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Goosebumps S1 E8

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“You Can’t Scare Me”

The Harold Biddle storyline came to a dramatic conclusion on a cliff in the middle of a snowstorm.

Harold had finally gotten Slappy away from Nora and the crew of the kids and their parents confronted Harold as Isaiah dangled from the cliff (how he did that with his broken arm…well, that was pretty impressive, if not impossible).

The villainous puppet egging on Harold to keep fighting and to kill Isaiah in revenge for what had happened to Harold when he was alive.

Harold’s ghost parents played a part in the finale of the episode too as Harold turned on Slappy and sent him flying over the edge of the cliff.

This did feel like a finale. It was also one of my favorite episodes of the season and it was a big step up over the last few episodes which had been a little weaker.

It is clear that Slappy is not done though. We see his decapitated puppet body as his eye opens.

I like this episode a lot and I am curious to see where this goes from here.

Echo trailer

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Okay… who saw this coming.

The speculation on the series of Echo was that it was going to be a failure. All the signs were pointing at the possible fact that Echo was going to be a mess. It had been pushed to January. They plan on dropping all episodes at the same time, a first for any Disney + show. And the character of Echo was easily the worst part of the Hawkeye series.

So color me surprised when this trailer came out and it was fantastic. The story of the trailer was centered around the relationship between Echo and Wilson Fisk, who looks as brutal as he did during the Netflix Daredevil series. It was a thrilling trailer.

Before the trailer, I was planning on watching Echo but I was not anticipating it. After the trailer, I am excited about the series and hope that it is as good as the trailer. The trailer succeeded in making me more intrigued for Echo.

Now and Then

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A surprise today. I’m listening to the radio after school in the car and they started talking about a new Beatles song.

What?

Apparently there was a song that was sung by John Lennon that the surviving Beatles have been working on for forty years. The recording was Lennon playing piano and singing with a TV playing in the background. With the tech, they were able to remove the TV sound and make a great new song.

I purchased it on iTunes and listened to it immediately, and I will say that I really loved it. I had some feelings, some emotions that I did not expect. The fact that both John and George Harrison are gone now was a part of that feeling. I felt as if I could cry.

I was not that much of a fan of the song “Free as a Bird” that the group put out several years ago in the same manner, post John Lennon’s death. It just did not have the same feel. Now and Then, that one had something.

Apparently a video is out tomorrow and there is a making-of short film available somewhere too. The Beatles are one of my favorite bands of all-time and the fascination with them continues to this day.

Trailers from Geek Buddies

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I was watching the Geek Buddies on YouTube today, which is a podcast with John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung. During their weekly show, they typically talk about new trailers and so I figured I could add the trailers to this post.

Lisa Frankenstein

This looks kind of funny. It could be a fantastic film or a complete nightmare. Kathryn Newton leads the film.

Fargo Season 5

It has been awhile since I watched a season of Fargo. This trailer looks to have the oddball charm and bizarre feel of the best of this anthology series. By Nov. 21, Loki, Goosebumps will be done, maybe I’ll give this one a looksee.

Maestro Trailer 2

This is the Netflix movie, directed by Bradley Cooper, featuring the story of the relationship between icon Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

You should definitely give The Geek Buddies a try if you have not watched it before. John, Michael and Shannon have chemistry all over the place and they are always funny. They give some excellent opinions on geek culture and are always engaging.

The Iron Claw Trailer

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I was unaware that there was a movie in the works telling the tragic story of the Von Erich family. Not only is there a movie, it is being made by A24.

The Von Erichs were a family of wrestlers, six sons of family patriarch Fritz Von Erich. Of the six sons, five died and three of them were by suicide.

This trailer looked amazing, with the time frame looking perfect. I am very anxious to see the story unfold.

The Iron Claw stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Stanley Simons, with Holt McCallany and Lily James.

The film is released December 22.

The October 13

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October is the month of my favorite holiday, Halloween. And I was considering doing a DailyView of horror/thriller/Halloween movies to celebrate. However, I realized that, with school underway, the multiple TV shows I am watching (Loki starts this week, Gen V, American Horror Story), the X-Files rewatch, the normal movie reviews, Comic Cavalcades, and, you know, sleeping, I did not have the time to guarantee a movie a day.

So instead, I decided that I would pre-select a list of movies to watch during the month, wherever they fall.

Since there will be a Friday the 13th this month, I chose the number 13. I have selected 13 movies to watch during the month of October in celebration of Halloween.

I had no specifics for the movies except they had to fit into the theme of the month. Except, of course, they had to be movies that I did not already write a review that was active on the site. I spent almost and hour and a half researching movies looking for horror/Halloween/thrillers that I had yet to review and that was tough. Some horror movies have pretty generic titles and I was not sure if I had seen it yet. With the new search function at EYG though, I could decide if I had written about them yet.

Of the 13 films, I have seen 10 of them before, making those a rewatch. There are three that are new to me. None of them are from 2023.

When I watch one of the films below, I will change the color to this.

Here, in no specific order, are the 13 films selected as The October 13:

Apostle (2018) -Netflix

Jennifer’s Body (2009)- Max

The Mist (2007)- Prime

The Amityville Horror (1979)-Max

Monster House (2006)- Hulu

Coraline (2009)- Max

The Ring (2002)- Prime

Sleepy Hollow (1999)- Max

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)-Apple TV

Slither (2006) – Prime

From Hell (2001) – Max

Saw (2004)- Hulu

Casper (1995)- Netflix

So here we go… Happy Halloween to all of the EYG Nation!

Argylle Official Trailer

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This looks absolutely insane.

A spy thriller with an unbelievable cast.

They had me with John Cena. His appearance looked epic… and then it got wild.

Add Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Ariana DeBose, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Sam Rockwell, and Chip the cat, the real-life cat of supermodel Claudia Vaughn.

Matthew Vaughn is the director and this trailer really excited me for a film that I had no idea about before today.

Coming in February 2024.

Gen V Official Redband Trailer

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Okay, this Boys spin-off (or series that falls in the same universe) is going to debut this weekend (officially September 29th) and so I thought this was a good trailer to revisit.

Gen V feels like the concept of the X-Men, a school that trains the future heroes. Of course, much like the Boys itself, this looks way bloodier than any X-Men product I have seen (even more than Logan).

The character called “Bloody Marie” looks extremely intriguing. That is not her actual character name, but it sounded cool.

I will be curious to see if this new series can be anywhere near as entertaining as The Boys, because if it is, this will be an awesome show.

It debuts on Prime.