Saturday Evening Movie Post [moviegique]: Resident Evil (2026)

Our second feature on our annual Halloween Haunt outing double-feature was Zach Cregger's take on Resident Evil.

We've seen plenty of Resident Evil movies in the past. Well, I have. Of the six films, I think I saw all but the last one, and in the theater to boo! The Boy saw 3, 4 and 5 with me, starting with Resident Evil: Apocalypse and culminating with Resident Evil: Retribution. The sub-heds are entirely decorative, shedding no light on the contents of the film which are, of course, a series of ridiculous special effects organized loosely around—well, not a plot, but organized around other special effects.

In fact, the reason we didn't see the last Anderson Resident Evil, which savvily borrows from the fourth Friday the 13th movie and calls itself The Final Chapter, was that we didn't think anything could top Retribution. There's a big fight in Red Square in Retribution, featuring zombie communist motorcycle cops, and in my memory, they all have sidecars full of Kodiak bears wearing ushankas with little red stars on them.

I would watch that movie again because I don't remember if the bears are lobbing grenades or wielding machine guns, but I'm worried they edited the bears out.

Motorcycle Cops in Red Square with Kodiak Bears in Ushankas in the sidecars, with machine guns.

From "Resident Evil: Moviegique's Mind".

So. Uh. Mr. Cregger. He of the excellent Barbarian and Weapons got himself hired to do a franchise. I didn't like this as much as either of those other films, but it was educational on a lot of levels.

First, and foremost: I think Cregger understands that his job is to entertain you. That's kind of refreshing.

Rather than borrow from the stilted, '80s-cop-drama feel of the video games, Cregger's main character is more like a Zoomer dropped into a Resident Evil game. To wit: He is not particularly competent. He's a slacker of course—aren't all generations entering adulthood regarded as layabouts by the previous generations? But getting back to his lack of competence, he's not great at his job and he's really not great at not his job, i.e., fighting—

Well, what the hell are the creatures in Resident Evil anyway? Some of them are zombies, but beyond those, it's really just a mishmash of visual concepts and game mechanics. There's not really any logic or consistency I've ever been able to suss out.

A very large, fat naked dude in shadows.

I am getting sick of movies using the Flock camera footage of my bathroom, however.

Whatever they are, though, our hero, Bryan (Austin Abrams, who is in Weapons and whom I first saw nearly 15 years ago in an obscure Jon Lovitz project called Jewtopia) stumbles across and through them by the skin of his teeth, like a guy playing Resident Evil.

Cregger does something very interesting here: When we see Bryan first, he's got his girlfriend on the phone and she's pregnant, and he's being politic about this. Instead of going to talk things out with her, he accepts a delivery job he's not really suitable for (but which is profitable), and while trying to hash things out, he hits a woman.

A zombie woman, though he's not aware of this.

He could drive off, but instead he does the right thing and tries to help her. She's not dead, of course, because she's undead. But this leads him to an encounter with a cop. When that goes bad, he once again does the right thing, and gets himself into deeper trouble.

Over and over, Cregger puts him into situations where being selfish could really pay off, but he always chooses to do the right thing.

"This person is in serious need of chiropractic! I'd better go adjust them!"

Which, I guess, means it's not really like someone playing the video game, because games train you to place self-preservation above everything, generally.

One remarkable thing about the film is that, while it doesn't hew to the Resident Evil games storyline, this doesn't appear to be a matter of disrespect or opportunism. This is a dramatic story taking place inside the game universe, not a Paul W. S. Anderson "I rewrote my zombie script to kinda-sorta fit into the game franchise." Cregger grew up in a video game world.

And this probably is why when the game slips into a first person P.O.V. mode that resembles the video game, it's almost seamless. It might even be seamless to someone who doesn't know movies don't do that without a very specific narrative purpose. And there's probably a fascinating thread to tug on here: movies evolved from stage plays (especially once sound entered the picture), and stage plays are never first person, obviously. (Although that's a kind of interesting idea, somebody call my agent!)

Anyway, that's not a thread I'll tug on here. You're welcome.

Despite being about an inch deep, then, we start rooting for Bryan beyond the usual "well, he's the hero" kind of rooting. As he encounters characters from the game, we sometimes veer into what looks to be "woke" territory—but, no, the inch-depth of this means almost everything is played for a dark laugh, a quick scare or some genuine suspense as Bryan fights, flees and finagles his way into Raccoon City.

This is not a diss, by the way: I think Cregger did the right thing, a light touch was the wawy to go, and I think the movie will probably turn something like a profit—although $75M seems like a lot of money to spend on a movie with no stars. It won't make as much money as the much cheaper Weapons which didn't get as good a return on the production budget as Barbarian. I'm guessing all the money for this film went into the effects, which work.

Some people complain that the movie is too short and ends too abruptly. They are wrong. There is no place else for the movie to go at the end. The entire conceit of the film is that nobody is competent to handle the situation. It's like someone engineered a deadly virus and then couldn't manage to get the cure—oh, well, I guess you could argue it's too close to reality.

Hero running through street with package as bodies crash into the cars around him.

It's raining men! And women. Probably children, too, given this is "Resident Evil".

I don't know if the tone is sustainable. I know the movie would've broken under the change needed to draw it out further. But can there be a Resident Evil series where everyone is a dweeb? The monsters in that game (beyond the zombies) aren't exactly pushovers.

So, not only could I not see it going longer, I can't see a sequel that doesn't shift tone. That could be fun, I suppose: Make different movies, each with radically different tones.

This film knew what it wanted to do, did it, and got out. I respect that. The Boy also liked it, probably more than I did, though both of us afterward thought a lot more about our first film—a video-game-feeling monster flick from Korea which nearly ran three hours just to get to what is, at best, a halfway point in the story.

Sidebar: Frequent movie-thread contributor Mark Andrew Edwards wrote a long post on The James Madison's Phone's site about horror that's in the sidebar here. It's a good read and a theory I disagree with almost completely, and so I responded with a nearly as large rebuttal.

I'm guessing Mark would say Resident Evil (2026) is a horror movie. I would probably agree, but argue that it's almost a fluke. Survival horror is a legit genre, but when we get into comfortable game territory, whatever the "demonic epiphany" was becomes just another threat to manage: Bruce becomes just another shark, zombies become just another [insert politically inappropriate comparison here], et cetera. Horror stops being horror at the point it becomes manageable and comprehendible in prosaic terms.

Anyway, it's a good discussion and if you're into horror, you should check it out. I'm handing out free copies of my book Lair of the White Worm to everyone who agrees with me! (No, I'm not.)

Posted by: Open Blogger at 06:30 PM

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1 I like the little rack of grenades in front of the bear!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 26, 2026 07:30 PM (VyBeY)

2 On the road today, will check in as I can.

Posted by: Blake (moviegique) at September 26, 2026 07:31 PM (iM/MY)

3 Just finished watching Odd Thomas. Really good movie. Too bad the actor died young or I believe it would have been a movie franchise .

