Not sure the heavy-handed allegory here has aged very well, but the grimy world Lyne creates and the attention to unlawful military experiments is certainly timeless. Some of Tim Robbin’s best work, with an ending that is obvious but moving nonetheless. Shoutout chiropractors??
Anyways Shutter Island clears🙄
House of Horrors: Psychological Horror Month - Jacob’s Ladder
Evil The Abyss. Though I do think the way this was cut down did a significant amount of damage, the Boschian depiction of hell is one of the gnarliest things I’ve ever seen and I hope the powers that be can get us the version Paul W. S. Anderson actually wanted one day
Me during the first part of the movie: it’s fine. I like the concept but it could be executed better. Clear Rivers is a dumb name.
Tony Todd: *exists*
Me: is this the best movie ever?
Cinema kind of peaked with horny 90s creature features, in which Oscar winning actors were using accents the world had never witnessed before and practical effects/CGI were at odds with each other more than the characters. Even the movies that were ‘bad’ had sensual on-location sunsets and delightful camerawork. Bring back blowing shit up don’t make me say it again!!
House of Horrors - Creature Month: ANACONDA, with Claira😎🐍
This traumatized me as a child and is definitely responsible for my firm belief in aliens. I think it’s prime real estate for a remake. Revisiting I can safely say the so-called “real” elements hold up as pretty creepy possession-like found footage… but there’s some royally silly stuff in here and the foundation of it all doesn’t make a lot of sense. In the end though, what you believe is yours to decide.
Absolutely bonkers to revisit this and see that the scary monster movie that got seared into my brain as a kid is actually directed by Matt Reeves and a reflection on the events of 9/11 through the eyes of young people. J.J. Abrams may have been inspired by Godzilla but it’s still a testament to how much more rewarding even slightly original concepts are. We have our own trauma! A bit rough around the edges but can’t be replicated. The…
Only one year after Roe v. Wade was passed, one of the best slashers ever made was so radically pro-choice and hauntingly honest about the dangers women face that its impact is still reverberating throughout the genre today. About one year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, this movie is having its 50th anniversary. Fuck that a million times! Anyways it’s a masterpiece!
The government is not telling you that Lock, Shock and Barrel are named after Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels