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Midsommar

It's been almost two weeks since I saw this movie, and I'm still thinking about it. Midsommar kicks in the door to its world via a dark, emotional introduction. If you didn't know what to expect from this film, well...you think you know, and you're close, but you're still not quite there. And that's a good thing, because while Midsommar has fun shocking its audience in the most ludicrous of ways, you will enjoy every moment of it, no matter how starkly violent, awkward, or angsty it is. That's part of the Midsommar experience. Unless you're not a degenerate like me, and then you might just need to go to therapy to bleach this film from your brain. Either way, prepare to be gleefully horrified and unusually tickled. If there's one word you'll want to keep in mind while watching this, it's Empathy , both for the lack of it in some characters, and for the twisted abundance of it in later scenes. The person who needs the most empathy in

Annabelle Comes Home

If you don't know by now, I am a huge fan of The Conjuring universe. It can get a 0 rating and I will still pay to see it, that's how much of a fangirl I am. That being said, I am not blind to the flaws in this series. So let me get this out of the way: no other film in this universe will ever beat the first movie . That's not a criticism, it's just a reality when the first helping is so damn good. You can never quite recreate the feeling you get the first time you experience something, you know? That being said,  The Conjuring 2 is a close second, and proved that they can still spin a great horror flick when the right people are involved. But back to Annabelle Comes Homes . I was never that impressed with the first  Annabelle  film, although it had a few decent jump scares. It was, overall, a disappointment, especially considering that it stemmed from such a great catalyst. Annabelle: Creation  was a much better follow-up, but I was still skeptical about this