Wax: Empties November 2022

 Wax Empties: 11/1-11/30/2022

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Disclaimer/Disclose.

All wax I have purchased, or it has been sent to me in swaps that I do. I try and remember and disclose that information. I am never sent anything for free from the vendors

These are my opinions and mine only. This is not meant to influence your purchase just to share with you my experiences with vendors

I will never, won't ever and have never bashed another vendor. Sharing my experiences both good and bad is not bashing.

I do not believe in Ass wax. If the wax is going to throw it's going to throw. No wax should need more than 2 weeks from pour date to fully cure.

Yes, I am a vendor. I have been purchasing wax and candles for as long as I can remember. I do love to share my experiences. I enjoy wax and candles and will continue to make my own and purchase, but I will never review my own here

I have a tendency to yawn when I get talking. Not sure why I just do! I'm sorry in advance

Things that drive me crazy.

No vendor or scent name on labels. This is basically advertising and why wouldn't you do it? Plus, if I get or send to someone else and they or me want more, how do they know who to buy it from?

All over prices. I have been noticing vendors lately have 2 ounces of one shape for a certain price, then the same ounces of a different shape for a different price. This is a huge turn off for me

Restocks that only have certain quantities and the sell out right away. I have no tolerance for that and just won't order

Vendors who take a single scent and make it sound like a blend. I feel like this is duping your customers and shouldn't be done. People who do empty videos, who are also vendors, that review their own product.

Vendors who get involved in other people's drama.

I use the following warmers.

20-watt Happy Wax warmer in my office

20-watt glade warmer in my family room; Currently no warmer here

20-watt Happy Wax warmer in my kitchen

20-watt glade warmer in my son's room

20-watt Scentsy Stargazer warmer in my bedroom (Light Bulb)

25-watt Happy Wax warmer in my living room

15-watt Scentsy warmer in the laundry room bathroom

15-watt Scentsy warmer in the main bathroom

The opinions I put here are my opinions/experiences only. I fully urge each and every one of you to form your own opinions/experiences on vendors for yourself by placing an order and getting a DE-stash. Candles have many aspects to them and if I say I had a hard time burning one candle that doesn't mean the rest from the same vendor will be like that.

Candles.

Retail; Yankee Candle

Scent; Warm Luxe Cashmere

Scent Description; Rich Vanilla Cream Mid: Winter Iris, Velvet Petals, Warm Cashmere Base: Amber Silk, Creamy Sandalwood, Patchouli

Thoughts: This smelled great on cold and during the first few burns, however it stopped burning clean, smelled super bad when blown out and seemed like it had to burn for 3+ hours before it even burned even

Hit or Miss; Both

Retail; Bath & Body Works

Scent; Sun-Kissed Coconut

Scent Description; Sweet Coconut + Ylang Ylang + Plumeria Petals

Thoughts: This was really light while burning and actually had puny wicks

Hit or Miss; Miss

Melting;

Vendor; The Glitterati Wax Company

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/GlitteratiCandleCo

Owner; Janine Jenzano

Scent; Wildberry Mousse + Warm Vanilla Sugar

Thoughts: I really liked this! The warm vanilla sugar toned down the wildberry mousse and made it a nice creamy type scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Candy Kisses + Cucumber Melon

Thoughts: This is was a scent that I did not care for at all

Hit or Miss; Miss for scent

Vendor; Rose Girls

Web; https://www.rgwax.com/

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/rgwax/

Owner; Jenny Oaks

Scent: Lavender Bergamot Verbena

Thoughts: I loved this! This was a great relaxing scent! It just smelled so good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Simply Pink

Scent Description; All I could find is pink sugar spa

Thoughts: This does smell very good, it smells like pink sugar and a light floral

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Fresh Cucumber and Pink Sugar

Thoughts: This wasn't my favorite, the cucumber scent was really sweet so it wasn't too bad

Hit or Miss; Both

Vendor; Sweet Sage Scents

**This vendor is no longer open

Web; https://sweetsagescents.bigcartel.com/

Facebook; sweetsagescents.bigcartel.com/

Owner; Michelle Moon

Scent: Pugs on Wheels

Scent Description; Apple Harvest + Buttercream Cupcake + Cinnamon Buns

Thoughts: This was great! This was a perfect fall blend, the cinnamon buns were toned down by the other scents

