If “Bride Of Chucky” marked the start of the “Child’s Play” series becoming more comedic, “Seed Of Chucky” cements that trend. This is a silly, goofy and immature movie in practically every way. It does have some genuinely funny moments but I doubt many horror fans are going to care for it.

Jennifer Tilly (“Bound”, “Liar Liar”) stars as herself as she is working on a film based on the killer doll Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif “Child’s Play”). However, Chucky and his girlfriend, Tiffany (voiced by Jennifer Tilly), are resurrected by their child (voiced by Billy Boyd “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”), who is suffering from gender identity issues.

The animatronic work on the dolls is fairly good. I’ve never particularly cared for the Chucky or Tiffany characters but their child is just terrible. Sometimes, he’s Glen and other times he’s Glenda (yes, they’re really referencing an Ed Wood movie). I just couldn’t get into the whole family drama of a bunch of serial killer dolls. The idea just gets stale so quickly. The best scenes by far involve Jennifer Tilly as herself. Those sequences sometimes feature great satire of Hollywood. John Waters (“Welcome To Hollywood”, “Hairspray”) has a small role.

“Seed Of Chucky” is at its best when it’s satirising Hollywood but when it gets into the whole family drama and the slasher stuff, the movie is significantly less impressive. Tilly clearly has a sense of humour about herself and her career and I’m sure the filmmakers had fun making this film. I’m just not sure what to make of it. Is it a legitimate “Child’s Play” flick, a satire of Hollywood like “Get Shorty” and “Bowfinger” or just an excuse for ridiculous moments? There are gory slasher kills, a human woman getting impregnated by a doll and references to Ed Wood films… it’s crazy.

“See No Evil, Hear No Evil” is one of the funniest comedies I’ve ever seen. It takes a great concept and two great comedic actors (Gene Wilder “Young Frankenstein”, Richard Pryor “Superman III”) and makes something spectacular. I didn’t very much care for the duo’s first film – “Silver Streak”. However, if this one is this good, I’m interested in seeing the other pictures they did together.

In “See No Evil, Hear No Evil”, deaf guy Dave (Wilder) and blind man Wally (Pryor) are both present during a murder. One didn’t hear it and the other didn’t see it but now they’re both being chased by the police and sophisticated assassins; friendship is what’s needed.

Wilder and Pryor use virtually every joke you can do about blind people and deaf people and it’s hysterical. The characters are two nice guys and they end up accidentally causing one great catastrophe after another. My favourite gag involves Dave having his mugshot taken by police but he keeps turning to the wrong way (see it and you’ll get why it’s so funny). I also really liked Kevin Spacey (“Se7en”) and Joan Severance as the clever villains, who are never overdone as they’re not too smart and not too bumbling to work.

“See No Evil, Hear No Evil” is a laughter riot; I don’t care what anybody else says. The jokes here are clever, the acting is great and the whole thing just works superbly. It’s like watching Charlie Chaplin at work here because everything flows so smoothly and everything radiates comedic gold. To me, this joins the ranks with films such as “The Truman Show” and “Roxanne” because it’s hilarious and it’s also got the right about of humanity to make it rather touching too. I applaud all involved in making this brilliant movie that is a splendid way to spend one’s time.

“See No Evil” is another bad slasher flick where everything is predictable and there is no real suspense. The movie stars wrestler Glenn Jacobs, who is better known as ‘Kane’. It feels very similar to a lot of other movies including the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Psycho” movies.

A group of prisoners are given an opportunity to wipe a month off their sentences by helping to repair Blackwell Hotel. The place is crawling with cockroaches but little do the group know that the place also has a lot of secret corridors where a serial killer (Glenn Jacobs) is lurking. One by one, they are being picked off by the mad man.

The killer is not remotely memorable. He has the build of Jason Voorhees and the behaviour of Leatherface with nothing really distinctive about him. He kills people with hooks and axes and he also likes to gouge out his victims’ eyes and keep them. In one scene, he kills somebody by ramming a mobile phone down their throat (that’s pretty funny). The young prisoners are of course not interesting and they are just there to be violently murdered. The hotel itself has more personality than any of the characters in the movie.

This movie was apparently funded by the WWE and I can safely say that they wasted their money. “See No Evil” is the type of film that will appeal to those that enjoy purely violent movies. There’s nothing of interest on display as we have seen it all before in other films. There is just no real fun to be had with this type of movie. The slasher genre just seems to blend into one big gory mess. Can anybody make any real distinction between this any of the other slasher movies from around the same time?

“Second Skin” is a documentary about people with lives that revolve around MMORPGs, a genre of computer games that include “World Of Warcraft”. The film is startling similar to an episode of “South Park”, only it is less funny and more pitiful because these are real people.

