{"id":3426,"date":"2025-10-14T21:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2025-10-14T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:08:09","slug":"book-of-the-dead-2024-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=3426","title":{"rendered":"Book of the Dead (2024) &#8211; Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&#8220;Book of the Dead&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Movie #14 of the 31-Days of Horror<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31146704\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_book%2520of%2520the%2520dead\">this link<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of university students visit an old villa in the countryside to complete a school research project. Hidden within the mansion, they find an ancient demonic text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I was immediately annoyed by the AI intro.  Just throwing that right out there.  Although I recognize that this is supposed to be an Italian Evil Dead homage set in 1988, it is much less a period piece than modern with retro elements.  What is a little distracting is that the hugely stereotypical characters act like a bunch of high school kids rather than college students. This is either because they don&#8217;t have an understanding of what young Americans were like in 1988 or because they were setting up a Breakfast Club type scene before jumping into the actual story.  Actually, they referenced and recreated versions of scenes from a bunch of movies in the first 30 minutes and then throughout, ending with a nod to The Walking Dead.  Anyway, they never get around to explaining the research project that brought them to the villa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good grief!  The worse this movie gets, the more I like it!   About half way through the movie I forgot it was supposed to be a period piece, largely because all the music is modern.  The snarky Book of the Dead, which straight up talks to them, was amusing, but not as funny as I&#8217;m sure was intended.  The monster was pretty good, though. Great mask\/make up design. And full credit for some really good gore effects.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This movie was full of potential, but it was lost.  I&#8217;ll be generous and say that it was lost in translation.  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A group of university students visit an old villa in the countryside to complete a school research project. 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