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(movie) Abandoned(2022) – horror movie which is really not a horror

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I remember seeing a movie of the same title a while ago which was a decent mindfuck horror movie, so I decided to watch what this one is all about, having read about it on Bloody Disgusting. Emma Roberts, John Gallagher JR and Michael Shannon star in this one.

It starts as so many already seen movies with young married couple along with their baby son buying house and learning that murder and suicide took place in that house years ago. They decide to buy it anyway, but as husband Alex(John Gallagher JR) is a local veterinarian works days and nights, wife Sara(Emma Roberts) suspects something dark is happening in the house and suddenly not being sure if she is insane or are there more sinister forces at work there. Well, this started as so many previous movies, couple moves in, weird things happen, their weird neighbour(totally indisposed Michael Shannon-actor that I otherwise like very much) and some ending better or worse happens. Game over. Movie done.

Well, this one is not really a horror movie and it is only packed into horror for selling it better, but it is instead a mellow drama. About depression which I can relate to. But, ending is so lame and totally wtf that I just laughed that I wasted hundred minutes of my life watching this one and waiting for something to happen. But nothing really happens. There is no peak, there is no conclusion, there is nothing. Emma Roberts is okay as Sara, there is absolutely no chemistry between and her husband as characters and her behavior in the movie is totally stupid. Not horror movie clichee stupid, only plain stupid. This one is nothing. No horror. No drama. Nothing.

2/10

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(tv series) The Baby season 1 – weird little series that leaves questions and no real answers

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There is a flood of quality and less quality tv series in recent years, so it is really nice being able to find something for everyone. Even us horror fiends out there craving for great mixute of horror, gore and comedy. This HBO´s eight part series was a bizarre experience to watch, sometimes too slow and I just waited to end and sometimes I enjoyed it so much.

The premise is about demonic mysterious baby whose seeming mother kills herself in a brutal way and our main character Natasha in a weird mix of circumstances takes baby and tries to solve the curse and why the people surrounding the baby die in horrific ways and what are origins of this baby. Well, this is basically comedy horror series with some grotesque scenes and folk horror influences thrown here and there for good measure. Although the episodes last no longer than 30 minutes each, there are couple that I considered very boring and waited only to end so in my opinion five episodes could be just enough, no more needed. Story ends kind of lame and there is a window for another season left open, but I am not really sure if I want another season, because this one is under the radar and will leave no fond memories for me. Characters are irritating and sometimes I really wish they were dead, also story hooks and lines become confusing and sometimes just too fast and not really clear.

3/10

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(review) Claudio Simonetti – Demons (Original Soundtrack)

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Claudio Simonetti (born 1952) is Italian composer, musician and keyboardist for legendary prog band Goblin which delivered many great tunes and soundtracks for Italian horror movies. Simonetti´s specialty is music for horror movies and he composed some really great tunes from 1970 onward working with Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, Lucio Fulci, Ruggero Deodato, Umberto Lenzi or Sergio Martino.

This is soundtrack for Lamberto Bava´s fantastic 1985 classic, one of the best that Italian genre has to offer. I still remember the movie poster when this one played in my hometown back in the second half of the eighties. There was a cinema there called Dom (meaning Home in Croatian) which showed old school karate/kung fu movies, Italian Mad Max clones, sword and sorcery movies and horror. I was scared as little kid with tagline ‘Cities will become graves’ I think it was like that or something. Years later, this movie never ceases to amaze, along with superb soundtrack which is a mixture of electronic music, synth prevailed melodies, almost happy main tune called Demon which is spooky along with kind of jolly. Miniatures like Threat and Cruel Demon are sure to make perfect atmospheric intermezzos between the main body of the album. There are couple of versions of the main song, for me especially great being piano version bringing along even more heavy horror atmosphere and reminding me why I love this movie so much. Besides prog influences and electronica, there are couple of pop influenced melodies here and there in the greater picture. Great soundtrack to fantastic movie!