Scream - The T.V Series.

Point of interest:

I am a very big fan of the Scream franchise.

One - Of course the best

Two - Best opening 

Three - So bad it's good

Four - Fresssshhhh

So, as you can tell, this was a little bit of a big thing for me.

However, with this I have a big old bag of mixed feelings.
I've finished the first season, and yet it was hard to be incredibly scared. I may have been entertained at parts, but after a couple of episodes it felt as though I was only watching it from boredom.
At the end of the day the Scream television series felt like a mild sub for Pretty Little Liars.
Except this is more grown up.

There is gore and blood. There is saucy interludes for no reason. There is a damsel in distress, who is a bit of a bad actress.
Seems like the perfect recipe for a classic horror film, right?
Yeah it is...  but it isn't a very great homage to the Scream films/franchise.
With nothing to do with Sidney and co, you'll be let down slightly if you'e a fan like me. But the thing with this, is that it keeps you hanging on just because it is surprising who the killer chooses to pick off.
So, with no actual Ghostface running umuck, you're left with a bunch of Randy, Gail and Sidney substitutes doing a lacklustre job of  not acting sketchy.
There's also a really really lazy plot of mother/daughter relationship creating chaos, just like the original!
Urgh, it was REALLY lazy.

Basically a luke warm build up to Scream Queens, which I am very much looking forward to.

Alike with Pretty Little Liars, you will feel very underwhelmed with the conclusion.
Sorry to give that away, but this really was a tiny bit of a punch in the face.
However alike with PLL again, it gives you something else right at the end... so yes I can imagine that I shall be watching season two next year.
OF COURSE THERE'S A SEASON TWO.

In my opinion, if you're looking for a way to make up your summer with copious amounts of T.V (like me), then give this a try. Because there are some good parts.
But if you're not a fan of horror in general, then leave it and run.
Even though there is scarcely a trace of anything very frightening, just don't waste your time.
All I can say is that, give it a try... but don't feel guilty if you can't finish it.
I wouldn't blame you.
This ultimately was a guess who... and that was the only part you're watching it for.
It is quite rushed and messy.

God this summer was bad.

Inside Out.

I choked up...

Let's just start with that? YEAH?

Yeah.

I went to see this film with my mum (a primary school teaching assistant), and afterwards she backed up everything I already thought about it. This is a very important film to young children, let's just say that Inside Out teaches a very important fact about life. 

There is nothing more I want than to stress how good this film is. I got out of the cinema and felt... okay.
And by that I mean that I felt very content. Inside Out concentrates on teaching children that it's okay to be sad. And THAT is what we need to ensure younger generations know.
When I say that I felt content, I think that after watching this film I felt less alone.
It is very easy to relate to every single aspect of Inside Out.
The concept of there being small people in your head who make your emotions, is a rather well thought out strategy.
It keeps kids entertained and educates them thoroughly.
In Inside Out, we are taken on an adventure when the characters of Joy and Sadness are lost when accidentally exiting Riley's brain. The film follows Joy and Sadness journeying through thick and thin to ensure that predominately Riley can be happy again.
The emotions together have stayed with Riley since birth and each take over her actions.
Riley the main character finds her family's move to San Francisco hard, as she says goodbye to her friends, hockey team and childhood home.
But Joy is always there in her brain to make her look on the bright side, along with trying to keep sadness away from the controls. Which often isn't the best thing to do.
However when both Joy and Sadness become lost in Riley's thoughts away from the control panels, ultimately Riley is left with nothing but Fear, Disgust and Anger having their say every minute of every day.
And thus Riley's parents are met with a generic 11 year old, as the 'mood swings' begin.

I loved everything about this film.
It was clever, intelligent, funny and entertaining. I urge you all to see it at some point in your lives.
There is nothing more satisfying, as when Pixar come out with a film that has a meaningful message.
Except the Cars franchise, that can leave thanks.
If your anything like me and have trouble understanding why we act the way we do, then this the nicest way of interpreting our feelings.
Also if you like character from The Office (USA) and Saturday Night Live... then yes this is the kids film for you.
(Purely because half of the casts are in this film)
Please watch this.
Thnx.

