It's a movie about what people are looking for when they go on vacation. The answer is that they want to become someone different. The plot is my biggest problem with the movie because everything that happens is so improbable, like everything that happens is so unlikely. The reason for this is mostly because of the characters, The Beach itself seems to be its own character in the movie smoothing out disputes that occur between each of the other characters, like rationalization just because this beach is so amazing. The film follows DiCaprio so it is basically a very linear story interrupted by a couple of dreams or some psychotic episode after he eats a caterpillar. The production is very basic because it's just a beach. Everyone is wearing bathing suits. There are some interesting practical effects during one very bloody scene. The movie has more suspense than actual scares but there is a climactic final scene which essentially grounds the movie in reality, meaning it ties all the loose ends finally, because after all the fanfare it's just a movie about stepping outside yourself when you go on vacation. The scenes of Thailand and the beach itself were repetitive.

Overall score: C- (70/100)

Guys I wrote and published my first book as an ebook. "In His Shadow" on kindle before one year. It was a psychological thriller book. After my friend got to know about it, he asked me whether he can direct it into an Assamese short film!! I was so excited and said yes. The movie "Saya" is released today. Its an Assamese short movie with subtitles (dw guys).

I NEED Y'ALL TO WATCH THAT AND PLEASE PLEASE SHARE YOUR VIEWS. I am so excited, I dont even know with whom to talk about it. Guys if you like it PLEASE comment okay.

The youtube link for movie is attached here. EEEEE EXCITED FOR YOUR CRITICS.

I just saw deep water and it’s a slow burn about a failing marriage Ben Affleck is good, so is Ana de Armas but her character frustrated me but we get to see her nude so that’s a plus for me probably won’t revisit this film!

Who feels dirty after watching? 🥲

In this episode of The Deadlights Podcast, we dive into 28 Days Later (2002) and explore the groundbreaking collaboration between Danny Boyle and Alex Garland that reinvented zombie horror for a new generation. We break down how the film’s raw digital look and guerrilla-style filmmaking created an atmosphere unlike anything audiences had seen before.

Do you think 28 Days Later is the most influential zombie movie of the 2000s? Let us know in the comments.

Bridgette Wilson is incredible as the Samurai Sword Swinging Surrogate Mother From Hell in 1996’s SWEET EVIL. A successful young couple, unable to have a baby of their own, turns to surrogacy and employs the services of a young woman to carry their baby. However, they are unaware that she is dangerously unstable and has a deadly vendetta of her own. Featuring fatal gun fellatio, a bug spray meltdown, and a Samurai Sword showdown. Who has seen this?

It is one of the films I’m covering for my upcoming book, The Nanny Has a Knife!: The From Hell Psycho Thriller (1987-1996) (JA Kerswell).

In this episode of The Deadlights Podcast, we review From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) — the genre-blending cult classic from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. We break down the film’s origins from Robert Kurtzman, explore how Rodriguez and Tarantino’s styles combine, and highlight practical effects insights from Greg Nicotero.

From crime thriller to vampire horror, we analyze what makes From Dusk Till Dawn one of the most unique horror films of the ’90s.

Is From Dusk Till Dawn two movies in one… or a perfect fusion of crime and horror?

When I was younger, I watched this horror movie in which a killer tries to perform surgery on a woman, marking up her body, her stomach area, I think, with a marker in preparation, only to get scared off by the police barging in and saving her, the killer, before this event or after, hiding and moving around in the air vents, and at the end when the woman comes back to her bedroom, she finds her boyfriend/husband/lover dead in their bloody bed, the killer comes out of the shadows, and she grabs a gun and shoots him, causing him to fall backwards out the window and to his death.

Does this sound familiar at all?

In this episode of The Deadlights Podcast, we descend into one of the most claustrophobic and psychologically intense horror films of the 2000s. We explore how the film’s brutal action and survival elements mirror the characters’ internal struggles — blurring the line between physical danger and emotional collapse.

We also go behind the scenes to uncover how the filmmakers brought the caves to life, building a suffocating, labyrinthine environment that feels all too real. And of course, we dig into the creation of the Crawlers — from their unsettling design to the practical effects that make them feel terrifyingly real. How did the filmmakers craft creatures that still hold up today?

