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Dune is an absolute feast for the eyes and ears-- stunning cinematography all accompanied by an immersive soundtrack that fits every scene like a glove.

For those that have been lucky enough to have read the novel, you will be rewarded. I've been waiting for more than 35 years for what I consider the best science fiction story of all time. Tomorrow when I watch this with my sons, I'll get a sense of how this plays with those that don't know the story as deeply as those that have read it.

Each ship, device, costume and technology is fantastically realized. While special effects technology has advanced so this can be made possible, Denis Villeneuve and his team deserve kudos for the creative vision in the adaption from book to screen. For example, I could never visualize the "ornithopters" -- the smaller flying ships on the planet Arrakis. Here they're represented as dragonfly-like X-wings that are mesmerizing. And then there's the stillsuits, the hunter-seeker, the

Every actor brings their A-game, but Rebecca Fergusson as Jessica and Timothée Chalamet as Paul are just fabulous. There's an iconic scene from the book where Paul is subjected to the Gom Jabbar, a life-or-death test. The scene requires both Jessica and Timothée to express themselves only with their facial expressions and body movements and they are fantastic.

Stellan Skarsgard is more menacing than Michael Meyers in Halloween Kills as Baron Harkonnen -- in fact his whole entourage are like human Cenobites.

While this should be seen in a theater, I watched it on streaming, and to be honest, I'm glad I did. I could rewind scenes I wanted to see again and put subtitles on as needed (there is a lot of whispering and "Dune" language that is hard to discern).

I felt like I waited 10,191 years for this to be finally released, and it was worth the wait. Please God let there be a Part Two.

Southern gothic horror served up spaghetti western style, with an extra helping of red and white sauce served over steaming undead intestines. After enjoying his Zombi, I think I'm a now officially a Fulci fan.

I just loved the Louisiana vibes -- the scene in the bar with a jazzy blues band playing in the background; the funeral at one of the fantastic above ground cemeteries in New Orlean; the very long and flat overseas roadway. I could actually live there if it wasn't so bloody humid and hot.

Fulci continues to be one of the goriest filmmakers I've ever experienced. And what is it with the eyes? I think there were three separate eye gouging scenes. Now I get that line from the recent Censor movie about the "video nasties" era -- "Eye gouging. Must go."

The acting is horrible and the plot is non-existent. Each segment that moves the story one centimeter is really jus to give the special effects crew a break until the next loooooong kill scene.

And each of those kill scenes are gooey works of art and should be preserved in the Smithsonian.

I'm a big fan of horror anthologies but I gave up on this series after V/H/S 2. And I'm definitely not a fan of found footage in general. The shaky cam, the crappy video quality, ... I grew up on VHS tapes until my 30's and it's not nostalgic to have to relive that look and feel.

What I enjoy about anthologies is that there are always nuggets to be found amongst the stinkers. And given the short length of each story, these work best when the WTF twist happens quickly and the gore kicks in.

As usual, the wrap-around story sucks but luckily its intrusion is short and is tied up nicely in the end. And there is enough meat and guts (er, I mean, potatoes) to keep this intriguing.