Terminator Genisys.

Have I watched anything from the Terminator franchise?

No.

My bad...

But I enjoyed this film all the same.

I mean I gather that I don't necessarily HAVE to have watched anything before this film. But it would have probably helped somewhat.

But aye, never mind. I had been meaning to watch the films prequel to this.
And yet I didn't.
What you gonna do about it?

Terminator is a cool concept... I think.
There was a nice message with this chapter, it said that Sarah Conner's Terminator father stand-in is the cutest thing in existence.
They're relationship is adorable.
Note: some really really cute af drawings. I couldn't decide if they were created by Sarah (as a child) or the Terminator.

There's a lot of stuff which would have made more sense if I had watched the earlier films, probably, but I got the hang of it quite quickly.
The action is pretty pleasing in it. But I had a feeling that the whole film went really fast. However it might not have, some of it happened to drag a tiny bit.

There's a short cameo from Matthew Smith (Dr Who), and you barely get to see him even when he is on screen. (It's complicated, seriously).
Arnold Schwarzenegger was good as always.
And by good I mean saying lines and smiling robotically every now and then.
Humorous enough.
I mean I laughed, and there's nothing more to that.

Not too much to say about this film, as it seemed to be something I would give into and watch on Sunday in order to block family out.
Wait, that sounds like my whole summer.
It's a pretty simple storyline, following a generic action film:
 Opening on war, problems, new characters, more problems, minor happiness, WORST PROBLEM EVER, WAR EVERYWHERE, someone gonna go ahead and die, SYKE, some clearing up issues, happy ending, OPENING FOR THE NEXT MONEY-MAKER.
And so you get my drift.
But then someone thought...
"Oh no, we need some more time travel in there... SHOVE IT IN!"

I'd say maybe wait until this comes out on Netflix, as it will undoubtedly do.
Did I enjoy this? Yes, for the best part of £9.95!!!!! Which was not worth it.
The action was nice, and there was a stupid romance in it as usual. Well maybe Terminator fans already knew this.
Also, Emilia Clarke was pretty good in it.
Other than that, there was not many other people who stood out very well.
EXCEPT J.K. SIMMONS OFC.
He's always good in everything.
Don't question it.
There's nothing more to add.
Except that if you're trying to choose between this and Ted 2... give in to robots and action and not offensive teddy bears.
(Who is in fact voiced by a delusional man who thinks most of his racist, stereotypical, homophobic, transphobic and sexist jokes are worth our money when it's coming out of a stuffed animal's mouth).
Oh but it's okay, because he's all for gay marriage.
To think I use have a teenage crush on Seth Macfarlane.
IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE HE HAS A VERY NICE SINGING VOICE.
We've all had those types of crushes...
*cough cough*
Shia...

Insidious: Chapter 3

Maybe... perhaps, do not take a trip to the cinema to see this one kids.

Like, seriously at the time it was terrifying.

Insidious: Chapter 3... where do I begin. I had no clue that this would make me jump as much as it did. Upon watching the first two, they have nothing on this. I really don't know what happened with this instalment.

Yes, again I found myself not seeing half of the film due to hiding behind my jacket. However, I did see some scary bits, and only because I dared to look up mainly due to the fact that I thought the scares were all over. Well obviously it wasn't, and I got to see several of the scariest peaks within the whole film.

There were a total of 4 people in the showing for Insidious 3, myself included, and it made way for a lot of confident screaming.

(As well as telling the protagonist what she should and shouldn't do).

I mean really, who looks under the bed when something has just unnerved you? 

I went into that theatre oblivious to the fact that this film would actually work very very hard at scaring the soul out of me. This was mainly due to the fact that I may not have seen a heck of a lot of the first one, and the second one pretty much underwhelmed me.

So, Insidious: Chapter 3 is a prequel to the first two films' hauntings. James Wan isn't directing this one, and this may be why the scaring was turned up a notch! His BFFL, Leigh Whannell directs this chapter. And it looks like Wan had little influence when making number 3. 

