2022 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule (Preliminary)

There are a few important things I'd like to write about so please be patient and read them before proceeding to the preliminary schedule.

 

If you have been joining TMP you'd know that at the end of every TMP post I would list the linkup requirements for participating in TMP. The two requirements are for participants to submit their link in the linkup widget and the other is to link back to my blog on their own TMP post. Occasionally some participants would forget to do either linkup requirement. Once or twice I would treat it is as either forgetfulness or a mistake. They would usually by themselves remember to do it the next TMP. If anyone does it more than twice, I would usually remind them in their comments section and they tend to comply after that. 

 

It has come to my attention the past few months that two participants of TMP have not done at least one of the requirements over weeks and months. If a person doesn't do it once or twice, it can be excused as forgetfulness, a mistake. However, more than twice - that is multiple times over weeks and months, it is a choice, deliberate.

 

According to my linkup widget history, the last time the first participant submitted their link in my linkup widget was for the May 6th 2021 Thursday Movie Picks #356: Oscar Winners Edition: Best Director. After that I simply thought they chose not to participate in TMP anymore; people do come and go. However, in September/October 2021, as I was reading someone else's TMP blog post comments section, I found this person's comment, that implied they had participated for that Thursday's TMP. I visited their blog and found 3 most recent TMPs (I didn't look past the 3 so I have no idea how many actually since May 6th that they had participated in). I promptly left a message on their comment section to remind them to submit their link to my linkup widget for future TMPs they participate in. They replied and gave the excuse that they had either forgotten to or they realised too late and the linkup widget was closed by then. By the way, for each TMP the linkup widget is open until the next Wednesday so about a week of opportunity, there is plenty of time to submit one’s link, every other participant of TMP have been able to do so. Weeks went by and in about November I was once again reading someone else's TMP blog post comments section and found this person's comment yet again implying they have participated for that Thursday's TMP and upon visiting their blog, yes they did. In fact they participated in about 2 or 3 TMPs after the one I left my reminder on yet they continued to not submit to my linkup widget on any of those occasions. The excuse this person initially gave was weak to begin with, now it has thoroughly collapsed. 

The second participant does not have a blog, so previously they would actually participate in TMP by posting their picks in the comments section of my TMP post (so with no blog they do not do any linkup). I regard this as sufficient. Coincidentally according to my blog's comments history, this person stopped posting their picks on my blog post comments section on the May 6th 2021 Thursday Movie Picks #356: Oscar Winners Edition: Best Director. Once again I just assumed they were no longer participating in TMP; after all people come and go over the years. Then I started finding their picks on someone else's TMP blog post comments section. I found another and another on several different bloggers' blogs on several different Thursdays. This person apparently have been participating in multiple TMPs and have been posting their picks ONLY on other bloggers' comments section. It's is fine if they want to post their picks on other's comments section, but to do so without ever posting on mine even though I am the host and creator of TMP??? With this person not having their own blog I had no way of contacting them to STOP the way they have gone about participating in TMP and so this have been going on for weeks and months since MAY! If they didn’t post their picks on mine just once or occasionally…it might be because they forgot…but to do so for each TMP they participated in since May, than that is active choice and that is inexcusable, especially when they leave their picks on everyone else’s blog comments section.

 

So I suppose the point of this write up is to stop what has been going on, though I doubt those two participants would even see this since their failure to submit their link on my linkup widget and to post their picks in my comments section for the one without a blog seem to imply they don't want to visit my blog. Yet they want to participate in my blog series??? Anyway to other bloggers that have participated, you all have been very good. I would just like to remind you to remember to do the linkup requirements and if you are late and the linkup widget is close, you can always drop your links in the comments section, the considerate ones among you have had the initiative to do so in the past.

 

 

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So the upcoming 2022 run of Thursday Movie Picks will be the ninth year I'm doing the series.

This year the Romance Tropes Edition has returned and will of course run in February. There's also a new special edition theme for this year, the Mystery Edition, which will no doubt be fun to pick.

As you know with each year, it has been harder and harder coming up with new themes, so I will require a little help from you for some theme suggestions. I have a few dates open; SIX in total (I've highlighted the dates, but please note I may rearrange the order of all the themes on the final schedule - except for the January 6 theme which is fixed). If you're interested in submitting themes here are the submission criteria:

a) must have participated in a few TMPs and have been an active commenter on my TMP blog posts.
b) submit three (no more as I'll probably have a hard time choosing) suggestions by posting a comment on this post. Only on this post.
c) please submit suggestions by January 5.

