Reviews
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Drama - Horror - Mystery - Thriller
Well... it was two of those things I suppose. What it lacked in horror and thrills it made up with weepy drama and cringeworthy sappiness. This was nothing like Hill House, and honestly I was fine with that, however I still expected to feel like this was meant to be a bit scary... it was after all a "The Haunting of..." movie. Instead we got a long and boring and highly predictable love story. I give it 4 stars because the show looked beautiful, the actors were mostly well suited for their parts, and there were a few characters that I did care about. Next time Netflix, advertise your shows honestly. There was not nearly enough horror or thriller in this show to make it worthy of your claims.
Color Out of Space (2019)
Pretty obvious...
It seems fairly obvious to me who has and who has not read this short story, or any Lovecraft for that matter. So many reviews rating this movie a 1 and claiming that there is no point to the movie. A lot of Lovecraft's work is centered around how terrifying the "unknown" is. You are supposed to feel unnerved and confused, you are meant to ask yourself "What the hell is going on?" No this movie may not be a 100% pure adaptation to the original story, but any Lovecraft story will need some tweaks to translate to film, that is just the nature of his stories. They are meant to tap into the limits of your imagination. That is harder to do with visual movies. Anyway, if you enjoy Lovecraft them give this movie a watch!