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 07:33 PM (KC5Lt)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

5
Resident Evil: The Musical

Too late?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 26, 2026 07:34 PM (XeU6L)

6 Polynikes,

Anton Yelchin was a significant loss. The studio got cold feet on Odd Thomas for some reason, so I don't know about sequels. It's surprisingly good

Posted by: Blake (moviegique) at September 26, 2026 07:36 PM (iM/MY)

7 I liked the first Resident Evil and the one where the scientist's daughter was trapped in the city . Didn't much care for any of the others.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 07:36 PM (KC5Lt)

8 Speaking of Russians, have watched 3 Russian movies on Tubi Best was Dear Comrades Andrei Konchalovsky
2020 film of 1962 massacre at at striking locomotive plant in Novocherkaak near Rostov in Crimea

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

9 I did end up watching Barbarian, a few months ago. A double header with It Follows.
These were both set in the now-depopulated regions of Detroit metro. It Follows (because of its plot device) extended further into southwest Michigan.
Best Detroit movie is probably still Eight Mile.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 26, 2026 07:39 PM (88C+u)

10 polynikes at 7

Agree. Think those were the first two and they seemed to get pretty tired after that.

Some of those early Corman Poe pics look better all the time.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 07:40 PM (q3u5l)

11 Think I saw a Resident Evil but can't say which one

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

12 Movie Thread! Great. Let there be the ... of grievances.

Watched some redone Star Trek fims. Oh some Benedict Cumberbatch comes back as Khan and is just as nasty as before.

Why the ef is there no capital punishment? Why the ef does Khan and all his buddies get kept in cryogenic life.

Why not just execute the effer for Justice?

We live in a time when the Civil Authorities are abandoning the responsibility to administer Justice.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 26, 2026 07:43 PM (36x1j)

13 Matinee Gique!

I would totally watch your zombie Commie take on the genre, sir.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 07:44 PM (kpS4V)

14 2020 film of 1962 massacre at at striking locomotive plant in Novocherkaak near Rostov in Crimea
Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

Odd, never heard of that one. (Note: this is sarcasm.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 07:45 PM (zZu0s)

15
Actually rented The Leopard with Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale (yum!). The book is stupendous and my main interest was acquiring a visual frame for it of the palaces, landscape and towns referred therein.

The movie is remarkably faithful. The themes Lampadusa set out of the declining aristocracy and the rising merchant class are all present, even if set somewhat differently. The last two chapters - set 25 and 50 years after the main narrative - are omitted but no great damage is done.

Over three hours of slow action. The final ball is some 45 minutes. But there's nothing superfluous.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2026 07:45 PM (eRlcH)

16 If the future cannot execute Khan, we are to blame.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 26, 2026 07:45 PM (36x1j)

17 At least in OG (only) timeline, Than was not a prisoner when he and his people went into cryogenic stasis. They were fleeing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

18 Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 26, 2026 07:43 PM (36x1j)

Kurtzman Trek is an abomination and not worthy of serious consideration.

Posted by: Sjg at September 26, 2026 07:46 PM (i8HNq)

19 Watching Dead Heat with Glen Ford right now. They liked to knock around women in these crime noir movies. I'm surprised they don't get a woke ban.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 07:47 PM (KC5Lt)

20
Resident Evil: The Musical

Too late?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 26, 2026 07:34 PM (XeU6L)

Probably not.

I saw an "Evil Dead" Musical in Las Vegas a few years ago.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 07:47 PM (YSUhf)

21 Movies was really good, recommend searching for it.

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

22 It might even be seamless to someone who doesn't know movies don't do that without a very specific narrative purpose. And there's probably a fascinating thread to tug on here: movies evolved from stage plays (especially once sound entered the picture), and stage plays are never first person, obviously. (Although that's a kind of interesting idea, somebody call my agent!)

Anyway, that's not a thread I'll tug on here. You're welcome.

I'll tug on it a little for you.

Lady in the Lake (1946) starring Robert Montgomery.
Film noir, and aside from some mirror reflections and directly addressing the audience a few times, Montgomery is never seen because it's almost entirely done in first person POV.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 07:48 PM (6ydKt)

23 Thanks, Eris! We may be only a few passes of AI evolution away from Moviegique Evil: Zombie Kodiak Bears in Sidecars!

"The Leopard" is slow but interesting.

Posted by: Blake (moviegique) at September 26, 2026 07:49 PM (cbzU4)

24 I really liked it and for many of the reasons moviegique mentions. Going in I was kind of surprised at the reported length. But I think it was just right and ended at a very good point.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 07:49 PM (ftFVW)

25 There's an interesting documentary on Prime, Who Killed Lawrence of Arabia? It contends that British Intelligence murdered him for fear he would side with the Arabs over the Jews, perhaps to the extent of supporting Hitler, thus endangering British access to that sweet, sweet oil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 26, 2026 07:49 PM (ndZc7)

26 Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 26, 2026 07:43 PM (36x1j)

My biggest problem with the JJ Abram Star Trek is they killed Captain Pike instead of making him beep bop beep beep.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 07:50 PM (KC5Lt)

27 SpeakingOf,

Good example. "Dark Passage" is al POV until Humphrey Bogart get plastic surgery and is revealed to be.... Humphrey Bogart!

Posted by: Blake (moviegique) at September 26, 2026 07:51 PM (cbzU4)

28
Also saw The Death of Stalin. Even if you know what happened, you could imagine it happening this way. Main complaint: there's so much crosstalk among the characters that it was near impossible for me to make out what was being said.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 26, 2026 07:51 PM (eRlcH)

29 P'ehaw. It the evil were truly resident, it would be represented by penguins.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

30 I would watch a film about bears using WW2 era weapons to destroy zombies

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 07:52 PM (nIKjK)

31 AW what I know of LoA I doubt it.

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

32 I saw the rerelease of "Avengers: Endgame" just for the nostalgia feelz and ended up really enjoying it all over again. Watching a good Marvel movie from the pre-COVID era is like visiting an alternate timeline, so it fit.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 07:54 PM (kpS4V)

33 Probably not.

I saw an "Evil Dead" Musical in Las Vegas a few years ago.

Posted by: naturalfake

Saw a stage play Carrie: The Musical a few years back. It was great! Funny, horrific, blood splatters! What's not to love?

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 07:55 PM (ftFVW)

34 Started watching Death of Stalin, thought it would be right up.my alley but partway in bailed out. Think its still on Tubi

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

35 Looks like Tor Johnson.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 26, 2026 07:56 PM (Cqx++)

36 35 Looks like Tor Johnson.
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"Time for go to bed!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 07:56 PM (kpS4V)

37 screw Jar Jar Abrams.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 26, 2026 07:57 PM (88C+u)

38
I. too, disagree with Mark Andrew Edwards long post, but since it's very much a "De gustibus'.

There's really nothing to argue.

