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      Name :  Évolution (2015) Directed   By :  Lucile Hadzihalilovic  Subgenre : Thriller Series :  Spooktober 2018 entry #2 Review : The first French entry into our humble blogspace, É volution presents with an interesting premise: why is the main source of activity in the story's seaside town the hospital? We follow a young lad who, like all of the other boys in town, becomes hospitalized in the aforementioned site. And, wouldn't you know it, but weirdness happens from there! Unfortunately, É volution happens to be one of those movies where style outweighs substance of the film: it's a gorgeous slow-burn of a movie, but the premise turns out to be scarier than the story itself. If you're a fan of slow-burning, more stylistic/arthouse horror, then you'll likely appreciate this more than, say, someone who tends to more invested in frenetic or quicker-paced films. Overall Score : 3 out of 5 Chads considering returning to the ocean. Did Évo...

  Name : The House with a Clock in its Walls Directed By: Eli Roth, and apparently his first film to not receive a hard R rating.  Subgenre : PG-13 Fantasy, Comedy Series : Spooktober 2018 entry #1 Review : With this was the first foray into my Spooktober series originally hosted on Facebook in 2018. I wanted to start off the list with a fairly light entry, so what better than a big-budget fantasy horror? And with Jack Black at the helm, you know there's at least some comedy to be had. I went in blind with this one, knowing nothing about the plot (and the fact that it's based on the Lewis Barnavelt series of young-adult novels), but I ended up having way more fun than I expected. Plot-wise, it follows young Lewis Barnavelt as he moves into a mysterious manor and home to his uncle (Jack Black) who also happens to be a warlock. Magical shenanigans ensue from there. The film is essentially a monster mashup of Harry Potter and Goosebumps. While it has some suitably dark moments...