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[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...

[Double Feature] Neverlake

7/25/2018

David: I can’t remember where I came across this film. After so many horror movie lists, I often add things to hopefully address. That’s where I came across this ghost story set in...

Shannon: Neverlake is - what I'm assuming anyway - a low budget film that's almost not even available for watching. Luckily, I was able to find it on Hoopla for free (yah!) so I watched...

[Double Feature] Memento

7/20/2018

David: Memento is best gone into knowing as little about the film as possible. Whether that is seeing it for the first time, or revisiting the film after nearly a decade (like me), the film works...

Shannon: I actually couldn't make it through this movie. It was pretty obvious when it started what was up with the main character, he had short-term memory loss so he always...

[Double Feature] The Killing of a Sacred Deer

7/9/2018

David: Iphigenia, or the story or her, is where the title comes from. I had to Google that, so don’t think I’m that awesome. Essentially, Agamemnon kills one of Artemis’s sacred deer...

Shannon: When the trailers before the movie are 5 for 5 movies that have gotten "Hated It" ratings, I did not enjoy this film. When a movie starts off with a deer/cow/whatever having open heart surgery...

[Double Feature] 1922

6/29/2018

David: I am at the point now, as I’ve probably surpassed 400 reviews in our short time together, DFP readers, where I fear repeating myself at times. Some of my favorite subjects in horror...

Shannon: For this film, I actually took notes (which is something I really need to start doing again so I have things to remember to talk about on these review posts). Basically, a man and his son...

[Double Feature] The Autopsy of Jane Doe

6/18/2018

David: André Øvredal. If you don’t know his name, particularly among the horror community, I’d learn it. He’s the director of a little watched but terrific film (one of my favorite monster movies)...

Shannon: The title of the movie is the entire description possible. A couple corner’s cut into the body of a Jane Doe and strange things happen. In the scheme of things, I can see why someone...

[Double Feature] The Orphanage

6/6/2018

David: There’s an anatomy to horror films that I think most casual viewers don’t understand. There is a lot of work that goes into making someone scared. If you only show reactions, you...

Shannon: First of all, I watched this movie the same day as Platoon, and I almost fell asleep in this one as well but didn’t because I truly wanted to see what was happening. The Orphanage is ...

[Double Feature] Suburbicon

6/4/2018

David: Because Shannon loves Matt Damon, we will probably work through his entire filmography at some point. On one hand, he’s been in some damn good movies – Good Will Hunting...

Shannon: Again, I judge a movie by it’s cover. Suburbicon did not exactly have the plot that I was looking for or expected. For some reason, I had it in my head that this was like John Wick...

[Double Feature] Se7en

5/30/2018

David: People have difficulty classifying movies like Se7en. Is it a horror film? Is it a crime drama? I for one believe it’s both, which may be due to the fact the when I first watched it as a young teen...

Shannon: With Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt leading the cast on this one, it’s not terrible. The film is a crime suspense film that follows to detectives as they chase a serial killer. At times...