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Write it in your diary. 🪵
(review coming later - a lot to say)

Genre defining classic that spawned thousands of inspos and clones. Love Ben. Obviously very memorable ending.
I love the camera work in this film.

Perfect in every way. 

I’m the real thing. 

You’d think with me being such a big Twin Peaks fan that I’d be absolutely in love with Vertigo, but it’s not even close to being my favorite from Hitchcock. It’s not bad by any means, it’s actually spectacular, visually stunning, revolutionary… all great things. The mystery just isn’t the most captivating in the middle but it’s hard to knock it too bad for that. Love that intro sequence and the dream sequence. Great stuff. The Judy portion of this movie is a really good payoff.

Herman and his love for bats carry this movie and it dips once he vanishes, but it’s still a fairly interesting murder mystery and a fun short gothic story. 

BBRRRRRR

I’m not quick to call a movie horrifying but this one always gets under my skin, pun intended. Grizzly and disgusting with hardly a drop of blood shown. Encapsulates the southern underbelly really well, albeit in the most unsubtle ways possible but that’s why we love it. 
Great reflection of the political landscape of the early 70s if you choose to view it that way.  
Also loooooooove the eerie sound design and imagery of rot and decay. You can smell this movie. 
Amazing performance from Marilyn Burns as Sally, but obviously it has to be acknowledged that it was genuine terror because the production of this movie was fucked up. 
I wanna own the head lamp from the dinner scene

SMOOOOKE

Very few sequels are perfect. There’s typically some kind of flaw that prevents it from being equal to or better than its predecessor with a couple of exceptions, but Bride of Frankenstein does that and does it well, making it one of those exceptions. A tale of seeking love and rejection. The Bride is only there for a good 2 minutes at best and she’s one of the most iconic film characters ever, which is a testament of both Elsa Lanchester’s performance and the film’s perfection as a whole.

A lot of us have those movies that we’re really annoying about and consider them to be objectively the best ever made… The Great Dictator has recently become one of those movies for me. Flawless and one of the most historically important films ever. Hilarious in part due to Chaplin doing such a great job portraying Hitler as the bumbling idiot he was. 
That awkward smile Chaplin does kills me every time lmao. The godfather of cinema.

Timeless film. “The stars are ageless, aren’t they?”
Norma didn’t do shit wrong

Man those colors… the red pops out at you so much. Blood and Black Lace is a visual masterpiece, and I’m not only talking about the colors. The set design in general is perfect and the killer’s outfit is so simple but so good. 
Wonderful story here as well, albeit a bit hard to follow in certain spots. Really interesting payoff though. 
Giallo goodness. Will always recommend this one

A very basic giallo film wonderful for introducing someone to the subgenre. Killer dressed in black wearing a fedora, cool murder scenes and shots of knives, and a fairly easy plot to follow (but still with an out of left field twist at the end).

PARSLEY SAAAGE ROSEMAAARY AND THYYYYYYYME

Was unsure if I’d love this or not but I’m amazed at how great it is. Love those transition shots, plot is really captivating and I love the ending. A technicolor film will grab me every time.
You can feel Ben’s awkwardness through the screen

Just so goated... I love you Count Dracula
Lame ending but perfect movie outside of that. I watched it in color this time and it’s just undeniably better and more gothic in black and white so I’ll be watching it that way from now on. But honestly the set design is so great that being in color didn’t detract from its creepiness at all. 
Bela Lugosi as Dracula just scratches an itch. There’s great reason as to why it’s probably the most culturally iconic film performance ever.

Watched on Tuesday March 18, 2025.

Lemmon gives probably one of my favorite performances ever here. Such a charming movie

That’s the way it crumbles, cookie-wise

Watched on Monday March 17, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday March 12, 2025.

I love that feeling where you watch a movie for the first time and go “this is objectively one of the best films ever made” before it’s even over… so imagine how I felt when the Barber’s monologue happened at the end.

Watched on Sunday December 1, 2013.

Hooooow have I waited this long to watch any of Chaplin’s work?? Hilarious and important commentary on the Depression

Watched on Sunday February 16, 2025.

Soooo nasty and pretty creepy too. Fulci is the master of horror. Each of his films feel like watching a visual painting and The Beyond takes that and makes it literal

I still don’t think this gets enough credit for being one of the defining slashers of the 80’s. So charming and the gory visuals here are great, loved all of the heart visuals (human hearts and heart shaped boxes)

Watched on Monday February 10, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 9, 2025.

