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Charlie Cobra Reviews (1840 KP) rated Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) in Movies

Jul 7, 2020  
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
2019 | Horror
7
7.1 (41 Ratings)
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A New Take On Classic Story Horror
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark is a 2019 horror movie directed by Andre Ovredal, with screenplay adapted by Dan and Kevin Hageman, from a screen story by producer Guillermo Del Toro, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It's based on the children's book series by Alvin Schwartz and produced by CBS Films, Entertainment One, 1212 Entertainment, Double Dare You Productions and Sean Daniel Company, and distributed by Lionsgate. The film stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn.


Three teenagers in the small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Stella (Zoe Colletti), Auggie (Gabriel Rush) and Chuck (Austin Zajur) incur the wrath of school bully Tommy Millner after playing a prank. They are chased by him and saved by a drifter named Ramon (Michael Garza) who let's them into his car. The group including Ramon explore a haunted house belonging to the Bellows, founders of the town, Inside of a secret room belonging to the Bellows' daughter Sarah, they find a book of scary stories written by her. After taking the book with them, they start to believe that there is more to the rumors about the house being haunted when stories in the book appear to happen in real life.


This movie was actually pretty good. I thought it could have been scarier but I think it was done well for being rated PG-13. Of course, I'm old enough to remember the books and they were really creepy, especially the illustrations. The movie was good at building suspense, and being creepy. I really liked the characters and felt that they were likeable and had a little something for everyone in how they were relatable. The character development could have been better for sure but the creature effects were spot on. The Monsters were definitely awesome and I like the way the made it an anthology movie without it actually being an anthology. It was pretty unique in that way and I can see how a sequel could work if it's financially successful enough to warrant one. I give this movie a 7/10.
  
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Gareth von Kallenbach (980 KP) rated Macbeth (2015) in Movies

Aug 6, 2019  
Macbeth (2015)
Macbeth (2015)
2015 | International, Drama
7
4.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Directed by Justin Kurzel, the 2015 release of Macbeth stars Michael

Fassbender

as Macbeth and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth.

 

There are a ton of blood and guts in this movie. Many of the action

scenes have slow-motion insets, which for me were better than the jerky

camera movement of the close-up fighting scenes, but still felt weird

inside the film.

 

This is the traditional Macbeth story-line, with the typical language of

the original play. The accents of most of the actors were very heavy,

making it quite difficult to follow the actual dialogue.

 

I was able to follow the story because I know the basic premise of

Hamlet (who doesn’t?) but if I hadn’t basically known what the story was

about, and had to rely solely on the spoken words in the film, I would

have been dreadfully lost.

 

Marion Cotillard plays a very good conniving, plotting Lady Macbeth, and

Michael Fassbender does a great job of portraying a manipulated, power

hungry man, being driven mad by his atrocities.

 

The supporting cast gave great performances as well. The three witches

were played by Lynn Kennedy, Seylan Baxter, and Seylan Mhairi Baxter.

They were sufficiently creepy and mysterious to add the right amount of

darkness to their roles, without overpowering the concept that had

Hamlet interpreted their predictions differently, the entire story may

have gone differently.

 

There were parts of the movie that I held my breath at, and felt myself

responding emotionally to, but it would be very hard NOT to feel some

sort of emotion at watching a family being burned at the stake at the

whim of a mad-man.

 

If I were a die-hard Macbeth or Shakespeare fan, I likely would have

enjoyed the film far more. On the other hand, a die-hard Shakespeare fan

probably would have been upset at some of the pieces that were trimmed

from the famous lines of the original (“something wicked this way comes”

was noticeably absent)

 

Overall I would give this movie 2 out of 5 stars, based on the hard time

I had understanding the dialogue. If I had been able to not have had to

concentrate so hard to understand what was being said, I would have

given it 3.5 out of 5 stars.