Bunch of stuff this weekend...
Midnight Mass Dir by Mike Flanagan
As many of you know I'm not on the Flanagan hype train, I enjoyed Hush, Occulus & Ouija Orgin of Evil but not films I plan to revisit. Since he kind of became the big name in horror I've been left cold by most of his stuff. Hill House did nothing for me and Doctor Sleep was meh for me. Well I'm here to say this impressed me. Is it groundbreaking? No. He managed to finally create some interesting characters that I was actually interested in seeing what happened to them. The show is too long and very long winded, long (very long) monologues that can grow tiresome but if you take the show one episode at a time and don't binge it I think it will benefit you. It's still very Flanagan but I think this is him working where he should rather than adaptions. Definitely worth watching.
V/H/S 94 Dir by Timo Tjahjanto, Ryan Prows, Chloe Okuno, Simon Barrett & Jennifer Reeder
I had a blast watching this. Like all anthologies there are weak and strong stories. There are 4 segments plus a wraparound, the only one I disliked was the wraparound (it sucked) but the 4 segments were all good and two of them were really great. This one felt much more playful that previous entries, they had a lot more fun with the segments. Timo Tjahjanto segment was fucking crazy and insanely fun, it's worth watching for this one alone. Ryan Prows segment was also impressive take on a normal trope we just don't see. This is on Shudder, if you like the previous ones or just anthologies in general give this a watch.
Til Death Dir by Scott Dale
This film could have been a lot better if some one was smart enough to cut out the first 30 minutes (or at least trimmed it down to 5-10 minutes). Once the main event happens that sets off the rest of the film it's an interesting concept. Wife is unhappy, cheating on husband. Husband takes her to cabin they once visited to rekindle their relationship. After first night she wakes up handcuffed to her husband who mutters something and blows his brains out. She's now handcuffed to a dead body, he has removed all sharp objects from the house, destroyed all forms of communication and hired a person who attacked her years ago to come kill her. A weird cat and mouse game. I think it could have been a much better film if directed by someone else.
The Night House Dir by David Bruckner
I really enjoyed this one. Recbecca Hall is fantastic. The atmosphere is really good. I knew nothing going in and think that's probably a good way to see it so I won't be discussing the plot. They created some nice mythology for the film and stuff that's never fully given to you so you have to put stuff together yourself and make your own theories on some of it. Visually it's quite good too, some really nice cinematography. Definitely worth checking out.
