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Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

The mission I choose to accept is fatherhood and the impossible task was her waiting to show up till after this released. 

Mission accomplished. 

See you soon, little lady.

2023 ethan would be so ashamed of how all these 2025 tech goobers IRL bowed to the entity and use it daily to dumb things up every which way I’m so sorry tom 

(gimme 24 hours little lady we’re ALMOST THERE)

we’re so close please give me two more days baby ott

i love bmw cars and I love halo 5 guardians available on the microsoft xbox one

Brad Bird ILYSM

absolutely adore a 🎈Vatican costume party 🎉

all things are possible through Nu-metal

The Langley sequence is as good as anything, but the Akvarium restaurant moment, with Ethan calling out every IMF agent in the room to Kittridge, framed from a low angle, is such a perfect espionage set piece and the first proper indicator that he is, in fact, the living manifestation of destiny.

Absolutely cherry.

Walked up the street toward the theater with the keen awareness that anyone seeing me knew exactly what I was headed to watch.

Watched on Sunday May 4, 2025.

35mm | David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | Pre-screening conversation with Ahmed Best and Dylan Marron

The family in front of me had the older sibling leaning over and attempting to explain things to the younger one and it was so funny to hear them try and make sense of things before losing their minds over the podrace and Duel of the Fates.

Ahmed Best is an incredible storyteller.

Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.

dick so 🔥 you’ll excuse some youngling murder

😮

The inaugural Tesseract Cinema event.

if you know me you know i love a shipwreck and if you knew me at age 7 you know most of my days were spent injesting any resources about shipwrecks I could uncover while jumping between this, the Barbara Stanwyck version, 1980's Raise the Titanic, and the second tape of Cameron's Titanic.

many years later, happy to report this still absolutely rips

Watched on Sunday April 20, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.

75% full theater on a Monday at 8pm. Hootin' and hollerin' throughout. Seemingly built to combat short attention spans, every line delivered for a fan edit, but fun enough to visit in the right environment. Mostly impressed that it's a Jared Hess movie through and through

friendship is rare

Without McCarthy's prose (even with it occasionally thrown on the screen) and a misunderstanding of nearly everything around it, things quickly devolve into simple shock value.

Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday March 26, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday March 25, 2025.

<3 🐷

Q&A with Bong Joon Ho & Steven Yeun

A horny ass #proficiencyporn espionage thriller? Literally written and directed for me.

Quaid is one charming goober and I’m so here for it.

Watched on Thursday March 13, 2025.

(the creepers look and behave like my dog kevynn - instant masterpiece)

Quite messy but so clearly guided by an earnest and beautifully unchained singular vision to lose yourself in. Bong lives between genres and tones, trending familiar theatrical ground but staying focused on the romance and connection at the center of the character (with plenty of room for horniness) while bringing out career-best performances from Pattinson and Ackie, with a killer cast of ing acts to boot.

Solid #ProficiencyPorn but makes a mess of any characterization.

it’s bullshit there isn’t a submarine emoji

It never goes any deeper than surface level, focusing mostly on the investigation and FBI agents, but performances are great (Hackman especially) and it's not afraid to be ugly.

Vaguely running this through the VCR a few times in my youth (mostly the incredible ladder sequence) but had no idea it was in the Police Story canon till this revisit. A goofy combo of 90's action tropes and some Bond inspired set pieces that shift into Jackie heat in the second half, and it mostly works!

Loved this as a kid, TV edits and all, and it still rips today. Gene was one of a kind.

Watched on Tuesday February 25, 2025.

So perfectly niche and successful in capturing such a specific moment in time. The scripted moments derail things with their odd expositional tone, but the pieces that feel like genuine human connection in the weird uncertainty of the pandemic are beautiful and hilarious.

Watched on Sunday February 23, 2025.

every year

An anxiety-inducing well of suffering and empathy. *Jean-Baptiste*

Watched on Wednesday February 19, 2025.

Any of my doubts about the experimental camera approach faded fast—the initial disconnect of the POV framing quickly became immersive, unbound by the usual language of the medium. Ross uses every frame to further character in the unspoken details he sets in his focus.

