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The Pale Door is a western horror film directed by Aaron Koontz. The film follows brothers Jake and Duncan who are saved by Lester (portrayed by Stan Shaw) when their home is attacked by a gang of robbers. The film then jumps to Jake (portrayed by Devin Druid) as a young adult who works at a saloon. Meanwhile, Duncan (portrayed by Zachary Knighton) is the head of his own gang that includes Lester. Jake joins the gang to help out on a mission where they are supposed to get a big score. Instead, they end up finding a woman in a box named Pearl (portrayed by Natasha Bassett). Pearl promises that if the gang takes her back to her town they will get a reward. However, they soon learn the town is controlled by witches and must fight to try to escape.

The important supporting characters are: the witches leader Maria (portrayed by Melora Walters), gang member Dodd (portrayed by Bill Sage), and gang member Wylie (portrayed by Pat Healy).

I really liked the concept of the film. Witches versus cowboys is not something I have seen overly done so I appreciated the new concept. I However, I thought the film was pretty poorly executed. The main character is Jake who just feels awkward in the role. I also felt like his ending in the film was not fully developed. The special effects/CGI looked pretty fake. At one point they showed a witch who I could tell was wearing a mask and the makeup was not fully blended in. I also thought the overall plot was a bit boring. Not much occurs after the initial encounter between the party. The film slows down and there are multiple scenes of the individuals walking around in the woods.

Overall, I liked the concept but thought the execution of the film was weak - 3/10.

Yummy is a Dutch zombie horror comedy directed by Lars Damoiseaux. The film follows Alison (portrayed by Maaike Neuville) who goes to a hospital to get a breast reduction from Dr. K (portrayed by Eric Godon). She is accompanied by her boyfriend Michael (portrayed by Bart Hollanders), who went to nursing school but dropped out due to his fear of blood and her mother Sylvia (portrayed by Annick Christiaens) who is also getting cosmetic work done. However, they soon learn that the hospital has dark secrets that get released. The couple must then fight and avoid the zombie outbreak to get out alive.

The important supporting actors are hospital employee Daniel (portrayed by Benjamin Ramon) who works there to try and get with the women after their surgeries and main nurse Janja (portrayed by Clara Cleymans).

Yummy has some strengths to it. The zombies don't really look that bad and the horror scenes look decently realistic. There is exaggerations like zombies being tied up from their intestines and people shredding their arms off. But it felt real. I also thought the acting was pretty decent for a horror comedy film.

My issue with the film is it was a bit much. There is a scene when someones dick falls off. There are a lot of sexual references and scenes. It felt a little elementary. I get its a comedy but that wasn't really funny to me. I also thought the story line itself was a bit weak because I didn't really care about any of the characters. They weren't developed in a way that made me care about them.

Overall, this is an ok gory zombie film with decent special effects but a weak characters and plot - 5/10.

Belzebuth is a supernatural horror film written and directed by Emilio Portes. The film follows Emmanuel Ritter (portrayed by Joaquín Cosío), a police officer who lost his son and wife after a tragic event where a nurse killed all the babies in the nursery. 5 years later, a number of mass murders against children start to occur and Emmanuel teams up with a investigator sent by the Vatican, Ivan (portrayed by Tate Ellington), to try to solve the murders. Along they way, they come to think ex-communicated priest Vasilio Canetti (portrayed by Tobin Bell) may be involved. The plot then goes into Emmanuel and Ivan trying to save the reincarnation of Jesus.

The first half of Belzebuth I enjoyed. I could see viewers thinking the murders of children were a little much but I thought it added to the intensity of the film. However the second half, specifically last third of the film, that follows the characters trying to protect the child who is the resurrection of Jesus Christ was just too far out for me. It seemed like a far reach compared to the beginning of the film and kinda went of track. I also thought the CGI was kinda bad and the acting seemed to progressively get worse over the course of the film. I went from enjoying the film to finding it pretty mediocre by the end. - 4/10.