Run time-101 Minutes
Post Credit-None
Plot-"Louis Creed, his wife Rachel and their two children Gage and Ellie move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie 'Pet Sematary' located near their home".
Starring-John Lithgow, Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz
My Thoughts
I wasn't a huge fan of the original "Pet Sematary" (I preferred Pet Sematary II) But i was looking forward to this remake of the Stephen king novel. The buzz about this film is that its better than 1989 adaptation and I have to agree with that statement, I will start with the acting, the cast did a solid job and there wasn't a bad performance from the main cast (the standout for me was Jete Laurence as Elle (particularly after Elle "Comes back") she was haunting from that point on in the film for me and i enjoyed her performance. another aspect that stood out to me was the overall setting of the film, it gave a very creepy/haunting feel and I enjoyed it, i wouldn't say the film was scary for me there but a good number of jump scares are in the film for those that enjoy that type of thing. the plot of the film differs from the 1989 original film and i actually welcomed the change, i was expecting a carbon copy of the 1989 film and overall it as similar but the few curve balls thrown in was pretty nice and i enjoyed that the filmmakers decided to switch it up. One thing that did bother me about this film was the CG looked a little cheesy (in particular when visiting the Indian burial ground" it looked so out of place for a film of this quality and was al little distracting for me overall, not the worst CG I have seen but i expected a little better than what was shown. one thing with changing the film from the original 1989 film that feel flat for me was the ending, I just did not like how it was left and it left a bad taste in my mouth and took away from the film overall for me. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 60% saying "Sometimes remade is better". Overall as I said earlier this film was better than the original for me despite a lackluster ending, I reccomend this film for any fans of Stephen king or fans of the original 1989 film who want to see a 2019 spin on that story.
Rating
Solid Film, weak ending but solid performances from the cast and a haunting setting lead to a enjoyable experience 7.2/10!!
The next film to review is Hellboy.
Run Time-120 Minutes
Post Credit-Two
Plot-"Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge".
Starring-David Harbour, Milla Jovovich and Sasha Lane
My Thoughts
I was a pretty big fan of the first two Hellboy films, when news of a reboot was announced I was interested to see where the director would go forgetting everything Del Toro Did. After having seen the film Now If I had to use one word to describe my feelings of this reboot it would "Entertaining" the film didn't have a great plot (pretty weak and disjointed to be honest) but it was entertaining overall. What I did enjoy about this film was the R rating it allowed the film to be more gory than the Del Toro films which were PG-13. Some of the gore was so over the top and unneeded but it was enjoyable and I appreciate the R rating being used to its full potential. David Harbour had some huge shoes to feel taking over for Ron Pearlman and honestly he wasn't better than Ron Pearlman but I don't try to compare the two this film overall has a different tone to it than the Del Toro films and I judge it as its own film.Looking at it that way David Harbour did a solid job and he had some funny moments d which made me chuckle which is very important when playing Hellboy and I thought he did a solid job overall. As I mentioned before the plot was pretty bad and it was far fetched even for a film of this nature, it was wonky, boring for the mostr part and the villan (played by Milla Jovovich) left much to be desired, I honestly got a very The Last Witch Hunter vibe from this film which isn't terrible but that film wasn't very good wither. The plot had enough blood\gore to keep it interesting though. The run time was a big gripe of mine the film is over 2 hours and I feel a good 15-20 minutes could have been knocked off of this film and it would have got the same desired result. When the film was over I felt it was way too long and that is the sign of a plot that trudged along rather than flowed together.One other problem I had with this film that differed from the Del Toro films was the use of CG, the Del Toro films relied much more on practical effects and that resulted in films that felt more natural with the monsters, this film relied heavily on CG and bad CG at that which always taker away from the film, if that much CGA is going to be used better quality is a must. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 15% saying "Bereft of the imaginative flair that made earlier Hellboys so enjoyable, this soulless reboot suggests Dante may have left a tenth circle out of his Inferno". I don't agree with the rating of the film being that low, while the film overall wasn't great and the run time was too long it was till worth watching for fans of the Comic Book
Rating
Not a great film , plot was bad and Cg was low quality but the R rating and the amount of Gore/Blood was redeeming for me, worth seeing for fans of the comic book or those who want to compare to the Del Toro films 6.8/10!!
The last film to review is The Curse Of La Llorna
Run Time-93 Minutes
Post Credit-None
Plot-"Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm".
Starring-Linda Cardellini, Patricia Valesquez and Madeleine McGraw
My Thoughts
This film for me when I first heard about it was iffy, the trailers didn't do much for me and I wasn't anticipating it much, but once I Heard that the film took place in the conjuring universe I decided I had to see it. The film for me was pretty meh overall, the plot wasn't anything knew (sinister force coming after main cast based of f something done in the past) which isn't a bad thing its a tried and true strong plot point for horror films of this nature, and in that sense it did its job. The cast of the film was solid no terrible performances but I will say I did enjoy the performance by Raymond Cruz as "Rafael Olivera the man of faith who tries to help out the family. Other than that the film for me was pretty boring, wasn't scary (which films aren't for me anymore but just pointing that out), like I mentioned the plot was nt great and slowed down at multiple times during the 93 minute Run time, which made an overall boring film feel long which is even worse. I will say the nod to this film being in the conjuring universe was obvious to anyone who has seen the previous films in the series. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 33% saying "Content to coast on jump scares rather than tap into its story's creepy potential, The Curse of La Llorona arrives in theaters already broken". And I agree, the backstory for evil spirit was actually interesting but the execution left much to be desired and this film so far ranks in the lower half of the conjuring films (down there with the original Annabelle and then Nun for me which his not a good thing). I cannot recommend this film to anyone really unless you are a fan of the conjuring films and want to see how this film connects to the other films in the series, but even that is not enough for me to say see this in theaters.
Rating
Underwhelming not much here and not worth seeing when adding it all up. 6.0/10!!
