Movies I watched in 2025

1. Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare (2025). We watched this one at the cinema. I love these dark adult spins on fairytales (that are technically dark to begin with, unless Disney-fied, but let's crank it up to a thousand). There were a few gory moments where I was sat hiding my face in my hands, but overall this was a good horror flick. 

2. Nosferatu (2024). I adore the original 1922 movie and I had high hopes for this remake. Let's be real - a 100 year old movie can stand to have a remake. It was amazing. Absolutely brilliant. I loved how it stuck to the theatricality of the original (acting has come a long way in 100 years) yet managed to modernise it at the same time. Lily Rose Depp was brilliant. The story was kept intact and surprisingly faithful. The only thing I didn't like about this movie was the moustache. They claim they gave Orlok a moustache because a person from his time period would absolutely have a moustache, and yeah I don't disagree with that, that's true. But as a vampire he had lost all other hair on his body, yet the moustache frickin sticks?!?! Come on. 

3. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). We decided it was time to give the reboot a proper watch. It was fun. I like that they referenced the original and even brought some inspo from the cartoon. I do enjoy the video game spin on things though.

4. Night at the Museum 2 (2009). Stumbled upon this while visiting my parents. Just something to watch on TV. It was alright. Pretty fun.

5. San Andreas (2015). Disaster movie about California experiencing The Eartquake that everyone's fearing and expecting. Pretty standard as far as disaster movies go. 

6. Day After Tomorrow (2004). We continued the disaster movie trend with this one. I watched this one way back in the day as a teenager when it was new. Already back then my mom and I commented on how ridiculous fake the wolves looked. The CGI had not improved with age.

7. Jumanji: The Next Level (2019). The second movie of the reboot. Not as good as the first one, but still decent. I can't decide whether I liked having Nick Jonas in it. I'm still surprised when I see him in any other context than music. 

8. Terrifier (2016). Bf really wanted to watch this one. I hate clowns. So we watched it. It was really good. There was too much going on for me to really focus on the clown aspect. A bunch of gore, but I can't remember having to hide my face, so it wasn't too bad. 

9. Midsommar (2019). Everyone talked about this movie for a while, so we decided to watch it. Neither of us understand why people talked about this movie. It was extremely slow to start, to the point where it felt like it never really kicked off, before it ended in a drug-infused orgy. I'm so confused. Ironically, this was shown on TV when I visited my parents for midsummer. I made them switch the channel. I didn't want to watch this one more time. 

10. Saw (2004). I remember when Saw was new. Can't believe it's a classic now. We decided it was time to rewatch this classic franchise. And oh damn, Jigsaw is so great. Both of us had seen this one before, but it had been at least a decade.

11. Saw II (2005). Same as above. 

12. What Happened to Monday (2017). Stumbled upon this when visiting my parents. A dystopian movie where only one child is allowed. A set of septuplets live their lives as one single person, each getting one day of the week each. Then Monday disappears, and the whole thing unravels as the sisters try to figure out what happened. Surprisingly good. 

13. Saw III (2006). Neither of us had seen this one before, but we wanted to continue with our Saw rewatching. This is probably the weakest of the three. Yet that twist at the end... *chef's kiss*

14. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). This was better than either of us expected. We had a lot of fun with it. It's exactly what you expect, but it's really well made.

15. Nimona (2023). Aside from Nosferatu, this was probably my favourite movie of the year. An animated adventure, clearly for kids, but with enough humour that adults can appreciate it. Classic story of embracing differences and good vs evil, but it was humoristic and light-hearted in all the right places, and handled the dark parts really well.

16. The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020). Probably the worst movie of the year. Don't watch this. I'm not even gonna say what it's about. It's shit. Fucking deadpan acting looking like they were all reading off a teleprompter.

17. Five Nights at Freddy's (2023). Neither of us have played the games, but hanging out with other gamers ofc we had the rough idea of what the games are about and what this movie would be about. Funny, gory, dark and scary in all the right places. Better than I expected.

18. Cunk on Life (2024). This got a bit too silly and dumb. It had its moments, but imo it leaned a bit too far into dumb territory, straying from fun and silly. Mockumentary about life on earth.

19. The Thursday Murder Club (2025). I really enjoyed this one. There's something cosy and wholesome about a bunch of pensioneers spending their time solving old crime, because they have nothing better to do. And then a real crime shows up. 

20. Soundproof (2006). Another movie I stumbled upon when visiting my parents. It was really unusual to see a movie where deaf people took centre stage. Generally it was a pretty standard criminal drama, but it played on prejudices and difficulties communicating across language barriers.

21. In Your Dreams (2025). Super wholesome animated adventure movie for kids that just hit all the right notes. This was great. A family on the verge of breaking apart and the children wishes for them to stick together. Then they find out the Sandman can grant wishes.