Paranormal Operator Podcast Episode 19 News Jan Week 5 On today’s episode: the DoD Inspector General’s unclassified summary on the state of UAP response, A UAP lands outside of a York School in the UK, UAP sightings above Italy, Ireland, and Canada, sightings of Argentina’s Nahuelito lake monster, a new documentary on New Zealand’s Bigfoot, is Princess Diana speaker to her butler from beyond the grave, can dogs sense ghosts, public ghosts hunts, and is there anything to precognitive dreams.
This film came out at the beginning of January 2024, and from the original trailer it had my interest. The overall idea of a haunted body of water is not original, but condensed into a pool, does seem original to my memory. This post will not be a complete breakdown of the film, only a brief summary.
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The first trailer is what originally caught my interest, and the best part about it was that it gave nothing away only the general idea of the plot. A family moves into a house that has a pool, and at some point during its use people are almost got by something. The cinematography and sound design was good. The characters all acted believable so the writing, or at least the acting was good. The creature design, which you do see a little of in the trailer is eh. I think a lot more could have been done with this movie, but it is a decent film.
Verdict: 3/5
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Now you might be wondering: “Operator, why did you put the second trailer in the spoiler section?” You would be justified for asking. The second trailer virtually gives away the entire movie. The son encounters the ghost daughter who was sacrificed, to the water spirit (?), by her mom who was a previous owner. The daughter nearly gets got by the entity. The parents are oblivious until The Mom (current owner) notices her son acting odd. After being told that weird stuff happened and doing a bit of research she seeks out the previous owner mom only to realize that what happened to her is happening to her husband. That is why you see him freaking out. Also, the demon, or water spirit, or whatever it is gets the cat Cider.
Why do I not know what this entity is? Because the film never tells us and current owner mom does not look into it beyond the ton of people who have gone missing. This, the discovery and establishment of the antagonist, is lacking. I feel that more time should have been given to the mom to research because in the end they just fill in the pool. Does this “defeat” the demon, spirit, djinn, etc.? Does it even confine it to their pool? After all, the pool guy states that the whole area was known for healing springs. Who knows?, Probably not even the writer. The villain is there and conquered easily enough. Accept that it must be paid regardless of whose wish it grants.
About the only thing the trailer does not give away is the ending. The dad, Captain America, who is the recipient of a wish and therefore has his health restored, sacrifices himself to save his son.
The world building is pretty good except for the massive gapping hole where we should have learned who and/or what the antagonist is. I saw this film in theaters and paid $24.00 including popcorn and drink. It is available on Amazon for $30! I think someone is greatly overestimating the demand for this movie. I might have paid $30 if it were in Imax, but not to watch it in my house.
So, the new Ghostbusters’ trailer: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (2024) dropped last week and it has a lot of people excited. Let’s take a look at what is in it.
It opens on some summer scenes in New York City first seeing Lady Liberty which has been returned to her pedistol from Ghostbusters 2, and ending up on the beach while heat wave warnings play in the background. At the beach an ominous cloud with lightning draws to the coast as ice sickles sprout from the sand prompting everyone to flee. This freezing continues right up the the doors of the firehouse. Cut to Ecto 1 doing a hand brake turn, probably on a different day. Next we get variatable smorgasbord of scenses that almost flash by laying out the overall plot. There is a spirit who employs the “Death Chill” where they can literally scare people to death. These scenes take us to several new locations and at least one familiar to Ghostbusters fans, the New York Library. As with the overall look, I feel it is in keeping with the Ghostbusters aesthetic and feel.
We also get shown the cast of the film. Many of the favorites are reprising their roles. Obviously the original cast are coming back as well as the main cast from Afterlife. Furthermore, we will be seeing Janine Melnitz and Walter Peck return. The new additions are characters played by Patton Oswald, James Acaster, and Kumail Nanjiani. Their character names have not been revealed. Also possibly shown is a look at the film’s antagonist. There are some shots of a ghostly tall figure with blue eyes near the end of the trailer, but I am refering to blue devilish figure who is seen attaching one of his horns as the antagonist. I do not feel they are one and the same.
As a trailer, it introduces us to the cast and does not give away the plot while still hinting at a major mechanic of the story.
Now let’s look even closer.
