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Shed of the Dead 2019 Redbox Rating 1

Trevor has a shed on a garden lot away from his apartment in the city. He goes there to get away from his wife. Then zombie apocalypse happens and Trevor has to decide to save his wife or not.

Ugh I really hated this movie. It’s supposed to be a comedy but I wasn’t laughing at any point. I couldn’t wait for it to be done.

It does have really cool artwork and I could see it as a comic. As a movie do not see this. So many zombie movie tropes in this one. I was bored and I didn’t care about any of the characters.

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Dead Don’t Die 2019 Redbox Rating 3

It has Bill Murray in it and other funny people. I have to say I chuckled here and there. I give it a 3 because the zombies look good and I chuckled. Otherwise it would be a lot lower than that. I was disappointed by the story and who dies in this movie. It was lacking.

I have to say this movie knew not to take itself too seriously so that was a plus.

Zombies attack a small town and comedy ensues. That’s it.

I really wanted to see this movie. Unfortunately it wasn’t that great.

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The Hole in the Ground 2019 Amazon Prime Rating 1

Snooze fest this one is. Not even a little scary. Also it’s a monster movie. Ugh!

A mom and her son move to this house next to a forest. The boy wanders in the forest and comes up to what looks like a really big hole. Guess what happens? Watch the trailer there’s whole movie there. The boy falls in and in imposter takes his place. Snore!

This movie the actors are great but what’s lacking is the story. It was to typical for me. There are some plot holes as well in this movie. Where’s the father? What really happened between the mother and father? Never answered. Never answered what were the creatures are or where they came from? I assume alien. Pass on this one.

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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in This House 2016 Netflix Rating 1

I really disliked this movie. The lead actress was good but everyone else was sub par. An old woman was a writer needs assistant to live out the her rest of her days in her house. A hospice nurse comes and lives with her. The old woman’s most famous book was about a woman who lived in the walls. Hmmm what could this be about a ghost?

But not just one two sort of? The hospice nurse dies in the house while caring for the old woman and she tells you the story of how she dies etc. Mostly it’s her narrating the whole story.

I don’t recommend this movie. It was boring and I figured out the plot not even half way through the movie.

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The Terror Season 1 Philo TV Rating 4

Inspired by true events. The Royal Navy with two ships who are attempting to discover Northeast Passage. They knew they would have to spend time in the winter as the water freezes. Now they have to brave the winter and the only two ships out to sea.

I thought this season was awesome! There are great actors and it’s a bleak beautiful scenery.

The crew has to attend to illness and rotten food. Rotten food is a big deal in the season. Also out in the vast of winter “something” is coming for them.

I recommend this to watch! You may also catch reruns on AMC. There is a season 2 when it’s finished I will review. I give this season a 4 because the “something” is a little generic and there are some scenes that I was confused on as they don’t explain them. Had to look on YouTube to understand them. Still a great series.

31 Days of Scary

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Kingdom 2019 Netflix Rating 4

Welcome to my first scary series! Took me all of three days to watch six episodes.

Kingdom is a Netflix exclusive and is from South Korea. I recommend watching this series in Korean and not have it dubbed. I started it with dubbed on and it’s not the same. It’s better to read the subtitles.

It’s a zombie series. However these zombies are different. At first I thought vampire zombies? Because they only come out at night but the last episode says differently.

There are many story lines going on in this series and there will be a season 2. We have a prince on the run for treason and his companions on the journey with him. The king is dead-ish. His bride is pregnant and has to have a boy. Except that story line I figured out right away. There is 2 wars going on. One against the dead and two who is going to rule the kingdom. The series leaves on a good cliff hanger.

I have to point out that this series is beautiful to look at! To the costumes to the background. I recommend watching this.

31 Days of Scary

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The End? 2018 Amazon Prime Rating 3

This movie is from Italy. The premise is pretty great but I didn’t know how they could make over an hour of it.

A business man gets trapped in an elevator. As he is stuck there the zombie apocalypse happens. I like the concept. Sometimes movies don’t have to be scary. They have to have a good idea and execute it well. And this movie does!

It does have some jump scares. However it’s what you can’t see that makes this movie. Also the big question how does this guy get out of the elevator or will he ever get out? I even satisfied with the end of this movie.

Why only a 3? This movie knows what it is and isn’t. It’s not a big block buster movie. I didn’t feel it lag anywhere either. However for a zombie movie it isn’t on the top of my list to re-watch. It’s good for a one time viewing. I recommend a watch of this movie. I do like the concept of not seeing but hearing what the outside world is going through.

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Annabelle Creation 2017 Redbox Rating 4

This scared me! This movie is how Annabelle came to be.

A doll maker and his wife had a daughter and she dies by getting hit by a car. After years losing their daughter the couple helps an orphanage of girls and nun come live with them till they are adopted out.

One of the girls finds their passed away daughter’s room and of course finds Annabelle the doll. Then it all starts happening, evil! Annabelle terrorizes the girls and is released into the human world which is a demon.

There are some good jump scares and Annabelle herself got me! She was scary! I didn’t have high hopes for this film but this is worth a watch. Also they tie in this movie with the Conjuring universe it occupies.

Annabelle Comes Home 2019 Redbox Rating 2

Is this movie a comedy? I was laughing at it!

Annabelle finds a home at the at the Warren’s house as it is placed in a cabinet blessed by a priest. Now it can’t get out. Or can it?!

The Warren’s leave and leave their daughter with the babysitter. She has her friend over who is obsessed with the paranormal and let’s out Annabelle and you know what happens! Scary things but she doesn’t just let out Annabelle she lets out all the evil in the forbidden room.

The teens and the daughter have to put Annabelle back in her case while all the evil invades the home. At times I couldn’t stop laughing. It was just so over the top and they were trying to make it scary but it was funny!

I give it a 2 because there were some good jump scares but I hope they are done with Annabelle because it’s getting becoming a comedy and not a horror anymore.

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Treehouse 2015 Amazon Prime Rating 1

I was going to give this title a 2 but I just can’t. The beginning starts out so good! But in the middle it all falls apart and becomes incredibly stupid.

A teen girl comes home to her brother missing. She hears him outside and runs after him into the forest and disappears. A teen boy and his brother are going to the forest to meet girls but end up finding the teen girl in a treehouse.

Then shit happens.

In the beginning the “beings” we can only see silhouettes of them but they can’t climb trees. However they terrorizes anyone that is in the forest. Seem like a non visual horror story then….the middle happens and it all falls apart.

Those silhouettes are just crazy people who kill people in the forest. It was a really great idea but to add that they are just crazy people killed whatever they were going for. Also crazy people can climb trees as they are people.

B movie and no one else should view this movie it’s dumb.

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23:59 The Haunting Hour (2011) Netflix Rating 2

A solider is found dead in a training session and strange things happen. Is what the movie says it’s about but that is misleading. The movie starts out good and has some jump scares. Telling how the island they are training on is haunted.

This movie starts out good! But then it falls apart quickly. There is one character who almost ruins it and there are some hit and miss moments. The guy who is in charge he can’t decide if he is British or from India. But then when he speaks in Mandarin and he sounds better. One of the biggest mistakes this movie makes is they switch between Mandarin and English.

There is one scene that freaked me out and it is in the middle of the movie. It’s when one character goes the restroom in the middle of the night.

It has good ideas but then goes to the same old concept. Too bad because the artwork in the beginning is nice but never explains it. Strange. The end is also really dumb. It’s too predictable.

Maybe a watch but definitely a B movie.