Directed by Coralie Fargeat Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid The Substance is a body-horror-psychological thriller and French Director Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature film after 2017’s Revenge. It tells of aging celebrity-turned-fitness-host Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who is fired from her show by a venomous executive (Dennis Quaid) as she is no longer able …
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FlixChatter Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)—can’t beat the original, but this one is a surprisingly enjoyable sequel
Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice is the first live-action movie I remember seeing. My dad showed it to me when I was four or five years old; it gave me recurring nightmares and taught me an especially crass swear word. In Dad's defense, it was only rated PG (the '80s were a lot more generous …
FlixChatter Review: BLINK TWICE (2024) – Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is a lean, taut, & stylish psychological thriller
Directed by Zoë Kravitz Starring: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis, Alia Shawkat Frida (Naomi Ackie) is an aspiring influencer, who, along with her friend Jess (Alia Shawkat), an aspiring actress, makes ends meet as a cocktail waitress for celebrity galas. In this case, the gala …
FlixChatter Review: The Damned (2024)—an eerie psychological horror film set in 19th-century Iceland
Directed by: Thordur Palsson Written by: Jamie Hannigan While we here in Minnesota are having a relatively mild (albeit wet) summer, it might be hard to imagine being chilled to the bone this time of year. However, today's movie, with its icy setting and shiver-inducing plot, will do just that. The Damned follows Eva (Odessa …
FlixChatter Review: A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)—An effective creature horror that blends heartfelt emotions with spine-tingling tension
I don’t normally go for horror movies, but I decided to check out A Quiet Place a few years ago and loved it enough to watch Part II. So with this prequel, this marks the first horror franchise I’ve seen in my entire life. The film’s original director, John Krasinski, hands the directorial reins over …
FlixChatter Review: Lisa Frankenstein (2024) captures the fun & wackiness of an 80’s horror comedy
Lisa Frankenstein follows Lisa (Kathryn Newton), a shy teenage girl who lives with her father (Joe Chrest) and her new stepfamily (Liza Soberano as Taffy and Carla Gugino as Janet) after losing her mother in a horrific tragedy. One stormy night, an unusual set of circumstances reanimates a corpse (Cole Sprouse) whose grave Lisa had …
Music Break: Halloween Special 🎃 Six Favorite Horror Film Scores
Well, it's Halloween's Eve and I'm actually not really into Halloween though I did meet my hubby for the first time at a Halloween party back in high school (I was wearing a black cape and he had a skeleton costume on, ha!) That's pretty much the only time I actually celebrated this popular 'holiday' …
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