Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009 version) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I checked my posts I can't believe I never reviewed this Ghostbusters video game before. I haven't played many of them myself. I always respected the first two Ghostbusters movies. To a degree from what I seen of The Real Ghostbusters cartoon show I liked a lot. I'm a bit familiar with the franchise in question.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009)

Before I get into it I'm also aware there's a remastered version. I still haven't played that version this review will be on the Xbox 360 version. Although through a friend I have seen actual game play of the Wii version that notably differs in a few ways. Essentially this would've been the third Ghostbusters movie continuing after the second movie.

Unfortunately the last time the original four actors reprised their roles before Harold Ramis passed away. You play as a recruit that's working with the Ghostbusters. You get to explore many locations including a few familiar places. Yes Slimer is in the game among a few notable enemies from the franchise. Like Stay Puft Marshmallow Man adds to the intensity.

You can get upgrades that improves either features or aspects among your proton pack. Yes you get to caught a lot of ghosts. Some enemies you actually destroy with many references. They even referenced The Angry Video Game Nerd's Ghostbusters NES ending screen joke. I also liked the more you play, the more cool stuff you could find at head quarters.

At one point, Sigourney Weaver was planned to reprise her role. However she declined that ended up changed her mind. By the time she asked to get involved, her character was replaced by a new female character. Personally I think it was awesome you get to work with the Ghostbusters. There's some creativity within the level designs I originally didn't expected.

Difficulty wise from what I played I felt it's balanced that might've been a little too easy. Some of the other actors reprised their roles as well. The fact I played what truly felt like an actual Ghostbusters movie was mind blowing!!! Some of the main antagonists are referenced. I should mention Brian Doyle-Murphy, Bill's brother also in the game.

He plays the mayor that gotten possessed by the main antagonist. A rather scary one that can alter the lay out of the afterlife!!! Yes you actually face a ghost that can alter a particular plain of existence is truly next level stuff. Somehow the Ghostbusters always finds a way to win. This video game was before the third live action Ghostbusters movie with a female cast.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife ended up being the true Ghostbusters 3 movie. I actually view this game being in a possible alternate timeline. The actual pacing can differ to a degree. There's times you gotta move fast while other times you need to move slower with caution. This was right before more licensed video games that's decent started to show up more often.

I could criticize the title but also glad it just isn't titled Ghostbusters either. This was a huge love letter to the fans. I wished some levels would've given you a little more freedom to explore. I also wished they didn't make sure every power up given to the player during a single run either. What we do get was a master piece.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game held up amazingly well on it's own. The voice acting is very decent of course it is!!! They truly went the distance with this one. I should also point out there's an indirect sequel game called Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime. Which is sorta like Extreme Ghostbusters cartoon show I don't recommend though.

The actual look of everything was done incredibly well. Some of the levels looked better than they actually did in the first two Ghostbusters movies. This might've been the most hype I ever been for anything Ghostbusters. To me, this was my dream Ghostbusters video game it lived up to my expectations.

I know I didn't mentioned this when I quickly discussed Ghostbusters for Dead by Daylight license survey 2026. I still say this is among the best things in the entire franchise. It's debatable which ends up being your absolute favorite? Honestly I prefer they sticked to what we loved about those Ghostbusters movies.

I'm a bit funny with franchises that changed out teams coughs Power Rangers. Ghostbusters was like for ghosts as Men in Black was for aliens if that makes any sense. Both movie franchise in the earlier entries took place in New York. I could imagine some chaos going on involving ghosts and aliens. Now I would love to see those two franchises crossover in something not Fortnite.

Ghostbusters was a rather unique concept for it's time. People would hire the Ghostbusters that sorta came off like eliminators for insects or rats. But they actually had specialize equipment to capture ghosts. A notably lighter tone helped made the first two Ghostbusters movies rewatchable. It felt like a great mix of times to be scary while other times it's time to get people laughing.

A decent Ghostbusters movie, show or game needs to nail that or I consider it not a true Ghostbusters experience. Yes this video game absolutely nailed that perfectly!!! Ghostbusters: The Video Game felt like a much needed return for the franchise. In all honestly, there's not much more you possibly could ask for.

Ghostbusters doesn't have many decent video games. I wish the famous Ghostbusters Sega Genesis game would come back. If you think about it, this game is what led to the current direction of the franchise. I know some might argue because people didn't like a particular Ghostbusters movie. I didn't think it was that bad of a movie.

The whole female cast thing wasn't even among my issues with that Ghostbusters movie. My big issue was being a rather uninspired retelling of the first Ghostbusters movie. In comparison, this felt like it truly belongs with the first two Ghostbusters movies. At the same time, the game found ways to stand out from those movies.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is a must play if you're a Ghostbusters fan. Also if you're one of those people that can't get enough ghost shows. The campaign will take a few hours from start to finish. There's also an easier time to get right back after you fail during the levels. It's not common you'll get a little confuse what to do which is usually some of the later levels.

I also must say this license video game didn't focus on DLCs. They actually focus on what truly is important for the fans I respect that!!! Of course, you can destroy stuff to a degree within the levels. Which is unavoidable at times while dealing with harder to caught ghosts. At the same time, some of those ghosts getting captured is satisfying.

Even the little things truly stands out in a rather huge way. I'm glad a version of the game still available on many platforms. Some might not like the tutorial being a bit over bearing as well as holding your hand. I rather have that then just get thrown in with confusing controls with virtually nothing to go on. This was an amazing Ghostbusters game that stands out from the rest.

Two The Crow blog entries

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, This was a last minute change. I been wanting to discuss more about The Crow for a good while now. I kept coming back to two topics I felt I'll put together here. But they won't be directly connected despite a few shared characters. On one hand, I wanna talk about why The Crow (1994 version) the best movie in the movie?

On the opposite hand I did watch The Crow (2024 version). I wasn't sure until now if I should review that. Then again I did review all the previous entries. I may as well suck it up to review this Crow movie. Either way, I will be talking heavily about Eric Draven. I know some might be curious to see if some of my thoughts.

On the first Crow movie trailer for the 2024 film changed or not. I always respected this comic book franchise for a long time. Truthfully I only seen the movies but would like to read some of those eventually. I also know there's a lot of people that shared the mantle in the stories. I will start with my review of The Crow (2024 version) right off the bat.