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IMdB has this plot summary: “The Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.”
With that in mind, what do I think of the trailer? I am hopeful, and as much as I am excited about the prospects of a new Ghostbusters, I have some reservations. Lets breakdown what actually is in this trailer.
The first 40 seconds are the build up to the plot drop and presumably the antigonist’s introduction as it makes landfall.
As the dark onimous clouds stake their claim over the city and as a procession of ice sickles strong enough to skewer a taxi make their way to Ghostbuster’s HQ, I am left wondering why would an entity need to scare people to death when it could impale everyone with ice. And another thing, who would not be scared of freezing to death? I am not sure they thought this out.
The Ecto 1 shot looks good with lights and siren blaring.
Next we see: • Pheobe standing probably in the firehouse next to the pole possibly covered in frozen slime (we are pretty sure the slime blowers will be making a return); James Acaster, Trevor, and Luck standing around; • 2 Figures: 1 frozen mid-reach and the other standing in front of the reaching person. Some have speculated that it is a flashback since the decor looks reminiscent of a previous decade. Maybe, the shot is not well lit so it is hard to tell. Whatever happened, the reaching person might have been trying to stop the other from something as opposed to fleeing. We do not get to see the second person, but it might be Callie as she is in the next shot and the outline of her hair is similar; Callie Spangler in the firehouse turning around; • A door slowy freezing and then bursting as a dark cloud envelopes what appears to be an apartment; • Pheobe and Podcast look pensivly at something as she asks “What is it?” • In the same scene we see Kumail’s character and cut back to Phoebe and Podcast this time in a wider shot to show Ray standing next to them who explains it is the death chill, it is “the power to kill by fear itself”; • We see some mist issue from a crack in the wall or maybe a door, and retract quickly; • There is a shot of Gary; • We see Winston and Peter suited up in the firehouse; • A lion statue roars at someone, possibly Ray (I am basing this ID off of the jean jacket so don’t hold me to it); • Probably the lead up the the final battle where the doors to the firehouse fly open and ice sickles sprout as the ground splits separating the floor of the firehouse in two and causing damage to the containment unit in the basement; • Lucky standing in a dark room possibly a lab of some sort slightly reminiscent of the lab Egon had in Afterlife; • A blue devil looking entity attaching both of its horns to its head; • James shining a flashlight in the new Ghostbusters’ parka; • Gary, Callie, and Pheobe pose while looking throuhg what might be a window, maybe from the second floor of the firehouse, all are suited up; • Ray, Patton, Podcast, and Pheobe getting into an elevator and the look on Patton’s face… I don’t know what he is trying to emote, but it is just ridiculous. Is the elevator door really that heavy? I am assuming this scene is just before the one with Ray, Podcast, and Phoebe where Ray explains the death chill; • Kumail and maybe Lucky entering a guilded room seemingly hidden behind the wall of a cupboard, possibly in the same apartment with the frozen door; • Lucky gets frozen by the death chill; • Callie and Gary standing around; • Another scene with Patton and probably Phoebe, maybe in the library after the elevator; • Trevor blasting a proton pack, but in normal clothing; • Title drop • A possible shadowy glimpse of the antagonist presumably after the floor of the firehouse had been split and the doors ripped off; and • Trevor, Callie, Gary, and Pheobe standing on the roof maybe of the firehouse all suited up possibly during the final battle. Note they are wearing red parkas that the entire fandom seem to be loosing their minds over.
I hope it will be a good movie, but Peter played by Bill Murray in the only shot he is seen in looks – just done. I am not sure about the death by fear mechanic, it has potential but I have to see more trailer before I am sold. The addition of Oswald and Nanjiani have some questioning the quality of the production as they, or at least Oswald, are not held in high regard for their opinions or comedy. I personally do not know anything about them. That being said, some were not happy about the inclusion of the entire Afterlife cast including Gary played by Paul Rudd. It will be interesting to see how much a role each charater has seeing that we are being introduced to at least three new characters and possibly losing Lucky, the only black female protagonist [insert meme here “That’s a bold stategy Cotton…”].
The other big problem I have seen others have is how are they all in New York? Well it is summer after all and school is out. Not to mention Lucky has probably graduated and Trevor is probably close to graduating. Podcast is a little harder to explain, but I am sure it will be laid out in the movie as just a summer vacation.
