 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. This is for the 2018 release Nightmare Cinema by a few directors. We'll talk about that's an anthology film This is hitting shutter when this video is going up. It is gonna be on shutter same day So Tuesday the 29th of October 2019. It's on shutter. Go check it out I'm not gonna do any spoilers for this since it is relatively new and I'm mainly doing it because I Got a screener copy from shutter to do so I don't want to give spoilers away For anyone who might want to watch it through shutter or any other way you choose But I would recommend through shutter because shutter is awesome and thank you shutter for the screeners So first of all from what I understand this project was put together by Mick Garris Yes, the Mick Garris of hocus pocus fame critters to fame the stand fame What I love him for most Masters of horror doing that series and then I think he was still involved with it when it went to fear itself as well So when I think of anthology, I think of Mick Garris So I love the fact that here is a film It's an anthology film with a bunch of stories in it done by Mick Garris The other thing is I'm a I'm not just a big fan of Mick Garris because of the stuff that he's done film wise But he has a really cool podcast called post mortem with Mick Garris and he interviews people from the horror Film industry and he's really good at interviewing people and he gets really good information out of these individuals And one of the greatest things too is when he has people on sometimes. I'm like, I don't even recognize that name I don't know who that is, but when I start listening to the interview. I'm like, oh, I know their work I just didn't know what the person's name was. So it's really cool to then Learn a lot. So it's a wonderful podcast if you like Mick Garris or you want to like Mick Garris Which you should want to like him because he's awesome check out post mortem podcast with Mick Garris Anyway, let's talk about nightmare cinema So I'm gonna give Individual star ratings for each of the stories and then I'll give an overall star rating for nightmare cinema as a whole So let's let's start by going with the first story, which was the thing in the woods now This was directed by Alejandro Briget. I think that's how you say it. I'm sorry if I'm messing it up He did one of the dead now I haven't seen that film but I've heard only good things and it's been on my list to get to the problem Is my list is like 500 films long or so So it's gonna take a while before I get to everything I want to get to so The acting is is kind of rough in this one. This is one of the ones that had the lesser acting There were like two of them in particular that the acting was kind of me and this was one of them So I was like, you know lesser knowns It's hard at first to figure out what out of this Sorry, sorry, it's hard at first to figure out if this is a serious or not. Geez. I'm really sorry I'm messing that up so bad. It takes a little bit to kind of figure it out. So Initially it starts. It's very tense and you're just like, oh, this is like kind of like a slasher And then you're like there's some off things kind of happening and you're just like is this taking itself seriously or is this trying to not be serious and So I was I was kind of struggling with how to feel about this initially because I didn't know where it was trying to go But like with most films you watch it long enough and you get a good idea of what it's trying to do so There are actually a bunch of really dumb decisions that characters make in this And it first very early on when a few of the dumb decisions happen I was like is this bad writing or is this good writing and I figure out it's good writing because it's not trying to be serious It's definitely not trying to be serious. And it doesn't really spoil anything going into it It's actually better that you know that it's not trying to be serious for when you watch it I Really like I think that's one of the biggest strengths of this particular story is that it doesn't take things seriously It's very tongue-in-cheek and that makes it really fun in my opinion Throws in a twist that I did not at all see coming. I didn't think there'd be any twists in this There is a twist. I didn't see it coming. You probably won't either But it really made me question things with the film like story-wise. I was just like What is actually going on here because I thought I knew what was going on here and now I'm not quite sure I know what's going on here And it's kind of like is this real is not real like what's it's interesting The mix of practical effects and computer graphics actually were done pretty well They played off each other quite well and a lot of the times with films nowadays when I see Computer graphics used I'll just be like It's not looking so hot But I feel like it was done well enough and the shots were quick enough with this one that I didn't see any real issues like it looked pretty good And the directing with this film is done in a very fun way. I quite like this one. I think Is this yeah, I think this one's my favorite of all the stories this one is my favorite There's still good ones for me to talk about but this one's my favorite by far the thing in the woods by Alejandro Bruget. I Dug it. I'm gonna give it four stars four star four Four stars out of five with half stars in play. So that's where I put that one the next one was called Mirari now this one was directed by Joe Dante who has done, you know a lot of stuff like piranha and the howling and gremlins and You go on and on and on for a while. He's got a laundry list of films So he's very well established This one speaks to insecurity and kind of what happens when it gets out of control It's kind of a theme that's been seen in film quite a bit. It's it's a very societal commentary type story The thing that kind of sucks about it is I've seen