JJWinks

JJWinks Pro

Favorite films

  • Labyrinth
  • The Usual Suspects
  • The Rules of Attraction
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Recent activity

All
  • Ash

    ★★★½

  • Fear Street: 1978

    ★★★½

  • Gate II

    ★★½

  • Annihilation

    ★★★½

Recent reviews

More
  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★★

    Beautifully shot, and well acted, but that’s about where it ends. What feels like it should be a tense and compelling plot feels boring and aimless. The ending redeems it slightly, but there’s just not a whole lot here.

  • Halloween Candy

    Halloween Candy

    ★★½

    Halloween Candy can come off a little amateurish, but you can tell that this little indie has a lot of heart, and is actually a pretty satisfying watch.

    The production is definitely limited by budget, but generally looks good, the actors serve the story well, and there are a few fun gore effects.

    One of the strengths of this horror anthology is in its writing. Even when it’s not the best, it generally is pretty clever. There are some fun…

Popular reviews

More
  • The Keep

    The Keep

    ★★★½

    I really liked this. It was a little confusing throughout, but felt so ambitious and substantial in scope. The effects are impressive and feel ahead of their time. The Tangerine Dream score is weird in a good way (as always). The performances feel a little theatrical, but I think it works.

  • Creepshow 3

    Creepshow 3

    ★★★½

    There are definitely a lot of problems with this production, but it was obvious to me that there was a lot of care and attention put into it.

    While the plots were somewhat outlandish, it was kind of impressive how the anthology weaved together. The first story seemed like it was setting the tone for a potential bad experience, but after a while I got a sense of the stylistic nature of things and some obvious budget limitations, and each…

Following

5