As for the story and antagonists, it is too early to make predictions, but I feel the trailer only showed us scenes from maybe the second act low point where our protagonists are losing before they rally to victory.
So, A haunting in Venice released the other week and I happened to be at the cinema see another film so I stuck around for a double feature. I was rewatching the Nun 2 if you are curious. See my reaction and review of The Nun I/II.
My initial reaction is 4.5/5.
A Haunting in Venice is based on Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party 1969. I would not call it scary although it is definitely an easy PG-13. Our protagonist Hercule Poirot, played by Kenneth Branagh, is in retirement living out his years in Venice when along comes an old acquaintance who needs his help debunking a psychic medium played by Michelle Yeoh. It is a murder mystery that you will be challenged to solve. I have not seen any of the other Agatha Christie adaptation movies or read her books, so I am a blank slate with no expectations.
I would recommend seeing this movie in cinemas. The atmosphere, cinematography, and imagery make it worth the ticket. Moreover, all the actors play their roles to a “t.” The best part is the juxtaposition of Hercule being a scientific analytical man facing the existential question of whether there is an afterlife. That being said, he spends some of the film experiencing the paranormal and questioning his own sanity. If you watch the trailer, be warned there is only one slight of hand edit. Everything in the trailer is in the movie. By the end Hercule may not be completely sold on the idea of the paranormal, but the movie and Hercule leave room for its possibility.
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This movie came out in 2018, and by most accounts came and went. But is it really all that bad? I have watched it recently in conjunction with The Nun II (2023) and it could be worse.
Directed by Corin Hardy and written by Gary Dauberman, the film focusses on a demon who takes the form of a nun in the convent of St. Carta Romania and the Vatican contingent of Sister Irene and Father Burk. Irene and the demon Valak are the main characters. Essentially, Valak is attempting to get out of the convent so it can be free to roam and do demon things, but the abbey is fully of pesky praying nuns who attempt to keep it prisoner. Nearly all the nuns are dead when the last two attempt to access a holy relic, the actual blood of Christ to seal up the breach and vanquish Valak. This fails as the last nun defenestrates herself ending in a short drop and a sudden stop. Why didn’t the nuns reach out to the Vatican for help rallying all the forces of Christendom like they show in a flashback to the Middle Ages? So the movie can happen.
Word of this self-deletion gets to the Vatican, and they dispatch Father Burk and Sister Irrene who is not a fully fledged bride of Christ, but she is assigned anyway because her family is familiar with the area even though she has never been to Romania. They meet the playful, charming local, who isn’t local, Frenchie. He found the body and takes supplies to the abbey. After believing Irene was a nighttime conquest, he reluctantly takes the pair to the abbey. So far the pacing is good, but the dialogue especially from Burk is a bit clunky.
At the abbey they start to see things, hear things, and wonder if the ground is still holy. They are assigned quarters in the convent that has a radio? An electronic radio is the only electronics shown. You don’t see any powerline so how is this thing working? Anyway, Burk gets drawn out of the convent and into a graveyard by an apparition of a boy who died during one of his exorcisms. This leads to him being buried alive. Luckily Irene wakes and is able to find him with her holy vision. Digging up Burk they discover books of occult knowledge which give them Valak’s name although they do not know this demon is Valak presumably. Why, after being buried alive, and experiencing apparitions do they not call in reinforcements? An argument could be made that they are in the backwoods of Romania without a guide and no way back to the village. Fine, but I would have walked back.
Once things really start popping off and Irene realizes she has been talking with ghosts this whole time, they realize the demon is trying to escape and that the last nun chose self-deletion so she would not be possessed. Irene takes her vows to become a nun and they go to battle with Frenchie in tow having returned for the final act. Eventually, they get the relic and vanquish Valak by covering it in the blood of Christ, or so they think. As the group prepares to return to the village, it is shown that Frenchie has an inverted cross seemingly branded on the back of his neck. In the parting scene Irene gives Frenchie a pack of tomato seeds since his dad was a tomato farmer, and Frenchie jokingly explains a life debt since he did save Irene’s life. Roll credits.
