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Terror Train 2022 ★★★
A pretty faithfull remake of the late seventies slasher with Jamie Lee Curtis, with a few updates for this generation. Even the kills follow a rather similar pattern. The mask the killer wore was a bit too Pennywise-obvious scary clown for my liking, but this comes from someone who is a big fan of the Groucho Marx-mask in the original.
The actors were okay. Not that they were bad at all, but to say that anyone stood out would be exadurated either. Robyn Alomar could make for a good scream queen. From what I remember, they made Doc's douchiness more explicit than in the original and Matias Garrido portrayed that well.
The makers add a bit of a twist to the end, but one shot at the start of that scene lets the cat out the bag and spoils the surprise. Besides, you mostly watch slashers for the kills and those are well done. Bloody, while remaining faithfull to the original. And Doc gets the spectacular kill the viewer roots for. Also cool to name the killer Kenny. If I had a dollar for every screening where someone in the theater screamed out the South Park-line(s) … Also, in this time with movies filled to the rim with references, a character named Mo should be killed on screen with the killer going “whee-ee!”
A fun flick for a weekend evening. I've seen (a lot) worse.
Butterfly Kisses 2018 ★★★★
Buterfly Kisses is one of the best found footages I have recently seen and one of the better entries in the subgenre overall.
Its biggest qualiy is how it shows Gavins growing frustration at the disbelief and scepticism he encounters.
The jump scares were well executed, the makers manage to build up the fear surrounding the Peeping Tom and the scene where Sophia takes a desperate measure was pretty intense.
The Stepfather 2009 ★
The type of unnecessary remake that's still released, because... money. And that fans like me watch, because... it's on Netflix and I have a subscription.
It does not really add anything to the original and only delivers a watered down version of the opening scene and the Who am I here-moment. I'm sure Dylan Walsh is a good actor, but his performance has nothing on Terry O'Quinn.
Oh yeah, and Amber Heard was in this one.
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