10 (viewer advised) horror films I watched in January

M3GAN

The horror/Sci-Fi flick had a captivating and promising preview/trailer. It was released on January 6 in Cinema and after that, it was the pirated version all over the internet.

I'm guilty of having watched the pirated version. It's not my fault, I was too curious about this sassy rogue robot/toy that could out evil that chic from Get Out (Allison Williams). It delivered to my expectation and more.

Old people

Ugh, Christ! This Polish horror is anything but polished.

In the dark recess of loneliness and abandonment, an evil force takes hold of grandpas and grandmas making them turn against the younger generation.

The horror isn't so much an old person killing with surprising strength, it's the body fluids and slimy skin...

Resurrection

Rebecca Hall is phenomenal. Her performances in 'The Professor', 'Night House', and now Resurrection, have made her a staple for good movies.

An Emma Thompson in the making? Resurrection is about a man carrying the pregnancy of his ex-wife's dead son for 22 years.

He shows up and her life abruptly and begins to unravel her mental state with mind games. He gets what he deserves(?) in the form of a badly executed Cesarean birth.

Men

Demented with a huge splash of 'Wtf?'. A young woman (Harper Marlowe played by Jessie Buckley) retreats to the countryside after her abusive husband commits suicide.

Strange things start to happen, and I mean more than you have ever seen in one movie. All the males (played by Rory Kinnear) have the same face. One of them starts giving birth to himself over and over and over until he becomes Harper's dead husband.

Malignant

Twisted. An abusive boyfriend (Derek Mitchell played by Jake Abel) hits his girlfriend (Madison Mitchell played by Annabelle Wallis) on the wall and unleashes an evil twin that has up until that point, been dormant.

When Madison's mother gave birth to her, she had a cancerous growth (her twin) on the back of her head. The doctors suppressed the growth and sealed it in the back of Madison's head. As it wakes after Madison's injury, gruesome murders, and horrible body movements commence.

Night House

Mind-bending. Beth (played by Rebecca Hall) is the widow of an architect ( Owen played by Evan Jonigkeit) who discovered some ancient spells that drove him mad and to suicide. Beth thinks her husband killed himself but some things don't add up.

She stumbles upon blueprints of their house but a different version of it which is inverted. The shapes and frames of the house start to come alive, and Beth starts to sense that she is not alone in her mind.

Prey For The Devil

I love the pun. It is the only reason I decided to give this one a chance. The Roman Catholic church is in the grips of fighting against demon possession when Sister Ann (played by Jacqueline Byers) has a rude encounter with her past.

She struggles to reconcile her mother's demise after years of manic episodes. But the same fate awaits her long-lost daughter who she gave up for adoption and is now quarantined for similar manic episodes.

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Dis-tabbing. A filming crew shooting an adult movie arrives at the country home of a world war veteran Howard (played by Stephen Ure) and his wife, Pearl.

The crew, full of young and lively people chasing the limelight and going nude around the premises, replenishes Pearl's desire for youth and fame.

Howard has not made love to her aging body in years because he's afraid his heart can't take it. Pearl goes on a jealous-fueled killing spree and Howard follows her to their death.

The Menu

Once I saw Ralph Fiennes (Chef Slowik) my expectations were set. A renowned chef invites a curated list of guests with whom he has a bone to pick.

Their hopes and dreams are crushed at every turn when they realize they are getting served 'justice' before the final take-out.

A surprise guest (Anya Taylor-Joy) accompanying an anxious and star-struck Tyler (Nicholas Holt) escapes the nightmare with Slowik's personal best dish.

Nope

Why? Jordan Peele must have gotten lost in the Twilight Zone (a series he hosts) when he made this movie. I was waiting for the punchline, for the return to reality but that never came.

Why was Keke Palmer acting like that? What was going on? Why was that horse put in a cage? What was swallowing people? It made me rewatch 'Get Out' though.