I finally saw Stephen King’s The Long Walk this past weekend and finished the book a few days later. (I know, but the movie was about to leave theaters, so I had to sandwich my viewing in between reading the book.) It follows a group of boys (young men in the movie) chosen by the […]
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The Nun was the Conjuring’s big, bad, overarching evil demon. As an audience, we’ve been seeing her throughout the franchise. She’s been built up as the most evil, hardest to defeat of all the terrors in the Warren’s long history of paranormal investigation. The Nun is the one who threatened Ed’s life. By the time
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This was the real surprise outing in this franchise. Annabelle was lackluster. There rarely was a moment of real tension and the story didn’t really grab the audience. But Annabelle Creation is a whole different story. From the cinematography to the acting, to the story, everything in this movie just works together perfectly to create
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The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni begins with Bert Monte, a New Yorker, as she is navigating the difficulties of life with an estranged husband and a devastating late pregnancy loss. Things are looking grim, and Bert is uncertain of her life plans. She comes home one day to find an envelope addressed to Alberta Isabelle
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Despite lackluster reviews for Annabelle, the Conjuring franchise continued with The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Haunting. Notably, this one does not start with a recap of Annabelle’s adventures in nursing, but with a different Warren case, Amityville. This doesn’t do them any favors in the credibility department since Amityville has been scrutinized and debunked more
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When The Conjuring came out, there was one question on everyone’s mind. What is up with that creepy Annabelle doll from the cold open? At least that’s what I assume justified this movie. It’s a low point in the Conjuring Universe and as only the 2nd movie in the group, it’s kind of amazing that
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The Conjuring released in 2013. It tells the story of the Perron Family and their experience with inhuman spirits inhabiting their new home. It would be the movie that launched a, so far, 10 movie universe. Horror movies are no stranger to excessive sequels. While Friday the 13th is a masterpiece of tension and subverted
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After wrapping up the Final Destination series, I was considering what to talk about next. Thankfully, the Gods of horror had me covered. As I was sitting, relaxing, at Final Destination Bloodlines for the 2nd time, a preview for the next Conjuring movie, The Conjuring: Last Rites played. Horror fans know that horror is a
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I took voice notes while watching Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. (Not that I haven’t seen it 400 times) The app I use takes my voice notes and turns them into words but also gives it a name based on what I’ve been saying. It must use some type of AI. In this case, it
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