Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at a new horror film that starts off the Halloween movie season with a bang. It’s called “Smile” and it’s on scary beast of a film. Very few films can get me to watch multiple scenes from between my fingers, and this one qualifies. The story involves Rose Cotter (an excellent Sosie Bacon), a therapist who on day sees a grad student who is convinced something supernatural is hunting her. After freaking out at seeing the apparition, the student kills herself, cutting her own throat with a piece of pottery, all the while smiling a ghastly grin the entire time. Shortly thereafter, Rose starts seeing random people fixing her with the same unsettling stare for apparently no reason. She appears to be haunted by the same apparition that tormented her patient and she starts hallucinating and exhibiting frightening behavior. With no one to trust save her cop ex-boyfriend Joel (Kyle Gallner), she has to figure out how to stop the apparition before it claims her life.
Continue readingDog’s Movie House: “Hocus Pocus 2″ And” Munsters” Use Nostalgia To Wildly Differing Effects!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at two features that play heavily into the nostalgia of past old shows (or movies.). The first is “Hocus Pocus 2” a sequel to the now Halloween standard “Hocus Pocus” nearly thirty years in the making. Streaming exclusively on Disney+, this time the infamous Sanderson Sisters (after a prologue set in 18th century Salem showing how the young Sandersons became witches) find themselves ressurected by two magic loving teens (by mistake, of course.) Now, in addtion to their original mission of distilling a potion from the bodies of children to keep themselves young, the trio also wants revenge against the dissendants of the reverend that set them on their path. It’s up to the two teens Becca (Whitney Peak) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo), along with their friends, to stop the Sanderson Sisters from enacting their evil plan.
Continue readingThe Dogcast: Some “X-Minus One” For Your Old Radio Pleasure!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with some more old radio fun! In honor of the science fiction flavored “Don’t Worry Darling” (read the review here) I thought I’d include a couple of episodes of “X-Minus One,” and excellent science fiction radio program that was popular during the 1950s. “X-Minus” one featured adaptations of the works of Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein and others during it’s run and some of the stories still hold up well today. Enjoy listening to these offerings of “X-Minus One” and feel free to comment either below or on my Facebook Page! So Sayeth The Kendog!
The Trailer Dog Park: “Knock At The Cabin” Shows M Night Shyamalan At His Suspenseful Best!”
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with another edition of the Trailer Dog Park. Today we get a look at M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, a film called “Knock At The Cabin.” This one stars Dave Bautista as the leader of a group of people who believe the key to stopping the apocalypse is to force a family staying at their forest cabin to make an unknown horrible decision. The trailer wisely keeps this decision from us but we know it involves the couple’s little girl. It looks like a small scale film like the ones Shyamalan has crafted his recent comeback upon. (The underwhelming “Glass” notwithstanding.”). Bautista, an excellent comic actor, looks to up the ante as the creepy but somehow sympathetic antagonist. Check out the trailer below and feel free to comment either here or on my Facebook Page. So Sayeth The Kendog!
Dog’s Movie House: Allison Janney Elevates “Lou” Into An Intense Thriller From Netflix!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at Netflix’s latest original film, an action thriller starring Allsion Janney called “Lou.” Janney plays the title character, a loner living in a small coastal town in the Pacific Northwest. She’s about to end things when her renter Hannah (Jurnee Smollet) bursts in during the storm screaming that her daughter Vee (Ridley Asha Bateman) has been kidnapped by her crazy, ex-Green Beret father Phillip (Logan Marshall-Green). Lou decides to help Hannah, drawing on long dormant skills as a former CIA agent to track down Phillip and save Vee. What follows is part thriller, part action movie, all vehicle for Janney to show her considerable acting chops.
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