Holy shit, where to begin? This is seriously the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've seen in years...maybe ever. I probably hadn't seen this in at least 20 years and I used to love it as a kid, now I just loved it for completely different reasons.
For those that haven't seen it, it starts with this dude in a suit going into this cave in the middle of nowhere and he moves this rock that, inexplicably, has lights in it…
I saw this once before on HBO back in the 80's and, having pretty much adjusted had a fondness for nature amok movies, remember it being cool. It doesn't quite live up to that memory but it's not terrible either.
There's definitely not nearly enough carnage in this and it's a bit slow at times. The giant boar does look cool when we see him and there's some pretty great cinematography in this. There's a few crazy ass dream sequences…
I liked this more than I was anticipating I would. This is very different from Mary Lambert's first film, both in style and tone, and it makes some pretty big swings which don't always work but it's entertaining and I appreciate that it's not just a carbon copy of the first movie.
The high point of this is clearly Clancy Brown's performance. He is enormously entertaining in this and seems to be having a blast. His Maine accent is only…
So the internet seems to really be hating this and I get it. This isn't at all what people were expecting, myself included, and likely not at all what they wanted. This doesn't really have that strong "Halloween-y" vibe to it and doesn't feel much like any of the other films in this new trilogy or even the franchise as a whole. Laurie really isn't the main character here and there's even less of Michael. Instead of a balls to…