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Lunatic Asylum

Scent Description; Red Mac Apple + Falling Leaves + Toasted Marshmallow

Thoughts; This was amazing! It was a great and perfect fall scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; White Christmas

Scent Description; Toasted Marshmallow + Peppermint Fluff + Rose Jam

Thoughts: I actually really liked this one, even with the peppermint!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Coconut Honey Bee

Scent Description; Creamy Coconut + Honey Bee

Thoughts: This was lighter based on the scents however it was a great creamy honey scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Red Mac Apple + Rosemary Mint + Baby Powder

Thoughts: This was not a scent that I liked, it was very strong on the mint

Hit or Miss; Miss

Scent: Violent Femmes

Scent Description; Just Peachy + Vanilla Bean Noel + Sparkle Cake + Sugar Cookie

Thoughts; This was really good and the peach wasn't too strong

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Destination Wax

Web; destinationwax.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/DestinationWAX

Owner; Rebecca Harris

Scent: Lavender Twilight

Thoughts: This was a strong musky lavender and it was super nice

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Pistachio & Magnolia

Scent Description; Pistachio Milk & magnolia flowers

Thoughts; This is a single oil and it always tends to be pretty light but it smells so good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Lavender; Fresh

Thoughts; This was a super strong lavender scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Toasted Marshmallow & Spearmint

Thoughts; The mint wasn't overly strong which was nice

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Rainbow Melts

Web; www.rainbowmelts.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/rainbowmelts/

Owner; Crystal Grenier

Scent: Sparkling Citrus Lavender

Scent Description; Sweet Fizzy Citrus Lavender

Thoughts; This was mostly a fizzy lavender and it was great, the fizzy just brought something to the scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Cupcake's at Tiffany's

Thoughts; This is a great scent, from any vendor

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor: Kitty's Konfections

*No Longer Open

Scent: American Dream

Scent Description; Cherry Slush + Blueberry Slush + Fizzy Soda

Thoughts: This was all kinds of good, poured in 2016 it still threw wonderfully

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Waxincredibles

Web; https://waxincredibles.com/

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/859386184234624

Owner; Nadine Theis

Scent: Aloha Pineapple Cake

Thoughts; This was all pineapple, it was very strong and beachy smelling

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Sunshine

Scent Description; Citrus top notes trickle down an exotic heart of jungle fruits and flowers over a sweet heart of sugary musk

Thoughts: This was a super strong sweet scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; L3 Waxy Wonders

Web; https://www.l3waxywonders.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/L3WaxyWonders/

Owner; Jennifer Westing

Scent: Lemon Curd + Snuggle + Clothespins

Thoughts; I was worried that the lemon curd would be dominant, but it wasn't, it was nice and suttle

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent; Spun Sugar + Raspberry Whip + Buttermilk Pie

Thoughts; This was nice, the raspberry wasn't tart

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Ice Cream Scoop Bread + Sugared Shortbread + Buttermilk Pie

Thoughts; I loved this, it was so good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Clothes Pins Strawberry Pink Chiffon

Thoughts: I loved this scent, it was such a great laundry scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Brown Sugar Cupcakes at Tiffany's Buttermilk Pie

Thoughts: Ohhhh this was soo good! I loved every second of this scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Mallow Fluff Blue Raspberry Jello

Thoughts; This was of course stronger on the blue raspberry but I wasn't mad at it!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Sniff My Tarts

Web; http://www.sniffmytarts.com/

Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/groups/sniffmytarts/

Owner; Donna Haslam

Scent; Mandarin Marshmallow Coconut Fluff Cake

Thoughts; Because of my nose, I didn't get any mandarin, but I got the rest and it was a great creamy scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Ten Digit Creations

*Vendor is closed

Scent; Windy Candy Apple Blackberry Pie Fruit Punch

Thoughts; I didn't get much scent from this, it was very light

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Chloe and Me Candles

Web; https;//chloeanmecandles.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/chloeanmecandles

Owner; Staci Jones

Scent: Hibiscus Guava

Thoughts: This was a nice scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Lily & Hibiscus Medley