Any questions or clarification needed please leave a comment.

 

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2022 Thursday Movie Picks Schedule (Preliminary)

January 6 -  2021 Releases
January 13 - Diary/Journal
January 20 - Time Loops (e.g. Groundhog Day)
January 27 - TMP Television Edition: 2021 Freshmen Series
February 3 - Romance Tropes Edition: Enemies to Lovers
February 10 - Romance Tropes Edition: Famous Person and Non-Famous Person Romance
February 17 - Romance Tropes Edition: Second Chance Love
February 24 - Romance Tropes / TMP Television Edition: Workplace Romance
March 3 - A Dig (Archeology/Paleontology)
March 10 -
March 17 -
March 24 - Gaslighting
March 31 - TMP Television Edition: Family Comedies
April 1 -
April 7 - Psychic and Mediums
April 14 -
April 21 - Environmental Wrongs/ Disasters (not a natural disaster, so something like Chernobyl)
April 28 - TMP Television Edition: Royalty
May 5 - Cinephiles in Movies
May 12 - Actors who are Real Life Family Playing Same Family Role in Movies
May 19 -
May 26 - TMP Television Edition: Home and Lifestyle Shows
June 2 - Failure to Launch (Movies that were supposed to launch a franchise)
June 9 - Fantasy
June 16 - Shopping Mall
June 23 - Island Movies
June 30 - TMP Television Edition: Origin Story
July 7 - Fairs
July 14 - Non-English Language Movies
July 21 -  Combat Sports
July 28 - TMP Television Edition: Book Adaptations
August 4 - Math in Movies
August 11 - Ageing Leading Actors Cast as Much Younger Men Playing Alongside Much Younger Actresses
August 18 - Dark Academia
August 25 - TMP Television Edition: Boarding School
September 1 - Mystery Edition: Capers
September 8 - Mystery Edition: Historical Mysteries
September 15 - Mystery Edition: Media or Technology Mysteries
September 22 - Mystery Edition: Female Investigators (Private or Police)
September 29 - Mystery/TMP Television Edition: Cold Cases
October 6 - Halloween Edition: Horror Movie Themes/Scores
October 13 - Halloween Edition: The Final Girl
October 20 - Halloween Edition: New Home
October 27 - Halloween/ TMP Television Edition: Horror TV Themes/Scores
November 3 - Mazes
November 10 - Business
November 17 - Female Revenge Movies
November 24 - Book Adaptations
November 30 - TMP Television Edition: Non-English
December 1 - Art
December 8 - Retro Chic (Movies set in the present day but has a retro look)
December 15 -
December 22 - Winter Sports
December 29 -TMP Television Edition: Amnesiacs

Thursday Movie Picks #390: TMP Television Edition - Holiday

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Holiday

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There are few options, so I'm picking the ones that came to mind first. By the way, the 2022 preliminary schedule will be up after this.

Home for Christmas (2019 - 2020) 

I really really enjoyed this. I've said this before, there’s a very indie romantic comedy quality to Home for Christmas which I like. It’s charming, heartfelt and funny.

 

Dash & Lily (2020)

I've actually read the book this was based on back in 2015 and I had totally forgot that I had and had to check my Goodreads. Anyway suffice to say the book wasn't memorable, the TV series equally so. I dunno, the series was a little too young and cutesy and the actors playing the teens looked too old for their roles. Like I understand why they usually hire 20 or even sometimes 30 somethings for teen roles as adult actors can work longer hours and for teen dramas with very mature and heavy themes older actors also makes sense. However for these more juvenile sort of TV or movies, why can't they pick someone younger or at least looks younger? It is just so silly to see a 26 year old that looks 26 try to "act" very girly and cutesy.

 

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021)

The series has these Halloween episodes each season where characters play a game called the Halloween Heist and it is soo crazy and funny.

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Thursday Movie Picks #389: Holiday Party

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Holiday Party

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I'm going with the 3 that immediately came to mind.

Die Hard (1988)

It is set in an office building where McClane's wife's company is having their office Christmas Party.

Office Christmas Party (2016)
A tech company has a Christmas party to woo a big client. It's silly and wild but I found it rather funny.

