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Insidious: The Red Door (2023)

Don't even bother. 2 hours wasted.

3/10, and I'm being too generous to this boring, recycled, predictable, Hollywood horror flick.

Taking it off my rental list after what you wrote.

Hollywood has become pretty pathetic in many ways. Look at the director of the upcoming Star Wars Rey movie.
They are off their heads. Completely lost the plot to the point they think it's fun irritating the last remaining fans.

I think when things became too easy for them (unlimited money for the execs) things turned to shit mostly.
The original blockbuster movie makers laid foundations during difficult circumstances (Spielberg / Lucas / Cameron), often having to
compromise and make things work with a limited budget which made them more creative, instead of less.
Those days are gone.
There are still a few gems in amongst the sea of lazy attempts. I enjoyed Top Gun Maverick in 2022 and John Wick 4 and Gran Turismo in 2023.
If you want horror check out Pearl, which was decent (made by A24) or The Black Phone (by Universal which appears to be subscribing less to the woke agenda and thus I think will survive).

However, the most impressive movie for me recently has been Godzilla Minus One.
Delivered with so much passion and conviction. It doesn't even matter it's in Japanese.
Epic movie, great ideas with some superb shots.
A rare one that gets better the more often I watch it.
Damn perfect movie really.
It seems to have some of the best inspiration from Spielberg that I have seen that almost surpasses the originals
(Jaws & Jurassic Park mostly, even a hint of Saving Private Ryan is in there).

Well said.

Not much to add to the above. I find myself watching foreign (non-English) movies more often lately. Hollywood seems to have saturated and succumbed to the woke virus, or recycling/reselling old successes.

Thanks for the recommendations, will check them out. Pearl is already on my to-watch list. Never heard of The Black Phone (I like the title, will be watching this tonight I think). I liked the John Wick series (can't remember which ones I've watched), will check out John Wick 4. Will definitely be watching Godzilla Minus One, it looks very promising, and coming from Japan is a plus.

Just noticed there's a Saw X (2023). Based on the cover, it seems like typical Saw material, which could be enjoyable if well executed. 6.6/10 on IMDb looks worth watching.

Saw X is pretty decent if you don't mind that sort of thing, probably the best since the first movie.
Tobin Bell is superb in it in fact.

Certainly not woke. If anything some of the women get the worst traps. Shocked