Day 9 of #31daysofhorrror review. The Story: It sounds like just another urban legend — a videotape filled with nightmarish images leads to a phone call foretelling the viewer’s death in exactly seven days. Newspaper reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is skeptical of the story until four teenagers all die mysteriously exactly one week after…
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For Day 7 of #31daysofhorror review, I present to you Black Christmas (2019). Apparently, this is a remake of a remake of the original (1974). Try wrapping your head around that one. The Story: Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays as students travel home to spend time with their families. But as Riley…
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Day 6 of #31daysofhorror reviews Today’s review is brought to you by the letter: The Story: A family is terrorized by their eight year old’s imaginary friend. What I liked: This has the makings of something great. There’s an idea here just original enough that it holds your attention. There are so many elements of…
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Day 5 of #31daysofhorror reviews We all know this story right? A child’s doll becomes possessed by unimaginable evil and is obsessed with becoming a “real boy”. It’s a bloody take on Pinocchio and the “Boy who cried wolf” that spawned a horror movie icon – Chucky – and a slasher film franchise. Chunky was…
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Who has watched Dream House?
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Originally published and edited from my All Things MJ Cross Blogger on 3/1/2016. It’s critically acclaimed, and according to Stephen King, it scared the shit outta him. So as a horror movie fan, I had to go see what the fuss was all about. A devoutly Puritan family has been ousted from the safety of…
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Originally published and edit from my blogger February 22, 2016 Mix a babysitter-urban legend nightmare and an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and you got this made-for tv thriller. Based upon a young-adult lit novel written by novelist Richard Peck, the film revolves around the life of Gail Osborne (Kathleen Beller) as…
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For my first review of #31daysofhorror, I decided to go with something I had just finished reading. The Story: Hidden by fog, a mad man mows down, maims, and kills several people as they waited in a crowded parking lot. Dubbed the Mr. Mercedes, the case goes unsolved for a year. Now the killer is…
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