Thoughts: I loved this strong floral scent, it was amazing

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Gardenia Tubrose

Thoughts; I love all these floral scents, so nice and strong!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Epic Wax

*This vendor is closed

Web; https://epicwax.com/

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/epicwaxmelts/

Owner; Jeremy Puth

Scent: Ocean Overlook

Scent Description; Jasmine, rose, lilac, sweet violets, musk and woods

Thoughts: Again another great floral scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Swanky

Web; www.swankycandlecompany.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/swankyscentgroup

Owner; Jeannie Jeffrey

Scent; Golden Sands + Cashmere Glow + Pink Sugar Sensual

Thoughts: Wow, this was an unexpected like!

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Kushner Kreations

Web; kushnerkreations.weebly.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/KushnerKreations

Owner; April Kushner

Scent: Bourbon Butterscotch

Thoughts: This was good, it smelled just like it sounds it would

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Everything Vice

Web; www.everythingvicewax.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/EVWax

Owner; LuLu Roman Haggerty

Scent: Hummingbird Smash Cake

Scent Description; Spiced Cake + Cinnamon + Brown Sugar + Cream Cheese Frosting + Pineapple + Banana + Pecans + Coconut Shreds

Thoughts: There was so much going on here, she makes these weird wax cakes them cuts them down into crumbles. This mostly smelled like cinnamon spiced cake but it was pretty good

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Blank Label

Web: blanklabelproducts.bigcartel.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/1055902964424068

Owner; Christy Hartshorn

Scent: Hushby Mountain

Scent Description; Lavender Bathtime Bath Type with extra Chamomile

Thoughts; This was really nice, very strong and soothing lavender

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Bizarre Love Triangle/Blackberry CCF

Scent Description: Sex on the Beach + Strawberry Raspberry Guava + Blackberry + Cotton Candy Frosting

Thoughts: This was very nice, I'm not a huge fan of sex on the beach but blended with all these scents it smelled great

Hit or Miss; Hit

Scent: Minnie's Polka Dot Dress

Scent Description: Strawberry Soda + Salt Water Taffy

Thoughts: Ok, this was amazing! These scents together smelled amazing

Hit or Miss; Hit

Vendor; Waxmosphere

Web; www.waxmosphere.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/waxmosphere

www.facebook.com/groups/TheTurdminator

Owner; Mischelle Martell

Scent: Sun & Sand

Scent Description: Saltwater + Sand & Suntan Lotion

Thoughts: This was a super nice beach scent

Hit or Miss; Hit

Bath & Body

Vendor; Kushner Kreations

Web; kushnerkreations.weebly.com

Facebook; www.facebook.com/groups/KushnerKreations

Owner; April Kushner

What; Shower Slushie

Scent; Ultimate Slushie

Thoughts: OMG I loved this! The blue raspberry was the strongest and I was totally ok with that

Hit or Miss; Hit

Movie: The Curse of La Llorona (2019) Caution Spoiler Alert

 The Curse of La Llorona

Came out; 2019

Time; 1 hours 33 minutes

Watched: HBO Max

Rating; R for violence and terror

IMDB Rating; 5.2/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring.

Linda Cardellini as Anna

Raymond Cruz as Rafael

Patricia Velasquez as Patricia Alvarez

Marisol Ramirez as La Llorona

Tony Armendo as Father Perez

Story Line;

Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona's deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide

Thoughts.

I wanted to see this when it first came out but just one of those movies that I never came back to. I really enjoy horror/scary movies and was always fascinated by this story.

This movie was very good, it was spooky, on point and it wasn't cheesy. The backstory was shown and told so you know exactly what was happening. It was very well put together.

I would recommend this movie if you love this type, it was perfect!

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Mexico, 1673

Two young boys present their mother (Marisol Ramirez) with a pendant, which she says she will cherish forever. She and her husband hold hands with their sons and dance, until the youngest boy opens his eyes and sees that everyone is gone. He walks around calling for his mother and brother, only to find the woman drowning his brother in the river. The little boy runs, only to be grabbed by his mother and taken to the river as well.

