the middle-aged divorced dad's bible

Watched on Wednesday February 19, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 16, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 15, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 15, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 16, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 16, 2025.

I'm unsurprised by how much I liked this given how much Smile has grown on me. I just love this whole vibe that Parker Finn has cultivated. no matter how predictable the plot is, how obvious the scares are, there is something about these two films that continues to get me -- a feat in contemporary horror that I've been craving from every blockbuster snorefest to dominate the hollywood horrorsphere. maybe it's the use of color, the stings of this unconventional yet phenomenal score at the hands of a daxophone, the impressive camerawork, or the simplistic creepiness of these performances. the level of bleakness doesn't hurt, either.

I love an ending that pulls no punches.

Watched on Saturday February 15, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 9, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 9, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 8, 2025.

best movie to watch on a plane other than Final Destination. impeccable writing and a who-done-it that feels just as impressive even on a rewatch. I just love how everything looks and feels in this - from an upbeat yet morbid attitude to a set design that makes you want to jump into the screen. hilarious all the way through. this type of film is exactly what Rian Johnson should be made of.

Watched on Sunday January 26, 2025.

Watched on Saturday January 11, 2025.

blind buy from terrorvision's halloween sale that did not disappoint. a poster that was impossible to say no to. shot-on-video horror that looks as great as it does dated, with special effects that made me second-guess the release year. a plot with characters that have more to do than further its message about gratuitous violence on the living room tube by dying in horrifically gory ways. there's a weird and fucking hilarious charm in Video Violence that could never be replicated today, especially in a modern culture that is sewn together by death and destruction.

there's a video store gag where a customer asks for "that chainsaw movie," and the clerk hands him Pieces. that bit instantly brought my attention to the forefront.

long live home video

"What's the rating on this one?"

"R"

"Is that for nudity?"

"No, I'm sure it's for all of the violence"

"Okay, good. Then the kids can watch it"

Watched on Wednesday January 1, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday December 25, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday December 25, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday December 25, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.

two stars for garbage day

Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.

from masterpiece to solid to bonkers

1. Halloween

   masterpiece

2. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
3. Halloween II
4. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
5. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
6. Halloween
7. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
8. Halloween Kills
9. Halloween II
10. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

    i have 3 copies of this movie

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

honorable mention: The Room

ranked by personal taste, not objective quality

LOTR as a trilogy is judged as a whole, and I wanted to save 2 spaces

I excluded Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me because it's part of an entire canon

1. Halloween
2. Eraserhead
3. Suspiria
4. The Shining
5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
6. The Thing
7. Blue Velvet
8. Scream
9. Memories of Murder
10. Hellraiser

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

"modern" meaning post 20th century. *this metric has been stretched for Night of the Living Dead because that shit rocks*

I was talking about remakes at work and felt motivated to make this. I've only included ones that I've seen both the remake and the original.

1. Evil Dead

   actually good and different enough

2. Night of the Living Dead
3. Suspiria

   Tilda Swinton x3

4. Dawn of the Dead

   Zack Snyder :/ need I say more

   edit: Snyder, you suck at everything but this movie and Watchmen

5. The Crazies

   not too bad

6. The Invisible Man
7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8. Black Christmas
9. Friday the 13th

   meh

10. The Grudge

    classic American boring remake

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happy holidays!

1. Black Christmas
2. Home Alone
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
5. Silent Night, Deadly Night
6. It's a Wonderful Life
7. A Christmas Story
8. Gremlins
9. Klaus
10. Die Hard

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

there might be a few loose picks, but they make me feel the same nonetheless.

any recommendations are appreciated!

• The Wicker Man
• The Wailing
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Witch
• Midsommar
• Häxan
• Rosemary's Baby
• Candyman
• Hereditary
• Viy

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

I do feel like I've been a little too hard on PG-13 horror as a whole. I was thinking about The Ring and although I find it to be a lackluster remake, it's not a bad movie for being PG-13.

sometimes I feel that the rating really holds it back from what it could've been, but then you get movies like The Sixth Sense and even Tremors that are phenomenal in their own ways. some are genuinely good and some are good for the rating.

here are a few that I enjoy in no real order. I'm open to suggestions.

• The Sixth Sense
• Cloverfield
• Insidious
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• Tremors
• Signs
• Warm Bodies
• The Village
• Critters
• Split

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

blu-ray, 4k, one DVD and this godzilla set which is a favorite of mine

in no order other than keeping directors together

• Eraserhead
• Mulholland Drive
• Blue Velvet
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
• Lost Highway
• The Elephant Man
• Memories of Murder
• Parasite
• Night of the Living Dead
• Seven Samurai

...plus 80 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

need lots more!

I included specifics on editions/formats for anyone interested. no description means standard blu-ray

• Hellraiser

  Quartet of Torment 4k box set

• Hellbound: Hellraiser II

  Quartet of Torment 4k box set

• Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

  Quartet of Torment 4k box set

• Hellraiser: Bloodline

  Quartet of Torment 4k box set

• Tetsuo: The Iron Man

  Solid Metal Nightmares blu-ray box set

• Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

  Solid Metal Nightmares blu-ray box set

• The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo

  Solid Metal Nightmares blu-ray box set

• Tokyo Fist

  Solid Metal Nightmares blu-ray box set

• Bullet Ballet

  Solid Metal Nightmares blu-ray box set

• A Snake of June

  Solid Metal Nightmares blu-ray box set

...plus 44 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

overpriced as all hell, but somehow still worth it

• Friday the 13th
• Friday the 13th Part 2
• Friday the 13th Part III
• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
• Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
• Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
• Jason X

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

not as large as I'd like it to be but that'll change with time! all 4k box sets

• Dawn of the Dead
• The Witch
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Green Room
• Possessor

"you're all going to die tonight"

one of the few franchises with all hits and no misses.

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

adding as I go. not a bad one in the bunch.

1. The Shining
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Paths of Glory
5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
6. A Clockwork Orange
7. Full Metal Jacket

almost impossible to rank these but i wanted to think about them anyway

1. Eraserhead
2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

   twin peaks is proof of a higher power

3. Blue Velvet
4. Mulholland Drive
5. Wild at Heart
6. Inland Empire
7. Lost Highway
8. The Straight Story
9. The Elephant Man
10. Dune

I was recently thinking about Malignant and decided to make this

might one day get around to Aquaman if I'm unreasonably bored. I do plan on a F&F marathon for fun and I'm most excited about Furious 7

1. Saw
2. Malignant
3. Insidious
4. The Conjuring
5. The Conjuring 2
6. Insidious: Chapter 2
7. Dead Silence

in honor of may the fourth

I know how the rise of skywalker ends and I don't plan on watching it

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
3. Star Wars
4. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
5. Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
7. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

the master himself (rip Deborah Hill)

1. Halloween
2. The Thing
3. They Live
4. Escape from New York
5. Assault on Precinct 13
6. Prince of Darkness
7. Big Trouble in Little China
8. The Fog
9. Christine
10. The Ward

i love you neve

1. Scream

   perfection

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