Monday Movie Review - The Field Guide to Evil

When I read the blurb and discovered this collection of short films was done by the same people who'd put out The ABCs of Death, I rented it with the hope of finding some great content. After all, between you and me, we both know there are going to be some hits and some misses when it comes to any kind of compilation.

Unfortunately, all eight of these vignettes missed for me.

Each one is based on a particular piece of folklore or myth from a specific country. Many of the shorts are in a foreign language with English subtitles, which doesn't bother me. The cinematography was gorgeous in most cases, the CGI was excellent, and the acting was engrossing, but somehow all the stories fell flat at the end. There was a great hook, a superb follow-through, but then...  It's sad when you finish watching a film, only to ask yourself "What happened then?" or "Wait! That's it?"  A few even left me scratching my head, wondering what the main plot had been about. 

If this shows up on your cable, or in one of your streaming services, and you have nothing better to do, you might want to check it out. Otherwise, my recommendation is that you

The True Story

Little Red Riding Hood, Alien Edition

My First Necronomicon

Happy Easter!

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Remember When?

Artist Unknown

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Hungry

You've Been Warned

Monday Movie Review - CATSKILL PARK

Warning! Shaky cam video!
Lots of screaming.
Lots of running around in the woods in the dead of night.
Lots of flash-bangs and blinding lights.
Lots of whining, "What are we going to do?"
Lots of yelling, "I don't know!"
Lots of "Put that camera down!" and "Stop filming me!"
Lots of blurry images and loss of video.
Lots of people disappearing, reappearing, disappearing again.

But the acting is decent, despite everything else. Makeup effects aren't bad. And there's a pretty neat spaceship.

My recommendation: If you like this sort of movie, or you have absolutely nothing else to watch,

The Monster Under the Bed, Take 2

Oh, Barbie! What Have You Done?

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Monday Movie Review - OVERLORD

To me, this was FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY meets SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. 

I'd heard a lot of up talk about this film, but you all know how that goes. One man's thumbs-up may be another man's thumbs-down. So I went into it with an open mind because - hey! - Nazi zombies!

First of all, the special effects were phenomenal in this flick. In addition, the acting was spot-on. There was no corniness, and no over-the-top moments that pulled you out of the story. Of course, with J.J. Abrams at the helm, I expected nothing less than well-polished entertainment.

Roughly thirty minutes into the movie, I felt I was settling into another version of SPR, until they got to the underground bunker and the undead. Even then, the show didn't become a free-for-all splatterfest, and for once I was impressed. I'm not saying there isn't that much gore. On the contrary, because - hey! - Nazi undead! But what's there is evenly matched with the build-up of tension and the inevitable gun fights.

And bombs. Let's not forget the bombs.

If you're looking for something pretty decent to escape with, I highly recommend that you