Scary Stories (from a Dark Allie)

This is the last “regular” movie I’m watching before I finish the year out with a bunch of holiday movies and…it’s kind of a disappointment. I feel like I liked it more the first time around.

This is…really tough to rate. And also really difficult to talk about without spoiling things.

Maybe I’m just really tired today, but I was disappointed by this film.

I genuinely have no good reason for liking this as much as I did. It’s slow, there’s not a whole lot of action, and even the creepy house isn’t that creepy!

Finally getting around to yet another hyped up 2024 film. I do like Nicolas Cage, though, and I was pretty excited about this one. And today’s the 14th, so it felt…fitting.

Since I watched all the Friday the 13th movies a few months back, I decided to watch this remake (reimagining?) instead. I really like Aubrey Plaza, but this movie was kind of a disappointment.

I really wanted to like this more than I did. It has Mitch Pileggi! And Peter Berg! And an interesting storyline!

After the disappointment that was Yoga Hosers, I had to go back and see if I still enjoyed this one as much as I remembered from my first watch. Plus it’s been a while since I’ve seen Kyle Gallner in a scary movie. I’m not going to lie though, this one hits a little harder this year than it did in 2011. A lot harder, even.

I liked this one quite a bit, but I’m struggling to find something to say about why.

This has to have been one of THE most hyped movies from this year, especially from my real-life circle of friends and family, so I was hesitant to watch it. I’d also tried not to spoil too much for myself before seeing it, which was difficult because there were so many “ending explained” or other spoiler-filled reviews popping up immediately after its release. But I think I mostly succeeded and finally sat down to watch this. And I’m going to try not to spoil much for you in this review.

Let me say first off that I know this is an American remake of a Danish film. There’s even a nod to the Danish origins at the very beginning of the film, but I won’t spoil that in case you’re interested in seeing this one.

Ok, this is a movie I actually appreciate MORE the second time around, even knowing all the reveals. It’s so entertaining and there are a ton of little details I may not have picked up on when I watched it the first time, and I loved it this time.

I really liked this one. I had a lot of fun with it. It’s ALMOST 5 stars, but I think I’m settling on rating it a very high 4 stars.