Overall, I did not think this movie was terrible, I also did not feel it was very scary. The dialogue was kind of clunky. The set design and cinematography were done well, and I would say the acting was pretty good. At best however, I am rating this a 2.5/5 average. This seems consistent with others as it has a 24% on the tomato meter with 35% audience score. IMDb rates it a 5.3/10 and it has a 46 on Metacritic.
According to Wikipedia (whose particular article has good sources) this movie grossed “$365.6 million against a production budget of $22 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in the [Conjuring] franchise.” Furthermore, it profited around $155 million.
Verdict: 2.5/5
Part Duex
As a sequel, it’s okay. There is a similar formula and story to the first. In fact, you don’t need to see the first to understand it. Normally that would be a good thing, showcasing a strong stand-alone movie, but not in this case. The first movie is referenced a lot and this is probably because the director assumed you do not remember it. For me, however, rewatching a movie in preparation for a sequel is part of the experience. It is not a beat for beat redo, but you can recognize some of the copy and past elements especially the climax.
This time the movie is directed by Michael Chaves and written by Ian Goldberg et al. As the story goes, Irene is a nun at a boarding school in France, and almost immediately we are introduced to Debra a too cool for school, cigarette smoking, to-be nun from Mississippi who had her house bunt down by white folk. I don’t care, and the story never gets me to care, nor is it brought up again, but at least they can check that DEI box. The Vatican shows up and requests Irene perform another miracle and fight the demon. Well, they don’t actually say that so much as they want her to find out what it wants. Most of the movie cuts between Irene and Debra parading though Europe on the trail of Valak and a second boarding school where Frenchie is staring in The Parent Trap part 2 Demonic Bugaloo. Effectively the movie has two “A” plots. While sleuthing, Irene comes across a magazine stand and thus the best scene in the whole movie. This scene was in the trailer, and I think it would have been better to have experienced it on the big screen first. As pages flip open Valak slowly rises from the ground manifesting in the images of the magazines done with practical effects. Bravo. Meanwhile shenanigans ensue as Sophie plays matchmaker between her mom and Frenchie, and Valak terrorizes and kills a few people. Thanks to some visions and deus ex librarian, Irene is able to work out that Valak is killing people who are descended from Saint Lucy – a blind saint with visions, who has been brought up or hinted at several times. Saint Lucy was killed by the pagans. They tried to burn her alive, but she would not burn so they cut out her eyes. Where could this lead, I wonder? Irene also figures out that the demon escaped Romania in Frenchie. Knowing who they are after and where to go Irene and Debra, who is just sort of there, race off to find the St. Lucy Relic and fight the demon. But why? Why not alert the Vatican or at the very least summon every priest in the parish to your assistance? There is not a ticking clock argument here as Valak is not good at finding relics, the blood of Christ relic eluded it for decades.
Anyway, they get to the boarding school, knock Frenchie out, tie him up, and locate the relic. After this the feces really hits the fan with an eight foot tall goat demon chasing students and Debra around, and Valak attempting to retrieve the relic but conveniently failing to kill anyone who might get in its way. Eventually Valak is successful in absorbing the relic’s power and all seems lost until the writer introduces a universe breaking mechanic. Let us remember the ending to the first movie: Irene uses the blood of Christ to defeat Valak. Here, she does not have the blood of Christ. However, she does have barrels upon barrels on vine. I have to hand it to the writer, this is a payoff to an earlier scene about parts of our faith being real only because we believe, specifically referencing communion. A short prayer later and all that wine is the literal blood of Christ. How does this break the universe? The writer just gave every exorcist a golden gun. The blood of Christ should be a top tear, finite resource that while it can defeat anything, can only be wielded by the most skillful, and is reserved for the worst-case scenario. That is how a magic system should work. Here however, the blood of Christ is an infinite resource that anyone who believes may summon and wield with a little vine. And thus, the day is saved.
