Strawberry Spooktacular

In which two bisexuals review spooky movies for halloween.

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The Thing (1982) 31/10/2025

Rating before seeing the movie: Nic: 6.5 Vic: 6.5

Rating after seeing the movie: Nic: 9 Vic: 8.5

What you did like about the movie:

The practical effects were actually really unsettling.

The dog actor! A very good boy (and also creepy)

The premise is very good, we liked the idea.

The plot, up until the last 5 minutes or so.

Kurt Russel, very hot

The characters were very individualised

The setting of the movie, it’s the perfect setting for a horror movie honestly.

What you didn’t like about the movie:

The ending. Its very unclear.

Particularly memorable scene: Vic: the guy getting his arms bitten off by the other guy’s ribs Nic: ALL OF THE DOG

Would you watch it again: Vic: No Nic: Yes

Final quotes: Vic: “He just wants to get back to his Mac Shack” Nic: “Imitation dog, that’s worse than imitation crab!”

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Good Boy (2025) 11/10/2025 & 19/10/2025

Note: We had to watch this in two halves because we got too scared and had to pause the movie to resume another day

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 8 Vic: 9

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 11 Vic: 11

What you did like about the movie:

The dog actors. (They were good boys)

The special effects were amazing.

The pacing was incredible.

The twist.

The humans actors, specifically the main guy.

This was such a creative movie, we both really liked it.

What you didn’t like about the movie:

How scary it is 🙁(Jokingly)

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: The basement scene Nic: The dog house

Would you watch it again:

Vic: No, too scary Nic: No chance. I’m still having heart palpitations 

Final quotes:

Vic: “I’VE DECIDED YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO THE CITY FOR EVERYONE’S SAKE.” Nic: “You can’t fung shui your way out of cancer.”

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Thanksgiving (2023) 17/10/2025

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 8 Vic: 9

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 10 Vic: 10

What you did like about the movie:

The twist at the end

Every actor in this movie killed it 

Funny without being gimmicky 

Patrick Dempsey

Ty Olsson

What you didn’t like about the movie:

Nothing, we liked everything about this movie

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: Lonnie’s death Nic: The basting

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Yes despite the twist being spoiled Nic: Yes

Final quotes:

Vic: “SHE’S 50% OFF LIKE THE SALE” Nic: “I’m basted and delicious, I hope he doesn’t smell me.”

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Long Legs (2024) 08/10/2025

Rating before seeing the movie: Nic: 9 Vic: 9

Rating after seeing the movie: Nic: 9 Vic: 9

What you did like about the movie: -Nicolas Cage needs to produce more movies -Terrifying in a way we can’t explain -The religious undertones weren’t really visible until the very end of the movie -The make up gave some depth to the character -We didn’t see the twist at the end coming

What you didn’t like about the movie: -Slow to start -The changing aspect ratio. We understand why and it was creative but it messed with our eyes.

Particularly memorable scene: Vic: Nicolas Cage’s face being bashed in Nic: The doll in the barn

Would you watch it again: Vic: No Nic: Not now I know the twist

Final quotes: Vic: “The real horror was the aspect ratio all along. ” Nic: If you wanted shotgun, there’s easier ways.”

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28 Years Later (2025) 03/10/2025

Rating before seeing the movie: Nic: 9 Vic: 9

Rating after seeing the movie: Nic: 6 Vic: 7

What you did like about the movie: -Big Dick Johnson (The Alphas) -Different zombie types -The bone temple -The boots song -The night vision scenes -The camera work

What you didn’t like about the movie: -This is not a zombie movie but a movie with zombies in it. Not enough zombies. -Too many plot points, they feel crammed in. -This movie didn’t need to be this long -Erik was just there to dump exposition -Zombie procreation -Wanted more zombie types -That they abandoned the night vision scenes by the second half -The second half of the movie felt off -The ending didn’t fit the vibes of the movie

