Is there something scarier than the Boogeyman? That’s what Prime Video subscribers shall be asking themselves this weekend.
The streamer simply added The Boogeyman, a horror hidden gem with Chris Messina that’s simply ready to be discovered.
If straight-up motion is extra your factor, there’s Finish of Days, which has Arnold Schwarzenegger taking over the Satan himself. (My cash’s on the previous Governator.)
Lastly, the Bond movie A View to a Kill scares some individuals for all of the unsuitable causes, however should you have a look at it as a comedy, it’s one of many extra fulfilling outdated 007 flicks.
‘The Boogeyman’ (2023)
Therapist Will Harper (Chris Messina) continues to be grieving the demise of his spouse when he experiences an odd encounter with considered one of his sufferers, Lester (David Dastmalchian). After telling Will that his household has been murdered by an evil spirit, Lester hangs himself in Will’s home. Afterwards, Will and his two daughters, Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) and Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair), are haunted by that spirit, which they nickname “The Boogeyman.” Will doesn’t need what occurred to Lester’s household to occur to his, however how can he – or anybody – cease one thing that doesn’t technically exist?
Primarily based on a Stephen King quick story, The Boogeyman has simply sufficient creepy imagery and soar scares to be a worthwhile horror film. The film is best when it focuses on Will’s daughters and their gradual realization that one thing is critically unsuitable. The ultimate act is a bit rushed, however it’s nonetheless a satisfying movie to observe with Halloween simply across the nook.
The Boogeyman is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Finish of Days’ (1999)
1999 was an odd time. The Backstreet Boys dominated the music charts, The Matrix blew everybody away in multiplexes worldwide and lots of people believed the Y2K bug would carry down civilization. Which may clarify why the apocalyptic motion film Finish of Days was launched close to the top of the yr. Whereas not an enormous success, it has sufficient entertaining points to make it value a watch, and considered one of lead star Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s most underrated motion performances.
The Terminator actor stars as Jericho Cane, an alcoholic NYPD officer who, after the demise of his spouse and little one, doesn’t care if he lives or dies. He nonetheless has to work, although, and his subsequent case is a doozy – he has to guard a younger girl, Christine York (Robin Tunney), from non secular zealots who need to kill her. They suppose she’s Devil’s bride-to-be, chosen to bear the Antichrist, and it seems, they’re proper! Now, Jericho has to save lots of Christine from getting killed and ushering within the apocalypse by giving delivery to a literal satan little one. The worst half? Jericho isn’t getting paid any extra time!
Finish of Days is foolish and plagued with unconvincing CGI demons that had been dated even again then, however Schwarzenegger carries this movie on his bodybuilder shoulders. His Jericho is a damaged man who nonetheless has sufficient willpower to do the appropriate factor, even when which means staring down the forces of darkness proper within the face.
Finish of Days is streaming on Prime Video.
‘A View to a Kill’ (1985)
Amongst James Bond fanatics, A View to a Kill is considered with the identical derision as, say, Jeffrey Dahmer. However I’ve a particular fondness for the film, and that’s as a result of it’s so flawed and messy. Roger Moore returns for the seventh and ultimate time as 007, who’s investigating the Nazi-engineered tech bro Max Zorin (Christopher Walken). He needs to destroy Silicon Valley to monopolize the manufacturing of laptop chips, and he doesn’t thoughts if he kills a couple of million individuals to do it. Bond doesn’t intend that to occur, however can he overcome Zorin’s henchmen, which embrace the deadly Might Day (Grace Jones)?
After all he can. It’s no spoiler to disclose that Bond saves the day, however it’s how he does it that makes this film so fascinating. In the event you deal with A View to a Kill as what it’s – a foolish motion comedy with some superb stunts –it’s truly fairly enjoyable. To paraphrase Danny Glover in Deadly Weapon, Moore is simply too outdated for this s***, however he nonetheless sports activities that tongue-in-cheek humor that made him so fulfilling in previous, higher Bond movies like The Spy Who Beloved Me. Walken is simply the correct amount of excessive because the smooth blond villain, whereas Jones is just sensational as one of many few Bond girls who might take out the key agent in hand-to-hand fight.