Los Angeles, 1973

Social worker Anna Tate-Garcia (Linda Cardellini) is getting her kids Chris (Roman Christou) and Sam (Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen) ready for school, but they miss the bus. At work, Anna overhears her boss ask co-worker Donna (Irene Keng) to check on the home of Patricia Alvarez (Patricia Velasquez), a mother with two boys, Tomas (Aiden Lewandowski) and Carlos (Oliver Alexander). Anna is their caseworker, and she hears that the boys have been missing from school. Anna convinces her boss to let her go to check on them since she knows them more personally.

Anna goes to the Alvarez home with Officer Claro (Paul Rodriguez). Patricia tries to keep them from entering, but she is forced to let them in. Patricia mentions that she has been hearing the sound of a woman crying. Anna goes by a closet where she realizes the boys are being kept, but Patricia attacks Anna in an attempt to keep her from opening it. Claro pulls Patricia off Anna, and she opens the door to find Tomas and Carlos inside. They are brought to a nearby hospital where they have burn marks on their wrists.

At home, Anna tries to spend time with her kids. She is a widow, as her husband was killed in the line of duty, and it has been hard on her.

Later that night, Carlos is woken up by what sounds like a woman sobbing. He tries to wake up Tomas, but he doesn't hear. A guard checks in on them, and when he leaves, Tomas is out of his bed. Carlos follows him outside into the hallway. Tomas turns around and points to something in the mirror. When Carlos turns around, he sees tears dripping onto the floor before he looks up and is face-to-face with... LA LLORONA.

Anna is called by Detective Cooper (Sean Patrick Thomas) to go by the hospital, leaving Chris and Sam in the car. Tomas and Carlos's bodies were found in the river. Patricia is there, wailing in despair and blaming Anna for causing her childrens' deaths, as she was trying to protect them from La Llorona. Meanwhile, Chris walks out of the car while Sam is asleep. He goes over to check on the scene, until he hears the sound of La Llorona crying. She sees him and mutters in Spanish about her children and wanting to take him. She emerges from the shadows and grabs Chris's arm, burning him. He runs back to the car and wakes Sam up. He briefly sees La Llorona's reflection in the mirror before she starts trying to roll up the car windows, but Anna comes back in time.

The next day, Anna walks by the Alvarez home and sees people engaging in a sort of ritualistic cleansing to ward off bad spirits. She meets Father Perez (Tony Amendola), who explains to Anna what is going on. She asks him about La Llorona, and Perez explains her backstory. She was considered the most beautiful woman in her village, and she met a rancher who rode into town and fell in love with her. They had two sons and lived happily until she caught him with a younger woman. In her rage, she sought to spite him by killing their sons, but after realizing what she had done, she was so consumed with grief and guilt that she drowned herself as well. Because she killed herself, she was barred from entering the afterlife.

Sam walks outside by the pool with her transparent umbrella as the wind blows. When she opens it, she catches a glimpse of La Llorona. The wind blows the umbrella out of Sam's hands and lands in the pool. When she reaches for it, La Llorona appears and grabs her arm, burning her as well.

Anna goes to talk to Patricia in prison. She still angrily believes that Anna caused her boys' deaths. Patricia asks Anna if they have heard La Llorona crying and if they felt the sting of her tears. She admits that she didn't pray to God for the salvation of her boys, but she prayed to La Llorona to take Anna's kids in exchange for her own.

Cooper and Donna show up to Anna's house that night when they suspect something is up with the kids, especially with the burns on their arms. The kids lie and say that they fell. After they leave, Anna goes to put the kids to bed. She hears a noise in the darkness and also sees La Llorona, causing her to scream. The kids enter the room after she disappears, and Anna invites the kids to sleep in her room.

Later, Anna asks Chris about what has been happening. He tells her he heard La Llorona in Sam's room. Upstairs, Sam is taking a bath when La LLorona attempts to drown her. Anna and Chris hear the commotion and go to save her. As they pull Sam out of the tub, La Llorona grabs Anna's arm and burns her too as Anna sees her horrible face with her bloody tears.

