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The Alienist (2018)
Dark Intriguing Mystery
I can't understand the negative reviews. I love the time period, it adds to the dark foreboding atmosphere that can't be captured in a modern era. The acting is superb. The story line frightful, yet realistic. Geraghty as Roosevelt is wonderful. I watch each episode a couple times. I really love the series, but like many other shows I've enjoyed, many others didn't share my enthusiasm and they were eventually canceled. Hopefully, that won't be the case with The Alienist.
The Collector (2009)
Horror movie that rates with the original Halloween.
I've been watching horror movies from the age of 5. I will be 52 in May. My mother is and always has been a horror movie fanatic. In the 60's she took me to all the Hammer films at the theater. The 60's, 70's 80's, 90's, and the great 21st century, I've seen them all, or damn close. I can't believe this movie is getting such bad reviews. The horror movie industry has been in the toilet for the past 25 years. This is the best horror movie I've seen since Halloween 5. The key to a good horror movie is the audience must feel some type of connection to the victim. In Halloween you liked Laurie, in Halloween 4 & 5 you liked the little girl Jamie. Even in the Exorcist the audience had a connection with Regan. In Movies like Friday the 13th there is no connection to the victims, who gives a crap if they get hacked up? If there was a character in Saw viewers related to it was probably the killer Jigsaw. That does not work. If viewers did not like the fact that The Collector wasn't realistic, it was a slasher flick not a documentary. Watch the news, in real life people are tortured, murdered and diced up like potatoes. It wasn't factual, but it was real enough. I liked the character in The Collector, I wanted him to survive. THAT was what made the movie enjoyable. I felt that I was with him in the house. I wasn't emotionally dead like I am for 99.9% of other horror movies. This movie was far from disgusting. Watch the movie Header if you would like to know the definition of disgusting. If you are a horror movie buff, you will enjoy this DVD. I'm going to add it to my collection, I liked it that much.