Scary Stories (from a Dark Allie)

I’m going to try to avoid the “F” word here, but I liked this one about as much as yesterday’s. It’s about the same length, the same pacing, and (mostly) the same story.

I have to apologize to all of you. It seems my word of the year is “fine”. It’s only March, and I’ve already called 11 movies “fine” this year! Well, let’s make it 12, because…you can probably guess where I’m going here.

I feel like this movie had a lot of really interesting potential and visual effects, but didn’t quite land the “scary story” piece quite as well as it could have.

This is another movie that I heard a lot of hype about last year when it came out. People really liked it! I was surprised by how much I heard about this movie, particularly for a Spanish-language film.

I liked this movie! It was quiet, but not slow. Georgina Campbell (also excellent in Barbarian) was great, which is good because it’s just her we see through most of the film.

I like this movie, but it is hard to watch.

Yeah, this movie was also fine. It’s hard(er) to complain about a movie that’s less than an hour and twenty minutes long.

Okay, for all my prior complaints about long movies? THIS movie is long. THIS movie is the longest movie I have watched for this site (it beats the next longest, The Shining, by 8 minutes). THIS movie is OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS LONG.

This movie was fine. I know it’s a classic and I know people like it, and it’s made a major cultural impact. I thought it was fine.

This was one of those movies that was WAY hyped up when it came out. Critics loved it, people loved it, there was immediate sequel talk, etc etc etc…

And having finally watched it, I think it’s worth all the hype. This was a great movie!

Have I already mentioned how much I love Christina Ricci? Because I LOVE Christina Ricci. (EVEN MORE than I have since forever now that she is also in Yellowjackets!)

Well, this is a weird little movie.

So…this movie is also fine? Again, I don’t really think it adds much to the story. Not for lack of trying, though?