Holidate (2020)

I thought I've picked this before for some other TMP theme but apparently I haven't. Anyway the movie follows these two single people who agree to become each other's platonic plus ones for various holiday parties throughout the year. I actually really enjoyed this one. It was cute and fun.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #388: New to the City

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is New to the City

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This is coming in rather late so it’s going to be a short one. All these movies have characters that are new to the city. They all have a wide eyed wonder about them and being new mean a lot of first experiences.

Northanger Abbey (2007)
In this Austen adaptation, the main character, a naive young woman, accompanies a family friend’s holiday to the city of Bath where she partakes in balls and experiences a lot of high society things for the first time. This is a sweet charming adaptation and features earlier performances of Felicity Jones and Carey Mulligan.

Enchanted (2007)
A princess from a fairytale world is cast out to our world and dropped into modern day New York City. This movie is super fun and cute. Its sequel has completed filming and is in post production. We’re finally going to get to see it in 2022 after a 15 year wait.

Brooklyn (2015)
A young Irish woman comes to Brooklyn to work so far away from her family. As for first experiences, remember the scenes of her eating spaghetti for the first time and learning that it was easier to wear bathing suits underneath clothes when going to the beach. Anyway, Saoirse Ronan is great in this as always.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #387: Rags to Riches

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Rags to Riches

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I’m going with animated movies from my childhood. So many of them had a rags to riches story.

Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Poor village girl Belle gets trapped in a castle to save her father and suffers a little Stockholm Syndrome falling for Beast, her captor, who’s really a prince and who’s of course totally rich.

Aladdin (1992)
Street kid meets and falls for Princess Jasmine and upon getting his hands on a magic lamp, wishes for the genie to make him her equal. Some trouble occurs with an evil royal advisor but in the end he gets the girl and the kingdom.

Anastasia (1997)
Orphan girl Anya leaves the orphanage and goes looking for the family she never knew and finds she is the only surviving child of Tsar Nicholas II.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #386: Oscar Winners Edition: Best Foreign Language Movie

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Oscar Winners Edition: Best Foreign Language Movie

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So this is the last of the Oscars Edition and it's the Non-English Oscar winners. Well I've seen just a handful of those that won and only like 2 so today is a super short post.

The Lives of Others (2006)
The Gist:A Stasi officer conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover becomes increasing absorbed by their lives. I've picked this at least twice before for TMPs. I don't remember much of this now, since I haven't seen it in quite a long time, but I remember it being very good.

A Separation (2011)

The Gist: A married couple in Iran have differing views on where to raise their daughter. One of the best dramas about families I've seen. That last scene was so sad and a perfect closing.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #385: TMP Television Edition - Mystery

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is TMP Television Edition - Mystery

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I'm doing a theme within a theme within a theme. All three are never before picked series.

Dublin Murders (2019)

This is based on the first two books from Tana French's The Dublin Murder Squad series. The first case involves a girl found murdered in the woods near Dublin, the same woods that, the lead detective, where as a tween, he and his friends disappeared into and later only he was found, traumatized and unable to remember what happened to him and his friends who remain missing still. I quite like the series, though I thought it was a mistake to squeeze two books covering two different cases (the second case is about a look-a-like) into the same season, they just don't flow as well together, each with a different air of mystery.

 

The Kettering Incident (2016)

After suffering from headaches and a blackout, a London doctor, Anna, returns to her home in Australia, where a local girl recently disappeared. 15 years ago, as a girl, Anna and her friend cycled through the woods. Hours later, only Anna came out of of the woods unable to remember what happened to her and her friend who remains missing. I haven't seen this for some time, but I remember this as being very atmospheric and also a bit dizzying, in that the character has these blackout episodes so she is often confused and lost about what's happening. And I would also say the series also got quite weird in the end, it went to a place that I never expected, but I liked it.

The Forest (2017)

A new-in-town cop and a local cop investigate the case of a teenage girl who disappears into a forest in France. I actually remember this the least, because I think I saw this the earliest out of the three, but it was decent I think.

Here are two more bonus mentions if you want to watch others with a similar theme within a theme...Dark and Black Spot...both of which I've picked for previous TMPs before.

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Thursday Movie Picks #384: Book Adaptations

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Book Adaptations

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This is one of those themes that I have almost every year, so I'm picking movies that I like that I've seen the past year since the same theme last year.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Based off the memoir of a literary forger. This movie is soo good. It basically follows these unlikeable characters going about their sad lives and their little enterprise of forging letters of famous people and selling them as the real thing and it is such a sharply funny movie. Also good performance by the two leads.

