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The Crown is easily one of my favorite tv series of all time and the one scene that has stayed with me ever since has always been the closing scene of S1 E2.

The whole buildup from the death of King George, to where Elizabeth and Phillip are rushing home, where Elizabeth is suddenly thurst onto the throne and she slowly comes to grasp to the fact that her life is literally about to change.

She realizes this first when she arrives to Margaret and Queen Mother, where they both curtsy to her. Then, Margaret tries to follow Elizabeth, and QM tells her sternly to "wait", then shots a glance at Phillip who follows after Elizabeth before they are allowed to follow. In the very last seconds of the episode, she see's her grandmother - Mary of Tick - who also curtsys, and not just any curtsy, a low curtsy which some believe to be the curtsy of absolute and upmost respect.

It also tells us (and her of course) that the baton has finally been passed on, and with her grandmother bowing to her, who Elizabeth had been bowing too her whole life, Claire Foy really sells it as you can through the panic on her face that it has finally set in that a new dawn is rising, and she really is the Queen, and i still get chills everytime i watch it.

Christine is now absolutely in my top five King books.

BRIEF SPOILERS!

After watching the John Carpenter movie for years (as is the case with most of the adaptations in which i never had the time to read the original stories), I have never read the book. It's been on my shelf fir years now, and as I am doing a whole re-read/first reading of the books I have always wanted to read, i just finished Christine. Took me three days - I was, you knowz balancing life in general 😂.

Loved it. At least the book explains why Arnie changes, in the movie, which I also rewatched after reading, I felt the change happens too quickly. In the book, it's explained that LeBays spirit is the one controlling Arnie, who is also possessing the car, and i was surprised to see and make note that George LeBay and Roland were combined in the movie, as Roland is the one who sells Arnie the car, while George is a different, speaking character in general.

Ngl, the ending depressed me in a way that rarely happens to me, not even just the fact that Dennis and Leigh didn't get together (which i opposed too tbh mainly due to how they became involved), but due to the fact all of the Cunningham's are killed too. I loved Regina and Michael bro, they were greatly written and the fact that Dennis lost his best friend and his second family is sad as hell.

I do wish we got clearer answers on how Junkins, and Michael died. Otherwise, after the rewatch, I wish Darnell's death made in the movie and I like the ambiguous ending that maybe Christine has rebuilt herself and is now going after the people she missed...

Overall, I really enjoyed it. Underrated as hell too, I rarely see anyone talk about it.

I'm researching characters from some novels for a personal project. I started on Cujo - Donna Trenton, Vic, Tad. Got to the Camber's and...

"MILF" 💀.

Whatever floats your boat guys 😂

I was watching John Carpenter's "Christine" for the first time in a very long time - haven't seen it since my childhood 😂.

When we are introduced to our main characters parents, Michael and Regina Cunningham, I thought to myself "she looks so familiar", and i caught a glimpse of that GG episode where Rose's daughter visits to talk about Charlie's war bonds, and then it clicked to me.It's Kirsten!

Mind you, she's also sulky as hell in the movie as she is in that episode 😂.

I thought i felt so smart pointing it out.

Usually, in any film thats adapated from a novel, along with some plot structure, some characters are often altered. The best example is can think of is Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance in Kubrick's "The Shining". In the novel, Wendy is a tough old thing who literally stabs Jack in the back after being attacked by a Roque mallet, with blonde hair. In the movie of course, she has black hair and while the idea is there of Wendy being a quote and quote "abused housewife", the casting famously caused backlash especially from King himself.

The two i found were the most perfect casting choices were Keith Gordon as Arnie Cunningham (Christine), and Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall.

I could also vouch most of the cast for Christine was pretty spot on - apart from Alexandra Paul as Leigh, and while i do think William Ostrander was great as Buddy Repperton, i do think he had that Grease complexion and looked way too old. We were given brief descriptions for Arnie's parents, Michael and Regina, but I do think they both matched the images of the people I imagined whilst reading.

Would give a special nod to Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance though - he plays crazy well, and Jack Torrance is crazy as hell 😂. (I understand- Hotel pushed him over the edge, but crazy is crazy😂), and Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes.

Who was your favorite casting choice of any character from the Stephen King universe?

