Sinister

This week my plan was to watch a comedy starring one of my favourite comedians, Kevin James, “Here Comes the Boom”. However, plans end up changing and in this case, change is better.

I was happy that instead of watching a movie that I was mediocrely interested in, I decided to continue with the Halloween spirit and seen “Sinister” instead. Another one of my favourite actors, Ethan Hawke, stars in this horror flick and plays an author who writes stories of true horrific crimes.

This is an exciting thriller of a father desperately trying to redeem himself with a new book and knowingly moves into the house of his primary research, where a family has been murdered. He puts his family and himself at risk of supernatural entities.

I had myself a good scare in this flick. The best part of this film is the suspense. Even though they weren’t many scary parts, they made it so that every scene the angle could possibly show a demon child walking across the room, or a ghost popping up in the screen. The plot was carried out on a good path that made sense. Even though the plot was sort of played out considering all the recent horror films about some sort of supernatural demon force looking to feed on or possess children, the twist that they through in made for an enjoying conclusion.

Like I said before, I am a horror fan and even though I enjoyed “Sinister” this time, I probably won’t remember it a few months down the road. It wasn’t something memorable and I won’t be frightened when it’s dark at bedtime but in the end I enjoyed it for the time being and don’t regret spending my dollars on a good scare. 7/10 well worth it if you happen to be in the Halloween spirit.

Paranormal Activity 4

Halloween is just around the corner so I figured this movie would get me into the Halloween spirit, or so I thought. Paranormal Activity 4 is the 4^th installment of the trilogy and its true what they say; the first one is always the best.

So this film took place five years after the 3^rd installment but there isn’t a big difference in this film that can really distinguish itself from the previous installments. I mean sure there are scenes that really keep you on your toes and the infamous jumps are there. There really aren’t any known actors to recognize and the plot was just getting exhausting. So there is a strange woman and an even stranger little boy that lives across the street, and one day the mother is sent away due to some sort of illness. The little boy is then welcomed to stay with the family across the street and from there all these strange supernatural occurrence took place.

This movie was quite mediocre in the scare department and the plot was just played out. I must admit there were times I had to close my eyes a bit but nothing really scary every popped out until the end. It was kind of an upset because they really scare the hell out of you right before the credits. If only there were more scenes like that throughout the film.

I thought this movie did not do justice to the previous installments of the Paranormal Activity trilogy. As a horror movie fan I am sad to say that this film deserves a 4/10. Hopefully if there is a 5^th installment, they would change up the plot just a bit.    

House at the End of the Street

House at the End of the Street is the new horror film that just came out last weekend starring Jennifer Lawrence. From seeing the trailer I was already freaked out and I am just a complete sucker for a scary flick. Horror films are just one of my favourite types of genres and it comes out at a perfect time, exactly one month before Halloween. Not to mention the fact that Jennifer Lawrence was recently in other films which I really enjoyed such as X-Men: First Class and The Hunger Games.

So this movie starts off a bit different than your ordinary horror flick, it actually seems more like a chick flick at first; young girl moves into new neighbourhood and meets a cute boy whom which is very sweet to her. However… later we find out that this young cute boy’s parents were actually murdered by his very own sister and for some odd reason he is still living in the very same house… creepy huh? Don’t worry it gets worst! As the film goes on you start to see through different perspectives and some things just aren’t always what they seem.

All I gotta say is that there is a huge twist in this film that will just blow your mind. However I found that this movie was very slow leading towards the climax, a little too slow. This movie is not the worst horror movie I seen in the last couple months but also not the best.  I would recommend this film to those movie lovers who love a twist and who wouldn’t mind seeing something different from you run of the mill horror flicks. I would say this movie deserves a 6.5/10, only because the twist in this film was very well played out.