I would say "Dracula" (1931) is a horror movie. MAE would say, No, it's not a horror movie because it has a happy ending.
And then I would say, "So, what? It's a horror movie. It sole purpose is to produce fright in the viewer."
And he would say, "No. It has a happy ending.'
... etc.

And then it would become the Monty Python argument skit, "The Argument Clinic".

Some interesting movies, he digs up though. So, give it a look.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 07:57 PM (YSUhf)

39 I have not seen the movie, and don't care for horror anyway, but apparently he's not just an idiot, but he's an idiot who apparently cannot learn anything. Its a standard thing for horror movies that people are stupid

"We're being chased by a monster!"
"We better split up first!"
"Don't turn on the light, that's how they get you!"
"I should back into this dark, creepy room!"
"Lets have sex while a monster is killing everyone who has sex!"

...but there are limits. The guy keeps trying to load guns he should know well from gaming the wrong way, throws away tools he needs, etc.

And yeah apparently its more The Thing than Zombies so you can't get a sense of the logic of the setting and its way too much played for humor so I dunno. Sounds inconsistent and not very entertaining to me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 07:57 PM (nIKjK)

40 My biggest problem with the JJ Abram Star Trek is they killed Captain Pike instead of making him beep bop beep beep.
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 07:50 PM

Bebop, like boogie-woogie, never really died, they just sublimated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 26, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

41 Were the sidecar zombie Kodiak bears wearing ushankas with little red stars on them out of control?

Posted by: davidt at September 26, 2026 07:59 PM (Q+gd/)

42 I watched Coyote vs ACME and it was lots of fun, catch it if you can, with your kids. I don't see movies very often these days other than old stuff, so it takes something very intriguing to get me into the theater.

I'll go see Star Wars when they re-release it next year. I am interested in Ray Gunn but I can wait to see that streaming or something. There's a Brad Pitt movie about him in Alaska surviving with his Best Boy doggo, could be good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 07:59 PM (nIKjK)

43 27 SpeakingOf,

Good example. "Dark Passage" is al POV until Humphrey Bogart get plastic surgery and is revealed to be.... Humphrey Bogart!

Posted by: Blake (moviegique) at September 26, 2026 07:51 PM (cbzU4)

Caught that, for the second or third time, on TCM a few months ago.

They had a good reason in that one as they didn't want to show the original face. You only see what Bogart's character's face originally looked like in a newspaper article.

MGM did it with iLady in the Lake and advertised it as the most revolutionary thing in filmmaking since the invention of the talkie.

They overhyped that a little, for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 08:00 PM (6ydKt)

44 I'm not into comic book movies but the first Iron Man and first GotG were excellent. My understanding is that they were not the most popular comic books?

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:00 PM (KC5Lt)

45
The new "Resident Evil" movie was good though not as good as "Weapons".

Basically, it was meant to be a video game-esque thrill ride and it was.

I also thought it ended perfectly. Though I think there's enough room with what happens for for sequel. also having the same main character.

I can't discuss this without massive spoilers but as a hint...what usually causes you to repeat or re-enter a game?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 08:01 PM (YSUhf)

46 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

I dusted off my long-neglected Movie Roulette wheel.

It chose The Simpsons Movie for me, which I have not watched in many years.

Not a great film, but moderately entertaining in some parts.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2026 08:02 PM (FZ29D)

47 Too bad the actor died young or I believe it would have been a movie franchise .
Posted by: polynikes

I assumed OD but I looked it up.

After Yelchin failed to arrive at a rehearsal on June 18, 2016, he was found by friends at around 1:10 a.m. on June 19, 2016, pinned between his Jeep Grand Cherokee and a brick pillar gate post outside his house in Studio City, Los Angeles, dead from an accident. As Yelchin got out of his car and went to check his locked gate for mail, the vehicle apparently rolled back down his driveway, which was on a steep incline, and trapped him against the pillar and a security fence. Yelchin was pronounced dead at age 27 at the scene; the Los Angeles County Coroner's office identified the cause of death as "blunt traumatic asphyxia" and stated that there were "no obvious suspicious circumstances involved".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 26, 2026 08:02 PM (ndZc7)

48 My understanding is that they were not the most popular comic books?

Yeah Iron Man is like C tier and Guardians of the Galaxy was kinda barely staying in print.

MGM did it with Lady in the Lake and advertised it as the most revolutionary thing in filmmaking since the invention of the talkie.

Its kind of a neat concept -- YOU are the hero! But it ends up sort of awkward. They did it a little bit in the DOOM movie but not very long. Hardcore Henry did it better, that was just wild

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:02 PM (nIKjK)

49 I loved Death of Stalin . One that is on my multiple watch list.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:03 PM (KC5Lt)

50
The Leopard, obscure note:
This book was translated as The Leopard, but the literal translation is The Ocelot.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 26, 2026 08:04 PM (XeU6L)

51 There's a Brad Pitt movie about him in Alaska surviving with his Best Boy doggo, could be good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 07:59 PM (nIKjK)

Pitt also has The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth coming out on Netflix in December, but there's a two week preview at IMAX theaters in November.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 08:05 PM (6ydKt)

52 Los Angeles County Coroner's office identified the cause of death as "blunt traumatic asphyxia" and stated that there were "no obvious suspicious circumstances involved".

That is a very grim and incredibly unfortunate way to die. What are even the odds?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:05 PM (nIKjK)

53
Its kind of a neat concept -- YOU are the hero! But it ends up sort of awkward. They did it a little bit in the DOOM movie but not very long. Hardcore Henry did it better, that was just wild

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:02 PM (nIKjK)

I could see it as something in the future with VR/AR movies, perhaps with a little interactive element to it.

Sort of like a primitive Holodeck type thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 08:07 PM (6ydKt)

54 Pitt also has The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth coming out on Netflix

I know I am alone in this but I found Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to be alternately tedious and annoying. The way that movie ended he would be in prison a long time for butchering several hippies in a stoned rampage. WE know they are evil cultists who would murder a pregnant woman, but nobody knows that in this time line. Then there's the "I totally kicked Bruce Lee's ass" story Cliff tells while a drunken 60 year old.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:07 PM (nIKjK)

55 The "Night of The Living Dead" remake is on Svengoolie. I don't really care for zombies myself, except for our Zombie.

Posted by: fd at September 26, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

56 I hadn't even heard of "Ray Gunn" -- that looks awesome! Retrofuturistic noire by Brad Bird. I'll for sure catch it in the theater.

When you said Ray Gunn I flashed on that horrible Aussie break dancer and thought Whaaa?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 08:09 PM (kpS4V)

57 Just finished watching Odd Thomas. Really good movie. Too bad the actor died young or I believe it would have been a movie franchise .
Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 07:33 PM (KC5Lt)
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Could have been a decent franchise.

