“Near Dark”
“Will one of these vampires get a fucking watch already? Morning comes every single day, you’d think that the vampires who’d survived would be pretty
“Bugs Bunny’s Howl-oween Special”
“Really the ultimate example of, “So is Sylvester a cat or like a guy or what?””
“Casper’s Halloween Special”
“Snooty Butler: I don’t think you live here. Why don’t you trick-or-treat in your own neighborhood? Orphan Kids: We don’t have a home. Snooty Butler:
“Cry Baby Lane”
“There’s a bunch of rumor/creepypasta swirling about this one. First off, the movie that you’ll see is fine. It’s like a 90-minute Are You Afraid
“Frankenweenie”
“Beautifully Tim-Burton-y. The dog is super cute even though he’s patched together of the flesh of other dogs. “
“Garfield’s Halloween Adventure”
“The best part of this is when Garfield pirates lasagna from Jon by smashing it with his peg leg. Guys, the correct answer is right
“The Midnight Hour”
“An underappreciated gem of the mostly family friendly movie set. Although our main hero is super clueless. Like, not only does he not see the
“The Plague”
“Have you ever come up with a cool premise and then started turning into a story when you realize there’s nothing but the premise and
“Dawn of the Dead”
“I was trying to explain what I like about this movie last night… I think it’s kind of an unusual movie in that it’s less
“28 Days Later”
“Never realized this was a Mad Eye Moody prequel, but all the pieces fit.”
“Vivarium”
“Even though this was ambiguous in a lot of the ways I disliked about It Follows, this one works for me because it A) leans
“Crawl”
“Florida Man trapped in basement with alligators during hurricane.”
“Shark Night 3D”
“False advertising, takes place mostly during the day. I’m also not sure about the necessity of understanding West Baltimore as it relates to revenge killing
“Dracula”
“Respect it and what it’s doing, but they should’ve pretended it was set during torrential rain to excuse the sound. Yes, I know, this wasn’t
“Brahms: The Boy II”
“Well, this is a soft reboot of the Brahms lore? Two movies in? But whatever, still pretty hilarious.”
“It Follows”
“Unfortunately, this movie could not be released under its original title: The (Cock) Ring. Pretty to look at, nice soundtrack, good premise, but we never
“Cobweb”
“So tired of woke Hollywood replacing our beloved The Boy with The Girl. #JusticeForBrahms Do any people in Hollywood know how bullying works? If I
“The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly”
“After watching a bunch of Halloween specials and episodes this year, I have to say I was SHOCKED at the legitimacy of this one. First
“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
“There is much speculation online about Charlie Brown getting rocks in his trick or treat bag while all of his friends get candy. The most
“Mad Monster Party?”
“In 1967, we were introduced to this wonderful story of an elderly Frankenstein and his sexbot.”
“Tales from the Far Side”
“Here’s why this doesn’t work: The fun of The Far Side is that each comic is like a little puzzle. You have to figure out
“Witch’s Night Out”
“I’m not sure about the updated HD version, but the OG version is much hornier than you’re thinking it is. MUCH hornier.”
“Red Eye”
“The fucking preview for this movie makes it look like a romcom starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy, and it’s a complete gem and deserves
“Deep Blue Sea”
“Possibly the best all-time version of, “I had no idea that this super dangerous thing I created in order to do good in the world
“The Boogeyman”
“If I get Letterboxd premium, would I find this movie by searching “Boogeyman” as opposed to “The Boogeyman”? I was all set to give this
“The Menu”
“Now do one called “The Director’s Cut” where it’s the same deal but everyone is watching a new Ari Aster film. “
“Halloweentown”
“The funniest thing about the Halloweentown franchise is reading reviews of the reboot which had a different cast: People are PISSED. This is like beyond
“Leprechaun in the Hood”
“Once you’ve gone to space, can you really go back to the hood? I think there’s been one good horror movie made in the hood,
“Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know”
“You’re in a good life place when your takeaway from this movie is: Waitaminute, if I were to enter a black hole, I would not
“Annabelle”
“I don’t think Annabelle knows what kind of movie it is. Could’ve gone more serious-er and creepy, OR could’ve got wackier and more over-the-top, but
“Harley & Katya”
“I like sports docs quite a bit, and this one…well, there is some great footage, there are a couple interesting angles, but the end sort
“Jigsaw”
“Alright, I’m through the first 8, ready for part 10. Part 9 being Spiral, which, No. It turns out I HAD seen all 8 parts.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The one issue I take with this movie, it’s got the same problem as Wonder Woman: love may be the foundation, but the drywall, the
“Saw 3D”
