LornaHansonForbes

THIS IS FUNNY, BUT IT RAISED THE SALIENT POINT IN MY MIND: Is there a chance that an installment of HALLOWEEN would work wherein it is not MICHAEL MYERS, but a COPYCAT KILLER...or even multiple copycats? I think their best chance to do it was HALLOWEEN WATER (aka HALLOWEEN H20 1998) and/or RESURRECTION (aka THE ONE WITH BUSTA THYMES) And I personally think it could've worked... Because, question of age aside, a big issue with the series has been MICHAEL MYER'S SUPERHUMAN INVINCIBILTY which has been dealt with the varying degrees of success, and the fact that IF THIS DUDE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT SIT OR STAND STOCKSTILL IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION FOR MORE THEN 10 YEARS, HIS MUSCLES WILL HAVE ATROPHIED AND HE WILL BE UNABLE TO WALK. PERIOD. HALLOWEEN IV: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS even sort of addresses this question briefly, in that it poses it out loud on screen, and then just plows ahead with the story. also not meaning to get any in trouble but... there are multiple copies of HALLOWEEN IV THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS on youtube....

IS SHE THOUGH? And by that, I do not mean "is JAMIE LEE CURTIS a woman?" which she most certainly is, all urban legends aside. I also don't mean "IS JAMIE LEE CURTIS OVER 50?"- to which the answer is also, unequivically, YES. I mean WAS LAURIE STRODE THE CENTRAL CHARACTER OF THE 2018 HALLOWEEN? I don't think the movie really had one, I don't recall the movie having a center of any kind. It was such a disjointed amorphous mess of cobbled together shots and footage, almost without beginning or end.

a big part also is "PHANTOM MENACE SYNDROME"- where those of us who are of a certain age grew up with these movies and thusly, can see the travesty...whereas younger gernerations who have grown up in a world far worse than the one we did ABSOLUTELY LAP IT UP.... And it's confounding.

To me, the entire movie is THE ENDING, its got one of the most unique endings of any film ever.

And if you haven’t seen it, let me tell you: the ending will **** you up for life. (Not really, but it’s great)

WITH JAN STERLING NO LESS!!!!

I love how I’m only right when I would rather not be right. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/halloween-kills-carves-out-504-million-at-box-office_n_616c7a4fe4b01f6f7e4abdc5

AND RIGHT NOW, Peacock is offering a pretty decent line-up of horror movies, including the 1988 remake of THE BLOB that is surprisingly good.

Just give 'em a year. (to be fair, I actually have PEACOCK TV 100% because every OCTOBER, they have most of the UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS on DEMAND (even though I own the DVDS) (THEY ALSO HAVE MURDER, SHE WROTE)

Back from another rabbit hole, this time reading the 1-4 star reviews of HALLOWEEN KILLS, of which there are many and most are rather effusive (they also hit upon a lot of the same criticisms: the terrible script, a terrible ending, lack of logic, convoluted visuals and direction, unnecessary comedy, an offensive subplot about a gay couple who buy the Myers house, an exceptionally poor performance from ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL as a grown TOMMY DOYLE, the repeated chorus of the stupid line "EVIL DIES TONIGHT" and a singularly unpleasant performance from JAMIE LEE CURTIS, who actually took a brunt of criticism for both making her character so unpleasant and having a minimal presence in the film (a a RESURRECTION.) And it's worth noting of many of the 5, 6 and 7 star reviews were not exactly kind.** so, it'll probably make $50 million this weekend and who knows how much on STREAMING (sounds like a lot of people got a trial of PREMIUM PEACOCK in order to view this turkey at home.) and I'm sure DAVID GORDON GREEN and the EASTBOUND AND DOWN guy are hard at work as we speak ****ing up a HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH REBOOT THAT NO ONE ASKED FOR for a 2024 release. **and it also bears mentioning that quite a few of the 9-10 star reviews are from first time users and they are all the same length and they also say a lot of the same things, ie "this is the film HALLOWEEN FANS have been waiting for!!!!" without telling us exactly why this is so....so forgive me if I am dubious as to their authenticity....nonetheless, I reiterate my claim this'll make at least $50 million this weekend.

I actually really liked this one quite a bit, the ending is WILD and (spoiler) it is a very very rare instance of a CLASSIC FILM (Precode or otherwise) where THE KILLER ESCAPES JUSTICE AT THE END!

(ahem) YES!!!!!!!!!! I could not agree more!

It’s probably for the best....For multiple reasons.

Are they not making the “Sunset Boulevard“ movie after all?

**I will say though that it’s wild that Keanu Reeves actually gives a competent, even very good performance in this. He might actually be the best thing about the movie.

