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Review: ’47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ Is a Tense, Ghastly, Shark Sequel

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Good sequels are hard to come by. It’s always hard to come up with a good follow up, having a new angle to keep the concept fresh. But I can say that 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a great sequel to the original and even surpasses it.

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The story follows step-sisters Mia (Sophie Nélisse) and Sasha (Corinne Foxx) who have recently moved to Mexico and attend an international school together. Mia is bullied and Sasha has trouble bonding with her new sibling. Mia’s father is an archaeologist diver who has recently discovered sunken Meso-American ruins and is digging his way through with a team. The girls along with their friends Alexa (Brianne Tju) and Nicole (Sistine Stallone) decide to check out a portion of the city that was excavated and commandeer some diving equipment. The sunken city is beautiful and holds ancient relics… as well as some very hungry albino sharks! Now, the quartet must try and survive and find away to escape the underwater kingdom or end up permanent residents.

Director/writer of the original 47 Meters Down Johannes Roberts returns and it seems he’s learned some lessons form his original claustrophobic shark thriller as well as adding an interesting new environment/angle. The ancient underwater city setting is a unique place for the horror and adds an interesting edge to the aquatic terror. Aged and faded statues line the backgrounds of almost every scene and are quite haunting mixed with the sunken architecture. The girls having to evade the sharks amidst the falling walls makes it a claustrophobic experience.

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The sharks themselves are frightening with their unique style: they’re albino cave sharks! Pale white with dead, blind eyes. They sense by sound in the dark and just look way freakier than the average great white. Like shark versions of Gollum. All adding to the signature jump scares that the previous film established. I jumped out of my seat during a particularly intense shark surprise! I can’t help but make some connections to Jaws 2 which itself felt like a slasher movie where the shark was in an almost Jason Voorhees’ like role, and this is similar in that regard. the way the sharks stalk their victims follows the kind of beats of a slasher movie which adds to the horror.

47 Meters Down: Uncaged is mostly an improved sequel and would serve as a great companion piece to the similarly themed Crawl in terms of claustrophobic creature features, but it does have its flaws. The dialogue is majorly cheesy with lots of characters saying how they feel rather than letting the terror role. Aside from Mia and Sasha’s sisterly relationship, the rest of the characters are kind of 1-dimensional or serve as victims or supporting characters.

Overall, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a successful follow up to the original with an interesting premise and a distinct setting to set it apart from the deluge of shark horror movies. Well worth taking a dive and seeing the ghostly sharks in this haunted city!

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Part Concert, Part Horror Movie M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Trailer Released

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In true Shyamalan form, he sets his film Trap inside a social situation where we aren’t sure what is going on. Hopefully, there is a twist at the end. Furthermore, we hope it’s better than the one in his divisive 2021 movie Old.

The trailer seemingly gives away a lot, but, as in the past, you can’t rely on his trailers because they are often red herrings and you are being gaslit to think a certain way. For instance, his movie Knock at the Cabin was completely different than what the trailer implied and if you hadn’t read the book on which the film is based it was still like going in blind.

The plot for Trap is being dubbed an “experience” and we aren’t quite sure what that means. If we were to guess based on the trailer, it’s a concert movie wrapped around a horror mystery. There are original songs performed by Saleka, who plays Lady Raven, a kind of Taylor Swift/Lady Gaga hybrid. They have even set up a Lady Raven website to further the illusion.

Here is the fresh trailer:

According to the synopsis, a father takes his daughter to one of Lady Raven’s jam-packed concerts, “where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.”

Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Trap stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill. The film is produced by Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock and M. Night Shyamalan. The executive producer is Steven Schneider.

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Woman Brings Corpse Into Bank To Sign Loan Papers

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Warning: This is a disturbing story.

You have to be pretty desperate for money to do what this Brazilian woman did at the bank to get a loan. She wheeled in a fresh corpse to endorse the contract and she seemingly thought the bank employees wouldn’t notice. They did.

This weird and disturbing story comes via ScreenGeek an entertainment digital publication. They write that a woman identified as Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes pushed a man she identified as her uncle into the bank pleading with him to sign loan papers for $3,400. 

If you’re squeamish or easily triggered, be aware that the video captured of the situation is disturbing. 

Latin America’s largest commercial network, TV Globo, reported on the crime, and according to ScreenGeek this is what Nunes says in Portuguese during the attempted transaction. 

“Uncle, are you paying attention? You must sign [the loan contract]. If you don’t sign, there’s no way, as I cannot sign on your behalf!”

She then adds: “Sign so you can spare me further headaches; I can’t bear it any longer.” 

At first we thought this might be a hoax, but according to Brazilian police, the uncle, 68-year-old Paulo Roberto Braga had passed away earlier that day.

 “She attempted to feign his signature for the loan. He entered the bank already deceased,” Police Chief Fábio Luiz said in an interview with TV Globo. “Our priority is to continue investigating to identify other family members and gather more information regarding this loan.”

If convicted Nunes could be facing jail time on charges of fraud, embezzlement, and desecration of a corpse.

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Spirit Halloween Unleashes Life-Size ‘Ghostbusters’ Terror Dog

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Halfway to Halloween and the licensed merch is already being released for the holiday. For instance, the seasonal retailer giant Spirit Halloween unveiled their giant Ghostbusters Terror Dog for the first time this year.

The one-of-a-kind demonic dog has eyes that light up in a glowing, terrifying red. It’s going to set you back a whopping $599.99.

Since this year we saw the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, it’s probably going to be a popular theme come October. Spirit Halloween is embracing their inner Venkman with other releases tied to the franchise such as the LED Ghostbuster Ghost Trap, Ghostbusters Walkie Talkie, Life-Size Replica Proton Pack.

We saw the release of other horror props today. Home Depot unveiled a few pieces from their line which includes the signature giant skeleton and separate dog companion.

For the latest Halloween merch and updates get on over to Spirit Halloween and see what else they have to offer to make your neighbors jealous this season. But for now, enjoy a small video that features scenes from this classic cinematic canine.

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