The Crow (2024) review

This is a remake of the original movie with a notably difficult production. Although an handful of shared characters mostly being the couple are vastly different from that film. The short version is the franchise kept changing hands with notable hiatus. Ultimately from all of that was this remake film. No disrespect to Bill Skarsgard, I felt he done what he could do with the role.

Actually ended up being a character I could root for. Notably better than Jimmy from The Crow: Wicked Prayer. The actual story is a little better written than I realized. Despite the ending portions coming off questionable, rushed that felt me unsatisfied. I did like Eric talks to the spirit who appears as his guardian in the afterlife a few times.

Personally I felt that was a rather nice touch to the concept. I may not liked Eric's actual look in the movie. But I will give credit Skarsgard nailed what he was given. The main antagonist had a deal with the devil. Automatically I'm reminded of The Crow: Wicked Prayer. Where the main antagonist planned to get possessed by the devil to lose to Jimmy in the end.

It tuns out Shelly previously worked for him. He ended up murdering the couple leading to the events of the movie. Honestly, there's not many moments I actually liked. One of my favorite scenes Eric slicing up the bad guys going after one of his targets. Of course, she is guarded by another person on his list. I actually felt Danny Huston delivered a better performance in 30 Days of Night movie.

I just felt they should've rewritten his character a little bit. Otherwise, he is among the most evil antagonists of the movies without question. Thankfully they didn't reuse the story of the original film. Otherwise fans would've been even angrier. In all honestly, I felt it's just beneath The Crow: City of Angels for me.

I did prefer Vincent's performance over Skarsgard's. I would say easily among the most violent entries to date. They also rushed the romance of the couple a little too much. The actual ending is what did ruin anything decent the movie done. After Eric finishes the main antagonist with helps from souls. He remains dead while Shelly suddenly alive again bags a lot of questions.

Last I checked that's not how it works. Anyone who is The Crow once they gotten their vengeance. Their souls can finally go back to eternal rest with their loved one. This felt like two Hellraiser movie endings in comparison. Hellraiser: Inferno and Hellseeker respectively. For me it's a tough sell to recommend this Crow movie.

Officially thirty years from the original Crow movie. Almost twenty years since The Crow: Wicked Prayer. I felt this was way better than that Crow movie. Honestly, it's a bit tricky which Crow movies to recommend? I felt stick with the original and Salvation. But you might like City of Angels as well. Thankfully not a bad movie just not a great Crow movie.

Why The Crow (1994 version) the best Crow movie?

The Crow was easily among the greatest 90s comic book movies. Just like the few of them that stand out still being talked about today. The short version is in every possible aspect, the perfect Crow movie. It truly was a master piece that easily withstand the test of time. Virtually the best overall writing Crow movie with a great cast.

This Crow movie is incredibly amazing at everything it does. Easily the most rewatchable in the entire franchise. It's unfortunate Brandon Lee who played Draven died following an accident on set. They were able to edit the movie in a way that didn't heavily impact it. The Crow was something truly special that couldn't be recreated.

Even the little things stick with you for a long time. This movie has some mind blowing visuals for it's time. From the little I seen of the comics online virtually looked like those in movie form. The Crow was a great movie that had a rather sad concept. Yet the moment Draven became The Crow transformed it into an amazing revenge film.

The entire time you're rooting for Draven to settle the score with an gang. There is little to nothing to criticize about this Crow movie. This was before questionable decisions affected the movie franchise. No signs of getting rushed out or altered to the point of ruining the film. This by itself was a huge advantage it had over the other Crow movies.

The Crow was a movie was a precursor to a world filled with so many comic book adaptations. Honestly, this movie nailed every emotion perfectly. I even could say this was the greatest 90s comic book movie I ever seen!!! Yes that would include the first Blade movie. Another personal favorite of mine I always enjoyed.

The actual concept was inspired by a real life tragedy a writer had. He turned that tragedy into a rather unique comic book concept. Which allowed multiple person to share the mantle. In a way like Mask but all of them had tragic ends to life with a loved one. They also accompanied by crows while only that mask is shared among many characters.

The Crow is a more serious, darker story. Despite some fictional aspects ends up being surprisingly realistic. Yes the movie does feel just like that. Just imagine Lee's career had he survived that accident? This movie was virtually done to perfection!!! Every major kill scenes is rememberable. My favorite being T-Bird taped to his car getting driven.

The car goes a jump then exploded leaving behind a burning crow symbol nearby. I also gotta mention actor Ernie Hudson also in the movie as a police officer. Hudson stated the franchise died with Lee, I do believe that. To be fair, I still welcome other possible Crow stories. I would've had each movie centering around different people with the mantle.

In a way they done that officially. But this would've been more consistent. I would've avoided reusing a character like Sarah in The Crow: City of Angels. The Crow is a movie that works insanely well. Honestly, this movie was just too damn great of an act to follow. I highly recommend checking out this Crow movie.

Four more ITN horror movie reviews (2026)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, over a few weeks. I watched some horror movies including four particular low budget horror movies from ITN Studios. All of which came out this year that's currently available on Tubi. Yeah this is a strange lineup I have to review today. Also going this route would make this a lot shorter of an entry than it could've been otherwise.

1. Krampus in Space

2. Dracula in Space (not Dracula 3000)

3. Wizard of Death: Tinman's Rise

4. Popeye Returns

I think to avoid a lot of stuff being repeated a few times making this review blog rather tedious. I figured I'll review them together while directly pointing stuff out to each movie when necessary. Yes two of them takes place in space. I also plan to rank all of them down just don't expect much you'll be fine. All of them are low budget slasher horror movies that's a bit ridiculous of a concept.

We have three classic fictional characters that's in the public domain being used as slashers. We also have a Christmas figure to add into that madness. Of course, most of them has not great actors/actresses. Some questionable writing that truly ruined one of them. You sorta could tell how rushed most of these horror movies are to a degree isn't a good sign!!!

Popeye Returns is a follow to Popeye's Revenge. Of course, ITN had to make the first horror movie sequel with Popeye before anyone else does. To be fair though, this one was notably better. You can tell they tried to make the story more focus. Popeye does stand out in the movie as he should. It's a bit silly they suddenly made him Captain America with a serum origin story.

