After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl. (IMDB)
Abigail is a funny and gory movie packed with a some brilliant actors like Alisha Weir, Melissa Barrera, Giancarlo Esposito and Kathryn Newton.
However, I did not expect the movie to turn so comedic at times. Some characters like Peter (Kevin Durand) and Dean (Angus Cloud) are also very bad, they even become annoying. While managing to remain entertaining, Abigail could have been much more than what it ended up being, if only it would have been darker.
Not a bad movie, we still enjoyed the amazing performance of Alisha Weir, the setting and the liters of blood that were spilled.
An author returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover that the townspeople are being attacked by a bloodthirsty vampire. (IMDB)
Writer Gary Dauberman intended to make vampires frightening again. He wanted to get away from the sexier, more romanticized undead that have infested pop culture for much of the past quarter century. Even if we enjoy Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, it felt good to see the return of ugly and purely evil vampires.
Salem’s Lot is a two hours long fantastic movie, stuffed with terrific actors who create memorable characters. The dialogues are great, some of it made us genuinely laugh. The effects are top notch and there was a real tension in some scenes.
This is not the first adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. Previously, it was adapted for television: the 1979 mini series Salem’s Lot (1979). A follow up in 1987 called A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987) was created for the big screen, and a TV mini series Salem’s Lot (2004) in 2004.
We haven’t seen the other versions and we didn’t read the book. However, we enjoyed this adaptation very much and I would recommend the movie to any vampire fan.
I don’t think that I could spend my lunchtimes at home without watching a TV show anymore. It’s an habit that comes from the time when I was still living with my mum, she would watch The Bold and The Beautiful everyday at lunch.
We also watched all the soaps that would play on TV, from Dallas to Falcon Crest and Knots Landing. Those are amazing memories of my youth… Since then, I became a soap fan, I can’t help it: the romance, the plot twists, the betrayals, I’m addicted!
Since the confinement, we can stay home 4 days a week, so I kind of got Soforah addicted to the lunchtime soap and it became one of our most sacred daily ritual.
Which brings us to Vampire Diaries. It’s soapy and it’s about vampires who all seem to come out of a modelling catalogue, what is there not to love?
We’ve just completed our first rerun and I’m so sad that it’s over. They’ve been with us for 171 lunchtimes and I’ll miss them all, even Nina Dobrev. *Grab a Kleenex*
Anyway, it’s not that they’re gone forever and we both know that there will be another rerun, some day.
A college student moonlighting as a chauffeur picks up two mysterious women for a night of party-hopping across LA. But when he uncovers their bloodthirsty intentions – and their dangerous, shadowy underworld – he must fight to stay alive. (source: IMDB)
Exactly what the world I didn’t need: a vampire movie in nowadays’ atrocious music with nowadays’ swag. Everything is modern but nothing is new in this low quality re-vamp (hehe). We managed to watch it until the end, I’m not really glad we did.
Voilà, we’ve finally seen the last episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer…
When it first came out, in the 90s, I refused to watch it. Sarah Michelle Gellar was just too much of those blondes we loved to hate during the grunge time. She looked like a Paris Hilton with a brushing. I always wondered why she wore high heels and was dressed as if she was walking her puddle in the streets of New York… If you have to spend your nights in a graveyard, waiting for vampires to rise, wouldn’t you want to dress accordingly?
But, since last year, we try to catch back on those pieces of pop culture that we might have missed because of made up ideas, and Buffy was one of them.
Let’s be honest, on seven seasons, only three are good (1, 2 & 7), the rest goes from total garbage to barely watchable. Most of the actors can’t act and I’m not surprised that we haven’t seen them anywhere else. Also, even if the show is about slaying vampires, it seems that the entire plot revolves around Buffy falling in love with (and shagging) them (as depicted in the image above).
But, even if we wanted to stop watching the show many times, especially when it takes 3 full episodes for her mother to die (oops spoiler, sorry), I’m glad that we made it until the end. Buffy is a monument in fantastic and pop culture and it kept us entertained during many evening dinners. Now, let’s see what Angel is about…
We might have just seen the worst episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The last episode of the 4th season is a “dream episode”, where each member of the team is hunted by the first slayer in each of their respective dreams.
Not only am I not a fan of surrealism, dreams, visions and all that stuff on TV, but this episode has a special place in the most boring ones of all times, it almost feels as if David Lynch has been directing it.
Since I didn’t watch it in the 90s, I’m only discovering Buffy now and I enjoy it a lot. This episode was actually the first that I didn’t like. Hopefully, it’ll be the last.
Hope Mikaelson, the daughter of a werewolf and a vampire, attends the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted and learns to use and control her supernatural abilities. IMDb
As a great fan of The Originals, I was ecstatic when I heard that there would be another spin-off of the infamous Vampire Diaries. Werewolves, vampires, witches, and demons are some of my favourite subjects so, this was perfect for our week-end dinnertime TV-show. Even though, Legacies is less deep and serious as The Originals, I absolutely love it. The Salvatore School reminds me a lot of Harry Potter, so beautiful and cozy, I sometimes wish I could live there. One down point was the ridiculous appearance of “the necromancer”, but he was easily overshadowed by some great episodes like the 80’s flashback, and the epic fight against the Grinch on Christmas.
Danielle Rose Russell is a complete badass as Hope Mikaelson, both her and Alaric Saltzman are my favourite characters of the TV-show. I just hope that it won’t take too long before season 3 will come out since a lot is on hold with the whole COVID situation.
When I crochet, I usually watch tv-shows that I’m sure Sardoken won’t like. That way I keep all the good stuff for when we watch TV together. One of these shows was supposed to be The Originals, a spin-off from The Vampire Diaries. Little did I know that a few episodes later, both of us would get completely hooked to the Mikaelson family drama.
Instead of writing a review, here’s a list of all the things I’ve loved the most about The Originals:
The visual effects were stunning. No tacky transformations or cheap blood effects. They were beautiful and credible;
The mischievous smile of Klaus Mikaelson. You always knew when he was up to no good;
The effects when a witch casts a spell;
The casting. Most characters were attaching and brought tears to our eyes when they died or relief when they didn’t;
They never hesitated on the horror-effect. Some scenes were pretty gruesome like anything horror is supposed to be;
There was always some action. No slow, one-plot season, but a web of stories that never make you fall asleep in the middle;
The decorative skills and taste in food in this TV-show are flawless. The Mikaelsons’ Christmas holidays look epic and don’t even get me started on their famous dinner scenes.
Last summer, we’ve watched the fifth and last season of the show. While I’ve loved each and every episode, the end was way too sad. I sure will miss watching my favourite vampires, werewolves and witches creating chaos in the city of New Orleans.
