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Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRPZpgzDah6/?igsh=ZWk4bGg5ZWcwZDM0 This 'Best Picture' winning war film, from acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow, has been on my watchlist for some time now, particularly because of its Oscar-earned credibility. However, one major thing kept my expectations grounded, and its something that always keeps my hopes in check for war films, and its the near-constant glorification of war as a topic, as a theme, and as an action. The abun

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRM1-1hjImu/?igsh=MXB2bTU1enFxenJ1Mw== The 'Five Nights At Freddy's' video game series is one that has proved both successful and popular in the gaming community, especially for those who enjoy the horror genre. It felt inevitable that there would be a cinematic adaptation some day, and in 2023, that became a reality, with Emma Tammi directing. I had only briefly played the original game, and not in a long time either, so my knowle

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRKW4HljCtE/?igsh=NHN0cHI2aXR4aTd5 Sometimes, I like to watch a film from the often very random selection of mediocre-looking horror films on whatever streaming service I'm using at the time. In this instance, it was this 2008 supernatural horror, directed by Masayuki Ochiai, which was a remake of a 2004 Thai horror film of the same name, that admittedly holds a much higher score on Letterboxd. I didn't need this film to be good tho

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRHzIwyDYLO/?igsh=YTR6NHhqa2VpM2V1 If there's one time and tested way to attract an audience to your film, it's through the marketing, and one of the most vital elements of that is the trailers. Now, this supernatural horror was directed by Osgood Perkins, the man behind both 'Longlegs' , which I loved, and 'The Monkey' , which I didn't - so, really, I had no idea whether I'd enjoy it or not - but what I did know is that the initial

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRE_02kjfIn/?igsh=NGg2MDVjdW92Yzdt I adore John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic; 'The Thing' , so when the opportunity came to watch the prequel, released in 2011 and directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., I approached it with just a little apprehension. It goes without saying that it had a lot to live up to - after all, the original is considered to be one of the best horror films ever made. The critics have not been terribly ki

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ9iVDeDcqF/?igsh=MW85ejR6YW16MWlmMw== This sequel to the underrated 2021 supernatural horror film 'The Black Phone' , based on a story by Joe Hill, son of the King of horror himself; Stephen King, had intrigued me a lot, thanks to some good teaser trailers in the run-up to its Halloween season release. Directed by Scott Derrickson, it may not have been a sequel I'd have expected to see, but I wasn't that mad about it existing, albe

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ6zttSjRyZ/?igsh=MWxjcDc1MDg2MjgzMw== As readers of my reviews this year will know, I've been gradually making my way through some of the many classic films in the Hammer Productions filmography. I've seen some true classic horrors, and some more out there ones, and this seemed to be one of the latter. It was, much like many of the others I'd seen, directed by the innovative Terence Fisher, and very much seemed to emulate some of t

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ4UqvwDaMA/?igsh=anhtd3BheG0ybmc1 The prospect of a new entry into the 'Predator' franchise would, four years ago, been met with nothing but apathy from me, considering how poor the vast majority of the film's had been before that, with the exception of the classic original. But, with this film being directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who directed the two most recent films in the franchise, including the highly acclaimed 'Prey' , which

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ1p5RWjcux/?igsh=Z250ZWQzenRobGpo "I'll see you in 25 years." At last, I had arrived at the most recent, and final, chapter of David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult classic series; 'Twin Peaks' . Set and released a quarter of a century after the first two seasons, this series was in the unusual position of continuing a story significantly after its original run and with almost all of its original cast. Knowing David Lynch, and knowing