Adventures in Movies: Fire and Brimstone

We’re courting controversy this week with a look at the recent polarizing film “Consecration” and 2022’s much-maligned “Firestarter” remake.

Consecration (2023)

There was lots of big movie news this week, highlighted by one of our favorite punching bags from a few years back. AMC unveiled a new ticket price plan, and naturally, we are…indifferent about it? We talk about live events versus movie theaters and the performances of 80 for Brady and Knock at the Cabin.

Then it was on to our featured film discussion.

Consecration has everything needed for a discomforting horror film. The poster and images released have been downright frightening, the Scottish location gives the proper gloomy atmosphere, and the acting is spot on.

Then comes the story. A suspicious murder that takes place in a creepy abbey has loads of potential.

Instead, the film is one of the most frustrating we have ever talked about. It looks good, and the cast do a fine job, but there is just too much going on. What starts as a fishy murder soon involves the Crusades, half-ass attempts at folk horror,  kids in cages, and nonsensical visits to prisons. At least the nuns lying face down in church looked cool.

We follow that up with a look back at one of the worst-received movies of last year.

Firestarter recently reentered the conversation when its young star was nominated for a Razzie. How could we not watch it?

We were expecting an awful movie filled with terrible performances. But is the remake as bad as everyone says? And what does the hit show Stranger Things have to do with it? Tune in to find out!

Consecration is now in theaters, and Firestarter is available to stream on Amazon Prime.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Last week was an anomaly for us. With the horror-adverse Oscars right around the corner, we caved and temporarily stepped outside the genre to discuss the heavily nominated and much-buzzed-about Irish film The Banshees of Inisherin.