The Minstrel of Horror

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Taking inspiration from the world of horror! Enjoying the good, the bad, the questionable and all other aspects of the genre! Questionable poet, Doubtful Sage, and Avid Movie Fan!

Re-Watching Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)! If people knew that there was a small percentage of the population that loved the idea of escape rooms that you could actually die in...there would suddenly be a large influx of cheapo deadly rooms...although their budgets would not be big!

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Just Watched The Sixth Sense (1999)! A child psychiatrist tries to help a young boy who suffers from the same set of issues a previous patient of his had that he misdiagnosed. The claims that he sees ghosts & that they are around all the time. Will he be able to help the boy face these spirits?

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Re-Watching Escape Room (2019)! Puzzle rooms are a place for groups to go. How many people would take an invite if they were not going to know anybody they were participating with? I suppose a few would if there was a cash prize...but they should get specifics on what happens if they don't get out!

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Re-Watching Devil's Den (2006)! People are always concerned about the truckers, travelers and miscreants that lose their live at strip clubs in the boonies, but never seemed concerned about the workers? I find it hard to believe a group of stripper monsters opened it, likely one turned the others!

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Re-Watching The Booth (2005)! It would be nice if all the egotistical jerks in the world had their shady pasts come back to haunt them. People would tune in all the time just to see them get taken down a peg or two. Unfortunately, the egotistical would not volunteer, and Ghosts are unreliable!

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Perhaps it has to do with genetic engineering, but I never thought of dinosaurs as quiet or sneaky. But for some reason when they are recreated in a lab, sudden nobody hears them coming and are completely taken by surprise! Maybe, we gave them the ability to tip-toe?

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Re-Watching Little Monsters (2019)! When looking at schools for your kids, meet the teachers & then ask yourself if the teacher would be capable of defending your child against a horde of the undead! It may not be needed, but you'd be a little more comfortable when they went on field trips!

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Re-Watching Monsterland (2016)! Monsters come in a wide variety...technically, anything not human can be a monster. Basically, when attacked by one, you should break down your description of what attacked you into further details. That way people will know exactly what is coming if they let you in!

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Re-Watching King Cobra (1999)! Making a giant aggressive snake is not good enough for modern science! We need to make it a giant snake hybrid with multiple traits from both snakes! It's like we are determined to humanities reign on Earth! It's taking too long for us to end it naturally!

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I would love to go to the watch old movies in a movie theater where they hook up the old gimmicks that came with them...but I would not want murders to be the surprise of the night. I suppose they could, they did advertise a surprise & without questioning it, It could mean a wide range of things!

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Re-Watching Nightbreed (1990)! A city of monsters likely would be a great haven for the old monsters, but soon the young generation would grow tired of the 'world hates us' stories & go out to see the world! That would give us 10-20 years of no monsters! We'd be ill-prepared for their return!

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Re-Watching Waxwork II: Lost in time (1992)! What kind of dimensional traveling device only sends you to places with uncalculatable evil residing in it? Perhaps one designed for heroes only. Even a device build by evil people would want to go to a peace loving place...they're easier to conquer!

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Re-Watching Waxwork (1988)! I don't wish violent monster caused death to anyone, but I would mind if people that crossed display lines would disappear! It's no wonder that people hate tourists nowadays with our inability to simply not touch things! They could just transport to Ohio or somewhere!

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Nothing like taking a quiet moment at sea to enjoy the sound of the waves, the beauty of the ocean as you try to hide the sigh of relief for not being the one chosen to go swimming in shark infested waters...especially after the sharks eat the ones that were chosen!

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Re-Watching Dance of the Dead (2008)! It's unfortunate that the zombie apocalypse occurs on prom night, but wouldn't necessarily mean that it would cancel the dance...it would all depend on how much notice you had, if you could lock the place up first, you could do prom, then fight the undead!

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Just Watched The Leprechaun's Curse (2021)! A woman inherits a manor house and takes her Mom, her boyfriend and a couple friends to check it out! After finding some gold coins, she learns she also inherited a vicious leprechaun that is obsessed with keeping its gold!

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Re-Watching Zombie Lake (1981)! A lot can be said about a zombie army that rises from a lake, but only when skinny dippers go swimming! Like, how often do people go skinny dipping there? Where is this lake? Would more dead people come to life if their final resting places were exposed to nakedness?

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Surfing with sharks is a whole lot safer if you use the buddy system; don't tell them that you're going to shark infested waters, & they're skittish & panic at the first sign of a fin, which draws the sharks away from you! Perhaps buddy isn't the right term, the 'enemy' system is what it is called!

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Re-Watching Legion (2010)! It doesn't seem right that the almighty can decide that humanity has lost its way and needs to be destroyed. We were given free will after all, and if we want to turn the world into a hate spewing, war-torn, polluted hell-scape than that is our prerogative!

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There are two ways to go if you're worried that your slightly different looking child struggles to fit in. You could build their confidence, let them know they will find people that will see them as wonderful as they are...or you can give them a horrific mask & give the other kids nightmares!

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Re-Watching Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)! As a vampire, I would bet that you could use the "inherited house" gimmick repeatedly throughout your eternal life and constantly have an influx of people coming to check out their new domicile! It would be a victim delivery service!

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Re-Watching Son of Frankenstein (1939)! How long should someone take before returning to their homestead after the locals stormed it in an attempt to stop their crazy father and his monster? I would do a few trial trips first...stop by & ask for directions to the castle, just to test the water.

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Re-Watching Haunted Boat (2005)! Going on a boat trip with a group of people I don't care about, don't know or don't want to know is actually my greatest fear! A trip to another dimension to face my greatest fear would be redundant and a big disappointment. Having to do it twice is punishment!

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Not sure what would make someone want to spend the night in a carnival funhouse. Perhaps they were built different way back when, but even in my childhood they were not that big, not interesting, smelt funky. Between that & the carnies, it would not be a very well thought out plan...even for a dare!

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Re-Watching Alien Apocalypse (2005)! With the number of homeowners on the planet that pay for termite protection, I'm starting to wonder if alien termites would really find it so easy to take us out! Although it would show whether we are paying for termite protection, or if we are being scammed!

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I wonder how many people die in those ultra-high budget escape room not because they couldn't figure out the clues, but because the employ forgot to put a magnet back in the correct location, misplaced a clue, or put the wrong key in the hidden compartment?

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