# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 333
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6644 "2026-10-23T03:07:48Z")
**Night Swim** 2024 In the Halloween section on Peacock It was ok. A possessed swimming pool is not very scary. There are a couple good moments. Marginally recommended if you want to avoid the Halloween slasher films. There are much better horror choices on Peacock. 6.5 out of 10 ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6645 "2026-10-23T14:30:44Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > La LLorana Weird, that’s the one I saw, it was spooky and excellent, but I thought it was called Curse of La Llorana, because it kind of is that description, and both films were made in 2019 to make it extra confusing. Yep, also recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6646 "2026-10-23T14:59:15Z")
Hey, **two** movies released the same year were titled “Jack Frost”: one a comedy, the other horror. Talk about confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6647 "2026-10-23T16:27:37Z")
Here are two more examples: - Chaos (2005) One directed by Tony Giglio and the other directed by David DeFalco - Black Rain (1989) One directed by Ridley Scott and the other directed by Shōhei Imamura If you include ones from around the world with the titles in various languages and their English-language titles and their various titles just in English, there are others. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6648 "2026-10-23T17:15:56Z")
There’s also the phenomenon of movies with different titles but similar themes, like Armageddon and Deep Impact, both released in the same year. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6649 "2026-10-23T17:23:11Z")
Or FOUR underwater movies in 1989: The Abyss, DeepStar Six, Leviathan, and Lords of the Deep. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6650 "2026-10-23T21:41:53Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > There’s also the phenomenon of movies with different titles but similar themes, like Armageddon and Deep Impact, both released in the same year. Bugs Life and Ants is another very famous example of dueling films from different studios. Remember White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen? Or Dante’s Peak and Volcano? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6651 "2026-10-23T22:07:32Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Hey, **two** movies released the same year were titled “Jack Frost”: one a comedy, the other horror. Talk about confusing. Just last month saw the release of **[The Runner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runner_(2026_film))** with Gal Gadot, and **[Runner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runner_(2026_American_film))** with Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6652 "2026-10-23T22:25:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > There’s also the phenomenon of movies with different titles but similar themes, like Armageddon and Deep Impact, both released in the same year. > > Bugs Life and Ants is another very famous example of dueling films from different studios. > > Remember White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen? > > Or Dante’s Peak and Volcano? As you might guess, Wikipedia has an [article about the phenomenon of such “twin films”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films) that provides many more such examples, though I think some are more of a stretch than others. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6653 "2026-10-24T19:57:08Z")
**Clayface** Excellent cast but otherwise a fairly generic comic book story: good guy gets done wrong, turns to experimental medical procedures, gains weird powers, and exacts revenge on all who wronged him while becoming morally dubious. A bit like _Darkman_, really. But I enjoyed it for the mindless popcorn fare it was. Side note: the new _Ghosts_ film, based on the US series, is out. I was chatting with one of the staff at the Odeon who said she hasn’t seen it but it’s getting a LOT of laughs from the audiences. Might go see that, but I haven’t finished the last season of the TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6654 "2026-10-24T20:01:56Z")
Is _Clayface_ another Batman movie without Batman. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6655 "2026-10-24T20:02:17Z")
Based on the original UK series (programme) I think you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6656 "2026-10-24T20:04:33Z")
I did. Mea culpa. Weird phone correction. And yes - no Batman in _Clayface_, although it’s in Gotham (and a bit in Coast City). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6657 "2026-10-24T20:11:53Z")
NM. Handled. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6658 "2026-10-24T20:19:08Z")
Last night I watched _Buddy_. Not at all cheesy, I enjoyed it. (I’ve only just now watched the trailers, they aren’t particularly good or accurate in depicting the movie.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6659 "2026-10-24T21:15:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Last night I watched _Buddy_. Not at all cheesy, I enjoyed it. (I’ve only just now watched the trailers, they aren’t particularly good or accurate in depicting the movie) I liked it too. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6660 "2026-10-24T23:48:26Z")
Dracula (2025) Highly recommended. This is the Luc Besson movie. I was unaware he has many allegations against him. Shame, this movie was amazing and I loved it. It may be my favorite Dracula film. I was completely blown away and surprised. It was out of nowhere for me. My wife loved it, too. It’s on Paramount Plus. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6661 "2026-10-25T02:15:52Z")
**You Can See Everything** Likely the best film of the year. I’m glad I saw it in the theater; at home I would have been distracted looking up things on Wikipedia. See it now before someone spoils it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6662 "2026-10-25T03:25:25Z")
It also has its own thread that you might want to visit, some great discussion going on there. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6663 "2026-10-25T05:15:22Z")
**Ghost Ship** 2002 Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington It’s a thriller/horror mystery. The movie reminds me of the classic films from the 1950’s. The suspense build slowly with a satisfying conclusion Marginally recommended. It would have been better as a pure suspense thriller without the FX gore. 7 out of 10 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=334)