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March Book Reviews #RRBC @YvetteMCalleiro @maurabeth

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I hate it when I get behind on writing reviews. I’ve had three stories waiting for me to talk about for too long, so I will put them in one post. The One Revealed (Chronicles of the Diasodz Book 4) by

At The Devil’s Door (2014) #HorrorMovie Review

#Horror Movie Reviews

At the Devil’s Door (2014) has been on my watch list for a while, and when I finally found it among the million channels I have from my TV services, I was excited to see it. Too bad, my expectations

My Little Sister (2016) #Survival #LastGirl

#Horror Movie Reviews

My Little Sister (2016) stole from so many movies in this sub-genre that I wished I had a bingo card as I watched because I would’ve gotten a blackout. A group of friends goes camping in the woods while not

The 13th Friday (2017) #Curses #HautedHouse #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

I’d been wanting to see The 13th Friday (2017) since I heard about it a few years ago, and I finally found it on Tubi. I base a lot of what I want to see on the poster or the

Minutes to Midnight (2018) #Slasher #Revenge #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

Minutes to Midnight (2018) has an interesting cast, including William Baldwin, Richard Grieco, John Hennigan, and Bill Moseley. Then there’s the young adult cast who, of course, don’t heed the warnings to go home. Their involvement was for slaughter as

American Fright Fest (2018) #Slasher #Delight

#Horror Movie Reviews

American Fright Fest (2018) was one of those movies that I figured, I’d start watching and if it got dumb, I’d turn it off. I have to tell you it wasn’t one of those after all. It starts out with

I Trapped the Devil, Steve waiting at the door

I Trapped the Devil (2018) #Dark #Thriller

#Horror Movie Reviews

I Trapped the Devil (2018) isn’t what expected and that is a huge thing for me. There are so many films made recently that are just an attempt to remake something and put a new name on it. This one

Vivarium (2019) #Psychological #Thriller

#Horror Movie Reviews

Vivarium (2019) follows Tom and Gemma as they search for the perfect home, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots. The developer they visit is kooky and has them follow him to the subdivision several miles out of town. All the

The Final Scream (2019) #LastGirl #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

In The Final Scream (2019), Kia Anderson is desperate to make her debut in the film world. While she can’t land a role, she doesn’t give up, turning to an online service her agent warned her not to use, getting

A DAY IN MY LIFE…Day 2 #RRBC

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January 3, 2023 Today wasn’t the worst. Besides the nonsensical meetings, I managed to get some work done. I had one meeting that I still don’t understand why I was there, and for the life of me, I couldn’t tell you

A DAY IN MY LIFE…Day 1 #RRBC

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Monday, January 2, 2023 I’ve accepted the challenge of writing a blog post for the next 30 days to show you what I do and think. So buckle your seatbelts, this could be a wild ride or not. Today’s post will

Day 13 (2020) #Unexpected #Thriller

#Horror Movie Reviews

Day 13 (2020) reminded me of Rear Window (1954) and Disturbia (2007), with the guy watching the creepy house across the street and seeing things in the windows. I almost turned it off, but I didn’t. While it does resemble the

An Unquiet Grave (2020) #Bleh #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

The idea of An Unquiet Grave (2020) is fantastic, and the things the creators could’ve done with it are endless, but they went the way of a Blumhouse production and made it boring. I should’ve promised to turn it off

X (2022) #slasher #horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

X (2022) is a typical slasher. However, it took too long to get to the action and focused more on porn. I get it. Slashers have a tendency to be tied to sex, and that’s what this film was about,

Monstrous (2022) #psychological #horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

I only watched Monstrous (2022) because of Christina Ricci. I hadn’t even heard of it until recently when I was scrolling through free OnDemand content. It’s about a woman who takes her son to hide from her abusive husband. Her

Smile (2022) #psychological #horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

Sometimes I don’t know what to say about films that I’ve seen, and Smile (2022) is one of them. I’ll start by saying I didn’t hate it. I liked the idea of it, but I’m not sure this film told

Allegoria (2022) #Anthology #Horror

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Allegoria (2022) starts with some sort of “find your inner animal” exercise with a professor that I wished would shut up. His voice was so annoying I almost stopped watching. When one student became her inner beast and took out

Studio 666 (2022) #RockandRoll #Horror

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Studio 666 (2022) started strong; too bad it didn’t keep me entranced. As I watched, I kept thinking, Are the Foo Fighters still a thing? I’m sure I’ve heard their music on the radio, but for the life of me,

On The Third Day (2021) #Bizarre #Horror

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On The Third Day (2021) starts with Cecilia taking her son in the middle of the night and crashing into an oncoming car. She wakes in an abandoned office, unaware of what happened during the past few days. As the

Raven’s Hollow (2022) #Poe #Horror

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Raven’s Hollow (2022) is about events that happened to Edgar Allan Poe while he was a cadet in West Point and the alleged inspiration for The Raven. I’m a Poe fan to the point of his written works. I do

Grotesque (1987) #umOK #Horror

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One day, Linda Blair said I’m broke, so I’ll just do anything, and Grotesque (1987) came into the world. That’s probably not how this bizarre, disjointed film came to be, but someone was desperate. I don’t remember hearing about this

Halloween Ends (2022) #BlumhouseRuined #Horror

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If you expect exceptional horror from Blumhouse, you should reconsider your life choices. (Yes, I’m talking to myself.) They absolutely ruined the Halloween franchise with Halloween Ends (2022). It begins with a “babysitting” scene, and I think, oh fun, Michael

Necromancer (1988) #Voodoo #Revenge #horror

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Necromancer (1988) has a disturbing opening with three guys raping Julie because she discovered them breaking into a professor’s office, who she had/has a crush on. Later, they blackmailed her with a love letter they found she wrote to the

Who Invited Them (2022) #unexpected #horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

Who Invited Them (2022) is about Adam and Margo, who throw a housewarming party. Their friends are kind of bitchy because they seem jealous that the couple got such a nice house. They notice Tom and Sasha and try to

The Banishing (2020) #HauntedHouse #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

The Banishing (2020) takes place in the 1930s and follows a vicar who moves into Morley Hall with his wife, Marianne, and stepdaughter, Adelaide, who they say is her niece; the reason is explained. Soon things start coming undone in

Hide and Go Shriek (1988) #80sFlashback #Slasher #LGBT #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

I’d never heard of Hide and Go Shriek (1988) until I was scrolling through a streaming service’s neverending list of titles. I read the short sentence describing it and was interested, but I thought I’d seen something similar recently (The

Speak No Evil (2022) #Thriller #NotHorror

#Horror Movie Reviews

I watched Speak No Evil (2022) because Shudder posted it on Instagram. As I’ve said before, Shudder’s films sometimes aren’t the best but not as bad as Blumhouse tends to be….anyway. I promised myself I’d turn it off if it

The Initiation (1984) #80sFlashback #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

The Initiation (1984) is about Kelly going through hell week to join a sorority. Meanwhile, she’s had reoccurring nightmares since childhood and is working with Peter to do dream analysis. To get into the sorority, she and the remaining pledges

Glorious (2022) #gloryhole horror

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When I read the description for Glorious (2022), I did a doubletake because there’s no way anyone would make a movie like that. Well, they did. For the most part, it was fun. Poor Wes is upset about the end

Black Roses (1988) #RockandRoll #Horror

#Horror Movie Reviews

Black Roses (1988) takes place in the fictional town Mill Basin, where nothing exciting ever happens. That is until the Black Roses come to town to perform for the teenagers. The good Christians are against it, but the mayor compares