Extremely stupid, occasionally very funny. Like if the Wayans brothers directed a Final Destination movie. Nothing remotely scary here except for the second Theo James’s mullet.
I like Osgood Perkins for the most part but he is entirely incapable of writing natural dialogue. “Dancing? With our bodies?” is something an alien would write.
Haven’t watched any films in a couple weeks so I threw this on. It was fun but not fun enough, though maybe my opinion would have been saved if I saw this on the big screen. There were some soft, whirring, ambient machine noises at the beginning that I found really pleasant but I’m sure the sound design in a cinema would’ve tickled my fancies even further.
Monster movies aren’t really my thing when it comes to the world of…
While the idea of an eternally evil spectre inflicting torture and plague on an entire village is certainly terrifying, I didn’t particularly feel frightened by this remake.
A24’s decision to keep Orlok’s appearance a secret á la NEON’s anti-promotion of Nic Cage in Longlegs backfired here. Bill’s character design carried all the terror and sex appeal of a mouth breathing old man lingering behind you in line at the deli, reeking of warm coins, moth balls and secondhand smoke.
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