No literately he was given a serum that transformed him into what he is. No it didn't impact my three way horror Popeye Death Battle fight prediction blog much. For both space horror movies, the iconic monsters already were in space. Although how that actually happened was a bit weird in both their cases. Dracula actually died while back on Earth.

Somehow his negative energy continued to exist. In Krampus' case, it's more like Hellraiser: Bloodline funny enough. Someone mess with a particular object that summoned the Christmas demon. A lot of lackluster kill scenes across all of them. I will confirm there's a few stand out kills in these horror movies. Yes Dracula in Space is a vastly different movie from Dracula 3000.

Which actually had Dracula physically onboard a space ship. Speaking of Dracula, I did prefer his appearance in this Dracula movie. A major difference is this version of Dracula attacks you both mentally and spiritually. Yes he can bite someone through a VR simulation to transform them into vampires. This alone took some time to figure out how exactly that was possible.

I previously talked about Wizard of Death: Tinman's Rise in another blog entry. Now I will give some credit when it's due. I came to like the actual look of Tinman in the movie. Some of my favorite kills he surprisingly delivered. Yet the actual story with pacing ended up being the worst. You can tell they didn't quite know how to go about the concept.

There's a few huge notable gaps of other more interesting things that could've happened. To me, those ended up feeling like unneeded filler than anything else. I actually felt if the movie more about the kills with even less of a story. Then it would've been a much better horror movie. Yes I know it's silly a classic literature character turned into a slasher villain.

You also can tell how CGI cheap usage the actual viewing outer space was in both space horror movies. Even Leprechaun 4: In Space made that look amazing!!! I felt story wise Popeye Returns was easily the best written despite a lackluster ending. You can tell right before it happens, they planned to make a trilogy.

I will say the same Popeye actor reprised the role. He was even better than in the previous horror Popeye movie. Dracula in Space had another surprise bad ending. The main AI character was among the best written in the movie. I don't recall liking anyone other than Krampus in that space horror movie. They blew me away by his actual look in the movie.

Let's put it this way, Krampus looked awesome with the chains. I liked you constantly hear chains rattling on the ground when he's nearby. They were strikingly similar space horror movies. I still wouldn't necessary say they changed a few things that's it either. There was more of a focus on Dracula's origins than Krampus.

I do think Krampus worked better than Dracula is something I never thought I ever would say. Speaking of Krampus let's add him to the list of horror icons that doesn't belong in space. I previously had a different version of Dracula from Dracula 3000 on the same list. I previously mentioned Leprechaun and the Cenobites.

Add in Jason from Jason X is this suddenly becoming a trend again? I still felt Jason X was the best among them. I felt Krampus in Space is better than both Dracula in Space movies without question. I felt the most disappointment towards Tinman's horror movie. The ending was also a bit of a letdown. Tinman lets the last two ladies escape.

I kinda felt their horror Leprechaun movies was slightly better. As much I wanna support low budget horror movies. You do have to risk watching some bad ones on the way. I wouldn't say Popeye Returns is bad though. The rest of these horror movies are not great. I did like Dracula's look in Dracula in Space.

Let's be honest, I'm glad they didn't just use a classic look of the character like in Dracula 3000!!! This version was more notably darker, sinister in comparison. I still respected what the actor tried to do with the role. The only one I could recommend to a few people is Popeye Returns. No it's not even close at all!!!

Wizard of Death: Tinman's Rise was easily the worst horror movie among them. Look I get what they attempted to do here. I had so many big issues with this horror movie. The actual pacing is very unbalanced at times. When the movie goes fast it's a little too quick. When the movie goes slow it takes up your patience waiting for something to happen.

In majority of those slower pacing moments little to nothing happens. Which makes all of them a huge waste of your time!!! Not only that, Tinman came off like a guard dog character. I seen better from Popeye the Slayer Man!!! This felt like two major decisions changed would've changed the entire movie.

I actually felt the main group all could've survived. But some stupidity led to some of their deaths. Honestly, Tinman being so slow he's lucky to actually kill anyone!!! Now let that sink in your head for a moment. "Are the characters that stupid?" You bet they are, some just allowed themselves to die. This might actually be the worst I seen in any of their horror movies I seen.

It's virtually a low budget Friday the 13th clone movie replacing Voorhees with Tinman. Somehow a few takes with Popeye worked way better!!! I actually thought of a joke concept I don't think ITN Studios would make into a horror movie. I wanna see them make a horror movie about the Boogeyman terrorizing people inside a hotel!!!

I felt doing a horror movie with Scarecrow would've been better. Sure there's a lot of Scarecrow horror movies. But they easily could've had fun with some Wizard of Oz references. A rather unexpected take on the concept. Easily would've been way better than that Tinman movie!!! Even I'll take a horror The Cowardly Lion Movie as well if it's done right!!!

I bet that could be better than that Tinman movie!!! I don't think any of the slashers looked bad. Tinman actually looked better than Shaquille O'Neal in that terrible Steel movie not sorry. Even if you wanna something that's just different. You start getting rather selective about that. Maybe that's what's going on with me as I review these low budget horror movies.

Ranking of the four horror movies down below...

4. Wizard of Death: Tinman's Rise

3. Dracula in Space

2. Krampus in Space

1. Popeye Returns

Conclusion

Popeye Returns I had a gut feeling was going to be the best among them. I previously wasn't sure to write these horror movie reviews prior. Despite the ending, this horror Popeye movie was notably done better than the rest of them. Wizard of Death: Tinman's Rise simply felt like a major wasted opportunity. Not to mention of wasting your time possibly some brain cells!!!

Krampus in Space was slightly done a little better. Despite the endings being notably different. How both of them attacks people is similar. But Dracula does turn some members of the crew into vampires. Also one of the crews had an AI character among them. They weren't too different from each other. Krampus gets sealed while Dracula ended up reaching an planet.

Yeah the occasionally cheesy not great acting with questionable writing. To me, Krampus had a scarier appearance than Dracula. The very cheesy outer space CGI scenes don't help either. Popeye Returns is the closest horror movie I would considered rewatching. I can't say the same about the rest of them. In fact for the top 2 there's a huge gap of quality between them.

