Movies
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“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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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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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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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 feel like I saw almost nothing about “Cobweb” in the usual places (mainly r/horror, with which I have a love/hate relationship) when it was released, and reviews were mixed, which I think is why a lot of people never ended up seeing or hearing of it. I watched it for the reasons I assume…
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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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Reviewing a sequel before the original? Unheard of. Who does such a thing, and why? I do, and because I wanted to. This was my first rewatch (my spouse took me to a theater showing on my birthday which was super cute). I really enjoyed the original “Smile,” although the (spoiler alert, but if you’re…
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