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After the Paranormal Activities films and a bunch of notable supernatural horrors, a Poltergeist remake/sequel feels like an interesting. But remaking a beloved classic like The Thing, Halloween, The Exorcist was never going to be an easy endeavor.

The style and tension of the original film is weirdly missing from this feature, along with the humour and charisma that Hooper and Spielberg brought to the original, which itself felt like a continuation of Spielberg films exploring suburban middle-class America (ET, Close Encounters). These films feel strangely biographical to Spielberg, especially if you've seen Fabelmen.

Instead, we have a mediocre script and actors making the most of their scenes, but looking pretty lost with their bad dialogue. The CGI effects and visuals are good but just lack of particular sense of realism. A lot of the scares are just rehashed from the original, in which they felt a lot better, and built up to; the guys face falling off in the mirror, the tree attack, the clown attack. Just bad imitations.

Just finished Don't Breath 2, I didn't hate it despite the bad reviews. I enjoyed the first film which I thought was an above average home invasion horror. Interestingly, I guess Stephen Lang and the creators knew there was no rational way they'd be able to match the setup of the original. Instead they've gone for an old-school 90s type action thriller with little to do with the first film besides a vague backstory for the villain turned avenging angel. It's a Taken-Blind Fury mashup with a bigger budget which allows it some pretty cool set pieces and photography. This combined with the cheesy dialogue, eye-gouging, bone snapping, and just general 'why has no one called the police, and how could anyone survive that?', makes a bad film atleast fun to watch.