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FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT

It"s FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT in which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing and discussing films - we"re not experts, just film fans. Please note there will be SPOILERS. Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library All artwork/pictures from IMDb

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00:21:21

Friday Family Film Night: THE THING review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/11/01

It's a wrap!On the thirty-first night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing THE THING (1982), from the master, director John Carpenter, the film has a screenplay by Bill Lancaster , from a short story "Who Goes There?" from the author, John W. Campbell Jr. A team of American researchers at a remote Antarctic outpost encounters a sled dog fleeing a Norwegian helicopter, only to discover a terrifying, shape-shifting alien entity. After the entity infiltrates their

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00:14:49

Friday Family Film Night: THE HOWLING review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/31

On the thirtieth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing THE HOWLING (1981), from director Joe Dante, the film has a screenplay by Gary Brandner, John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless. Scarred after a terrifying encounter with a serial killer, Los Angeles television news anchor Karen White (Dee Wallace) is sent with her husband to "The Colony," a secluded, New Age-style self-help retreat for trauma patients in the countryside. As her husband is seduced by one of

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00:20:38

Friday Family Film Night: EVIL DEAD 2 review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/30

On the twenty-ninth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing EVIL DEAD 2 (1987), from director Sam Raimi, the film has a screenplay by Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel. Continuing his gruesome ordeal, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) is left alone and trapped at a remote cabin after his terrifying encounter with the evil forces unleashed by the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis. He spends a horrific night battling the demonic entity, which possesses his own hand and drives him to the brink of

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00:17:16

Friday Family Film Night: GOOD BOY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/29

On the twenty-eighth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister and Kid 1 join me in reviewing GOOD BOY (2025), from director Ben Leonberg, the film has a screenplay by Alex Cannon and Ben Leonberg. This horror film is uniquely told from the perspective of Indy, a loyal Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, who moves to a secluded family home with his ailing owner, Todd. While Todd hopes to recover in the isolation of the house, Indy immediately senses a lurking, sinister presence that threatens his

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00:09:56

Friday Family Film Night: GRETEL & HANSEL review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/28

On the twenty-seventh night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing GRETEL & HANSEL (2020), from director Osgood Perkins, the film has a screenplay by Rob Hayes based on the Grimm fairy tale. Separated from their desperate mother, teenage Gretel (Sophia Lillis) leads her younger brother Hansel (Samuel Leakey) through a desolate, distant fairytale countryside in a desperate search for food and work. After a long journey, the siblings are lured by the scent of a lavish feast

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00:22:40

Friday Family Film Night: TUCKER AND DALE vs EVIL review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/27

On the twenty-sixth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister and KT join me in reviewing TUCKER AND DALE vs EVIL (2010), from writers Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson, the film is directed by Eli Craig. Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine), two kind-hearted but stereotypical-looking "hillbillies," head to their newly purchased vacation cabin in the woods for a relaxing fishing trip and some home renovation. Their peaceful getaway is interrupted by a group of college students who,

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01:21:25

Friday Family Film Night: WEAPONS review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/26

** This review was recorded in September **On the twenty-fifth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing WEAPONS (2025), from writer/director Zach Cregger. When seventeen children from the same elementary school class suddenly vanish from their homes at the exact same time one night, their small community is thrown into a state of panic and suspicion. The mystery is explored through the shifting perspectives of the children's teacher, an increasingly desperate grieving

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00:28:04

Friday Family Film Night: TRAIN TO BUSAN review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/25

On the twenty-fourth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016), screenplay from Park Joo-suk and Yeon Sang-ho, the film is directed by Yeon Sang-ho. A busy, divorced fund manager, Seok-woo, reluctantly agrees to take his young daughter, Su-an, on the KTX bullet train from Seoul to Busan for her birthday, unaware that a deadly zombie virus has just begun rapidly spreading across the country. Just after the train departs, an infected passenger boards and

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00:25:26

Friday Family Film Night: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/24

On the twenty-third night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017), screenplay and directed by Shin'ichirô Ueda from a play "Ghost in the Box!" by Ryoichi Wada. We do not want to spoil this so we won't, other than to say, RUN DON'T WALK and check out this film. The film clocks in at 1 h and 36 m, is unrated R and we caught the film on the Hoopla app, but you can watch the film on AMC+ and to buy/rent on Prime Video. Please note

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00:08:55

Friday Family Film Night: THE SADNESS review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/23

On the twenty-second night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing ROH (2019), written/directed by Rob Jabbaz. After a year of downplaying a flu-like virus, the city of Taipei is suddenly plunged into bloody chaos as a mutation causes the infected to act on their darkest, most violent, and most perverse impulses. The highly aggressive plague turns ordinary people into sadistic, grinning maniacs who revel in torture, murder, and sexual assault. Separated when the outbreak

