film &mdash; verity's correspondance book https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/tag:film reactions and lil posts Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:00:01 +0000 Creep (2004) https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/creep-2004 <![CDATA[A woman on a night out gets stuck in Charing Cross station with someone/something murderous. Apropos for a station with abandoned platforms and tracks used for training. We have a classic Karen screaming main character, yet again, generally recognised even by critics to be unlikeable. I do enjoy the environment though - the Underground has plenty of mysteries and perils all on its own even without a serial killer on the loose. #horror #film]]> A woman on a night out gets stuck in Charing Cross station with someone/something murderous. Apropos for a station with abandoned platforms and tracks used for training. We have a classic Karen screaming main character, yet again, generally recognised even by critics to be unlikeable.

I do enjoy the environment though – the Underground has plenty of mysteries and perils all on its own even without a serial killer on the loose.

#horror #film

]]> https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/creep-2004 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:11:17 +0000 [REC] (2007) https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/rec-2007 <![CDATA[Found footage/mockumentary - a film maker and cameraman crew get locekd in with the inhabitants of a doomed apartment building. We have here a rather panicky, shouty protagonist with a sidekick who truly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. The horror itself: classic base under siege material. People turn on each other as they try to make it out, so on and so forth. Essentially this is Train to Busan in a building. #film #horror #foundfootage]]> Found footage/mockumentary – a film maker and cameraman crew get locekd in with the inhabitants of a doomed apartment building. We have here a rather panicky, shouty protagonist with a sidekick who truly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. The horror itself: classic base under siege material. People turn on each other as they try to make it out, so on and so forth.

Essentially this is Train to Busan in a building.

#film #horror #foundfootage

]]> https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/rec-2007 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:55:51 +0000 Fear, Inc (2016) https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/fear-inc-2016 <![CDATA[A horror fanatic gets caught up in a realistic horror film experience - basically becoming the protagonist of about six different horror films, having to use all his knowledge to survive. This is a deeply unlikeable protagonist, for whom it is difficult to summon symptoathy for his trials and tribulations... and eventual outcome. I guess if you really liked Ready Player One, and a certain flavour of American horror films (Final Destination, Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), then you'd like this. Unfortunately, I didn't. #horror #film]]> A horror fanatic gets caught up in a realistic horror film experience – basically becoming the protagonist of about six different horror films, having to use all his knowledge to survive. This is a deeply unlikeable protagonist, for whom it is difficult to summon symptoathy for his trials and tribulations... and eventual outcome.

I guess if you really liked Ready Player One, and a certain flavour of American horror films (Final Destination, Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), then you'd like this. Unfortunately, I didn't.

#horror #film

]]> https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/fear-inc-2016 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:52:46 +0000 Sleepaway Camp (1983) https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/sleepaway-camp-1983 <![CDATA[The first in a whole franchise. Summer camp slasher flick, where the unremarkable main character gets bullied by The Popular Girls. Plenty of setups which show you the payback almost immediately. This is not a good movie, mind you. Worse so given the dramatic reveal, right at the end, of the transfem protagonist?! With absolutely zero buildup! Honestly, that was a disappointment. #film #horror #slasher #transphobia]]> The first in a whole franchise. Summer camp slasher flick, where the unremarkable main character gets bullied by The Popular Girls. Plenty of setups which show you the payback almost immediately. This is not a good movie, mind you. Worse so given the dramatic reveal, right at the end, of the transfem protagonist?! With absolutely zero buildup!

Honestly, that was a disappointment.

#film #horror #slasher #transphobia

]]> https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/sleepaway-camp-1983 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:38:36 +0000 Enys Men (2023) https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/enys-men-2023 <![CDATA[Cornish folklore turns surreal. A lone volunteer tasked with making wildlife observations of a rare flower starts losing her grip onf realitiy. Remember that 15th Doctor episode 73 Yards? Yeah. Like that, but Cornish instead of Welsh. Bit of claustrophobia/agoraphobia. Body horror features amongst a carousel of disjointed images. If this was aligned with a Magnus Archives fear entity, it'd be The Lonely. Weird, understated, unnerving. #horror #film ]]> Cornish folklore turns surreal. A lone volunteer tasked with making wildlife observations of a rare flower starts losing her grip onf realitiy. Remember that 15th Doctor episode 73 Yards? Yeah. Like that, but Cornish instead of Welsh. Bit of claustrophobia/agoraphobia. Body horror features amongst a carousel of disjointed images.

If this was aligned with a Magnus Archives fear entity, it'd be The Lonely.

Weird, understated, unnerving.

#horror #film

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