Feels from Reels is a spoiler-free film review series, where I capture only the emotions I felt and thoughts that came from them, while viewing a movie. This helps me consider the emotional connection an audience has to characters and stories in my own screenplays and short- / long-form writing. I hope you enjoy! ❤️
🎬 Clayface (2026)
Resources:
🍅 Rotton Tomatoes score: 77%
👥 IMDB ⬅️ see Trailer, Director, Producers, Writers, and Cast here
📖 Adapted from a Novel? No. The character and storyline was created for DC comics, with Clayface first surfacing in the 1940’s Detective Comics #40.
🎯Logline: “Rising Hollywood star Matt Hagen descends into a horrifying revenge-filled monster when scientific ambition strips him of his identity and humanity.”
🗺️ Where I Was: Cinelux (Scotts Valley, CA)
🫀Feelings and Emotions
“I felt…” “That left me feeling…”
Open-minded
Hopeful
Sad
Sympathetic
Shocked
Grossed Out
Surprised
Impressed
🤔 Thoughts from Feelings
“I have no idea what to expect”
“I wonder what that would feel like”
“Tom Rhys Harries is a good actor”
“A Gotham story!”
“Ouch”
“I’m hoping he’ll become more of a hero, not a villain”
“At least the doc doesn’t seem crazy”
“Always a fatal flaw”
“Pretty hard to watch 🫣”
“So trippy”
“That’s quite a way to go”
“Classic Gotham vengeance”
“These effects are wild”
“Whoa, wayyyyyyy gory for DC!”
“So tragic”
“Always leaving room for a sequel”
Yeah Clayface has always been a stellar Batman villain. The initial Animated Series run had his Feats Of Clay as a two parter and were the 4th and 5th episodes. Tragic character, but also one of the coolest to look at and the most promising.