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00:20:01

Friday Family Film Night: ROH review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/22

On the twenty-first night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing ROH (2019), written by Emir Ezwan, Amir Hafizi and Nazri Vovinski, the film is directed by Emir Ezwan. In a secluded hut deep within the Malaysian forest, a single mother and her two children's isolated life is shattered when they encounter a strange, mute little girl covered in mud. The girl repays their kindness with a grim prophecy: the family will all be dead by the next full moon, an omen that is confirmed

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00:14:12

Friday Family Film Night: PRESENCE review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/21

On the twentieth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing PRESENCE (2024), written by David Koepp, the film is directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film is shot entirely from the point of view of an unseen entity, which observes a dysfunctional family—a mother, father, and two teenage children—after they move into a new suburban house. As tensions and secrets within the family escalate, the "Presence" begins to interact with its surroundings, seemingly acting as a

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00:20:50

Friday Family Film Night: THE DESCENT review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/20

On the nineteenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing THE DESCENT (2005), written and directed by Neil Marshall. A year after losing her husband and daughter in a car accident, a grieving woman named Sarah joins five female friends for a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. Their trip quickly turns into a nightmare when a tunnel collapses, trapping them in an unmapped cave system where they realize they are not alone. As they struggle to find an exit, the

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00:18:07

Friday Family Film Night: ODDITY review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/19

On the eighteenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing ODDITY (2024), written and directed by Damian Mc Carthy. A year after her twin sister Dani's brutal murder at a remote country house, blind clairvoyant Darcy becomes convinced the police blamed the wrong man. Darcy visits the house—now occupied by Dani's widower Ted and his new girlfriend—bringing a menacing, life-sized wooden golem from her shop of cursed items. Using her psychometric abilities and

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00:21:04

Friday Family Film Night: SUSPIRIA review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/18

On the seventeenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing SUSPIRIA (2018), directed by Luca Guadagnino, from a script by David Kajganich and characters by Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi. Set in 1977 Berlin amidst political turmoil, young American dancer, Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) joins the prestigious Markos Dance Academy, unaware it is a front for a coven of witches divided over their secretive and sickly leader. As students disappear and Susie rises in rank under

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00:44:45

Friday Family Film Night: FINAL DESTINATION 5 & THE...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/17

On the sixteenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister and our buddy, Zack, join me in reviewing FINAL DESTINATION 5 (2011) and THE FINAL DESTINATION (2025). In FINAL DESTINATION 5 (2011), directed by Steven Quale, from a script by Eric Heisserer and Jeffrey Reddick. In the film, a man's premonition saves his colleagues from a deadly suspension bridge collapse, only for the mysterious mortician to reveal a new rule: a survivor can cheat Death by killing someone else and claiming their

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00:48:10

Friday Family Film Night: FINAL DESTINATION 3 & THE...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/16

On the fifteenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister and our buddy, Zack, join me in reviewing FINAL DESTINATION 3 (2006) and THE FINAL DESTINATION (2009). In FINAL DESTINATION 3 (2006), directed by James Wong, from a script by Glen Morgan, James Wong and Jeffrey Reddick, a high school student's premonition of a catastrophic roller coaster derailment saves her and a group of friends from the deadly accident. The student soon discovers that photographs taken at the amusement park contain

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00:45:35

Friday Family Film Night: FINAL DESTINATION & FINAL...

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/15

On the fourteenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister and our buddy, Zack, join me in reviewing FINAL DESTINATION (2000) and FINAL DESTINATION 2 (2003). In Final Destination (2000), directed by James Wong, from a script by Glen Morgan, James Wong and Jeffrey Reddick. The film follows a high school student who cheats death when a premonition prompts him and several classmates to get off a doomed flight moments before it explodes. Death, an unseen supernatural force, begins hunting the

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00:21:22

Friday Family Film Night: 28 YEARS LATER review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/14

On the thirteenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing 28 YEARS LATER (2025), from director Danny Boyle with a script by Alex Garland. Set nearly three decades after the Rage virus devastated the UK, the film focuses on a small, isolated community living on a fortified island off the English mainland. Twelve-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) ventures onto the infected mainland with his father (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) for a coming-of-age ritual, but their journey is

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00:22:55

Friday Family Film Night: 28 WEEKS LATER review

FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT ·

2025/10/13

On the twelfth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister joins me in reviewing 28 WEEKS LATER (2007), from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, with a script by Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Enrique López Lavigne. Six months after the initial outbreak, the US Army establishes a heavily-guarded safe zone in London for repatriated citizens, believing the Rage virus is dead. However, the virus is unwittingly re-introduced when two siblings sneak out to their old home and find their mother

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