Horror - Movie Meister Reviews

October 15, 2021 leebutler Horror, Mystery, Netflix, Thriller

There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021) – Nobody Home

Released: 6th October
Seen: 12th October

The slasher genre seems to be enjoying another big resurgence lately. With the monster hit Halloween, the upcoming Halloween Kills and the Scream reboot (along with Candyman, The Fear Street franchise, Wrong Turn and Spiral to name a few) all getting a ton of attention it seems as though everyone wants to revive the darling of 80s horror that was the slasher movie. The trick with slasher movies is you need to have a good villain to work with, an interesting array of victims and hopefully a lot of creative gore to excite the fanbase… There’s Someone Inside Your House certainly has some of those and an interesting idea, but that’s about it.

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October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 leebutler Horror, Action, Adventure, Review

Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions (2021) – Get Me Out Of Here

Released: 1st July
Seen: 10th October

Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions Info

Over the last few years, it appears that one of the big things in horror movies is “What if escape rooms were actually deadly?”. No, not like in the Saw films where you have deadly traps in rooms you need to escape, but literal escape rooms with puzzles to solve and if you don’t solve them fast enough you will die somehow.

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September 20, 2021September 25, 2021 leebutler Comedy, Horror, Review

An Ideal Host (2020) – One Hell Of A Dinner Party

Seen at the Sydney Underground Film Festival

One of the genres that’s consistently hard to get just right is the Horror-Comedy. Sure some films do hit that mix right out of the park (Evil Dead 2, Tucker & Dale Vs Evil, etc) but for the most part they tend to either be more horror or more of a comedy and never quite hit that perfect balance. Today’s film, An Ideal Host, leans on the side of caution and splits the film into doing comedy at the start, horror at the end and it actually works out pretty well.

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September 14, 2021 leebutler Comedy, Horror, Review

Death Drop Gorgeous (2020) – Alternative Drag Horror

Over on Soda and Telepaths I reviewed the campy drag horror film Death Drop Gorgeous, which would make a lovely companion piece to season 4 of Dragula (god it’s been way too long since I talked about Drag on this blog… PS, YAY FOR KYLIE SONIQUE LOVE WINNING AS6!)

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 leebutler Horror, Review

Martyrs Lane (2021) – Outside Lane

Over on Soda & Telepaths, I review the film Martyrs Lane, which comes to Shudder very soon and was even part of that Fantasia film festival (one of the films I didn’t have time to get through).

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 leebutler Review, Horror, Television

Slasher: Flesh And Blood – S4 Episode 1 & 2

Thanks to Shudder and Soda & Telepaths I managed to get my hands on the first two episodes of the new season of Slasher: Flesh and Blood, so go read my review where I talk about them. I don’t know if I’m going to get to do the entire series, here’s hoping because it looks like a really good season that’ll be a lot of fun.

August 6, 2021 leebutler Review, Horror, Mystery

The Seventh Day (2021) – Give It A Goddamn Rest

Released: 28th January
Seen: 3rd August

A good staple of the horror genre, one that has been done time and time again, is the Exorcism movie. You know the drill, young person gets possessed by demon and ends up tied to a bed, an old priest and a young priest turn up to yell bible verses at them, there’s a little vomit and occasionally some magical torture until finally the demon is cast out and the child lives on. Basically, everyone saw The Exorcist way back in 1973 and decided they could do that too (except no one has ever come close to being even half as scary as The Exorcist). So, when I tell you that The Seventh Day is ANOTHER exorcism movie with nothing much of value to offer, just pretend to be shocked by that information.

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August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 leebutler Drama, Horror

FANTASIA 2021 Film Festival Review: Agnes (2021)

The next review in my “Fantasia Film Festival” series over on Soda & Telepaths is Agnes, a clever exorcism film that does something original and interesting (and in a few days, I’ll have a review up for a shitty exorcism film just to even things out)

July 28, 2021 leebutler Horror, Drama, Mystery, Review

A Classic Horror Story (2021) – A Buffet of Horror

Released: 14th July
Seen: 27th July

I’ve made it no secret on this blog that I’m a big fan of horror films, in particular the low budget slashers of the 80s. Sure, they might not be the most highbrow films that are trying to impart some essential message about the meaning of existence but they are an endless amount of fun. Even if the film isn’t technically great, chances are good there’s at least a creative effect or a funny line or something that’s going to be worth talking about later. Recently Netflix impressed the hell out of me with their Fear Street trilogy, a series of films that paid homage to different eras of the slasher genre… well, A Classic Horror Story decided it wanted to try and do that too, only in about a third of the time.

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July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 leebutler Drama, Horror, Mystery, Review

Things Heard & Seen (2021) – Unsee This

Released: 29th April
Seen: 26th July

In 2016, author Elizabeth Brundage released All Things Cease To Appear, a book that was popular enough to receive a coveted positive book jacket quote by Stephen King so you know it had to be pretty good. It was certainly popular enough to get noticed by Netflix who began production of the film adaptation in 2019, an adaptation they would call Things Heard & Said… because I suppose calling it “Boring Romance And Spookies” would’ve been a little silly.

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