The Curse of Bridge Hollow

After lampooning horror films in the Scary Movie series, Marlon Wayans offers a spooky family comedy that's only sporadically funny and not all that spooky.

If anyone were to take the movie super-seriously, the idea that it’s bad for a dad to explain away fears by applying science feels almost offensively dumb. Only Rob Riggle, playing an extreme fan of The Walking Dead, seems to have gotten the memo to be funny. No kid will leave confused by any aspects of the plot except, perhaps, how a digital ouija board app on an iPad can be fully trusted. Daughter Sydney (Stranger Things’ Priah Ferguson) is the main character here, though, making friends with the school’s local paranormal club and accidentally unleashing Stingy Jack from a cursed turnip. It’s also a town that goes all out for Halloween, with elaborate themed yards and houses. In the vein of the Goosebumps movies, Hubie Halloween, Ernest Scared Stupid, and Boo!

A film that provides some light horror comedy fun though is cursed by its own conventions, · The story follows Howard ( ...

A film like this could certainly catch on for those looking for some counterprogramming to the more gore-centered experience of recent horror like [Hellraiser](https://collider.com/hellraiser-lessens-the-terror-of-the-cenobites-mythology-over-menace/) or [Smile](https://collider.com/smile-horror-transmissible-curses/). [creative works that dip their toe into horror while still working for kids](https://collider.com/wendell-and-wild-review-jordan-peele-keegan-michael-key-henry-selick/) though this is not a film that will be remembered as one. This chaotic conclusion ups the stakes sufficiently enough to get you to sit up just a bit though in a manner that increasingly feels like a mishmash of all that preceded it. [Marlon Wayans](https://collider.com/tag/marlon-wayans/)), who is moving with his family from Brooklyn to the small and seemingly safe town of Bridge Hollow for a change of scenery, despite his daughter Sydney ( [Priah Ferguson](https://collider.com/stranger-things-erica-sinclair-underrated-character/)) remaining strongly opposed to the move. [The Happytime Murders](https://collider.com/happytime-murders-review/) and this ends up running into many of the same structural problems despite being much tamer in its tone. The young actress does give it her all and, as a result, you can see parts of that same spark starting to illuminate the otherwise drab direction the rest of the film takes us on.

Spooky season is upon us and among the new arrivals includes a new family-oriented Halloween movie starring Marlon Wayans and Priah Ferguson.

- Attic Earlier in 2022, he produced the score for Netflix’s Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming and 13: The Musical. The movie features plenty of themed music and a huge original soundtrack so here’s everything you need to know.

Halloween is already spooky enough. Now, imagine if those "harmless" holiday decorations suddenly came to life. Hopefully, that doesn't happen to you this ...

As a member of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time, Kelly eventually dabbled in acting in addition to singing. Known for his comedic roles in movies like 21 Jump Street, The Hangover, and Talladega Nights, Riggle plays the Gordon family's new neighbor who goes all out for Halloween with his decorations. Now, with the help of her dad, she's determined to resolve her mistake. The actor and comedian plays Sydney's father, Howard and let's just say that this Halloween-loathing dad probably has every reason to dislike the holiday after this wild adventure. Hopefully, that doesn't happen to you this Halloween, but that's reality for the cast of Netflix's The Curse of Bridge Hollow. After unknowingly releasing an ancient, evil spirit on October 31, it causes decorations to come alive and wreak havoc upon the townspeople.

The Curse of Bridge Hollow on Netflix stars Priah Ferguson, aka Erica from Stranger Things, and gives her a chance to shine.

But unlike Erica, who hasn’t yet had a big battle scene in Stranger Things, Sydney gets a chance to grapple with some monsters head-on. Don’t look too closely at the script, or you’ll find yourself wondering why Sydney’s mom (played by Kelly Rowland) responds to her daughter’s freak-out about anthropomorphic Halloween decorations by giving her permission to go to a Halloween party. In one memorable scene, she calls out, “Hey, itsy-bitsy!” before absolutely annihilating a giant, hairy spider with a freakin’ flamethrower. At least Sydney’s new town is really into her favorite holiday— Halloween—but this provides little comfort when her dad, a science teacher, dismisses the spooky decorations in town as childish. She buys a costume and a toy bat, and she lights a spooky Jack-o-lantern that she found in their new home’s attic. Let Erica fight a Demogorgon in Stranger Things Season 5 challenge!