I’ve long since admitted that my love of horror grew out of a love of Science Fiction. As a very young child, I was far more fascinated with Star Wars, “Doctor Who”, “Battlestar Galactica”, and reruns of “Star Trek” than I was in anything creepy and spooky. (Honestly, I was quite terrified by the notion.) Then again, as this was the late-1970’s/early 1980’s, I guess that’s to be somewhat expected as the sci-fi boom that Star Wars had kicked off a few years prior in 1977 was still lingering on. So, the concept of evil creatures from beyond the stars seeking to spread terror, death, and destruction, whether in space or on Earth, has usually been strong enough for me to at least generally consider watching any film that features it as its central plot… even if it has led to disappointment on numerous occasions. 

Obviously, others have shared these same views as films such as Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Blob (both 1958 & 1988) are now seen as “classics” of both the Sci-Fi and Horror genres. Don’t even get me started on how much I adore producer George Pal’s 1953 version of today’s tale! As such, it was only natural that I included “space/alien horror” as one of the possible themes for our contributors to pick from, or in the case of today’s contributor, have randomly assigned to them by a computer. That said, I may have had some influence in today’s film topic. And by “influence”, I mean that I said to him, “Hey, why don’t you do this movie since we were just talking about it?”

That’s really one of the great things about having children! You can make them do things that you don’t really want to do yourself, like taking trash cans out to the curb for pick-up, restocking the fridge with bottled drinks, or watching films starring Ice Cube. While he could be a little more consistent about restocking my fridge, I truly do believe that my son, Bishop Fallon, “took one for the team” by reviewing today’s Halloween Horrors 2025 film (and probably more so last year with his take on 2024’s The Mouse Trap). Now, if I can only find some way to tell him that he needs to start taking out the damned trash.

Oh, wait… I just did. Happy Halloween, bruh! 

I don’t know where to start. I truly don’t. War of the Worlds (2025) might be one of the worst alien movies ever written, produced, and distributed on the face of this planet. If you gave me $25 dollars, a half-drank Canada Dry, and a pencil, I guarantee you that I might… just might be able to create something that’s half a star better than this movie. I’ll (sadly) tell you my reasonings for why this movie is like watching a train with highly toxic chemicals derail, explode, and cause the entire town to be evacuated due to nuclear fallout.

My first problem with the movie: While I like him, Ice Cube has to be both the funniest and worst actor of all time. Throughout the entire movie, he makes overexaggerated faces and says his lines in a very stupid, yet funny way. Also, a good point brought up by a friend of mine was, “what if someone (hypothetically) didn’t know who Ice Cube was?” So, when they see the poster, surely it would be confusing to just see the words “ICE CUBE” in big, bold, blue text at the very top with a zoomed-in picture of a very confused looking man. However, I’ll give credit where credit is due; he does have some very funny moments throughout the whole movie. Like, when he screams “IT’S YOU?!” 5 times. What’s the reason for that? I’m not telling you. Watch it yourself. (Side effects may include vomiting, loss of dignity, and lots of disappointment.)

There are parts that I actually did like. The ending is fairly intense, which I can enjoy. They actually did a very good job throughout the movie of building that sense of fear, while also checking on the suspense and “what ifs?” throughout the movie. Sounds great, right? Well, that would be good if they didn’t interrupt it with, uh…

Alright, no. All of the positives I just said? Forget it. What in tarnation is that image?? I didn’t even make it to add into this review. IT’S IN THE ACTUAL MOVIE! Who sat down in the effects room and said, “You know, this screen will be epic. It’ll show that we know how to make effects!”? Does anyone know, because I want to have a sit down interview, get to know the thought process behind everything, and really gain insight on what went down during the making of the movie…and then proceed to slap the living hell out of them.

What’s worse is I watched this movie twice, and the only reason I even managed to get through it was because I forced my friends to watch it with me. At the same time, watching it twice gives me the benefit of truly analyzing, digging deeper, and finding out the reason why Universal shouldn’t be allowed to make movies like this anymore. To describe this movie the best I can… imagine a high tension action movie filled with explosions, aliens, and lasers…but you aren’t a part of it. It all takes place through Ice Cube’s computer. Like, everything.

I need to compile all the reasons why the movie is bad. Lucky for you, I will make a list right here, describing why the movie is bad and not the best.

  • Bad acting
  • Not one singular scene where the computer is off
  • Mentions of spying in Amazon Carts THREE SEPARATE TIMES.
  • Ice Cube (stop acting, Gramps!)
  • All the budget came from having big companies featured in the movie (Spotify, YouTube, every news channel on the planet, etc)

If you do end up watching the movie, PLEASE watch it with a friend or some other person. I have a feeling if you watched this by yourself, you’d start losing your mind and begin to write schizophrenic thoughts on the wall. Best case scenario, all you need is a month with a therapist.

What’s truly funny is that the tagline is “It’s worse than you think.” Really? I’d argue its MUCH worse than you’d think. However, the real sickos are Amazon. The mentally-ill selectors for Prime looked at this movie and really thought, “Yes, this movie fits perfectly for our streaming service!” Or, maybe it’s more simple than that because THE WHOLE MOVIE IS A PRIME AD! That is what it truly feels like. Never once in my life did I think I’d be this negative for a movie. I live for the “bad” movies, but this is a new level of “bad”.

So, to summarize everything… Ice Cube should never act again, Universal needs to quit making alien movies, Amazon is the devil of advertisements, and if you watch this movie, you should get some sort of compensation for it. Oh, and once again, PLEASE watch this with a friend. You’ll laugh more, and won’t have to rethink the life choices that led you to the sad, unfortunate fate of watching this movie. Instead of War of the Worlds, I call it “War of Ice Cube Versus Not Making A Stupid Face Every 6.7 Seconds”.