’s very much the characters that drive it. Really enjoyable, kinda reminded me of Hereditary (2018).

I found it really hard to engage with the setting and the anthology concept. It's more consistent than The Animatrix (2003) but with less story. It's really well made with fantastic sound design and a nice enough animated style. I guess I'm not really into animation but also I found this very repetitive and formulaic. I didn't hate it but it was exceptionally forgettable.

Hard to engage with initially as it’s hard to understand their characters. It’s very far from Predator (1987) which they tried already to unsuccessfully imitate with Predators (2010) so maybe it’s good that it’s different. Action heavy, lots of CGI, cool predator costume. Some funny moments. Quite charming and engaging but a bit too sci-fi to be a favourite. There are some touching moments between the alien and the robot. The action is really exciting and some of the moments between are fun, it’s just not that memorable, Prey (2022) was more memorable but probably not as entertaining. Everyone had a journey which was cool, I think it’s just the setting that I struggled to engage with.

I actually liked the intro, it captured the magic of the original but then it just descended into forgettable nothing. I swear this is the seventh time I’ve seen this exact film. It’s not worse than part 6 but it is equally pointless. All these films are the same. Just stop after watching the first one and save yourself time. There is some good gore and some of the ghostface action is fun enough. All the exposition and dull characters are what make it pointless.

Compared to the previous film this felt more like Borderlands (2024) or a parody. It had a far less obnoxious style and more accessible than 28 Years Later (2025). It had great gore but also it's horrible for the sake of being horrible without fun like Hostel (2005). It was entertaining, it's just not always fun. Great acting. Some slower sections. The fire scene was excellent. Much less about zombies now.

I really didn't like the look of it, really quite ugly. The first film looked gritty, the second filmic and this one ugly, so smeary and inconsistent. The editing gave me whiplash, it's sometimes painful to watch. Randomly cutting to archival content was so pretentious but thankfully they gave up on it after the first act. The gore is good but what's with the random freeze frame quick camera pans? Ruins it. Thankfully they forgot to do it as much in the second half. The CGI doesn't match the rest of the film. The night scenes looked bizarre. The story and characters are relatively interesting, shame it felt ripped off from The Last of Us (2013) and its sequel/series. So much happened when they went to the mainland, why would they even risk it? I found so much of the story contrived and convenient, nothing happens for 28 years then everything happens at once. Navy boats sink, people go to the mainland for the first time, a house collapses randomly, gas ignites, etc. The explosion was really cool, shame it had weird music ruining it. How did that pile of skulls not fall over when it was windy? I didn't like the final act. Overall some great moments couldn't save the pretentious lack of entertainment.

This has a very slow burn. The lead character is highly unlikeable. As none of the characters are engaging and the story is fairly uneventful and predictable I really didn't enjoy this film, it's not badly made or anything but it is dull. Maybe I'm not the target audience but I had to watch it at 1.25x just to avoid turning it off. The finale car chase was pretty cool but not worth the build up. The ending was massively unsatisfying.

This was easily my least favourite. It was actually a bit boring. It was annoying that they changed the actress for Evy, the new one is so much worse. The only cast member putting any real effort in was Brendan Fraser. It does look great and has some fun action scenes but it is far too long and not especially fun.

This is not good at all but it is really entertaining, it feels like it’s deliberately bad and they added comedy to carry the film between the mediocre fight scenes. This could definitely be a guilty pleasure. Because it is shorter than The Mummy Returns (2001) it is overall more entertaining but be aware that it has nothing to do with The Mummy (1999). Weirdly watching this made me want to play the original Assassin’s Creed video game from 2007.

This is worse than the first film but with a lot of the same elements. The story is the big issue, the great characters and fun entertaining action are still there but the story is a mess, repeating the first movie but also being really stupid. The CGI, and in fact the film in general, is pretty flawed but it’s fun to make fun of it. Bad in a good way if you’re into that kind of thing.

I really like this fun ride. Okay there are issues with the pacing and the CGI looks very dated but the cast, writing, sets and action make it such a fun film. The sets really are incredible, everything has great scale and looks amazing, so much better than these virtual production studios where the sets are screens with CGI in them. This is the best mummy film that I’ve seen and really enjoyable.

The characters make so many dumb decisions it's like it’s a joke. It’s not a bad film, it’s a generic slasher that is well made. I didn’t really like the music though. The finale was actually awesome although the sound effects made it comical. Probably falls into that guilty pleasure category but only really worth watching for the final act.

