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Unintentionally Funny Moments In Serious Horror Movies

When one watches horror movies, the main reason for doing so is to be scared, disturbed, and entertained… not laugh or left dumbfounded by what you just saw. The following list count downs from the least to the most moments in horror films that were probably not meant to be funny but came out that way, and be warned, there are a lot of SPOILERS ahead. 10: Get Out First, we start off with the 2017 directorial debut of Jordan Peele, Get Out. The film is about a young African-American man named Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) who goes to meet his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) family who is part of a family ran conspiracy to transplant the brains of its ailing white family members and friends into healthy bodies of African Americans. The Scene: Walter’s Nighttime Run In this scene, Chris goes to have a smoke outside in the middle of the night where he has a strange encounter with the

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Capt McNeely

Mar 1, 2021

From the Crypt

Meet The Newest LBGT Icon, The Babadook ?

Pride month is in full swing and fate has it a mistake made Netflix has cast the creepy stove-pipe-hat-wearing ghoul from The Babadook, one of 2014’s biggest films, as a new LBGT icon. So how did Netflix transform the creepy character from scary to utterly fabulous? They accidentally put the film in the LBGT section of their streaming service and things snowballed from there. Following the news and multiple memes the icon was born. If you think about it, The Babadook, written and directed by Jennifer Kent, has a lot in common in with some members of the LBGT community. He’s an entity hiding the shadows like many of the closeted members of the community. He’s different and very flamboyant. I mean, come on he rocks a top hat and cloak. The family knows he’s there but try to look past him and ignore what he is. At the end of the film he “comes out” and the main character

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 10, 2017

From the Crypt

The Babadook Director’s Next Project To Be A Revenge Thriller

After three years, The Babadook writer-director Jennifer Kent has announced that her next project will be the revenge thriller, titled The Nightingale. Kent will direct from the screenplay she wrote. Set in Tasmania in 1825, the film centers on a 21-year-old Irish woman and convict who witnesses the murder of her husband and her child at the hands of her soldier master and his men. She and her Aboriginal guide set out on a mission of revenge through the hellish wilderness. Variety reports that productions on The Nightingale begins later this month in Tasmania, Australia. Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania, and Made Up Stories and Bron Creative will executive produce as well as co-finance the thriller that stars Aisling Franciosi, Damon Herriman, Sam Claflin, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Baykali Ganambarr, and Magnolia Maymurur.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 16, 2017

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Movie Review: The Babadook (2014)

Spoiler Free A single mother, who 7 years later still can’t get over the death of her husband, is struggling to cope with her situation. After reading a strange book to her son, they become plagued by strange occurrences and a dark figure. “If it’s in a word or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook.” ‘The Babadook’ was written and directed by Jennifer Kent, who also wrote and directed 2005’s short horror film ‘Monster’. The exhausted single mother, Amelia, is played by ‘The Matrix: Revolution’ actress Essie Davis. The role of Amelia’s unruly son, Samuel, is played by Noah Wiseman (The Gift). Since before ‘The Babadook’ hit theaters it has been making big waves in the horror community and since it was released in theaters it has been hailed as the best horror of 2o14. Now I see why, this movie is seriously intense. I was surprised to see that there were no big special

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 14, 2015

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