The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter

The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter

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The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a horror and suspense movie that will serve as a reboot for the franchise that began all the way back in 2008 with the original movie of the same name The Strangers (2008), its from this movie that we got the iconic masks from the people who terrorize a young couple during the vacations, ten years latter we get a second movie The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) that serve as a sequel keeping similar plot in a different location and new set of characters. The franchise out of the horror fans never had great online scores and the plot is bit repetitive, basically telling the same story just on different location but the key factor is how actors performance the direction is extremely important, it becomes predictable so the surprise element is key for its success.

This time around a reboot is about to happen with director Renny Harlin who has a couple of good movies under his belt like Mindhunters (2004), Cliffhanger (1993), Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), Harlin has a lot experience producing and directing since the 80s, from the trailer there are already some angles and zoom in from certain scenes that I already like. This first movie will serve as the start for a new trilogy trying to reinvent the franchise and move forward expanding the world of this three killers, the initial plot will follow the original movie with a couple on vacation terrorized by this three masked strangers. I’m not sure if this is a trend but announcing it as a trilogy from the start might be both good and bad, it may excite fans a lot but if the first one does not deliver then then two others are doom from the start, if interest on the movies go down this could lead to early cancellation of the project and to be honest even the end of the franchise itself, there are many franchise out there that are repetitive at its core but always having new elements that attract the audience.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22050754/
– Platform: Theaters
– Release: May 17, 2024

The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter

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The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter

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Renny Harlin: The Visionary Behind the Horror

Renny Harlin has proven himself as a capable director in the realm of horror demonstrating a good understanding of how to create tension, suspense, and chilling atmospheres on screen all this key factors for The Strangers reboot, his skills in crafting immersive and terrifying experiences comes from his ability handling of pacing, visual effects, and storytelling. With a career that expands for decades, Harlin has accumulated a diverse portfolio of horror productions both as producer and director, showcasing his versatility and range within the genre, one notable example is “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” (1988), where he injected fresh energy into the iconic franchise with inventive dream sequences and imaginative set designs. Harlin’s directorial prowess was further evident in “The Exorcist: The Beginning” (2004), a prequel to the classic horror film, where he skillfully navigated themes of faith, possession, and existential terror, in a sense looks like is a key man when it comes to give a push to reboots or continuation to this horror franchise. Another standout work is “Deep Blue Sea” (1999), a suspenseful creature feature a combination of horror with action, showcasing Harlin’s ability to deliver thrilling and dopamine explosion sequences. I expect that his directional style will contribute to attention to details, awkward angle shots and some spectacle probably a bit gory, this things will make him and the movie to stand out ensuring the audience to come back for the other two, in fact its been said that all three movies would be release on 2024, bold statement.

The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter

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The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter

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The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) – Unveiling Terror in a Remote Shelter

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Meet the Cast: A Mix of Familiar Faces and Emerging Stars

Madelaine Petsch (Maya) is known for her role as Cheryl Blossom in the hit TV series Riverdale, she has also appeared in films like F The Prom and Sightless, when it comes to The Strangers: Chapter 1, Petsch goes beyond of what she have work with in the past this time into the world of horror.

Froy Gutierrez (Ryan) gained recognition for his role as Nolan Holloway in the supernatural drama series Teen Wolf in addition to his TV work, Gutierrez has appeared in productions such as The Divorce Party and A Cowgirl’s Song.

Gabriel Basso (Gregory) catapult in to fame with the movie Super 8 and has had roles in movies like The Kings of Summer and The Whole Truth, as well as TV series like The Big C and Ghost Town, may be not a known actor for horro movies but certainly a good fit to act as couple with Madeline Petsch.

Rachel Shenton (Debbie) is known for her Academy Award winning short film The Silent Child, her talent and dedication have earned praise on and off the big screen as she is mostly known for he work on the TV Series and Short films when you look into her profile there are quite the amount, in addition to her award winning work, Shenton has appeared in TV series like All Creatures Great and Small, Switched at Birth, and White Gold.

