Tylah’s film blog

In the film ' High Maintenance' we see a large use of dark monotone colours and mostly cold lighting apart from the warm light produced from the candles. The director does this purposely because the cold lighting sets the tone of the film, one that is more dark in its nature as well as cold lighting having connotations of futurism and dystopian settings. This is important for this film since that is ultimately what the film is, a dystopian sci-fi drama. However, the partial balance of the warm lighting still gives the film a slightly more human feeling which is fundamental to the film, especially before the twists, because the directors doesn't necessarily want to give the genre away since it would make the twist less effective.  The first plot in 'High Maintenance' is effective because it is both logical yet surprising. We do not expect the husband to be a robot at first and when this is presented to us there's a sense of confusion and shock, but once you re-wa...

  the babysitter killer queen review [SPOILERS] Released on Netflix on September 10th 2020, 'the babysitter killer queen' is a fun and unique comedy/horror adding its own twist to the genre, creating a fun and fresh feeling that you'll either love or hate.'The babysitter killer queen' is directed by McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol)   also known for his work on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle in the early 2000's; with the babysitter killer queen's screenplay written by McG, Dan Lagana, Brad Morris and Jimmy Warden with co-financing and producing done by Wonderland Sound and Vision, and Boies/Schiller Film Group. Principle photography for 'the babysitter killer queen' took place in locations across Los Angeles, California throughout 2019. Sadly the film was mostly a flop amongst critics, being met with mostly negative critical responses. Despite this I generally the film enjoyable and fun as a contemporary viewer with a few flaws and over played gore ma...