Scares Ahoy

Let's just go all in on the horror trailers today, shall we? I shared the trailer for Scream 7 earlier, which is a biggie obviously -- let's turn our eyes towards some lower budget but extra promising stuff now with Man Finds Tape. From first-time filmmakers Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman this has played several fests (somehow I missed it at Tribeca in the spring) and gotten good notices and now Magnet is dropping it in theaters and online on December 5th. This plot actually sounds similar to the plot for Shelby Oaks (which came out last week and which I reviewed right here) in that it's about YouTube paranormal investigators getting wrapped up in real-world horrors, mixing found-footage and not-found-footage. Basically it feels as if the world finally caught onto Lake Mungo (which I mentioned yesterday among my favorite films of 2008) and that movie's influence is spreading at loast, as well it oughta. Anyway unlike the trailer for Scream 7, which I admitted to watching, I have not watched this here trailer for Man Finds Tape -- this one I wanna go into cold. But you can watch it if you want because here it is!

Amd what the hell since we're here, why not -- I'll also share the trailer for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things  since it also dropped this morning -- I don't really talk about this show on here much but I'm a pretty big fan of it and I'm very excited for this stretch of mega-budget mega-length episodes that they're promising to close things out on. (The release date for the first four episodes is November 26th, then the next three on Christmas Day, and then the finale on New Years Eve.) Have they gotten too big for their 80s britches? I guess. we'll see. I mean literally they all have since they're all like 40 with smoker's voices now and still playing 12. Anyway all I ask is for one more shower scene with Joe Keery please. Give us a furry lil' treat before you go!