Well, she's almost 18 now, and it looks like she's not content with being one of America's cuties any longer!
Genre fans probably remember her mostly for two roles; the first was in 2002's Signs, where she save the world from aliens (via glasses of water), all while playing Mel Gibson's adorable little daughter; and the second came seven years later when she played one of the leads in Zombieland.
She must have caught the Horror bug from playing Little Rock in Zombieland, because since then not only has she gone on to do Haunter and The Call, but she's got herself a few high profile genre flicks in the works, including Tyler Sheilds' Final Girl. *Google Tyler Shields if you don't know who he is already. His work is... interesting, to say the least.
2014 will also see her playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's Zombie daughter in Maggie.... so yeah, it's safe to say that she likes starring in Horror flicks.
We'll take all of the legitimate actresses that we can get in this genre.
Lisa is a teenager who is tired of her mundane life; it seems like every day is just the same thing over and over again... mainly because it is. She and her family are stuck in some sort of time loop, you see, and every 24-hour period starts, unfolds, and then ends in exactly the same way. To make matters worse, there is a ghost that is haunting her, thus making the whole "repeat cycle" that she's trapped in totally terrifying.
Yes, yes, ghosts are real scary. |
Is that a Betamax tape! Mystery solved! |
The question was: are Ouija Boards always creepy? |
Haunter is kinda creepy, albeit in a milder way. Do you remember that old movie from the 80's called The Lady in White? Well I remember that movie creeping the hell out of me when I was a youngin', and to me, Haunter feels very much the same. It's got style and atmosphere to spare, and is effective at what it set out to do.
If anything, Haunter is a good flick to have the young girls in our lives watch, because not only will it creep them out (which we can laugh at), but it's got a pretty heroic female lead in it, which is something that young girls could do with more of these days. Yes, Twilight, I'm calling you out!
Do not go into the light, Abigail Breslin! |
I'm not sure what's going on in this picture, but it definitely feels wrong. |
I mean, why do ghosts do that? Are they angry about something? Is that how people talk in the afterlife? Do they just like appearing suddenly, contorting their faces and screaming, just to freak people out? If it's the third one, then I have to wonder if ghosts couldn't be a bit more productive with their time. That can not be all that there is to being a spirit in the afterlife these days... there just has to be more to it than that!
"Why am I screaming?!?" |
I guess don't eat the soup? |
Stephen McHattie is one of the best character actors working today whom most people probably don't even know about. Shame, that.
You sir, are awesome! |
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Nominated for an Academy Award at just 10-years-old, Abigail Breslin is growing up to be just as good of an adult actress as she was when she was a kid. She's 17 now, which is still a kid, but she's almost not a kid... I'm just saying that God, I hope Tyler Shields doesn't corrupt this poor girl's soul...
Thanks for doing reviews again!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Anon, the whole 31 Days thing is fun every year, but it's always nice to just get back to doing reviews, because that's really what we wanna do, you know?
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