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Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)
Perfect documentary
Everything was brilliant. A lot of crime documentaries are hard to follow, too many names and even if you are familiar with the story you got lost in the details, while figuring out who this and that person was. In this documentary you got every single detail but it's still easy to follow you feel like you are investigating with the detectives. You got to know them, you get to know everyone, you got the story piece by piece just like them with original footages as well. I was furious for example when San Francisco leaked the shoe, just like the departments back then - this is how this just pulls you in. I would've liked to get some more interviews with ramirez, I was thinking about the 9 stars because of this, but no, this deserve 10. Everybody who is old enough should watch this. And the thing that this monster got fans not just back then but now as well is beyond disgusting. Some of them make shirts with his face and jokes about that "man". They need help and jail time.
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
TW - dogs are hurt in the movie, if you are sensitive about this, don't even start watching it
I couldn't bare to watch it after 50 minutes. If you can't see animals especially dogs hurt in a movie, this probably isn't for you either. Beauty (the name of the first dog) ran around at 30:00, and the heartbreaking whines and gruesome attack lasted till 35:00 I skipped the scenes, but that was the scene of the first dog. Beast (the name of the second dog) ran off around 45:00 to find Beauty, he did, which was the absolute end for me. He was whining after his friends body. I started crying and turned it off. I only watch horror movies, they help me calm down. I've seen my share of them, and never had problems like "too scary" or "too bloody", but judge me or not, if dogs are hurt or in this case killed, I can't... I won't give a rating but all I can say about the first 50 minutes that it was boring, predictable and slow.
Assassination Nation (2018)
Fun horror, worth a watch!
This is definitely not your usual horror movie, but this is actually a good thing and doesn't mean that it's boring or bad. It's actually the movie that's interesting from the beginning. It really portrays our modern world and our generation's problems, but taking it to a very next level. Shows how peoples secrets can ruin their life when someone leaks them. And how this changes people completely. Of course you will see a really extreme version of events which pushes the movie into the horror genre. No, it's not the best horror movie, more like a fun teenager not slow-burner movie which happens to be full of action and blood. But definitely worth a watch, and if you like these types of movies you'll have a great time.
The Seasoning House (2012)
Perfectly shows us the horror that is present in this world
Definitely worth a watch, but keep in mind that sexual assault is a huge part of the movie. If this is something that can traumatise you do not watch it. There is not just one or two scenes about it.
I was immediately hooked after a few minutes. I already expected that 'Angel' will create a lot of mysterious and dangerous moments after the very first scene of the tunnels.
She played her character perfectly. We can see how she who is also a victim herself feels so bad about the girls who found themselves in a much worse kind of captivity than 'Angel'.
First I expected her to show how sorry she is about them, but then it clicked - even though she suffers from the others trauma as well, it's easier not to connect with them, it would hurt more, since she can't do anything.
And we actually see what happens when she connects with just one girl.
The connection between the boss and 'Angel' is kind of a mystery, he helps her, than do the opposite, this "relationship" is not in the focus but still interesting.
The Descent (2005)
Good story but turned out boring
The first half was great, I was excited and curious what will happen next. Turns out - nothing much. The events got repetitive, predictable and overall boring. Also some of them were not realistic (and I'm obviously not talking about the "creatures" just the way things happened). I had high expectations from this movie, pretty famous in the horror genre, good reviews, good story, and good start. However because of the second half I'm disappointed, I couldn't even focus on the events at some point. Overall I can't say it was a good movie, I wish it was entertaining the whole time but it wasn't. The ending is so predictable as well.
The Neon Demon (2016)
It's not for everyone
Really slow burn, however a short story, not much action, small conversations, predictable plot twist with gory scenes. Has a meaning, a big one, which is apply to our society. If you like these kind of movies you will love this one.
The graphic the aesthetics is beautiful and it gives you the full vibe the movie has. Which is mostly depressing. Despite the lack of conversations, informations we get to know the main character pretty well. Most of other characters are predictable, or all of them if you really take attention to everything.
I didn't enjoyed this movie myself, I get it, the meaning of it is well presented, but the slowness, this depressing vibe was almost boring. I was waiting for something interesting to happen, but nothing. The plot twist was disappointing to me. I get why some people like this movie, but also why others hate it.
Frozen (2010)
Really exciting and entertaining movie in a terrifying situation
I watched this right after the movie Fall, really similar concept, both executed really good. However watching Frozen I missed some planning, conversations about the next steps. For example they could figure it out that the three snowboarders beneath them caused the team to think they can shut the machine off. Also it was so hurtful to see how Dan jumped, I was literally waiting for some of them say that he need to land face down. Of course these wouldn't have changed the outcome but I kind of missed these extra little things.
I would like to add that when Parker started to talk about how her dog must miss her, not knowing why she was left alone and just crying at the door I was crying so hard.