Watched on Thursday February 13, 2025.

Ree's approach to Mats' story, animating World of Warcraft assets to recreate his experiences and relationships from the game, intercut with interviews of the people he shared them with, creates a particularly devastating but beautiful portrait of humanity in the virtual space it was lived in.

Within the current nightmare of the internet, it's a lovely reminder of the friendships and communities that exist digitally. Grateful for the ones I've found.

Watched on Tuesday February 11, 2025.

Tedesco ripping a fat hit off his vape after Sister Agnes lays down some facts is one of 2024 perfect frames.

Happy Hooptober!

Cinemonster's annual Hooptober returns for its 11th initeration. A detailed guide can be found here.

IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X

THE RULES:

There must be 31 horror films.

6 Countries
Australia - Lake Mungo
Italy - Don't Torture a Duckling
Japan - Kotoko
- Luz
India - Bhoot
UK - Shaun of the Dead

8 Decades
20's - The Hands of Orlac
30's - The Old Dark House
70's - The Iron Rose
80's - C.H.U.D.
90's - I Know What You Did Last Summer
00's - Frailty
10's - Luz
20's - The Substance

All of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries (if there is a hard reboot, you can choose whichever has 4+ that you prefer)
Chucky

1 film by Wes Craven
The Serpent and the Rainbow

1 film caused by/worsened by weather
Cyclone

1 film starring a Black woman
Bad Hair

1 Donald Sutherland film
Buffy The Vampire Slayer

3 films from New World Pictures
C.H.U.D.
Slugs
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

2 Indian films
Tumbbad
Bhoot

4 Italian films
Cannibal Holocaust
Don't Torture a Duckling
The House by the Cemetery
Stagefright

2 Horror Comedies
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
Scream 2

2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas
Return of the Texas Chainsaw
Frailty

1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts (you just have to watch one. Bonus if you watch them all.)
Hush (Shush Cut)

1 Robert Wiene film
The Hands of Orlac

1 Michele Soavi film
Stage Fright

1 film from 2011
Kotoko

1 film from 1984
C.H.U.D.

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Cyclone and Crawlspace. Like last year, there is a third film: We Are Zombies.

Review them all!

One film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th. I'm starting a little early to be honest about the months ahead and will update with the inevitable bonus watches that come up during the month.

• The Hands of Orlac
• The Old Dark House
• Don't Torture a Duckling
• Something Evil
• The Iron Rose
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Cyclone
• The Toolbox Murders
• Cannibal Holocaust
• The House by the Cemetery

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Pickup on South Street
• Ride the Pink Horse
• Sweet Smell of Success
• Stray Dog
• Elevator to the Gallows
• Bob le Flambeur
• Le Doulos
• Brute Force
• Obsession
• While the City Sleeps

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Worst Person in the World
2. Drive My Car
3. Titane
4. The Green Knight
5. Bo Burnham: Inside
6. A Hero
7. West Side Story
8. The Power of the Dog
9. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
10. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Nope
2. Aftersun
3. RRR
4. Decision to Leave
5. TÁR
6. The Banshees of Inisherin
7. Everything Everywhere All at Once
8. Glass Onion
9. Top Gun: Maverick
10. Jackass Forever

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dick Johnson Is Dead
2. Another Round
3. The Vast of Night
4. Lovers Rock
5. The Kid Detective
6. First Cow
7. Sound of Metal
8. Minari
9. David Byrne's American Utopia
10. The Assistant

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Parasite
2. Knives Out
3. Little Women
4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
5. Booksmart
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7. Uncut Gems
8. Marriage Story
9. Under the Silver Lake
10. Plus One

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Paddington 2
2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
4. First Reformed
5. Burning
6. Annihilation
7. Eighth Grade
8. The Favourite
9. Minding the Gap
10. The Old Man & the Gun

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Lady Bird
2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
3. Dawson City: Frozen Time
4. Get Out
5. A Ghost Story
6. Baby Driver
7. Logan Lucky
8. Phantom Thread
9. The Florida Project
10. One Cut of the Dead

