We review 3 horror movies each week with humor & insight. New, old, funny, scary, we love ‘em all.
Sorry for the delay, all. There was a business conference and then a busy weekend and now it's somehow Monday and everything is weird.
This time we're mostly into I Am Mother, and mostly frustrated with Monitor.
Next up, something old and something new! We're watching:
The Eye (Prime)
Belzebuth (Shudder)
Watch along and we'll chat soon!
This week: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark gets the scary and the dark right, but misses on the story. The 8-story anthology Field Guide to Evil has a few duds, but succeeds overall.
Next time: New free stuff! We're watching:
Monitor (Prime)
I Am Mother (Netflix)
Our short is Harry Doright's Prelude to Hell. Watch along and we'll chat atcha soon.
This week we went episodic with two TV series. We watched all 2.5 hours of Dead Set, a zombie apocalypse/reality TV riff that is a little workmanlike, but worth a viewing. And we fell in love with the first two episodes of Typewriter, a lushly filmed ghost story that manages to hit a lot of different tones without a sour note.
Next week: Folk you!
We're watching:
Field Guide to Evil (Prime)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (theatrical)
Our short is Rations. Watch along and we'll chat soon.
This week we find a minor gem with Freaks of Nature, find DeadTectives a little (no pun intended) soulless, and are intrigued by the Twilight Zone-esque Await Further Instructions.
Next up, we're trying something a little different (GASP). We're watching some episodic horror television! Join us in watching:
Dead Set (5 episodes, Netflix)
And the first two episodes of
Typewriter (Netflix)
Watch along, and we'll chat atcha soon.
This week we loved Party Hard, Die Young, were frustrated by the beautiful but vapid Knife+Heart, and...watched Next of Kin.
Next week it's a grab bag! We're watching:
Freaks of Nature (Rental)
Await Further Instructions (Netflix)
DeadTectives (Shudder)
Our short is The Pretty Thing. Watch along and we'll chat atcha soon.
It's cult movies (not necessarily cult classics) this time around! We love Midsommar, are pretty okay with Culture Shock, and are not necessarily mad at The Calling, just disappointed.
Next week we're all Shudder all the time!
We're watching:
Our short is On/Off. Watch along and we'll chat atcha soon!
This week was an enigma wrapped in a puzzle wrapped in... kind of a bummer. Braid was beautiful but disappointing, Book of Monsters had more ambition than talent, and Hell Fest was a store-brand slasher with just a few standout moments. But we persevere!
Next week we're watching some cult-themed goodness:
Our short is The Bells. Watch along and we'll chat atcha soon.
This week we love The Clovehitch Killer and are mostly into Nightshifter, but find Hagazussa to be too slow of a burn to keep us invested.
Next week: More new stuff! We're watching:
Braid (Prime)
Book of Monsters (Shudder)
Hell Fest (VoD)
Our short is Last One Screaming. Watch along and we'll chat atcha soon.
Reminder! You can catch Josh's capsule reviews of all our films (and whatever else he's watching) here: https://letterboxd.com/NiteWatch/films/reviews/
This week we are gently baffled by Cut, pleasantly baffled by Cast a Deadly Spell, and not baffled but mostly entertained by Fallen.
Next week: New stuff! We're watching:
Hagazussa (Prime)
The Clovehitch Killer (Hulu)
The Nightshifter (Shudder)
Watch along and we'll chat soon.
This week we dig on Slaughterhouse Rulez, have fun with Dr. Phibes' second outing, and admire Bless the Child's intentions more than its execution.
Next week: 90s-ish stuff! We're watching:
Our short is Quitter. Watch along and we'll chat soon.
