Spook Out! Day 18 ~ Happy Death Day (2017)

Amazon Says...
"A woman relives the day of her murder over and over in this slasher twist on 'Groundhog Day'."

I Say...

^Nailed it!

Horror Type...
Slasher, Horror Comedy

Main Players...

Jessica Rothe as Theresa "Tree" Gelbman (BirthDeathday Girl)

Israel Broussard as Carter Davis (Stand-Up Guy)

Ruby Modine as Lori Spengler (Baker Roommate)

I liked...

• Jessica Rothe's work in this--she carried the whole thing like a BOSS and seemed to have a really great time doing it. Go on with your bad self, girl!
• how the humor played out, without cheesing things up
• how Tree starts off as unlikable but we grow to care about as she grows (even if she has to die a few times to do it)
• the puzzling aspect of trying to identify the killer(s???)
• that, unlike in Groundhog Day, each re-lived day (specifically, being murdered each day) took a physical toll on Tree, which lent some urgency to the need to solve the time-loop problem
• how grief was explored, without being heavy-handed

The Meh...
The Who was interesting but the Why was kinda flimsy--it meant earlier bits didn't make too much sense, but then, it's not that heady a movie, if you know what I mean.

Would I recommend it...?

Yeah, man, this comedy-mystery-horror-romp is loads of fun! You can sink right into it for your Halloween kicks and still get to sleep easily. (Probably.) Mild jump scares only, and the death-scenes aren't really gory (or even shown in great detail, from what I recall). It may be a bit too light on the scares for hardcore horror fans, tho.

Miscellany...

The director, Christopher Landon, is one of (the late) Michael Landon's sons. (Yes, Pa-Ingalls-Michael-Landon!). AND bitch sorority sister, played by Rachel Matthews, is one of Michael Landon's grandchildren!

Ratings...

My Grade: B+

Rotten Tomatoes Scores: Tomatometer=71%, Audience Score=66%

Details, Schmeetails...

I Watched Happy Death Day on Amazon (the Rotten Tomatoes page linked above provides links to other streaming platforms)

Check it out on IMDb

Learn more about it on Wikipedia (Contains Spoilers)

This concludes Day 18 of

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Spook Out! Day 22 ~ Hush (2016)

Netflix Says...
"A deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears in her window."

I Say...
^That's about the size of it.

Horror Type...
Slasher, Serial Killer, Thriller

Main Players...
Kate Siegel as Maddie Young (Fighter)
John Gallagher Jr. as The Man (Coward)
Michael Trucco as John Stanley (Smart Neighbor)

I liked...

• the way the story unfolded
• how Maddie strove to use every tool she could think of to survive
• the jerk villain who was a pleasure to hate

The Meh...

• why the heck would anyone opt to live in the woods ALONE??? I mean, c'mon!!!
• though it's a brisk 1 hour, 21 minutes, and the writers did manage to vary the routine a bit, there was still a lot of cat-and-mousery in a fixed setting that didn't quite manage to keep my attention 100% of the time
• I would've liked to've learned something of the killer's motivation

Would I recommend it...?

Yeah, it's definitely a good slasher flick! Caution to the faint of heart: the first time you see The Big Bad getting all stabby, it's not overly done but still somewhat sickening.

Miscellany...

You may remember the gal who plays Maddie as one of the siblings in Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House (which I've *just* learned is getting a second season, W00T!).

Ratings...

My Grade: B+
Rotten Tomatoes Scores: Tomatometer=92%, Audience Score=73%

Details, Schmeetails...

I Watched Hush on Netflix

Hush's IMDb Page

Hush's Wikipedia Page (Contains Spoilers)

This concludes day 22 of