Here's what I watched in April.... check out my thoughts!
Carrie (2013)
"You know the devil never dies, keeps coming back. But you gotta keep killing him."
I haven’t watched this remake of Carrie since its initial release, and I have to say, it’s still just mediocre. This modernized version of the 1976 original classic, which was based off of Stephen King‘s first novel, did not deviate much from its source material. My favorite horror scene of all time has always been the prom massacre in the original Carrie. There was something haunting about Sissy Spacek’s wide eyed, blank stare. The slight movements of her head as she killed everybody in the gymnasium. The way she slowly walked down the steps of the stage covered head to toe in blood. Chloë Grace Moretz just didn’t deliver the same way Sissy Spacek did back in the 70s. There was too much Scarlet Witch arm movements that made the scene more theatrical than terrifying. The original scene was truly horrifying to me when I first watched it all those years ago. I can’t say the same for this remake.
The Night House (2020)
"You were right. There is nothing. Nothing is after you. You're safe now."
This film made me extremely sad, which is not what I’m looking for in a horror movie ever. The beginning of the movie really affected me. Rebecca, the main protagonist, is dropped off at her home that she once shared with her now deceased husband after his funeral. From that moment on, she’s basically left to go on in life alone. I couldn’t help but think about what life would be like without Danny, and how lonely that truly would be. I can’t tell you why my mind went to such a crippling place while watching this movie. Maybe, it’s a testament to the fact that I have never loved someone this much in a relationship before, so much so, that my fear of losing them has intensified exponentially over time. This movie triggered some deeply dark thoughts that I don’t ever want to experience. Overall, the story was quite interesting, but I don’t think it’s a movie I would watch again given the type of emotions it evokes out of me.
TV Shows/Documentaries
The Ultimatum (2022)
I really enjoy the madness of Love is Blind, so I was excited when Netflix announced a spinoff of sorts. However, I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into with this one. This show is super awkward to watch. You’re basically observing a group of people hook up with each other‘s significant others, and watch their extremely toxic relationships crumble before your eyes. Personally, I never believed in ultimatums. If you have to initiate an ultimatum to your partner, then it’s very clear to me that you both are not on the same path and do not want the same things. Ultimately, it’s better that you break up with that person now, instead of wasting your time. It was also wild to me that most of the women giving their partners an ultimatum were so young! Even as an unmarried woman approaching her mid-thirties, I feel like you still have time to find the right partner in your 20s. Honestly, I think most of these women are just in a rush to have the fairytale wedding, but are ultimately not ready for actual marriage.
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022)
This is the exact reason why I don’t believe in karma. I roll my eyes when people always say “karma is real.” A man lived his entire life as a child predator by blinding the public with his charitable actions, even though his obvious suspicious activity should have been questioned a lot earlier than it was. Savile DIED before the allegations of his disgusting crimes came to light. His name has been scrubbed from Britain’s history, and his grave has been dismantled. Savile’s dead though and faced no repercussions while he was alive. Karma? lol…
Not So Pretty (2022)
I knew that the beauty industry was unregulated, but I didn’t realize just how bad it truly is. I was initially shell shocked when I left my job at a manufacturing company that produces some of the industry’s best-selling beauty products for one that specialized in pharmaceuticals. The difference in how these two companies were regulated was quite apparent in my job as just a cost accountant alone. While I understand pharmaceutical products are meant to be consumed by humans and animals and thus, these products will be more heavily regulated, the beauty products we use on a day to day basis DO get absorbed by our bodies, and can affect our overall health.
I’ve been trying in recent years to be more conscious of what’s in my beauty products, but I’ll admit my lack of diligence. For example, I was knowledgeable of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder being under fire for containing asbestos. However, I wasn’t aware that asbestos can remain in talc that is certified asbestos-free, which is why people have been avoiding cosmetics that contain talc entirely and why people have been demanding talc-free formulations from beauty brands. For days now, I’ve been checking my skincare and makeup products on EWG’s Skin Deep and Think Dirty to see if I’ll die of asbestos. So far, I found out that Jeffree Star uses talc in his face powder. I’m pretty sure my life has been shorten by how much of that powder I’ve inhaled…
I also found the nail episode unnerving. Vietnamese women were responsible for nail care services becoming more accessible to us peasants here in the United States. Back in the day, nail salon services were reserved only for the wealthy. Now, these Asian women are suffering at the hands of unregulated nail companies, who put extremely toxic chemicals into their nail polishes and nail products. Sadly, the younger generation of Asian women have been tasked with speaking out against these nail companies, demanding they take responsibility for the adverse health effects their products have caused and to find more efficient ways of producing clean nail products.
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (2022)
I knew exactly where this documentary was going when I pressed play. Older millennials all know that Abercrombie & Fitch was a notably vain brand marketed to rich, white kids. The clothes were extremely bland and void of any personality, which is mainly how I see rich, white kids lol. I’m not really sure why the company is trying to bring inclusivity and diversity to Abercrombie & Fitch now with the bad reputation the store has developed in the past. It seems useless to attempt to remove the stigma attached to the brand. The clothing has only ever been for stale white people. If you ask me, just let the brand die. I mean, do you really think Gen Z would care to shop at a store like this? I think not.
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