& there goes October, and with it my #100Horror2024 project. Oh yeah, and I managed to find time for a few other things as well.
http://nerdgirlthoughts.game.blog/2024/11/01/in-review-october-2024/
#100Horror2024
100/100
Synchronic (102m, 2019, Peacock)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9016974/
Oh man, this wasn't the right one to end on, but here we are.
I mean, I should have known that anything from Benson & Moorhead wasn't going to leave me feeling warm and fuzzy...
99/100
Oddity (98m, 2024, AMC+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26470109/
I think if I hadn't see hype around this one, I would have liked it more than I did. Very creepy, very weird, but just fell a little short for me.
98/100
Ghost Ship (91m, 2002, AMC+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288477/
I've had this on my radar for a few years now, but have never caught it streaming. When I saw AMC+ had it for the next 30ish hours, I decided to give it a whirl.
I actually really liked it. Sure, it was a little cheesy, but overall, really good atmosphere and a fun watch.
97/100
A Dark Song (100m, 2016, AMC+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4805316/
Bleak. So bleak. And then there's the last 15 minutes or so.
96/100
The Changeling (107m, 1980, AMC+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/
I usually go into watching "horror classics" for the first time with tempered expectations. This one was pretty solid - I can see why people still talk about it.
95/100
The House on Haunted Hill (93m, 1999, AMC+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185371/
Re-watch.
This one is so out there, but man, that cast though.
94/100
Barbarian (103m, 2022, Amazon Prime)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15791034/
I don't usually watch stuff that I've seen people hyping up, because it almost always ends up disappointing. I'm not sure why so many people loved this movie ... it was fine, I guess. I just wanted to be blown away.
93/100
Pathology (95m, 2008, Max)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964539/
Usually, I don't mind when a horror movie doesn't really give you anyone to root for, but it bothered me here. I also could have done without the many graphic sex scenes. Overall, disappointment. Should have just watched Flatliners again.
92/100
Color Out of Space (111m, 2019, AMC+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5073642/
How to feel like you've taken a lot of drugs without actually having taken any drugs, the movie.
91/100
Baghead (94m, 2023, AMC+)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14030816/
Incredibly creepy, this is definitely in my top five new watches this year. Damn.
90/100
The Ritual (94m, 2017, Netflix)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5638642/
Started great, but I wasn't a huge fan of where it ended up.
...just 10 more to go!
89/100
Polaroid (88m, 2019, Amazon Prime)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5598292/
Continuing my unintentional PG-13 theme tonight, I guess. Another one low on gore, but with more jump scares. Not amazing, but not bad. I'd watch it again.
88/100
Run (90m, 2020, Hulu)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8633478/
Almost no gore, but absolutely horrifying. Being a big Sarah Paulson fan helps, I'm sure, but this is very tense. Not a typical horror movie (heck, it's PG-13), but I really liked it.
87/100
Ghost Story (110m, 1981, Amazon Prime)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082449/
As a huge fan of the book, I knew that a less-than-2-hour movie was never going to capture that magic. And while it's not the same Ghost Story, not really, it translates respectably, and Alice Krige is *amazing* in this.
86/100
#AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead (91m, 2024, Amazon Prime)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9567458/
A little overly gory for my taste, but I'm a sucker for the Seven Deadly Sins.
85/100
Unfriended (83m, 2014, Netflix)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3713166/
What a cool concept! I don't know that I loved it, but I respected the effort.
84/100
Final Destination 5 (92m, 2011, DVD)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1622979/
Re-watch.
This is actually not one of the better rated ones - IMDB has it *just* barely edging out 3 - but it's probably the one I enjoy the most after 2 (although I admit that the first one is probably objectively better). It's extra bonus twisty, and the credits montage is also pretty awesome.
83/100
The Final Destination (82m, 2009, DVD)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1144884/
Re-watch.
The shortest of the series, and shame on this movie for playing the "...that's how it *might* have happened" trick twice.
Although, A+ for basically having mostly unlikeable characters & making the audience root for death.
82/100
Final Destination 3 (93m, 2006, DVD)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414982/
Re-watch.
The photography angle on this one is cool, and there were some creative deaths, but the middle of the series is very much middle of the pack.
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