“This one has a GREAT setup: a dude who is claiming to have survived a Jigsaw trap in order to cash-in on the true crime
“Kuffs”
“1992 Christian Slater doing Zack Morris as a private security guy pulling a Taken revenge kind of thing should totally work. It kinda works. “
“Midsommar”
“Chris Hemsworth takes his girlfriend to a music festival featuring Florence and the Machine as well as a brief set by Orville Peck. They should
“A Nightmare on Elm Street”
“”You know what would really update this character? Making him a child molestor.” -One person that a bunch of people who make bad decisions listened
“I See You”
“Twisty and kind of fun, although I wish the POV switch didn’t make you watch the entirety of the first 30 minutes twice ALL THE
“They Came Together”
“Um: “Since 2014, Rudd and fellow actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan have been co-owners of Samuel’s Sweet Shop, a candy store in Rhinebeck, New York that
“Coherence”
“A normal dinner party becomes awesome. 10 out of 10, I wish every dinner party could be this interesting. So maybe you’ve destroyed the fabric
“Saw VI”
“By this point, the most tortured thing in Saw is the timeline. Though this movie has some fun elements, it can’t stand on its own,
“The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t”
“I understand the witch’s demands for the most part, but wanting to be on the Transylvania merchandise in place of Dracula? How does that make
“Miami Vice”
“This is one of the few movies I walked out in when I saw it in theaters. My memory of it is that there was
“The Imitation Game”
“I think this movie tried to be two movies. It tried to be the more introspective look back at society and how we treated gay
“Saw V”
“This is a very weird turn for the series. On one hand, the Jigsaw portion is pretty solid. The lesson to be learned is actually
“[REC]”
“Wish I’d seen it in ˜07 because it does suffer a bit from existing in the post-found-footage pile. Found footage seemed like a great thing
“Saw IV”
“Saw 3 kind of pulled off its retcon of Saw history in a pretty unexpected way that kind of makes sense, and then Saw 4
“Saw III”
“This one is off the rails, but in a good way. I think this one probably best balances the franchise’s desire to trace everything all
“The Taking of Deborah Logan”
“This is a non-sexual taking, for what it’s worth in terms of whether or not you’re more or less excited to watch. “
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
“If I had to select a movie soundtrack to play whenever I did stuff, like walk through a room, it’d be Birdman. That shit was
“Rubber”
“This one felt to me…like a movie that was made for people to write stuff about it. Which is fine, but at the same time,
“Saw II”
“Well, it’s early August, which means spooky movies are on rotation in my house, baby! I’m going for it, a Saw Watch 2023. Now, I
“Clerks III”
“I’m a Kevin Smith Stan, so know that. I’ll make a light critique first: The movie hits its emotional high late in the game. Dante’s
“Father of the Bride”
“I feel like this movie would be extra good if you watched it when you were 17 and then again when you were 37. I
“Alien³”
“I’ve bumped this up a star, but I get why I never dug this one: It feels like Roger Corman’s Alien. Let’s do this in
“Day of the Dead”
“It’s a goodie, not my favorite of the trilogy, let’s be honest, Dawn is the best, anyone who says otherwise is just trying to be
“Last Action Hero”
“While watching this with my partner, Poonmaster Flex (her anonymity-maintaining online nickname), Flex commented that she kind of loved this because nobody makes movies like
“Vertical Limit”
“What if you had to climb a mountain in order to save your sister from the weather? Would you bring a bunch of bombs? If
“M3GAN”
“First of all, thanks to this movie for having the courage of its convictions and not returning a result on letterboxd when I type “Megan,”
“I Am Mother”
“TELL YOUR CHILDREN NOT TO WALK MY WAY. Well, the About box on google spoils this movie within ONE SENTENCE, which is pretty efficient, 10/10,
“Hackers”
“Hackers: Better as a memory than a movie. Before I rewatched this, it was like a 3-star, maybe 2 of which were for irony. It
“The Lost City”
“This is in truth a 2-star film, BUUUUUUUT the goat’s real name appears in the credits, so extra star.”
“Barbarian”
“I think this movie is made more interesting if the facts about Justin Long’s character are not confirmed in the bar scene. If there’s ambiguity
“Black Mirror: Loch Henry”
“There’s something here about our true crime obsession, but I’ve mostly softened on that whole thing. What I DON’T care for is people talking about
“Black Mirror: Joan Is Awful”
“It was good and all, BUT it has that issue where at some point, you don’t want to watch the same thing twice. You, as
“Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea”
“Easily the best of the season, best concept, taken to its logical, but extreme end. “
“Black Mirror: Mazey Day”
“A Tales from the Crypt script fell through a timewarp.”
