Just to get up to speed, I'll give you the first 8 movies:
1.
The Uninvited (2009) - just watched this last night, even though I have seen it before. This is actually a remake of a Korean movie called
Janghwa, Hongryeon (2003), which I also happen to have in the shelf waiting. Too bad the original lacks Emily Browning, since I love Emily Browning, and I could watch her all night long. On imdb.com scale, I gave it a solid 8. I know, I surprised even myself, but half of that is just Emily Browning points.
2. The next movie on our list is a real gem, if the crappiest movies on Earth are considered gems. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you
The Hills Run Red (2009). Seriously, a movie so bad I can't even comprehend it has a 5.6 rating on imdb.com, mind you only 2000 people have voted on it, so hopefully, no-one else has watched it. As I've said, there's good bad movies and bad bad movies. I was hoping this would fall into the first of the two, but no, when a film maker takes the movie too seriously and lacks any required skill, and takes a huge bite of the pretentious plate, it never ends well. The acting, the cast, the writing, the effects... even the villains were crap! I am trying to come up with something nice to say, but no. Atleast trying to guess where the actors have been before kept me entertained. On a scale from 1 to 10, I'll give this a 0.
3.-4.
The Descent (2005) &
The Descent: Part 2 (2009) ! The Descent is one the best recent horror movies. It's truly terrifying, absolutely shocking at parts and really leaves with you a sense of anguish. And as can be guessed, the sequel really just tries to ride on the same wave, but not with the same force. It's got the same setting, same characters, and it takes place just a day or two away from the original movie. Somehow in those two days, the monsters have transformed completely and people have become twice as dumb. While it's not as thrilling as the first one, it's still worth watching. The first one is a 10, the second one is just half of that.
5. Fifth movie of the summer is a Finnish movie,
Kielletty Hedelmä (2009), or Forbidden Fruit, to keep the international feel going. Director Dome Karukoski has recently taken the place as my favourite Finnish director. The atmosphere in his movies is charming. Right about now, we realized that I am in no way a critic, but just enjoy hearing myself talk. A solid nine. And the girls are so pretty!
6.
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) I had on my shelf for 6 months before I actually watched it on the last night before having to give it back to the library. I turned it on, just to have background noise while cleaning, and after 5 minutes I forgot the cleaning and watched this until 1 am. Ah, Hugh Dancy. Ah Emily Blunt! What is it with me and Emilys? All I know is that I laughed and cried with this movie, and that I took out a Jane Austen book from the library the very next day... I gave it a nine.
7.
The Mist (2007) has an ending. It's the ending dreams are made of. It's the sort of ending that completely makes the movie. No, you can't just jump to the ending, you have to watch the movie too. And it's not a bad movie by any means. Sure, the bugs are sort of shite, but it's still a decent movie. But the ending! I'd give the ending a 10, but I gave the movie a 7.
8.
The Collector (2009) has a hint on the cover, it tells you not to pick this movie! It says
"from the makers of all the bad sequels of Saw". Well, it doesn't exactly say that, but yet. This movie is baaaaad, it's all I hate in bad horror movies and more. I still gave it a 2, because there is a dog and there is a cute, not annoying child actress. One point each.
Ta dah, here we are!