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Paterson
2. The Handmaiden
3. The Nice Guys
4. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
5. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
6. The Lobster
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
8. Hell or High Water
9. Moonlight
10. La La Land

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. World of Tomorrow
3. Carol
4. Sicario
5. Phoenix
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Mistress America
8. Steve Jobs
9. It Follows
10. Bone Tomahawk

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Boyhood
2. Only Lovers Left Alive
3. Whiplash
4. Under the Skin
5. Snowpiercer
6. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Inherent Vice
9. Mistaken for Strangers
10. Gone Girl

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. The World's End
3. s Ha
4. Before Midnight
5. About Time
6. Stories We Tell
7. Her
8. Fateful Findings
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. Drug War

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Holy Motors
2. It's Such a Beautiful Day
3. The Act of Killing
4. Amour
5. The Master
6. The Cabin in the Woods
7. Django Unchained
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. ParaNorman
10. Skyfall

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2. A Separation
3. Take Shelter
4. Meek's Cutoff
5. Attack the Block
6. Drive
7. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
8. Margaret
9. The Skin I Live In
10. The Muppets

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Social Network
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
3. Dogtooth
4. Certified Copy
5. Inception
6. Blue Valentine
7. True Grit
8. Toy Story 3
9. 13 Assassins
10. I Saw the Devil

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Perfect Days
2. The Holdovers
3. Oppenheimer
4. The Boy and the Heron
5. Godzilla Minus One
6. Past Lives
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
8. BlackBerry
9. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
10. The Taste of Things

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

scenes from cinema that made me cry and I'm not sure that's the correct reaction?

EDIT: on 02/12/24 Alison Willmore changed my life with her piece on 'The Case for the Spectacle Cry', which states “The Spectacle Cry isn’t about the tragedy of a scene, or its poignancy, or any specific emotional appeal at all. It’s about that sensation of being bowled over by the majesty, ambition, or craft of what you’re seeing.” The perfect descriptor.

• Hot Fuzz

  Danny opening the car door and being thrown a shotgun - "that's what I'm talking about".

• Freaky Friday

  guitar solo scene - that camera move into a rack focus and Jamie Lee SHREDDING?

• Speed Racer

  everything after "don't panic, just listen Speed, just listen to her" moment in final race

• Star Trek

  the enterprise's return after "FIRE EVERYTHING"

• Mad Max: Fury Road

  the chase begins - the camera moves from Max and Nux to the Doof Warrior spewing fire from his guitar

• The Incredibles

  when Dash runs on water, so do my eyes

Happy HoopTober!

Cinemonster's annual Hooptober returns for its 10th initeration.

IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX

For my seventh year participating, I'm starting things a little early to accommodate the chaos of fall.

THE RULES:

There must be 31 films.

6 countries.
US - ALLIGATOR
UK - THE LODGER
Italy - THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
Canada - THE VOID
Japan - CURE
- DRACULA 3D

8 decades.
1920’s - THE LODGER
1950’s - DRACULA (1958)
1960’s - THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEAT
1970’s - SISTERS
1980’s - ALLIGATOR
1990’s - RAISING CAIN
2000’s - PULSE
2010’s - THE VOID
2020’s - SAW X

2 post-apocalyptic or natural disaster-related films.
THE VOID
THE TERROR WITHIN

1 film with Robert Englund.
DEAD & BURIED

1 something is underground film.
ALLIGATOR

3 Satan/Devil-centered films.
THE OMEN
ANGEL HEART
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

1 Amicus film.
THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access.
Argento’s DRACULA 3D

1 LGBTQ+ connected film.
TENEBRE

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson.
SISTERS
RAISING CAIN
RED EYE
SYNCHRONIC
ALTERED STATES

2 Peter Cushing films.
THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD
DRACULA (1958)

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker.
DRACULA (1958)

1 film based on a Clive Barker story.
HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10.
WHAT LIES BENEATH

1 Mario Bava film.
THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

1 film with an 'x' in the title.
SAW X

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film).
THE TOOLBOX MURDERS

Bonus films:
THE ZODIAC KILLER
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WOMEN AT 10 RILLINGTON PLACE?