this type of thing done before and it doesn't bring a whole lot of New anything to it in my opinion and actually the film seems a little bit slow Which I don't like because it's short. So when you get slow when it's short, it's kind of rough and It feels very clean though I mean from an aesthetic standpoint it feels clean pristine and fake Which is intentional because that goes with the story and to match up with that I felt like the camera work kind of mirrored that because it was it's extremely smooth and looked really good. So Aesthetically and Directorially it was it was quite good. I just wasn't really digging the story too much and I did guess where it was going extremely early on I guess where it was going within probably the first five minutes of it You know not to say that that'll happen with everyone But for me it was kind of like me I felt kind of predictable for me And I've seen this done before I've seen the same thing basically done before it didn't bring much of anything new Unfortunately, I'm gonna give this to stars. This was my least favorite of all of them. Unfortunately. I Hate to say that because I quite like a lot of stuff. Joe Dante does but it is what is Then there was the next story was called machete This one was directed by Rui Kitamura who I like quite a bit He did films such as downrange what which I think was his most recent one I might be wrong on that. I think it was his most recent one that I saw which I think was a shudder original I don't know if it's an exclusive or an original. I think it was a shudder original That one's pretty fun. He did midnight meat train, which is great A lot of people say good things about midnight meat train Actually, I don't think I've heard anyone who's seen it saying anything bad about it Minami trains great and the one I like most of his a very early film for him versus Which is crazy has barely any dialogue and is just super fun. So check those out This one is directed really well and it looks really good And at first it's not very fun, but then it becomes very fun by the end of it So yeah, the only one of my biggest problems though is it hits a subgenre of horror that I I Really don't like typically. I'm not gonna say particularly what that is because I don't want to give too much away, but I Don't like the subgenre. So I feel like when you hear my rating You kind of need to keep that in mind because maybe there's some bias coming through in my rating with not liking that subgenre It has some really good visuals in it and it has some really good horror moments like particular things where they're like okay now there needs to be like a Scarier creepy or gross thing that happens here and whatever they chose there was a pretty good choice So there's a lot of that that goes on through it that I was like Pretty good The overall story though did feel really flat to me But once again that could have something to do with my bias I really can't tell so other people out there watch this and then put a comment there Down there and let me know is it my bias on the story or what because I don't know The very end was actually very fun It was over the top but over the top in a good way and it reminded me a little bit of verses Which I was happy about had crazy music in the end, which I thought was a really fun There was a lot of synth in it which you know, I dig it. I I'm a product of the 80s I love 80s horror and it kind of gave me like this 80s feel with all the synth in it And I liked it I thought it matched up really well with all the over the top stuff going on at the end and There are insane. There's an insane amount of blood that occurs in this and It was fun. It was done in a fun way. So overall, I think based off the story I brought it down a little bit more than than you might think I'm gonna give it three stars. I still liked it and that's saying a lot seeing is that the subgenre it is I don't like so for me to then give it a three-star considering that is actually pretty good Alright, so then there's the next one Excuse me second the last one Called this way to egress now this one was directed by David Slade who has done such things as hard candy Which is really good 30 days of night, which is good not as good as hard candy in my opinion, but it is good and Bandersnatch the black mirror movie Bandersnatch, which is a good time crazy movie. So he's got a good pedigree He chose to go black and white on this Which feels really weird and out of place considering that the whole rest of the film is in color But it really does fit the actual story and the aesthetic and the kind of feel that they were going for so at first it feels a little bit weird just because You know you're getting your well into the movie and everything's in color and then they switch you to black and white So you're just kind of like I know this feels a little odd, but stick with it For the story it makes a lot of sense and it actually enhances it And it makes it feel like kind of surreal which really really does contribute to the overall story of this one There's some clear Cronenberg influence in this and I love it. I love Cronenberg I love when people are influenced by him and include Cronenbergian type things So big thumbs up on that There's some pretty creepy stuff in this and it feels gross It feels gross. It feels creepy. It feels like somewhat scary and dirty and I think that really helps the story. So the ambiance that was set up the set just looks Perfect for what the story is in my opinion It's very artistically done to like the way it's shot and the way everything looks and I do think once again Like the black and white helps play into that makes it feel kind of like classic and Classy the whole thing is Effective and strong. It's the whole thing is a metaphor for something I'm not gonna say exactly what you will figure it out when you watch it for sure But it is a metaphor for something and I think that metaphor