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Last week, I ticked 7 psychological scary movies disconnected my Halloween 2024 watch list. This week, it was sci-fi scary movies. In opposition to past week's roundup, and my clip spent pinch slasher movies successful nan first week of my Halloween 2024 countdown, my familiarity pinch sci-fi wasn't up to par, truthful I was intrigued to get into it.
My closest friends would ne'er pin maine arsenic a sci-fi fan, truthful this was nan catalyst that made maine opt for a sci-fi scary themed week. As per my past 2 roundups, I relied connected nan best streaming services, chiefly Prime Video and Hulu, to thief support my momentum going strong. And, erstwhile again, a successful week of streaming was nan result.
Day 15: The Cabin successful nan Woods
Director: Drew Goddard
Running time: 95 minutes
Where to stream: Peacock (US), Prime Video (UK), Netflix (AU)
A movie that I've been meaning to watch for years, and person only now sewage information to ticking disconnected my watchlist. It has a nosy blend of supernatural and sci-fi scary tropes, and its achromatic drama elements onshore very well, but it doesn't construe arsenic a comedy.
While I've enjoyed drama horrors for illustration Ready aliases Not (2019), that movie felt much wired to beryllium a drama whereas The Cabin successful nan Woods is packed pinch thrilling jump scares and gore that disguise its comedy. When nan story's existent premise was revealed, I felt myself watching a much sinister rendition of The Truman Show – rounded disconnected pinch an unexpected cameo from Sigourney Weaver.
Day 16: Alien
Director: Ridley Scott
Running time: 117 minutes
Where to stream: Hulu (US), Disney Plus (UK and AU)
Speaking of Sigourney Weaver, I've go president of nan Lt. Ellen Ripley instrumentality nine aft watching Ridley Scott's sci-fi scary Alien. It's safe to opportunity that this classical was astatine nan apical of my database of movies I had to watch for this week.
I had a batch of questions during my clip watching Alien, nan first 1 was: why are you smoking connected a spacecraft? That's very 1970s. This was followed by: why are each these men telling Ripley what to do? That was by acold 1 of nan astir irritating parts of nan movie. But fixed their untimely fates astatine nan hands of extra-terrestrials, I tin only put it down to karma.
What I couldn't thief but announcement passim Alien was nan deficiency of soundtrack successful parts I felt could've helped adhd texture to immoderate scenes. I didn't dwell connected this excessively much, and it sewage amended quickly. But it's Ripley's vengeance segment astatine nan extremity that had maine jumping retired of my spot and clapping. That finale was for women successful STEM everywhere.
Day 17: The Fly
Director: David Cronenberg
Running time: 96 minutes
Where to stream: Hulu (US), Disney Plus (UK and AU)
If Beauty and nan Beast was a sci-fi horror, this is what it would look like. I retrieve seeing a fewer scenes of The Fly while increasing up, but had ne'er watched it from commencement to decorativeness – therefore, I had nary thought nan guidance it was going to take.
The 'mad scientist' archetype connected surface is ever nosy and, alternatively campy to watch. There's thing much entertaining than watching personification pinch an overseas hyper-fixation that leads them to spiralling into thing that's not quality (this is rather literal successful nan lawsuit of The Fly).
The movie's minimal casting was a wise (and inexpensive) choice, truthful it didn't consciousness saturated pinch unnecessary characters and alternatively allowed Jeff Goldblum's metamorphosis to radiance arsenic nan attraction – and nan movie's matter-of-fact ending was nan cleanable seal.
Day 18: No One Will Save You
Director: Brian Duffield
Running time: 93 minutes
Where to stream: Hulu (US), Disney Plus (UK and AU)
A much caller sci-fi scary that, dissimilar Alien, nan extra-terrestrial play takes spot connected earth. In his writing, Duffield does nan impossible; he creates a communicative that is unfolded wholly done shape directions pinch a full of 5 words of speech complete nan movie's 93-minute run.
It's a successful illustration of really to show, and not tell. I'd spell arsenic acold to opportunity that it's a quasi characteristic study, not successful an overt consciousness rather for illustration horrors specified arsenic Pearl (2022), but your consciousness of Kaitlyn Dever's characteristic and nan group astir her that shun her retired develops profoundly arsenic nan events of nan movie happen.
One of nan reasons why I was engaged pinch this movie was because its premise wasn't wholly dystopian, and its elements of real-life settings upheld nan movie's consciousness of reality. In comparison to my thoughts connected nan premise of It's What's Inside (2024), I'm thankful that Black Mirror didn't return this thought and tally pinch it first.
Day 19: Signs
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Running time: 106 minutes
Where to stream: Hulu, Max (US), Disney Plus (UK and AU)
Five minutes into Signs and I said to myself: this movie feels mighty familiar. And past it deed me, this is 1 of nan movies that was spoofed for Scary Movie 3 (2003), and it was each I could deliberation astir for nan movie's full duration.
That aside, it was a very M. Night Shyamalan accumulation moreover if I didn't recognize it until nan very end. But compared to Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999), which I watched during psychological scary week, Signs wasn't arsenic strong. A batch of nan clip I thought that nan movie lacked thrust was a conscionable outright not scary, and it felt arsenic though it was trying excessively difficult to beryllium suspenseful which grounded to onshore for me.
However, I still effort to find nan champion aspects astir nan movies that don't needfully entreaty to maine and successful nan lawsuit of Signs, it has immoderate awesome mise en scène examples, which was its redeeming grace.
Day 20: The Mist
Director: Frank Darabont
Running time: 125 minutes
Where to stream: Hulu (US), Prime Video (UK), Netflix (AU)
The Mist was my chance to return a break from each of nan extra-terrestrial contented I consumed this week, and it was a satisfactory acquisition that was a large betterment from Signs. When it comes to movies pinch an attack/ penetration storyline, it gets nether my tegument erstwhile characters don't conflict backmost – this is thing I didn't person to interest astir erstwhile watching The Mist.
Watching nan carnage unravel successful this adjustment of nan Stephen King novella was nan astir entertaining part, peculiarly erstwhile its themes of belief fundamentalism grew stronger and nan characters divided into 2 conflicting groups. And conscionable erstwhile I thought nan carnage had stopped there, participate nan incredibly barbaric ending, which is simply a immense slap successful nan look for nan main protagonist.
In a akin light, nan constituent of enigma surrounding nan creatures that lurked successful nan mist kept nan movie's momentum alive. I don't want to springiness distant excessively overmuch but I will warn, you whitethorn not want to watch if you person arachnophobia.
Day 21: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Director: Jim Sharman
Running time: 95 minutes
Where to stream: Hulu (US), Disney Plus (UK and AU)
It's not moreover remotely horror, and it's science-fiction constituent is borderline imagination – but wow, what a cult classic. Towards nan extremity of nan week, I wanted to return a remainder from nan hard-hitting, action-packed sci-fi horrors that I was utilized to and watch thing a spot more, aliases successful this a batch more, unserious.
I've seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show countless times and will ne'er beryllium saturated of its unapologetic campiness and ridiculous premise. But what really sells it arsenic a superb philharmonic is its 70s rock-heavy soundtrack pinch clear influences from Meat Loaf - who has a starring cameo - and its glitter stone inspired costumes which fresh perfectly for immoderate Halloween party. In nan lawsuit of Rocky Horror, if you get it, you get it. And if you don't, I nonstop my condolences.
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