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Why Do Horror Movies Keep Using The Word ‘Final’ When They Aren’t Actually Final?

Uploaded to MoviePilot July 21st 2017

Today I stumbled upon a trailer for one of the horror genre’s greatest icons latest films, a film series that revolutionized the genre of horror. I must say that it warmed my heart to see that familiar face popping up on my screen. I’m of course referring to Jigsaw, the latest offering from the Saw series. You remember Saw right? That’s the movie franchise about the guy who put people in traps and used Satan’s Pinocchio to terrify people when he rode in on a tricycle. Oh yeah, it was so nice seeing him again… why am I seeing him again? They told us he was over with last time.

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Do you remember this Horror Movies? Cos I do

They’ve told us this a lot of times over the years. It seems that every other year they’ll tell us that something is the dramatic conclusion to an epic story they’ve been weaving over seven sequels (including the one in space, which was totally a legit sequel and not at all just the studio running out of ideas and desperate to keep the franchise active) and then a few years pass and suddenly the word ‘Final’ doesn’t actually mean ‘Final’ anymore because they bring back the franchise they told us was over. Maybe it’s just me, maybe I’m weird like this, but I like words to mean the things that they actually mean.

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Seed Of Chucky, It’s Not As Bad As You Think

Uploaded to MoviePilot July 20th, 2017

In 1988 a little horror movie called Child’s Play was unleashed upon the world. It starred a Cabbage Patch doll wannabe running about and murdering people and it was goddamn amazing. I can still remember my first time seeing it and being terrified by this little killer doll that was relentless as hell. The series recently got a revival with the surprisingly amazing Curse Of Chucky that came out in 2013 and the upcoming Cult Of Chucky is looking to be similarly dark in it’s tone. However, there is one movie in the franchise that always gets pointed to as the lowest point in the series, that being the fifth movie of the franchise Seed Of Chucky.

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Personally, I have nothing but good memories regarding this movie. I think it’s one of the funniest sequels that a horror franchise has ever come up with and one of the best self-referential films in recent years. Yet every time I see an article online about the series there is, inevitably, a reference to Seed and how it almost ruined the franchise. I disagree with that idea and I want to try and explain why it’s a valid sequel that we shouldn’t just discount. For starters, let’s dispel a rumour

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‘Don’t Breathe’: The Art Of Filming In The Dark

Uploaded to MoviePilot on July 18th 2017

Recently, I had the joy of seeing the 2016 hit film Don’t Breathe. While I may be a year late to the party, the film was everything that’d been promised and more — a compelling villain, a great ensemble cast and an almost constant feeling of tension. It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking with a truly compelling story. It also has, without a doubt, the most amazing scene filmed in complete darkness that I’ve seen in a long time.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3: Speculating Who’s In The Cast

Uploaded to MoviePilot July 18th 2017, AKA Months before the announcement. This was a prediction when I wrote it, some of them are wrong but still putting it up so I can keep it. This means that when I say things like “It’s almost a given All Stars 3 is going to happen”, this was back when we didn’t have confirmation. Also some links I used are dead now so I’ve deleted them.

2017 has been a fantastic year for RuPaul’s Drag Race. Season nine aired to the highest ratings ever, season 10 was confirmed to be happening with one queen already locked in and on July 13th they were nominated for a staggering eight Emmy Awards, including Best Host and Best Reality Competition. It’s also gotten one for Best Casting and that’s what we’re going to talk about today, because, after the success of season nine, it’s almost a given that All Stars Three is going to happen.

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‘Baby Driver’ And The Importance Of Diegetic Sound

Uploaded to MoviePilot on July 17th 2017

Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is without a doubt one of the most anticipated films of the year. It’s a stylish action film about a teenage boy with tinnitus, who’s also a getaway driver for a rotating band of thieves. In order to block out the constant ringing in his ears, he listens to music on his iPod, which is apparently making people nostalgic for an item that’s still available pretty much anywhere.

One of the things about this movie that’s getting everyone so hyped about this film is it’s soundtrack, specifically how it is perfectly integrated with the stylized action on screen. The sound is an incredibly important aspect of the film’s success, so let’s explore how diegetic sound makes Baby Driver stand out from the crowd.

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6 ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Lip Syncs That You’ve Probably Forgotten

Uploaded to MoviePilot on July 12th 2017

Every fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race has a list of his or her favourite lip syncs, it’s just how we roll. We all have that one performance that we will watch over and over again on an endless loop while screaming “YAS QUEEN” at the top of our lungs and demanding that both singers stay. These lists are long and varied, but there are a few standouts. Recent additions to the list being the “Shut Up And Drive” lip sync from All Stars 2 or the “So Emotional” lip sync from the recent Season 9 finale.

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This is the RuPaul’s Drag Race version of an explosion.

There are others on our list, from “Whip My Hair” to “MacArthur Park,” but what about the forgotten lip syncs, the ones that never get brought up on these lists? Well, with over 100 lip syncs to choose from, here is my list of the forgotten lip syncs. These are, of course, ones that I personally think should be talked about more. More queens!

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13 Facts About The Friday The 13th Series That’ll Make You Scream

Uploaded to MoviePilot on July 11th 2017

In 1980 the film Friday the 13th was unleashed into cinemas, pushing the horror genre into high gear and inspiring a legion of filmmakers to give the genre a try. Filmed in an actual summer camp on a $550,000 budget the film went on to make almost $60 million at the box office and started one of the most iconic franchises of all time. It’s spun off into comics, TV series, books, toys. It is the essential slasher franchise of its time and with the recent release of the Friday the 13th Video Game, I think it’s only right to go through this iconic series and throw up a few bits of trivia you may or may not know about this beloved series. Fair warning, a large amount of this comes from the recent documentary Crystal Lake Memories which is absolutely amazing, it’s also about 7 hours long. So think of this as me saving you 7 hours and giving you the most interesting tidbits

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Transformers 5 Proves Michael Bay Doesn’t Know What He’s Doing

Uploaded to MoviePilot on July 6th 2017

Michael Bay: Alleged Film Maker

So guess who saw Transformers 5: The Last Knight? That’s right, people who suffered. I was one of them and I have come to the conclusion that I’m sure many people came too ages ago. Michael Bay has absolutely no idea how films are supposed to work. I’m not just talking about story or concept, films like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Pearl Harbor proved that long ago. For me, it took Transformers 5 to catch onto the fact that, in general, he has no idea what on earth he’s doing just in terms of the fundamentals of cinema.

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Good Bad Movie VS Bad Bad Movie: What’s The Difference?

NOTE: This is one of my old articles from Moviepilot.com, there’s 32 of these and I’m going to be uploading all of them slowly throughout the upcoming week because I want a storage space for them all now that the Creator program  I was a part of is shutting down and I’m going to lose them all if I don’t do this (I was lees-film-reviews over there… and yet, almost never did a review on their page, cos I am smart). I’ll try and space them out as much as I can but just letting those following me on Reader know, apologies for how many of these will pop up in the feed.

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The Circle

Released 17th August (Australia)

Seen 11th December

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Directed by James Ponsoldt
Written by James Ponsoldt & Dave Eggers
Produced by 1978 Films, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Likely Story, Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation, Playtone, Route One Entertainment
Starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Patton Oswalt & Karen Gillian

WARNING: Mild spoilers for the end. No specifics will be mentioned but there’s a lot of hints, because that’s where most of the problems lie. I would cover those with a spoiler plugin but I don’t have those yet. I’ll speak in very general terms and not name characters or locations, but just warning you now.

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