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Is WOLF MAN (2025) worth your time?? | Scary Movie Review
The Scary Story Guy breaks down WOLF MAN (2025), Leigh Whannell's reimagining of the classic man-beast horror tale. Starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner.
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TOP 10: the BEST (and WORST) horror movies of 2024!!
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The Scary Story Guy breaks down some of the year's worst horror movies before unveiling his list of the TOP 10 of 2024. Featuring pregnant nuns, M. Night Shyamalan, and nepo babies... Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follo...
THE DAMNED: is 2025's FIRST horror movie any good?? | Scary Movie Review!
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The Scary Story Guy kicks off 2025 with THE DAMNED, a bleak, atmospheric tale of Icelandic horror. Starring Odessa Young and Rory McCann. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follow me on: Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Sergeant_D...
AZRAEL: the BEST 2024 horror film you've never heard of!! | Samara Weaving Movie Review
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Scream queen extraordinaire Samara Weaving absolutely *kills* it in AZRAEL (2024), a dialogue-free film about a woman escaping from a post-apocalyptic cult! Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follow me on: Letterboxd: letter...
Is NOSFERATU (2024) really the BEST horror movie of the year?! | Scary Movie Review
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Did Robert Eggers come through with ANOTHER masterpiece?? The Scary Story Guy breaks down Nosferatu (2024), a gothic vampire film starring Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Emma Corrin, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Ineson, and Willem Dafoe. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosle...
RANT: Netflix’s TIME CUT (2024) is the most FLACCID movie of the year!
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The Scary Story Guy watched TIME CUT (2024) on Netflix so that you don't have to. Starring Madison Bailey, Griffin Gluck, and Antonia Gentry. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follow me on: Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Sergea...
MALIGNANT (2021) is actually a COMEDY - and a good one!! | "Scary" Movie Review
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The Scary Story can hardly keep it together talking about MALIGNANT (2021), an absolutely bonkers horror movie that's really a comedy. Starring Annabelle Wallis, directed by James Wan. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Foll...
TERRIFIER 3 (2024): Does it live up to the INSANE hype?? | Scary Movie Review!
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The Scary Story steels his stomach and checks out Terrifier 3 (2024), the ultra-gory holiday slasher that's taken the horror world by storm. Starring David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, and Alexa Blair Robertson. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worke...
RED ROOMS (2024) is NOT messing around!! | Scary Movie Review
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The Scary Story Guy reviews RED ROOMS (2024), a twisted psychological thriller starring Juliette Gariepy. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follow me on: Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Sergeant_Darwin/​ Goodreads: www.goodreads...
IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE (2024) is the TRIPPIEST movie of the year!!!
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The Scary Story Guy reviews IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE (2024), a brand new sci-fi comedy horror on Netflix! Starring Brittany O'Grady, Alycia Debnam-Carey, and James Morosini. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follow me on: Letterb...
What makes THE RING (2002) a modern horror CLASSIC??
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The Scary Story Guy reviews THE RING (2002), a very good film that set the horror world on fire a couple decades ago. Starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, and the absolute mensch David Dorfman. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_cat...
Does the SPEAK NO EVIL (2024) remake live up to the INSANE original??
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The Scary Story Guy compares SPEAK NO EVIL (2024) to the original Danish film. Spoiler: it's not as good. Starring James McAvoy, Aisling Franciosi, Scoot McNairy, and Mackenzie Davis! Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follo...
Is TERRIFIER 2 any better than the AWFUL original?!
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The Scary Story Guy kicks off spooky season by reviewing TERRIFIER 2 (2022), an absolutely bonkers slasher starring Lauren LaVera as Sienna Shaw and the magnificent David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_p...
ABIGAIL (2024) is a bloody MESS...but in a good way??
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Yes I know the camera is totally out of focus the entire time...RIP. It'll be back to normal next video! In the meantime, look at something more pleasant while you listen to me talk about ABIGAIL (2024), a new vampire horror movie starring Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, and newcomer Alisha Weir! Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfri...
Blumhouse wants you to watch AFRAID (2024). Watch this instead.
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The Scary Story Guy suffered through AFRAID (2024) so you don't have to. Starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston, and David Dastmalchian. Read my horror writing: www.reddit.com/user/Sergeant_... My latest story, "My girlfriend worked in the Paris catacombs": www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1dp4lbt/my_girlfriend_worked_in_the_paris_catacombs/ Follow me on: Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Sergeant_Da...
Stephen King called HELL HOUSE “the SCARIEST haunted house novel ever.” Was he right??
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Stephen King called HELL HOUSE “the SCARIEST haunted house novel ever.” Was he right??
STRANGE DARLING (2024) is the MUST-SEE horror movie of the year!!
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STRANGE DARLING (2024) is the MUST-SEE horror movie of the year!!
The SCARIEST found-footage horror movie you've never heard of...
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The SCARIEST found-footage horror movie you've never heard of...
Don’t listen to the haters! TRAP (2024) is Shyamalan’s best film in years.
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Don’t listen to the haters! TRAP (2024) is Shyamalan’s best film in years.
Forget Longlegs…ODDITY (2024) is the SCARIEST movie of the year!
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Forget Longlegs…ODDITY (2024) is the SCARIEST movie of the year!
Is LONGLEGS (2024) really the SCARIEST movie of the decade??
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Is LONGLEGS (2024) really the SCARIEST movie of the decade??
MAXXXINE (2024) just doesn’t have that “X” factor - here’s why.
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MAXXXINE (2024) just doesn’t have that “X” factor - here’s why.
Is TERRIFIER (2016) as VILE as everyone says?? | Scary Movie Review!
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Is TERRIFIER (2016) as VILE as everyone says?? | Scary Movie Review!
Is INFESTED (2024) the SCARIEST spider movie of all time??
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Is INFESTED (2024) the SCARIEST spider movie of all time??
STOPMOTION (2024) is one of the NASTIEST movies I’ve seen! | Spoiler-Free Review!
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STOPMOTION (2024) is one of the NASTIEST movies I’ve seen! | Spoiler-Free Review!
A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS: Spoiler-Free Scary Book Review!
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A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS: Spoiler-Free Scary Book Review!
THE FIRST OMEN (2024) is way more DISTURBING than I expected!! | Scary Movie Review!
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THE FIRST OMEN (2024) is way more DISTURBING than I expected!! | Scary Movie Review!
BETWEEN TWO FIRES: is Reddit’s FAVORITE horror novel any good?? | Scary Book Review!
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BETWEEN TWO FIRES: is Reddit’s FAVORITE horror novel any good?? | Scary Book Review!
The MOST EXCITING horror movie news of the year just dropped!!
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The MOST EXCITING horror movie news of the year just dropped!!
When a nun gets PREGNANT - does IMMACULATE (2024) deliver?? | Scary Movie Review!
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When a nun gets PREGNANT - does IMMACULATE (2024) deliver?? | Scary Movie Review!

