Scary Stories (from a Dark Allie)

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.

This might be another nostalgia-driven rating. I think it’s also a “replay rating” of sorts…it’s really hard to put yourself into the same frame of mind as when you’re seeing something for the first time.

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.