Particularly memorable scene: Nic: The first alpha zombie chase Vic: The bus chase

Would you watch it again: Nic: No Vic: Unfortunately no

Final quotes: Nic: “I fear Big Dick Johnson is not out of our lives. I know he’ll be haunting my nightmares tonight.” Vic: “I think low tide is the least of your worries. Big Dick Johnson is out there”

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Baghead (2023) 28/10/2024

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 9 Vic: 9

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 9.5 Vic: 9.5

What you did like about the movie:

CGI

Setting

Concept

Iris 

What you didn’t like about the movie:

Stupid people

Neil

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: When Iris was brought back. Nic: When Katie disappeared

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Not really Nic: No

Final quotes:

Vic: “Don’t deep-throat the phone please.” Nic: “He’ll never play piano again!”

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Night Swim (2024) 30/10/2024

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 8 Vic: 10

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 9.5 Vic: 9

What you did like about the movie:

CGI

Make up

The concept

Every other character except the dad

The girl ghost at the end

The spooky old lady

What you didn’t like about the movie:

The dad was a super weak character

The self-sacrificing bullshit at the end

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: The scene with the mother diving down for her son with the hose Nic: The pool party

Would you watch it again:

Vic: No. Nic: No.

Final quotes:

Vic: “Wish his cat wasn’t going to kill him but... *shrug*” Nic: “It’s a magic fucking pool sweetheart, I don’t think it’ll take all day to fill.”

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Zom100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023) (SPOILERS) 25/10/24

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 7 Vic: 9.5

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 9.5 Vic: 9.5

What you did like about the movie:

ZOMBIE LAND SHARK

I, too hate capitalism

Tendo was a very likable main character

It had really great special effects, like the zombies’ makeup and the shark.

Concept

What you didn’t like about the movie:

The pacing was off a bit, it felt really fast at the beginning but then the ending was really slow.

Great White Sharks can’t be kept in aquariums

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: Bicycle + airpods = no zombies Nic: ZOMBIE LAND SHARK

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Maybe Nic: No, I don’t think so

Final quotes:

Vic: “You can’t control him! Look at him! He’s blonde!” Nic: “Zombies vs capitalism, I’m always on the side of the zombies.”

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Under Paris (2024) (SPOILERS) 19/10/24

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 8 Vic: 8.5

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 6 Vic: 7

What you did like about the movie:

The sharks 

The concept

Use of practical effects

Pretty setting

Creative use of the setting

For once the sharks won

What you didn’t like about the movie:

Rip off of Jaws 3 (shark revenge for child)

Unrealistic shark behavior

The actors 

Felt like a B movie with an A movie budget

Wanted more of the catacombs

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: The race scene Nic: The catacombs

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Nah, probably not. Nic: Nope, there are better shark movies out there

Final quotes:

Vic: “The sharks won and I for one, accept our oceanic overlords.” Nic: “I don’t support these eco lesbians, they’re not ride or die.”

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The Privilege (2022) (SPOILERS) 14/10/2024

This movie did come out 2 years ago, so we are marking spoilers on it. HOWEVER, we will have the ratings before anything that might be spoilers if you are interested in how we rated the movie.

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 7 Vic: 6.5

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 11 Vic: 11

What you did like about the movie:

Everything. We really liked this movie

The movie had so many twists and surprises

The monster wasn’t overused

The CGI was amazing

Everyone was sinister that needed to be

What you didn’t like about the movie:

NOTHING. EVERYTHING WAS AMAZING. 10/10 MOVIE

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: ALSO THE PEOPLE GROWING MUSHROOMS Nic: THE PEOPLE GROWING MUSHROOM

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Yes! Nic: Yes!

Final quotes:

Vic: “Oh look she’s a mushroom! That’s adorable. (said at the beginning)” Nic: “Side effects include demons!”

