Waleed-Iqbal

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
(2019)

Hits right spots, at slightly wrong times. Monsters steal the show.
Things I liked: The environment and setting of storylines are nicely wrapped and movie tries its best for providing closures while hitting towards a possible sequel to connect the remaining dots. The direction was pretty good and editing was equally good if not better. Performances were believable but not the best thing about the movie. THE MONSTERS WERE TERRIFIC

Things I disliked: The tried and tested jumpscares. Camera cuts were totally predictable and sometimes too much to actually happen that you start getting annoyed. Running and chasing were giving too much where they could have been cut half in length. The sound mixing could have been made better by giving dialogue more decibels than the surrounding as they were hard to understand sometimes and felt the need of subtitles.

P.S. This was the first horror movie that I watched in cinema and I am glad I did.

Bird Box
(2018)

A fine addition to horror collection
The trailer felt a bit casual but the plot seemed really interesting. So I decided to give it try and I AM SO GLAD THAT I DID. This movie have perfect pace, character development, really good performances throughout with eerie atmosphere while still keeping the viewer guessing for details and attempting to fill some blanks which makes it all more interesting and engaging.

The finale felt a bit underwhelming and pushy. But overall, a really good watch and highly recommendable.

Sseul-sseul-ha-go cha-ran-ha-sin-do-ggae-bi
(2016)

Fell short by a margin
Gonna get a lot of hate for this but this was just NOT for me even though I had set no expectations from it. The events and storylines changes rapidly with very little expectations. People seem to promise not meet again but they are dating again and back to not meeting again in the same episode. A series that could be wrapped up in 5 episodes is dragged to 16. IT HAD ITS MOMENTS HERE AND THERE but in between those moments, the characters and stories between them was just going back and forth between same tried and tested events. LOT of inconsistencies with many continuity errors. I think I need to watch few more k-dramas to develop a taste for them. Until then, its 4/10 from me.

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