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NathanLurker wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:24 am I still think it's a great movie, well done minimalistic and experimental thriller. I find the concept of it to be something you could find in an anthology.Funny you should say that - I can't recommend enough tracking down the short story 'Where There's a Will" by Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson. The less said the better, but it 's exactly what you're after, and has one of the all-time great horror gut-punch twist endings. It was in (Stephen King agent) Kirby McCauley's 1980 anthology Dark Forces, which is an amazing collection all round - it's where King's The Mist first appeared.
ScoJo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:13 amVery interested in this, as I was thinking of reading more. I miss reading. I'll look into tracking down that anthology, or alternatively just the short story. ThanksNathanLurker wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:24 am I still think it's a great movie, well done minimalistic and experimental thriller. I find the concept of it to be something you could find in an anthology.Funny you should say that - I can't recommend enough tracking down the short story 'Where There's a Will" by Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson. The less said the better, but it 's exactly what you're after, and has one of the all-time great horror gut-punch twist endings. It was in (Stephen King agent) Kirby McCauley's 1980 anthology Dark Forces, which is an amazing collection all round - it's where King's The Mist first appeared.
ScoJo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:14 amSeconded, obviouslyBezulsqy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:50 amLove to see it!
ScoJo wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:07 pm All excited after that insane M:I behind-the-bike-stunt promo. Fuck’s sake!I didn't even know there was a Mummy 2017... let alone with TC...
I started thinking about TC flicks that I’ve missed. So…
I watched The Mummy (2017). I’d heard a lot about how bad The Mummy (2017) is, but decided to try it. The Mummy (2017) pretty much sucks.
For the first 40mins I was thinking ‘ahh heck - it’s not good, but it’s got a loopy Lifeforce aspect that is close to enjoyable’. Well that feeling sadly wore off. Such a bummer really - the horribly missed chance of the whole Dark Universe thing, totally aborted with one stroke. And i realised this was Cruise’s first ‘proper’ horror movie, amazingly. (Interview/Vampire doesn’t count of course - being a gothic romance ;)
Right, quick pop quiz then: is this Cruise’s worst movie? He looks completely lost in it, in a way I don’t recall seeing him before. Even though he was horribly miscast in Interview, he owned the role and was fully engaged.
Bummer all round! Don’t bother with The Mummy (2017)!