Hey, guys! Welcome to another entry for Thursday Movie Picks. It’s a series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves, so if you want to join the party, head over to her blog! It’s pretty easy: check out each week’s topic and come up with 3 to 5 movies that fit the theme. Can you believe that this year is almost over? For the last TMP post this month (and of 2022) we’re tackling TV shows instead of films, specifically those about amnesiacs.
#1 Blindspot
I added this one to my to-watch list way back when I first got Amazon Prime. And then I never watched it. Whoopsie. 😅
#2 Samantha Who?
I have a vague memory of this Christina Applegate show being on TV and catching a handful of episodes, but I couldn’t even tell you whether it was good or not.
Hey, guys! Welcome to another entry for Thursday Movie Picks. It’s a series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves, so if you want to join the party, head over to her blog! It’s pretty easy: check out each week’s topic and come up with 3 to 5 movies that fit the theme. We end the month as we began it but instead of horror movie scores and themes, we look at TV shows!
Hello, my darling readers! We need to talk about American Horror Stories’ second season that I just finished watching. Let’s get right down to it, shall we?
“American Horror Stories” is a spin-off of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s award-winning anthology series “American Horror Story.” The weekly anthology series features a different horror story in each episode. Since 2011, the creators of the series have redefined the horror genre with various installments featuring a creepy asylum, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself. The television series sprouted a legion of dedicated fans who anticipate what terrors the next chapter will hold.
Strap yourselves in, we have an entire new season of American Horror Stories to talk about! The last season was *very* underwhelming and I was pretty unhappy with pretty much every episode. I do, however, really like the idea behind this, the concept has the potential to be good. So, I figured maybe now they’ve got it figured out and season two will be better. I’ll briefly talk about each episode since they all are essentially standalone stories!
Dollhouse
This was interesting enough. I like the idea of the story and especially the twist at the end that ties it into the grander scheme of all things American Horror Story. But as much as I wanted to love this, something threw me off. Overall this episode felt a lot more mediocre than it deserved. I’m not sure if it was some of the acting or the dialogue, or simply how the story unfolded. All I can say this didn’t live up to its full potential.
Aura
Another episode that could have been good, another fail for me. My biggest problem was that for large parts the writing felt so extremely lazy. Characters kept repeating the same empty phrases over and over again that already sounded like a cliché the first time around. This put me off so much, it killed everything about this episode that could have intrigued me. So much of the story was very far-fetched, which – again – probably could have been salvaged had it been written better. As I said, the idea wasn’t bad, they just didn’t deliver on it. Also, it is astonishing how many things that make no sense, and how many plot holes you can stuff into a single episode…
Hello, hello! It’s October and y’all know what that means! It’s almost Halloween which is my favorite holiday of the year. I usually declare all of October Halloween month which means you’ll posts on all things horror, spooky and creepy. To kick things off, I took a closer look at American Horror Stories. As that season is an anthology on the episode level I’m gonna give you a tiny review on each one instead of the series as a whole!
“American Horror Stories” is a spin-off of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s award-winning anthology series “American Horror Story.” The weekly anthology series features a different horror story in each episode. Since 2011, the creators of the series have redefined the horror genre with various installments featuring a creepy asylum, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself. The television series sprouted a legion of dedicated fans who anticipate what terrors the next chapter will hold.
Oh this was bad. So bad. I actually liked the idea of this one (actually to kick off the season they started with a double episode that I am reviewing as one here) but the execution – not so much. The angle they choice was super up to date but I think this suffered from being so closely attached to the whole Murder House trope. Dear Ryan Murphy, please let it go. There are only so many things you can do and it already started getting repetitve a while ago. But what really killed this for me was probably the main character and her relationship. I didn’t care for her at all and even less for the weird ass super unhealthy relationship she got into. It really didn’t help that Kaia Gerber’s acting performance was one of the worst I have ever seen in my entire life. As was the case with a great many Ryan Murphy projects, this started out promising but went to hell pretty soon.
Drive In
For this one, I hated just about the entire thing except for the last 30 seconds. 🙈 One problem I noticed while watching this: it’s the lenght of an episode but I guess they thought they were making a movie. What do I mean with that? For most of the episode everything feels like it is a film (not a good one, mind you) also in terms of pacing. But then there are only five minutes left and what would have been half an hour in a film gets crammed into that time-frame. What also really bothered me about this one is that many of the lines were extremely cringy and even pissed me off to some degree. The concept could have been intriguing but the writing was terrible. The very end was honestly the most interesting thing about it and a smart twist. But a few seconds can’t save the episode.
Hey, guys! Welcome to another entry for Thursday Movie Picks. It’s a series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves, so if you want to join the party, head over to her blog! It’s pretty easy: check out each week’s topic and come up with 3 to 5 movies that fit the theme. Welcome to the last post of the mystery mini-series. Since it is the last Thursday of the month we talk about TV shows rather than films, those about cold cases in specific.
#1 The Forgotten
I dredged this one up from the bottom of my memory. Has anybody else ever watched this show?
#2 Beyond Evil
Other than the first pick, I had to use some google powers to find interesting shows that fit the theme. I mean I could have just picked Cold Case, but I didn’t want to. Instead, I came across this Netflix film that I 100% need to watch.
Hello, my darling readers! Another month is over, so let me give you a little summary of the amazing posts just to make sure you didn’t miss anything. 😉
This month was dedicated to TV shows. I had a chance to check out some new series (or at least new to me) as well as to rewatch some old favorites:
The Punk Theory 