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Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021) Review

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 "The dude was wearing a Halloween skull mask.  How is that not fun?" -Simon The town of Shadyside is plagued by mass murders and tragedies of all kinds.  In 1994, a group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a masked killer, but something isn't quite right and the history of Shadyside comes to life to haunt these kids. Spoiler Alert below!  Go watch Fear Street  right now!  It's on Netflix and a lot of fun.  Spoilers Below!  You've been warned! What Works: My favorite horror movie of all time is Scream  and this movie feels like a love-letter to Scream .  There are a couple of scenes that are shot in the same manner, especially the opening sequence, but  Fear Street puts its own spin on things.  That's true of the entire movie.  It definitely shows respect and admiration to what came before, but is willing to be it's own movie, which is the best of both worlds. I didn't know this movie was rated R going in, so I was caught off guard by the am

Lost: Season 4, Episode 9 "The Shape of Things to Come" Review

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 "Can't believe you're just giving him Australia.  Australia's the key to the whole game." -Hugo "Hurley" Reyes "The Shape of Things to Come" starts off on the beach, where Jack (Matthew Fox) isn't feeling very well. The body of the freighter's doctor, Ray (Marc Vann), washes up on the beach.  Daniel (Jeremy Davis) manages to get back in touch with the freighter by rigging the sat phone up to do morse code.  He asks about the doctor, but says the boat only replied that the helicopter will be coming for them in the morning.  Bernard (Sam Anderson) reveals he knows morse code and Daniel is lying.  The boat actually said they didn't know what Daniel was talking about and nothing had happened to the doctor.  Jack confronts Daniel with his lies and gets him to reveal the freighter crew never had any intention of rescuing them. At the sonar fence, Keamy (Kevin Durand) forces Alex (Tania Raymonde) to turn off the fence, but she also manage