Come on baby (don’t fear the reaper)
+ Chelsea Wolfe’s moaning soundtrack
+ impeccable 70s styling
- is this genre of horror “granny slut-shaming”? idk but I, an asexual, was highly uncomfortable throughout.
but + for the 🐊
(also, I just noticed that the cinematographer also did Frankenfish. Wonder if this is in the same cinematic universe then…)
Netflix Gothic
-a script that would be better if it didn’t exist
-characters that are dull and unlikeable while somehow also woodenly overdramatic
-teens that clearly look too old to be teens
-really awful cheesy tumblr poetry laid over scenes that are supposed to be ~deep and meaningful~ but are actually laughably mundane
-sadgirl music that’s meant to be diegetic but which kicks in before the damn tape even gets put in the cassette player
-jocks and outcasts all going to the same parties
-an overwhelming sense of “meh”
(Feel free to add your own bullet points in the comments 👀)
Fear Street: There’s Finally Adults But They’re All Just Acting in a Community Theatre Version of The Crucible
Are we just going to ignore that this colorblind casting/weird fusion timeline led to what looks very much like a lynching? Are they really just going to gloss over that?!! But whatever, I guess I’m not supposed to read into social issues because this movie is just a “pastiche.”
Ok so if I’m not allowed to comment on the irresponsible and clear…
Fear Street: Where Are All the Adults?!!
aka the woke film with lots of technology anachronisms and, how are there so many openly gay people? I went to a liberal hippie school where no one was even out until 2009. I mean, good for them, but wow what is this fantasy 1994; wish my dialup service was good enough to play computer games back then, and wish I would’ve felt as comfortable as these main characters about being out back…
