In my review of The Meg, I groused that it wasn’t half as fun as the marketing suggested. That they took themselves too seriously. And the first half of The Meg 2 follows in the same boat (submersible?). But then … Continue reading
Also rented (on iTunes) a cool little horror flick called Sea Fever. Looked generic when it appeared but it’s getting pretty good reviews so decided to give it a chance. The film follows a university student who buys a … Continue reading
Checked out the second January 2020 low expectation horror flick Underwater. This film was finished a couple years ago but went into limbo and the 20th Century Fox sale to Disney. It was dumped in January which doesn’t bode well … Continue reading
Checked out the new horror freakout weirdness movie The Lighthouse. This is director Roger Eggers’ follow-up to his cerebral art-house horror film The Witch from 2015. That was a movie seeped in dread with heightened 16th century dialog that could … Continue reading
Also checked out the sequel everyone has been asking for: 47 Meters Down: Uncaged! This is the “sequel” to the original 47 Meters Down which was about a pair of sisters who get in a shark cage, shark cage goes … Continue reading
The Meg is a new giant shark movie and one that was mismarketed. The trailers suggested a goofy, self-aware, more SyFy channel-like-but-with-a-big-budget movie… instead its a more serious (to the extent a giant shark movie can be) movie with a … Continue reading
Checked out the recent shark attack movie 47 Meters Down where Mandy Moore and her movie sister get in a shark cage, cage goes in the water, winch breaks, cage goes down 47 meters. The ladies have to figure out … Continue reading
Checked out the new shark attack flick The Shallows which is opening this weekend. This is an extremely effective and suspenseful movie about a surfer trapped on a reef by a very large shark. For what this movie is – … Continue reading