Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese animated film directed by Satoshi Kon. It stars Juko Iwao, Rica Mastumoto and Shiho Niiyama. This is one of the most eerie animated psychological thriller films I've seen. Its about a celebrity named Mima Kirigoe who has a mental breakdown. There is a creepy stalker who knows about her every move. Her colleagues are being murdered by a mysterious killer. And her own doppelganger keeps tormenting her. 
I rate this a 7/10.
Shocks: There is a lot of that.
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New Year overload

Small myths - Werewolves by Julia Beutling

Happy 2020!
This New Year I've been having a great howling time.
So this post will be chock full of reviews and mostly what I've watched over the holiday.
"Haunting Sarah" is a 2005 horror made for television. It was directed by Ralph Hemecker and stars Kim Raver. A woman's daughter Sarah sees the ghost of her dead cousin, This gets a 4/10.
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is a 1949 musical fantasy. It was directed by Tay Garnett and stars Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming. A mechanic finds himself transported back into the Dark Ages when King Arthur Pendragon ruled. I rate this a 1/10.
I spent the Yule break gorging on chocolates and meat.
Besides the occasional cartoon and TV shows I watched, I totally enjoyed watching fantasy "The Witcher" 2019 series by Netflix. This series is based on The Witcher books by author Andrzej Sapkowski. If you're a fan of "Game of Thrones" then you'll love this. I rate this a 10/10. To be honest so brutally, I like "The Witcher" more than "Game of Thrones" but that's just my opinion. Others will differ.
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The Godsend (1980)

The Godsend is a 1980 horror film based on a book called The Godsend by Bernard Taylor. Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont and starring Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence and Wilhelmina Green. A family with four children go on a picnic in the countryside, when a strange pregnant woman with piercing eyes shows up. She befriends the parents and is a guest in their home. Soon the woman enters labour and gives birth to a girl called Bonnie Blue. The woman disappears leaving her newborn daughter with the family so they have no choice but to look after her. The mother never returns, and is never found, so the baby is adopted by the family. Years pass and Bonnie Blue grows into a beautiful toddler with white hair except that she has a very sinister motive and a really dark side that involves killing. There are some nice scenic views and a lot of unanswered mysteries, like where did Bonnie Blue's real mother vanish to and most of all what was she.
I rate this a 3/10 because the nature of the film, although not gruesome or supernatural, sends chills and is sad.
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Scrooge (1970)

On this time of year, nothing is complete without a film like Scrooge made in 1970. It's based on the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. There have been so many film adaptions and even animations and TV dramas but Scrooge from 1970 is the best of them all in my honest opinion. It was directed by Ronald Neame and stars Albert Finney, Alec Guinness and David Collings. To find out more of the cast check out the page below.
Scrooge 1970 imdb

The film is a musical but it's a lot more than this. It's definitely spooky and it doesn't just include the three main spirits that visit Scrooge. Other ghosts including the phantom coach driver and ghost horses are chilling reminders of those who lived in times past are long since dead. The flashback to Scrooge's past made him remember that he was once happier. The film is like "Wizard of Oz" movie from 1939 in a way that it's the best version there is based on a story. Other many versions don't compete. The book and story and Scrooge 1970 are masterpieces.

I rate this a 10/10

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