Ella Bruccoleri (Jasmine) and Ema Horvath (Shelly) are emerging stars in the entertainment industry, Bruccoleri is known for her role in the TV series Call the Midwife, while Horvath has made a name for herself in the horror genre with roles in films like The Gallows Act II and Like.Share.Follow.

Richard Brake (Sheriff Rotter) is known for his performances in various horror films, including Rob Zombie’s 31 and Mandy, In addition to his horror work, Brake has appeared in box office hits like Thor: The Dark World and Batman Begins.

I’m sure not many may know about this franchise it been so small a the moment with only two movies but the mask are iconic probably people might know more about the masks than the movie itself, this franchise is originally based on a life true story potentially change to fit narrative and style of an horror film. There is anticipation for the reboot and Renny Harlin is the director chosen to give it a new direction, from the trailer I did mention that there are a few scenes that caught my attention like when the men shows to the door but only appears the silhouette same as the kid that comes in the first time asking for a women who doesn’t live there and all it shows is the silhouette like there is a constant shadow? no body ask whats going on? , when they are eating an blood starts to drop from a bird that is hanging at first make it look that its ketchup been splash but its just too much, there are indeed certain aspects that I like already that will make me want to watch it, its all about the details, angles and the sequences on how things are going to happen since we already know how this movie goes.

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Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan

Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan
Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan

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Unfrosted (2024) is a comedy set in the 1960s, specifically in Michigan where the headquarters of Kellogg’s and Post, the giants of the cereal industry, were located. They compete to create a product that is easily consumable, aimed at the children’s market, with a decent cost, and that practically revolutionizes breakfast time. I would say a lot of what happens on the movie has been change and it most likely far from the true story mostly because this is a comedy so it has to be fun and things cant be dead straight to the original story.

When Post gains the advantage in this endeavor, Kellogg’s assembles a rather questionable team in many ways to create their product and this was probably a marketing move and get peoples attraction, fake it until you make it; they probably try to deviate the attention of consumers into the faces of the team they have assemble so Post loose some of that momentum they had on TV and ads for their new product, but beyond the joy that the future Pop Tarts brought to the world, the story is full of betrayals, lies, a lot of drama, and plenty of laughs.

I think the name for the movie is spot on and from the trailer you can tell how competitive this race to develop this new product was although make me think was people so tired of Korn Flakes? at least where I live Pop Tards are not so popular probably because the culture is not the same and more incline into traditional breakfast for the region.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14914430/
– Platform: Netflix
– Release: May 3, 2024

Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan
Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan

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Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan
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This time around Jerry Seinfeld is the director behind Unfrosted (2024), a well known comedian but now in his debut as director, Seinfeld is very famous for his groundbreaking sitcom during the 90s with the same name Seinfeld and for his stand up specials for Netflix and other platforms, Seinfeld besides now a director has been actor and writer becoming synonymous with excellence or at the most very much popular in the comedy field, the guy is very charismatic always with a smile on his face.

Seinfeld is not only a television actor, he has also explored other areas. In 2007, he ventured into the world of animation as a co producer, co writer and voice actor in the animated production Bee Movie, in my opinion one that got very low score considering how much kids love it. The film showcased Seinfeld’s ability to create family friendly humorous stories.

Because its Seinfeld making a movie about Pop Tards, I’m not going to pretend I’m a big fan of his sitcom Sienfield but I find out he does mention many times how much he love them during the show, there has been some comments online of how absurd this can be but in fact that is comedy, comedy is absurd almost 99% of the time, from what I can see the movie is not been sold as a true story although might be “based” on a true story with scenes extremely change to adapt the genre of a comedy, things will be exaggerated to match this theme.

Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan
Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan

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Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan
Unfrosted (2024) : A Delicious Comedy Set in 1963 Michigan

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A Stellar Cast Brings Unfrosted to Life

The movie Unfrosted (2024) brings a cast of veteran talented actors:

  • Jerry Seinfeld takes on the role of Bob Cabana, marking his feature film directorial debut while showcasing his comedic ability, in addition to the series Seinfeld, for which he is well known he also participated in the TV series The Marriage Ref and done the voice of Barry Benson during the animated movie “Bee Movie”.
  • Melissa McCarthy is known for her starring role in the sitcom Mike & Molly, and has also gained recognition in films such as Bridesmaids, Tammy, and Can You Ever Forgive Me?.
  • Jim Gaffigan is a stand up comedian and actor, with roles in The Jim Gaffigan Show, Away We Go, and the dramatic thriller American Dreamer.
  • Amy Schumer rose to fame with her successful sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, which earned her a Peabody Award and widespread acclaim for her bold and unapologetic humor, she has also worked in comedy productions such as Snatched and I Feel Pretty.
  • James Marsden has appeared on the big screen in various roles, showcasing his how much he can get done from superhero films like X-Men to romantic comedies like 27 Dresses and Enchanted.

I bet gathering this cast together was not a problem for Seinfeld considering who would not want to work with him on his very first movie as a director, he has a successful career as a comedian, the movie is not shooting for a block buster rather than a streaming platform to gather lots of viewership online.

From the trailer alone I got a couple of jokes to be very funny, I can see how they use the TV news during the movie very engaging as telling a story of whats going on a common thing on comedies based on the 60s. The link between a Space Rocket about to launch and a Pop Tart going out of the toaster I find awesome, this really showcase that the movie has a lot of creativity into it and the production looks very well though, the entire scenario reminds me of the emerging world of the Chocolate Factory of Willy Wonka but just visually not trying to compare both movies. The combination of Christian Slater aka Mr. Robot, Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant, Jerry Sienfeld and Amy Shcumer is going to crack you up with their jokes, closing the trailer there was this women asking “doesn’t my husband work at a corn flake factor, how did he explode?” that one got me sold, I wont argue that making a movie about the history of how Pop Tards became a thing but as I mention before its a comedy so why not, not a comedy guy but this one I wont miss out.

 

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Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

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Boy Kills World is a wild movie filled with dark humor, frenetic action, martial arts, and violence. Similar to other revenge movies tells the story of Boy, right from this point you can tell how humorous and not much sense at times it will make, a young deaf mute who must confront the evil Van Der Koy family that has the entire population under their control. Boy lived through a tragic childhood since the Van Der Koys killed his family, leaving him deaf, growing up to build character he takes some of the voices he remember as a kid as his inner voice since through time I would guess he forgot the sound of them. From the day his life completely change and lost his family he came up with a master plan, a three step plan: step one was to find an inner voice, choosing the last one he remembered from a video game; step two was to become strong, stronger like insane strong; and step three was to join a team because he figure out one person can’t take down the Van Der Koys, his only mission is to make them pay for what they did to him an many others on their way.

Movies loaded with action scene sequences has become a trend, the most recent one was Monkey Man with a similar story of a young boy who fights an entity that hurt his family or people some how, Boy Kills World doesn’t seem to be any different but what caught my attention the most was its humor, they run a kinda purge but its a TV show, this gives me even Hunger Games Vibes, the trailer was very colorful and many will relate to the movie due to similarities to certain fight games comes to mind Street Fighter, the training that Boy goes through Kickboxer (1989), over all I think this will be another hit for 2024 and its great amount of content.

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13923084/
– Platform: Theater
– Release: April, 26, 2024

Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

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Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
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Director Moritz Mohr: A New Voice in Cinema

Boy Kills World director is Moritz Mohr, born in 1981 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, a new director to the big screen from what I could found which was not much based on his IMDB profile and productions that he has work in the past, none of them that I can recall although in the past he has been known for working with short films, some of this projects like Akumi (2005) and also has experience on the smaller screen TV, directed the TV Series Viva Berlin (2011) that has a rating of 7.5 on IMDB so there must be something that Moritz Moh does very well and that’s directing. I wonder who is his inspiration as a director because the same way as the scenes has similarities to other movies I mention on the introduction there must influence from other directors for me the king of commercial gore movies Quentin Tarantino, speaking of the dark humor on Boy Kills World reminds me of Grindhouse (2007), on a similar way from the trailer I can tell how they directly make fun of people they kill by accident, this movie I would not recommend for teenagers.

Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

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Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

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The Film: A Stylish Blend of Action and Realism

Boy Kills World already has great comments from critics and audience online waiting for its debut on Theaters, if I try to explain its style I would have to mention it pays homage to old Westerns, kung fu movies, and 16-bit video games, now days a very unique blend of genres but its the story that worries me a bit since on the trailer itself the story how he lost his family is not so much clear and that’s fine its just a trailer but the movie has to make sense and be simple at the same time, I hope it doesn’t become confusing for the audience from its root to how he achieve his master plan.

This movie directly touches themes of loss, survival, and the harsh realities of adulthood, this last part I mention because we will see Boy as a kid going through different faces until the point he becomes an adult and gather a team that will help him so the question is how a kid that was raise and train in the country side deal with adult problems and behave like one? well I think we wont side such side of him because mostly everything will end up in jokes, that’s the impression I get from the trailer.

Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

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Challenges and Controversies

I get the sensation that this movie will slide into a younger audience that might not be prepare for all the violence and even confusion that a story like this might present them as a young age, this has been brought in the past by critics of how cruel and raw the fight scenes can be at times along with its dark humor, the movie also brings in the image of an unjust society causing even more confusion to the young ones who might even believe this is or could be possible.

The movie did have some step back during the cast, there were several changes before it could become a reality but nothing mayor that could become a big step back, this kind of movies with such unique blend of genres requires certain unique actors who are not your traditional action man who is already impregnated on the audience mind from any other successful movie he has been before and deviate the impression the movie wants to put on the audience mind.

Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

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Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences
Boy Kills World (2023) : Trained Deaf Boy Seeks Revenge, Stunning Action Sequences

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Known and Balanced Cast

From Movies to TV series Boy Kills World has a well known balanced cast.

  • Bill Skarsgard leads the group as Boy, known for his role of Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the It movies, which probably skyrocket him to international fame, he also makes his appearance in John Wick: Chapter 4 as the villain Marquis so he did probably got a few stunts and moves out of John Wick.
  • Jessica Rothe takes on the role of June 27, known from the successful Happy Death Day film series, as well as La La Land and All My Life.
  • Michelle Dockery plays the character of Melanie Van Der Koy, recognized for her role as Lady Mary Crawley in the famous period drama Downton Abbey and The Gentlemen (2019).
  • Famke Janssen commands the screen as Hilda Van Der Koy, known for her role in the X-Men franchise as the very famous Jean Grey.
  • Sharlto Copley, known for his performances in movies like District 9 and Elysium, plays Glen Van Der Koy, he also was involve in the very recent action movie Monkey Man.
  • Brett Gelman, recognized for his role in Stranger Things, a very well known face to the character of Gideon Van Der Koy.
  • Isaiah Mustafa joins the cast as Benny, drawing from his experience in the television series Shadowhunters but he has also been on other famous movies from a variety of genres like It Chapter Two, Horrible Bosses and Black-ish.
  • Andrew Koji completes the cast as Basho, known for his role in the television series Warrior and his martial arts skills.

I believe movies like Boy Kills World are needed while the audience escape from the figure of John Wick from the action genre, for some time it was dominated by this character and it was the benchmark for any other upcoming action movie but with the mix of different stories and other actors who in the past has not play the role of a hero who only knows how to kick ass and blow peoples chest with a shotgun over time the dominance of John Wick will start to faint giving space for new and better action movies to create a similar impact on the audience. I find Boy Kills World a movie with a lot of potential but my only worry is that this movie seems a mix of too many others or too many concepts in a single one, for it to be successful will have to make seance and be simple enough so the audience doesn’t get lost, action movies do not require over complicated drama, but other than that I like very much what I have seen on the trailer.

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