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So the movie takes the story of Sinterklaas, 또는 Santa Claus, and distorts it into a dark 판타지 world. Instead of Sinterklaas being a good natured soul who delivers gifts to people on Christmas, he is the murderous ghost of Niklas who, with his evil ghost gang, goes around murdering hundreds (Literally hundreds) of people when his holiday is celebrated on a full moon… Well… It’s an original take on the story. So, the story centers around a police officer named Goert whose family was killed 의해 Sinterklaas on one fateful 크리스마스 night. Now, not celebrating the Sinterklaas tradition, he is trying to stop people from celebrating it before Sinterklaas strikes again, but of course, no one believes Goert when he says that the evil ghost of Niklas and his evil horse gang are going to murder people on the streets, and must now do what he can to prevent Sinterklaas from attacking. Now, for some reason, that plot doesn’t happen much in this movie. It’s mostly thrown to the side. Most of the movie is mostly about Sinterklaas and how he goes around doing his killings around the holiday season. Kinda ironic, considering that the poor bastard is barely in the movie at all.
What I find to be the most disappointing part of this entire movie is Sinterklaas himself. Not that he’s a bad monster. In fact, he’s a great monster. Showing him in a modern time, in that old centuries old uniform on a white horse, just standing in the snowfall at night, without revealing his face is just really creepy. He really shows himself as being a very creepy character. He’s even able to travel across roof tops and through walls, really showing how he really is a ghost. This is the best depiction of a ghost I’ve seen in awhile. And when his face is revealed, it’s pretty damn good. The makeup on him looks very professional and well done. Sure, I like subtlety and this does kinda ruin it 의해 revealing his face, but I can’t deny that the makeup looks really damn good on him. Unfortunately, it’s easy to appreciate something that 당신 rarely see. And that is exactly what Sinterklaas is. We rarely see this guy in the movie at all. We see the fear he brings in people and we see just how scared people are of him, but not much of him, really. But, this does kinda make him 더 많이 scary, as seeing what effects he causes on people can be just as good as seeing the monster himself. I guess I both 사랑 and hate that I don’t get to see Sinterklaas much. I 사랑 seeing the fear people are in in this movie, but I hate that we don’t get 더 많이 Sinterklaas.
Well, let’s talk about something else here. I 사랑 the 연기 in this movie. It never feels like the actors are trying too hard, but it never feels like they don’t care either. They always feel genuine. Especially the cop Goert. Sure, his backstories cliched, “the villain killed my family and I want revenge” and all that, but at least he has some talent in acting. The violence in this movie is also really 상단, 맨 위로 notch. The gore looks just like what you’d expect from a movie about a murderous gang of ghosts lead 의해 the Dutch version of Santa…. What? But, unfortunately, the movie feels very limited. It feels like the director was limited on what he wanted to do, and the story feels very unfinished in most places. 당신 can just tell that this movie had hundreds of restrictions put on it. That’s probably because parents hated this movie because of its depiction of Sinterklaas. Yep, it’s Silent Night, Deadly Night all over again, with director Dick Maas argument being that if parents could convince their kids that Sinterklaas exists, they can convince them that the man in the movie wasn’t Sinterklaas. Well damn, Dick Maas didn’t fuck around. Sadly, the movie studio didn’t seem to agree, and just seemed to his creative work. And I thought American 영화 were restricted.
Sint is a movie that I had a lot of fun watching. Is it the best movie out there, no, but I had a lot of fun with it. I 사랑 the stupid action scenes, and the effects on the monsters and with the violence. It really makes me want to look into Dick Maas other 영화 like De Lift 또는 Amsterdamned. He definitely seems to have peaked my interest. I’d say, if 당신 like horror 영화 that don’t take themselves seriously, than this is the movie for you. I recommend watching it. Barely anyone watches it, since it is a very obscure movie, and the only people who seem to have watched are from the country of Netherlands. Maybe one day, we can get this movie to be recognized 의해 an English audience… 또는 not, I don’t know. Take care.
So I talked about this game back in my Corner of Horror review (A series I need to get back to since I haven’t review anything since Halloween), and I think I was a little too harsh on this game. So I want to give it another review, another shot, if 당신 will, and let 당신 know that I really do 사랑 this horror classic. So let’s stop talking about it and start talking about Condemned: Criminal Origins.
You play as one Ethan Thomas, a not to bright young investigator for the SCU who is tracking down a serial killer when he has a run in with Serial Killer X, a man who goes around murdering...
So it is no surprise to anyone that my 가장 좋아하는 horror game of all time Silent 언덕, 힐 2. It’s been that way and it’ll continue to be that way for a long time. But with it’s awkward gameplay and acting, can I really put such a game in my 상단, 맨 위로 ten 가장 좋아하는 games ever? The answer is yes, and I just did.
Silent 언덕, 힐 2 follows James Sunderland, an awkward man who arrives to the town of Silent 언덕, 힐 after he receives a letter from his dead wife, Mary. He meets all sorts of other characters there, like Angela, Eddie, and Laura, and a mysterious woman named Maria, and has to get through the...
Hey, did 당신 guys know I like No 더 많이 Heroes!? Crazy fact, huh?! Anyway, let’s talk about it for the twentieth fucking time why I 사랑 No 더 많이 Heroes!
No 더 많이 히어로즈 follows the tale of a young man named Travis Touchdown, a huge nerd with an figure collection, masterbates to porn all day, and spent all his rent money on a Beam Katana in an online auction. So, in need of money and some sex, Travis takes part in the United Assassin’s Association’s ranked fights in the hopes of becoming number one and getting laid. So, off he goes on a killing spree to take out the ten highest ranked...
Finally! After ten years, I was finally able to beat this game. It took ten years to get through the entire game, but I did it. So yeah, my personal problems aside, Final 판타지 VII is still a good game.
Final 판타지 VII follows 구름, 클라우드 Strife pre-Advent Children 이모 phase as he joins the rebellious group known as AVALANCHE to stop Shinra from draining the earth of Mako energy that keeps it alive. But this soon turns into something 더 많이 as they get involved with mama’s boy Sephiroth who wants to gain the earth’s energy to gain the power of a god and destroy the earth for… raisins....
