Some quick hits for season!

Fun Size is a cute Halloween movie. Wren is forced to take out her little trouble maker brother, Albert, out for Halloween (so she misses a very important party). For some reason Wren isn’t popular in high school (despite looking like a super model) so that party is a really important one for her social life. Cue crisis when she loses track of him and spends the night looking for him. It’s an easy watch with some weird set ups (Albert makes friends with a convenience store clerk, played by the great Thomas Middleditch, which is odd, but they do mention it so it kinda works anyway). I liked it more than I thought I would. Rated PG-13 because “shit” is said a few times.

Final Destination 5 tries to keep Death in business and it sort of succeeds. These movies are really like the Supernatural Saw franchise so it’s really hard to get this formula fresh. There’s only so many times you can make bolts and other restraining equipment magically loosen and still be scary. They came up with some good kill scenarios, but a heavy reliance on CG effects make them less effective (it came out in 2011, smack dab in the 3D craze so you get a lot of cheesy things flying at camera too). I really liked the end though. Cool idea to tie it into the franchise and it’s really brutal. Effective finale.

Deliver Us From Evil was disappointing as far as horror/scares go, but it was a good, well told story. I like Eric Bana, he’s often a great lead and he can pull of being a new NYC cop. The haunting scenes are surprisingly tame and the last encounter is pretty disappointing. The case itself is fun to watch unfold though. Nice way to start the Prime Evil with a domestic abuse call which leads to a few other odd cases that string things together. Some quality direction, make up work and a solid cast make this a good, but not great movie.