Supernatural

 When Supernatural debuted i was intrigued but the WB stigma  stuck out. It was not until season 5 that i finally watched it. My uncle gave me the first season on DVD that he found at a garage sale. I binged it and then borrowed seasons 2-4 and caught up with season 5 online. Season 5 was supposed to end the series so i stopped. Years later a coworker convinced me to catch up with season 6 to 8, so i did. I continued to watch 9-11. And the show while contrived was always a blast. During season 13 i caught up with the next few seasons mainly to watch the Scooby episode. Then once again stopped. Now i am all caught up, and season 15 is the first since season 5 that i watched weekly. The show celebrates america, backroads, dinners, horror, folk lore, it is a great show with well timed humor, decent gore and suspense and lovable characters. This season was a bit spotty but the last 3 were excellent. The second to last SHOULD have ended it but i loved that the finale showed Sam and Dean post hunting. It makes sense for them to get sucked back into it though and the finale was truly touching. Dead is dead and it shows the afterlife, YEARS down the line after all the characters have passed, it is quite like Lost. In fact i wish the show ended with the Winchesters reunited with all their old friends in one house. Thank you for 15 years! 

Broken Hearts Gallery

 The Broken Hearts Gallery had me interested from the trailer due to Geraldine Viswanathan being awesome in all she is in plus a total babe, but also for it working in the realm of art galleries. The film started off a bit obnoxious, and it ended a bit sappy.....but that is a total of 10 minutes out of almost 2 hours. The obnoxious start had a pay off in the plot and the sappy ending was upbeat and cute enough to work. The rest of the film is charming and constantly makes you smile. This is also Darce Montgomery fusing his semi broody Red Ranger and his slyness of Billy from Stranger Things. It also celebrates New York and oddities. Once this hits Netflix, Amazon or Hulu this is going to blow up! 

New Mutants

 The X Men series is an odd one, the first two are great as is First Class and Logan, but with the franchise now owned by Disney is really makes anything in development pointless. Case in point, New Mutants. A Marvel horror film with a great cast? The first trailer was excellent but every delay made me more and more weary. The film itself has a great plot with it being borrowed partially from Glass....plus it's actress. The acting however...cringe. Those accents, that dialogue, the dull characters. This is far from the worst X Men flick, and as bad as it was i didn't hate it, but fuck a duck, this should have gone straight to streaming.  

The Dark & The Wicked

 The Dark & The Wicked, from Bryan Bertino, is a slow burn. A slow burn where not much happens but when it does it is scary. You feel like you are in the film with the two leads as some force manipulates them and they begin to lose touch with reality. Are they seeing floating women? Are strange women entering their home? Yes and yes, and the imagery and sound mixing is effective. This is Bertino's best film since the Strangers and i'm glad it is getting a limited theatrical run from Shudder. 

Possessor

 Possessor is the Cronenberg film i knew Brandon Cronenberg could make, in fact this is the Cronenberg film i wish his dad would have made in the past decade. Antiviral was good but forgettable, this reminds me of a more visceral Under the Skin. There are legit shocks in here sandwiched between tight tension. It's not as great as everyone says it is but it's a step in the right flesh for either Cronenberg. 

Spontaneous

 Spontaneous is one of the goriest, cutest, most heart warming, and saddest films of the year. Katherine Langford won me over in Knives Out but this is her coming out party. In the film you have seniors in high school wanting to graduate, party and live life but the school gets shut down after a pandemic hits the city, hmm sounds familiar. Familiarity aside this is pre covid and had a small theatrical run but it is very timely. Horror elements aside this is a tale of love and tragedy, plus it's a great coming of age film. 

Mortal

 Mortal is an interesting film that hits home for me. I myself am a burn victim and while i sat in the hospital ten years ago i thought to myself "how could would it be if i gained powers from this". Well Mortal brings that to life, our lead controls temperature, can manipulate water and has powers to heal. Some see him as christ, others see him as a terrorist, but as the film seems like a superhero flick at times, it fully turns into one and shows how to do it without a mega budget and with a compelling plot.