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Nosferatu 2024
In finding its way to 19th century Germany, Eggers' obsession with atmospheric horror-inducing worldbuilding finds in his remake of Nosferatu its epitome.
As much as this kind of statement has become a cliché, there's nothing truer about this movie: it feels like a love letter to the genre. Eggers' efforts to construct a story derived from Murnau's while assimilating new aspects from Stoker's work were a profound delight to watch.
The unearthing of sexual desire while keeping it clouded in…
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The Abyss 1989
Watched the extended version.
To be honest, I feel like some scenes of this movie should be shorter. While I understand and appreciate the whole arc of that one navy guy trying to use the nuke against the aliens, which is to show a "fearful and hateful" side of humanity in the form of the stupid military, I wasn't as excited about him as an antagonist as I am, for example - to use another military antagonist of Cameron's as…
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The Deliverance 2024
I'm left with the thought that this movie tries to work with multiple genres and ideas but doesn't delve into them deep enough to make it stand out.
It starts off as a family drama about a lone alcoholic mother with a traumatic past trying to make ends meet and educate the kids, who are evidently not satisfied with her attemps at being a good parent. I liked the way their broken family dynamic is portrayed, specially because of the…
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Apartment 7A 2024
Having been a fan of the original movie and book, I had mild expectations for this movie.
When doing a prequel for a movie whose plot structure and themes have become a staple in the horror industry, it did need to innovate. After all, we've already seen the story of a young woman who's pursued by a coven of Satan worshippers and then haunted by the antichrist inside her womb. One of the most thrilling aspects of the original movie…
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