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Freakish (2016)
20 something high schoolers fight zombies badly in melodrama
If you enjoy watching actors in their early to late twenties playing high schoolers in a 90's style melodrama., this show is for you. If you also like to see characters making stupid mistake after stupid mistake, like almost constantly not carrying weapons or dropping them in the face of the zombie horde, this show is also for you. Do you like to see characters do things like climb a ladder and put hus head up into a heating vent because they heard a strange noise, after 3 days of zombies infiltrating the building, while carrying no weapon and being blissfully ignorant? Then this show is for you. In other words, if you like a cross between a bad zombie show and a Hallmark after school special, this is for you.
Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
Unexpectedly good horror flick
It seems that a number of people who read the original books were disappointed with the movie, which is understandable. Most movies fall short of the books they are adapted from, and most people (including me) don't like their beloved books tampered with. But I liked it. It struck me as a sort of teen horror/Stranger Things hybrid. Entertaining, at least somewhat diverse characters, and a nostalgic period piece. Given the low quality of the great majority of horror films, it was unexpectedly good.
Diary of the Dead (2007)
Annoying in more ways than one
Annoying film students meet zombies. Sadly, the zombies didn't kill the film students nearly early enough. Honestly, this is the only zombie movie I've ever seen where I wanted to help the zombies kill the living. In this case, it would have been a service to humanity.
Supernatural: Carry On (2020)
Well done
A fitting ending for a show about two brothers with the most dangerous jobs imaginable. From season 1, episode 1, to this episode, things came full circle and reminded us of where the show started. An ultimately peaceful and contentful (to the extent possible given how they lived their lives) ending for Sam and Dean. A dose of realism in a show that flew off the rails almost more times than can be counted. And, judging by all the 1* ratings here, a bunch of disappointed fans who are understandably upset about a 15 year-old show ending, but need to learn how to take a broader perspective. People who go through hell for 15 years don't just walk off into the sunset.........but if they have a lot of luck, things ultimately improve. And, read between the lines--all these reviews about so and so and so going missing not reaching resolution in a 43 minute episode. Given how the series ended, where do you think they may well have ended up? In short, pull up your big boy and big girl pants, and carry on.
The Twilight Zone: 8 (2020)
No science. Pure fiction.
Ah, I see. An organism that evolved entirely underwater, and that has never had contact with humans or human technology, can automatically interface with and understand computers, and move around effectively and quickly on dry land. What a joke of an episode.
Burning Kentucky (2019)
Very inauthentic movie
If you've ever been to Harlan County, or anywhere else in Eastern Kentucky, you would know that the great majority of people here don't look like these actors or sound like them. I've lived in Eastern Kentucky for 12 years, and if it wasn't for the familiar scenery, I would have no idea where the story is supposed to be set. 9 and 10 star reviews on this site for this movie are laughable. One even compared this movie to Shakespeare. That is wrong on so many fronts.
Outpost (2008)
Could have been great, but wasn't.
Nazis. Mercenaries. Science fiction. Supernatural elements. Could have been great, but instead it was dull and plodding until the end.