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(movie) Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair (2022) – moving documentary about wrestling legend!

I remember when I was a kid, my friends called me to their place to watch wrestling together. Then that was WWF Superstars and WWF Challenge on cable tv. I was immediately struck by the storylines, characters larger than life, matches, betrayals, brotherhood and sisterhood and although it is ‘only’ sports entertainment, I stick with wrestling even today and never miss ‘Monday Night Raw’ or ‘WWE Smackdown’. But I also follow AEW Wrestling who also have quality stories, great wrestling and characters. I also watch WWE NXT with younger talent coming to fold and one day get to main roster of WWE. So, when this documentary was announced on Peacock, I waited and the wait is finally over, I have watched it. This one tells the story about 50 year career and Hall of famer Ric Flair in two hours time, also known as ‘Nature Boy’ whose daughter Charlotte is nowadays WWE Women’s Smackdown champion heading into Wrestlemania season in three weeks from now. This one lets Ric tell his story in his own words mainly, from being adopted kid, to his wrestling start, being hit by lightning and surviving, also surviving plane crash, alcohol, drugs, having his son fatally overdose on drugs and his marriages and women adventures. I was left wondering how is this man even still alive after what I watched in this movie. There are touching moments of his final WWE match, his comeback from death and some of that brought moist to my eyes. I think, one day there will be biopic of his life for sure. Great one indeed. Hats off to the legend of wrestling!

10/10

(movie) There’s Someone Inside Your House(2021) – klišeiziran, ali dobar slasher!

Bila mi je jedna od boljih odluka kada sam konačno popustio i nabavio Netflix, jer stvarno ima odličnih stvari za pogledati, filmove i serije s kojima sam u zaostatku. Dakle, idealno. Ovaj horror je teen slasher horror, a moji najdraži horror podžanrovi su found footage, slasheri i stari old school Hammer Horror filmovi. Dakle, odoh pogledati ovaj, ne očekujući ništa specijalno, a kad tamo film sasvim zabavan mada klišeiziran slasher horror u rangu Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer…, Urban Legend, Valentine i sličnih dragulja iz devedesetih i kasnije. Dakle, netko na brutalan način ubija srednjoškolce osvećujući im se za njihove laži, duple živote, licemjerje i za ono što glume da jesu, a nisu, a ubojica je brutalan i kada ubija nosi na 3d printeru isprintano lice žrtve i kapuljaču i sve to izgleda poprilično cool. Dakle, film ima nekoliko okej scena ubojstava i u tom pogledu je prilično dobar. Isto tako, likovi su ono, kliše, glupi, nevjerni Tome, final girl, sve ima u ovome filmu. Kao i glupog ponašanja koje jednostavno mora biti u ovakvim filmovima, iako je bizarno tako se ponašati kada te naganja ili se u blizini šulja serijski ubojica, eto, ovo je dio slasher horror folklora i mora biti prisutno. Film nije predug, taman, a završetak je isto tako grand finale u kukuruznim poljima koji je svojevrstan hommage Screamu i sličnim filmovima, a ti sitni hommagei se pojavljuju i tijekom filma i tko gleda horrore će ih skužiti. Dobar film.

(movie) Blood Shack(1971) – only for die hard horror fans!

I love horror and am an avid collector of horror movies but sometimes, just sometimes I run into something that is possible to love only by true die hard horror fans. Blood Shack is one of such movies. This one is about a cottage with an ancient curse on it, like settlers killed native American tribe chief’s son and so they were dismembered and anyone who tries to stay a night in that cottage will die dismembered. Fast forward to now, meetl Daniel, crazy cowboy who is a hired worked by Carol, who just inherited that land and also that cottage. As it usually goes, there are brutal murders around and seems that the tribe chief’s ghost is back killing everyone who enters the cottage. Well, this movie is total freaking trash and only a true horror enthusiast like myself could stand all hour and ten minutes watching it. The killer looks like ninja and grunts some odd sounds killing and stabbing with something that looks like ninja or samurai sword. Actors are total desperation, Carolyn Brandt and Ron Haydock are a tiny bit above others but it is like I collect people in front of my neighborhood store and make movie with them. If it were parody, that would be awesome, but it is not. But, it is a proto slasher movie before golden era of slasher with enough bloody moments, so it is welcome in my collection.