#TheStrangersChapter2 2025

The last one sucked, so why did I bother? Because it's October and I need to see a horror film in theaters, that's why!

Our film picks up right after the last one. The final girl is in the hospital and we waste no time getting to the nitty gritty. The whole movie is stalking and chasing, and it works. They put our girl through hell, and they give us just enough insight into our killers without ruining their mystique.

To confirm the timeline, this trilogy doesn't appear to be a prequel as one might expect based on the outcome of Prey at Night. We have too much modern technology and specific date references, which infers that our killers (while doing this for a long time) are most certainly not the same ones as the first two films, and are likely inspired by those killers. Fine by me, if that's the case. I prefer copycats as opposed to a convoluted or supernatural explanation.

As the events unfold, you find yourself rooting for the heroine, but the film does end on a "To Be Continued" note. Richard Brake has a slightly larger role, but they appear to be saving his main action for the finale, likely on the same team as the villains. I look forward to seeing the last "chapter", but I'm also worried by the track record of the series. First one sucked, second was great. Third one sucked, fourth was great. The fifth may very well suck again!

Hey @markus-san! How is The Long Walk? IMDb doesn't list it as a horror, and I know you're a stickler for rules.

#NightOfTheReaper 2025

Shudder gives us this 80s babysitter stalker movie that starts out promising, but takes a quick turn into a boring and convoluted revenge plot.

The 80s throwback genre is getting tired. I know it's a great way to write out cell phones and modern tech that's not conducive to horror story-telling, but enough is enough already! Here, we have VHS tapes that are integral to the plot, which relates to a contrived scheme to antagonize certain parties and present us with an unexpected twist that leads us to a generic motive with underwhelming execution.

It's not all bad, though. The film looks okay, it's cruel, the villain design is nice, and the tape stuff is okay. I think the movie would be better if it didn't try to have a hip story and was more shallow. The scenes where the killer is fucking around with the victims and re-arranging things should have been the whole movie. What we ended up with is something I just wasn't feeling.

#Pumpkinhead 1988

I finally revisited this one and it was better than I remembered. After Lance Henriksen's boy is killed in an accident by motorbiking teens, he has a witch cast a spell to help him get his revenge, awakening the demon known as Pumpkinhead. He has second thoughts when the demon goes on a killing spree, but can he stop what he set in motion?

This was one of those movies I'd see advertised a lot as a kid, but I was too scared to ever watch it. Was it scary, though? Not exactly, but the film does have a great look to it. Dirt-filled, orange-hued, tall grass and hillbilly woods. It's windy like a dust storm and always foreboding. Extremely moody. Plus, it has the greatest actor of all time in it, George Buck Flower.

Stan Winston was an effects guy, so visuals were essential. The main villain has a xenomorph quality to it, and Lance's hybrid makeup is also pretty fitting. That dude already looks like he can play a total creep even though he makes for a good relatable protagonist. I also like that the movie doesn't play fair. The guy from Slumber Party Massacre II who wasn't responsible and was the only dude trying to help is the first one to get it. Fuck 'em all, right?

One of these years, I'll check out part 3 & 4.

#RequiemForAVampire 1971

After their male partner gets killed in a getaway car chase, two young women dressed as clowns try to stay under the radar in the French countryside. They seek shelter in a castle and stumble upon a cult that is intent on turning them into vampires.

This movie is pretty good. The girls are very good looking, especially Marie-Pierre Castel, and there's a fair amount of nudity and gratuity at about the halfway point. Gotta love these foreigner directors. They masquerade the majority of the movie as an arthouse flick so they can squeeze in their sleaze and fetishes without it being a detractor to film snobs who prefer a classier touch to their cinema.

The French country looks quite beautiful. The vampire teeth are awkwardly far apart compared to most vampire depictions. The girls have guns that have infinite bullets for most of the movie, and they frivolously waste them on rotting cadavers. If you like hot little lesbians, give it a watch.

#HauntSeason 2024

People go to work at a haunted house attraction, but someone in the house takes their job very seriously, scaring people to death quite literally.

I've seen a few movies with this plot lately. Haunted houses with actual killers in the mix. This wasn't a bad one, but I have yet to see a great one. There are a few interesting moments. I always like scenes where people are in dire straits and commoners think they're either playing a prank or acting. On Halloween, it's easy to believe that it's all a ruse, and the realization that it isn't is always interesting to see unfold.

Our guy is doing it because he feels that sacrifices are important to Halloween, and it's his responsibility to carry them out. In other words, he's just another nut killing people, which is what all these rogue haunted attraction slashers end up being. There are worse ways to kill 80 minutes.

Walmart Hopes to Demolish the ‘Dawn of the Dead’ Mall Within the Next Two Years
https://bloody-disgusting.com/the-further/3908419/walmart-hopes-to-demolish-the-dawn-of-the-dead-mall-within-the-next-two-years/

Imagine this. The mall from the original horror classic Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero’s masterful takedown of ravenous American consumerism, is being destroyed decades later by Walmart. It’s a storyline you might find in a Romero movie, but unfortunately this isn’t a movie. And the Monroeville Mall in Monroeville, PA isn’t likely to […]
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#Peacemaker season 2 (2025)

Season 1 was okay at best, but season 2 really drew me in. Chris Smith (John Cena) is haunted by everything he's done in The Suicide Squad and season 1, notably having killed his brother and his psycho dad (Robert Patrick). He's a mess, and after a drunken orgy, he winds up in another dimension where everything seems perfect. Is it, though? Is it ever as good as it seems?

The Rock can go fuck himself. John Cena is where it's at. I didn't always like the guy, but he can act, and he'll give you an emotional punch in the gut. The side characters in most shows are always filler, but everyone's got great arcs in this. This was one hell of a good season with a hilariously dark twist. I know nobody on here will watch it, and you can all go fuck yourselves.

The movie database has been restored and updated. Here's what you ought to know about it:

Viewings are back. I might add them to the main page, but you'll find the link on the side bar. Log your viewings there! And ratings have shifted from the 5 star system to 10 stars. An IMDb ratings importer is in the works.

The title importer is back, and it mostly works. IMDb is a son of a bitch, though. They overcomplicated the ever-loving hell out of their JSON data, so you might run into a few bugs here and there, but I'm trying to stay on top of it. The updated system will automatically add the artwork, too, which I know was a pain in the ass before. And another nice twist is that you can log your viewings, and if a title isn't in the database, it will sync up to your viewings once it is added.

It ain't perfect, but it's better. If you don't understand some of the fields in the movie editor, ignore them. I'll try to sift through them from time to time and make sure the data is correct.