I've read all the Odd Thomas books and each one is a stand-alone story that could be made into a good movie.

Though the full ending to the series is very, very bittersweet.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2026 08:09 PM (FZ29D)

58 There's an interesting documentary on Prime, Who Killed Lawrence of Arabia? It contends that British Intelligence murdered him for ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Using a JAP powered Brough was a clever methodology.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 26, 2026 08:09 PM (XeU6L)

59 When you said Ray Gunn I flashed on that horrible Aussie break dancer and thought Whaaa?

Yeah its a bit confusing, because a raygun documentary came out like last month all about her.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:09 PM (nIKjK)

60 Maybe I will try Death of Stalin again if its available

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)

61 I know I am alone in this but I found Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to be alternately tedious and annoying.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:07 PM (nIKjK)
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I was so bored with the first half that I checked out and never finished watching it. I didn't care about any of the characters.

All of them were pretty awful people, as far as I could tell.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2026 08:11 PM (FZ29D)

62 Yeah its a bit confusing, because a raygun documentary came out like last month all about her.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

How interesting. I should really add that to my watchlist.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 08:12 PM (ftFVW)

63 Perf, condolences on the passing of Kaylee.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 08:12 PM (kpS4V)

64 I can see the point of 'horror can't have a happy ending,' but maybe it comes down to just what your idea of happy is. Evil defeated, protagonist survives doesn't seem to necessarily define happy ending; the survivors may have lost so much in the course of the story that their survival doesn't outweigh the horror elements. YMMV.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 08:13 PM (q3u5l)

65 Perf, condolences on the passing of Kaylee.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 08:12 PM (kpS4V)
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Thanks...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2026 08:13 PM (FZ29D)

66 Watched movies I wanted everyone to pretty much die in

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 08:13 PM (Ia/+0)

67 Death of Stalin did a great job of ridiculing the USSR and commies while giving a decent history lesson though it was compressed. Made me think of Jo Jo Rabbit . Seeing the previews never had a desire to watch but then caught it on TV. I've watched it 3 or 4 times now.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:13 PM (KC5Lt)

68 I know I am alone in this but I found Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to be alternately tedious and annoying. The way that movie ended he would be in prison a long time for butchering several hippies in a stoned rampage. WE know they are evil cultists who would murder a pregnant woman, but nobody knows that in this time line. Then there's the "I totally kicked Bruce Lee's ass" story Cliff tells while a drunken 60 year old.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:07 PM (nIKjK)

I just don't take it seriously, and enjoy it as another Tarantino revenge fantasy filmed like a 70s exploitation flick. I don't look for it to make complete sense.

The first hour is amusing and funny in spots. The sequence at Spahn ranch is very well shot and paced.

But the last 30 minutes or so seals the deal for me. I guess I liked Tarantino's revenge fantasy as much as he did in this case.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 08:14 PM (6ydKt)

69 Resident Evil to me means Milla Jovovich. Without her, why watch? Even with her, the series got progressively sillier, but maybe it's all in the game. Yo.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 26, 2026 08:14 PM (QaH55)

70 I broke down and am watching The Death of Stalin. It is so far very darkly comic.
Joe Vissarion Jugie from all accounts was a humorist. Probably could have got chuckles on tour. Mind you, since he was General Secretary, you BETTER smile when he made a funny...

Posted by: 88C+u at September 26, 2026 08:15 PM (88C+u)

71 Resident Evil to me means Milla Jovovich

She was really nice to watch, apparently those movies had virtually nothing to do with the game story (such as it is) but I do like looking at Milla.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:17 PM (nIKjK)

72 Whatever Resident Evil I saw had Milla in it

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 08:18 PM (Ia/+0)

73 Beria was the epic baddie in that regime.
On the off chance CS Lewis was right that hell isn't real and it's all purgatory, and after historic sinners get their number called for forgiveness... Beria is going to be spending some very lonely millennia down there.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 26, 2026 08:18 PM (88C+u)

74 The first hour is amusing and funny in spots. The sequence at Spahn ranch is very well shot and paced.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 08:14 PM (6ydK

I thought the movie as a whole was just meh but the Spahn Ranch scene is in my top five all time scenes . As you referenced the pacing and suspense was perfect imo.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:18 PM (KC5Lt)

75
Is the movie about Beckoning Chasm's cat?

Lol

Posted by: four seasons at September 26, 2026 08:18 PM (/QHx4)

76 Movie sequels coming.

https://tinyurl.com/2xktkmbv

Bonus. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood sequel.

https://tinyurl.com/ytj46er5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 26, 2026 08:19 PM (ndZc7)

77 My wife was very upset with me when I told her that in the movie "Ghost", Demi Moore is actually having sex with Whoopi Goldberg...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:21 PM (l3cgK)

78 71 Resident Evil to me means Milla Jovovich

She was really nice to watch, apparently those movies had virtually nothing to do with the game story (such as it is) but I do like looking at Milla.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:17 PM (nIKjK)

She's 50 now...will be 51 before the end of the year.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:22 PM (l3cgK)

79 She's 50 now...will be 51 before the end of the year.

Last pics I saw of her, she still looks astounding

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:23 PM (nIKjK)

80 I thought the movie as a whole was just meh but the Spahn Ranch scene is in my top five all time scenes . As you referenced the pacing and suspense was perfect imo.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:18 PM (KC5Lt)

We are not alone in that opinion.

This guy analyzes the hell out of that scene and had me convinced.

https://youtu.be/bhOWI4fyG3M

It's all about building up tension and then releasing it in a perfectly satisfying way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 08:24 PM (6ydKt)

81 79 She's 50 now...will be 51 before the end of the year.

Last pics I saw of her, she still looks astounding

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 08:23 PM (nIKjK)

https://tinyurl.com/4s2wshrk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:25 PM (l3cgK)

82 >> Just finished watching Odd Thomas. Really good movie. Too bad the actor died young or I believe it would have been a movie franchise .

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 07:33 PM

I didn't see the movie, but I read the books, and enjoyed them. Odd was the best character Dean Koontz ever came up with. We could all use a little Odd in our lives.

Posted by: huerfano at September 26, 2026 08:25 PM (2Xqig)

83 Think I read somewhere that Tarantino watched the original Texas Chainsaw before filming the Spahn ranch sequence as QT wanted the same vibes there as in TCM's early approaches toward the Leatherface farmhouse.

