Here For Blood is a home invasion horror where a pro wrestler babysits in place of his GF, when a killer cult decides to do a home invasion. It's as over the top and ridiculous as a pro-wrestler babysitter home invasion slasher horror movie sounds. Everything's done with a sense of humor; the practical effects are surprisingly decent and hilarious; and you can tell that everyone had fun making the movie.
It's a pure horror-comedy, and some of the gags genuinely made me laugh. The only thing holding it back is that it gets off to a slow start and feels long as a result. But it's a genuinely fun take on the home invasion premise.
I also watched the kinda decent Knives and Skin
This was written and directed by Jennifer Reeder who made Perpetrator. I thought Perpetrator was really unique, so I decided to check it out. A girl goes missing in a small town, and we watch how the disappearance impacts everyone. It has the same dream-like quality as Perpetrator, but way more humor. I would consider it an extremely dark comedy rather than a horror. There's some striking imagery and cool cuts, but the plot is flat, and I feel like Reeder improved on a lot of things with Perpetrator. Which is to say, I wasn't really feeling this...felt artsy for the sake of being artsy at times, but Reeder's potential as a filmmaker is still showing.
I watched a South Korean thriller called Bluebeard that's worth mentioning, though it's got some flaws.
A struggling doctor's elderly patient seems to give away the location of a missing woman's body while under anesthesia. That causes the doctor to suspect his landlord, the elderly man's son and owner of a butcher shop under the doctor's apartment, of being a serial killer.
It's a pretty simple synopsis for a fairly convoluted movie. The doctor is trying to find evidence on the butchers, while the butchers act sketchy, but so do a bunch of other characters. The movie does a lot of jump cuts and has a bunch of dream sequences, so you're never sure what's real or imagined. That gets you through the majority of the plot until we see the big truth revealed at the end.
The problem is that there are twists stacked on twists here. So, it feels like they're overdoing it with all of the "things are not as they seem" motif. But it all somehow manages to fit. Which is to say, it's not hard to follow, and I think a lot of the twists are fairly telegraphed. It's just a matter of how they come together...and honestly, it's not bad.
It runs a bit slow, especially early, but I got hooked. There's maybe one too many twists, but it's still a satisfying conclusion. A lot of tension and foreboding made it a fun ride for my horror sentiments. If you don't get too frustrated by the multitude of curveballs, it's pretty good but not great.
Now for spoilers in case anyone decides to give this a shot or has seen it...
The twist that surprised me was Seung-hoon having accidentally killed an associate whom I don't think we even hear about until the conclusion, which is annoying because it explains the head in the fridge. Every other twist has plenty of hints and to feel earned. But the driving incident doesn't give us much of anything to work with.
The butcher plot and its twists all worked for me. The inspector pulling a Shutter Island was my guess as soon as he started talking. Mi-Yun stealing drugs felt well-earned with the bread crumbs they left. The family's framing of Seung-Hoon pieced together nicely and worked in concert with the head in the fridge once we got an explanation.
It's convoluted, but I had fun with it. The secrets all helped make it a tension-filled experience.
I don't know if this counts as 'horror' but a while back I had watched the 'I Spit On Your Grave' remake and I didn't think it was very good but for some reason I ended up watching 'I Spit on Your Grave 2' on Amazon Prime and that shyt was wild... I don't care for the extended sexual assault scenes it's like why do they need to drag that out, it's weird but once they got to the revenge aspect it was really crazy. The lead actress was really good. The kills were insane.
premise of this movie is great
pacing is wild
budget went to the fx and nothing else
if this movie had a better budget and better actors - it could have been a cult cassic
Just watched The Blob remake. Very good practical effects and kills. I wonder why there was never a sequel. Never seen the original, but I'll likely buy it during the next Criterion sale.
Just watched The Blob remake. Very good practical effects and kills. I wonder why there was never a sequel. Never seen the original, but I'll likely buy it during the next Criterion sale.
For my money, the Blob remake is up there with the best horror remakes all time. The Thing, The Blob, and Invasion of the Bodysnatchers are like the big three for me...then maybe some of the requels start to get in at the next tier (Evil Dead and TCM come to mind).
Edit: btw, the guy who made the most recent Hellraiser is working on a remake for the Blob. Hellraiser's Hulu remake was kinda mid, but had some good qualities (at least it didn't feel like a pure cash grab).
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Fantastic tone shift.
