Never dabbled in the franchise as I was never much of a fan of sci-fi, but once I heard Fede Alvarez is at the helm with rising star Cailee Spaeny, I was on board. Evil Dead 2013 & Don't Breathe were both such chef's kiss and this 1 didn't disappoint. Story was kinda throwback fan service kinda thingy but I don't mind it as the tension was enough, buildup took quite some time tho. Both score & cinematography were also complementary to add to the tension.

DON'T BOTHER with the 0% Rotten 🍅 rating! I'm glad I didn't, cause I really enjoyed it! If you're a fan of Cate B & Jamie Lee, definitely go see this! I never cud resist when 2 powerhouse Oscar actresses share a screen! 🫶🏼

Pity Eli Roth was restricted to a PG-13 rating tho, I definitely cud see this being more interesting had they chosen to go with at least an R rating.

Oh, I haven't played any of the games btw. Perhaps that's why I cud enjoy this more than other viewers who mostly slammed this movie. Can't believe they even went as far as to label this "Grandmas in Space"! The audacity!! Well, those grandmas each sport their own Oscar in case you've been livin in a nutshell.

Same diff with Heartbreak Motel is how I felt about this. Both started with me being super hyped to see em, but after watching, both turned out to be not as I expected them to be which led to me not really enjoying em as I initially hoped for.

I kinda expected to have lotsa LoL moments which I didn't get unfortunately. I know that they blended horror, comedy & drama, but I kinda wished they'd up the ante more on the comedy. The way I see it this was more drama with just a teensy bit of horror & comedy thrown in. Even the horror was more prominent than the comedy.

Acting wise, always such a joy to see Putri Ayudya. Mbak Putri & Yasamin kinda carried the movie on the acting front.

On another note, the score kinda gave me Stranger Things vibe and vibing I was! Such a nice direction they decided to go there, chef's kiss! 🥴🤌🏽

I really, really, and I do mean really wish I'd enjoy it more.. but unfortunately it didn't live up to my expectations despite me being super hyped to see it.

Don't get me wrong, this movie has everything you'd wish for a movie to have: stellar A lister casts with the main 3 each boasting their own Piala Citra, Angga DS as Director, uber high budget which is super obvious (have you seen the trailer?), and a very very beautiful ost even though it's just 1 song on repeat.

I haven't read the novel, but unfortunately the story didn't live up to what I had in mind which kinda attributed to why I didn't enjoy it as much I guess?

Such a breathtakingly beautiful anime, esp the background art presented with a heartfelt story along with scoring which will tug on your heartstrings..

💯% fan service movie, so go in fully aware of that, just bask in the nostalgia & enjoy the ride! 🥴🤌🏽