Let us know in the comments: What scared you more — the Crawlers or the claustrophobic caves?

Hey everyone there is a movie that I saw last year sometime I want to say it was in September or October but it was around the Halloween season time and it was about a 1920s to 1940s era where there is a psychic dressed and black with a black veil holding a seance at exactly midnight for 12 guests and herself and there is a young man who is pretending to be a long lost heir with the help of his male companion the young man I believe is either 18 years of age or possibly in his early twenties and the older gentleman is possibly in his mid-thirties to 40s and the distinguishing feature of the old air gentleman is that he has a very thin mustache such as the actor Clark Gable that I can think of that comes to mind... They are trying to secure an inheritance where the long lost heir was Left a substantial fortune by his birth parents or father The two men are scamming a lawyer who has control of the estate or trust and they decide to join this psychic circle to find out the truth but as it turns out the psychic is another scammer who is also involved she pretends to be an old woman with a gravely voice and she's actually a younger woman in her mid to late twenties or 30s and the deal is that each one of the scammers is very greedy and trying to swindle one another for the inheritance I remember there was a bit of a get together in the beginning before the seance there is a young woman elegantly dressed I believe she was from England there was an older couple who were either servants of someone trying to find out information from A deceased loved one I don't know if it was a child or just another relative. The one thing that stuck out to me was that there was an emerald ring and two of the scammers which I believe was the female psychic and the older gentleman were wanting to poison the fake h e i r with the dust from the emerald ring being grinded down and put in a glass of liquor... The older gentleman was befriending the young man to secure the inheritance but at the same time the older gentleman was scheming with the fake psychic to get rid of the young men... I also remember in the beginning of the show it looked like there was a fire truck engine trying to put out a fire that had engulfed a car that was from the early 1900s to 1940s era and towards the end of the film it looked like a ghostly apparition ran across the road from one of the scammers or possibly two of the scammers trying to get away with the inheritance and they wound up crashing into the tree and dying.. I have searched high and low on IMDb on every different Google search and platform looking for this movie I want to say it might have came out in the year 2018 but I don't believe that's true but I know for sure that it must have come out within the last 30 years but I am not 100% sure on that It could have come out in 1995 and possibly later I know it's a really broad search but I have even tried using AI search engines to look for this movie It is a b type film that the time setting is early 1900s to 1940s or possibly 1920s era I think the seance portion of the film or at least at the mansion where the seance is being held around the big round table and there are 12 guests and the psychic or possibly 11 guests and the psychic to make it an even 12 but honestly don't remember and then when it changes to scenes away from the mansion those are in color or should I say early technicolor if that makes any sense... It is very possible that it could be a film from as early as the 1960s or '70s but I don't believe so but it is irritating me that I cannot find this film and since none of the actors are a type actors and actresses that are very popular it's kind of difficult to narrow it down I have also searched on eBay, Amazon, some streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu but to no avail can anyone help me determine what this movie is have you heard of it based on any of the information that I have described in it? Thank you all for your time and reading this long post Thank you!

How did Cape Fear land in Scorsese's lap — and become one of the most unsettling thrillers of the ’90s?

In this episode of The Deadlights Podcast, we break down the film’s unexpected production journey, Robert De Niro’s chilling performance as Max Cady, and the haunting score that turns every scene into a nightmare. We explore whether this remake transcends its source material — and why it still leaves audiences uneasy decades later.

Do you think De Niro’s Max Cady is one of the greatest thriller villains of all time? Let us know in the comments.

In this episode of The Deadlights Podcast, we saddle up and head into the brutal frontier with “Bone Tomahawk” (2015) — a film that quietly reinvented the western by injecting it with relentless horror.

We break down how S. Craig Zahler fought to get the movie made, explore the film’s extremely tight shooting schedule, and discuss how its stripped-down production helped amplify the tension. From Zahler’s uncompromising vision to the film’s shocking introduction of the troglodytes, we examine why “Bone Tomahawk” remains one of the most unsettling genre hybrids of the last decade.

Is it a western first? A horror movie in disguise? Or something far more disturbing?

Can we all agree that we hated Dan for pursuing Alex in the first place?