Wonderful cast and electrifying use of music. 

Yet I cannot ignore the slightly boring central antagonist. There’s not much more to the character besides evil vampire. Which may be more than enough for most, but I craved to know so much more of his backstory, and what would actually happen if his main goal was achieved.
With the length we have, I’m surprised to find the actual meat of the vampire aspect feels rushed through.

Flowers where flowers are due: Coogler clearly has the upmost respect and talent for the medium. Filming this on actual film helps add a dimension that really feels needed.

Not all of it works for me, but Wunmi Mosaku and Hailee Steinfield steal every scene. And for that I’m grateful.

They really put the main mother antagonist in the worst goddamn wig possible. 

ittedly, most of this felt like amateur hour. But then, rather impressively, the gore effects improve, and by the last act the sheer brutality is on full display. 
I’m yet again impressed by Timo Tjahjanto‘s commitment to carnage.

There’s no hiding the blatant inspiration from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yet where this film falls short in genuine malefic terror, it makes up for in excess bloodshed.

Anyone who is really a fan of fairy tales knows how grotesque they truly can be. 
It’s always refreshing to sit in the theater, watching a film debut full of personality. 

There’s a lovely sympathy felt for the ugly stepsister by the end. 

Anyone know where I can score some tapeworm eggs?

Timo Tjahjanto delivers another adrenaline-fueled, hyper-violent thrill ride. 

A masterclass in relentlessly brutal choreographed carnage.

Mommy in the basement is a horror icon !! 

Super moody and the ground work for what I believe Damian Mc Carthy sharpens and expands upon in Oddity.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 15, 2025.

Landon is taking several pages from Craven’s playbook! Especially from Red Eye.
I prefer Craven’s suspense, but Landon is clearly having fun. Again, with the comedy taking priority. 

Those opening credits reminded me so much of Final Destination 5’s opening and I need to know if that’s on purpose!

Utterly Ridiculous and oh so entertaining.

The genre is literally just “psychosexual.” 
Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace were all I needed to be sold on this.

Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.

Not entirely sure this is the place to air out this grievance, but while I overall was entertained by this film, I could not help but think about the slew of horror comedies we’ve been receiving.

Horror and comedy do indeed mix well, but I’m finding more often than not the laughs become the priority. The horror feels less appreciated. No time to craft genuine suspense or shocking kills. I mean, pretty much every single kill is off screen here!
You can easily dismiss this as a personal preference, but yes I would still like to see some genuine crafted pieces of horror amongst all the laughs in a horror comedy.

Jill Roberts is the only Ghostface to slay while wearing heeled boots!! 

This is my favorite version of Sidney.

“A man has to be a little nuts to be a good showman.”

I just know that if I was a cinema goer in the 50s my ass would have been fully gagged by this. 

A wonderfully shocking and entertaining premise led by the always fun Vincent Price!   
There are a few scenes where they clearly have fun fooling the audience with who is a real person or just a wax figure. 

History was made by this horror feature — the first color 3D feature film from a major American studio!

Please, Mr. Jailer is a goddamn bop! 

Parts of this started to remind me of Wild at Heart, and lo and behold they came out the same year!! Two different yet both utterly absurd s of the exhilarating ride it is to fall for the sexy bad boy who is head over heels in love with you and only you.

A showcase of Desiree Akhavan‘s talents in front of and behind the camera. 

Pairing this with Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post would make for a wonderful night of exploring identity and sexuality in honest and tender ways.

Watched on Wednesday March 26, 2025.

I love that at any given moment you have no fucking idea if what’s coming out of “Aaron’s” mouth is true or not.

Desiree Akhavan is a hot final girl

An absurd concept handled by Tarsem Singh to an utterly entertaining effect. 
The art and production design pull so much from surrealism to then be executed in full turn-of-the-millennium fashion!

This, by far, has one of the most disturbing masturbation sequences in any film I’ve seen.

“Get a last name and we’ll talk!”

Parker Posey is genuinely electric. 
By the end of this she had me thinking maybe I too would like to be a librarian! 

This is all such a great mix of queer, funny, bizarre, goofy, and lovable.

35 mm presentation by American Cinemateque followed by a live Q&A with Director Carter Smith and (surprise guests) Laura Ramsey and Jonathan Tucker.

Every rewatch of this film proves to be rewarding. It really does hold up! The practical effects are stellar, and there’s a genuine, visceral terror when Laura Ramsey’s character has to cut the vines out of her body.

As a diehard fan of the novel, I still cannot abide by how this adaptation sidesteps the brutal and bleak ending.

Delightfully “dumb.” I laughed a whole lot more than anticipated. 
A great ensemble that knows how to have fun with this silly script!

