film

  • Watcher (2022)

    “Watcher” is an infuriating little movie. A really well made one, but infuriating nonetheless. Directed by Chloe Okuno, (making her feature debut, previously directing the “Storm Drain” vignette from “V/H/S/94”), “Watcher” explores what happens when people don’t fucking listen to women. A lot of us can relate, I’m sure. Former actress Julia (Maika Monroe, “Longlegs,”

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  • Inside (2007)

    Despite, as previously mentioned, being afraid of everything as a kid I also had a raging case of FOMO, especially when it came to things I wasn’t supposed to see, watch, listen to, etc. The more forbidden a piece of media was, the more I coveted it. Like many of the disaffected suburban youth of

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  • Oddity (2024)

    2024 was such a  great year for horror. My absolute favorite movie I watched last year was director Damian Mc Carthy’s (“Caveat,” which I also strongly recommend) “Oddity.” All of my boxes are thoroughly ticked by “Oddity;” a mysterious murder, things not being as they seem, girls’ girls, cursed artifacts, and comeuppance. What more could

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  • Hellraiser (1987)

    Ah, “Hellraiser.” The franchise that launched a thousand kinks. Originally written as the novella “The Hellbound Heart,” which I also recommend reading, Clive Barker adapted and directed his tale for the kinda sexy kinda gross horror hound in all of us. Modern horror owes a lot to “Hellraiser.” A lot of us owe a lot

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  • “The Night House” began its life as an idea for an entry in the “Hellraiser” franchise, which explains a lot (including director David Bruckner directing the 2022 “Hellraiser” installation, which is one of the best “Hellraiser” films in recent history). I believe watching it with that knowledge made it better, so I’m putting that out

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  • I decided to lump “Last Shift” and “Malum” together in one post because they’re more or less the same movie. Both are directed and co-written by Anthony DiBlasi (“Dread,” “Extremity”) and follow the same storyline. “Last Shift” (2014)The first time I watched “Last Shift” was during one of many lonely days manning an empty storefront

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  • I tried something a little different for this entry; I gave a second chance to a movie I didn’t particularly care for the first time around. My spouse and I were looking for something to do on a day off, and decided to take in some questionable cinema (in public). We took our seats and

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  • Climax (2018)

    Let’s spend some time with Gaspar Noé (“Irréversible,” “Enter the Void”) and his motion sickness-inducing filmmaking style! “Climax” is a movie almost exclusively starring professional dancers who adlib and dance their way through the worst acid trip ever. When “based on a true story” popped up on the screen my interest was piqued; upon further

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