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Which series did you like more?

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@ArthurLCollins1 Just a masterclass in paranoia and practical effects

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John Carpenter’s THE THING

I can’t believe this is my fianceé’s first time watching this, but as a suspense and body horror enthusiast, I think she’ll love it.

Is THE THING one of your favorite horror movies?

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Which series did you like more?

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@SDoinks90 BANG

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Which series did you like more?

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Crystal Lake #SeriesReview ‼️

I started watching this fresh off the heels of the Carrie series (which I considered a letdown.) I’m happy to say Crystal Lake will get a much better review.

Linda Cardellini absolutely owns her role. She switches from being a prim and proper single mother of the 70’s to a deranged and hysterical murderer seamlessly. She makes you care about her character, and you’re always rooting for her despite some of the terrible things she does.

When the series introduced Jason’s backstory I knew it was going to divide a lot of longtime F13 fans.

In my opinion, the original run of movies didn’t have much of an origin story and while what this series accomplishes isn’t perfect, it establishes a lore that I not only find acceptable but enjoyable as well. That’s not bad for cleaning up the messy past that was the result of filmmakers flying by the seat of their pants throughout most of the filmography.

What most F13 fans watch the movies for is the kills and boy do we get some good ones. Aside from a couple of goofy digitally enhanced kill scenes, the vast majority of blood spilled is well done and within the spirit of the franchise.

I do wish the series cleaned up the ending of Grace and Lee’s story, but I suppose that’s because they want to make a second season. I’m not sure how that will pan out because there isn’t much space for things to occur between where we left off and the beginning of the first movie from a chronological standpoint… but if they do drop another season, I’ll watch it.

Very solid 4 out of 5 stars
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Have you seen it yet? What did you think? All opinions welcome!

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#NowWatching

John Carpenter’s THE THING

I can’t believe this is my fianceé’s first time watching this, but as a suspense and body horror enthusiast, I think she’ll love it.

Is THE THING one of your favorite horror movies?

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@GayFinalBoyDAK Linda Cardellini 🤌🏻

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@Katsiamides The kills were great!

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@DeanSalamouras One of my favorites!

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@DarthEnvy One of the best horror films of all time imo

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@slenderjam0 I heard the hellraiser game was good!

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@omarshotgun Welcome to Derry!

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@MatthewCoutts6 Exactly how i feel!

Carrie was just a bit too “Mean Girls” for me

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@OfficialOptimum Carrie definitely lacked the horror component that I was hoping for, but it might have told a better overall story (creative liberties considered)

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@Ddsadyyzx3sj2 I’d have to take ghostface off for him, and i just think there’s been way more bad TCM movies than Scream movies. It’s close though

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Who’s on your slasher Mount Rushmore?

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@JustinGomma I agree, I just personally enjoyed it more and it was a lot more horror-centric

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Crystal Lake #SeriesReview ‼️

I started watching this fresh off the heels of the Carrie series (which I considered a letdown.) I’m happy to say Crystal Lake will get a much better review.

Linda Cardellini absolutely owns her role. She switches from being a prim and proper single mother of the 70’s to a deranged and hysterical murderer seamlessly. She makes you care about her character, and you’re always rooting for her despite some of the terrible things she does.

When the series introduced Jason’s backstory I knew it was going to divide a lot of longtime F13 fans.

In my opinion, the original run of movies didn’t have much of an origin story and while what this series accomplishes isn’t perfect, it establishes a lore that I not only find acceptable but enjoyable as well. That’s not bad for cleaning up the messy past that was the result of filmmakers flying by the seat of their pants throughout most of the filmography.

What most F13 fans watch the movies for is the kills and boy do we get some good ones. Aside from a couple of goofy digitally enhanced kill scenes, the vast majority of blood spilled is well done and within the spirit of the franchise.

I do wish the series cleaned up the ending of Grace and Lee’s story, but I suppose that’s because they want to make a second season. I’m not sure how that will pan out because there isn’t much space for things to occur between where we left off and the beginning of the first movie from a chronological standpoint… but if they do drop another season, I’ll watch it.

Very solid 4 out of 5 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Have you seen it yet? What did you think? All opinions welcome!

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Crystal Lake

I’ve heard some great things about this series. Have you seen it? What did you think?

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Linda Cardellini will always be Velma to me and I’ve loved her in every role since lol

I see parallels to The Institute in Carrie’s future, not exactly the same thing but a secret group of people that shine and influence the world for some reason or another. It’s really uncharted territory in a Carrie storyline.

The modernization was definitely expected. I basically considered Carrie Red to be synonymous with the Burn Book and it ripped apart the entire school in similar fashion too lol

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@DarthEnvy Definitely form your own opinion! A lot of people loved it

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New Carrie #SeriesReview and thoughts!

I’ve always been a fan of Mike Flanagan’s direction of Stephen King’s source material. It seems like he understood what the stories were about, the theme(s) King was going for, and when he needed to take creative liberties, he did so in a way that made sense and was satisfying.

I’m sad to say that isn’t the case with his latest Carrie series…

In my opinion this series misunderstands Carrie in a glaring and fundamental way. Her story is akin to a Shakespearean tragedy. She isn’t a “girl boss” with powers that should be empowered. It isn’t a story about accepting your differences, getting revenge on your enemies, and riding off into the sunset. It’s about the breaking point of years of abuse, trauma, and suffocating religious indoctrination. Instead we see Carrie give a speech in front of a school assembly about how all the students deserve to have a good memory that school year (or something.) Then after murdering an entire school of kids + others, she’s off scott-free and ready to live a new life under the protection of a mysterious all-women Shine organization. The misunderstanding of her character is my primary issue with the series.

Some other issues I had were with the changes to the source material. While I fully expected to see a modernization and a few changes to keep the story fresh, the changes they made were unwelcome and forced.

- Carrie not being the one to kill her mother was a bad call, and it was an even worse call to have an OC ripping Carrie’s lines directly from the novel as the OC takes Margaret’s life.

- Another change that I considered cheap was when Emaline basically “took over” for Carrie during the gym scene. This absolves Carrie of accountability and cheapens the tragedy and horrific acts she’s committing. I actually rolled my eyes.

- The last change that seems small but looms large is Tommy asking Carrie to the prom and it being his idea rather than Sue Snell manufacturing it. That decision basically makes Sue’s character not matter past the point of the breakup with Tommy. But hey at least we get to see her run one more time so she could witness the lackluster gym scene. Oh, and her memory gets erased at the end anyways so I guess she never really mattered. (Why did we spend so much time with her then?)

In terms of the dialogue and overall plot, I just think I’m not the target audience for this show. It’s very YA drama, with a lot of hilarious parallels to Mean Girls. Carrie Red is basically the Burn Book, for example. The horror component is nonexistent, so my interest began to wane after about episode 4. I’m sure teenagers will eat a lot of this story up, but it’s just not for me.

A few other small points. The cinematography was stale, the color was lifeless, and the script was nearly amateurish at points i.e. “We’re locked in! She’s coming for us!”

I’m sure a lot of people will love this series. It’s just not for me, unfortunately. I wish there weren’t so many fundamental issues that irked me throughout because this really could’ve been something great. A brutal miss.

What did you think? Did you love it? Let me know! All opinions welcome.

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Finally starting Mike Flanagan’s Carrie series 👸

What are your thoughts on it?