My original reaction gave it a 2.5; it has dropped to a 2.0. Here is why. The dialogue did improve from the first movie, but the characters development did not. Irene is the only actual character that has an arch, and even it is flimsy. Irene goes from being a nun to a saint theoretically because she is related to Saint Lucy and having fully realized her potential is now Sister Saint Mary Sue. What about the other characters? Frenchie goes from being possessed to not possessed. The surrogate family who are not really characters, more plot devices, go from being a two-some to a three. Debra starts the movie not fully believing in the power of faith and is supposed to believe fully by the end, although it is not shown. Overall, Debra’s character, who was actually a foil like Father Burk, could have been cut along with the librarian who hand delivers the location of the relic and Valak’s motive. Furthermore, after watching the first movie, there seems to be a lot of copy and paste. The first movie starts with a crucifix spontaneously combusting and in the second it is a priest. Frenchie is the charming playful handyman/local fixer who is attracted to a beautiful woman. In the first Burk is led astray by a boy apparition, in the second the Reverend Mother is killed by a boy apparition. In the last act additional knowledge is pulled out of nowhere that is needed for the plot. Valak is defeated by the blood of Christ. There is more, but I will leave it there.
How did other people receive it? As of 9/17 IMDb has it at a 6.0/10, Metacritic is 47, and Rotten Tomatoes is rotten at 50% critic score but a 74% audience score. According to boxofficepro.com it is underperforming with only $56.5 million so far as opposed to the original making $85.1 million at the same point. Also, costing around 35-40 million dollars to make, it has almost broke even all things considered. You may say this is due to a post-COVID world where people don’t go to the cinema. Sadly, you might be correct. This is no excuse for mediocrity.
I just got done watching The Unbinding and as my initial reaction I am giving it a 5/5. For what it is and what they appeared to have wanted it to be, they hit the mark.
I had not seen anything about this movie except for a single post on X, which was probably an ad. It looked interesting, and the release date was today 9/8. So, I was going to see it in the local cinema, only to find after closer inspection that today was the release date for streaming. That being said it is available for rent and purchase on Amazon (at a great price).
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It is wholly a documentary surrounding the introduction and subsequent activity of “the Crone” which is the idol depicted in the movie poster. This black wooden statue apparently was found by some hikers in the mountains of New York, taken, and began to terrorize the thief with knocks and physical manifestations.
All of the dialog was from interviews, except for a small section during a previous livestream where things got hairy with seemingly direct communication by two different entities. There was also footage from the end ritual. The rest seemed to be recreations of events. It is kind of funny that they mentioned the Michigan Paracon, which is an event I list on my calendar, and one I am going to attempt to make it to next year. Overall the editing and photography were done well.
The main people in the movie are Dana and Greg Newkirk who operate the Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and Occult which you can support with a membership. The movie was done by Planet Weird who, with the same people, produced Hellier (2019) a TV mini series which is free with Amazon Prime. It was already on my list to watch and now it is at the top of the list.
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So, what happens in this movie? After the hiker found the object he experienced enough activity that he could not sleep in his own house. Someone posted on the paranormal subreddit asking what to do and eventually the Newkirks got brought into it. Unsure of how to proceed, the idol was mailed to the museum. When the activity started to manifest with the Newkirks, they began their investigation. The activity included physical manifestations and materialization of footprints with dirt, wet footprints were no water had been, moisture with no apparent source, and movement. The initial repots from the hiker were that the idol would appear in different rooms as well as it apparently having been thrown and impacted the wall hard enough to crack the sheetrock. Movement reported by the Newkirks stated it moved from a coffee table to under a TV stand and as Greg went to retrieve it Dana caught the TV from falling on him as though it had been pushed by an unseen force. Additionally, the idol had supposedly ripped the figure of Jesus from a crucifix with enough force it broke an arm off, but left the crucifix hanging by one nail. This along with banging noises, and a shadowy apparition of a wet crone would make a believer out of most.
Attempts to study the idol found high EMF and high strangeness from an attempted 3D scan which seemed to manipulate itself. What appeared to be fingers reached out of the idol when the artist removed the head in the 3D software. Note that this was on his computer after the fact and well after the object had been scanned and removed from his presence.
The communication was captured on a Halloween livestream (although I could not find a recording on the Planet Weird YouTube channel). They used the Estes method whereby the one person would wear headphones hooked to a spirit box while blindfolded. This eliminated any interaction from the questioners leaving the first person to act as a mouthpiece repeating whatever came over the spirit box. The communication seemed direct and intelligent.
The team finally shed a little light on the subject when they spoke with a specialist on Russian and Slovak folklore. They found this lead due to the fact that there was a population of Ukrainians in the area where the idol was found. The nails in its eyes and line used to make the noose where traced back to possibly the local Walmart.