“Second Skin” allows us to see some very sad individuals that spend a great deal of their time playing MMORPGs such as “World Of Warcraft” and “EverQuest” (I’d honestly never even heard of this game before). Some of them have met a significant other through videogames, others have put their jobs and social lives on the line because of their obsession.

The people featured in “Second Skin” are rather unsettling. Most of them play “World Of Warcraft” but a few play “EverQuest”. There are other MMORPGs that are referenced such as “EVE Online”. I have never subscribed to the view that mainstream films or videogames can have debilitating effects on people but I do believe that some troubled individuals do fixate on them. The couple that have started dating in real-life after meeting on “EverQuest” seemed particularly creepy. One of the interviewees will not even get up to use the bathroom because it might interfere with their playtime. The dedication that these players have to their games is certainly unhealthy and none of them are interesting.

My biggest gripe with “Second Skin” is that it looks cheap. I get that this is a documentary and not a big Hollywood blockbuster but it honestly looks like it was filmed by a student on a cheap camera for a college project. The gamers presented here are sad and the film does a good job at presenting that but I honestly do not think we needed an entire documentary to show us how sad these people. At one point, “Second Skin” touches on a black-market trade, largely driven by the Chinese, known as ‘gold farming’. I think it would have been better to make a documentary about that.

“Se7en” is less of detective/crime story and more of a series of shocking images. This is of course a movie from David Fincher, the man responsible for killing the “Alien” franchise. It’s a real step down from movies like “Silence of the Lambs”.

In “Se7en”, detectives Somerset (Morgan Freeman “The Dark Knight”, “Driving Miss Daisy”) and Mills (Brad Pitt “World War Z”, “Burn After Reading”) are reluctantly placed on the trail of a killer who is utilising the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ as his influence for his creative and grotesque murders. What it all leads up to is clever in many ways. However, it isn’t clever enough to warrant the extremely perverted violence.

Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman don’t work well together here. The best way to explain this is that Freeman seems to have more chemistry with Gwyneth Paltrow (“Contagion”), who plays Mills’ wife. The interactions with the killer (Kevin Spacey “Superman Returns”) also don’t work as well as they should as there is no chemistry onscreen. Individually, the cast members are good but collectively they come across very underwhelming and that’s a real shame as films like “Silence of the Lambs” and “In The Line Of Fire” get the relationship between the protagonist and antagonist correct.

One of the first scenes in “Se7en” features the discovery of a severely obese man, who has been tortured to death… and it gets worse from there. The film does have some things going for it such as a highly exciting chase sequence in the middle of the film and there are some clever twists and turns in the plot but there seems to be a lot more freedom than art and ultimately that is this movie’s greatest sin. Just be warned, “Se7en” is one of the most disturbing films I’ve ever seen and definitely not for the viewers with weak stomachs.

I’ve never been much of a fan of zombie films but “High School of the Dead” is a surprisingly fun anime series that combines thrilling action with some strange yet quite amusing comedy. While I think it ultimately moves more and more into the territory of dull zombie story clichés, it offers a fun ride.

A group of Japanese high school students join together as they desperately try to survive a zombie virus spreading across the world. Takashi Komuro and his fellow students must use anything they can get their hands on to strike, stab and shoot their way through hordes of zombies. They will also have to deal with dangerous humans trying to exploit the situation.

The characters in this show are not exactly the most deep and meaningful. Some of the female characters have incredibly large breasts and very short skirts. There are often gags involving their appearance. The physics involving some of the female characters is so absurd that I could not help but burst out laughing. This show knows that it’s goofy and has fun with its characters. The zombies are you standard zombies but I think the animation on them is quite good. I actually really like the animation on all the characters in this series.

“High School of the Dead” knows that it’s not high art. It may look great but the writing is as immature as the mind of a teenage boy. This is all about blasting zombies and mischievous humour. The show did in some ways remind me a lot of the first (and still best) “Resident Evil” film. Both “High School of the Dead” and the first “Resident Evil” make the zombie slaying fun and don’t become as dull as a lot of the zombie content out there. If you like anime and you like zombies, you’ll probably love this show.

“Injustice” is easily one of the better DC animated films I’ve seen. It’s based on the “Injustice: Gods Among Us” videogame, which itself is of course inspired by the DC superheroes. This film manages to somewhat coherently fit in lots of material. The way that it blurs the world of DC superheroes with our political reality is rather creative.

On an alternate Earth, The Joker kills a pregnant Lois Lane and destroys Metropolis. Filled with rage, Superman aims to stamp out evil and no political or legal bureaucracy is going to stop him. He quickly starts to dismantle the tyrannical regimes of the world but the Justice League grows increasingly divided with Batman fearing that his friend has gone too far.

Seeing Superman go evil due to the death of Lois Lane actually seems fairly logical. He spends his entire life protecting the innocent with his amazing abilities but on a personal note, that would surely be meaningless if he cannot protect the one he loves the most. It’s great to see Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and so many other iconic heroes along with many villains as well. Some characters meet some really violent ends so this is not a kids’ movie.