Nailed it, too, I think.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 08:26 PM (q3u5l)

84 76 Movie sequels coming.

https://tinyurl.com/2xktkmbv

Bonus. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood sequel.

https://tinyurl.com/ytj46er5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 26, 2026 08:19 PM (ndZc7)

Lethal Weapon 5: Police Rest Home...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:28 PM (l3cgK)

85 My top five movie scenes in no particular order.
I always look forward to replacing one.

1. Deer Hunter - Russian roulette as prisoners
2. Training Day- when he is left with gang bangers to be killed
3. The Patriot- rescuing his oldest son with his two young sons.
4. Battleground- the ending where they are marching back from the front.
5. OaUaTiH. -Spahn Ranch

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:28 PM (KC5Lt)

86 Battleground - marching back and counting cadence.

You ain't got nothing to worry about.
He'll keep her happy till you get out.
You won't get out till the end of the war.
In Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Four.
Sound off...

Delightful.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 08:30 PM (q3u5l)

87 Horror is something you’re afraid of for days afterwards.

I can’t do it. I would if I lived with someone. But alone? No.

The Exorcist is the epitome of horror. Real. No resolution. Current. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 26, 2026 08:31 PM (yEz+x)

88 Doesn't look like Death of Stalin is on Tubi anymore

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 08:32 PM (Ia/+0)

89 87 Horror is something you’re afraid of for days afterwards.

I can’t do it. I would if I lived with someone. But alone? No.

The Exorcist is the epitome of horror. Real. No resolution. Current. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 26, 2026 08:31 PM (yEz+x)

Horror is not my cup of tea. I mean I'll watch it if it interests me, but the shock value and gore doesn't do anything for me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:32 PM (l3cgK)

90 War is hell.

It turns out that Russian drones attacked McDonald’s warehouse in Kyiv Oblast’s Brovary district not once but twice.
“Everything looks like a deliberate strike on a facility connected to an American company,” said Kyiv Oblast Governor Tymur Tkachenko.
The first strike occurred at around 3 a.m., followed by another one during the day.
The second strike sparked a fire at the warehouse, completely destroying the facility.

-
We can only pray the McRibs were spared.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 26, 2026 08:34 PM (ndZc7)

91 Dang, polynikes, I didn't see any of those movies.
I'll have to meditate on what scene would be my favorite. Maybe when the high priest is watching for the eclipse in Apocalypto. He knows it's coming. His subjects don't.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 26, 2026 08:34 PM (88C+u)

92 90 War is hell.

It turns out that Russian drones attacked McDonald’s warehouse in Kyiv Oblast’s Brovary district not once but twice.
“Everything looks like a deliberate strike on a facility connected to an American company,” said Kyiv Oblast Governor Tymur Tkachenko.
The first strike occurred at around 3 a.m., followed by another one during the day.
The second strike sparked a fire at the warehouse, completely destroying the facility.

-
We can only pray the McRibs were spared.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 26, 2026 08:34 PM (ndZc7)

Fries, fries everywhere! And they were burnt!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:35 PM (l3cgK)

93 Slasher films are derivative. Halloween seem to start it as mainstream instead of B movies though.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:35 PM (KC5Lt)

94 91 Dang, polynikes, I didn't see any of those movies.
I'll have to meditate on what scene would be my favorite. Maybe when the high priest is watching for the eclipse in Apocalypto. He knows it's coming. His subjects don't.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 26, 2026 08:34 PM (88C+u)

You could almost smell the rot of blood and dead bodies in the pile of the sacrificed in that movie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:36 PM (l3cgK)

95 Stalin is no more let off the hook for Beria being a vile child molester than Hitler is with Himmler. They're all fucking evil commie scum.

Stalin strikes me different than Hitler for some reason because I do not think he was insane or visionary in any sense. I think he is that rarest of animals- a true amoral psychopath. Like a real one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:36 PM (zZu0s)

96 95 Stalin is no more let off the hook for Beria being a vile child molester than Hitler is with Himmler. They're all fucking evil commie scum.

Stalin strikes me different than Hitler for some reason because I do not think he was insane or visionary in any sense. I think he is that rarest of animals- a true amoral psychopath. Like a real one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:36 PM (zZu0s)

From what I read, Mao was too. It seems Communism seems to attract those types.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

97 The first strike occurred at around 3 a.m., followed by another one during the day.
The second strike sparked a fire at the warehouse, completely destroying the facility.

-
We can only pray the McRibs were spared.
---

I want a Guernica-style painting of this atrocity.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 08:38 PM (kpS4V)

98 Sidebar: Frequent movie-thread contributor Mark Andrew Edwards wrote a long post on The James Madison's Phone's site about horror that's in the sidebar here. It's a good read and a theory I disagree with almost completely, and so I responded with a nearly as large rebuttal.

When movie nerds fight!!!

youtu.be/d67rhIzUhhk

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2026 08:38 PM (PGK1w)

99 I LOVE horror and will watch most any of it. Back when the first Paranormal Activity came out I was already getting tired of found footage type of movies. But watched it at home in a dark living room. Whoo that was the setting it was meant for. Can't imagine it was better in a theater.

Was glad I had someone to snuggle up to going to bed that night.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 08:39 PM (ftFVW)

100 Lethal Weapon 5: Police Rest Home...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:28 PM (l3cgK)

Evidently Gibson says he promised Donner he would do it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:39 PM (zZu0s)

101
I don't like horror movies. Reading the news everyday is all I can take, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 26, 2026 08:40 PM (/QHx4)

102 From what I read, Mao was too. It seems Communism seems to attract those types.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 26, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

Cambodia because it just seemed to be a hyperconcentrated totally gonzo version of the cultural revolution on a smaller scale.

Dont lose God, people. Bad things happen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

103 The only reason to watch Resident Evil is Milla Jovovich. Not my sort of script, but the production and direction are top notch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 26, 2026 08:41 PM (5C90x)

104 The Townswomen's Guild production of "Nazi War Atrocities" left me shaking for days. Brutal but brilliant.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 08:41 PM (kpS4V)

105 The Townswomen's Guild production of "Nazi War Atrocities" left me shaking for days. Brutal but brilliant.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 08:41 PM (kpS4V)

'Night and Fog' when I saw it in 8th grade.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)

106 And out of those five top scenes I only really liked Battleground . The rest were meh or just okay movies for me.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:42 PM (KC5Lt)

107 Was glad I had someone to snuggle up to going to bed that night.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 08:39 PM (ftFVW)
----

Artie the Clown?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 26, 2026 08:43 PM (kpS4V)

108 Artie the Clown?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Hahahaha! At that time in my life it was Kate Winslet's Boobs.

But I am excited to get another Terrifier when it comes out!

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 08:45 PM (ftFVW)

109 I've just finished reading MAE's epic essay about horror.

Gotta say, I agree with moviegique's take.

MAE is spectacularly wrong in his take on horror.

By his own definition, Event Horizon is NOT a horror movie because a few protagonists live.

However, there's is NO indication whatsoever that any of them are going to have happy lives. In fact, there's a fairly clear hint to the audience that something is still very, very wrong with the remains of the titular ship that is serving as a lifeboat.