In the end, they performed an unbinding ritual and released whatever was in the idol which was concluded to be possibly an embodiment of the Slovak deity Mokosh (left and center) or a Kikimora (right) a companion of Mokosh “who can be identified by her wet foot prints” 1:27:48.
Mokosh symbol Wiki CommonsObec Mokošín- Bohyně Mokoš Wiki CommonsIllustration of a Kikimora (1934) by Ivan Bilibin Wiki Commons
They said one mystery remains, and that is who is Brother Biddum? However, this is where I would have done a deeper investigation if possible to reach out to the communities and try to track down possibly who did what to this idol or perhaps who is missing a Mokosh idol? But that could be bottomless rabbit hole.
At the very least it begs the question of how was the entity able to manipulate the 3D scan while not present as though the scan file itself was possessed? Also, what or who was bound in/to the idol? This incident has peaked my interest and I may have to do a deep dive.
Let me know what you think in the comments below if you have seen it and what your thought about the movie. Until next time, keep searching in the darkness.
In today’s episode: a letter from Representative Burchett to the Intelligence Community Inspector General, the worst reaction to the question of UAPs since the Phoenix lights, a UAP sighting by a major airline pilot, a possible UAP captured on camera over Cirencester England, space weather, connecting Bigfoot with missing cattle, some science to possibly debunk a haunting, and upcoming events
The other day, I did not have anything going on so I decided make a day at the movies. I saw three films: Disney’s Haunted Mansion, Talk To Me, and The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Here are my initial thoughts.
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Disney’s Haunted Mansion
Haunted Mansion was not as bad as I was expecting, and definitely not as bad as some made it out to be. I will say that it was about 15 minutes too long as there was a macguffin sequence which could have been rewritten. There are good themes of familial bonding among people of diverse backgrounds, the need for strong male role models, as well as the struggle of loss and grief after the death of a loved one that lingers and acceptance of that loss for realizing the possibilities of what stands before you. That being said these themes could have been written better, but I feel most people would be able to see them even as the thin veneer that they are. The acting is pretty good, especially of the main actor LaKeith Stanfield. Chase Dillon is not bad either as a child actor. However, most everyone else is just over the top to absurdity, almost caricatures more than actual characters. Another good thing I would say is that as diverse as the cast is they never beat you over the head with “THE MESSAGE,” and to my ears the only woke word that was used in passing was ally. And if you are fans of the ride, you will notice some elements of that in there too. Overall, I give this film a solid 3.5/5. I will do a more in-depth breakdown once it comes out on streaming around October. Maybe even a triple threat between this Haunted Mansion, the one with Eddie Murphy, and the Muppets.
Talk To Me
Talk To Me is an allegory about addiction presented as a story of the paranormal. The writing, acting, and cinematography are superb. The characters feel like real people, and they act and react like any sane person would in a given situation. There is profanity, talk of sex, and a bit of body horror, but it is believable. As a person who knows something of addiction, I can see it plain as day: the hesitance, the revulsion giving way to peer pressure, the initial rush followed by the craving for more even to the detriment of all else, and the final terminal phase of below rock bottom. You sympathize with the core group as they rebel against their parents living their lives as they see it while the parents, not quite resigned to failure, struggle to temper their teens’ youth. All the while our main protagonist is being led or misled by the spirits she has been talking to in an attempt to fix a situation she allowed to happen. This is a story about our inner demons and the power of addiction to manifest control over our lives. If you are a fan of horror and want to support an up-comer from YouTube watch this movie. My initial rating is an 4.5/5.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a period piece inspired by a chapter out of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The setting is on the ship Demeter as it carries private cargo from Carpathia to London. Along the way animals and people start dying of mysterious causes. The acting is fairly good as I could believe these people would exist. You have superstitious sailors, the stoic captain, the dutiful first mate, and the rational man of science. There are some plot holes which I will not get into here, but I feel that if they were fixed the movie would have ended sooner. The creature design is great and like the shark in jaws, Dracula the monster lurks menacingly in the shadows until the final showdown. Overall, it is a decent movie I feel most people will enjoy and my initial rating is 3/5. The cherry on top is at the end where Universal teases the relaunch of its dark universe.
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