• The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
• Dracula
• The Girl Who Knew Too Much
• The Masque of the Red Death
• The House That Dripped Blood
• The Zodiac Killer
• 10 Rillington Place
• Sisters
• The Omen
• Piranha

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

My personal favorites from the decade. My top 10 are "ranked" with everything that follows in alphabetical order by release year.

1. Parasite
2. Paterson
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Lady Bird
6. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
7. The Handmaiden
8. The Social Network
9. A Separation
10. Paddington 2

...plus 90 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Happy HoopTober!

Cinemonster's annual Hooptober returns for it's 9th initeration.

4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0

For my sixth year, I'm starting things a little early to accommodate an unknown schedule.

6 Countries
- Canada (eXistenZ)
- (Vampyr)
- Italy (Phenomena)
- Japan (Dark Water)
- South Korea (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum)
- United Kingdom (Death Line)

8 Decades
20’s - The Unknown
30's - Vampyr
40's - Dead of Night
50’s - Them!
60's - Kill, Baby... Kill!
70’s - The Cat o' Nine Tails
80’s - Trick or Treat
90’s - Event Horizon
00’s - Dark Water
10’s - Seoul Station
20’s - Pearl

2 insect centered films
- The Giant Spider Invasion
- Them!

1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)
- Event Horizon

2 animated films
- Mad God
- Seoul Station

1 bloodthirsty old person/people film
- Near Dark

2 [1970s regional US films]
- The Premonition
- The Town That Dreaded Sundown

**The worst horror sequel from the 90’s**
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1 German Silent
- Nosferatu (1922)

5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.
- Ti West - (Pearl)
- Bill Rebane (The Giant Spider Invasion)
- Charles B Pierce (The Town That Dreaded Sundown)
- William Grefe (Mako: The Jaws of Death)
- Cronenberg (eXistenZ)

2 Christopher Lee films
- Death Line
- Gremlins 2

1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band)
- Trick or Treat

1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
- Pet Sematary

1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR)
- The Unknown

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
- Invaders From Mars

• The Unknown
• Vampyr
• Robot Monster
• Them!
• The Giant Gila Monster
• The Monster of Piedras Blancas
• Kill, Baby... Kill!
• Night of the Living Dead
• The Cat o' Nine Tails
• Death Line

...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Round 5, baby.

Cinemonster's 8th annual Hooptober returns.

More selections will populate as the month goes on.

6 countries
- Canada (My Bloody Valentine)
- (Possession)
- Italy (The Beyond)
- Japan (Onibaba)
- Sweden (Haxan)
- UK (The Revenge of Frankenstein)

8 decades
1920's - Haxan (1922)
1940's - The Uninvited (1944)
1950's - The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
1960's - Onibaba (1964)
1970's - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
1980's - Possession (1981)
1990's - Candyman (1992)
2020's - Malignant (2021)

2 folk horror
- Kwaidan (1964)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)

4 films from 1981
- The Beyond (1981)
- Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981)
- My Bloody Valentine (1981)
- Possession (1981)

2 films from your birth year
- Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
- The Exorcist III (1990)

2 haunted house films
- The Uninvited (1944)
- The Beyond (1981)

The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access.
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

1 film set in the woods
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)

1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G)
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

2 Hammer films
- The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
- The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

3 films with a person of color as director or lead.
- Candyman (1992)
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
- Candyman (2021)

3 Asian horror films.
- Kwaidan (1964)
- Onibaba (1964)
- Memento Mori (1999)

• Häxan
• The Uninvited
• The Revenge of Frankenstein
• The Evil of Frankenstein
• Kwaidan
• Onibaba
• The War of the Gargantuas
• The Exorcist
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Exorcist II: The Heretic

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Cinemonster's HoopTober RETURNS.

