Review: End of Oak Street (2026)
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog
This time I got a Twilight Zone style tale of a neighborhood
that gets switched in time to the age of dinosaurs.
Ok, people, think Stephen Spielburg and Rod Sterling made a
movie together. This would more than likely be that film.
This film reminds me of the classic Twilight Zone episode,
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. It is exactly the same idea as that 1960s
story, but in this case the monsters arrive.
Also, why did I mention our dear Mr Spielburg?, you ask. The
music in this film and the opening is an exact Spielburg opening. Think the
opening act of Poltergeist. This film opens and presents you all the characters
of this film at a street carnival. You learn much about who these people are in
that first act before all hell breaks lose and boy does it.
I liked how the handled the time jump. But, I found it
annoying how they kept buggering on about it after. Even going so far as making
a big deal over a pressure change that causes their ears to pop.
I really hated the bully scene with the big kid trying to
beat up one of the main kids, by chasing him on his bike and screaming at him
about how he broke his brother’s arm. We end up later in the middle of the
dinosaur situation revisiting this crap like the bully could give a shit that
they were dealing with blood thirsty dinosaurs.
In this film unfortunately you mostly see Trexes and Veloso
Rapters, much like Jurassic Park. You do see a couple of Brontosauruses (Yes, I
said DRONTOSAURUSES, not Drekiosaurses…I want a Bronto Burger, like Fred
Flinstone, not a Bracio Burger..Fuck that!!!).
All the actors did a wonderful job trying to escape the
dinos, mostly Raptors who were going from house to house having an all you can
eat human buffet.
Also, I loved that the filmmakers went for a happy Spielburg
ending to the film rather than a negative Rod Sterling ending.
All in all I have to say this film is JURASICTACULAR!!!
Keep on Creepin’ , Horror Bob’s Blog…