I'm probably being dramatic af (I tend to do that lmao), but i just finished reading "Misery" for the first time, and it genuinely frightened me. I did a post the other day, announcing it's my first time reading the novel as i am a huge fan of the film, and i finished (at night mind you, I also live alone and i was warned not too 😭)...

What can i say, Annie Wilkes was evil af in the movie, but Annie Wilkes in the novel is actually next level.

I knew that in the book, she chops Paul's foot off then coterizes the wound, but I had no idea about his thumb, and that damn lawn mower part.

I loved the book and the movie the same, but i think the only I thought the film did way better was the beginning - in which, Annie genuinely seems like a nice person at first and has believable excuses with her phone lines being down, roads open etc etc, until she cracks before she turns out to have one too many screws loose. It seems in the novel, Paul knows something is up almost immediately even before she does the messed up stuff.

Overall, i loved it, and it is genuinely one of the few stories I've read to actually frighten me. Most of it is thanks to the fact that sometimes the most evil people can be someone as innocent looking as the little old lady down the street, and you never really know what anyone is capable off. There's also that line that describes how it's like a demon was staring through her eyes to show just how cold blooded she was.

This and The Exorcist have been the only two 'cockadoodie' novels ive read that actually frightened me. I cannot wait until I re read it again.

Stephen King is a legend, and has written the stories for some of my favorite movies of all times (Carrie, MISERY, The Shining, Cujo) however it occured to me I've never sat down and read the books they were based one, and if i had, i was younger - for example, Salems Lot was the first story i read at 10 because i was obsessed with vampires 😂.

Recently, ive gotten back into reading, and the books are either better now i understand the themes and such better.

So far ive read:

The Long Walk

The Shining.

Carrie. (Reread)

11/22/63,

And now im onto Misery. Its fun to pull apart the differences and such from the movies and the books. As mentioned Misery is one of my favorite movies of all time, Kathy Bates is a legend!. I know theres a key difference in the hobbling scene in the movie, which involves a axe instead. But im excited!

Obsession has quickly become my favorite horror movie of the year so far - although, I am eagerly waiting for Evil Dead Burn next week, and Insidious: Out Of The Further, so ill renegotiate that statement when they are both released 😂. I loved Lee Cronin's The Mummy as well - many didn't due to it being another generic demonic possession movie, but what can I say? Im a sucker for supernatural horror, and horror has been on a generational streak atm.

With all the hype and the reception of Obsession, it's sounding very familiar to how The Exorcist was viewed by modern audiences.

For those who aren't familiar with The Exorcist, it was a 1971 novel that was adapted into a movie in 1973, and it follows an actress mother named Chris MacNeil who makes a shocking discovery that her twelve year old daughter is demonically possessed. She is forced to sought out the help of two priest, one of which is struggling with his faith.

When it was released, the reception was incredible and because of that movie, it literally knocked down the barrier and showcased that horror movies could be taken as serious as a drama movie. Audiences weren't accustomed to a movie as shocking as it was for its time, to the point people fainted and left the cinemas due to fear or feeling nauseous, a few cinemas even gave audience members sick bags when they purchased a ticket. I could do a whole essay on the crazy mishaps that happened while filming (its crazy! Look it up!), the crazy aftermath in which the cast members received death threats, it really was a massive thing. So massive, Ellen Burstyn (who portrayed Chris) and Linda Blair (who played Regan) received Oscar nominations.

With Obsession, of course in this day and age, the massive unexpected success was thanks to the platform it raised on social media, with special praise to the cast, especially Inde Naverrette. Of course, when The Exorcist was released, the reception was thanks to word of mouth, television reports, news articles, but the sheer amount of controversy it caused was unreal - but it goes to show if a film is done right, people will enjoy it. We are lacking so many original stories in this day and age, and now with directors like Curry Barker, I have faith in this new generation of filmmakers.

With saying that - there has hardly been as much controversy with Obsession, aside from a few pay disputes that have been made public. But still, the films shared the same vibe, take out fainting and vomiting, audiences are now reacting to Obsession the same way they did to The Exorcist.

For all those eagle eyed viewers, there's even a few nods to the latter, one example one is the two images I attached above;

#1 - when Bear first wishes that Nikki would love him and he breaks the OWW, the camera cuts to Nikki standing blankly on her porch, a haunting shot of just her silhouette which signifies the beginning of the horror we are about to experience.