Krampus in Space just isn't anything special. The only reason to watch it is out of curiosity. What they could do with the Christmas demon in space. Ultimately, it isn't much they actually do with the character. Krampus in Space is a little more confusing to follow than Dracula in Space. Honestly, the only real reason it scored higher than Dracula in Space was because of Krampus himself.

Tinman could've been something amazing with a slasher horror movie concept. It's a real shame, they notably rushed the horror movie out. Especially when majority of The Wizard of Oz books already in the public domain. I didn't see what the rush was about here? Yes not even Tinman himself could've saved that movie.

Tinman was just the most forgettable among the four slasher villains. He doesn't speak much in the actual movie. The only true highlights are some of it's kill scenes that's it. Otherwise I recommend not checking out this horror Wizard of Oz movie!!! Popeye Returns is an alright horror movie I'll take that. I hope these horror movie reviews were clear enough to understand.

Here's my ranking on horror icons that shouldn't been in space horror movies but are down below...

6. Dracula 3000

5. Dracula in Space

4. Krampus in Space

3. Leprechaun 4: In Space

2. Hellraiser: Bloodline

1. Jason X

Yes I do recommend both Jason X and Hellraiser: Bloodline without question. Those are somewhat decent horror movies. Not to mention, their best iconic actors reprising their roles. Despite the confusing angle of the story for Hellraiser: Bloodline. Ultimately those are way better than the rest of the space horror movies by a lot!!!

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) and Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I recently rewatched the first two entries in Return of the Living Dead series on Tubi. At the time, I really wanted to rewatch both of them. I did notice more things I haven't before. I also checked my posts never reviewed either horror movie before.

I figured why the hell not do it now? Two classic zombie movies from the 80s. Honestly, some strangely interesting ones at that. I will point out many interesting stuff that not a lot of people knows. More likely might've noticed that's it at best.

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

A little legal history to help some confusion. Yes this is important I dive into this before I even discussed the zombie movie. Following the release of Night of the Living Dead (1968 version). George A. Romero had a disagreement with writer John A. Russo.

This actually went to court with the judge ruling. Romero has claim of Dead in future zombie movie titles while Russo ended up with Living Dead. Russo wrote a book called The Return of the Living Dead. The book was officially a follow up to Night of the Living Dead book he's written.

The actual movies has no real relationships to Romero's Dead series. Russo actually appeared in Night of the Living Dead movie as well. I know some of that was a little confusing to follow. To clarify, only through the books written by Russo the two franchises are connected.

The Return of the Living Dead is still among the craziest zombie movies I ever seen!!! Yes this was the zombie franchise widely known for zombies saying Brains!!! Two employees by accident caused gas from a container to leak infecting both of them.

This led to some dead bodies within where they work to become zombies. There's some amazing looking zombies in this movie including Tar Man. Along with their boss works with some punks to attempt surviving the undead.

These are surprisingly smart zombies as shown in a few scenes. We actually see an handful of them tricking emergency personal to come out. The biggest being a lot of police cars swarmed by a huge horde of zombies!!!

No these zombies won't die if you attempt destroying their brains. The only two things that killed them were burning them to ashes or later getting nuked. Yes there's an actual nuclear missile in the movie!!! The ending is among the most wtf endings in anything zombies I ever seen!!!

A medicine supply boss called the military. He gets tricked into believing him with a small group of people going to be saved. Nope it turns out they send a nuke to wipe out everyone!!! The rain is a notable factor because every major zombie death led to the gases going air bound.

Suddenly following getting nuked, the undead following a rain are rising once again. It's also important to mention among the many characters was an actress. Who at the time was a stripper that agreed to be in the movie.

It's quite obvious which one with a famous strip scene. The Return of the Living Dead plays a bit on dark humor like Evil Dead series. Honestly, the movie held up amazingly well. I wish I could say the horror movie franchise you could check out.

I will say this it's a vastly different take on the concept. A rather ridiculous one at that instantly sticking with you for a long time. There's great kill scenes in the movie. I actually felt everyone acted quite in the movie.

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

A bit of a loose sequel to the original zombie movie. A military personal didn't notice one of the containers fell off the truck. This container gets found by a few kids. Two of them against many red flags opened up that container to end up becoming infected themselves.

You can tell they attempted to tone the movie down a little bit. It still ended up being a decent zombie movie. The main protagonist is a little boy who tried to warn his older sister about the zombies. There's a few characters that isn't bright.

Two of them were played by two actors from the original zombie movie. James Karen and Thom Matthews were part of a deal. It turns out the Japanese audience loved their performance in the original movie.

To the point, they had to come back as other characters now being grave robbers. Obviously no one survived the original movie making that a bit weird. Just like that movie, Matthews' character has a girlfriend.

He wasn't happy being part of this entry at all. Personally I liked him best as Tommy Jarvis in Friday the 13th Part VI. His girlfriend in the movie Brenda played by actress Suzzanne Snyder. She survived against the klowns but not against zombies.

She started in Killer Knowns from Outer Space as Debbie the same year!!! Even she would agree Debbie was smarter than Brenda. Just like the original zombie movie, the duo gets infected by breathing in the gas while grave robbing.

I actually some of my favorite zombie looks is in this movie. Yes that also includes the short Thriller Michael Jackson zombie as well. What actually kills the zombies is getting shocked by electricity. Yes this is what stops majority of the undead leading to a rather cool huge death scene.

I also felt this one successfully ended the zombies properly. This also doesn't feel rushed with a few years gap. I do think removing an handful of characters would've made the movie a little bit better. One of the bullies attempts taking out the kid a few times.

There's some rememberable scenes with some being rather unexpected. Like the unfortunate pet shop scene or watching a single zombie trying to find the kid. The same zombie gets shot as well as hit with steam still going!!!

The military was focus keeping whoever in the city inside it's radius. Although some of the soldiers gets overwhelmed by the undead. This is more of a weird zombie movie that just works. It doesn't quite feel like a sequel to the original movie.

In comparison, it's the only sequel to feel like one to me. Return of the Living Dead 3 might get a possible revisiting in the near future. I will say this is a well written horror movie. I actually felt the main group was among the best in the series.

