Based on the comic of the same name, which is even referenced in the film, 2004’s Hellboy stars Ron Perlman as the titular hero brought to Earth as a child by Nazis in World War II but raised in the United States by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm (John Hurt) and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense to “bump back” against what goes bump in the night.
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Spooky Sunday takes us back to Raccoon City and the rise of zombies. Based on the video game franchise, the 2002 horror flick features a group of soldiers going underground into a secret facility owned by the Umbrella Corporation where something has gone horribly wrong. Entering the labs through a mansion on the outskirts of town, the soldiers discover two people struggling with amnesia, one of whom they recognize as one of their own, who they take with them down into the Hive.
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Spooky Saturday takes us back to 2005’s Constantine starring Keanu Reeves as the chain-smoking asshole needed to save the world. Earning mixed reaction from critics, the film scored big at the box office and has built up an even larger cult following over the past two decades leading to a the possible resurrection of a potential sequel in the near future.
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Based on real events, Anna Kendrick‘s directorial debut splits its focus between serial killer Rodney Alcala (Daniel Zovatto) and struggling actress Cheryl Bradshaw (Kendrick) whose lives intersect as contestants on The Dating Game. I like all the pieces here, as the script by Ian McDonald explores 70s misogyny across both stories as Bradshaw makes compromises to further her career and McDonald targets young woman to add to his list of victims. My only complaint with the film is how it is put together.
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Removing Venom out of Spider-Man‘s universe and introducing him on his own as the main character of a horror flick was an odd choice. Originally introduced in the comics as a nemesis for Spider-Man, in recent years the character has evolved into something of an anti-hero given his popularity. It’s that version Sony and director Ruben Fleischer attempted to capture in 2018 film as an alien symbiote from across the stars bonds itself to a loser in need of redemption. Together, they will save the world.
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