By MAE's definition, the AUDIENCE is supposed to be left with a feeling of lingering dread, which Event Horizon does, but MAE says it's NOT a horror movie. So he's inconsistent in his application of his own definition.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2026 08:46 PM (FZ29D)

110 But watched it at home in a dark living room. Whoo that was the setting it was meant for. Can't imagine it was better in a theater.

Was glad I had someone to snuggle up to going to bed that night.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 08:39 PM (ftFVW)

A dark, empty room helps a lot with all horror movies.

Even an old horror movie like "The Haunting" (1963) can absolutely raise the hairs on your neck once it get it's hooks in you.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 08:46 PM (YSUhf)

111 But watched it at home in a dark living room. Whoo that was the setting it was meant for. Can't imagine it was better in a theater.

Was glad I had someone to snuggle up to going to bed that night.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 08:39 PM (ftFVW)

A dark, empty room helps a lot with all horror movies.

Even an old horror movie like "The Haunting" (1963) can absolutely raise the hairs on your neck once it get it's hooks in you.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 08:46 PM (YSUhf)

112 There's a Brad Pitt movie about him in Alaska surviving with his Best Boy doggo, could be good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Supposed to be a real tear jerker. I avoid those like the plague.

Posted by: Tuna at September 26, 2026 08:47 PM (lJ0H4)

113 2. Training Day- when he is left with gang bangers to be killed

Well, they beat the tar out of him and then let him go. The Albanian mob killed him.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2026 08:47 PM (PGK1w)

114 Grew up on sf/horror movies, but in my case that means we're talking a lot of stuff from the 50s and 60s, caught in the theaters and on the tube (every weekday afternoon on Chicago's ABC affiliate and double features every Saturday night on the NBC station). When it went to almost all gore almost all the time in the age of Jason and Freddy, I fell away from most of it. There's not much I go out of my way to see these days. But I can still watch quite a bit of the older stuff with pleasure.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 08:47 PM (q3u5l)

115 Weird.

Double Haunting!!!

wooooooooooooooo!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 08:47 PM (YSUhf)

116 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:36 PM (zZu0s)

Stalin was a psychopathic criminal / thug. Hitler was a delusional nationalistic psychopath.

Hitler cared about loyalty above all else and it didn't mean anything to Stalin.

That's how I see their main differences.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:48 PM (KC5Lt)

117 Well, they beat the tar out of him and then let him go. The Albanian mob killed him.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 26, 2026 08:47 PM (PGK1w)

I was talking about Ethan Hawke being left with the gang bangers.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:50 PM (KC5Lt)

118 Legend of Hell House.

Young Roddy McDowell and... Clive Revill?

Pretty scary as a kid. Very 70s as an adult. But still creepy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:50 PM (zZu0s)

119 "Even an old horror movie like "The Haunting" (1963) can absolutely raise the hairs on your neck once it get it's hooks in you."

Can it ever. Saw that one in the theater when it came out (front row center, Marquette Theater in Chicago Lawn) -- it really did the job then, and it still does it today.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 08:52 PM (q3u5l)

120 Supposed to be a real tear jerker. I avoid those like the plague.
Posted by: Tuna at September 26, 2026 08:47 PM (lJ0H4)

Supposedly the dog doesn't die. That's all I care about. I need that spoiler confirmed before I decide to see it.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

121 I uas to really like paranormal horror movies, lately its more realistic humans doing evil.
Last week watch a Chinese movie
Dead to Rights Ao Shen 2025 movie about Rape of Nanking. Based on true story of a Postal worker who fakes his expertise on film work. Saves some people and gets photo evidence out of the atrocities in Nanking

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 08:54 PM (Ia/+0)

122 Supposedly the dog doesn't die. That's all I care about. I need that spoiler confirmed before I decide to see it.
Posted by: polynikes

Spoiler: I read a synopsis of the movie. There's a death but it ain't the dog.

Posted by: Tuna at September 26, 2026 08:55 PM (lJ0H4)

123 Battleground is really quite a special movie. Relatively low budget, but it’s a far better and more realistic telling of the Battle of the Bulge than the later big budget film.
Many of the extras were members of the 101 who’d actually been in the battle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 26, 2026 08:56 PM (H8mUs)

124 Legend of Hell House is right behind The Haunting (1963) in my pantheon of haunted house movies. Great cast (Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, and a terrific Pamela Franklin) and script by Richard Matheson from his novel Hell House (toned down considerably from the book, but still effective). Well worth a look.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 08:56 PM (q3u5l)

125 Spoiler: I read a synopsis of the movie. There's a death but it ain't the dog.
Posted by: Tuna at September 26, 2026 08:55 PM (lJ0H4)

There's like three characters in the film and we know JK Simmons (the pilot) dies. So...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

126 Jack and slash and blood and gore and jump out of your seat is not horror.

I agree with MAE. Horror leaves no resolution. You keep thinking about it.

You look under your bed and in your closet and every shudder is suspect.

That’s horror.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 26, 2026 08:58 PM (QRXVU)

127 "Brotherhood" (2006-200

TV series, 32 eps. Not quite as sordid and blackpilling as "Mayor of Kingstown," but it'll do until the Mayor gets here. I luv the scene where the State House Speaker, confronted with evidence of his petty graft, promptly infarcts and strokes out. I wish that all our lying self-dealing politicians [BIRM] had that kind of cardiac integrity! Alas, I could watch only S2 and S3, because playability of public library DVD sets is hit or miss.

Posted by: gp at September 26, 2026 08:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

128 Battleground makes my top 10 war movie list

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 08:59 PM (Ia/+0)

129 AI Movie MegaStar Tilly Norwood had a few mini-strokes while interviewed by Piers Morgan recently.

That inspires gp's interview questions for Tilly:

- Do you shave your armpits? Please show us. Just one will suffice.
- Would you consider playing the part of Richard III entirely in the nude?
- How many times have you been assaulted by pervy producers and casting directors? If never, do you worry that you might be missing out on one of the most important skill-building experiences of an actress's career? If so, how would you 'level up' your game?
- What was the total amount due on your latest month's electric bill?
- Please describe your breasts in detail. Include size, shape, weight, color, polarity, and compatible types of terminal post options.
- Do you like extra-salty, buttery, piping hot, fresh popcorn?

Posted by: gp at September 26, 2026 08:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

130 There's like three characters in the film and we know JK Simmons (the pilot) dies. So...
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Spoiler: You need to find a synopsis of the movie. There are plenty of them on line. JK Simmons is not the pilot.

Posted by: Tuna at September 26, 2026 09:01 PM (lJ0H4)

131 Horror is not my cup of tea. I mean I'll watch it if it interests me, but the shock value and gore doesn't do anything for me."

This. "Horror" just isn't. Ah well.