So to summarise it, it is a great movie, exciting and it really feels real because of the great actors and camerawork.
Fall (2022)
I wasn't expecting this movie to be this good
I saw bits and pieces of this movie, and it was an interesting concept I'm not gonna lie, but I couldn't imagine how this story would make an actual movie, I couldn't imagine how this situation can go on for more than an hour in the movie without starting to be boring. Well, I was wrong about this part.
I was looking up to the beginning, since I always seen clips of the two girls up there, but couldn't imagine a realistic reason why would they be up there. It wasn't a bad start, and it started a tiny bit of drama later in the movie.
The actresses the camerawork both did amazing to simulate this 'impossible' place, and make us feel almost trapped with them thinking together what to do. There were many times when I thought of an idea and they thought of the same thing that was really cool. In a lot of thrillers you just want to scream at them to do the most obvious thing in the world.
Also the twist around the end was crazy. It's not the best movie in the world, but it's really great, because of the height it feels scary and definitely worth a watch.
Triangle (2009)
Really good psychological thriller
This movie is fantastic. First of all it's different. It's not the "family moved into a haunted house" thing, it is really something that you wouldn't expect. You are never prepared what will happen next, all the situations are exciting and interesting. As soon as anything seem to make sense something happens and turns everything upside down. This movie gives you confusion, questions, excitement and surprises. This movie is thought provoking, you will definitely feel uneasy and will not forget the experience.
In the beginning I wasn't expecting too much, but then it got more and more exciting, kind of scary and very interesting. The scariest thing of all however is the ending when all the things make kind of sense and with this knowledge you think back at everything.
Emily in Paris (2020)
It couldn't be much worse
I don't even know why I started to watch it and most importantly why I decided to keep watching it. Probably because it's not bad to a "background movie", when you work on your laptop or be on your phone and have to watch something on the TV. Everything is predictable. This is the same romance/drama/"comedy" movie as all the other usual one. You can not expect any interesting turn or storyline. And there is no reality in it at all. Also the stereotyping is too much. I'm not french, but the show is straight up bullying France and french people to the point where it's not even funny. Disappointing.
Happy Death Day (2017)
Fun movie!
These loop based movies can be really interesting or really badly delivered. I think this movie did deliver it in the right way. I loved how Trees personality changes, how different she was acting every time she woke up again. However I wouldn't say this is a thriller and definitely not a horror movie. It may has a few spooky scene, but it's more just mystery, action maybe crime. Comedy also takes a great piece in it, some scenes are pretty funny, but I guess it's expected if you know everything that will happen and confuse everyone else. To summarise it it's definitely a great "teen" movie, it will entertain you all the way, it's not the best movie but it's a good one! However I couldn't say this about the second part, but of course it doesn't affect this one.
The Weekend Away (2022)
Disappointing way to tell a really interesting story
The story itself had a lot of potential however it didn't deliver much of it. The beginning was rushed to the point where Kate went missing. But this is actually a good thing, it leaves more time to debunk everything else. I feel like the whole storyline could've been much more interesting from there. There were some twists but they weren't really get into them, the story just went over everything interesting too fast. Many things doesn't really add up. Even with the given suspects and killer it could be delivered so much better.
To summarise it, not a bad story, it's not a "don't watch it" movie, just don't expect too much, so you won't be disappointed.
El internado (2007)
You need to watch this
This show is absolutely amazing without any exaggeration. "Nothing is what it seems" is a really good way to summarise this if it's even possible. Full of twists, mystery which actually makes sense as the story goes. You got an answer to everything, everything makes sense as it goes. A lot of people watched Pretty Little Liars, right? Amazing show, but so many unanswered storylines. El Internado is the opposite. You will be entertained for the whole time, discovering every detail. You can build theories, some of them could be correct or entirely false. Every single detail is important. You also got a little bit of everything. Secret after secret but in the same time you get scary, mysterious, funny, emotional, sad, everything you can think of. The whole thing feels real. You get a little romance, but it plays a small part.
I barely warch anything but horror. I made my friends watch this - a comedy fan, a drama lover, an action movie guy, an "idk what to watch" type, a sceptic. All of them loved it. Jokes aside - everyone was obsessed.
Down side: you will not be able to stop watching it, you will feel empty when it's over.
You miss out a lot, if you decide not to watch it.
Zhou (2022)
Probably very controversial movie
I personally didn't liked it at all. The tension is there, you can't feel the atmosphere. However for me it was really boring, didn't like the story line. It's unique because of the camera documentary style, like you just watched the found footage. There were jump scares, creepiness but it was not scary to me at all. It would still be fine, I can't really get scared from horror movies, but it wasn't a good story in my opinion. It started good, and it was really promising, but I think it had so much more potential. I was waiting for something to happen the whole time, but it was just really boring.