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An American Haunting. 2005. Farmer John Bell and his family become targeted of a poltergeist. One of the most famous hauntings to come from Tennessee that began and finished between 1817-1821 and is the only documented story which resulted in the death of a person caused by a ghost/poltergeist. This had something good going for it Donald Sutherland plays the patriarch of the family John Bell Sr and Sissy Spacek as the loving wife Lucy who seem happy until the shit hits the fan and their daughter Betsy played by Rachel Hurd-Wood becomes the target for the ghost. There is one thing missing, is the story of the cave, we get what seems to be a glimpse in a dream sequence and it was connected to the land of The Bell's that had plenty of things reported as well as the house. Helped pass by some time even though the jumpp scares were predictable. 51E43eMlMrL._AC_SY445_.jpg
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Savage Dawn (1985, Simon Nuchtern) George Kennedy? Lance Henriksen? Richard Lynch? Bill Forsythe?? (cough) Sold. What you get it ... the word would be perfunctory if not for some elements. It's nasty enough. I can only imagine what the vhs would have looked like ahem. A lone rider visits unfamiliar territory in search of an old friend. What he finds is familiar enough to fans of genre cinema Bad people make god fearin' folks lives a nightmare, so it's up to you know who to right some wrongs. Insanely ambitious on an obviously tight budget, it features many tropes chucked in like it had been washed on the wrong cycle Ahem.
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Mary Poppins Returns. 2018. An hour in to this film and I had to switch it off, this has no hold over the original, sorry Julie Andrews is the only Mary Poppins, no disrespect to Emily Blunt who is a good actress but why is she speaking with a prim and proper English accent that does not suit her. Way over the top with CGI effects, can the makers not have gone old school? 513KeDhNfoL._AC_.jpg
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DELIRIUM I’ve been listening to Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary’s podcast, and it’s rather good. Tarantino, as extraordinarily talented as he, can be quite dweebish and overbearing in interviews. I assumed I would cringe for ten minutes and turn off, but Tarantino is endearing and shows a little more taste than I ever would have expected from him. Anyways, Delirium is one of the films he talks about, and stresses that you DO NOT look up what the film is about. And he’s right. Delirium was not the film I was expecting. All I will say is that if you think this is just about a lunatic murdering women, well, steady yourself. Delirium is not a bad film, but it’s not an overlooked gem (Tarantino freely admits to this). The acting is okay, but the cast is clearly inexperienced. The direction is clunky, with the film suffering from some pacing issues, and stopping for some T&A that isn’t as gratuitous as other exploitation thrillers. The camerawork is rather bad in parts. Sometimes the camera struggles to keep up with the actors, and other times, they are shot with Garth Marenghi levels of compositions. Only the leading cops are framed like a proper film. I’m guessing, since this is a very low-budget production from St. Louis, the actors playing the cops were the only ones with the time for rehearsals and multiple takes. The script is what makes Delirium worth watching. It’s clear that the writer-director is a person who reads novels, and isn’t just trying to rip-off other exploitation films. It unfolds in ways you wouldn’t expect, and feels like it reaches its natural conclusion. A little polish, and some stronger direction, and the script could have pushed Delirium into cult classic. For the first twenty minutes, I had accepted Delirium as a scuzzy slasher. And then, a reveal was made that changed the entire film, and I didn’t exactly know where I was going. It’s a shame that the filmmaking cannot reach the screenplay’s inventiveness, but that screenplay meant I was never bored with the film. Delirium has secured a restored BluRay from Severin Films, but I’m afraid I was sneaky and watched a copy on YouTube. I wouldn’t be surprised that, based on Tarantino’s comments, that the film will rise in popularity, and will be deleted from YouTube. So catch it while you can.
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Scooby-Doo Return To Zombie Island. 2019. After all the mysteries they have uncovered, the gang decide to retire, Shaggy wins a competition for a holiday to a paradise island. When they get there, they recognise the island and thrown into another mystery. Frank Welker and Mathew Lillard return to the franchise with their voices with Kate Micucci and Grey Griffin and Cassandra Peterson as Elvira for this straight to video movie. The first half started well and then it went slowly down hill to the point of why did this go that way with a character of director Alan Smithee which made me laugh, this was not the best entry of the Scooby-Doo feature film I have watched. 220px-SCOOBY_DOO_RETURN_TO_ZOMBIE_ISLAND_2D.jpg
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Anyway, is 'The Grudge 3' the one with the 'milk scene', or am I thinking of another film?
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