Anyway, the lovely Elise is back, and living this time. Everyone loves Elise, but for most of this film you're constantly asking "Elise are you okay girl?"

She's deflated, and why not aye? She deserves a break, but oh no! We've got a new character - Quinn Brenner (Stefanie Scott) coming along and stupidly believing that her dead mother is trying to reach her. 

After some searching from Elise, she knows that it's not the girl's mother and is indeed something 

much darker. Because we wouldn't have a horror film if it really was her mother. 

It's not even a family being haunted with this, it's mainly Quinn, but with Elise sadly being pulled into it all over again, and Quinn's single dad (Dermot Mulroney) being perplexed the whole ride.

Poor Elise, she only means well.

So, all hell has broken loose and we see aspiring Quinn get both her legs broken and almost die from a horrible accident. And with this point, you will be thinking "They wouldn't do that at this point in the film? Would they? Nah, of course not?... OH THEY DID!" And you will be surprised how much you will jump at this accident. 

At the end of the day, I missed a couple of scary parts, but looked up from behind my jacket to watch just in case I was missing key plot points. 

Maybe I did miss key points, maybe I didn't, but it was the wrong idea and I should have stayed at home where I could have slept safely that night. 

The new demon is everywhere, he's in the air vent, he's in the oven, he's at your audition, he's all over the shop.

And I looked up at all of these points, grand.

This may not sound scary to some of you with more experience or more backbone. But, it really did make me scared to even go to cinema bathroom afterwards. 

Let's look forward to the next instalment in the Insidious franchise, because the cliffhanger at the end of second film has not been answered in number 3, due to the fact that this is a damn prequel.

And this means time-wasting. Purely wasting time, so they can get a bit more of your money, before they begin answering your questions from the second film.

And guess what!

THERE'S ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER!

*maniacal laughter*

Well, sort of. 

It's a horrible ending, just as a head up!

Sorry, I've just ruined that there's a surprise at the end.

Well I heard about it, I was too busy whimpering behind my jacket like usual.

Take it as you will from my lob-sided messy review, my apologies but I was a bit of a massive wimp throughout this film.

I'll just say maybe if you're not too hot in the Insidious franchise, maybe wait for it's release. It'll surely be on Netflix within a couple of months. 

Also, I'll just say the film The Gallows CAN GO BACK FROM WHERE IT CAME FROM... I mean judging from its trailer.

I'm just saying is all!

Jurassic World.

Eh... it was pretty good.
Well better than I expected, and I didn't expect too much.

I mean it was good at the end of the day, and I think it may have been for me purely due to the fact that Jurassic World made fun of itself at many stages.
Other than that, there isn't much to state... I dunno man, I'm lost. It doesn't help that I saw this last Thursday and have pretty much forgotten most of the effect it had on me.

But!
However, I can make this point true and clear:
Jurassic World has the most god darn product placement pumped into it, it almost makes ya sick.
Well not really, I came out really wanting a COKE!
Oh it got me, and it'll get you too. We're just human-beings!
So anyway if you're looking to shut your kids up, or want a trip down memory lane because you just miss all those CGI sensations so damn much, then go see this.
I have to say at the end of the day, that I don't regret seeing it. Jurassic World is indeed a very funny film in spots, and I'm unsure whether or not parts where I laughed were intentionally funny.
I mean, you can't help but chuckle at the ending fight scene being interrupted with constant shots of Pandora and Starbucks sitting pristine in the background.

It has Speilberg written all over it.
Until you realise he didn't in fact direct it, and you're like WHHHAT!?
He produced it, what a doll.
Colin Trevorrow directed... who is he?
I didn't know either. He hasn't done a heck of a lot, Safety Not Guaranteed....
It's that one with Aubrey Plaza in it on Netflix.
I mean it's on your list, but you're never gonna touch it.

