Eo (2022) April 10th, 2023
I expected Eo to be a beautifully shot sappy story of a donkey suffering through a life as a service animal. Less like a seeing eye dog and more like … Continue Reading Eo (2022) April 10th, 2023
House (1977) October 25th, 2021
Too much of a good thing can completely ruin the fun. Inevitably that’s what happens during October when my overexcited wife obsesses over filling every available hour watching horror movies. … Continue Reading House (1977) October 25th, 2021
The Red Shoes (1948) January 9th, 2021
My Dad’s overseen my film education since early childhood. While some parents absentmindedly planted their kids in front of TVs playing any old thing, my Dad took care to curate … Continue Reading The Red Shoes (1948) January 9th, 2021
Bicycle Thieves (1948) January 1st, 2021
Bicycle Thieves is the ultimate feel-bad movie. A poor day laborer living in the ghettos of post-war Italy competes against his impoverished neighbors for scant manual labor jobs. He secures … Continue Reading Bicycle Thieves (1948) January 1st, 2021
Cronos (1993) October 31st, 2020
Guillermo del Toro loves fairytales. He’s quick to share his insights on the subject in interviews or on commentaries and his ability to create films with an authentic fairy tale … Continue Reading Cronos (1993) October 31st, 2020
Kwaidan (1964) October 31st, 2020
Imagine, it’s Halloween 2020 the last day of October. My wife’s taken the day off and we’ve planed to spend the whole day watching horror movies. Where do we start? … Continue Reading Kwaidan (1964) October 31st, 2020
Dværgen (1973) October 24th, 2020
Dværgen or Abducted Bride is a Dutch dwarfsploitation/sexsploitation film most commonly known as The Sinful Dwarf. You may be wondering “Why is he reviewing a 70’s porno in the middle … Continue Reading Dværgen (1973) October 24th, 2020
The Brood (1979) October 17th, 2020
Liking Cronenberg is what happens when horror film appreciation matures. As a kid I appreciated Wes Craven for pushing us to think about the nature of fear in A Nightmare … Continue Reading The Brood (1979) October 17th, 2020
Equinox (1970) October 16th, 2020
Testing positive for Covid-19 last October briefly forced my wife and I to quarantine in different houses. Enduring this inconvenience was aggravating for all the expected reasons associated with Covid-19 … Continue Reading Equinox (1970) October 16th, 2020
Eyes Without a Face (1960) October 13th, 2020
I walked into Eyes Without a Face with high expectations. Maybe it was the the badass title? Maybe it was the compelling premise? Maybe it was a half remembered quote … Continue Reading Eyes Without a Face (1960) October 13th, 2020
The Lure (2015) October 12th, 2020
Ah, mermaid horror, too weird to live too rare to die. The Lure is a loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid fairytale set in modern Poland. Two mermaid sisters venture … Continue Reading The Lure (2015) October 12th, 2020
The Blob (1958) October 12th, 2020
I love monster movies. Monsters actually created The List. Back then my wife and I decided to watch every movie in the Universal Monsters catalog. At the time a 30 … Continue Reading The Blob (1958) October 12th, 2020
Carnival of Souls (1962) October 4th, 2020
SPOILERS!!! Carnival of Souls is An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge story. If you don’t know what that means then you should get off Facebook and go watch The Twilight … Continue Reading Carnival of Souls (1962) October 4th, 2020
Diabolique (1954) October 2nd, 2020
Diabolique is a fantastic film with a simple premise. An abused wife (Véra Clouzot) and her husband’s mistress (Simone Signoret) plot his murder. The film is set in a run-down … Continue Reading Diabolique (1954) October 2nd, 2020
A Ship to India (1947) September 10th, 2020
The most important aspect of my fledgling quest through cinema history is accepting how many films I’ve never seen and experiencing as many as possible. I hadn’t seen a single … Continue Reading A Ship to India (1947) September 10th, 2020
Rebecca (1940) July 13th, 2020
I still haven’t seen Psycho, North by Northwest, or Rope. I haven’t seen enough Hitchcock to make an unequivocal declaration, but to me, at this point in time, Rebecca is … Continue Reading Rebecca (1940) July 13th, 2020
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