This might not feel as 80s as the first zombie movie. But it still was a rather nice addition. Some might view their stories being a bit too similar. I could agree with two shared actors whose virtually playing the same characters twice situation.

It's hard to say which zombie movie had more actual zombies off hand. At least in the big kill scene we see most of them getting fried. The zombies aren't as smart as in the first zombie movie. I still say among the best sequels within a zombie movie franchises I ever seen!!!

Return of the Living Dead Part II is more about the story. Some situations could've been easily prevented. But being a horror movie that would've been a bit boring. This also held up amazingly well in it's own right.

Conclusion

I don't plan to revisit all the movies. I just wanted to rewatch the first two entries. Despite internet kept going out, I still had a lot of fun rewatching them. Two amazing zombie movies that I highly recommend to people.

Honestly, two rather unusual zombie movies that quickly differ themselves from anything else zombies. I know more people talks about the original. But a lot of people still heavily remembered Part II. This also would be the prefer where to stop before things goes down in quality.

I will confirm I don't view Return of the Living Dead 3 as a bad zombie movie. But the two following zombie movies avoid at all costs!!! Depending on your taste differs which zombie movie you may like more?

Personally I do prefer the original a little bit more. I felt most of the characters were better written. How some of the story plays out is a bit more chaotic. The ending just stands out by itself. I felt Part II had some of my favorite moments without question.

Yes the duo do become zombies with a slightly different ending to their stories. Thom gets nuked then later shocked. Karen does himself in by cremating himself then later shocked. I still haven't seen anything like that with one notable exception being Return of the Living Dead 3.

You really can't go wrong with either zombie movie. The original zombie movie is among the most ridiculous. Part II was a surprisingly decent follow up that had it's own strengths. To me, the last truly decent entry in the series.

Gremlins 1 (1984) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I checked my posts. I never once reviewed the first two Gremlins movies. I previously done fun versus matches with the creatures. I felt why not do a review of both Gremlins movies? No I haven't seen the animated prequel show.

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins was a rather unexpected movie for it's time. Technically a weird Christmas comedy horror movie. The protagonist goes to a shop taking home Gizmo. The creature after making contact with water multiplies more of his species.

They are officially called Mogwai. Which reminds me of Furby, does anyone remember that toy? Billy was warned to not feed them after midnight. Most of them sneak in food that caused their transformation into Gremlins. This is such a disgusting process.

Imagine how caterpillars make cocoons to transform into either a butterfly or a moth. Somehow they made it into a truly unpleasant thing to look at. Gremlins goes around causing chaos to humans. They don't care if whatever they do is at your expense.

There's a lot of them in the movie to fill up an entire movie theater room. Of course, one of the most rememberable scenes is a mom killed an handful of them in the kitchen scene. Personally, I always enjoyed the old lady that gotten sent outside a window scene myself.

Gremlins was a chaotic movie as soon as they become Gremlins. The scene with the shop keeper was directly parodied on The Simpsons in one of the first Treehouse of Horror episodes. Gremlins are truly rememberable in nearly every scene they're in.

This movie is still heavily being talked about today. I always enjoyed rewatching parts of the movie. Stripe was a great antagonist that stands out from the rest of them. His actual death scene was among the most disturbing in the franchise to watch.

The one time they quiet down funny enough was watching Snow White & The Seven Dwarves movie. You know the classic animated Disney movie yeah that version. Some of the characters takes out most of them in a explosion there.

Easily among my favorite smaller creatures in anything comedy horror to date. I especially loved Stripe used whatever he could find to fight off Billy. Even an chainsaw beating Chucky out by nearly forty years!!!

Yes the original Gremlins predates the original Child's Play by a little over four years. Prior to that, some of the characters broke into a store Stripe head inside of. I felt this Gremlins movie with the little things sticks with you a long time.

The creatures are mostly similar in personality except for Gizmo. Gizmo is the solo good one among all of them. Even he helped to take down Stripe in the end. I felt this had better used of the supporting characters than Gremlins 2.

Gremlins was a rather fun idea for it's time. Even for a Christmas horror movie. It's more light than dark that many people could enjoy. Where it truly shines is the creatures themselves. They were animated by a few classic techniques that's barely used anymore in movies.

A good mix of puppets with animatronics usage. They also used practical effects to spice things up. Now that's impressive with so many creatures they had in the movie!!! There's no question, this was the best entry in the franchise.

Gremlins was truly one of a kind movie. I would be very funny about that getting remade. I don't think a remake could recreate what so many loved about the original Gremlins movie. In my honest opinion, just leave the movie alone!!!

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

This is among the most unexpected movie sequels I ever seen!!! Like Seed of Chucky, they upped the humor in this entry. Yes parts of it are self aware it's not as good as the original Gremlins. To be honest, I felt this might have slightly more rememberable moments than that movie.

It depends on which version, you could be seeing Hulk Hogan cameo that's funny. The joke was the creatures didn't wanna show what's left of the movie. They had people in a movie theater watching the film.

Hogan threatened them to get the movie back on was genius!!! Some of them drank chemicals that mutated. Some of them became hybrids that were cool. My favorite being the Bat Gremlin that referenced Batman for a few seconds.

My other favorite Gremlins was Electric Gremlin and Brain Gremlin respectively. Electric Gremlin is among the scariest in the entire franchise. He can instantly go through many machines with such ridiculous speed.

Brain Gremlin might sound boring at first. Trust me this character was a rather nice addition. He explains his race wants to be an civilization. They are too chaotic for their own good. I loved the scene he's helping while another Gremlin annoying him.

Out of no where, he pulls out a gun to shoot him. He's among the smartest characters in the movie. Shortly after he mutated became the nicest of his species. I will give credit to Tony Randall making him such a rememberable character.

I also gotta mention before someone points it out. Yes there's also a spider Gremlin named Mohawk. He actually shows up in the video game based on that Gremlins movie. Easily among the best looking Gremlins in the movie by far.

I actually felt Gizmo stands out more in this one. Especially when he parodies Rambo taking out that Gremlin. Yes he wore a red bandanna just like the character. Yes I'm a huge Rambo fan myself. Easily among my favorite scenes in the movie.