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  • @folanthewolftamer7526
    @folanthewolftamer7526 8 годин тому

    As someone who's read this book 3 times over since I discovered it 6 years ago, and love it to bits. I entirely Understand.

  • @AREA-jp8vb
    @AREA-jp8vb День тому

    I don’t think that the blog posts were trying to spell out that he took from other pieces of work. I think those blog posts were to make us doubt whether what was happening was real. Expanding further into the point that she could’ve made up the entire thing by searching information on the Internet.

  • @grilledleeks6514
    @grilledleeks6514 День тому

    This was a snooze to get through. His family is by far the least interesting part of the movie. The transformation scenes are cool I guess.

  • @stranded5925
    @stranded5925 День тому

    Wish I watched Super Grandma🙏

  • @mikescott4195
    @mikescott4195 2 дні тому

    I unironically like Lady in the Water

  • @mikescott4195
    @mikescott4195 2 дні тому

    This may be the first HP Lovecraft mention in ANY horror review

  • @mikescott4195
    @mikescott4195 2 дні тому

    Almost bought book at the half way point of the vid lol thank you!

  • @mikescott4195
    @mikescott4195 2 дні тому

    Mentioning bronny james and the possession in one vid 🤴🏼 sh!t

  • @mikescott4195
    @mikescott4195 2 дні тому

    After all this, if you aint team Edward youve lost a sub dude

  • @benjaminl429
    @benjaminl429 2 дні тому

    My highschool English teacher would give an F to any story that ended with "but it was aaaaall a dream."

  • @mikescott4195
    @mikescott4195 2 дні тому

    Lolol we legit hate the same crap... Keep being brutally honest dude

  • @mikescott4195
    @mikescott4195 2 дні тому

    This channel not having more views makes me sad. Love all the vids dude, just blasted through your catalog Keep it up!

  • @SamuelBlack84
    @SamuelBlack84 5 днів тому

    One of my favourite novels I love the twisted history of Hell House and its infamous ghostly resident Emeric Belasco The film is awesome but I would love to see it adapted into a miniseries with a lot more influence from the book

  • @Rkitt8
    @Rkitt8 5 днів тому

    I read this entire book while on deployment. I actually enjoyed it. It really had me feeling anxious because it was so bizarre and alien. I still feel good about it. But perhaps if I read it today, I would scoff and roll my eyes. I’m gonna just keep it there in my memory where it’s still a great, unique book.

