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Malevolent (2018)
Fairly Good Concept Takes a Hard Left Turn in Second Half
The scam artist who turns out to be the real deal, creepy mansion, jaded ghost hunter team, no-nonsense matriarch-all elements for a decent Haunted House tale-but we end up watching torture porn instead. (The more gruesome elements are slightly off-camera). As someone else mentioned, Elliott seems to be indestructible- to the point that it becomes comic relief. (I think he's really Michael Meyers-can't kill him, can't even slow him down). This plays like two or three scripts sewn together Centipede-style.
Isle of Fury (1936)
For Bogart Completionists
This is not Bogart's worst film-that honor is reserved for Swing Your Lady-but Isle of Fury is a serious contender. In a perfect world, this would have starred Gable for Bogart; Mary Astor/Jean Harlow for Lindsay; anonymous WB pretty-boy in the Donald Woods role.
Thoughts/Remarks/Observations:
* The octopus here makes the octopus in Bride of the Monster seem like it came from a Spielberg epic.
* Bogart does many, many things well-but sporting a pencil-thin mustache and/or a pith helmet are not among them.
*E.E. Clive was either very adept at playing drunks, or actually was drunk for most of the film.