Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Ghosts, season 4, episode 3, “Halloween IV: The Witch” Although Ghosts Season 4’s Halloween episode didn’t reveal Hetty’s powers, the outing proved that that reveal needs to come soon. Ghosts Season 4’s cast of characters possess some pretty impressive supernatural powers, as well as some less exciting ones. Alberta’s ability to be heard humming by humans may not get much credit, but it is one of the few powers that can facilitate communication with humans. Likewise, Trevor’s ability to move objects, no matter how small, has often allowed him to send text messages in…
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Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Ghosts, season 4, episode 3, “Halloween IV: The Witch” Although it makes perfect sense to Ghosts Season 4, Episode 3 to send Patience back to Woodstone Manor, her closing comments opened a huge plot hole in the series. Ghosts Season 4’s cast of characters got a little bigger thanks to the Season 3 finale, but this new arrival was quickly scrapped. In the premiere of season 4, viewers met Ghosts Season 4’s new character, Patience, a pious Puritan played by Happiest seasonthe emerging star, Mary Holland. Very strict even for a Puritan colony, Patience…
Since the franchise began in 2005, Dreamworks Animation Madagascar Ranked films reveal that most of the new films seem to improve on the last installment in terms of quality. Released in 2005, the animated family comedy Madagascar it was an expensive investment that paid off big for Dreamworks Animation. MadagascarThe $500 million payday proved once and for all that the sillier, less dramatic cartoons offered by Dreamworks Animation had serious box office appeal that could match that of its competitors, although the film failed to impress critics. . The first Madagascar sequence, Escape 2 Africa, earned more than its predecessor…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Simpsons Season 36, Episode 5, “Treehouse of Horror XXXV” While The Simpsons Season 36’s Treehouse of Horror Halloween special wasn’t perfect, the best segment of the ride made an ingenious decision by returning to a classic source of inspiration. The SimpsonsTreehouse of Horror’s annual Halloween specials have been around almost as long as the show itself. The first episode 3 of season 2, “Treehouse of Horror”, aired in 1990 and The Simpsons Since then, it has provided one of those horror anthology parodies a year. Some, like “Treehouse of Horror XV” or “Treehouse…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Ghosts, season 4, episode 3, “Halloween IV: The Witch” Although Ghosts Season 4’s Halloween special was already packed with exciting incidents, the episode’s ending still left the door open for even more new characters in upcoming episodes. While Ghosts Season 4’s cast of characters included Mary Holland’s Patience in its first introductions, and viewers hopefully didn’t get too attached to this newcomer. The pious Puritan was saved from “THE dirt” where she was trapped under the house in the Season 4 premiere, but she struggled to acclimate to life at Woodstone Manor. This came…
Although a special Treehouse of Horror Halloween special midway through The Simpsons’The 36-season run encapsulates many of the series’ biggest structural problems, I still love the ride despite this. If The Simpsons Whether it’s renewed through season 37 or not, it’s fair to say the series has already performed well. The Simpsons reshaped the television comedy landscape during its Golden Age, from seasons 3 to 11, and the influential series inspired everything from South Park to Rick and Mortyto Bob’s Burgers, American father, Family Guyand Gravity falls. His legacy is already set in stone. However, while The Simpsons Season 36’s…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Terrifier 3 (2024) While Terrifying 3Brooke’s cameos were already scary, Terrifying 4 may have a much darker role in store for Sienna’s old friend. Terrifying 3The brutally bloody death scenes may be the film’s main selling point, but director Damian Leone’s second horror sequence also gets inside its characters’ heads. Where Terrifying’The paper-thin characters were little more than conduits for some extraordinarily bloody death scenes, Terrifying 2Sienna and Jonathan were much more developed. In Terrifying 3In Lauren LaVera’s story, Sienna becomes a full-fledged Final Girl who struggles to readjust to family life. Sienna has…
Although the avatar films are named after a specific type of character, Avatar: Fire and Ash runs the risk of completely forgetting this original premise. Avatar: Fire and AshThe story has a lot of ground to cover. After the relatively simple plot of 2009 avatar2022 Avatar: The Path of Water complicated matters on Pandora. The sequel introduced Jake and Neytiri’s children, as well as their adopted daughter Kiri, and made Quaritch’s human son Spider pivotal to the series’ future. Avatar: The Path of WaterThe ending left several plot threads hanging, and the series must tie up these loose ends. Avatar:…
Content warning: This article includes references to torture, cannibalism, suicide, incest, sexual assault, and murder. 2015 Western horror Tomahawk Bone presents a brutally dark depiction of the Old West, but the film’s twists and turns are not clearly explained until the dark ending. Tomahawk Bone is the directorial debut of S. Craig Zahler, who went on to direct Fight in cell block 99 and Dragged through concrete. Tomahawk Bone divided critics upon release, earning praise for its unflinching brutality but criticism for its questionable portrayal. Earning less than $500,000 at the box office on a budget of $1.8 million, Tomahawk…
The 1983 Stephen King adaptation Cristina I’ve seen director John Carpenter somehow make the premise of a killer car scary, and the horror film’s ending proves that story still holds up. The 1983 Refrigerator Cristina had a potentially silly premise in the story of a bullied teenager who takes violent revenge on his tormentors via a cursed car. However, director John Carpenter’s adaptation of Cristina managed to make this story scary, sad, and emotionally impactful as Arnie became obsessed with his car, Christine, while Christine tore apart anyone who came between them. Arnie’s obsession gradually alienated him from his friends…