Jurassic World felt a tiny bit surreal, and no I don't mean by the fact that dinosaurs roam around as zoo attractions, purely for profit. I mean the fact that the actors may as well have been pulling the stare into the camera stunt. One which you will see on The Office.
Although it's not Ricky Gervais/Steve Carell universe, where office life is presented as somewhat entertaining.
It was people being killed and seriously injured by flying prehistoric creatures. And then a stupid (yet awesome) battle at the end.
I.e, the T-Rex comes out of his shell for a glorious cameo shot, and works with a Raptor to kill thier love-child.
Good for them!

And speaking of cameos, Jurassic World is full of them. Although it will probably leave you with saying - "Oh yeah, she's in..." and "He's on that really really bad E4 show!"
(You'll know who I mean by this).
Hence you will feel left with this mundane sense, that they're all friends with Chris Pratt.
And yes, you're left thinking you still want to be friends with Pratt, he's still funny as ever.
As well as Bryce Dallas Howard, yeah I didn't know who she was either.
I couldn't even think if I had saw her in anything beforehand.
But she's in The Help.
Which hands down makes her a flawless actress anyhow.
She's actually in loads.
Woops.

By the way, even though Spielberg merely produced, you're not getting away from him in the near future by the looks of things.
THE B F GOD DAMN G
(That excites me).
Another Tin Tin film - like anyone needs that really.
Real Steel 2 - nah.
A Halo TV series
(sigh)
Indiana Jones 5 - woah
GREMLINS - YAASS
But, then he ruins more lives with yet another Transformers movie.
I mean god Hollywood, give it up.

Anyway, go see it.
Or not.
Whichever way, it's a sweet ending.
And showed me that Raptors are actually awesome and cute and I want one.
Some dinosaurs were amazingly adorable throughout the film.

Mad Max: Fury Road

Let me begin with stating one thing....

This

is

the

best

god

damn

film

of 

the

year.

Mad Max is possibly the best film I have seen in a long time. It god damn pumps you up son.
The adrenaline rush you get from one specific point within the film put me on the edge of my seat. I cannot recommend Fury Road enough.

Pretty much every single aspect of this film is great, Mad Max is relentless. After last Friday night, I found new faith in director George Miller. (Yes indeed he did direct the Happy Feet and Babe franchises).
What a man.
I feel that I'm blithering here, but there is so much about this film that I enjoyed. I came out of the cinema wanting more, and within the first few minutes of Fury Road starting, I was convinced that this worth every penny.
It's amazing how within the beginning there is very little dialogue, and it's just action, action and more action. And with this, I would like to state that Mad Max: Fury Road has put my faith back into Action films.
Enough with the Transformers and Jason Statham titting about everywhere.
I want Mad Max.
I need more of this film!
You have no idea how hopped up I was when exiting that screening.

Charlie Theron.
What an actress.
I mean Tom Hardy was good as usual, but Charlie here stole the show.
I expect to see awards. Many of them.
Mad Max: Fury Road shows a story which liberates its female characters. They are shown as real people, not secondary characters. Max's story is taken over towards the end. It becomes apparent that his story is simply a sideshow to Imperator Furiosa. (Theron).
I mean and it's understandable. Because this tells how one woman stolen from birth keeps her sanity after being taken into the world of Immortan Joe. (Hugh Keays-Byrn).
Now that's a horrible enemy.
Let's just say that, Theron's character goes out her way, risks her life and others to make a better life for her and the five of Immortan Joe's wives... Like urgh, scumbag.
And he is.
One's heavily pregnant and another not even a month gone.
These women made the film. Each wife was an actual person, with speaking roles, personality, braveness, and tales to tell.
There are more females in it who are awesome.
Completely no ageism in Fury Road by the way.
We need more of this in mainstream films.
Like, don't argue with me. We do.
And as for this 'Returnofkings meninism' concept having problems with Fury Road.
Then, good for you guys!
Boycott it all you like, BECAUSE YOU THINK PEOPLE REALLY DON'T WANT TO WATCH A FILM PURELY BECAUSE THE WOMEN SPEAK A BIT MORE THAN THE MEN?
Nah man, the action, plot development, storyline and amazing directing brings people in. The fact that women have actual empowering roles within this film just means that George Miller has senses, isn't living in the Stone-age and Charlie Theron is one the best actresses around.