QUICK EASY RULES:

Hooptober

6 countries
- Diabolique ()
- Demons (Italy)
- Tetsuo: The Iron man (Japan)
- Peninsula (South Korea)
- Shivers (Canada)
- The Stuff (USA)

6 decades
- The Invisible Man Returns (1940's)
- Diabolique (1950's)
- Shivers (1970's)
- The Blob (1980's)
- The Resurrected (1990's)
- Peninsula (2020's)

7 2nd films of franchises
- Creepshow 2
- Slumber Party Massacre 2
- Hellraiser 2
- Peninsula
- The Invisible Man Returns
- Evil Dead 2
- The Strangers: Prey at Night

4 body horror films
- Hellraiser 2
- Shivers
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man
- The Blob

2 films from this year
- Peninsula
- His House

3 disease based films
- Demons
- Shivers
- The Stuff

The highest-rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen and can access.
- Diabolique

1 film that is set entirely inside one location
- Demons

1 Invisible Person film
- The Invisible Man Returns

1 Non-Dracula Hammer Film
- Let Me In

2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead.
- Ganja & Hess
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1 film with a movie theater in it.
- Demons

And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
- Body Bags

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Witch Who Came From the Sea and Cube 2: Hypercube

-review them all.(eek)

Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.

• The Invisible Man Returns
• Diabolique
• Ganja & Hess
• The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
• Jaws
• Shivers
• Carrie
• Suspiria
• Zombie Flesh Eaters
• The Thing

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

6 countries
- Canada - Zombie Nightmare
- Mexico - Tigers Are Not Afraid
- French - Diabolique
- Japan - Ringu
- USA - The Wolf Man
- Denmark - Vampyr

6 decades
30's
40's
50's
60's
70's
80's
90's

6 films from before 1966
- Vampyr
- The Wolfman
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- A Bucket of Blood
- House of Wax
- Diabolique

6 films whose year ends in '6'
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Eaten Alive
- Alice Sweet Alice
- Troll
- Zombie Nightmare
- The Witches
- Scream

6 films featuring work from the following: John Carl Buechler,
Jack Pierce, Rob Bottin, Screaming Mad George, Lon Chaney
and Carlo Rambaldi
- Screaming Mad George
Bride of Re-Animator
Society

- Jack Pierce
The Wolf Man

- John Carl Buechler
Troll

- Rob Bottin
The Howling
Piranha

The 6th film of a franchise
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1 Reptile Rampage film as tribute to Crawl
- Eaten Alive

2 women-directed films
- Eve’s Bayou
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

The lowest rated film from the 80s that you can access.
- Zombie Nightmare

1 film where the men and women of the church are having a bad day.
- Alice, Sweet Alice

1 Larry Cohen or Dick Miller film
- The Howling

1 Classic Universal
- The Wolfman

1 film with Dee Wallace in it.
- The Howling

1 film with a black director or predominantly black cast. (NO JORDAN PEELE)
- Eve’s Bayou

1 film from a Mexican director to honor 2 great films from Gigi Saul Guerrero & Issa López. (NO GDT, but it can be GSG or Issa)
- Tigers Are Not Afraid

And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
- Eaten Alive

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Horror Noire and Innocent Blood***

Clearly, one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.

• Vampyr
• The Wolf Man
• House of Wax
• Diabolique
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• A Bucket of Blood
• The Witches
• Alice, Sweet Alice
• Eaten Alive
• Piranha

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Cinemonster's Original List + Rules

My selections:

10 'Anniversary Films'
1958: The Blob
1968: Kuroneko
1978: I Spit On Your Grave
1988: The Blob | Killer Klowns from Outer Space | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Maniac Cop | Dead Ringers | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
2008: The Strangers

6 countries
Sweden - Haxan
Japan - Pulse
Canada - The Changeling
United Kingdom - The Innocents | The Descent
- Mark of the Devil
Italy - Black Sabbath

6 decades
20s - Haxan
50s - The Curse of Frankenstein | The Blob
60s - The Innocents | Black Sabbath | Onibaba | Kuroneko
70s - Mark of the Devil | The Crazies | Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key | Eaten Alive | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! | I Spit On Your Grave
80s - The Changeling | The Witch with the Flying Head | The Slumber Party Massacre | Creepshow | Poltergeist | Videodrome | Maximum Overdrive | Chopping Mall | Maniac Cop | Killer Klowns from Outer Space | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dead Ringers
90's - Lord of Illusions

