Huge fan of this post. Related to what you're articulating regarding the quality of streaming movies in general, I really appreciate the rundown of which of the latest (in this case, seasonal!) batch of streaming releases is maybe worth my time (especially when expectations and context are well-established). Thanks for this!
It's interesting how there are whole niches of film that I feel like are just missing from yesteryear. Totally Killer sounds like an enjoyable throwback that not only visits the 80s, is the sort of low-stakes good time I miss from the 80s. I think the only film I've seen recently that really hit the quality B-movie vibes I long for would have to by the newest Dungeons and Dragons movie.
These three movies remind me of a Netflix experiment a year or two back based on RL Stein's Fear Street novels, where the gimmick of the trilogy of movies was that they were all based in the same town, but in different decades (1=90s mall slasher film, 2=70s camp slasher film, 3=1400s Pilgrim era demonic spookiness). I loved these three for all of their camp, and Sadie Sink anchoring the second film makes it more watchable than its bretheren.
Sorry if it's a little off topic, but good to watch this time of year as well! Looking forward to Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix too.
Of these, ive only watched No One Will Save You, which I thought was fine as a streaming movie but probably wouldve been bored with it in theaters, so I suppose there is a style thst works well enough on a srreaming service.
I always loved the festivity of the 31 Days of Halloween every year, and appreciate at least that the streamers put up holiday focused hubs for both movies and themed TV episodes.
The best streaming era Halloween tradtion is the annual Mike Flannegan show, which came out this week!
I knew Bloodlines was going to be bad, but I didn't expect it to turn into some third-rate zombie movie. Mostly put it on for Duchovny and as Myles points out, was a total waste of everyone's time involved. I thought No One Can Save You was smart, taught, and had decent scares/effects for what it was. Looking forward to Totally Killer because it has a mixture of all the things I enjoy in a slasher movie during spooky season. If it even comes close to matching the Happy Death Day vibes I'm positive i'll like it. Thanks for the post Myles, these brief check-ins separate from the usual episode reviews are a fun sidetrack to the site.
Huge fan of this post. Related to what you're articulating regarding the quality of streaming movies in general, I really appreciate the rundown of which of the latest (in this case, seasonal!) batch of streaming releases is maybe worth my time (especially when expectations and context are well-established). Thanks for this!
It's interesting how there are whole niches of film that I feel like are just missing from yesteryear. Totally Killer sounds like an enjoyable throwback that not only visits the 80s, is the sort of low-stakes good time I miss from the 80s. I think the only film I've seen recently that really hit the quality B-movie vibes I long for would have to by the newest Dungeons and Dragons movie.
Anyways, thanks for this post!
"I really appreciate the rundown of which of the latest (in this case, seasonal!) batch of streaming releases is maybe worth my time"
Yes x 1000 to this. If there were some sort of regularly updated "these streamers are worth your time" short article, that would be phenomenal.
Thank you for writing these Myles!
These three movies remind me of a Netflix experiment a year or two back based on RL Stein's Fear Street novels, where the gimmick of the trilogy of movies was that they were all based in the same town, but in different decades (1=90s mall slasher film, 2=70s camp slasher film, 3=1400s Pilgrim era demonic spookiness). I loved these three for all of their camp, and Sadie Sink anchoring the second film makes it more watchable than its bretheren.
Sorry if it's a little off topic, but good to watch this time of year as well! Looking forward to Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix too.
I remain immensely mad at Netflix for not re-promoting that trilogy every October, like they're willingly leaving money on the table.
Of these, ive only watched No One Will Save You, which I thought was fine as a streaming movie but probably wouldve been bored with it in theaters, so I suppose there is a style thst works well enough on a srreaming service.
I always loved the festivity of the 31 Days of Halloween every year, and appreciate at least that the streamers put up holiday focused hubs for both movies and themed TV episodes.
The best streaming era Halloween tradtion is the annual Mike Flannegan show, which came out this week!
I knew Bloodlines was going to be bad, but I didn't expect it to turn into some third-rate zombie movie. Mostly put it on for Duchovny and as Myles points out, was a total waste of everyone's time involved. I thought No One Can Save You was smart, taught, and had decent scares/effects for what it was. Looking forward to Totally Killer because it has a mixture of all the things I enjoy in a slasher movie during spooky season. If it even comes close to matching the Happy Death Day vibes I'm positive i'll like it. Thanks for the post Myles, these brief check-ins separate from the usual episode reviews are a fun sidetrack to the site.