The opening scene is really hard to watch, it doesn't feel like it could happen in any reality. I thought Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) was bad and this is basically the same level. It somewhat nails the tone of the game but fails to grasp the point. I think the writing is the biggest failing. It spells it out to you like you're dumb. I like the sound design and it's visually stunning in places. It's not a really bad film. There are some elements I liked. It's just a disappointment, it should have been so much better. It did make me want to play the game. I wanted to hate it but it wasn't the worst film I've ever seen, it is very flawed though.

I enjoyed the film but I can’t see that I plan on watching it again. It is well made and has that distinctive Raimi style but I don’t like the concept, it really lacks engagement for me. It’s basically let’s make a feature about wild west duelling and not much else. Whilst this is entertaining it is so forgettable. It is well acted and has good characters but without a story it just gets lost. Perfectly average.

I really like the very charismatic and relatable new terminator Grace. She genuinely had some depth. But why oh why is Sarah Connor back? It makes no sense, she died like two films ago. Also she’s a horrible person now. The more I watch this, the more I find to appreciate but also the more faults I notice. The abundance of CGI is off-putting. I loved how Sarah thought that she would stop the new terminator underwater by ‘tangling him up’ in a parachute, so ridiculous. I don’t know, it’s certainly not good but it is cotton candy.

The future doesn’t seem as gritty as the first two films. For a film that has such rich lore and so much potential to depict life in an unimaginable hell, this is actually quite generic, it’s all so bland and grey and moody. There is so much CGI, it doesn’t feel real. I find it so hard to concentrate on this film. Why do they all have sore throats? I think this is the first time I’ve seen this film all the way through and it’s hard to pinpoint why I find it so boring. The action is good enough. Maybe that’s it, everything else that is just so devoid of personality. It’s such a pointless film, nothing changes from start to finish, there is no message.

Oozing with style, devoid of substance. This has occasional creepy moments interspersed with an excessively long photography exhibit. I don't like the characters, none of them act like humans and they're so unrelatable. The film is pretentious in the worst possible way. The more you see of the ‘killer’ the more farcical and the less I get the joke which is what this film is. Five minutes of exposition at the end of a film is not a good way to tell your story. In some ways I enjoyed the travesty of Slender Man (2018) more because at least there were characters in it. The music is good and the cinematography has a style but otherwise AVOID.

It's a slightly slow start but the film looks lovely, with really great effects except with a slightly unreal veneer. It's an interesting concept but basically the same story as all the others. To some extent it's candyfloss again but this time with engaging characters. It is better than the previous film by a lot, actually it's one of the best in the franchise, far less silly than the previous trilogy and probably on-par with the original. It's not boring and I even didn’t hate the mutant dinosaur in a similar way to not hating it in Jurassic World (2015) but hating them in Dominion and Fallen Kingdom.

This is not a dinosaur movie, it’s more like a James Bond movie. It is so much worse than all the others in the series. The cinematography and effects are much worse, generally the technical aspects are ‘bad’ for a huge budget film. It’s the worst huge budget film I’ve seen. Badly written, convoluted story, too many characters, more boring than entertaining. There are just too many issues to list them all. Avoid it even if you liked the other films.

As if dinosaurs weren’t enough of a threat, they added an erupting volcano. It’s funnier than the first film but sometimes I think unintentionally. The cinematography and effects look better. The peril on the island and in the mansion were great, the rest of the film was meh. It’s an entertaining popcorn film, nothing special.

I really didn’t like the first hour. It didn’t feel natural. It felt staged, rehearsed. I also noticed so many technical issues like the helicopter rotor blades stopping spinning instantly and the chroma keying looking a bit sloppy. I was impressed with the amount of rotorscope work they did on the petting zoo shot. I didn’t like the casting of the children. The final 45 minutes though was entertaining, really good actually, just a shame that the first hour is annoying.

This is the original high concept horror, long before the likes of The Platform (2019). I found this very engaging even though it has below average acting especially from Maurice Dean Wint who thought they were making a cartoon. The logic, maths and physics of the Cube is flawed, if you ignore or blissfully don’t care then this film is so much better. The writing and direction are excellent. I didn’t like any of the characters except maybe David Hewlett’s character “Worth” although that wasn’t a problem. The ending is so great. Probably my favourite high concept ambiguous horror.

This is my second least favourite after 2016 but they’re all pretty close except Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) which is easily my favourite. But still I enjoyed this one. It’s really well made. It’s hard to pinpoint why I didn’t enjoy it more as it has all the right elements. Maybe too many protagonists, maybe a dull antagonist, maybe some minor pacing issues, maybe because (apart from the ice) it’s actually a bit forgettable, I really don’t know. It’s certainly not bad but it’s just a bit meh. There are certainly worse ways to pass your time and if you’ve seen all the previous Ghostbuster films then you might as well watch this one.

