🌌 Ender’s Game (2013) 🚀 Or, as most people remember it: “The grumpy Harrison Ford movie with Ben Kingsley in face tattoos.” — Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? Literally the only good thing about this movie is this trailer. — Non-Spoiler Plot Overview Based on Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel,…
Category: Adaptation In Name Only
Peter Rabbit 2 The Runnawyas (2021)
🐇 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) “Peter Corden 2: The Even Less Funny Sequel” 🐇🎬 — 🎥 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview Peter Rabbit returns — this time dealing with “being labeled the bad rabbit” after the first film made him, well, kind of a…
Peter Rabbit (2018)
🐇 Peter Rabbit (2018) “Hopelessly Modernized” — 🎬 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview This isn’t Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit. Not even close. Instead, it’s a hyperactive, self-aware, modernized take where Peter (voiced by James Corden) and his rabbit crew wage a Looney Tunes-style war against Mr….
Young Frankenstein (1974)
🧟♂️ Young Frankenstein (1974) “It’s pronounced Fronkensteen!” Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? — 🎬 Non-Spoiler Thoughts I recently watched Young Frankenstein and wow — no wonder this has become so many people’s favorite Frankenstein movie. It’s not scary, not faithful to Mary Shelley’s text, and it doesn’t even pretend to be….
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
⚡️ The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) ⚡️ “Hammer Time… with Extra Blood and Morality Gone Wrong” — 🎬 Let’s start with the trailers, shall we? — 📝 Non-Spoiler Thoughts Kayla and I sat down with this film recently, and it was an experience. What Hammer set out to do was simple: revive Gothic horror by…
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
⚡️ The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) ⚡️ “Till Death Do Us Part… or Until Universal Needs a Sequel” — 🎬 Let’s start with the trailers, shall we? Since this is a Universal film, Y’all know what that means? Cue the Universal Logo! — 📝 Non-Spoiler Thoughts Here’s the thing: I finally sat down with The…
The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–2017)
The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–2017) “What if Frankenstein, but make it… a detective drama?” — 🎥 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? — 🕵️ Non-Spoiler Plot Overview The Frankenstein Chronicles begins with a brilliant hook: a child’s corpse stitched together from several bodies, discovered on the banks of the Thames. Enter Inspector John…
Firestarter (2022)
🔥 Firestarter (2022) – A Remake That Burns Out Before It Sparks Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎬 Trailers First Since this is a Universal film, y’all know what that means? Cue Universal Logo! — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview The Firestarter remake tries to retell Stephen King’s story of Charlie McGee,…
Monster: Ed Gein (2025)
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025) …Ryan Murphy’s “Monster Universe” finally hits rock bottom 💀🤦♂️ — ⚠️ Disclaimer Yeah, remember when I said I wasn’t gonna watch or review this? Well… I lied. Or more like, I caved. I had to see if it was somehow worse than Dahmer and Menéndez. (Spoiler: it is.) But…
Children Of The Corn (2020/2023)
🌽 Children of the Corn (2020/2023) Review “This crop should’ve stayed buried.” — Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we? 🎥 Trailers The trailers teased a “modern reimagining” of Stephen King’s short story, but what audiences got was a confused, cheap-looking mess that proved not all horror needs resurrecting. — 📖 Non-Spoiler Plot…