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Amazing action coupled with a comedic story and Bob Odenkirk's glorious performance elevate Nobody past some of its more unbalanced emotional stakes.

Bob Odenkirk works extremely well in the tense and highly effective action sequences in the film with assured direction and multiple genres across its fast paced story.

Unabashedly hilarious at times and self-aware despite its reliance on grossness, Scary Movie 2 only works as far as you can tolerate it.

Scary Movie 2 is a fun time for the most part and i like some of the limits its willing to trespass to achieve these laughs. It feels aware of itself and for a good chunk of the film, it doesn't try to be something that it isn't. The final act of the film balances a lot of adventure and comedy and i felt these sequences betrayed a lot of what the film stood for and wasn't all that exciting or well-done. The grossness depicted as well as the characters depicted feel over-the top and too slimey.

While it features some of the most exhilarating air scenes filmed with a dedicated cast and crew, whenever the film hits ground level it looses steam.

The third Conjuring film, doesn't set new standards for the horror genre and suffers from an unfocused narrative and cookie-cutter scares, however Wilson & Farmiga's on-point performances, combined with a daring premise and high-level of suspense still keep the film moving solidly.

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death is a precise example of a modern Horror movie sequel; more jumpscares, even more stupid characters and consistent boredom. Here is my review of this divisive sequel. The Good

• The Performances

One of Angel of Death's biggest positives is its performances from its lead cast. Phoebe Fox portrays the main character of this film Eve Parkin, a teacher who has a past in that she needed to give up her baby when she was younger which ties directly to the past of Jennet Humfrye. Phoebe manages to portray the state of the character flawlessly and gives a soothing and consistent vibe to it. Jeremy Irvine portrays Harry Bunstow, a flying officer who was disallowed to fly anymore after a crash, and he also magnficently portrays this character in style as a romantic piece to Eve. Helen McCrory is very good in this film and Oaklee Pendergast portrays the central kid Edward perfectly.

• The Setting

I will say one thing about both this film and its predecessor, the setting of both of these films is incredibly creepy and disturbing. Eel Marsh House is easily one of the creepiest and greatest horror movie settings in recent years. Whenever i see this rotten and big house, it sends a chilling feeling throughout my body. The setting around the house is also extremely creepy; with a graveyard and a bog in which a kid and a man drowned in.

• The Soundtrack

This movie has a distinct and creepy soundtrack that really fits the theme of this movie.

• It actually has good pacing

This movie, despite a poorly written and conceived story, has a solid pacing that feels like it's going forward. The movie's runtime at 98 minutes is warranted, and the pacing is for the most part good enough.

• Some scary moments

Despite an over-reliance on jumpscares, this film still has some moments that is fittingly creepy and makes you feel uncomfortable. Most of this is due to the overall setting but also the soundtrack and the athmosphere that gives this movie a creepy look to it. It is however far from being on the same level of creepiness as its predecessor.

The Bad

• The Purpose of Jennet Humfrye

The titular villain of these two films is a very weird villain when it comes to the overall purpose of her existence. Her backstory was also given in the first one, but it's also fleshed out even more in this movie. It is revealed that Jennet Humfrye was the birth mother to Nathaniel Drablow, but because of her unstable nature she was deemed unfit to take care of him and so her sister Alice Drablow would take care of him as her "son". One day, a horse and a carriage carrying Nathaniel, Charles (father) and Alice crashed in the marsh which killed both Charles and Nathaniel. Jennet who had witnessed this from the house itself was distraught by this incident and after writing some angry letters she hung herself in the house's nursery. It is said that whoever sees her will trigger a child in killing itself. In this film, she is also resposible for killing many children. Now it is said that she does this to take revenge on her own son's death, but overall it is a very weak motive to slaughter kids because of the fact that your own died.

• Over-reliance on cheap jumpscares

One of this movie's biggest sins is its over-reliance on jumpscares. I would have been okay with jumpscares if it had something to do with the overall creepiness of the film but it's stupid jumpscares that only exists to make you jump in the seat and nothing beyond that. Plus, there are way too many of them, like seriously too many.

• Thinly written plot

The plot of this movie is that two teachers and a group of children, alongside a former flying officer escapes the Blitz in London to evacuate to Eel Marsh house, in doing so waking up the evil that rests there. The plot is wildly uninteresting, has really no surprises to it and is dastardly unorginal. The final act of the film has some emotion going through it, but it's extremely undercut by a cheap jumpscare at the end which ruined everything this stood for. Lazy writting x4.

• Exposition heavy

This movie is filled with unneeded exposition that doesn't do anything than to add fillar into the movie. There are some scenes that are kinda necessary to tell but they could have been told in a another way.

• You don't care about any of the characters

Yet another awful part about this film is that you don't care about any of the characters in this film because none of them are given a great enough development and background to make you care for what they are doing. Plus they are all in reality incredibly stupid.

• The Lighting

This movie has some creepy scenes, but it's hard to see them when the horrendous lighting makes it so that it is impossible to see anything that is going on. Massive fail here!

Overall WIB 2: Angel of Death is a movie that has its few positives in some good performances, creepy setting and some scary moments but all of that is undercut by poor lighting, over-reliance on jumpscares and stupid characters with no motivation. Plus this was super unnecessary!

When it comes to horror movies nowadays, many fall into a deadly trap that has consumed and utterly destroyed the horror movie territory. In earlier years, horror was viewed as a distinctly frightening genre with the movies using slow-building tension and creepy athmosphere to make you scared of what's to come. Horror movie filmmakers have entered the Jumpscare territory in which this "true" horror is removed in favor of sudden noisen and views that negates all tension. Thankfully, despite its few shortcomings, the Woman In Black directed by James Watkins based on Susan Hill's 1983 novel of the same name manages to be a solid ghost story told with a bolt of efficiency. Perhaps the single greatest element this movie offers is the lead performance from Daniel Radcliffe, an actor who was made forever famous in the Harry Potter movies. He needed to find a way to take off those glasses and move on and thankfully he delivers a bang-up performance that really made this movie a joy to watch. He is also accompanied with a pitch-perfect supporting performance by Ciaran Hinds who plays local landowner Sam Daily. One thing i will also give this film is its disturbingly creepy setting that is litterally one of the creepiest horror movie settings we've ever seen. A house isolated on an island that is partially flooded and removed from land, surrounded by a graveyard and a killer bog. The house itself is a living example of a horror movie house, its large and nearly in ruin and has a dark history behind it. When it comes to the scares themselves, this film is not short on fitting scares. Although there are a few cheap jumpscares here and there, this movie excellently builds up horror and suspense to make for a very unsettling and uncomfortable experience that really irches to the bone. The film genuinely feels like a horror movie. The titular character herself is of course a solid antagonist, she is distinctly creepy, doesn't make many unnecessary appearances and has a great backstory to her that while meaningless gives some weight to her existence. The music for this film is also creepy as all hell but freakin amazing, as it fits the tone of this film brilliantly. When it comes to issues, this film isn't flawless. My biggest flaw is perhaps the final act of the film which seems completely pointless when you figure out the outcome of it. The story feels a bit uncertain on how to wrap up this film and inadvertently sets up a sequel in the end, which was released a couple of years later. It does follow many horror movie cliches and isn't exactly the most orginal film in the world either. But as a horror film, it delivers what it should deliver and is overall a solid experience. Benjamin