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Minutes Past Midnight (2016) 11/10/2024

Given that this movie is an anthology of 9 shorter stories, we did something different with our review. Instead of doing a general like vs. dislike, we went anthology by anthology and did a short list of what we liked and didn't like.

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 9 Vic: 9

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 8.5 Vic: 8.5

“Never Tear Us Apart”

Liked: The twist at the end

Disliked: Left us with unanswered questions

“Awake”

Liked: The kid was creepy

Disliked: so many questions

“Crazy for You”

Liked: Arthur Darvill, the story itself was very fun and one of the best love stories we’d seen, the ending was unexpected

Disliked: Nothing really, other than too many people in polka dots (who has a polka dot wallet? -Nic)

“The Mill at Calder’s End”

Liked: The story was good, the creature, the puppetry was good, the environments were amazing

Disliked: PUPPETS (Vic)

“Roid Rage”

Liked: NOTHING

Disliked: Ass demon, disgusting, too long to play it as a ‘trailer’ to a movie, bad CGI, bad premise, BAD EVERYTHING (WHO WAS THIS MADE FOR)

“Feeder”

Liked: The premise, pretty much the whole thing, the animal actors

Disliked: No notes

“Timothy”

Liked: It was scary, the twist at the end was good

Disliked: TIMOTHY

“Ghost Train”

Liked: The animatronic skeleton, the creepy child at the end, 

Disliked: nothing really

“Horrific”

Liked: It was silly but in a slightly terrifying way

Disliked: nothing really

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: Pretty much all of “Crazy for You” and “Ghost Train” Nic:  All of “Feeder” and “Timothy” will haunt my dreams

Would you watch it again:

Vic: No (specifically because of “Roid Rage”) Nic: No (would have rated 10/10 and a yes if “Roid Rage” was omitted)

Final quotes:

Vic: “Timothy isn’t real, he can’t hurt me.” Nic: “Why do nuclear scientists have guns??”

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#Alive (2021) SPOILERS 09/10/2024

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 7 Vic: 8.5

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 9 Vic: 10

What you did like about the movie:

The zombies in this movie are very creative, with the whole remembering their past (human) lives.

The human characters were good.

The guy and his zombie wife

Very accurate situations in this zombie movie. No one is going outside during a zombie apocalypse. 

What you didn’t like about the movie:

PLOT ARMOUR

Slow starting

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: The firefighter climbing up the building. Nic: The baseball throwing scene.

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Yes! And have done so. Nic: Yes

Final quotes:

Vic: “I didn’t know what I needed in zombie movies were star-crossed lovers.” Nic: “The real enemy is capitalism.”

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Live (2017) 04/10/2024

Rating before seeing the movie: Nic: 9 Vic: 7.5

Rating after seeing the movie: Nic: 9 Vic: 9

What you did like about the movie:

Calvin deserved so much better.

Rory.

The alien design was very cool.

“Spirit in the Sky”?!

What you didn’t like about the movie:

FLAWED SCIENCE.

The dumbest scientists I’ve ever seen.

How quiet it was, everyone was just very quiet even in very loud scenes.

The forced romance.

The children’s book didn’t make any sense, why was it even brought onboard the ISS?

Particularly memorable scene: Vic: Rory Puppet Nic: The old switcharoo

Would you watch it again: Vic: Yes, 100% Nic: Yes

Final quotes: Vic: “OH GOD THE HENTAI IS BACK.” Nic: “I for one welcome our alien overlords.”

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Scream (1996) 02/10/2024

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 8 Vic: 8.5

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 9 Vic: 10

What you did like about the movie:

Stu & Billy

The mental gymnastics that we had to do to try and figure out who the killer was

The Deputy was funny

The reporter and the main girl’s set up

The meta (e.g. adding in jokes of other horror movies)

What you didn’t like about the movie:

THE DAMN POPCORN FIRE

There was a little too much meta (e.g. the ‘Rules of Horror’)

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: Billy & Stu’s reveal! Nic: The first phone scene

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Yes Nic: Yes

Final quotes:

Vic: “WISH(DOT)COM JOHNNY DEPP.” Nic: “IS SOMEONE GOING TO PUT THAT POPCORN FIRE OUT?”

