I could have sworn I posted one of these since my last one in July, but I guess not!
Mostly I’ve been watching Hallmark made-for-TV Christmas movies, which are the perfect thing to have on while reading and playing Nintendo. But I did watch a good chunk of movies this fall.
As usual, I’m tracking and rating them all on my Letterboxd account, and the ones I particularly enjoyed are in bold:
- Apollo 18 (I loved the concept but this was a pretty slow movie)
- Bad Things (this was super dull)
- The Collingswood Story (not necessarily a great movie, but interesting from a history-of-found-footage and webcam movies perspective)
- The Borderlands / Final Prayer (a found-footage gem that I somehow missed! Even now months later I think about that ending. This will definitely be one I rewatch)
- Butterfly Kisses (this was ok. Interesting idea)
- The Outwaters (I absolutely do not understand the hype for this movie. It was nearly unwatchable)
- Horror in the High Desert (I really liked this! Definitely a slow burn of a fake-documentary and found-footage movie but I was into it right away, and the last few minutes were so tense!)
- Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva (I also quite enjoyed this, although not as much as the first, and I’m so looking forward to the next installment in this series)
- Savageland (I thought this was such a clever take on found footage and went in not knowing anything about it which I recommend. Another slow burn fake-documentary style movie, but I liked it enough to have already rewatched it)
- Howard’s Mill (decent fake doc, kind of a mystery with horror elements)
- Elevator Game (laughably bad)
- The Abandoned (truly bad)
- Kill List (started well, had really good potential, predictable and disappointing ending)
- Home Movie (predictable, boring, pointless)
- Talk To Me (really interesting premise and some good scenes, but this was just ok for me)
- Hell House LLC (rewatch – I rewatched the whole series ahead of the newest release)
- V/H/S 85 (I always enjoy these movies, even when they’re not great)
- Hell House LLC II: The Abbadon Hotel (rewatch)
- Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire (rewatch)
- Hell House LLC IV: The Carmichael Manor (I was really excited for this movie and it was definitely one of the better movies in the series, although I think it’s stronger as a stand-alone without trying to link everything to the Abbadon)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (I knew I watched something that wasn’t a horror movie! This was fun, but made some strange choices in terms of music and casting)
I’m on holidays now so I’m hoping to watch a few more movies (including Die Hard and Muppet Christmas Carol, my Christmas favourites!).
What have you been watching lately?