    • @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy
      @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy День тому

      I regularly have that kind of experience when I go back to media that meant a lot to me 10-15 years ago. Doesn't mean it's bad, though - just that we're different people throughout our lives!

  • @LadyDeirdre
    @LadyDeirdre 7 днів тому

    I found it quite readable, including physically. Then again, I practiced reading by reading the labels on LPs. While the records were playing. I’m probably not a good reference point.

  • @Julian-bq9qv
    @Julian-bq9qv 8 днів тому

    It is SUPERB!!!!!!! I was totally hooked in the first chapters, and loved every page!!!!

  • @BrettWB
    @BrettWB 9 днів тому

    Did you see Exhuma?

    • @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy
      @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy 9 днів тому

      I didn't! Also didn't see MadS, In a Violent Nature or I Saw the TV Glow. All of which have ended up on some top 10 lists...

    • @BrettWB
      @BrettWB 9 днів тому

      @@JakeTheScaryStoryGuy Haven't seen MadS or I SAW the TV Glow either, but definitely checking out MadS. I sae In a Violent Nature, appreciate the ambition it has and some of the kills, but it feel s a lot longer than it is. Can't recommend Exhuma enough. For me it's #1 in 2024. Great list btw. Definitely some surprises on there, but that's the fun of films.

    • @falgalhutkinsmarzcal3962
      @falgalhutkinsmarzcal3962 9 днів тому

      ​@@BrettWBExhuma was excellent.

  • @Andrew-Kellett
    @Andrew-Kellett 9 днів тому

    I was waiting for this! Thanks for another great year of good reviews with an opinion that I can trust!

  • @defnlife1683
    @defnlife1683 9 днів тому

    Bought it on a whim, first few paragraphs hit me in the face like a medieval mace (no armor)

  • @NobodysSon
    @NobodysSon 10 днів тому

    Got this book for Christmas, finished it the other day. Highly recommend!

  • @greywolf9783
    @greywolf9783 11 днів тому

    Yea. The part I find funniest is that everyone is obsessed with a book that, when the name is simplified, just means book.

  • @MrBoBoBo
    @MrBoBoBo 11 днів тому

    I feel that this book was heavily inspired by Berserk. Very good stuff. The ending was not at all what I was expecting.

  • @Wizardjudge
    @Wizardjudge 12 днів тому

    Yes! Name of the Wind and Tale Between Two Fires prose connection, couldn’t agree more.

  • @Matete88
    @Matete88 14 днів тому

    Megan was actually pretty good. Quite creative too

  • @derraldlosey1118
    @derraldlosey1118 14 днів тому

    Between Two Fires is good but it is hardly a horror novel. Alternate history religious dark fantasy would be a better description. Sure it has the horrors of Christianity in it, but still doesn’t work as a horror story. I would say the book feels more akin to reading about the atrocities of WW2. I found the authors writing style to work much better in Black Tongued Thief.

  • @PaulCoyJR
    @PaulCoyJR 15 днів тому

    Got this as a present for Christmas, weird that it shows up in my recommends.

    • @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy
      @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy 12 днів тому

      I'm spying on you. Google's spying on you. We're all spying on you.

  • @JanGlow
    @JanGlow 15 днів тому

    I just finished reading it. I thought it was trash

  • @The-Black-Serpent-Syndicate
    @The-Black-Serpent-Syndicate 16 днів тому

    The second best? What's the first?

  • @matthewJ142
    @matthewJ142 16 днів тому

    Everyone forgets Watts was in Tank Girl

  • @matthewJ142
    @matthewJ142 16 днів тому

    This movie should have just been called The Bitch

  • @The1stDukeDroklar
    @The1stDukeDroklar 17 днів тому

    I'm an atheist but I could enjoy a fiction based on the rapture. That being said, I think the church has misinterpreted the metaphor of the rapture. I think it means that "believers" would be experiencing "spiritual rapture" during horrific "end times" events while others will not be shielded in that way.

  • @ClarenceDass
    @ClarenceDass 17 днів тому

    Bro, I absolutely loved it too. I've watched it twice.

  • @stevesmith1810
    @stevesmith1810 17 днів тому

    watched on your recommendation, absolutely fantastic! appreciate the heads up!

  • @studogYT
    @studogYT 18 днів тому

    Okay, let's do this. Need it.

