Joseph Roy Wright
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Hello there!
My name is Joseph Roy Wright, the British author of over 30 Independent novels!
I like to write about movies, pop culture, fiction and horror! I review all the latest films (and classics), I also like to write short stories.
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Halloween Ends - Movie Review
"What on earth did I just watch?!" Is what I told myself upon leaving the cinema. Halloween Ends completely missed the charm of the original movie. What was once a very simple, straight to the point slasher, where a unstoppable killer storms through Haddonfield on a murderous rampage is now a convoluted romantic thriller about Laurie's grand daughter, Alison, falling for a bad boy psychopath! I'm not even kidding you folks, Halloween Ends focuses far more on this new character named Corey, who slowly becomes psychotic upon meeting Michael Myers in a creepy sewer. After escaping the infamous serial killer, Corey slowly starts to lose his sanity and essentially becomes a copy-cat killer of The Shape, only he has an even cheaper Halloween mask from the local dollar store. What's even worse is just how much screen time is absolutely wasted on this bizarre, yet awful romantic relationship he has with Alison, which honestly takes over the majority of this film's run time! I swear to you this is the actual plot and it's not at all scary.
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Horror
Smile - Movie Review
Smile begins strong, it has a creepy setting and story which begins with our main character, Dr. Rose Cotter (played by Sosie Bacon) Visiting mental patient of hers, as she is a psychiatrist. This first patient of hers, he believes a monster is following him, and what I like about this is how ambiguous Smile is, for he is not the one who passes curse onto Rose, it is actually her second patient, Laura Weaver (played by Caitlin Stasey) who is haunted by the demon. So it leaves us wondering whether or not Rose's first patient is just crazy, or if he too is cursed by the demon, this and many other questions are never answered, leaving us in the dark with only the fear of the unknown to comfort us! After Laura's suicide in front of Rose, whilst under possession of the demon, this triggers the demon to attach itself to her and soon a bizarre series of hauntings begin to take place!
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Horror
The Most Disturbing Movie Ever Made
From the opening shot of this film, they let you know instantly that this is going to be a disturbing one, for it begins with a shot of open heart surgery, accompanied by some truly bone chilling orchestral music. The tone is instantly set by the director's unsettling cinematography, colour scheme and atmosphere. The film isn't exactly Horror themed, but the colours are dull and scenery is equally mundane, the film has a very realistic and grounded presentation which I think adds a lot more grit to some of the more grotesque/grizzly scenes that do pop up throughout this honestly disturbing movie. Not only are the scenarios within The Killing of a Sacred Deer unsettling, but a lot of the characters are simply just weird too, Collin Ferrall's character (Dr. Steven Murphy) has a disturbing corpse fetish with his wife (played by Nicole Kidman), which we see played out during, thankfully very brief, sexual scenes. Nobody within his family speaks like a normal person either, this isn't even bad acting, they just seem to be very, very formal with everything they do and say, it's intentionally uncanny, meaning almost every character just feels off in the most haunting way possible. Even when something truly terrifying does happen, characters will act completely unfazed 90% of the time and that just feels even more wrong and alien, it's like a surreal nightmare.
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Horror
Blonde - Movie Review
First off, I'm not offended by this movie. Despite how inaccurate it is, with all of it's strange and twisted presumptions. Truth is I just think it's a very confusing and pretentious waste of time, like when art geeks think a tipped over dumpster full of rubbish is somehow "art", that's basically what this film is. The reason I think this is because of the director's irritating insistence on constantly changing the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 at nauseam! Not only that, but the film always switches from color to black and white too. Then there are scenes where the camera is hand-held, thrashing around drunkenly. Worst of all, the picture even blurs in and out of focus during chaotic moments. I absolutely hate it when movie directors go out of their way to try and be artistic like this, because all it does is take me out of the movie, this break in immersion always distracts me from the plot too. It would be like reading a comic book where the art style and color scheme randomly changes from panel to panel. Because of this, you can never tell if the scenes are supposed to be flashbacks, present tense or dream sequences. So it's not like these visual changes are here to help you understand what is real or not, for even within the same scene, aspect ratios will change, even dipping in and out of color, it's just a pretentious mess! I can understand that the director obviously wanted their movie to stand out from others, but all this achieves is a dizzying experience which is bound to give anybody a headache. You could argue this is done to get in the scrambled mind-set of Marilyn Monroe herself, to visually communicate how distressed she is in certain scenes. Admittedly, little moments like these might've been effective sparingly during very climatic scenes, but the film is unfortunately littered with tripe like this throughout the entire run time, resulting in the visual equivalent of a hideous train wreck.
