Movie night tonight brought 2 very different films.
C.H.U.D - I kind of wanted to like this one more than I did. At times it's more a mystery than horror story with a pretty interesting cast of characters. Alas it's brought down by the low budget monsters just not really being very scary and some really sloppy editing that kills some of the drama and tension they are going for. Not bad but not really good either.
M3gan - I remember seeing the trailers for this and being very unimpressed and then surprised by it getting good reviews upon release. Well that trailer, which sold it as a pretty straight forward killer doll movie, really missed the mark. Sure it is a killer doll movie and most of the story beats are predictable but man it sure has a lot of fun moving along those rails. Honestly it operates more like a black comedy than a horror film most of the time. Not a game changer just a solidly entertaining film that knows what it wants to do and does it.
C.H.U.D - I kind of wanted to like this one more than I did. At times it's more a mystery than horror story with a pretty interesting cast of characters. Alas it's brought down by the low budget monsters just not really being very scary and some really sloppy editing that kills some of the drama and tension they are going for. Not bad but not really good either.
M3gan - I remember seeing the trailers for this and being very unimpressed and then surprised by it getting good reviews upon release. Well that trailer, which sold it as a pretty straight forward killer doll movie, really missed the mark. Sure it is a killer doll movie and most of the story beats are predictable but man it sure has a lot of fun moving along those rails. Honestly it operates more like a black comedy than a horror film most of the time. Not a game changer just a solidly entertaining film that knows what it wants to do and does it.