Anna goes to the church to ask Perez for help. He says he did not believe in the supernatural until his run-in with a certain doll (Annabelle), but he knows of a former priest named Rafael Olvera (Raymond Cruz) that can help. Anna brings the kids to Rafael's shop to ask for help. Although he appears not interested, he agrees when Sam asks for his help. Rafael goes to their home and uses eggs to determine that there is indeed a powerfully evil entity haunting them. It would not matter where they go, as La Llorona would follow them.

Rafael stays with the family at night as they try to find a way to keep La Llorona out. He shows Anna that he had collected La Llorona's tears to use as anti-venom. She then appears and throws Anna against the wall before going after Chris and Sam. As La Llorona pulls Chris out the door, Rafael grabs him and throws her own tears back at her to burn her and send her out the door. He then spreads seeds from a special tree across the doorway to prevent La Llorona from re-entering. However, Chris points out that she will try to get in through the back door. As they run to the back, Sam realizes she left her doll outside. She tries to reach for it without stepping foot outside the house and without breaking the seed line. As she pulls the doll back inside, the doll breaks the line, and La Llorona pulls her outside. Anna realizes La Llorona will try to drown Sam, so they run to the pool. She jumps in to get Sam, but La Llorona starts attacking her. Rafael then blesses the pool to turn the water holy and force La Llorona out of there. Anna emerges with Sam and La Llorona's pendant.

A pounding sound is heard at the door. Patricia shows up with a gun, hellbent on delivering Anna's kids to the demon. La Llorona reappears in the house, so Chris and Sam run to the attic to hide. Their attempt to keep her out fails, and she makes her way upstairs. Chris pulls out the pendant that he took from his mom and shows it to La Llorona. For a brief moment, she appears as her former human self and approaches Chris and Sam. Sam then accidentally unveils a mirror, causing La Llorona to see her hideous demonic reflection and wail. Patricia has a change of heart and lets Anna and Rafael run up to the attic to fight La Llorona. Rafael attempts to hold her off with his cross, but she throws him back. Anna runs to protect her kids, and as La Llorona approaches, Rafael throws Anna the cross. She uses it to impale La Llorona through the chest, causing the evil spirit to be finally destroyed.

In the morning, Rafael bids the family farewell. As Chris and Sam run back into the house to play, Anna turns around and sees what looks like a puddle of tears on the sidewalk.

Movie: Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) Caution: Spoiler Alert

 Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Came out; 2022

Time; 1 hours 44 minutes

Watched: Netflix

Rating; PG-13 for thematic material, some language, violent content and brief drug material

IMDB Rating; 6/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring.

Donald Sutherland as Mr. Harrigan

Jaeden Martell as Craig

Joe Tippett as Craig's Dad

Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Mrs Hart

Frank Ridley as Reverend Mooney

Cyrus Arnold as Kenny Yankovich

Story Line.

Craig, a young boy living in a small town, befriends older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away, the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone, and finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone that was buried with him

Thoughts.

This movie has a very slow burn. It's not a bad movie but also not one that I would run to watch again either.

There is a still unanswered question after watching this movie, but it was good

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Young Craig becomes acquainted with retired businessman John Harrigan following the death of his mother, with instructions to simply read to him three times a week. Five years later, a teenage Craig and elderly Harrigan have become friends. During this time, Craig starts high school and becomes close to Ms. Hart, a teacher who comes to his aid when Kenny Yankovich, a school bully, attempts to intimidate him. After winning $3,000 from a lottery ticket that Harrigan gave him and receiving his first iPhone for Christmas, Craig buys Harrigan one too. Despite initial resistance to new technology, Harrigan greatly enjoys the phone.

Harrigan dies unexpectedly, leaving Craig heartbroken at the loss of his old friend. At the funeral, Craig sneaks Harrigan's phone into the coffin. He is then informed by Harrigan's associate that he was left a bequest in Harrigan's will. Craig will receive $800,000 in a trust fund, intended to support his future studies and pursuit of a writing career, which he had spoken to Harrigan about. Craig calls Harrigan's phone as a gesture of thanks. The next morning, Craig discovers that Harrigan sent him an odd text message, though his father chalks it up to being a bug within the iPhone itself.