I prefer the first film but not by a lot. They are very similar. This one is funnier. They both have the same pacing issues. This has arguably more memorable moments but suffers from the lack of uniqueness and fails in the zeitgeist. It’s enjoyable and nostalgic enough to make it worth watching, even for viewers that didn’t grow up with this.

Much as I enjoy this film, partly due to nostalgia, it is flawed and without the nostalgia goggles it hasn’t aged perfectly. This is mostly down to the gimmicky nature and the uneven pacing. It’s simply not quite as good as Back to the Future (1985). This is entertaining because it is unique, big budget, great cast and character all fighting ghosts. It is a classic and still worth watching, just not quite as fun as I remembered.

I’m not scoring this higher because there are some minor pacing issues. I love Coraline, it is such a beautifully made and engaging film. There are so many layers to the story and the characters are really interesting. The production is quirky which makes it more original. Highly recommended.

This is sometimes boring because it is a little pretentious although beautifully made with high production quality except it sometimes has a fake ultra processed look to it especially when outside during the day. There is a really long build up setting up the story and characters with subtle hints of what it’s about. You could easily skip the first 35 minutes and miss nothing. The great moments are really great but there are too few of them. The whole siege is great but it’s still flawed with excessive exposition breaking it up. It’s simply not as entertaining as From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). If you love a slow burn then you’ll like Sinners more than me. The climax didn’t really make logical sense to me, did the antagonist not think through their plan? The aspect ratio changing was deeply annoying. I hate that pretentious thing of adding scenes in the credits that add nothing to the story. The truly epic moments are wasted by a lack of story, similar forgettable characters and far too many slow pointless scenes. But the epic moments are so good. The whole music thing was cool but had no point in the plot, without it you would have the same film. Weapons (2025) is better.

Another film, another direction, this time more like the original trilogy but with a modern AI angle and without Charles Lee Ray. The cast is excellent, especially Aubrey Plaza, although she was less convincing when it got serious. It’s very well paced and I liked the writing and editing. It’s a true reboot, all the previous films are sequels. Shame they couldn’t work Charles Lee Ray / Chucky into the film as that was the best thing about the other ones. This is nice and gory, entertaining and maybe overshadowed by M3GAN (2022). The finale was a bit of an anticlimax, I preferred the tone of the first two acts.

I often get this confused with Urban Legend (1998), they are so similar in so many ways. This hasn’t aged well but it is still mostly memorable. The cast is great. It’s comparatively devoid of gore and violence. It’s even lacking suspense, it is the cast that carries it. It’s an entertaining film but not a good film. It is categorically a product of the late nineties, teen influenced horror. I prefer Urban Legend as that has a better hook but this has the better.

This is so very similar to the previous film. I didn’t like the time travel and the story was stupid. It held my attention though and the jokes are less repetitive. The effects and production in general looked a lot better. I thought the villain was cool. And the alien character Griffin reminded me of Mantis from Guardians of the Galaxy and was a great addition to the film. Overall only worth watching if you liked the first two.

I didn’t like the Hollywood/making a fake movie setting. It’s not as entertaining as Bride of Chucky (1998). I actually really like the character of Glen. The characters of Chucky and Tiffany are really entertaining again. The casting is not as good, Hannah Spearritt cannot act is the worst but Redman was also kinda annoying. At least we have fun kills. For all that happens it is a bit slow and sometimes repetitive. I just didn’t engage with Seed because I didn’t like the setting or the concept. It’s the weakest so far but averagely entertaining nonetheless.

This isn’t bad but it’s conceptually flawed and far less interesting than the previous two. The large time gap is off-putting. It’s actually a little boring especially compared to the incredibly paced previous two films. The tight act structure is replaced with meandering jump scares. Technically speaking though, it’s well made. I really want to go on the ride at the end. The ending is anti-climactic and rushed. I enjoy Chucky himself as always but the rest of the film is a bit forgettable.

Such an iconic opening scene. Wow. Great characters, especially Chucky who is a fantastic antagonist. Great casting, especially Alex Vincent who is one of the best child actors ever and actually is the age that they are playing which is so much more convincing and engaging than using someone older than they are supposed to be. There are many great sequences like the car attack and voodoo confrontation. Also the finale is relentless and very satisfying. Great fun, great entertainment, excellent iconic eighties horror.

This is a very violent and slightly confusing Japanese film. It is about one sick little boy and one sick gang leader. Stuff happens and there are lots of people killed and tortured spilling lots of blood. If that is your thing then you might like it but I do warn that a strong stomach is needed in many of the disgustingly violent scenes. Not as comic or entertaining as Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991). Ichi is far more violent and overall less fun as it is really serious.

