A film adaptation of Stephen King’s work by a horror director, Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Doctor Sleep) isn’t usually something I’d go for. Even during the promos for this film, Mark Hamill said he initially assumed it’d be a hair-raising thriller when he first came across the project, but it turned out to …
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FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
HALLOWSTREAM Series Sorry for the delay on this one! Turns out watching 9 1-hour episodes of a mini-series is difficult to do quickly when you have a full-time job, and for some reason my boyfriend didn't want to stay up until 3am watching every episode back to back (what a killjoy). However, I have finally …
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FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
HALLOWSTREAM Series Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House is a classic work of horror literature. Eerie, atmospheric, and poignant, this ghost story has been adapted on more than one occasion with varying degrees of success: the 1963 film The Haunting is a mostly faithful adaptation and a classic in its own right, …
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Guest Review: Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
I’m going to be honest: my expectations for this movie were not high. This mostly has to do with its predecessor, 2014’s Ouija (brought to you by Hasbro Studios: the same company responsible for next fall’s My Little Pony: The Movie - no, I’m not kidding). Not that Ouija was awful- it was just forgettable: …
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