Scary Stories (from a Dark Allie)

I have always had a soft spot for American Psycho, both the book and this film. I’m fairly confident I read the book before the movie came out (unlike Fight Club, where I didn’t even know the name Chuck Palahniuk before the movie came out, and then I read the book…and yeah, I realize this is essentially a non sequitur…).

I remember being glad that…that scene wasn’t displayed on screen. And also glad that they kept the Phil Collins/Genesis monologue in, for the most part.

This is the first of at least a couple of movies on my list starring Scott Grimes. No real reason, other than I really like Scott Grimes, mostly since watching The Orville, and ESPECIALLY for the absolute best episode of The Orville.

It’s my mom’s birthday today (happy birthday, Mom!!), so I chose this movie. This is a silly movie, and I liked it.

I don’t remember how or where I heard about this movie, but I did. A few IMDB reviews relate it to American Psycho - one even calling it the BETTER American Psycho! I wouldn’t go that far, but I can understand the comparison. And also I’m adding American Psycho to the calendar…

Y’know, I tried reeeeeeeally hard to avoid it, but this movie is fine. It’s just fine.

I don’t know how to say this nicely, and I don’t really know why this was my first impression, but this movie had no right to be as good as it was?

I struggled on rating this one. It’s weird, like two different movies in one. The first hour of this movie is SO SLOW AND BORING, and the last half hour is like rapid-fire screams and thrills.

Okay, I feel like this movie was better the first time I watched it? And yeah, there’s some of that “well, obviously” because I already know most of the answers this second time around, but… I don’t think that’s all.

Well, I have now finally seen this movie. And it was…okay. I can see why it’s a cult favorite, but I wasn’t terribly impressed.

So, I had mentioned before that there’s a Matthew McConaughey horror movie I knew I liked, and this is it.

When I was watching (and not totally enjoying) Jigsaw I was thinking a few of the actors looked really familiar (in addition to a barely recognizable Laura Vandervoort), and it turns out, yes, two of them are in THIS movie I’d seen before.

Okay, this isn’t the worst movie I’ve watched this year, but it might have the worst cinematography?

This is not a four-star movie. Honestly, it’s probably not really a three-star movie. But it was SO FUNNY, I have to give it extra credit for that.