Category: Suspense - DoubleFeaturePreachers

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[Double Feature] Annabelle Comes Home

8/4/2020

David: If you would have told me that we would have eventually morphed the movie The Conjuring into a set of different series that is now on its 8th film, I honestly wouldn’t believe you. Though... READ MORE

Shannon: I remember liking the other Annabelle movies, but I can't remember if we've reviewed those too. Annabelle Comes Home though, is like a hodge podge of all the other movies with the Warren... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Bad Times at the El Royale

7/31/2020

David: Sometimes when you take a film and begin to twist, the fibers that come apart are actually more interesting than the story itself. This is something that Drew Goddard, writer and director... READ MORE

Shannon: Crime and suspense? Sounds like a good combination of things for me to like it. Bad Times at the El Royale was just alright. Yes it had crime and suspense and some thrills, but to me... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Wonderstruck

7/21/2020

David: Todd Haynes is a cinephile – of that I have no doubt. Watching through his filmography, it’s very easy to see that he misses the bygone areas of years past – most specifically, that specific... READ MORE

Shannon: Wonderstruck switches between two main characters living in different decades. Rose (played by Millicent Simmonds), a young deaf girl leaves her home in search for what I think is... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Unbreakable

4/14/2020

David: I remember loving this movie upon first watch as a young preteen. I was hesitant throughout the years to return to it – after all of Mr. Shyamalan’s failures to bring other materials to the screen... READ MORE

Shannon: In January 2018 I went to see the movie Split. I knew what it was about, but I had never heard of this movie Unbreakable until the end scene that cameos Bruce Willis and sets up for the... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Brightburn

11/4/2019

David: I may have said on this website a time or two that Superman is kinda my guy. I’m huge on the Boy in Blue, despite the fact that so many people find his unnerving goodness boring. For all those...

Shannon: Brightburn stars Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, and Jackson Dunn. As Brandon (Jackson Dunn) grows into his 13th birthday, he starts having thoughts and feelings he had never had...

[Double Feature] The Invitation

10/21/2019

David: What if your ex invited you to a dinner party with your old crowd of friends and the person she left you for? Would you attend the party or would you continue to go about your life and politely ignore...

Shannon: Sigh. I couldn't help but feeling like this movie was a complete waste of time. The story itself wasn't bad, but the execution of the story was just not fun to watch at all. The Invitation follows...

[Double Feature] Apostle

10/7/2019

David: It’s impossible not to think of The Wicker Man when watching Apostle. Part of that is due to the subject matter – both deal with off-the-beaten path communities that harbor cults with murderous...

Shannon: Apostle is a film brought to us by Netflix that takes place in 1905 and follows a young man who is on a mission to rescue his abducted sister. Dan Stevens stars as Thomas, who sneaks his way onto...

[Double Feature] Slender Man

4/25/2019

David: It’s unfortunate when creepy things go by the wayside. Internet and social media culture (of which I’m a huge fan of) consistently sends things into the stratosphere of popularity, only for...

Shannon: So many horror movies these days surround themselves around folklore of entities that appear and take away children, adults, etc, just because they were summoned. This movie freaked me out...

[Double Feature] Cam

4/18/2019

David: I literally had no idea what I was walking into with Cam, which is something I’ve stated before doesn’t happen very often. So it kind of blindsided me that this was about Camgirls...

Shannon: I feel like this movie is going to be one that has a cult following. It’s fairly disturbing yet thrilling enough to keep you watching until the end. At least that is what my opinion is. Alice...

[Double Feature] You Were Never Really Here

3/26/2019

David: Lynne Ramsay has a fantastic film on her hands, and should be very proud of it. In this film, we follow Joe (Joaquin Phoenix – seemingly huge and filling every inch of the...

Shannon: My my my… this is another one of those movies that does not make sense, even when the finale is wrapping up and the movie is ending. It makes absolutely no sense, there is...

[Double Feature] Unsane

3/25/2019

David: To shoot an entire film on an I-phone is impressive. To do that in a way that convinces a studio and a production company to pick it up and put it in theaters is even more...

Shannon: I really wanted to see this movie particularly because I had heard it was filmed entirely from an iPhone. Was this true? Well, according to many articles I just read...

[Double Feature] Odd Thomas

1/15/2019

David: Odd Thomas. Little Ozzie. Stormy Llewelyn. Fungus Bob. These are all characters that make their big screen appearance in 2013’s Odd Thomas, which is based on the book series by...

Shannon: Odd Thomas (Anton Yelchin) has the ability to see dead people and other entities that come from the “realm.” The movie starts out with him catching a man who kills little...

[Double Feature] The Boy

1/8/2019

David: There are a whole lot of movies and stories about creepy dolls. I mean, just off the top of my head without much thought I can tell you about Chucky (Child’s Play), Slappy...

Shannon: I’ve always heard of this movie, and in the back of my mind have kind of wanted to see it. The fact that there’s a little doll haunting a poor nanny seems creepy enough. Greta...

[Double Feature] Hereditary

11/26/2018

David: I saw Hereditary in theatres after seeing all the rave reviews. And up until today, I hadn’t attempted to write a review. For someone that likes to talk and write, that’s quite a statement...

Shannon: I'll start off by saying that my HDMI didn't work (and still doesn't) when I started watching this movie. At first, it would just beep annoyingly at me or turn to snow every few minutes. Yes...

[Review] Sicilian Ghost Story

11/5/2018

by Shannon

Against her mother’s wishes, Luna falls in love with Giuseppe. Soon after, the young boy disappears. He is kidnapped by someone who knows his father (which reminded me a lot of All the Money in the World). Luna does not take this disappearance lightly. As the film progresses, she falls harder and harder into darkness. She truly believes that the love they have will bring him back and allow her to find him.

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[Double Feature] The Ritual

10/3/2018

David: Greetings my skeletons and ghoulish friends! Welcome to our month of Horror here at DoubleFeaturePreachers.com – while I’m not quite a good a host as the Crypt Keeper...

Shannon: Here we are folks. Yet another October to be filled with scary movies that David wants to see. That should make it interesting though right? He picked out some movies based...

[Review] A Simple Favor

9/17/2018

by Shannon

When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I immediately was reminded of Pretty Little Liars. From what little the trailer showed us, this fact alone really intrigued me in wanting to see this movie, along with the fact of the two leading actresses. As David said in his All I See Is You review, Lively has been all over the map when it comes to movies ever since Gossip Girl ended. There have been some good ones, Shallows for example, and there have been some bad ones, All I See is You for example. A Simple Favor however...

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[Double Feature] All I See Is You

9/12/2018

David: Since Blake Lively did Gossip Girl and Green Lantern, her movies have just been all over the map. The Shallows is probably one of her more critically successful, though I thought it...

Shannon: So I had an idea as to what this movie would be about, but I wasn’t prepared for what transcribed across the screen. I felt like I was watching a kaleidoscope while on drugs...

[Double Feature] The Prestige

8/20/2018

David: Everyone, I have a confession to make. I rarely make fully declarative statements about movies, because your opinions on them can so often change. Sometimes you find humor...

Shannon: Going into this movie, I knew 2 things. One, it was a Christopher Nolan film which I'm 50/50 on recently in liking the film. And two, it was about magicians. That's all I knew! Well...

[Double Feature] Blade Runner 2049

8/6/2018

David: Hello and welcome to Sci-Fi month here at DFP. We choose this month in honor of my birthday, so we're filling it with films a plenty from one of the best genres. I hope you...

Shannon: I will say that this new Blade Runner movie is better than the first. Though it still has the same feel to it. I don't know what it is about these movies, but for some reason...