I'm Not There

  Respect. Renew. Rejoice. Kiss me if I'm wrong but They/Them is the first horror movie with a non-binary protagonist and maybe the first with a majority LGTBQIA+ cast.  That in itself is pretty cool, to be the first horror movie and maybe even the first movie to do so.  The setting is a gay conversion camp which might scare some people for different reasons.  The idea of having to go through that might scare some while the idea of "gays and lesbians" might scare others.  Don't let that stop you though because this movie is also a slasher film. The movie starts out wonderfully for a horror movie and with Blumhouse producing, that is not surprising.  It really hooks the viewer and poses various questions about what is going on.   We then get introduced to the characters from alphabet city and Kevin freaking Bacon.  He is probably my favorite part of this movie, he is amazing and we get to see why he is a great villain, shades of Sebastian Shaw from  X-Men: First Class

  "Grandpa's strict liquid diet keeps him as fresh as a rose." The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  is a really freaking weird movie.  It came out in 1986 but I just fully saw it tonight.  I had seen a clip of it in horror film class and had always wanted to watch it but clearly not enough to actually do it.  After watching it, I have several questions and overall, seemed like an entertaining cash grab.  First, I will say that if the chainsaws are replaced with other weapons, this could have been an original movie.  The only things tying this movie to the original are the names of certain characters. Everything else is briefly mentioned to service the script.  Tobe Hooper directed this sequel as well and I am wondering why he did not tweak a couple of things in the script to make it an original story. This was released twelve years after the original TCM , he could have easily done so.  Dennis Hopper is in the film for a couple of scenes as a relative of some victims but I am n

  "I'm just crazy about this store." First of all, just look at that artwork, talk about attention grabbing,  A lot of the times, the artwork has nothing to do with what happen sin the movie but in this case, I can confirm that the images above appear in the film.  I found out about this movie on Tik-Tok of all places, all the kid had to say was 80's horror and Sam Raimi and I was interested.     Intruder  starts off slow and then the violence, gore and suspense starts, it's what  presumptuous  film forks call a "slow burn."  It takes place in a grocery store with a "Ranch Market" sign outside which reminded me of several Ranch Market   grocery stores from my hometown.  The gist of the story is a girl 's ex boyfriend who got out of prison interrupts the workday of the store employees, manhandles his ex girlfriend and makes her bleed.  This gentleman's name is Craig and he seems to be an alien of an MMA fighter from 2020 because it takes

 "That's what I love about LA, all the damn vampires."  Day Shift  is the second spooky movie to premiere in a streaming format in the month of August and after finishing watching this movie, I predict it will do good numbers.  It takes place in LA (the San Fernando Valley) and has Snoop Dogg and Jaimee Foxx.  It was an enjoyable movie with a good balance of horror, action and comedy Basically, Jaimee Foxx is an undercover vampire hunter that goes around LA killing vampires for money until one day it comes back to "bite" him.  Now with the help of his union delegate/ sidekick Dave Franco, he has a couple days to go  for the biggest hunt and sve his family.  The movie is way more interesting than that non-spoiler description.  Dave Franco is funny and the action scenes are great.  The movie follows its own vampire lore and mythology which works in that universe.  There are vampires of all races because it is LA and that was interesting to see.   I really do not w

  "You can't see that I'm killing you, and it won't either." Happy spoopy season! We back baby!  Just because I'm workin on a podcast doesn't mean this year's festival is postponed, no sir! That's three concurrent sentences with exclamation marks, I'm goigto tone it down now.  You see, I had some very strong coffee about 10 hours ago and it is currently 3:04AM, I'm almost starting to get sleepy.  In any event, what a way to start 2022's Images of Fright Festival, this is year 13! I'm calling it now, I do not think I will see a better movie this year than what I just watched, but of course,I hope I am wrong. Prey  is an amazing movie for a myriad of reasons but right off the bat, let's start with the obvious, a female hero!  I do believe chronilogically, the character of Naru, is the first final girl.  Unless there is a horror movie about the Salem witch trials out there that I havent seen.  Honestly, we had to read  The Crucible