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Haunted Mansion (2023) (spoilers) 30/10/23

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 10

Vic: 10

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 10

Vic: 10

What you did like about the movie:

The ghosts! They were so good!

The Hatbox Ghost

Owen Wilson, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Danny Devito were all killer at their roles

The fact that they didn’t just copy the 2003 version was something that the both of us loved.

This was genuinely just a good movie.

What you didn’t like about the movie:

We miss the Singing Heads. This movie needs some Singing Heads.

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: the first Hatbox Ghost scene

Nic: The reverse seance 

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Yes!

Nic: yes

Reflections: Vic: “I went into this movie thinking it would be a carbon copy of the 2003 movie with Eddie Murphy, but honestly, I was pleasantly surprised! The 2003 one was good, but this was great. I enjoyed pretty much everything about this movie!” Nic: “This was definitely an upgrade on the 2003 one. That movie still holds nostalgia for me but this a better movie, better in effects, feeling and setting. It’s a beautiful wonderful new movie that holds up to the ride.”

Final quotes: Vic: “OH MY GOD THE CAT IS HIS WIFE. AND I’M SOBBING.” Nic: “AH THATS A SKULL. OH GOD M.C. ESCHER'S BEEN DECORATING”

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Pet Sematary (2019) 28/10/23

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 8

Vic: 9

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 8

Vic: 8.5

What you did like about the movie:

CHURCH. BEST BOY. GOODEST ANIMAL ACTOR.

The child actors were great. 

Jud! Vic is partial to the 80s version of him, but the 2019 version is great too!

What you didn’t like about the movie:

It felt unfinished.

The whole movie would have been pointless if they’d just had the Death Talk with Ellie before everything.

Rachel is a bitch for leaving her husband alone while he’s grieving.

There’s a lot of plot holes.

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: When Jud gets his ankle cut.

Nic: Church in the road

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Yes

Nic: Maybe

Reflections:

Vic: “I have a whole thing for Pet Sematary since it was one of the first horror movies I finished, but there are plot holes and a bunch of things could have been fixed really simply. I still enjoyed it though.” Nic: “I have never seen this movie and had a lot of misconceptions about it. It feels unfinished for some reason and maybe that’s just me. Also, lot of places we could have stepped off this crazy train guys.”

Final quotes:

Vic: “I wonder why. Why he’s so stinky. Might be. Because he’s a zombie cat.”

Nic: “This wouldn't have happened. If you just. Had the death talk. JUST TELL YOUR DAUGHTER THAT DEATH HAPPENS ”

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The Bay (2012) 23/10/23

Rating before seeing the movie:

Nic: 8.5

Vic: 8.75

Rating after seeing the movie:

Nic: 8.5

Vic: 8

What you did like about the movie:

The premise

The plot was decent but we both felt like the movie could have been longer.

The characters were really distinct and memorable.

The found footage aspect of this was very well done.

What you didn’t like about the movie:

The slow build up to the main action felt like it took 3/4ths of the movie.

The ending wasn’t satisfying at all.

Particularly memorable scene:

Vic: Alex’s death.

Nic: The doctor’s last scene

Would you watch it again:

Vic: Not really, no.

Nic: Maybe

Reflections:

Vic: “I really wanted to like this movie a lot more. The buildup is far too slow for a movie of this length and it feels like a near vertical drop into all the action with an unsatisfying ending.”

Nic: “I thought this was better than it was but maybe I just watched it in the dark last time alone. It’s a decent, scary premise, and needs some work.”

Final quotes:

Vic: “ I don’t think that... Isopods would. Drag you down like that.”

Nic: “OH SHIT. A DEAD BODY”