Highlights are Brian Cox (as an evil demon) shouting homophobic slanders, Brandon Flynn giving me second-hand embarrassment with his singing, and Parker Posey acting like a total weirdo 😭

The ballon from It really does have an illustrious film career!  🎈

Satirical Sci-fi with a genuinely entertaining Robert Pattinson performance!
I would simply be remiss not to mention Naomi Ackie !!!!!!!!

Watched at The Loft Cinema with a totally packed house! 

I know absolutely nothing at all about He-Man, but I sure as hell love that Courtney Cox is in this. She even gets a chase scene here too!

I showed this to my parents.
I’m pleased to report that they loved the hell out of it!
My mother was quite literally on the edge of her seat.
Both my parents squirmed, laughed, gasped, and applauded. I was raised by the right people ♥️

I’m happy to exist in a timeline where this is nominated for best picture. (Even though the rest of our timeline is fucked)

Mark Duplass is wildly entertaining. 
I’m pleased to report his character genuinely stresses me the fuck out. 

Great indie feel to this.

You can’t make it to the top by playing fair.

Not entirely my type of humor, though some moments did elicit a chuckle!

Spoiler alert: Theo James looks great doused in blood

Great casting! Beautiful cast!
And because the cast is so good, a lot of the gripes with the script can be overlooked. 
There’s definitely magic here.

Godzilla as a ticking time bomb is genius. The creature design is striking.

Destoroyah delivers some genuine monster movie mayhem!!! 

I love when a movie has a very distinct color. This movie is simply the color of fire 🔥

Frustrating and baffling considering all the ingredients are here. Maybe we needed a different cook. Or an entirely different recipe. I don’t know.

New year, new first-time watches!

• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Kaboom
• Broken Embraces
• After Life
• Only Yesterday
• Hard Truths
• The Last Showgirl
• Wolf Man
• Lost Highway
• Presence

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

”In the performance is an act of becoming. It’s a transformation.”
LGBTQ cinema that captures moments showcasing the importance of music and performance to our identities - however big or small.

Rule:
The song must be diegetic. The LGBTQ character must be interacting with it in some way - listening to/singing/dancing/performing. Fantasy sequences are acceptable due to the fact they are taking place within the characters own mind, thus contributing to the overall notion of the escape/freedom music offers them.

• Veneno

  Always on my mind by Pep Shop Boys

• We Are Who We Are

  Time Will Tell by Blood Orange

• Call Me by Your Name

  Love My Way by The Psychedelic Furs

• Edge of Seventeen

  Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat 
  Modern Love is Automatic - A Flock of Seagulls

• A Fantastic Woman

  Queen by Matthew Herbert 

• Monica

  Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone

• Trick

  I am Woman - Jessica Williams

• And Then We Danced
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post

  What’s Up? By 4 Non Blondes 

• Love, Simon

  I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston 

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from my favorite to least.

1. Final Destination 3
2. Final Destination 5
3. Final Destination
4. Final Destination 2
5. Final Destination Bloodlines
6. The Final Destination

The idea of “scary” is so incredibly subjective, that I always find it hard to recommend horror movies to someone when they ask me to show them something really scary. So, here’s a list of horror films that managed to personally scare me.

• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Black Christmas
• The Hills Have Eyes
• The Others
• The Descent
• [REC]
• Martyrs
• The Strangers
• Sinister
• It Follows

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Psycho
• Blood and Black Lace
• A Bay of Blood
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Black Christmas
• Deep Red
• Alice, Sweet Alice
• Halloween
• Tourist Trap
• Friday the 13th

...plus 53 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from my favorite to least, including Fantastic Beasts.

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

A (growing) list of films that have trailers that are well-done and successfully got me excited for the film, even if the film turned out to be less exciting than the trailer itself. Links to the trailers are attached to each entry!

• The Exorcist

  Teaser Trailer

• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

  “Red Band” Trailer

  
  

  Original Trailer

• Suspiria

  1977 Trailer

• Alien

  Alien Trailer (1979)

• The Shining

  Teaser Trailer

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

  Theatrical Trailer

• Jurassic Park

  Teaser Trailer 

  
  

  Theatrical Trailer #1

• Scream

  1996 Trailer

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

  Teaser Trailer

• Kill Bill: Vol. 1

  Official Trailer

...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Personal ranking of Lynch films I’ve seen. 🙏🖤

• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
• Mulholland Drive
• The Elephant Man
• Eraserhead
• Twin Peaks: The Return
• Blue Velvet
• Twin Peaks
• Wild at Heart
• Lost Highway
• Inland Empire