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Blush
Borderlands 3 Is Underrated
Despite hearing nothing but bad things about the story for Borderlands 3; "Troy and Tyreen are annoying", "Ava is unbearable" and "The comedy is cringe worthy", etc. I decided to go into the game anyway, because I really enjoyed the previous games and although the comedy has always been very hit or miss, I find the series has a certain charm. The comic book style graphics perfectly suit the over the top humor. Although this entry may have gone too far in a few places, it wasn't the complete disaster that I feared it might be, in fact, I think it's one of the better games in the series.
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Gamers
007: Spectre is Underrated
Everything about Daniel Craig's 4th 007 film, Spectre, just screams "Classic Bond" in my opinion. The film has so many fun throwbacks to the Sean Connery originals, there are even a few Roger Moore era references too. Ultimately Spectre feels like a modern day remake of some of the greatest Bond films rolled into one thrilling adventure. It may have it's flaws (which I will go over), but in my opinion it's a very underrated Bond film. It certainly deserves a lot more recognition and love.
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Geeks
Fantasy Island (2020) Movie Review
Fantasy Island is a lot of dumb fun, but if you're looking for a horrifying psychological thriller, this won't be your cup of tea. The plot follows five characters, J.D Weaver & Brax Weaver (played by Ryan Hansen and Jimmy O. Yang), who are brothers. Patrick Sullivan (played by Austin Stowell) and two women, Melanie Cole (played by Lucy Hale) and Gewn Olsen (played by Maggie Q). Each character has their own fantasy in mind and the mysterious island owner, Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña), is here to provide.
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Horror
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) - Movie Review. Top Story - July 2022.
The latest entry into the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is a bumpy one, although not entirely awful, there are plenty of gross gore effects. Leatherface himself looks terrifying and is equally deadly. Because of this, the horror in general is very well executed, characters die painfully, within seconds of meeting this lunatic. There really is no escape, as Leatherface knows his hometown like the back of his hand, while all of these strangers run around like headless chickens, unable to escape from death's grip! Acting wise, people genuinely look terrified when Leatherface charges for them. So with all of these intense thrills, what is it exactly that makes Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) a mixed horror movie rather than a perfect slasher?
By Joseph Roy Wright3 years ago in Horror
Small Town Horrors
Small Town Horrors: The North West is a anthology series of short horror stories by Joseph Roy Wright from Runcorn, Cheshire. These tales of terror take place in famous towns around the north west of England, such as Warrington, Runcorn and Delamere. You will witness horrifying demons, evil serial killers and discover dark secrets within these places, as the author writes fictional tales based off local urban legends, myths and rumors. In this preview, you will see just some of the places where this book takes place.
By Joseph Roy Wright4 years ago in Fiction
Apostle Review
This story goes much deeper than any other supernatural folk horror. Although the film has plenty of occult moments of terror, at it's core, Apostle is a tense drama where the real monsters are the ruthless village folk that are corrupt and evil. For there is dark cult that rules this isolated island.
By Joseph Roy Wright4 years ago in Horror
The Black Phone Review
The Black Phone is not what you would expect from a Blumhouse supernatural horror. Unlike other modern occult thrillers like Conjuring or Insidious, the ghosts are actually guardian angels towards our central protagonist, aiding him towards surviving the true monster, The Grabber played by Ethan Hawk.
By Joseph Roy Wright4 years ago in Horror
The Year 2200
I have never seen a tree, a blade of grass, the ocean or even a mountain. The country side only exists in old adventure movies and fantasy books. Cities of endless concrete and chrome range across the United States of America and I live right in the center of New York.
By Joseph Roy Wright4 years ago in Futurism
