Is there something scarier than the Boogeyman? That’s what Prime Video subscribers might 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 improper causes, however if you happen to have a look at it as a comedy, it’s one of many extra pleasurable previous 007 flicks.
‘The Boogeyman’ (2023)
Therapist Will Harper (Chris Messina) remains to be grieving the loss of life 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 brief story, The Boogeyman has simply sufficient creepy imagery and soar scares to be a worthwhile horror film. The film is simplest when it focuses on Will’s daughters and their gradual realization that one thing is critically improper. The ultimate act is a bit rushed, but it surely’s nonetheless a satisfying movie to look at 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 convey down civilization. Which may clarify why the apocalyptic motion film Finish of Days was launched close to the tip of the yr. Whereas not an enormous success, it has sufficient entertaining facets 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 loss of life of his spouse and youngster, 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 lady, Christine York (Robin Tunney), from spiritual 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 start to a literal satan youngster. The worst half? Jericho isn’t getting paid any time beyond regulation!
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 fitting factor, even when meaning 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 fans, A View to a Kill is seen 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 last time as 007, who’s investigating the Nazi-engineered tech bro Max Zorin (Christopher Walken). He desires to destroy Silicon Valley to monopolize the manufacturing of pc chips, and he doesn’t thoughts if he kills a number of million individuals to do it. Bond doesn’t intend that to occur, however can he overcome Zorin’s henchmen, which embrace the deadly Could Day (Grace Jones)?
After all he can. It’s no spoiler to disclose that Bond saves the day, but it surely’s how he does it that makes this film so attention-grabbing. If you happen to 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 just too previous for this s***, however he nonetheless sports activities that tongue-in-cheek humor that made him so pleasurable in previous, higher Bond movies like The Spy Who Liked Me. Walken is simply the correct quantity of excessive because the smooth blond villain, whereas Jones is solely sensational as one of many few Bond ladies who might take out the key agent in hand-to-hand fight.