Life goes on for Craig, who goes to a dance with his crush, only to be attacked by Kenny, who accuses Craig of getting him expelled from school. Later that night, Craig calls Harrigan's phone in a fit of frustration and sadness; he tells him he is "afraid that this won't end, and I wish that you were here just to give me some advice." Kenny is then found dead the next day, having apparently fallen from his bedroom window while attempting to sneak out. Scared by what happened, Craig goes to an Apple store, upgrades his phone to a newer model, and puts away his old one.

Craig eventually graduates from high school and departs for college in Boston, preparing to study journalism. While there, his father calls him to tell him Ms. Hart was killed in a car accident involving a drunk driver, leaving her fiancé hospitalized. The driver, Dean Whitmore, isn't charged for the accident and is instead sent to rehab. Infuriated by the outcome, Craig returns to his room and uses his old phone to call Harrigan, explicitly wishing death on Whitmore. After some time, Craig learns Whitmore was found dead in his shower. He drives to the rehab center and bribes a worker there to get more details about the suicide. He is told that Whitmore swallowed shampoo and a piece of broken soap bar. Craig is disturbed to learn that the soap is the same brand used by Ms. Hart, and Whitmore's suicide note is actually a lyric from the song "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette; Harrigan's ringtone.

Craig breaks down and returns to his hometown. From there, he sees Harrigan's "secret closet" (which Harrigan refused to let Craig enter) was actually a shrine to his deceased mother and visits Harrigan's gravestone, apologizing for his messages to Harrigan. He also theorizes that Harrigan's odd text messages to him are his way of begging Craig to let his spirit rest peacefully in Heaven and for Craig to move forward in the here and now. As he leaves Harrigan's grave, Craig visits his own mother's grave and collapses in tears, begging for forgiveness. Craig then rushes to the town quarry, first intending to commit suicide before deciding to throw his old phone into the river. As Craig walks away, he quietly narrates that when he himself passes on and is buried, he wants his pockets to be empty.

Movie: Ready or Not (2019) Caution Spoiler Alert

 Ready or Not

Came out; 2019

Time; 1 hours 35 minutes

Watched: On Demand

Rating; R for violent, bloody images, language throughout and some drug use

IMDB Rating; 6.8/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Samara Weaving as Grace

Adam Brody as Daniel

Mark O'Brien as Alex

Henry Czerny as Tony

Andie MacDowell as Becky

Melanie Scrofano as Melanie

Kristian Bruun as Fitch

Elyse Levesque as Charity

Story Line;

All of us have made certain efforts so our in-laws will like us, but Grace is going to have to give it her all if she wants to fit in with her brand new husband's wealthy dynasty, who require her to follow a brutal tradition: for the bride to try to survive her wedding night while the rest of them hunt her down.

Thoughts;

This movie was found by accident while flipping channels, not sure what part we started at, but it was so good that we found it on demand and watched it from the beginning.

The ending is rather cheesy but OMG this is pretty good, The whole movie is rather nuts and there a few twists and turns along with some funny moments

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Opening in the year 1989, inside the Le Domas mansion, siblings Daniel (Etienne Kellici) and Alex (Chase Churchill) are running around while being followed by a man. Daniel hides Alex in a closet before he is approached by the man, Charles (Andrew Anthony), the new husband of the boys' Aunt Helene (Elana Dunkelman). Charles pleads with Daniel to help him, as he has just been wounded and is being hunted. Instead, Daniel alerts the rest of his family to Charles's presence. Helene tries to save her husband, but the family drags Charles into a room to his grisly fate.

30 years later

Alex (now played by Mark O'Brien) is getting married to a woman named Grace (Samara Weaving). She is nervous but eager to join his family's gaming "dominion", which is how they came about their enormous wealth. The couple go for a photo-shoot prior to the ceremony, along with other members of Alex's family. Daniel (now played by Adam Brody) is joined by his wife Charity (Elyse Levesque), who is open about the fact that she only married Daniel for his family's money. Their father Tony (Henry Czerny) is visibly disapproving of Grace, but not nearly as much as Helene (now played by Nicky Guadagni), who shoots Grace a death glare. More approving is Alex and Daniel's mother Becky (Andie MacDowell), who tells Grace that only Alex's opinion matters. Moments later, everyone gathers for the ceremony, and Grace and Alex are married.