6 films from before 1970
Haxan
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Blob
The Innocents
Black Sabbath
Onibaba
Kuroneko

6 films from the following:
Romero - The Crazies | Creepshow
Cronenberg - Videodrome
Clive Barker - Lord of Illusions
Terence Fischer - The Curse of Frankenstein
Sergio Martino - Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Bill Lustig - Maniac Cop

(mix-and-match, or all one)

2 flying things that kill you films
The Witch with Flying Head The Birds
The Birds

1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
Haxan

1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
Eaten Alive

2 women directed films
The Slumber Party Massacre
American Mary

1 inanimate object comes alive film
Maximum Overdrive

1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.
Chopping Mall

2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Eaten Alive
Poltergeist

Bonus: Tales From the Hood 1 & 2

1. Häxan
2. The Curse of Frankenstein
3. The Blob

   Maybe I made a mistake seeing the 1988 remake first, but the original seems stagnant and lifeless, with McQueen seemingly out of his element in the lead and the danger never feels immediate or threatening, as the speed and movement of the Blob constantly shifts to fit the plotting and simply walking away appears to be the best solution. That being said, it has a few great moments, including the movie theater (the projection booth window shot!) and diner scene. I also appreciate the attempts to wrap some emotion into the core younger characters even if I'm not sure how effective it ultimately is. Viewed as a b-movie it's a short and fun trip, though not nearly funny or campy enough to really shine.

4. The Innocents
5. Black Sabbath
6. The Birds
7. Onibaba
8. Kuroneko
9. Mark of the Devil
10. The Crazies

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Asphalt Jungle
• Gun Crazy
• Rififi
• The Ladykillers
• The Killing
• Gambit
• Le Samouraï
• Danger: Diabolik
• The Italian Job
• Le Cercle Rouge

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Essential movies from the 20th century that convey the larger history of black Americans in cinema as curated by Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott

Original article here

• Within Our Gates
• Fieldwork Footage
• Black and Tan
• St. Louis Blues
• Hell-Bound Train
• Imitation of Life
• Show Boat
• Stormy Weather
• Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
• Intruder in the Dust

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Port of Shadows
• The Maltese Falcon
• Double Indemnity
• Murder, My Sweet
• Laura
• Detour
• Scarlet Street
• The Big Sleep
• The Postman Always Rings Twice
• Gilda

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A journey inspired in and around PHANTOM THREAD.

• Rebecca
• The ionate Friends
• Persona
• The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
• Swept Away
• In a Year with 13 Moons
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Breaking the Waves
• Cruel Intentions
• The Piano Teacher

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Journey to STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

• Wings
• Gunga Din
• Sahara
• Twelve O'Clock High
• Rashomon
• The Tales of Hoffmann
• To Catch a Thief
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Hidden Fortress
• Letter Never Sent

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The high octane world of great car chases.

May/June 2017 screenings in preparation for Baby Driver.

• Bullitt
• The Italian Job
• Vanishing Point
• The French Connection
• Duel
• The Hot Rock
• The Seven-Ups
• Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
• Freebie and the Bean
• Mr. Majestyk

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Cinemonster's original list.

Everything on my list is new to me or a film I saw in my teenage years and need to rewatch.

The rules:

- Six Sequels
- Six Countries
- Six Decades
- Six Movies Before 1970
- Six Films From: Carpenter/Raimi/Whale/Browning/Craven/Holland, Mix and Match!
- Three People Eating People (No Zombies!)
- One Hammer Film
- One Romero Dead Film
- One Oversight (use the following link, filter out the films you've seen and picked the highest rated film from the list that you can get ahold of -
letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/films/genre/horror/by/rating/size/small/)
- Two Tobe Hooper films
** Extra Credit - Original and remake of IT.

One film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing begins Sept 15th.

• Salem's Lot
• The Mangler
• Land of the Dead
• Carnival of Souls
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
• Eyes Without a Face
• Audition
• Let the Right One In
• The Skin I Live In
• The Lure

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.