The sets and plants were amazing. It’s mostly really beautifully shot. The music was annoyingly catchy. The alternate ending would have been so much better. It started so well grabbing my attention and getting me dancing but there were some really boring bits. It feels like it would have been better as a stage show but still fun.

This has that lovely eighties look to it. The cinematography was fine but some of the editing was a bit jarring. The music is great but otherwise the sound design is fairly standard. The story was a bit slow but actually quite memorable. Not as good as The Silence of the Lambs (1991) by a long shot, mostly because of the cast.

This is just a wonder to look at. The imagery is beautiful. I mean not many films have such amazing cinematography in them. It really pays off in making this fascinating to watch. The acting was brilliant. This is a tense thriller with an unexpected story. The film is laid bare early on into the proceedings and there is little story development from there but the characters carry it. The good thing is the style and value of this production. This is not a horror film by a long shot. This is just a really well made dramatic film with controversial content handled well. The problem is that being so character and drama driven is that you are reliant on your engagement with the characters. And there are only two characters and I didn’t empathise with either so I was more disconnected than I should have been.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” Mediocre is a compliment for this rubbish. The second film was bad but a guilty pleasure and I couldn’t see the series getting worse, but I was wrong. Truly painful with less funny bits than I thought possible for a comedy. I didn’t want to see the end, but I did. The only good thing is seeing George Carlin (the old geezer from Bill and Ted). At least the second film had that creepy guy with the dodgy hand to remember, what am I going to remember about this pile of poop? Nothing hopefully.

This was a good little eighties classy thriller. It was quite gritty. It was certainly not smooth and slick. The camera work was fantastic. Nancy Allen was excellent in this, such a charismatic actress. The acting is brilliant. There were some amazingly well shot scenes. Some scenes felt slow and uneventful though. The exciting moments are well done. Nothing too scary sadly. Interesting story. I did enjoy this film although I don’t think that it is very special, somewhat forgettable?

This borrows a lot from other films. Well to be more accurate it steals a lot from other films. If Max from Mad Max (1979), Snake Plissken from Escape from New York (1981), William Wallace from Braveheart (1995) and Jim from 28 Days Later (2002) were to have a baby then this would be it! The first part in London is fun but rather redundant, the first bit in Scotland a fantastic ride, the medieval bit is a jolting misplace and the last part in Scotland is climactic. Overall I would have to say that it is a fun ride let down by too many reminiscent features and a fire castle chapter. The amazing highlights are the explosive stunts, darkly humoured tribal dancing and the steam train. It was a medieval mistake but feral Scotland fun. London didn't really figure.

Bang in the middle of the shaky camera, found footage era comes this mockumentary. I did find myself questioning how some sequences were filmed (this is where it became a movie and not a documentary) but aside from that it did the job. The alien special effects look great. Everything fits to make this sound like a documentary but professionally mixed to sound like a movie. Not necessarily accurate but it’s a movie afterall. The story is fascinating throughout. It is a personal story and an emotional one. The aliens look cool and are so believable as they are given an identity within society. You really feel for them and pity them. This is very clever storytelling. It’s a really strong story and an emotional one.

These found footage films have aged so badly. All that shaky camera was a fad but really doesn’t make the film better. Kaiju moves are excellent and this is a gimmicky one and works okay. I prefer a more cinematic kaiju movie. There is no resolution and the story is rather devoid of depth. The action is fine and mostly cool. It reminded me of the MUTOs from Godzilla (2014).

This is very engaging and memorable. It’s so entertaining for the first half. Interesting characters and excellent (slightly over-the-top) acting contribute to a fantastic start. Sadly some of the dubbing isn’t the best. The second half was a little repetitive, shame that the story can’t keep the same bat poop crazy pacing of the first half. The finale is excellent. It’s flawed but I do love it.

I thought that this was a good thriller. It is not especially scary but it is thrilling. It was very well acted and directed and so on. The opening was good as was the continuing story. My only gripe was that it was a thriller first and foremost. Worth watching but nothing too memorable or special and it is at best a better than average thriller.

What really struck me was the great production design, really nice sets and costumes. It was overly colourful but I didn’t hate it. Comedy is subjective, I was rather indifferent to it, admittedly I did laugh a handful of times because it is so awkward and ridiculous. That was near the start, after a while the constant comedy became tiresome. Sheri Moon Zombie is as badly cast as always but the rest are fine. The more I watched the more I didn’t like the editing and cinematography. The Paris bit was my least favourite by a long shot for so many reasons like it’s pointless and ugly and some of the signs are in English which makes no sense as it was filmed in Budapest. The script is the most egregious problem with this film, thinly drawn characters, lack of story in favour of repetitive jokes. Almost nothing that happens is due to the actions of the protagonists. It’s fine for twenty minutes, it’s bad for over a hundred minutes.