Later, Grace and Alex are trying to get intimate, but they are interrupted by Helene, who reminds Alex that he needs to join the family for something. Alex then explains to Grace that as per tradition with every new addition to the Le Domas family, she has to join the family for a game at midnight.

Grace and Alex reconvene with the family, who are now joined by Alex and Daniel's coke-head sister Emilie (Melanie Scrofano), her husband Fitch Bradley (Kristian Bruun), and their sons Georgie (Liam MacDonald) and Gabe (Ethan Tavares). Everyone gathers around a table while one of the maids, Clara (Hanneke Talbot), is reading the boys a bedtime story. Tony explains to Grace that this tradition was started by his great grandfather Victor, who made a deal with a mysterious benefactor known as Mr. Le Bail. He granted Victor and his future generations their wealth, as well as a special box, while Victor was told to give his own part in the bargain. The family passes Grace the box to draw a card from it and pick the game. Charity said she got Chess, while Fitch got Old Maid. Grace draws Hide and Seek, and the room falls silent.

Tony instructs Grace to stay hidden until dawn in order to win, which does not sound appealing to her at all. As she goes to hide, the family arms themselves with guns, except for Helene and Fitch, who get an ax and crossbow, respectively. Grace goes to hide in a dumbwaiter, and Alex chooses to sit this out. As the family goes off to find Grace, Alex leaves his room to go warn her, which Charity finds out about. Grace leaves the dumbwaiter and wanders before she is found by Alex, who covers her mouth and tells her to be quiet. Clara is walking around, as Georgie has gotten out of bed. As she looks for him, a gunshot rings out, and Clara's face is blown off. Emilie fired the shot, thinking it was Grace, but she realizes her error. Tony, Helene, Daniel, and Becky come in to help move Clara's body. Grace sits in horror at what she just witnessed. Alex pulls her into another room to explain the truth to her. Hide and Seek, for the Le Domases, means that they think they need to hunt Grace and kill her before dawn, or else they will die. Alex admits that he didn't tell her about this because he feared that she would leave him, but he promises to find a way to get her out safely.

Grace trades her heels for tennis shoes and tears off the bottom of her dress to move around more easily. She starts to walk out but is immediately spotted by Tony, Helene, and Daniel. They try to incapacitate her, but Emilie, fresh off another line of coke, starts wildly firing at Grace and misses. She runs for it, and the others realize that Grace knows the truth now. She is also found by Daniel, but he could not care less about the hunt, so he gives Grace a head start before alerting everyone.

The family gathers together to come up with a new plan, when another maid, Tina (Celine Tsai), comes in trying to tell Tony that she saw Grace. Emilie, who was given Fitch's crossbow, accidentally fires an arrow through Tina's head. Helene chops Tina's head off when she won't stop groaning. She then suggests to Tony that they turn on the cameras to locate Grace, but Tony is against it since it's not part of the tradition.

Grace finds a rifle and ammo, and she loads up. She hides in the kitchen while Alex tries to turn on the cameras and disable the locks on the doors and windows. The butler, Stevens (John Ralston), enters the kitchen to make tea. He hears Grace loading her rifle, and she is soon spotted. She tries to shoot Stevens, but he tells her the ammo is just for display. This doesn't stop her from smashing the teapot over his face and managing to evade him. Alex succeeds in unlocking the doors and windows, and Grace manages to get outside. Tony and Daniel find Alex in the control room, and Tony attacks him. Alex fights back but is talked down by Daniel, which only gives Tony a chance to knock Alex out. They handcuff Alex in his bedroom to prevent him from helping Grace. Meanwhile, she is outside on the roof but can overhear Tony and Helene talking. They know Alex has always rejected their tradition, being the "good son", but Helene thinks that Alex will come to accept his place in the family like she did when Charles was killed. She tried to fight it at first, but then realized she should have killed him herself, and she believes Alex will eventually follow in his family's footsteps.

Grace is almost out of the house when she is spotted by the third maid, Dora (Daniela Barbosa), who is hiding in the dumbwaiter. She tries to call out to the family now that she has found Grace, but Dora then accidentally shuts the dumbwaiter, causing her to be crushed in it. Grace then flees once again.

