"Trying to watch every movie from my physical collection that I haven't seen and that is categorized as "Horror" by letterboxd"-Challenge #35 (30% completed)
Blu-ray Status: bought the box-set in December 2023 on Amazon.
The fourth installment in this weird franchise is a very interesting sequel. It's more like the original - more dreamlike, more unanswered questions, more focus on Mike than Reggie.
And Mike is an interesting protagonist, but I have to say I missed the reggie-centric plot from…
"Trying to watch every movie from my physical collection that I haven't seen and that is categorized as "Horror" by letterboxd"-Challenge #34 (29% completed)
Blu-ray Status: bought the box-set in December 2023 on Amazon.
Oh no! After the spectacular high of Phantasm II, the third one takes a dip in quality. It has not much new to tell and is very unspectacular. There are some funny outlandish scenes with hand-zombies and murders committed by a child, but all in all…
It's weird how in german ensemble movies every character has to have their own problem wirh the same weight as the protagonist's problem. And they solve by talking about it at the end to no specific moment.
Every side character should support or challenge the protagonists view on the theme the story revolves around. Here it's just chaotic inbalanced problem-talking.
Blame the Game does hurt sometimes, but the lead and most of the cast is sympathetic and even some jokes land.
The Sound effects were atrocious but - hey! The director really loved them. So good for him :)
