Scary Stories (from a Dark Allie)

This may not be a great movie, but it is a dark movie. Not in tone, although there’s a bit of that, but in lighting. I get it, I get it, you’re underwater (see what I did there?), it’s dark…but that doesn’t make for easy viewing unless you’ve got a large, bright screen and a very dark room.

Okay, if you are into scaring yourself, I strongly recommend watching this movie alone, in the dark, on an otherwise quiet night. If that doesn’t work, well, I guess I’m easier to scare than you are, but it should still make for an enjoyable experience.

I found this movie interesting, if a bit slow and campy. This movie was directed by William Crain, who also directed Blacula. I found this movie more straightforward and less ethereal than Blacula, but maybe not as entertaining?

I’m glad to be done with this series, but honestly it wasn’t as bad as I anticipated. While the Scream series all hover around 2 hours, these are all under an hour and a half. And they’re (supposedly) comedy, which makes them a little easier to get through one after another than some of the darker, gorier collections (*cough* Saw *cough*).

Four down, one to go. This wasn’t as bad as the last one, but it wasn’t great. Or really even “good.”

I knew the first movie without any of the Wayans brothers was going to be bad, but it was also boring.

I fear I’m in the minority here, but I like this movie so much better than the first one.

Look, this movie has Natasha Lyonne, Tim Curry, and possibly my favorite Anna Faris scene ever. It branches out from teen slashers to all sorts of horror movies, and many horror movies that I love!

Okay, so, fair warning, I’m going to watch all five Scary Movies this week. I figure I did it for Scream, I might as well do it for this. I’ll probably regret it by the end of the week. I might already regret it now.

This is a TENSE movie. It’s slower than I normally prefer, but it works here - because a lot of the tension is internal, the slow build and slow unraveling of everyone involved fits with the storytelling and doesn’t feel too drawn out.

I had fun with this one! Despite, or perhaps because of, how awfully relevant each of these stories still feels today.

I loved this movie. It’s not a terrific scary movie, but it is an epic, fantastic story. And EVERYONE in the movie was just so good.

This movie is is a bit heavy, and slow (and English-subtitled, as it’s primarily in Wolof). It’s beautifully acted and the story is an interesting one.

Other than “a whole lot of WTF,” I wasn’t really sure what to expect from a film referred to in at least one article as “the movie that traumatized Sundance”, and whose director defended the film by saying “only like 20 people out of like 400” walked out.

And I feel like I did get more than JUST a whole lot of WTF… but I don’t really have the words to describe what I got?