Grace makes it outside and runs to the stable. She sees Georgie walking there and thinks he will help her, but he draws a gun on her and shoots a hole through her hand. In response, she punches him in the face and knocks him out cold. Grace is then startled by a goat, leading her to fall into the Goat Pit, where the corpses of goats and unlucky family members are disposed. Grace climbs up to the top as the ladder starts breaking under her feet. She reaches the top but has a nail go through the hole in her hand. She manages to muster up the will to pull herself out, and then use part of her dress as a bandage. She runs back outside and manages to break through the front gate. She tries to flag someone down, but he is a prick and drives away from her. Not long after, she is found by Stevens, who tries to capture her. Grace fights him and attempts to strangle him with a piece of her dress. She takes his car, but doesn't see that he is still alive.

Becky orders Daniel and Emilie to dispose of the maids in the Goat Pit, since the others think they have been doing more harm than good to the hunt. Daniel is fed up with the family, but Emilie is adamant in sticking to the tradition so her boys won't be hurt.

Grace drives Stevens's car away and talks to a customer service agent, Justin (Nat Faxon), to get help. Unfortunately, since the car was already reported stolen, Justin shuts the car down, which leads to Stevens finding Grace and tranquilizing her. He drives back toward the mansion while video-chatting with the family to let them know he has Grace. He starts to play classical music over the radio and doesn't see Grace waking up, but the family does. They try to warn Stevens, but he doesn't see Grace as she kicks him twice in the head, causing him to roll the car over into a field. Stevens is dead, but Grace survives. She gets out and is found by Daniel. He says he can't let his family down, so he knocks her out and takes her back to the mansion.

Becky goes to Alex's room to try and talk to him. She thinks that while he loves Grace, he will ultimately stick to his family's wishes. Alex tells her that he will kill her if anything happens to Grace.

The family places Grace on an altar to begin the ritual to sacrifice her to Mr. Le Bail. They pass around a chalice and drink from it, but then they start violently puking just before Tony kills Grace. Daniel gave everyone something to make them sick, and he frees Grace from the altar. He tries to help her get out, but they are found by Charity. Knowing that he is no longer on their side, she shoots Daniel in the throat. Grace fights Charity and takes the gun from her. The bullets are gone, so she pistol-whips Charity. Grace tries to help Daniel, but he tells her to go. Alex breaks free from his cuffs and finds Daniel dying. He tries to save his brother, but it is too late. Tony then goes for Grace and tries to kill her himself, but she hits him over the head with a lantern and drops it, causing the curtains to catch fire. Grace is then found by Becky, who misses with her arrow but then tries to strangle Grace. Grace pulls the tablecloth down and grabs Mr. Le Bail's box, and she knocks Becky off of her before bludgeoning her to death with the box. Alex then comes across the scene and tries talking to Grace. He realizes that she may well not stay with him now, he turns on her and gives her up to his family.

Everyone continues with the ritual by holding Grace down themselves. Just as Alex is about to plunge the dagger into his wife, Grace breaks Helene's grip by clawing her hand, before letting the dagger go into her shoulder. She gets off the table and holds the dagger toward the family while screaming. They then see that the sun has come up, meaning it is now too late. As they recoil in horror for their impending death, nothing happens. However, Helene plans to kill Grace anyway. She grabs the ax, when suddenly...BOOM! Helene explodes. Outside the room, the Hide and Seek record begins playing again of its own volition. Fitch explodes next, followed by a begging Charity. Emilie tries to get away with Georgie and Gabe, but she dies too as soon as they're out the door (only blood is seen). Tony tries yelling about how he followed the rules, but he turns into paste as well. Alex then tries to weasel his way into getting Grace's forgiveness, but she hands him her ring and says she wants a divorce, just as the song finishes its hide and seek countdown and ends. BOOM goes Alex. The fire from the curtains then spreads around the house, and for a brief moment, Grace sees the spirit of Mr. Le Bail sitting in his chair, before he disappears in a fiery puff.

Grace exits the burning mansion, now covered in blood. She sits on the steps to smoke a cigarette, just as police and paramedics arrive. An officer asks Grace what the hell happened, to which she simply replies, "In-laws."