Christopher Lee who plays an scientist. Along with twin scientists created several chemicals. Some of which the creatures drunked. Robert Prosky plays a parody of Grandpa Munster. In all honestly, I thought it was Al Lewis in the movie.

Yes Lewis was still alive at the time of Gremlins 2. Majority of the movie takes place inside a skyscraper. I know at first that doesn't sound exciting. Then you start to see a few shows being filming inside.

Easily among my favorite characters in the movie. Yes he actually is dressed up as Grandpa Munster. I would've watched the show if it were real. A cooking show that's more common than it was back in the 90s.

Back then there was an handful of them. Now there's so many cooking shows with many shared chefs to lose track of. I know I haven't talked about what started the events of the movie. An janitor caused water to make contact with Gizmo causing him to multiply more creatures.

You actually felt bad for Gizmo here. He really tried to not touch water. He already knows it never leaves to anything good. Just like the last movie, majority of them ate past midnight to become Gremlins.

It's quite risky to film majority of a movie inside one location being a skyscraper. Somehow I think they actually pulled it off!!! The big death scene was mind blowing!!! Some of the characters tricked majority of them to come out in a huge open space area.

As they're getting water one of them unleashes Electric Gremlin. Which quickly fried all of them while shorting out Electric Gremlin shortly afterwards. There's a lot of them by this point in the movie. It was amazing they actually pulled this off the way they did.

Some felt they slightly tone it down from the original. Yes there's some truth to that I can't argue with that. But Gremlins 2 was virtually let's go wild with the concept!!! For me, more of the actual jokes landed more.

Conclusion

Yes the original Gremlins is the better comedy horror movie. But Gremlins 2 was such a fun sequel for it's time. Especially in the early 90s the movie is nearly just as remembered. I sorta liked Gremlins 2 a little bit more.

These are vastly different movies that appeals to different audiences. The original Gremlins is a bit more serious in tone. Gremlins 2 is more life of the party you never wanna go home. Some might view Gremlins 2 as a step backwards because they terrorized a town in the original.

In Gremlins 2, majority of the events happened inside a tall building. But I will say this it worked well with that building. I actually felt more actual creatures were more interesting in Gremlins 2. Gizmo stands out a little more as well.

Some of the main characters was a little better in the original movie. They still felt essential to the overall plot of Gremlins 2. I don't even think Gremlins 2 was the reason for the long hiatus. Sometimes other plans unrelated happens that either delays something for a franchise or cancels them altogether.

The other possible angle is both these Gremlins movies virtually done everything they thought of. They simply ran out of ideas what to do with the concept. I actually think there's so much more they could've done.

I don't know how many of my ideas might've happened in the prequel show off hand. What I do know is I absolutely loved both these Gremlins movies!!! The original is among the essential Christmas horror movies to watch.

Gremlins 2 is essential to watch for a few reasons. Thankfully you won't miss much if you ended up watching that first. Gremlins 2 was simply a little too much humor. But it actually works more than some other horror movie sequels I could think of.

The overall tone with many stuff that happens makes them incredibly different overall experiences to watch. The original Gremlins is more about the chaos spread across a town. Gremlins 2 was putting that chaos inside a tall building like a glass bottle about to explode!!!

The creatures are quite unpleasant to humans. Usually their leaders are the worst among them. Gremlins 2 differing some of their designs was a rather welcome addition. Not only that, Gremlins 2 didn't come off being rushed.

After all, it took a couple years from the original. Most horror movie franchises quickly rushed out sequels around that time. Gremlins 2 was able to be a nice surprise. Ultimately it depends on your taste which Gremlins movie you like more?

My Joke choices for a future license Dead by Daylight survey

Hello everyone, I just gotten a rather fun idea. Regarding a lot of blogs inspired by DbD's recent license survey. More recently, I decided to do a what if joke choices for a future license DbD survey? I ended up having a lot more fun than I could ever expected.

I will go over every joke choice from many franchises. Once again in alphabet order to keep things interesting. Trust me, if you need a few laughs this might be exactly what the doctor ordered. Mostly I'm viewing all of them as a possible cosmetics collection.

1. Axe Cop

Axe Cop is a rather ridiculous cop character. He virtually can do anything even stuff that shouldn't be possible through his axe. At his core, he's a joke character with no real limits. I easily could see the character coming in as a legacy skin for The Huntress.

2. Barney the Dinosaur

You love me!!! I love you!!! I mean wow a few license surveys. They never had Barney as a joke choice in any of them is mind blowing. A huge talking/singing dinosaur that teaches kid many things. I could see an survivor wearing an outfit inspired by the character.

3. Burger King

Burger King is a bit creepy in anything he's appeared. He's a stalker with a creepy smile giving people food from Burger King. Keep in mind, kids at some locations can play together. I think this king showing up is the last thing they wanna see.

4. Courage the Cowardly Dog

I will be honest very surprised this franchise never appeared on any of those surveys. This small dog took on a huge variety of beings. Not to mention some rather unusual situations including Scooby-Doo crossover. Just imagine some amazing cosmetics for both sides from this cartoon show.

5. Daffy Duck

Some of you might've figured out before you started reading. I had to do an Looney Tunes character. I kept coming back to Daffy because of a particular parody Ghostbusters movie he starred in. I wouldn't mind seeing his famous devil costume coming into the game.

6. Fred Flintstone

Yeah the famous cartoon caveman himself. The idea was silly before it had to be Fred. Of course, he could come with his bowling outfit. I would love to see him bowl as a waiting screen animation. Maybe the small alien cameo as well. I do think Fredy would help lighten things up a bit.

7. Gumby

Yes as in the famous clay stop motion show. Who else remembers that show? All the weirdness that concept could bring to Dead by Daylight. I do think they can get quite creative with the character. I hope the horse makes a cameo as well.

8. Judge Doom

The main antagonist of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? movie. Whose also among my favorite characters Christopher Lloyd played. Essentially an evil cartoon character that's disguised as a real person. The concept itself is a little out there from the usual DbD deals with.

9. Inspector Gadget

This is another obvious joke choice that's surprisingly not in any of those surveys. He is a parody of the Billion Dollar Man. The character has so many features that doesn't make any real sense. Just curious to see how they would attempt animating Inspector Gadget.

