The Goods: Film Reviews
Epochally great, super influential, iconic zombie flick that I somehow missed before the age of 32. I could do without the “radiation from Venus” goofball stuff, but otherwise this is low-budget perfection with some strong social commentary at its core.
Lots of hilarious screaming, practical effects, and horror-comic chaos. I honestly might be underselling it with this rating. The birth of “brains.”
I’m not quite calibrated on my Hitchcock yet, especially early-ish Hitchcock, but I was anticipating a bit more mystery than is delivered. I also found the leads a hair stuffy.
But this was still an excellent classic Hollywood thriller, filled with some dazzling Gothic sets and suitably creepy manor vibe. Mrs. Danvers lights up the screen whenever she’s on.
I think I might need to rewatch this one in a couple years.
The Peanuts special produced between Christmas and Great Pumpkin celebrates summer pastime fun.
Maybe this deserves a higher rating given that I actually kind of like the leads
What an inventive, ludicrous joy of a movie. Emotionally evocative at the right moments, too. Brimming with postwar satire and angst as the fuel for the insanity. A great, apocalyptic climax and ending. This one really stirred me.
A total zero of haunted doll movie.
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Significantly diminished returns in a second entry, although still with some good creepy moments and bizarre ideas, tying the demon with a sort of pubescent sexuality. The lore makes no sense though.
Edit: I am apparently a dingus because once you start to parse it, there’s lot of gay subtext that I didn’t pick up on
Creepy, suspenseful, well-made slasher with a great premise (don’t fall asleep!) a really thrilling climax and a few resonant images (the bathtub!)
I can never decide if this one is underrated or properly rated. It feels like two movies grafted into one — a comedy about a mom and a daughter coming to understand each other via transformation hijinks, and a more mythic tale of a young girl discovering the dark truths of the world via creepy bear. Both are solid premises and decently executed… but peculiar together.