Posted by: man at September 26, 2026 09:01 PM (pfXMo)

132 Between Heaven and Hell with Robert Wagner is a not very well known WW2 movie but in my top ten.

Posted by: polynikes at September 26, 2026 09:02 PM (KC5Lt)

133
The recent Korean horror movie, "Colony" by the same guy who made "Train to Busan".

Was very good and a lot of fun.

Not a sequel to TtB.

Honestly, I'm kind of tired of zombies however, this had several interesting twists and surprises which made it interesting.

Watch it if you get the chance.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 09:02 PM (YSUhf)

134 One of the fun things about RiffTrax has been them going beyond the traditional bad-movie-genres covered back in MST3K. Specifically, when long time writers Mary Jo Phel and Bridgette Neilsen take to the booth and make fun of some 'girls' movies. They've done a handful of Mary Higgins Clark murder-mystery/women-in-peril tv movies, but, unfortunately, they made a comment during the last movie that indicated there may be no more MHC movies coming. Which put me in mind to do a quick review of the movies they riffed!

"Lucky Day" is the worst of the bunch, due to the lead character being insufferable self-righteous Karen. Even with the jokes, the best part of the movie are the scenes that she wasn't in. "Before I Say Goodbye" was much better, and featured the best twist-ending of the series. "A Crime of Passion" is the best of the bunch. 90% of it is a genuinely good movie, but that final 10% ranks among the silliest sequences of all of the MST3K cannon. "I'll Be Seeing You" is okay, but the lead actress (Clint Eastwood's daughter) simply cannot emote. The final movie was "Try to Remember" which was good, and featured the only lead actress I recognized (Gabriel Anwar).

Posted by: Castle Guy at September 26, 2026 09:04 PM (3v7ra)

135 I'm kind of tired of zombies however"

Yeah. I was tired at WWZ and Walking Dead...

Posted by: man at September 26, 2026 09:05 PM (pfXMo)

136 Not sure which movie should be the next one I watch. I just bought the "Batman: Knightfall" bluray from Walmart, (Gotta support physical media in stores) and that's gotten good recommendation. But I also saw the "Young Washington" disk on the same shelf, so I bought that one too. And I found "Secret of the Incas" on youtube, and I kinda want to see that. Its supposedly has all the visuals of Indiana Jones, from a decade earlier.

Or I could just read.

Decisions, decisions...

Posted by: Castle Guy at September 26, 2026 09:07 PM (3v7ra)

137 I was very interested in seeing "Heart of the Beast" but, I too, wasn't going to do it if the dog died so I searched for spoilers. After reading them decided to avoid.

Posted by: Tuna at September 26, 2026 09:07 PM (lJ0H4)

138
Ya'll amaze with your knowledge of movies. Hell, I can't remember what I did yesterday, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 26, 2026 09:08 PM (/QHx4)

139 Between Heaven and Hell with Robert Wagner is a not very well known WW2 movie but in my top ten.

There is a great black and white WW2 movie called The Train with Burt Lancaster that is great. Its about trying to move Nazi stolen art safely out of Nazi territory by underground. Burt gets kind of a bad rap as an actor but he could be quite good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 09:11 PM (nIKjK)

140 I better get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 26, 2026 09:11 PM (Ia/+0)

141
Sleep well Skip

Posted by: four seasons at September 26, 2026 09:12 PM (/QHx4)

142 Not sure which movie should be the next one I watch. I just bought the "Batman: Knightfall" bluray from Walmart,

Supposed to be quite good, if rushed (its a year long story squeezed into like 90 minutes).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 09:14 PM (nIKjK)

143 I’ve thought on Battleground being a good example
Of one of the two main styles of historical war movie. One style is to do a big budget overview of the entire scope of the battle; Tora Tora Tora is one of these. The other style is to showcase a small scale, personal view of the battle. This type doesn’t try to depict the entire battle, but instead focuses on what it looked like to the men who were in the middle of it. Battleground does this masterfully.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 26, 2026 09:15 PM (H8mUs)

144 Comic book movies and zombie movies are all so juvenile. I'm not saying they aren't in high demand or poorly produced or directed, but what does that say about our social development and the direction we're heading.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 26, 2026 09:16 PM (5C90x)

145 Between Heaven and Hell with Robert Wagner is a not very well known WW2 movie but in my top ten.

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With Buddy Ebsen as the veteran?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 26, 2026 09:17 PM (ndZc7)

146 For me comic book movies are like westerns: they are fantasies for men to enjoy stories of good vs evil with spectacle thrown in. I don't like how badly they write the stories and wish they would be smart enough to just do the greatest of comic book stories as storyboarded out IN THE COMICS, but they can be fun and sometimes quite good.

Zombie movies just but me personally because zombies suck as a bad guy, they either require the people to act like retards to provide a challenge, put the people in a situation where the zombies have all the advantages, or make them not zombies (these are fast! These are smart!).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 26, 2026 09:18 PM (nIKjK)

147 I can't judge this Resident Evil movie until I see it. And of course, for those who read through 12+ pages of my nonsense on TJM's site, how a movie ends and the final emotion it leaves the audience in is how I categorize Horror vs Drama/Fantasy/Action etc.

But thanks for the review. It doesn't sound terrible, though I don't much like zoomers. Nice to hear a protagonist doing the morally right thing for a change.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 26, 2026 09:18 PM (s1VwS)

148 137 I was very interested in seeing "Heart of the Beast" but, I too, wasn't going to do it if the dog died so I searched for spoilers. After reading them decided to avoid.
Posted by: Tuna at September 26, 2026 09:07 PM (lJ0H4)

Fair warning, thanks

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 26, 2026 09:19 PM (s1VwS)

149 109 I've just finished reading MAE's epic essay about horror.

Gotta say, I agree with moviegique's take.

MAE is spectacularly wrong in his take on horror.

By his own definition, Event Horizon is NOT a horror movie because a few protagonists live.

However, there's is NO indication whatsoever that any of them are going to have happy lives. In fact, there's a fairly clear hint to the audience that something is still very, very wrong with the remains of the titular ship that is serving as a lifeboat.

By MAE's definition, the AUDIENCE is supposed to be left with a feeling of lingering dread, which Event Horizon does, but MAE says it's NOT a horror movie. So he's inconsistent in his application of his own definition.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 26, 2026 08:46 PM (FZ29D)

I don't see a feeling of dread at the end of Event Horizon. They've escaped and survived. Or maybe there's more than one ending to Event Horizon. I will rewatch it and see how it ends.

I try to be consistent with my own rules.

And spectacularly wrong? Hm.

Thanks for reading though. I appreciate your time.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 26, 2026 09:24 PM (s1VwS)

150 I might have to watch "John Rabe" (2009) next.

Posted by: 88C+u seems to be on a Buscemi kick at September 26, 2026 09:27 PM (88C+u)

151 I guess The Godfather trilogy was a type of horror film since I never got the feeling things were going to work out well for anybody from the beginning to the end.