10. Invader Zim

Of course, a personal favorite Nicktoon I always enjoyed. Invader Zim was an alien that was tasked to conqueror Earth. But he was assisted by not bright smaller robot named Gir. Look the actual concept ended up being a surprisingly fun cartoon show.

11. Mask

Mask is a famous comic book character. The actual character in question so happens to be the mask itself. In the comics, a lot of people wore the mask to all kind of chaos. Mask virtually could do anything including reality warping. Honestly, I wanna see some crazy animations!!!

12. Meatwad

Yes from Aqua Teen Hunger Force show. Meatwad is a member of a trio that deals with all kind of crazy situations. Being shape shifting ground beef is already disgusting to think of. Yes he can easily remove his own brain. Meatwad actually could bring a lot of humor to the game.

13. M&M characters

M&M does a lot of commercials over the years. In majority of them are red regular M&M guy and yellow peanut M&M guy respectively. But there's a few more of them that often plays on them possibly getting eaten. Considering a couple licensed games, I could see the candy brand crossing over soon.

14. Oscar the Grouch

Yes the guy whose living inside a trash car. I could see a random trash can moving slowly around a map. Occasionally he pops up the lid to insult the killers. Some possible crazy cosmetics the character could have makes this even more of a fun idea.

15. Slapstick

He's a Marvel comic character that's more like a classic cartoon character. I know imagine he gets allowed to do slapstick comedy with a killer. Which regularly would be against how DbD works. At the same time, they could do a lot of crazy animations with the character.

16. Slim Jim Guy

Not to be confused with the late wrestler Randy Savage. Slim Jim Guy for a short period was the mascot for the brand. Often showing up in some crazy commercials. Even cameo as a hidden rider in Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2. The brand never been the same after he's replaced.

17. SpongeBob Squarepants

This was actually among the first joke choices I thought of. SpongeBob is a rather ridiculous cartoon character. His cartoon show being on the air for so long allows many crazy possibilities. He recently crossed over in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.

18. The Tick

The Tick is a super hero that's on the weird side. How many people remembers the classic cartoon show? The Tick is over the top comedy super hero franchise. I am curious to see what insanity this crossover could bring? Honestly, this might be too weird of an idea!!!

Conclusion

I really wanted to get this out my system. I hope anyone that took the time to read all of this had a good time. I tried to be creative with each joke choices. Some possibly even funnier than anything I actually written lol. Regardless, I would be interested in seeing majority of these franchises coming to the game. Honestly, I wish the DbD community was this open minded about the possibilities.

SoulCalibur II or SoulCalibur VI which one is the best?

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, two of my favorite entries from SoulCalibur series. Still among my absolute favorite fighting games to date. I knew before going in this is going to be a difficult comparison. SoulCalibur II against SoulCalibur VI, it took a long time for a worthy challenge to show up. I do think most would absolutely enjoy playing both of them for hours.

The real question though is which SoulCalibur game I personally find to be the overall better fighting game? Of course, I got several major things I need to mention. By now I'm going to sound like a broken record. But for a comparison blog this needed to be stated again. SoulCalibur II had three guest characters that's exclusive to a particular version of the game.

The one exception being SoulCalibur II HD Online version that used to be available on a few platforms. Which had two of three guest characters along with online play. I been around four different ports of the same game myself. I know some might view me being bias towards SoulCalibur VI. Hell no that's a fantastic fighting game in it's own right.

Technically there's more actual modes to play in SoulCalibur II. I felt a bit more actual depth within SoulCalibur VI's. Yes that would include Weapon Master mode. Which is among the best modes in the series to play. SoulCalibur II has endings for every character. Even Necrid who was created by Spawn's creator Todd McFarlane.

Keep in mind, Necrid with the guest characters aren't in the Arcade version. SoulCalibur II took what made SoulCalibur I great while making the right improvements. I'm aware some still view SoulCalibur I the best in the series. I know people are a bit mixed towards DLCs especially for a fighting game. To be fair though I actually felt SoulCalibur VI done an amazing job with those additional stuff.

The summary of what they actually are is more characters, more customization stuff added and the previous SoulCalibur game soundtracks. Which can be swapped in every section of the game. Arcade Mode both versions in SoulCalibur II's case differs in a few ways. Extra Arcade Mode adds in hidden stages, a few hidden characters you could face and weapon selection respectively.

The hidden characters I speak of are Assassin, Berserker and Lizardman. Who all play similar to an handful of characters in the game. But they aren't in many modes compared to the rest of the roster. This is never an issue for SoulCalibur VI. Yes Arcade Mode may not given you endings there. Thankfully the game greatly makes up for this.

There's two different story modes that vastly differ from each other. The main story mode covers almost the entire roster with the possible exception of two guest characters. The main section is right at the top of the story section. Some characters has additional portions to their own story sections. Yes The Witcher himself is canon to the events of the game confirmed in this mode.

The other story mode is called Libra of Soul. Which centers around your custom character. There's a few notable issues I found. Like you have to make another custom character. If you wanna play the opposite route to your previous playthrough. The decisions doesn't seem to impact in a way most players understands.

It makes about to finish a run in this mode frustrating. If you're trying to do a few runs with both paths. Also get use to select few repeating to a degree. Otherwise it's a fun story mode that will take a couple hours. Customization starts prior to DLCs, a little more limited than expected. I will say they sure add in a lot of stuff to help with that.

Going back to guest characters, SoulCalibur II it depends which version you're playing? Not an issue for SoulCalibur VI since every guest character presented on every version of the game. We have The Witcher, 2B and Haohmaru that all plays amazing!!! I know this might get seen as a hot take. I actually felt Link was fine despite additional portions to his arsenal being a bit overwhelming.

In Link's case, he has a lot of weapons but four times everyone else not kidding. They made sure Link can swap between his weapons during matches. I still think Link is just a little short behind Heihachi. Who ended up being SCII's best guest character. I know it's a bit unfair to include a famous fighting game character.

This was prior to a lot of franchises doing that. Literately nearly every major fighting game franchise has crossed over with each other. Heihachi plays like Tekken yet altered to better suit SoulCalibur's unique fighting style game play. In all honestly, it just works perfectly. I also know some people wanna know my thoughts on Spawn.

