{"id":10014,"date":"2026-01-04T09:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delirium.org\/?p=10014"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:50:04","slug":"vicious-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/?p=10014","title":{"rendered":"Vicious Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A difference between the movies of the 1980s and the movies of the 2020s is that, for the most part, we have a more enlightened view of the way people ought to behave. For example, if you were a judgmental nerd with a crazy hot roommate in 1983, the arc of your story would be to win the roommate as a prize for your many inappropriate behaviours, such as berating her for wanting to watch Falcon Crest with her friends, or tailing her (admittedly scuzzball) date to a Chinese restaurant on the edge of town and inserting yourself into his life.<\/p>\n

Whereas in the 2020s when you are that same loser character in 1983 under the same circumstances, and you take all of the same actions… you know, ultimately what I did not like about this movie is that he was still the protagonist at all. So be prepared for that, even if his end state isn’t quite as thoroughly rewarded as it once would have been.<\/p>\n

The plot twist is that, after getting way too sorry for himself drunk and passing out in a supply closet of said Chinese restaurant, he wakes up to a small motivational self-help group in the main room of the now closed location. Before very long at all, he deduces that they’re not alcoholics so much as they are serial killers, and he’d better hope he can blend in if he wants to survive the night, much less get back to winning the heart of his roommate.<\/p>\n

The other thing that would have made me like the movie more [aside from the aforementioned more sympathetic protagonist] is if I had not just seen the same overall plot play out across season one of the Dexter<\/em> revival. Which is in no way their fault, since the movie predates the TV season by five years. Anyway, Vicious Fun<\/a> was maybe sufficiently vicious, but definitely not sufficiently fun. I wanted more comedy out of my horror comedy than I actually received. Alas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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