Dylan Goebel's Movie Reviews

Iron Lung is a sci-fi horror film written and directed by Mark Fischbach (aka Markiplier) in his feature film debut. It tells the story of survivors of the apocalypse who send a convict to a moon that's an ocean of blood, in a submarine to explore the depths. It is known that this was a passion project for Markiplier, but does the passion show, or is this dead on arrival? In my opinion, this movie was a mixed bag. You can absolutely tell Markiplier was passionate about making this film, not only because he wrote it, directed it, and stars in the movie as the lead (and for most of the movie, he's the only on-screen character), but unfortunately, the execution is only good half the time. The positives here are that the movie thrives on atmosphere and great sound design. The atmosphere and claustrophobic setting make the horror very effective when it occurs, and the sound design is put to great use when the monster attacks in the second half of the film. Markiplier...

Send Help is a survival horror film directed by Sam Raimi and stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien. The film tells the story of two work colleagues who are stranded on a deserted island, being the only survivors in a plane crash, they must overcome their differences in order to survive. This is Sam Raimi's first horror film since 2009's Drag Me to Hell , unless you count Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness due to its horror elements. How is the movie you may ask? It's fantastic! The movie is best described as Misery combined with Cast Away . This is the most Sam Raimi movie to come from Sam Raimi in quite some time! This movie is hilarious, tightly paced, violent, and extremely fun. Rachel McAdams is terrific in her role, doing a great job of playing a character who is highly intelligent but socially awkward, and equally great during scenes of high intensity. Dylan O'Brien steals the show here, playing a newly appointed CEO at a company who r...