The Definition Of Ciné Dim. Returns; anti-2018 überletdown slash-mess completely inexplicable by decision to focus on new characters > Myers in a “finale” missing *every* opportunity to end icon lore x franchise respectfully 40+ years later. 4/10.
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Category: Horror
Scream (2022)
Flailing like the fish to gut-like on call 25+ years ago to keep IP & meta-edge alive, Scream joins a chronic barrage of gauche legacy sequels & indefatigable franchises corely against its founding principles: worse by audacity to challenge name. 4.2/10.
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Prey (2022)
The Best Film Of Predator Frnchise; flips 3x-red dot focus: self-de/reconstruction, real-world primal hunt synergy, dark indie flvr, fem|colonialism allegory, [of chief importance] celebration of native/indigenous tribes led by neo-Ripley x S.C. 9.3/10.
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Nope (2022)
Peele’s [by far] most entertaining project is a batsh*t crazy horror x sci-fi x western x Golden-Age Hollywood x 21st C. blockbuster nightmare w. epic scale, Gen. Z x SM clout(/d) chase toxicity, & crux Black/POC allegory: The Invasion! Of White. 9.1/10.
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Doctor Strange: Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
Raimi remixes CBM’s x horror origins 40+ years later: wild, hyperimaginative, avant garde multiversal haunted house on epic [drug/acid VFX] scale w. caviar Olsen SW, malevolence, adv. technique, yt america | deprsn allegory, MCU R-auteurism. 8/10.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
A New-Age Spring Breakers With A Horror/Whodunit Lemon-Twist, Reijn’s BX3 is a wild & unpredictable [even if ~non-new] Gen. Z satire – terms, socials, archetypes, performative activism, faux outrage, main character syndrome, etc. of today. 6.7/10.
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X (2022)
A Fizzy XXX Cocktail Blend Of Two Often-Lowbrow Genres: Porno & Slasher Flicks, X synergizes for bloody fun in a love-letter homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre w. preponderance of own themes: aging, lost youth, FOMO, psycho-biddy, etc. 7.2/10.
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Werewolf By Night (2022)
The Bloodiest Hyperviolence Of The MCU, WBN [finally] exhibits creative life, genre diversification post-WandaVision; One Of Purest 2000’s Celebrations Of The Classic Universal Monsters & Gorgeous Chiaroscuro B|W Macabre For Spooky SZN. 8.5/10.
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The Mean One (2022)
The Complete Opposite Of Awful ’22 Pooh, TMO Subverts The Eye-Rollable Modern Slasher Craze: One That [*Gasp*] Actually Works – Playing Into Baritones & Dark, Chilly Burton Aesthetics x Pre-Est. Horror Feel Of Dr. Seuss Classic W. Edge. 7.1/10.
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Pearl X (2022)
Psycho x The Wizard Of Oz, Ti West Crafts A Worthy X-Prequel & Bizarre, Anxious, Strange, Beautiful Technicolor ’50’s America Nightmare Vision Every Iota Dazzling As Metonymic Treasure – Led Above By A Career Performance Of Mia Goth. 9/10.
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