I’m trying hard to make it through RIVERS EDGE (1986), but to be honest with you, I really don’t think it’s very good. am I alone in this? or am I missing something? (it was on TCM UNDERGROUND) edit: I only have 12 minutes left of it, but to be honest with you, I don’t even care about sticking around that long.

They also have FACES OF DEATH on TUBI!!!! (Or at least they did a few weeks ago.) And you don’t get too much more hard-core underground than that...

the NICHOLAS BLAIR/ADAM AND EVE STORYLINE is coming to an end...I have to say, i did not entirely "get" MARIE WALLACE as MEGAN in the LEVIATHAN storyline, BUT I ABSOLUTELY ADORED HER AS EVE, THE SUPER B!TCHY BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN WHO WAS "OVER" EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE THE MINUTE SHE CAME INTO BEING. Frankly, I would not have minded if EVE had stuck around Collinsport, I think she and ROGER would have made a perfect couple. ADAM hasn't died yet, but I have to admit I am looking forward to it. In a real "OH MY GOD, DID I JUST SEE THAT???" moment in episode 635, he CHOKES CAROLYN and PUNCHES OUT VICTORIA!!!!!!! [although to be fair, it's "MISS" BETSY DURKIN in the part of VICTORIA WINTERS, and who among us hasn't given some thought to the notion.)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!!! God, I just wanna run around with a SHISH-KEBAB skewer puncturing the inflatable snow globes and GIANT SANTAS...

thank you. I'm one of those people who goes ballistic when the CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS take over the LOWE'S GARDEN CENTER in October, but I feel like the minute SEPTEMBER rolls around, it should be NOTHING BUT WALL TO WALL HORROR ON TV!!!!!

disclaimer: if a discussion of GAY THINGS makes you uncomfortable, skip this post. So, I have been trying to get away from watching episodes of DARK SHADOWS on TUBI...Unfortunately, the offerings on TCM have not much interested me since the GUTTING/REMODELING a little over a month ago... THUSLY I have discovered a stunning offering of LGBTQ FILMS and DOCUMENTARIES of the last 15 years on TUBI (an online free add-on, which I really have to recommend as they have a real trove of ALL SORTS OF MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, both classic AND contemporary.) I have watched a handful...and by that, I mean mostly tolerated them until they got too boring and fastforwarded to the sex scenes (file the paperwork and SUE ME.) Most of them are utterly dreadful- either in story or acting (although, I will take the time to recommend to any who are interested the film OPEN CAM, which is a GAY EROTIC THRILLER a la CINEMAX but with SOME REALLY GRAPHIC SEX SCENES...It's also an INCREDIBLY STUPID MOVIE, so much so, it is rather entertaining....honestly, i wish i could have watched it in a room full of EXTRA SALTY GAYS as i can only imagine the howls of laughter and remarks.) here is the link for the imdb page for OPEN CAM in case any of you are interested [and I imagine some of you are now]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480257/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 but i'm here today to give credit where credit is due, and I just wanted to give a shout-out to a film that genuinely stunned me in that it was quite well-acted and quite well-written and actually so good, I did not fastforward even once...(and there were no sex scenes!) FOURTH MAN OUT (2015)- is a charming film, not perfect, but really, to see a small-town, gay-themed rom com told competently and engagingly is such a rare treat, everyone involved should be praised. I am genuinely surprised that in the six years since this film has come out, that no one in the cast has graduated to next-level stardom, even EVAN TODD, a Broadway actor who plays the extremely likeable lead. I did not expect to be as charmed as I was and truly, I heartily recommend it to any of you who are interested.

you know, i saw the CIRCUS/CARNIVAL LINE-UP yestersay and was kinda "meh." WHERE ARE THE HORROR MOVIES AT? IT'S THE 16TH AND THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN A HANDFUL!

(SNORTS) Yes, a few. That said, MICHAEL CAINE is one of the best actors of the last 100 years, and honestly, I have come to love him as much for his- how shall I say it?- "all serious offers accepted" policy, compiled with the fact that he always gives 110%- basically the hardest working hooker on the docks- no matter what the project. I've sometimes wondered though that if you offered SIR MICHAEL $20 million to star in a snuff movie, whether he'd even stop to consider before asking that you send the contracts 'round to his people.

I really went down the rabbit hole reading the bad reviews for HALLOWEEN 2018, which I think I have done before. The 1-4 ratings (out of 10) seem so much more effusive and passionate than the high ratings. there were some accusations that some of the high ratings were fakes, and I hasve to say- from reading some of them, it does kind of seem this way. Also, HALLOWEEN KILLS has been sitting "on the shelf" for a looooooong time, since at least October 2020, which is a sign (Pandemic aside) that it might be even more of a mess than its predecessor)

Thank you, I make them on rare occasion...