#horror2022

So yeah we went to see the new Horror/Thriller movie The Menu. I remember seeing the trailer for it and thought it would be an interesting movie.

Now after seeing it I can say it was very interesting and I thought that it was very good also it was different and that is what made it interesting in my view. Now from the trailer I thought it was going to involve some Cannibalism like they would be eating some of the characters but it didn't but it was not far off from that. lol

The story is basically this Ralph Fiennes plays Chef Slowik who is running this extremely exclusive restaurant on this lil island and he invites 12 people to take part in this once in a life time meal. little do they know that this will be a very sinister evening filled with not just food but murder! being each of the guest seemingly wronged Chef Slowik and this is how he will get this revenge.

Now I thought this movie did have different layers and an underlining story that has to deal with various aspects of society and feel that all the characters are kind of stereotypes or they represent certain type of people

Like Ralph Fiennes plays Chef Slowik who I felt was this crazy Gordon Ramsay type person who use to love what he did but over the years all his love and passion for it was squeezed out of him leaving him somewhat bitter and cynical and kinda hateful he lost all his fun and joy and it was due to the people that he invited. Also there is others like the vapid celebrity/movie star, the harsh and mean spirited restaurant critic as well as the waspy old money rich couple who think they can do whatever they want because they have money and the poser suck-up foodie know it all and so on.

Also there is Anya Taylor-Joy who plays what I would consider "the normal regular girl" Margot who I loved in this movie and I felt like I could relate to this character and felt like cheering for her in the 3rd act being she was just amazing in this Anya Taylor-Joy is in my opinion the star of this movie only seconded by Ralph Fiennes' Chef Slowik

Someone said this was going to be like a dark comedy and I can kinda see it being I feel alot of the humor came from Nicholas Hoult's Tyler where he is like totally oblivious alot of the time to what is going on around him its almost comical.

but this also stars John Leguizamo who I'm always happy to see in stuff and Judith Light who I haven't seen in a while. I thought everyone was really good in this.

Also yes this is a horror movie but it is one of those "slow burn" type of ones where are really great at times. It starts off kinda creepy and then just builds and builds and things just start to get more and more intense. So its not really any jumps or creatures but it is more of a "oh shit!" type of horror where your left wondering what is going to happen next but it was great.

So yes we went to see the new Horror movie "Smile" originally we were going to go see The Woman King but the person who was going to see that couldn't go so we all went to see "Smile" I wanted to see this being it look really good and different. I am liking alot of the recent horror movies that have been coming out lately from Malignant to The Black Phone to Barbarian and everything in between. stuff has been really good.

The Theater was actually packed for this! it was pretty much a sold out crowd for the time we went I was saying we were lucky to get seats all together as a group. also there was one in theater item that they were giving away for this and you can see it here. also speaking of seating I was sitting on the right end of our group there was a seat to my right that was purchased and when the trailers were playing a girl came in and sat in that seat and watched like the first quarter of the movie and then got up and left. You would think she was going to the bathroom or to get something at the concession counter? no! she left and didn't come back! why is this important? I just found it strange that you purchase a ticket to the movie and only watch like a the first quarter of it then leave and don't come back? to me its just a bit weird. anyway..

As for the movie I can honestly say it was very good! It was a bit different but at the same time it kinda reminded me a tiny bit of the movie called "It Follows" if you haven't seen that one you should right away. but as for this. but as usual I'll try to not spoil anything being you should experience it for yourself.

The movie is more a psychological horror but at the same time it does deal with a type of unknown supernatural force that stalks it victims in a way in or to posses them and spread its evil from jumping from person to person through acts of unimaginable violence.

The movie basically revolves around Rose (played by Sosie Bacon) who is a psychiatrist who works in like a psychiatric hospital and is a very serious and clinical person and a girl is brought in to her who is claiming that she is being stalked by some evil force not believing in ghost or monsters Rose tries to treat the girl violently kills herself in front of rose with a big smile on her face. traumatized she goes home to take a break but soon her world and mental state start to crumble around her and she comes to realize that the "evil" was passed on to her she begins to try to find out where it came from and how to stop it she learns everyone who dies because of this dies with a huge joker like grin on their face which of course is how the movie gets its name. as she is slowly going crazy and that is when all the spooky stuff really starts and it gets kind of intense at times but no one will believe her until she requests the help of her Ex-boyfriend who is a cop and with that she tries to confront the evil and rid herself of it.

Now I don't feel the movie was scary but I guess scary on different levels like as in shocking I do believe it was disturbingly horrific at parts. The whole movie itself was in a way terrifying the musical score and sound design and everything was just pure horror and its very good to the point where you can’t turn away

like the acting in this was excellent Sosie Bacon was amazing and watching her just mentally crack becasue of what was happening was scary in its own right.

There was only one thing I didn't like about the movie which involves Rose's cat. When you get the scene you know its coming becasue you'll have this "oh no" type of reaction. I just found that birthday sequence kinda sad it was more of a "aww..:(" type of thing other then that the movie was excellent. I can see there being a possible sequel to this maybe? I don't think I would mind a Smile 2 but I would be interested in maybe more of a prequel like something along the lines of "The First Smile" like how did it all start where did the evil come from something like that. anyway.. the acting is very well done the way its filmed, the atmosphere, the production and sound design and even the music is all horrifying! the movie as a whole is creepily terrifying So I would recommend it and you should see it in theater to truly experience it. Also if you didn't know this movie was based on the short film "Laura Hasn't Slept" which you can watch below!

Short film produced for the Monthly Movie Challenge “Horror 2022″