works very very well very well And it has the best best acting of all the stories to be honest one of the biggest things is it's kind of The lead in it is Annabeth Gish and she is a quite a good actress and she does a really good job in that role She has the largest role in the story. So I mean she's important to it and she did a really good job with it. I Excellent So overall, I'm actually gonna match this one up I'm also gonna give it a four star to match up with the first one That I said was my favorite. So I think Yeah, this the first one was my favorite the sorry call it the thing in the woods that one was my favorite But just slightly just a hair over this way to egress both of them were quite good Then we come to the last like story story and then I'll talk a little bit more about some other stuff But the last story is called dead and this one was directed by McGarris This one caught me off guard because of the way things kind of ramp up in it I wasn't expecting it to ramp up as it did when it did and I'm interested to see if other people who see this Have the same experience or if they sensed something coming We'll see This thing plays hard on emotion But I think Once you settle into that and you kind of realize That's the point of it. You get it like it fits. It makes sense. It works For that reason it doesn't it makes it kind of horror light which isn't a problem as long as you're okay with that I am okay with like horror light stuff I'm more looking for story. I'm more looking for a decent story a good story Not necessarily is this pure horror is this over-the-top horror gory violent whatever although it is horror It does have horror to it. It's just not as Full-on horror as the other stories are so it kind of stands in contrast in that sense It speaks well to the struggles of dealing with trauma. I think that's really well Put in the script for this one and it comes across on the screen Like I said, it plays really hard on emotion and it's kind of heavy like it's core message and its core story It's kind of heavy emotionally and I I'm not sure I was expecting that I don't not sure I was totally ready for that watching something like this, but I did enjoy it There's a segment of CG in this that I actually did not like toward the end because it kind of felt like it was a little Well more than a little it was heavy-handed. It was very heavy-handed with the story It I felt like I really needed that to be brought back quite a bit, but um, you know, that's a small thing overall Dug it thought it was pretty pretty good. Give it three stars out of five on that one Quite enjoyed it the then there's a segment that they kind of called the projectionist, but it's actually just You get it in little pieces here and there It's one of the things that ties everything together all the stories In a fun way, and I actually did like the way that all the stories were tied together Mick Harris handled that he did the projectionist and it involves Mickey Rourke in an acting role And I thought Mickey Rourke seemed like he had a really good time with that role and he seemed Pretty sinister and like delightfully sinister. I have to say After seeing the film I was like, I think I wanted more Mickey Rourke in this like more of the projectionist parts. I Would love to have it expanded upon I don't know if there's like maybe a director's cut that could come out with a lot more of that I don't know if they shot extra of that and there's some on the cutting room floor But I would like more of Mickey Rourke's performance in this because it was pretty fun Yeah, and the last thing I wrote on here is that I will take another one of these films I had a fun time with it, you know The majority of the stories I liked there was I would say the only one I didn't I would just say I didn't really like was the Marari one, but other than that, I liked all the other ones more than just like it's fine I like I like them all quite a bit. So overall, I thought this was a good Movie out of five stars. I'm gonna give this movie a three and a half I enjoyed it as far as an anthology film goes. It's it's one of the good ones. I've seen some other anthology films and It's a real mixed bag, but that's one of the great things too about anthology is that You're not gonna necessarily love everything but you Your chances of finding something that you like are increased because it's multiple stories done by multiple people and You know, just like I'm seeing with the creep show series on shutter, you know There there are certain shows Certain stories within it. Sorry that I really like that other people are like, oh, I didn't like those at all and vice versa The ones that I'm like, oh, I really did not like that one and other people were like Oh, well, that was my favorite and that's the beauty of an anthology is that there's something there for almost everyone and People are gonna not necessarily agree on it and that's good. It just means that you can hit a wider audience So I love it Fanta this one definitely check it out if you haven't because you know, I didn't give you any spoilers really so Big thanks to Mick Garris and crew for for doing this film and like I said, let's have another one I will have another one, please And if Mick ends up seeing this on some extremely off chance. He sees this. I love you man I love what you've done I have nothing but respect for you and keep that podcast going because it is I look forward to it Anyway, thanks everyone for checking this out If you want to encourage me a little bit help me out because I don't make money on this or anything It's just for fun hit that subscribe It means a lot for my channel in the long run put some comments down there on your thoughts on nightmare cinema if you've seen it and You can do the thumbs up but that doesn't matter as much to me as a subscribe But thank you for checking this out regardless and until next time keep it brutal