The focus in this movie is off. It feels as if the writers room speed-listened to every episode of Coast to Coast AM in subliminal form while consuming an inhuman amount of drugs.
We continue last week’s theme of an absolutely insufferable main character with 1408, a psychological horror adapted from a Stephen King short story. & at least part of our disappointment with the film has to land on our expectations for King’s work & in some ways it’s typical of it.
In theory this should be a good movie, it has all the right components — a compelling urban legend, a feasible found-footage scenario, and passable character motivations. But the characters themselves are inconsistent & fail to really compel the watcher to believe in their stakes.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if some cursed native stuff happened & everything was white-people demons & the ghost hunters on hand weren’t even the knock-off Zac Baggins crew but some hungry YouTubers with normal haircuts? Neither have we.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/59t4GsKfgQZ5sFGDoxMlS0?si=30bd5a1ec2f64f65 L (@nocturnical), Mel (@Heda_Mel), & Al (@maybmockingbird) talk about the premiere of AMC+'s second series in Anne Rice's Immortal Universe based on the much more chaotic & challenging to…
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BuqCpQk5W6PY2U80zGPA5?si=3118df385f784ea7 Stef (@witchxpudding), L (@nocturnical), & Al (@maybmockingbird) discuss their favorite moments from the season one finale of AMC+'s Interview With a Vampire & unanimously thirst after Rashid/Armand as you…