#2 - when the name sake of the film, Father Merrin who is The Exorcist, who arrives to expell the demon from young Regan, he stands outside of the MacNeil residence briefly as a beam of light shines down from Regans bedroom, and has been regarded as a staple of the entire film.

The other reference comes when Nikki wets herself when Bear goes to work. She stands there smiling, while she urinates herself... In "The Exorcist", the first sign Regan is under the influence of something else is when she crashes her mother's party, and shebsays to one of the guests "you're gonna die up there", before she - you guessed it, she wets herself.

I am so glad original movies are being made again, and I am excited to see what Barker's career does next!

One of my favorite reoccurring gags in Golden Girls is how innocent and naive Rose is, but that she also showcases signs of having a dark side to her 😂.

There were many times she blurts anything out, but in one episode, she talks about her childhood imaginary friend, in which she says;

"I had an imaginary friend once... But she would never tell me her name"

I'm not too sure how into the paranormal/supernatural as you guys are (i am huge on the other side lmao), but its well known in that community, if someone has an imaginary friend who refuses to say its name - you might be dealing with something inhuman, or evil, as using its name against it can help banish it 😂

Then on another episode the girls are discussing what to watch, and Rose suggests they should watch "In Cold Blood" which is a movie about two ex convicts who go and murder an entire wealthy family, and of course, she claims Hilter & Eva Braun were her teachers in school 😂.

I love how shes the innocent, empty headed friend, but I do believe Rose would be more then capable of committing murder 😂

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S5 gave us one of televisions most devastating deaths, which was of course the death of Joyce Summers.

As we all know, Dawn tries a resurrection spell to try bring Joyce back, however she changes her mind last minute when she and Buffy talk it out. The spell works and the build up to "Joyce" coming out of her grave, slowly making her way to the house was top tier. But when Dawn destroys Joyces image (its said she must destroy the photograph she used in the spell to get rid of whoever she brought back), well the ressurected Joyce dissappears. Buffy is angry at the idea of Dawn using the occult, but when she hears a knock at the door she becomes happy for a moment just for the chance to see her mother again, but when she opens the door, Joyce has disappeared, and they are forced to deal with the fact that Joyce is gone.

As compelling as it was that we didn't see Joyce in her resurrected state (which works well, leaving what she actually looked like when she was brought back up to us made more chilling), a side of me actually wanted to see how an episode focusing on zombie Joyce would play out.

Id like to imagine a Rachel Creed from Pet Sematary type being, going all Evil Dead on Buffy & the gang. Just ghat concept of actually showing "zombie Joyce", and her potentially going crazy would've been nice to see, but overall im glad they left it up to us to imagine who or what was actually passing the window and knocking on the door. That mystery too - maybe she would've been perfectly fine? Maybe she was evil af?

Its a great thing we will never know...

Officially released in Australia today.

WARNING: Slight spoilers, but I am open to give away more if asked, so BE AWARE!

Loved it! Definitely one of the more stronger entrys in the franchise alongside the original - higher budget, story was decent (for a Scary Movie film), I don't see the critics liking it as much (the other films weren't received THAT well critically either. Audiences loved it though) but maybe they'll review it slightly higher then the orginal, or SM3. If you're a true fan of the first two, of the Wayans, and wanting to see the "core four" in action again, plus a few characters from the past movies, you'll like this one.

There were one or two jokes that didn't land as well

(For me, it was the one about Cindy being a Republican, only because we're in a different country, and we don't pay much attention to US politics with Republicans, Democrats etc etc. I expected that joke not to get a huge rise from the crowd here anyways, I had a small chuckle to myself though)

There was that scene where Ray is first reintroduced, which parodied that viral clip of that dude claiming in front of his congregation that he wasn't gay, which I knew what was happening but im certain no one else did. HOWEVER he did a lot of quirkiness and said a lot of anecdotes so no one batted an eyelid.

I've already seen a lot of ppl from early screenings hate the "trans" jokes, which i could why, but the constant claims of "crossing every line" and the humor about everything definitely could have been... More. They did not cross as much lines as I was expecting.

There were also a few scenes in the trailer that didnt make the final cut (like any film does, most of the time a trailer will show scenes but some dont make the final cut) but it was nothing too noticeable. Wish they did more with the "Smile" trope.

Be prepared for a few special appearances too 😂

Honestly I'd give it a 7/10 (for the Scary Movie/Parody movie radar)

• also stick around, theres a post credit scene