Horror Movies

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Dog’s Movie House: “Speak No Evil” Powered By James McAvoy’s Gonzo Performance!

Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at “Speak No Evil” a new thriller starring James McAvoy and Scoot McNairy. While on a vacation in Europe, Ben and Louise Dalton (McNairy and Mackenzie Davis) along with their daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler) meet another family; Paddy (McAvoy), his wife Ciara (Ailing Franciosi) and their son Ant (Dan Hough). After spending the bulk of their vacation together, the Daltons decided to take up Paddy’s invitation to spend some time at their European farm. Once there, however, Paddy and his wife start acting strange and soon the Dalton’s find themselves fighting for their very lives!

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Dog’s Movie House: “Longlegs” Almost An Instant Horror Classic!

Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at the highly anticipated horror film “Longlegs.” Writer/director Oswald Perkins has put together of finely crafted bit of procedural horror that, for the first three-quarters of the film, grabs you with some of the most tension-filled scenes in recent cinematic memory. Then the story takes something of a supernatural bent and, while interesting in its own right, some of the tension is diffused just a bit as the mystery of our serial killer is unraveled!

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Dog’s Movie House: “Five Nights At Freddy’s” Has Interesting Premise But Zero Scares!

Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here and I have to say after watching “Five Nights At Freddy’s” the latest film adaptation of a popular video game, I couldn’t have imagined it would have made almost 150 million dollars at the global box office in one weekend. All of the ingredients for a terrific horror movie are there, but the execution of an pretty interesting story is slapdash and lacking in any tension. The movie is also rated PG-13, so there isnt even any good old fashioned gore to fall back on. It does have a decent story and good performances, but scary “Five Nights At Freddy’s” is not!

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Dog’s Movie House: “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines” A Chaotic, Misguided Mess That Forgets What Makes Stephen King Scary!

Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here and I have to say that many Stephen King adaptations are quite good. Some, not so good. However, when you get to films “inspired” by King’s work rarely do you find a movie that’s even average, let alone good. Unfortunately, this streak continues with the release of “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines” on Paramount Plus, a prequeal to the 2019 remake that no one asked for. This film attempts to tell the tale of Timmy Baterman, the unforunate Vietnam vet whose father buries him in the titular pet cemetary to bring him back to life. Set in the 1960s, it features a young Jud Crandall (Jackson White) who is played in the 2019 film by John Lithgow, finding out first hand about the lore of the cemetary and the chaos it seems to cause every few years. Add in dashes of confusing mythology and the idea of a curse keeping the townsfolk from leaving and you have a headscratching film that is neither scary nor interesting, with jump scares that seem to exist with the sole purpose of keeping the viewer from falling asleep!

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Dog’s Movie House: “The Exorcist: Believer” A Mixed Bag That Pales In Comparison To The Original!

Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a question: have you ever seen a movie trailer that excited you but then found out that the trailer was the best part of the movie? I had that experience with “The Exorcist: Believer” a direct sequel to the classic film that is fifty years in the making. David Gordon Green, who had great success rebooting the Halloween franchise, takes a swing at an even more venerable classic. Continuing with the sports metaphor, Green fails to hit a homer and instead settles for a dribbling single up the third base line. “The Exorcist: Believer” has some decent things going for it, but it falls into the old exorcism tropes that haven’t changed in over fifty years.

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