Friday The 13th x Freaky Friday, Blumhouse has managed to craft another wickedly clever youth-energized innovation of slashers: a body-swap reversal of final-girl /killer dynamic w. ’80’s-meta, comical juxtaposition, & natl treasure Vaughn. 7.9/10.
[category:horror/comedyromance/slasher/coming-of-age/body-swap,date:2020-10-31,rate:7.9,type:movies]
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Category: Slasher
AHS: 1984
Brilliance in 1984 Golden-Age slasher flick concept with spectacular fogset lake-camp location setting, seasoned Roberts/Lourd-led cast, & unapologetic ’80’s-isms in atmosphere – cruelly held back by a killer-problematic, contrived plot. 7.3/10.
[category:horror/periodhistorical/slasher,date:2019-06-02,rate:7.3,type:tvshows]
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Midsommar (2019)
A masterclass of folk horror with some of most psychologically-disturbing macabre I’ve *ever* witnessed brilliantly juxtaposing a bright nature motif with fantasticism in daylit xenophobic bases. A visually-wondrous, auteurist rococo presage. 9.1/10.
[category:horror/folk-movies/mystery/psychological,date:2019-06-02,rate:9.1,type:movies]
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Leprechaun Returns (2018)
Albeit still one of the most inane franchises in moviemaking history, LR at least takes cue from smart slasher brands with a modern (fandom-service) sequel to its original film – with better horror, comedy, acting, & Leprechaun design. 4.2/10.
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Child’s Play (2019)
Like a broken toy returned to its creator, 2019’s Child’s Play takes the imbecilic hocum-premise of its franchise’s goofy originals & gives it a 21st-century upgrade. Briskly-paced, 10x-scarier, feasible, & even: sociologically-contemplative. 7.5/10.
[category:horror/slasher,date:2019-03-03,rate:7.5,type:movies]
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Halloween (2018)
A brutal, deliciously-wicked proper sequel to Carpenter’s 1978 classic, 2018’s HWN: old-school, originals-authentic horror stylishly-modernized with psychoanalytical complexity, 2010’s technology, A+ new directions, return of scream queen. 8.2/10.
[category:horror/slasher/remakes-reboots,date:2018-11-03,rate:8.2,type:movies]
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Brightburn (2019)
A visionary horror-take on Superman, James Gunn spins an avant-garde subversion of the lore with a child-bullying/outcast narrative, stylistic flair in (*brutal*) slasher heavy sequences, small-town Kansas feel, & twisted coming-of-age origins. 7.6/10.
[category:horror/slasher/comic-book-films-tv,date:2019-04-03,rate:7.6,type:movies]
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Jaws (1975)
Forever changing how we view beaches & the first officialized summer blockbuster, Jaws is as perfect an engine of horror/action as its chondricthye – pure real-world evo/survival terror w. black comedic govt exposé & one of best scores ever. 9.4/10.
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Psycho (1960)
A legacy of immortality jumpstarting horror & creating slashers with a once-in-a-lifetime Shower Scene that changed the course of cinematic history, Hitchcock’s Psycho: voyeuristic, avant-garde horror/thriler/noir/detectve masterpiece. 9.8/10.
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Happy Death Day (2017)
A refreshingly-meta and wildly-original modern black-comedy/time-loop slasher from Blumhouse w. college-energized atmosphere, twists-and-turns, stylistic kills, fantastic soundtrack, & a star-making central performance by Jessica Rothe. 8/10.
[category:horror/comedyromance/time-travel/slasher,date:2017-10-30,rate:8,type:movies]
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