1. The Substance
2. Alien: Romulus
3. Terrifier 3
4. Oddity
5. In a Violent Nature
6. Red Rooms
7. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
8. Strange Darling
9. Immaculate
10. Infested

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Take a journey through my 29 years of existence as I choose a personal favorite film from each year that I have been on this earth. 1995-2024 (so far)

• Before Sunrise
• Scream
• Scream 2
• Bride of Chucky
• The Virgin Suicides
• Ginger Snaps
• The Devil's Backbone
• Chicago
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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

1. The Substance
2. Challengers
3. Emilia Pérez
4. The Girl with the Needle
5. Love Lies Bleeding
6. The Brutalist
7. Anora
8. Flow
9. Alien: Romulus
10. Terrifier 3

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

I believe Saw & Hostel kicked off a wave of horror in the early and mid-2000s akin to French Extremity. We somehow chose to start calling this new wave of horror films “torture porn.” I prefer the title American Extremity.

The films under this label are often categorized by graphic & horrific body horror in the form of torture, intermixed with political statements about our country. 
Unlike French Extremity, there typically is an absence of a strong female lead, which may be reflective of America’s patriarchal values.

• Saw
• Saw II
• Hostel
• The Devil's Rejects
• Saw III
• The Hills Have Eyes
• See No Evil
• Turistas
• Black Christmas
• Hostel: Part II

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

" for transgressive films by French Directors in the 21st century. These films typically have social or political themes, body horror, and a strong female lead."

• Inside
• Martyrs
• Revenge
• Climax
• Raw
• In My Skin
• High Tension
• Trouble Every Day
• Titane
• Livid

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Terminator
• Night Swim
• Lisa Frankenstein
• The Iron Claw
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
• The Boy and the Heron
• Mean Girls
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
• American Fiction
• Drive-Away Dolls

...plus 154 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This list will surely be growing 🖤💀

• Scream

  Ghostface mask on the back of my left arm

• Friday the 13th

  Jason mask on my upper right arm

• Suspiria

  Movie poster ballerina on my upper left arm

• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

  Leatherface on my back right arm

• It

  Loser/lover on my upper right arm

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

  A hand holding a wand on my right wrist

• Trick 'r Treat

  Sam’s Lollipop on left wrist

• Candyman

  Bee with hook stinger on right arm

• Alien

  Facehugger w/ Egg on right forearm

• Pan's Labyrinth

  The Pale Man’s hands(and eyes!) on my right lower back arm, above the elbow.

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

A list of my top 15 favorite releases in 2017, starting with my most favorite. I certainly did not see every film released in 2017 (but who did? And if you know someone who did then point me in their direction so I can ire them please), but these are my favorites of the films I did see this year.

1. The Shape of Water
2. Lady Bird
3. Call Me by Your Name
4. Get Out
5. War for the Planet of the Apes
6. Logan
7. Raw
8. Baby Driver
9. Phantom Thread
10. Ingrid Goes West

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

1. Parasite
2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
3. Midsommar
4. Little Women
5. Climax
6. Knife+Heart
7. Marriage Story
8. Knives Out
9. Booksmart
10. Doctor Sleep

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

Listed in no particular order. 
Subject to change

• Jurassic Park
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Suspiria
• Scream
• The Devil's Backbone
• Black Swan
• Alien
• Psycho
• Eyes Without a Face

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

• Cronos
• The Devil's Backbone
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Brood
• Diabolique
• Don't Look Now
• Dressed to Kill
• Eraserhead
• Eyes Without a Face
• Godzilla

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from my favorite to least.

1. Alien
2. Alien: Romulus
3. Alien: Covenant
4. Prometheus
5. Aliens
6. Alien Resurrection
7. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
8. Alien³
9. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

Ranked from personal favorites to least.

1. Logan
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
3. X2
4. X-Men: First Class
5. X-Men
6. X-Men: Apocalypse
7. Deadpool
8. X-Men: The Last Stand
9. Dark Phoenix
10. Deadpool 2

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from my favorite to least favorite.

1. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
2. Friday the 13th Part III
3. Friday the 13th Part 2
4. Friday the 13th
5. Friday the 13th
6. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
7. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
8. Freddy vs. Jason
9. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
10. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from personal favorite to least (which, at the moment, happens to be in chronological order)
(Also, excludes The Omen 4, mostly because The Omen Collection I own doesn’t come with it 🤷🏼‍♂️)

1. The Omen
2. The First Omen
3. Damien - Omen II
4. The Final Conflict
5. The Omen

Fincher-directed films, Ranked from favorite to least...except The Social Network, Benjamin Button, and The Game which still remain to be seen.