The Invisible Man (2020)

This is a loose adaptation of H.G. Wells novel and I like the movie a lot. I though it was pretty clever of them to make the "invisible man" the main character's abusive ex-husband and the premise is on this whole thing of if the ex-husband really had the ability to become invisible and was stalking his ex-wife or is she so traumatized by his abuse that she is in constant paranoid fear and "seeing" him everywhere even when he isn't there, which is what the people around her believes.

 

Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)

I grew up reading the Fear Street series of books (there were a  lot of them) and have always wanted to see an adaptation of the books. This is not a straight adaptation of any one of the books (at least I don't think so). It's more of they took the world building of the books and created a new story for these trilogy of movies. Anyway I still enjoyed these movies, I'm actually very surprised by how well they turned out...10 year old me is happy...that's not to say this a movie for kids, it definitely isn't...what I mean is that it manages to capture the spirit, style of the books.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #383: Dream Sequences

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Dream Sequences

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I have been trying to think of dream sequences that had great visuals that I like and I can only remember two. I’m sure I’ve liked others as well that I am currently failing to remember.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

It’s the scene where Jim Carrey’s character is trying to save and hide the memory of his ex-girlfriend while he is unconscious and going through the memory erasure procedure.

Shutter Island (2010)

It’s the one where Dicaprio’s character dreams of his wife and she disintegrates in his arms.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #382: Oscar Winners Edition: Best Animated Movie

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Oscar Winners Edition: Best Animated Movie

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I'm keeping it short. Here are my four favourites.

Shrek (2001)

The first to win best animated movie. This one thoroughly made fun of fairytales and it was hilarious. It also has a very catchy theme song.

The Incredibles (2004)

This is such a fun superhero family movie and the interaction between the family members seem so natural...like a real family.

 

Up (2009)

It got me with that montage at the start. The rest of it is also sweet and funny.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

I feel like all the attention is with the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies and this animated one probably gets overlooked. I'm not even an animated movie person and yet I really enjoyed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It is so much fun; the animated action was very well done and the movie is also funny. I'd say it is on par with the best of the live-action Spider-man movies.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #381: Halloween/Television Edition Horror

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Halloween/Television Edition: Horror

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Hey it's October again and it's time for the Halloween Edition. Take a look at what's in store for the rest of the month.

October 7 - Halloween Edition: School
October 14 - Halloween Edition: Folk or Urban Legend
October 21 - Halloween Edition: Horror Comedy
October 28 - Halloween/Television Edition: Horror

 

 

So this week is easy; since I only saw 3 horror TV series the past year, I'm picking them 3.

Servant (2019 - )

I picked this last year for Halloween TV Edition after watching season one and season two was released earlier this year. The new season was disappointing. While the the series is still very atmospheric, suspenseful and creepy, the story went nowhere. We still have no idea who or what the nanny girl is. The series has been renewed for season 3, so hopefully they will actually have some explanation or conclusion.

Midnight Mass (2021)

This is another Mike Flanagan series and I like it. Among his three series, I'd ranked it below The Haunting of Hill House and above The Haunting of Bly Manor. The creature work here I thought was excellent; the way the wings looked and the way the creature would swoop down, clearly someone from special effects spent a lot of time observing the movements of the animal it's inspired by. One negative I thought was some of the series' overly lengthy monologues, they could certainly have shortened them.

 

Locke & Key (2020 - )

I picked this last year for Halloween TV Edition too after watching season one. Season two was just released this month and I'm halfway through it. I think it's clear with the second season that this is going to continue to be more of a YA horror TV series rather than a horror series which is what the graphic novel is, it is an adult horror graphic novel not YA. Which I think is a pity because I prefer the darker graphic novel story. However, so far I'm liking this season a little more than the first. It has less of the high schooly stuff and the silly Scooby gang thing they were doing in the first.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #380: Halloween Edition - Horror Comedy

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Halloween Edition - Horror Comedy

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Hey it's October again and it's time for the Halloween Edition. Take a look at what's in store for the rest of the month.

October 7 - Halloween Edition: School
October 14 - Halloween Edition: Folk or Urban Legend
October 21 - Halloween Edition: Horror Comedy
October 28 - Halloween/Television Edition: Horror

I'm picking the ones I like from my most recent watches.