“Black Mirror: Demon 79”
“While I can appreciate the sentiment, I thought we’d be run out of Trump stuff by now…sigh…”
“Hotel Transylvania”
“I’ve now watched two things with Selena Gomez in it. Only Murders in the Building, in which her character is named “Mabel.” Hotel Transylvania, in
“Stake Land”
“Very solid apocalyptic/vampire movie. It doesn’t bring a whole lot that’s new to the genre, BUT I’m seeing it…13 years after it came out, so
“The Good Nurse”
“There’s nothing bad about the movie, the problem is that the movie has a description. From the description, you not only get the gist, you
“The Babadook”
“I don’t know what it is, but I’m just not feeling the lady falling apart maybe because life is hard and maybe because the supernatural
“Jeepers Creepers”
“Weird how this one works. There’s a psychic who pops in to explain everything, but then she doesn’t really explain anything. There’s a monster reveal,
“American Factory”
“It’s a political movie, and I have no problem with that, however, I think the trailer and other things sell the movie on the idea
“Dave Made a Maze”
“Amazing design, the only problem is you see 90% of what the movie has to offer in the trailer. And yet, I think the trailer
“I Care a Lot”
“I’m all for a movie where there are no sympathetic characters, and I Care A Lot goes out of its way to clear the board
“Smile”
“*referee whistle* Looks like a call of too many it was just a dream moments on Smile with no indication or way for viewers to
“Jackass Forever”
“One day I’m going to write a story about a 69 year-old Johnny Knoxville type planning and executing his final stunt, which will surely kill
“The Suicide Squad”
“I made the same mistake with this one that I did with Guardians of the Galaxy: I heard the hype too many times before I
“The Black Phone”
“Solid horror flick, and it’s got just enough supernatural stuff without going too deep, plus, and this is huge, the supernatural elements aren’t overly explained.
“Worth”
“You know how you watch a movie like this, and it’s good, but it’s not like you’re cheering at the end? Everyone’s great in it,
“Nomadland”
“I liked this movie better when the main character was Randy the Ram. But seriously, this is torture porn for the Oscar set.”
“The ‘Burbs”
“This is my all-time favorite twist on “The real monsters is us!” “
“This Is Where I Leave You”
“This one, like the book it’s based on, didn’t hit for me because I felt like it was grounded in reality, but it needed just
“Spiral: From the Book of Saw”
“Saw was in a place in 2021. It couldn’t keep on as it had. Even the diehards were like, Bro, we’ve mined the original trilogy
“Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time”
“There’s a lot to love about this movie, a lot of heart to it, but it didn’t connect all the way where I think it
“The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker”
“The first 2/3 of this kind of worked for me in a perverse way. I was like, “See, this is what happens when you try
“Bad Words”
“Little bit of a late entry into the “holy shit, that adult just told a kid to fuck off” genre, but I’m also the one
“Big Trouble in Little China”
“As Movie Night continues through 2023, it didn’t take us too long to get to Big Trouble In Little China, a much-loved movie of mine
“The Net”
“I’m suspicious that the Sandy Bullock bikini scene and the TWO futzing with beautiful hair scenes were added later once someone was like, “Eh, is
“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”
“If you liked this, but then only sort of liked the ending, read the comics. I’m telling you, the ending to the comics is VERY
“The Happening”
“Over the last couple years, we’ve decided to culturally reevaluate anything and everything. This may have started with reevaluating the place of pop music and
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
“Why aren’t there more movies where we give a bunch of goofballs some money and they do whatever goofball shit they want? Disney should take
“Home Alone”
“My favorite character is probably Chris Farley in the SNL parody where Macaulay throws him over a table. Nobody crushed a folding table like Farley.
“The Void”
“If the FPS Dusk were a movie. I suppose it’s not all that helpful to review something by comparing to a more obscure thing. But
“The Visit”
“M. Night does a good job with these. His Hellevator movie (whatever that was called) was pretty good. If he’s got like a limited budget
“Leprechaun 4: In Space”
“This is one of those terrible movies that’s more fun to talk about than it is to watch. It’s the hard thing about bad movies:
“Leprechaun 3”
“As part three of the 4-part Leprechaunathon for Halloween, this was the sag point in the series. It sounds awesome: The Leprechaun ends up in