Carson Kelly Blogs

The Scary Movie franchise has returned, but unfortunately, this latest installment did absolutely nothing for me. Comedy is always subjective, but I found very little to laugh at in this movie. Most of the humor felt strained, repetitive, and overly reliant on being loud or recognizable rather than genuinely clever. Instead of delivering a sharp new parody for the current era of horror, the film frequently felt like it was simply throwing jokes at the screen and hoping something would eventually land. There may be some enjoyment here for longtime fans who are simply happy to see the franchise return. Familiarity and nostalgia can certainly carry a movie for a while. However, they were not enough to overcome how uninspired and exhausting I found the overall experience. A comedy does not necessarily need an emotional story or complicated filmmaking to succeed. It does, however, need to be funny. For me, Scary Movie failed at that most important task. I went into the film willing to emb...

I want to start this review by being honest about something: my theater experience for Obsession was rough. Unfortunately, some people in my auditorium were being loud during scenes, talking over the movie, and outright spoiling moments for other people. That kind of thing really hurts a first viewing, especially for a horror movie that depends so much on tension, atmosphere, surprise, and discomfort. It was frustrating, because I had been looking forward to Obsession for a while. But I also try to separate the experience around a movie from the movie itself. And the movie itself? I thought Obsession was very good. This is a creepy, unsettling, emotionally twisted horror film that takes a familiar “be careful what you wish for” idea and pushes it into something deeply uncomfortable. The story follows a hopeless romantic who gets exactly what he thinks he wants, only to realize that desire, control, and obsession can turn into something terrifying. That is where the movie really work...

  There’s something powerful about being wrong in the best way possible. Going into 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple , my expectations were low. The previous film, 28 Years Later , left me disappointed. It didn’t hit the emotional or narrative highs I was hoping for, and it felt like a missed opportunity within a franchise that once felt so raw and gripping. But the Bone Temple changed that for me completely. This film doesn’t just improve on its predecessor; it redeems it. From the very beginning, what stood out most was the dynamic between Spike and Kellie. Their relationship is the emotional core of the film, and it works beautifully. Kellie, in particular, immediately establishes herself as someone who sees beyond survival, someone who chooses connection over chaos. You can feel it early on: she’s not staying with Jimmy’s group. She’s choosing something different. And that choice defines the heart of the story. There’s a quiet strength in how Kellie looks after Spike, and their...

  I. Introduction – The Night the Delta Started Singing Some movies entertain you. Some movies impress you. Sinners got under my skin and stayed there, humming like a half-remembered hymn. I walked into Ryan Coogler’s 1932 Mississippi vampire fever dream expecting something stylish and intense – Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Coogler, Göransson on the score, that alone is a stacked enough lineup – but I didn’t expect it to feel this alive. Sinners isn’t just a horror film. It isn’t just a period drama. It isn’t just a musical. It’s all of those at once, spun together into something that feels like an old ghost story told on a hot summer night, with sweat on your back and a song drifting through the open window. From the opening images, I knew this was going to be one of those “remember where you were” movies for me. The dusty Mississippi roads, the smoky promise of a Black-owned nightclub built in the middle of a system that doesn’t want it to exist, and the slow, creepi...