  • @dragongeraldb
    @dragongeraldb 18 днів тому

    What about Meth-Gator? what kind of rating did that awesome get? sounds like a part 2 movie of 2015's Jeruzalem.

  • @VenusEscapesToRead
    @VenusEscapesToRead 19 днів тому

    Awesome review, currently reading it and loving it!

  • @shiver8082
    @shiver8082 20 днів тому

    I picked up the book expecting the house story everyone was telling me and at first I was annoyed that most of the story seemed to be abt these two other annoying people. But when it turned out Johnny was lying I’ve never felt so sick to my stomach from only just reading something. I can’t stop looking at stuff abt the book and it’s driving me crazy. I can’t pick up my copy bc it’s in my car which is at a mechanic and my worst fear is I’ll wake up and the book was never real. I wish I never read it

  • @Certifiedfrogluvr
    @Certifiedfrogluvr 20 днів тому

    Oh my god I just finished reading and I’m blown away, what an amazing read

  • @rustyshackleford1875
    @rustyshackleford1875 20 днів тому

    I was put off of this because of Reddit. I don’t know how such a large collective of people can find such bad takes in good horror. Every Reddit favourite I’ve read has been awful 😂 Their sf subreddits though… opposite situation. Makes no sense

  • @Lawrence_Talbot
    @Lawrence_Talbot 20 днів тому

    I’m currently reading the book and yeah I’m pretty disappointed. I think a lot of the hype is just because the author wrote the text in such a weird, unconventional format. And then in an effort to justify why they like the book beyond “the words are upside down and it made my brain do an uh-oh 🤤” they pour in some bs symbolism or “hidden truth”. The Navidson story is awesome. If they did a book just on that or even a movie, it would be an amazing horror. But the Johnny Truant story is just awful, especially since he constantly lies and is on drugs so I honestly can’t take anything he says seriously. You can easily read just the Navidson stuff and miss next to nothing

  • @debbiehines6803
    @debbiehines6803 22 дні тому

    It does sound like this book is a bit pretentious and gimick ridden. Sounds like a found footage film in book form. I thought it was a waste of paper to me. Glad I skipped it.

  • @TalkingThrones
    @TalkingThrones 23 дні тому

    I also loved Ex Machina. I am looking for another good sci-fi film to watch. I'm going to watch this now. Thanks!

  • @tinapolley9073
    @tinapolley9073 23 дні тому

    I picked this up at my local bookstore, it was a staff pick and it sounds 👌 all of these comments have me really excited 😊

  • @lisawhite3648
    @lisawhite3648 23 дні тому

    The first Speak no Evil was much better in my opinion.

  • @lukebarnes3157
    @lukebarnes3157 24 дні тому

    Bill Skarsgard worked with oprea trainers and all sorts, before you big up the sound people. A little research for videos like this would do you well

    • @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy
      @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy 24 дні тому

      All I said was they artificially made his voice louder than everyone else's, which is obviously true lol

    • @Andrew-Kellett
      @Andrew-Kellett 13 днів тому

      A little rewatch of this video would do you well, Luke ;)

  • @jeltoninc.8542
    @jeltoninc.8542 24 дні тому

    I enjoyed the film a lot.

  • @dariamorgendorffer7813
    @dariamorgendorffer7813 24 дні тому

    Damn, that was a f-up movie! There was a moment where I literally winced. I saw this a while ago, and I'm still ambivalent about her motives. It's interesting what you mentioned about our screens acting as a protection from violent imagery. In the documentary/movie *Waltz with Bashir*, there is a scene describing a photographer who managed to protect himself from the violence he witnessed through his camera. Since it was his job, he was fine looking at the horror until his camera broke. He went mad seeing with his own eyes the repercussions of the 1982 Lebanon War. *Red Rooms* reminded me of this. Fascinating movie!

  • @footballdesk4417
    @footballdesk4417 24 дні тому

    No.

  • @ryansweeney1661
    @ryansweeney1661 24 дні тому

    Depp is awful in this film typical possession nonsense The film wasn't scary in any kind of way Looked good, but the most overrated and overhyped film of the year

    • @Syrus...
      @Syrus... 24 дні тому

      fr, still in my top 10 horror for the year, nowhere near the number 1 spot

    • @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy
      @JakeTheScaryStoryGuy День тому

      You can make a case for the overhyped thing. No qualm there. Saying Depp is awful here is just insane though

  • @SaraDixon-zm2bs
    @SaraDixon-zm2bs 24 дні тому

    Not a good movie. Good looking, filmed, but boring and not compelling story, never scary or even spooky