Michael Corleone seemed to have been getting things together in Part III but then they pulled him back in again and it was all blood, death and first cousin incest from there on out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 09:31 PM (6ydKt)

152 144 Comic book movies and zombie movies are all so juvenile. I'm not saying they aren't in high demand or poorly produced or directed, but what does that say about our social development and the direction we're heading.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 26, 2026 09:16 PM

Yeah. I quietly keep my opinion to myself about that, particularly when it comes up in the Book Thread. But then I think, hey a lot of people might have learned to read because of that stuff, so what business is it of mine? If they're more literate as a result, they're better off. I once heard this Ramsey guy say Readers Are Leaders.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 26, 2026 09:33 PM (2Ez/1)

153 114 Grew up on sf/horror movies, but in my case that means we're talking a lot of stuff from the 50s and 60s, caught in the theaters and on the tube (every weekday afternoon on Chicago's ABC affiliate and double features every Saturday night on the NBC station). When it went to almost all gore almost all the time in the age of Jason and Freddy, I fell away from most of it. There's not much I go out of my way to see these days. But I can still watch quite a bit of the older stuff with pleasure.

Posted by: Just Some Guy
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There is a difference between horror as dramatic suspense and horrific presentation (snuf flicks in the beginning) now graphic mutilation. It ghoulish pornography.
Another part of our civility's degradation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2026 09:34 PM (VPNgR)

154
Braenyard,

YES!!

Posted by: four seasons at September 26, 2026 09:35 PM (/QHx4)

155 Saw a few minutes of Creggers on a the ringer podcast, yeah, he in not so many words said, I didn't know much about the game but I was not going to subvert expectations I was going to make the Residnet Evilist Resident Evil I could.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 26, 2026 09:35 PM (XV/Pl)

156 There is a difference between horror as dramatic suspense and horrific presentation (snuf flicks in the beginning) now graphic mutilation. It ghoulish pornography.
Another part of our civility's degradation.

Posted by: Braenyard

Mmmmmmm, love me some sweet, sweet degeneracy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 26, 2026 09:36 PM (ftFVW)

157 Sheesh.
Some great comments here but I'm one cigar and three excellent whiskies deep into the evening.
I dislike horror films.
I carry the scars of watching "The Fiend Without A Face" as a child. Give me a good comedy anytime.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2026 09:38 PM (2WIwB)

158 I remember when David Morrell's novel First Blood was published eons ago. Some reviewer came up with the term 'carnography' because of some of the book's violent sequences. Wonder what he'd have to come up with now to fit the contemporary gore fests.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 09:38 PM (q3u5l)

159 Burt gets kind of a bad rap as an actor but he could be quite good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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He could chew up a complete movie for lunch.
Don't know if it was the director or what but Yes, he could be excellent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2026 09:39 PM (VPNgR)

160 There is a difference between horror as dramatic suspense and horrific presentation (snuf flicks in the beginning) now graphic mutilation. It ghoulish pornography.
Another part of our civility's degradation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 26, 2026 09:34 PM (VPNgR)

I call it "Torture Porn", seemed to really start around Saw.
Stopped watching after the unkillable killer, gore flicks of the 80s and 90s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 26, 2026 09:39 PM (6ydKt)

161 Aliens and Jaws are horror films but their horror is contained within a Sci-Fi and High Adventure super-structure.

And so mutes the horrorishness of the films.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 26, 2026 09:40 PM (XV/Pl)

162 We are DEVO

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 26, 2026 09:40 PM (Cqx++)

163 Haven't watched it in eons, but I kind of enjoyed Fiend Without a Face. That one's actually on a disc from the Criterion Collection.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 09:43 PM (q3u5l)

164 Zombie... I like them because they are paranormal, but not because they are zombies if that makes sense. Decent threat (in the relentless aspect.) Its man vs a more aggressive nature i guess.

I also have always loved a good post apocalyptic setting (since playing Fallout 2 way back when '96? '97?)

But at the same time, got tired of them for the most part.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

165 Haven't watched it in eons, but I kind of enjoyed Fiend Without a Face. That one's actually on a disc from the Criterion Collection.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 09:43 PM (

Today I can watch it and laugh, but I will get over seeing it as a kid and thinking it was real. I didn't sleep for a week.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2026 09:47 PM (2WIwB)

166 I did not like that summary at all. One it doesn't really say much and also seems really disdainful of military mindset. Magic Inuit woman.

Sod off you fucking hippies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 26, 2026 09:48 PM (zZu0s)

167
My line with movies and TV shows is when the queer shit shows up.

Instant shutdown cutoff.

I am not giving money to people who are showing queer shit.

Posted by: four seasons at September 26, 2026 09:53 PM (/QHx4)

168 There were two that REALLY creeped me out as a kid. One was the Vincent Price flick The Tingler. The bathtub sequence. IYKYK. (Though William Castle appears to have ripped that off from the original Diabolique, where it was even creepier, if that's possible).

The other was an episode of the Karloff-hosted Thriller tv series -- The Hungry Glass, from a story by Robert Bloch (he may have scripted, can't recall), with William Shatner and a bunch of spectral nasties haunting the mirrors. THAT was nightmare-inducing for this kid, and it ain't too dusty even today.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 09:54 PM (q3u5l)

169 Sheesh.
Some great comments here but I'm one cigar and three excellent whiskies deep into the evening.
I dislike horror films.
I carry the scars of watching "The Fiend Without A Face" as a child. Give me a good comedy anytime.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 26, 2026 09:38 PM (2WIwB)

That's interesting because I consider comedy and horror two sides of the same coin.

Neither one works unless it engages your brain.

It's one reason why "torture porn" doesn't work very well as horror. Sure it can make you squeamish but that's not horror. Horror must engage the mind to make you feel...well...horror.

Same with comedy. Woody Allen had it wrong. Comedy isn't eating at the children's table. Comedy only works at the highest level of the mind...even gross or dirty comedy. it is a challenge to what you know the world to be. That's why you laugh.

Movies that people think of as serious movies, say war movies mostly engage the emotions. It's the easiest and lowest access to yourself.

Look at how many people won't watch a movie that's sad or that has a dog die. Emotions are so easy to twist. It's the lowest level of engagement.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 26, 2026 09:55 PM (YSUhf)

170 ONT est nooded

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 26, 2026 09:56 PM (r7+Q7)

171 I have the PWSAnderson "Resident Evil" box set. The 4K one.

I also have the "Friday the 13th" blu-ray set that has everything.

My opinion cannot be trusted.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 26, 2026 09:57 PM (CHHv1)

172 And on that happy note, outta here for the evening.

Moviegique, thanks for the thread.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 26, 2026 09:57 PM (q3u5l)

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