My Top Three This Week
Greetings to all my semi-constant readers. I have been keeping busy rewatching some horror classics like The Lost Boys and prepping for a great October. There is a definite Pumpkin Spiced wind blowing in and I am ready for it. Here are a few of my new favorites.
1) The Rental available for rent now is the new horror/thriller from director Dave Franco and starring Dan Stevens, Allison Brie, Shiela Vand and Jeremy Allen White as two couples on a weekend getaway. They rent an isolated oceanside home and proceed to party, make bad decisions and suffer the consequences. One of the girls discover a hidden camera in the shower and things suddenly start going wrong as they become the prey for a hidden voyeur who is manipulating every move they make. Lots of tense unsettling moments and uneasy camera shots. This already seems sequel ready and I thought it was well done.
1) Relic - also available for rent, is a super creepy horror film with a great cast. This off kilter haunted house film is about a daughter Emily Mortimer (fantastic as Kay ) who brings her young daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) back to her family home when her mother Edna disappears. Edna played by so well by the very talented Robyn Nevin, may not be in her right mind when she reappears home. Things move in the house and there is a presence in the house who seems intent on frightening these three women. The creep factor is intense and this reminds me of some of the best parts of Hereditary.
3) Lovecraft Country on HBO is a crazy roller coaster ride of a series with never before seen characters and some of the kind of costumes and cinematography that you only see on HBO. Set in the 1950s a young Atticus Black joins his best friend Letty and Uncle George on a road trip through Jim Crow country to find his missing father.They encounter all kinds of monsters - human and otherwise. The underlying theme in all the episodes is racism that is even more timely in today's environment.While fighting vicious monsters , Atticus , Leti and Uncle George discover an ancient cult of witches and wizards and a family legacy of magic. This is a fun watch and some very talented actors. Jurnee Smollett is perfectly cast as Leti and Jonathan Majors is fantastic as Atticius as well as Courtney B. Vance as Uncle George. Special mentions to Abbey Lee as Christina Braithwaite and Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby.
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