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
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.
Hey, two movies released the same year were titled “Jack Frost”: one a comedy, the other horror. Talk about confusing.
Here are two more examples:
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.
There’s also the phenomenon of movies with different titles but similar themes, like Armageddon and Deep Impact, both released in the same year.
Or FOUR underwater movies in 1989: The Abyss, DeepStar Six, Leviathan, and Lords of the Deep.
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?
Just last month saw the release of The Runner with Gal Gadot, and Runner with Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson.
As you might guess, Wikipedia has an article about the phenomenon of such “twin films” that provides many more such examples, though I think some are more of a stretch than others.
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.
Is Clayface another Batman movie without Batman.
Based on the original UK series (programme) I think you mean.
I did. Mea culpa. Weird phone correction.
And yes - no Batman in Clayface, although it’s in Gotham (and a bit in Coast City).
NM. Handled.
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.
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.
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.
It also has its own thread that you might want to visit, some great discussion going on there.
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