Antebellum

 Antebellum is one of the more fucked films of the year. Not in terms of gore or language but in terms of racism and violence. The violence is not hardcore but methodical. The subject matter makes it truly a tough watch though. Told in three distinct acts, the first you to watch slaves and the hell they endure. Act two shows how in today's society that much hasn't changed. The final act takes everything you thought you knew and flips it. This is not a fun loving film but the ending is truly sweet and fitting for the week we have just had!

Get Duked

 Get Duked has cult classic written all over it. Misfit group of teens, drugs, humor and gore. It starts off with your obnoxious juvenile delinquents but evolves into the most dangerous game but beyond that it is also a coming of age tale. When the film is funny it is funny, when it is serious it is gory. Fun flick and would have been fun to have seen in the cinema.  

Black Box

 FINALLY, finally a Blumhouse/Amazon film that doesn't feel like a Lifeimte movie. Not this here is more like Black Mirror. The story unravels well, the cast is solid and once the mystery unfolds it enters heady sci fi with glimpses of horror. Overall i still feel these Blumhouse films produced for Amazon feel like they could be on Shudder but this is the best of the lot. 

The Lie

 I should have guessed by now that all of these Blumhouse Amazon films will be Lifetime esque. The Lie, the Blumhouse Amazon film, is in fact Lifetime esque. Lifetime esque to an extent. This is not high art but this is a well crafted Lifetime movie. The story keeps you guessing what is next even though it is all based on characters dumb actions, but dumb actions that have a pay off. A pay off that leads to a fucked up ending. Easily the best of their Amazon films yet. 

Lingering

 Lingering is a film that on the surface could be a great haunted house film. Like supernatural Asian films it is a slow burn but this one just feels highly uninteresting, There are moments that are awesome and feel Kubrick esque but they are far and few between. Like many Shudder films the final act saves the film, it is pretty fucking great but i just wish the first hour or so was just as great. 

Blood Vessel

 Blood Vessel is a fun horror flick. Evil Dead on a Nazi boat but with vampires instead of Deadites. Characters of different countries and ethnicities are our rag tag group of soldiers, it would play pretty well with Overlord, and they are pretty well developed in a short time. Most of the film reminded me of a horror game cut scene, in face alot of the film reminded me of various games. Also hats off for the ending!

Evil Eye

 Evil Eye, the new Blumhouse flick on Amazon, had a great concept yet the script doesn't feel fully realized. There is a good tale of a broken family, ethnic traditions and supernatural but it feels like a screener flick with a better production. Ultimately in turns into a Lifetime movie. 0 for 2 with these Blumhouse flicks