(Image courtesy of kakuchopurei.com) Willy's Wonderland is such a gratifying, entertaining experience from start to finish that it immediately propels the movie into the halls of similar great action, horror comedies with an extremely high re-watch value. When Willy's Wonderland was first announced, we waited with baited breath thinking it would be another slow-burner Nicholas Cage horror movie   like Color Out of Space or Mandy . But surprisingly, it wasn't. The movie straddled the territory of medium and fast-paced action sequences with a good amount of humor thrown into it and paired with a serving of off-screen deaths and blood for taste. The movie is directed by Kevin Lewis (Braven) and stars Nicholas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant, David Sheftel, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Caylee Cowan, Terayle Hill, Christian Del Grosso, Jonathan Mercedes and Grant Cramer. Aside from Nic Cage and Beth Grant, the cast is made up of relatively unknown people or entertainers wi...

A few hits and misses, but relatively alright (image courtesy of myinfotaip.com) Astro First has delivered a lot of good local movies. Compared to Astro Citra, Astro First is a somewhat go-to channel for new, properly produced movies that are entertaining and have had a lot of thought put into it before release. Saka Nan Sepi is produced by Astro Shaw and directed by directing-duo Azri Azman and Razaisyam Rashid - which goes to show that two heads are better than one. At least there's accountability somewhere along the production process and we aren't fed with nauseating drivel like Miimaland.  The movie also stars established names like Namron, Syafiq Kyle, Sherry Alhadad and Mimi Lana which personally for us, made the movie far more entertaining than it should've been.  They complimented the movie better than the script ever could (image courtesy of myinfotaip.com) Saka Nan Sepi follows the story of a family of four, Othman (Namron), his new wife, Zaiton (Sherry Alhadad) ...

  Good casting, but poorly written, directed and produced (Image courtesy of IMDB) First of all, before we go into the review for this movie, we just wanted to say, "What the actual fuck?" Did the studio hire a director straight out of college that came with a camera stuck to his dick and all he did was swing it around hoping it would capture some nice scenes? like what the fuck? We got fucking motion sickness watching this shit. I fucking got constipated sitting through this bullshit.  Miimaland stars Fattah Amin, Sophia Albarakbah, Camelia Natasya, Hazzy Alzeeq & Zalif Sidek and was directed by Nevin Hiong. We assume his father financed the entire production because how the hell can you hire someone to shoot a movie like this unless they were the paymaster?  And don't get me started on the writing or the post-production, because that shit was nasty. I'm surprised none of the actors got cancer after reading the script. Also, I hope there wasn't a premier and ...

(Image courtesy of Media Hiburan) This will be a relatively short review since there's nothing really interesting about it and we assume that the project was greenlit to financially benefit someone higher up, but don't quote us on that. Although, we constantly question who could possibly stand to benefit from low-quality, rushed, sub-par ideas released on pay-per-view. *Wink wink*  44 Hari Bangkitnya Pocong is a typical Astro Citra movie, meaning, it's low budget, terribly written and if we're being honest, entirely half-assed.  44 Hari (title's too long for me to want to type it out, so screw it. We're calling it 44 Hari) stars Riezman Khuzaimi, Kodi Rasheed, Anne Abdullah, Raja Shahiran and Ellie Suriaty who plays Maimon (or however it's spelled), a wife and mother who dies one day and who's spirit begins haunting the village residents.  The story is pretty standard. Maimon dies. Her son returns from Singapore to visit the wake of her mother when sudde...

  Maggie Q is slowly becoming the poster Asian girl for B-grade horror. (Image courtesy of imdb.com) It's always interesting to see Western horror movies that focus on South East Asian myths and traditions. However, we weren't too excited for Death of Me. Even the trailer was a little lackluster. But as connoisseurs of horror, we willed ourselves to sit down and watch. Death of Me is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw 2, Saw 3, Saw 4) and stars Maggie Q (Divergent, Mission Impossible 3, Fantasy Island) and a discount Hemsworth brother, Luke Hemsworth (Neighbours, Westworld).  It follows the story of a married couple, Christine and Neil played by Q and Hemsworth respectively as they holiday in a small village somewhere in Thailand. Neil's a travel journalist documenting his trip in Thailand and they awake one morning covered in dirt with no recollection of the night before. With only a video recording of him murdering his wife and burying her (despite Christine being alive...

  (Image courtesy of rogerebert.com) The 2020 slasher/comedy Freaky had generated a lot of hype since the release of its trailer sometime last year in the midst of the pandemic. The hype was perpetuated further by the casting of Vince Vaughn as a serial killer that swaps bodies with a high school teen in a Freaky Friday-esque movie with a PG-13 twist.  When Asian Does Horror sat down to watch this, we had zero expectations because we truly wanted it to be an enjoyable experience. Not since Brawl in Cell Block 99 has Vince Vaughn wowed us with his  on-screen  performance and we were hoping that Freaky would replicate that.  Sadly, no. It was a mediocre presentation by the 1.96 meter tall actor acting feminine that anyone could have pulled off. We're not blaming his acting entirely on him though . The casting for the lead female role could have been better as well. Kathryn Newton as Millie was just your A-typical actress without any quirks and it left Vaughn very ...

  (Image courtesy of blogtobollywood.com) After watching all four seasons of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (patiently waiting for following seasons, mind you), we at Asian Does Horror, are convinced that apart from season one, the rest of the series was overall... ordinary. Season four starts right after the end of season three with an episode-by-episode introduction of the Eldritch Terrors. Pretty much everyone returns to season four including our title actress, Kiernan Shipka, along with her notable co-stars Chance Perdomo, Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis, Richard Coyle, Tati Gabrielle, Gavin Leatherwood, Ross Lynch, Jaz Sinclair, Lachlan Watson, Michelle Gomez, Alessandro Giuliani, Luke Cook, Sam Corlett, Jonathan Whitesell, Adeline Rudolph and a cameo from Abigail Cowen. After the confusing, time traveling, two Sabrinas debacle of season three, this season explores Father Blackwood's birth of the Eldritch Terrors.  In this season, Father Blackwood takes on a Saturday morning...