1. Gone Girl
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. Zodiac
4. Se7en
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Panic Room
7. Fight Club
8. Alien³
9. The Social Network
10. The Game

Ranked

1. Scream
2. Scream 2
3. Scream 4
4. Scream
5. Scream 3
6. Scream VI

I’m just a PA

• Oppenheimer
• Unfrosted

Personal ranking

1. Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire
2. Godzilla vs. Kong
3. Godzilla
4. Kong: Skull Island
5. Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Ranked from favorite to least

1. Insidious
2. Insidious: Chapter 2
3. Insidious: The Red Door
4. Insidious: Chapter 3
5. Insidious: The Last Key

• My Bloody Valentine
• Black Christmas
• Thanksgiving

1. All of Us Strangers
2. Saltburn
3. Monster
4. Godzilla Minus One
5. Poor Things
6. A Thousand and One
7. The Holdovers
8. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
9. Bottoms
10. Of an Age

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

• Little Children
• Freeway
• M3GAN
• 3 Women
• Sick
• Skinamarink
• Infinity Pool
• Missing
• Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
• Knock at the Cabin

...plus 119 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Bones and All
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. X
4. Scream
5. Bodies Bodies Bodies
6. Pearl
7. Aftersun
8. Nope
9. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
10. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. A Star Is Born
2. The Haunting of Hill House
3. Revenge
4. Hereditary
5. Love, Simon
6. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
7. Roma
8. A Quiet Place
9. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
10. Eighth Grade

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Outwaters
• When Evil Lurks
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• Talk to Me
• Saw X
• Swarm
• Infinity Pool
• The enger
• Thanksgiving
• Skinamarink

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Mulholland Drive
• Starry Eyes
• Under the Silver Lake
• The Neon Demon
• Nightcrawler
• Ingrid Goes West
• Sunset Boulevard
• Gemini

• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
• The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
• The Hunger Games
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

Ranked 🔪

1. Child's Play 2
2. Bride of Chucky
3. Child's Play
4. Cult of Chucky
5. Seed of Chucky
6. Curse of Chucky
7. Child's Play 3

1. Veneno
2. I May Destroy You
3. We Are Who We Are
4. Your Name Engraved Herein
5. Promising Young Woman
6. Shiva Baby
7. The Invisible Man
8. The Haunting of Bly Manor
9. And Then We Danced
10. The Wolf House

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from favorite to least.

1. Saw
2. Saw X
3. Saw III
4. Saw II
5. Saw VI
6. Saw V
7. Jigsaw
8. Spiral: From the Book of Saw
9. Saw 3D
10. Saw IV

Films directed by Guillermo Del Toro ranked from favorite to least.

1. The Devil's Backbone
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. The Shape of Water
4. Crimson Peak
5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
6. Nightmare Alley
7. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
8. Cronos
9. Hellboy
10. Blade II

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. La La Land
2. Train to Busan
3. The Edge of Seventeen
4. The Witch
5. Don't Breathe
6. Moonlight
7. 10 Cloverfield Lane
8. 20th Century Women
9. The Neon Demon
10. Arrival

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Midnight Mass
2. It's a Sin
3. The Worst Person in the World
4. Licorice Pizza
5. The Night House
6. Nightmare Alley
7. Shiva Baby
8. Zola
9. The Lost Daughter
10. West Side Story

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from favorite to least

1. Evil Dead
2. The Evil Dead
3. Evil Dead II
4. Army of Darkness
5. Evil Dead Rise

• John Wick: Chapter 4
• John Wick: Chapter 2
• John Wick
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

• Knife+Heart
• Climax
• Martyrs
• 2LDK
• Inside
• Braindead
• Society
• Pink Flamingos
• Suspiria
• Enter the Void

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Power
• Flesh for Frankenstein
• Blood for Dracula
• Scream
• Muriel's Wedding
• Drop Dead Gorgeous
• Magnolia
• Jackass: The Movie
• Jackass Forever
• The Fallout

...plus 102 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. X
2. Scream
3. Bones and All
4. Pearl
5. Nope
6. Bodies Bodies Bodies
7. The Sadness
8. Barbarian
9. The Black Phone
10. Fresh

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from favorite to least.

1. Halloween
2. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
3. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
4. Halloween
5. Halloween II
6. Halloween II
7. Halloween
8. Halloween Kills
9. Halloween Ends
10. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked from favorite to least

1. Prey
2. Predators
3. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
4. Predator
5. The Predator
6. Predator 2
7. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

Ranked favorite to least.

1. Jurassic Park
2. Jurassic World
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
4. Jurassic Park III
5. Jurassic World Dominion
6. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom