You don’t watch Vampyros Lesbos for the plot, but that doesn’t mean the 1971 erotic horror doesn’t hold some surprises. Shot in Turkey (making great use of interesting locales, set dressing, and lighting), and filmed in German by Spaniard Jesús Franco Manera, the film has a vibe and feel far more memorable than one might expect.
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Zombie-adjacent, 2017’s Mayhem is a balls-to-the-wall action-horror that offers the opportunity for mass carnage over 86 minutes (while also taking a few pointed jabs at corporate culture). Steven Yeun stars as mid-level exec Derek Cho and Samara Weaving as desperate client Melanie Cross whom he rebuffs. Shortly after that interaction, Derek’s bosses throw him to the wolves to protect their own asses. However, before either can be escorted out of the building, the offices are locked down for a viral outbreak of “Red Eye.”
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While I understand the idea behind 2024’s Azrael, in which Samara Weaving stars as a young woman on the run from a cult who believe speech is a sin and plan to sacrifice her to wandering burnt humanoids who they worship, the film never finds a way to transcend the basic concept in a way to make it work for an entire film. Without speech or narration, director E.L. Katz limits himself on how to frame the story relying mostly on Weaving running through the woods in fear of her life.
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Following the departure of Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega after the last film, the seventh film in the Scream series attempts to go back to well one more time pulling Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) back into a new series of murders involving a Ghostface who may or may not be a character from the original film but is certainly using AI deepfakes for the inclusion of characters killed on screen in previous films.
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“Ctrl + F” and “Give & Take” features some healing among the Nublar Six as the group searches for the outpost to delete all of Biosyn’s dino research before going back on the run from the Quetzalcoatlus and later a stampede of dinosaurs that injures Ben (Sean Giambrone) and sets up the final episodes of the season.
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