The short version is go play Mortal Kombat 11 making sure you bought Spawn. Now that's a more accurate, fun version of the character to play as in a fighting game. Yes I do like his voice actor in SCII but come on it's Keith David in Mortal Kombat!!! Who previously voiced the character on the cartoon show.

The longer version is Spawn's cape altered in an axe by default. He doesn't seem to use his chains especially compared to his MK11 appearance. To me, out of respect for all parties involved here. I do like playing as Spawn in the game. He just doesn't felt quite right with a sluggish usage of the weapon. Not using his many powers during game play doesn't help either.

I do understand it wouldn't be right to give Spawn guns in SoulCalibur II. Yet I also could argue against it because Cervantes has a gun!!! Oh okay it's more of a dagger that also can be use as a gun. Personally I'm glad they didn't give Spawn guns this one time. It could've easily broken the game I felt that was a smart decision.

Considering Spawn has a lot more actual lines in MK11. Some being rather amusing it makes even his finest in SoulCalibur II not matter at all!!! Not only that, his overall weapons selection was alright compared to the other two guest characters. Yes I know Heihachi mostly using armguards with one notable exception being his ultimate weapon.

Which doesn't include any of them while he goes all out from the start. Link simply offers more variety to what Spawn brings to the table. Xbox version wise ran the overall worst at times. In vice versa, two of the guest characters fights vastly different from the rest of the roster. Especially true in 2B's case since she can swap between a few weapons during matches.

Haohmaru is a bit similar to Mitsurugi. Don't worry he does differ in his fighting style. I actually ended loving playing as the character in SoulCalibur VI. My least favorite among the three was The Witcher. No I still haven't played any of his video games neither seen much of the show. I felt all three of them were done better in comparison.

There's also a few options during matches to attempt coming back to possibly win a match. Soul Charge will use up your meter but improves your damage dealt to enemies. Critical Edge are essentially finishers that every character has. It's possible to use them more than once during a round. Yes you can ring out in many stages within both SoulCalibur games.

I felt the actual stages to me were notably better in SoulCalibur VI. I also felt the difficulty was better balanced there as well. SoulCalibur VI has slightly more characters excluding custom ones. Speaking of them, you can customize existing characters making each character many outfits. You also can create custom characters that could be used to recreate famous characters.

They do give you a lot of slots but ends up being shared. Yes you can even customize how a character slot looks on character selection screen. Even before we go back to that screen in fact. I actually made some rather sick character slot designs. What's a little weird is SoulCalibur VI lacks any form of Survival Mode.

It is a small thing with everything considered. SoulCalibur VI without question looks, sounds and plays better than SoulCalibur II!!! Sure SoulCalibur II being a much smaller in size fighting game loads faster. Even faster on Xbox Series X but a little bit. It's almost not that notable I just felt like pointing it out.

SoulCalibur VI even made all the characters shared between the two fighting games better!!! All of them stands out even more in that game!!! You also get a mode you can look up stuff. SoulCalibur II does have a mode that shares every characters bios. You also can see a showcase what that character could do in the game.

SoulCalibur VI may not have that. What it does have is allowing you to test out your custom characters. Before you finish making them in a section of the same mode. Which was a rather cool idea. Sure in Extra variations of the modes, SoulCalibur II allows you to swap out weapons for every character. Except for Charade who is a mimic character.

To clarify, mimic characters can swap out fighting styles between rounds. Which is similar to Combot in Tekken 4 respectively. In this case, those characters can have any character's weapons. Yes it does allow any additional weapons they have to be among the random weapon selection. Easily among the most unique to play as in the series.

Customization you either have to swap out weapons for that character or use a different one with a new custom outfit. What's even better is you actually get a much better look at everything!!! If you want a better look at the weapons that's the mode. If you want a better view of each character's outfits you can. Yes you can nearly see everything behind what they're wearing for all genders.

I also felt Inferno was more awesome in SoulCalibur VI as well. Not only you can play as the character. Whose virtually Nightmare on steroids!!! Compared to his SCII counterpart being a mimic character. His actual appearance is absolutely menacing. SoulCalibur VI simply does so many things right. SoulCalibur II is still a huge recommendation to play.

I just felt bad the only version digitally you can play right now is on Switch 2 being the GameCube version. It's a real shame Nintendo not going to give us a version with all three guest characters. SoulCalibur VI is ultimately more actual fan service. The few areas it falls a little flat in. In the other areas truly shines possibly above the skies!!!

SoulCalibur VI absolutely nails everything insanely well. Even the newer characters that isn't guest characters heavily impact the game in a good way. There's more actual fighting styles to keep things interesting. There's a ridiculous amount depth to this fighting game. I really can't believe the franchise is buried again.

This time following SoulCalibur VI that gotten DLCs in two seasons worth of content. Yes I know the actual story is largely similar to SoulCalibur I. In a strange way this even made more clear to compare the two fighting games. SoulCalibur II was a direct follow up while SoulCalibur VI followed everything gotten rebooted following SoulCalibur V.

SoulCalibur II made the guest characters across platforms work for it's time. It was a bad idea to do that concept again with SoulCalibur IV. Especially when the only DLC character was the other platform's exclusive guest character. Majority of which were pulled from Star Wars. I felt because two of three guest characters came into SoulCalibur VI at later times worked out better.

By the last DLC, SoulCalibur VI was a fantastic fighting game. Sadly, other successful fighting games including Tekken 7 overshadowed it's success. End of the day, SoulCalibur VI deserves to be among the greatest fighting games ever made!!! It fully brought the franchise back better than ever before. Considering a lot of hours I put into SoulCalibur II across versions.

Yeah that's a rather impressive feat. SoulCalibur VI didn't just go beyond SoulCalibur II. Like SCII previously done with SoulCalibur I. It went even further blowing majority of the franchise away!!! The team really tried to deliver a proper return of the franchise. I do strongly felt the game justified that to a degree.

SoulCalibur II may had better overall commercials. But SoulCalibur VI at it's core is the true complete package. Yes you may have to buy a lot of DLCs. but trust me, majority of them do notably make the game even better!!! Especially if you love customization mode it's a must have. SoulCalibur VI made the entire experience in a truly unforgettable one I'll treasure for a long time.