If you haven't guessed yet, I loved this film. Everything about it made me happy, this is something completely new. (Well at least to me).
I advise you all wisely to go see this film, whilst it's in the cinema. You might want to even think about going all out and IMAX your night away.
No really, visually Mad Max; Fury Road is stunning.
The 3D aspect, not so much.
Just, please, everyone go see it.
And pay for it.
George Miller needs to make more of Mad Max. This is one franchise I want to be milked to be honest, and that's saying something.
I'm even going to watch the original films, and those have Mel Gibson in it... god no, don't et me started on him. 

Unfriended

                             

Okay..... 

Ok.

OK here we go... 

This film.... It is ridiculously unnerving.

I can't really tell you people many things about Unfriended. 

This might be a short post.

Because I'm afraid that I sat hunched up in a ball in my seat at the cinema that night with my right hand firmly clasped over my eyes for quite a lot of this movie.

I mean really I scare so easily and this was just perhaps a bit too much for me.

       

But with having said that, the fact that I didn't see a lot meant that I could get to sleep that night without thinking someone was in/on top of my wardrobe, outside my door/window, or at all under my bed.

... I'll just have re-check those before I go to sleep tonight.

Just in case!

Anyway, this is a well-made film. I hear that some people are saying bad things about it, and to be honest I can see what they mean, (mainly concerning the ending).

But with that, I still think it was very clever. It made the whole audience tense throughout, and surely that's what you want in a Horror film?

If you go to see Unfriended, then do it was someone else. Don't be a hero and go alone.

So, with Unfriended you've got another new take on the Horror film. I know I said the same with It Follows, but I believe that filmmakers are coming their senses within the Horror franchise. Enough with the Paranormal Activities, and more with teens being generally messed up and their aesthetic/culture. Note that I wouldn't really say the word 'messed', but replace it with another. 

I think that there's the air of 90's Horror films being rebooted in many ways lately. E.g. MTV taking Scream to yet another level. 

(Yes I am intrigued by this, am a big Scream fan).

Here with Unfriended we've got another example of how horror films use the paranoia of the time to intimidate, shock and scare audiences. 

Urgh, now I sound like I'm writing an essay.

Let me live.

But anyway, by this I mean that this point in time technology has become advanced. And from this, many people have shown hesitation with how far mankind can go before we get bitten on the ass for going so far. 

I know, this sounds like I'm going on about how robots go rogue too many times in films. But what I do mean is that within Unfriended we see how the use of technology (Skype), has come to be used as a murder weapon. 

And let me tell you, deaths go down one by one and it's fast and brutal. 

It's like within Scream for example, the killer(s) always use telephone calls to the victims. This is a way of getting at them, it makes them let their guards down. The things we therefore think/feel are safe are therefore not. This shows how seemingly normal day things can be manipulated for the worse within Horror films.

Clever. 

Anyway, we need more teen orientated Horror films. 

End of.

Unfriended remodels the Horror genre in some way here I feel. 

The deaths are clever, and there's creepiness throughout.

And if you disagree with me, you're very welcome to because I'm afraid of many things, and it may not have been as scary as are other films.

The world's a scary place man...

Unfriended shows the lengths teens go to to impress each other to an extent. 

It also shows the dangers of your actions.

As well as perhaps... DON'T TELL PEOPLE TO KILL THEMSELVES.

Like whaaaaat is wrong with America's teens.

A topic that I've always been fascinated by.

There are so many American teen flicks, mainly Rom-Coms and Horror films. 

(They're predominately used due to them being viewed as innocent and easy to be manipulated within films).

Ya get me.

Trust me, it's an easy market to produce in and I'm usually part of the group lapping it up.

So, Unfriended... Indeed scary, but turned on its head as a generic Horror film. You've got some new aspects in there, and it is actually quite nice to see a film being made entirely through a laptop.

Except, whenever you're wanting to know the real time it's a bad habit to check the main character's laptop screen on the cinema screen.

Stupid?

I think so.

A little end note here by the way:

The Babadook

It Follows

Unfriended

....

Your new Horror revolution.