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Favorite Horror Films: 2016 (11 movies items)" Directed by: Mike Flanagan Produced by: Sam Englebardt, William D. Johnson, and Trevor Macy Written by: Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard Cinematography: Michael Fimognari Edited by: Mike Flanagan Music by: Andrew Grush, Danny Elfman, John Andrew Grush, and Taylor Stewart Distributed by: Netflix and Intrepid Pictures"
Horror films I've seen.
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Mike Flanagan and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though Flanagan might be one of the most interesting up-and-coming directors in the horror genre, this movie was seriously disappointing though. I mean, there were a couple of interesting ideas but it is always difficult for me to care when they mix such interesting and real issues like trauma and insomnia with the most basic and generic fantastic tropes of the horror genre. As a result, you get such scenes during which a therapist would make the most interesting remarks of the whole movie about the nature of dreams but it was completely discarded and they focused instead on some random gener” read more
Films Watched in 2019
Watched in 2019
Movies the giraffe watched in 2019: March (28 movies items)"First viewing - March 7th I realized I hadn't watched a movie all week and figured I should fix that. Before I Wake wound up being better than I'd anticipated, but it's easily my least favorite of Mike Flanagan's films. There are some creepy moments along the way, and I thought it was an interesting way to look at how people deal with losing those who are closest to them. I found it rather amusing that about the time I started to wonder whether the central couple ever has to work there were sud"
BradWesley123's Movie Journal- August 2018 (27 movies items)" Netflix- 1hr. 36min. First Viewing While I respect director Mike Flanagan's ambition, and his directorial talent, Before I Wake just never fully takes off. The ideas that the film toys with are interesting, enough so that they could've made an exceptional film. Unfortunately, the script struggles to juggle them, and underplays them to the point where portions of the film come across as lifeless. Things do get better in the last act, when the end game is revealed to be more humane and heartfelt "
Anautix' Movie Diary 2018
Movies Watched in 2018
BAMF's January 2018 Cinejourney (34 movies items)" Familiar Actors: Kate Bosworth Thomas Jane Jacob Tremblay Annabeth Gish Dash Mihok Lance E. Nichols and Scottie Thompson True Rating: 7.3/10 Body Count: 4"
Seen in 2017 (341 movies items)"Overall pretty good horror/thriller movie that has really good acting in it. The CGI ruined the "scary" parts but the story was interesting to the end."