I usually dislike it when superhero films deal with real-life issues as I want to go to superheroes for escapism. However, I think “Injustice” succeeds because it never plays down its comic book elements. This movie touches on issues such as Kashmir and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict but it’s still a film where The Joker steals a nuclear submarine and uses Scarecrow’s fear gas. Again, I must stress that this is not a film for young children. This is not like the old “Justice League” cartoons show on television. Some of the violence here is very graphic and many of the themes are quite disturbing.

I didn’t particularly care for “Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers” and I feel pretty much the same about this fifth instalment. Starting with four, these films started to feel really generic as though minimal effort was being put in and “The Revenge Of Michael Myers” certainly continues that trend.

After the events of the last film, an injured Michael Myers is found and looked after by a hermit. A year later, Myers goes on another murderous rampage. Myers’ niece, Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris “The Last Boy Scout”), is getting terrifying visions of him. Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance “You Only Live Twice”) hopes he can utilise Jamie’s abilities to locate and destroy Myers once and for all.

Danielle Harris gives a really good performance as she returns as Jamie Lloyd. Unfortunately, the film ignores the idea from the last film of her becoming a killer like her uncle. Donald Pleasance is good as always but the script he has to work with really isn’t very captivating. There are a handful of dumb teens for Myers to slice and dice. Myers’ mask looks absolutely atrocious in this one. The one in “Halloween 4” looked a little cheap but this one doesn’t look right at all. There are a few brief moments where we see Myers without his signature mask and his interactions with Jamie are somewhat intriguing.

“Halloween 5” feels like just more of the same. If you really liked “Halloween 4”, you’ll probably like this one too. It’s certainly not a terrible film, it’s just unremarkable. As a franchise, I think “Halloween” was getting really stale around this time with very little innovation. It’s a shame that they could not come remotely close to matching the creativity and competence of the original. The filmmakers got lazy, it’s just that simple.

2018’s “Halloween” was an entertaining sequel to the original. It ignored all the underwhelming sequels, reboots and remakes that had come out over the years. “Halloween Kills” is a direct sequel to the 2018 “Halloween” but this one just ruins everything again. What made the original and the 2018 sequel so threatening was that they felt somewhat grounded in reality. In “Halloween Kills”, Michael Myers is more overpowered than ever.

After the Strode family fail to kill him in a fire, Michael Myers continues his killing spree across Haddonfield. A mob, which includes survivors of Myer’s rampage in the 70s, forms to hunt down and kill the ‘Bogeyman’ once and for all.

In this film, Myers is repeatedly attacked with bullets, blunt instruments and sharp objects yet he always just gets up and carries on. He probably kills more people in this film than in any of the previous films. The guy is so powerful that he almost feels like he could be a character in “Dragon Ball”. It’s this ridiculousness that makes it hard to get invested in what’s going on. There are also way too many characters. The Strode family get side-lined as we follow a very large cast of characters. None of them are particularly interesting.

“Halloween Kills” has some creative kills, I’ll give it that. However, it just feels very mediocre overall. The film keeps trying to warn us of the dangers of mob violence and it feels a little preachy at times. The film just does nothing to advance the plot. We know that Myers can’t be defeated here because there is already another sequel in the works. “Halloween Kills” is just filler… ridiculous filler. If you want to see some hilarious kills then maybe you’ll get some enjoyment from it but this is a massive downgrade after the highs of the 2018 film.

“Escape The Undertaker” is an interactive film from Netflix, which features wrestling trio The New Day as well as The Undertaker. It’s about as corny as you can get and feels a lot like something that would be an attraction at Disney or Universal. It might be fun if you were actually there in person but to just sit and watch this is pretty underwhelming.

The New Day show up at a spooky mansion to steal The Undertaker’s urn to make themselves more powerful. Unfortunately, The Undertaker isn’t going to just hand over his precious magical urn and will stop at nothing to defeat The New Day. Being an interactive film, you get to decide what happens.

The Undertaker is one of the most iconic wrestlers of all-time. I think he could even work as a horror film villain but this film is so cheesy that you can’t possibly find him intimidating here. I’m not familiar with The New Day members as I don’t really follow wrestling all that much. I find it disappointing that the fight near the end of the film is not very impressive. I mean, we have four wrestlers in this film and no real wrestling.

“Escape The Undertaker” is a novelty film and never aspires to be anything more than that. As previously mentioned, I can see this working as an attraction at a big theme park. What we have here is nothing to get excited over. I think even big wrestling fans are going to be disappointed because there is no wrestling going on. Apparently, The Undertaker retired in 2020 so people that just want more content from him may get some enjoyment from this. I will admit that a scene near the end reminded me a lot of M. Bison in the Van Damme “Street Fighter” film.