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OCN...A new film lovers movement. I'm on board...Right, they would do better to pull Sir Anthony Hopkins out of the mothballs and do a Magic remake. At least it would be good, and the evil ventriloquist dummy in the Progressive Insurance ads is pretty popular, so I can't see a downside.RSMurphy wrote: And not that I'm ageist, but that boy in the remake looks much too old to be playing with a doll.No, you are correct, sir. And so was Ernest Tubbs.

This is going to suck just as bad as the original. Why, Aubrey, why?

I quite enjoyed It. This isn't much of a barometer, but it was certainly better than the made-for-TV-movie -- Tim Curry's performance notwithstanding -- and a hell of a lot more terrifying. Child's Play just sucks. The franchise sucks. And not that I'm ageist, but that boy in the remake looks much too old to be playing with a doll. Love Aubrey Plaza, but she appears to be all wrong and much too young for the role. Original. Content. Now. Stop remaking bad movies for a new generation and provide original content now.

Drama about German serial killer Fritz Honka. Word on the wire is it's supposed to be thoroughly and excessively repulsive.

Saw Apostle, which is kind of a horror flick, on Netflix last night. Meh. It had a few moments but mostly blew a raspberry.

RSMurphy wrote:If anyone subscribes to Shudder, then checkout a sinister haunted house(s) film from Argentinia called Terrified. Great premise where you have three houses on the same block besieged by spectral nasties. Excellent twist on the ghost hunter angle. Effective, with creepy imagery and disturbing kills. Just saw this and thought it was very well done. Really tight, to the point, and it actually earns the right to a sequel by how the story is told and how little exposition there is. I also enjoyed the structure, it could have been a mess but it worked and it was not obvious in that aspect. And I enjoyed that you get a decent sense of every character in a very tight way (as opposed to, say, thirty minutes of flashback spread out through the film).

If you like your horror of the giallo/slasher/gore variety, you won't go wrong spending ten minutes of your time watching this excellent throwback.

RSMurphy wrote:I have grown more and more fond of Hereditary. This looks like a pass at crimping from The Wickerman. Okay. I'll give it a try

It looks witchy and wickery.

At least Ari Aster didn't make a bogus sequel to Hereditary.