Ready or Not (2019)

While the basic premise is in the realm of scary, the violence is so over the top with an ending that is so out of this world that this is so obviously a comedy. One with a sharp wit, where the villains are these dumb bickering overprivileged people trying desperately to hold on to their privilege and a strong final girl that survives them all.

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

The movie's a satirical horror thriller set in the pretentious art world and revolves around some cursed paintings. I like it...the movie was really having fun mocking that world.

Colossal (2016)

Colossal has this Godzilla like premise where there's a giant monster stomping around a city that is bizarrely connected to a woman across the world whose life is a complete mess. The first half of this movie is sort of sad funny then it went quite dark in the second half when we meet the real villain of Colossal...one that I did not expect when the character was first introduced.

 

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Thursday Movie Picks #379: Halloween Edition - Folk or Urban Legend

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Halloween Edition - Folk or Urban Legend

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Hey it's October again and it's time for the Halloween Edition. Take a look at what's in store for the rest of the month.

October 7 - Halloween Edition: School
October 14 - Halloween Edition: Folk or Urban Legend
October 21 - Halloween Edition: Horror Comedy
October 28 - Halloween/Television Edition: Horror

 

 

So today’s theme is folk or urban legends. Can't say I really have any favourites, so I'm picking the movies I remember watching and I'll refer/link to the urban legend it references.

Urban Legend (1998)
If you're not familiar with urban legends, this would should be your first watch, as it features and is basically like an introduction to a couple of urban legends. While not great, it's not a bad movie either. I think it's one of the more memorable 90s teen horror movie.

The Babysitter

When a Stranger Calls (2006)

There apparently has been several movies that were inspired by this urban legend and this 2006 movie is also a remake of a 1979 one of the same name. I would like to see the original since it has a higher rating than the remake which I thought was one of the more forgettable 2000s movies...not much happens. 

The Hookman

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

I rewatched this sometime last year. The movie wasn't very good but it was a very nostalgic watch...it was soo 90s and starred 4 of the biggest teen movie stars (though Hewitt was the only actual teen) then. Did you know this was actually adapted from a book by Lois Duncan a YA author that was quite popular in the 70s and 80s. I read the book a few years ago and found it was very different from the movie. The book was not a teen slasher; the Hookman was something the movie added combining the story from the book and the urban legend character. While a thriller, I remember the book being more of a cautionary tale and about taking responsibility. Anyway, there's a new I Know What You Did Last Summer TV series coming out this October and I wonder if they're keeping the Hookman from the movies.

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Thursday Movie Picks #378: Halloween Edition - School

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Halloween Edition - School

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Hey it's October again and it's time for the Halloween Edition. Take a look at what's in store for the rest of the month.

October 7 - Halloween Edition: School
October 14 - Halloween Edition: Folk or Urban Legend
October 21 - Halloween Edition: Horror Comedy
October 28 - Halloween/Television Edition: Horror

So today’s theme is horror movies that take place in a school which can a bit tricky because while there are plenty of teen horror movies out there, for most of them the horror events do not take place within school grounds. Anyway here are the ones that do take place in school that I like.

The Faculty (1998)
I haven’t seen this one in a long time but I love this movie, it is so much fun to watch. I was reading it’s IMDB page and one of the reviews described it as something like The Breakfast Club alien invasion movie and I totally agree. It’s quite amazing too that even though this is set in just a regular school (not boarding) they manage to keep pretty much all of the horror at school.

Cry Wolf (2005)
I had avoided watching this when it came out because I thought the poster looked scary. However, it was added to Netflix recently so I gave it watch and I ended up liking it; it was quite a fun little gem. Basically it’s about a group of teens at a boarding school that loves playing a social deduction game called Cry Wolf (which is apparently based off a real party game called Werewolf) and when a young woman is found murdered in the woods nearby, the teens decide to expand the game to the entire school by spreading a rumour that the murderer is going after students at the school. However, weird scary stuff start to happen and they can’t tell if it’s just one of them trying to scare the others or if their games have attracted and angered the real killer.

The Blackcoat's Daughter a.k.a February (2015)
I picked this a couple of times before but it’s perfect for today’s theme since it, like Cry Wolf, also takes place at a boarding school. Except this one is an almost empty school with only two students remaining whose parents are late picking them up for winter break and the school nuns who live in a house on the school grounds. The emptiness of the school, coupled with the snowy weather just gives this sense of creepy isolation and dread.

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