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40. Spoiler Free Review of American Horror Story: 1984 (Ryan Murphy, 2019)

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American Horror Story has been running for a long time now, and with time, each season has progressively been disappointing. However, after finally getting to watching Season 9, I reignited a little bit of my love for the series. I feel this series really nailed the camp themes of an 80's slasher with an overload of jazzercize, synth pop, 80's fashion and over the top stabbing, whilst maintaining some stereotypical AHS horror tropes - asylums, serial killers on the loose, supernatural happenings. And, of course, cast with many familiar AHS faces, including Lily Rabe, Emma Roberts, Dylan McDermott and Finn Wittrock to name a few, along with a few fresher faces and new cast members from more recent seasons. There were some really fun parts of this series, alongside scenes which genuinely made me wince or cringe, and I did find myself stuck to the screen with the amount of plot twists and crazy character revelations which took place. Now, don't get me wrong; AHS: 1984 is fa...

27. Review of Happy Death Day 2 U (Dir. Christopher Landon, 2019)

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 I watched Happy Death Day  a few years back and I didn't recall it being terrible, so when Happy Death Day 2 U popped up on my Netflix home screen I thought I would give it  a go. The overall premise of this film series is that the main character, Tree, gets stuck in a ground hog day situation and has to solve her own murder in order to escape the loop. In the first one she successfully manages this, however in this film more characters get dragged into this loop through her boyfriend Carter's room mates science project. This project ends up being the main solution to the time loop problems, and also explains how the time loops started in the first place. Rather than being a slasher comedy like the first film, this movie fits into a weird sci-fi teen drama genre. This mixture of genres could have made for an interesting and potentially good watch if it wasn't for the fact that the acting and narrative are just not very good. I overall felt that this film really did not ...