I haven’t really found the appropriate words to describe how I feel about David Lynch’s ing. For now I can say that It feels like losing a family member, unashamedly. I discovered Lynch and his works in 2020 as I was about to graduate high school and enter adulthood. He transformed how I felt about not only media but the world in general. 
Blue Velvet is my first Lynch rewatch since his ing. I’ve always described this one as the perfect starter for anyone wanting to explore his work. It’s fairly easy to follow but still has that looming sense of dread as well as the oddball characters that catch your attention the second they appear on screen. There’s something so off about it and that’s only furthered by the dream-like ending. Of course the topic of dreams is front and center in Lynch’s work, but as for Blue Velvet, the entire movie doesn’t feel that way in my opinion. The ending feels naive and calming, just as it did in the beginning before Jeffrey stumbled upon this mystery. Everything in the middle is raw, real, and fucked up. 

It’s a strange world, isn’t it?

I will watch anything Coralie Fargeat puts out after this. She’s the modern day Frank Henenlotter. I’m not sure i’ve ever been this quick to glaze a movie like this one but I recommend it to everyone I know and I hope with everything in me that it gets Best Picture.

Watched on Monday December 23, 2024.

I am a Nasubi superfan

Watched on Saturday January 11, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday January 7, 2025.

Watched on Monday January 6, 2025.

Watched on Saturday January 4, 2025.

Watched on Friday January 3, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday December 25, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday December 25, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.

YOU’VE GOT MAIL! 

This movie is ridiculously dumb but it’s a really fun time. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while and overall, while not anything new or groundbreaking, it’s probably going to be added to my comfort film rotation. The Y2K bug is one of my biggest odd hyperfixations and I loved seeing an interpretation of it captured on film, dumb or not. My only oddly specific gripe is that it needed more wireframe and cyberspace aesthetics.
AOL is relevant to the plot. You can’t hate Y2K.

Watched on Saturday December 7, 2024.

Watched on Thursday December 5, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday November 27, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday November 27, 2024.

Watched on Sunday November 24, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday November 12, 2024.

Watched on Friday November 8, 2024.

Watched on Thursday November 7, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday November 6, 2024.

it’s always been a bucket list item for me to see this in theaters on Halloween night. That wish just TOTALLY came true. Absolutely otherworldly experience for me. Hearing the soundtrack in this setting was enough to make me teary eyed. Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃

It has major flaws and the vibe is too similar to Scream, which wouldn’t exist without the Halloween franchise, but you’re lying if you say it’s not a satisfying conclusion to the sibling arc. I can ignore the terrible masks…
Jamie Lee’s best and most convincing performance as Laurie 🪓
I’m not as high on this movie as I once was but it’s a fun time always

Watched on Wednesday October 30, 2024.

1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2. Nosferatu
3. Vampyr
4. The Invisible Man
5. The Wolf Man
6. The Night of the Hunter
7. North by Northwest
8. Eyes Without a Face
9. Peeping Tom
10. Carnival of Souls

...plus 94 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Exorcist

   1973 (46th) 
   lost to: The Sting

2. The Great Dictator

   1940 (13th) 
   lost to: Rebecca

3. 12 Angry Men

   1957 (30th) 
   lost to: The Bridge on the River Kwai 

4. Rocky

   1976 (49th)
   WINNER
   beat: All The Presidents Men, Bound for Glory, Network, Taxi Driver 

5. The Substance

   2024 (97th) 
   lost to: Anora 

6. Fargo

   1996 (69th) 
   lost to: The English Patient

7. The Wizard of Oz

   1939 (12th) 
   lost to: Gone with the Wind 

8. The Graduate

   1968 (40th)
   lost to: In the Heat of the Night

9. Sunset Boulevard

   1950 (23rd)
   lost to: All About Eve

10. The Apartment

    1960 (33rd) 
    WINNER
    beat: The Alamo, Elmer Gantry, Sons and Lovers, The Sundowners 

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

my favorite films unranked because they’re all great in their own ways (numbers are just for randomizing purposes)

1. Eraserhead
2. Blue Velvet
3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
4. Mulholland Drive
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Pi
7. Rope
8. Vertigo
9. Psycho
10. Psycho II

...plus 170 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Color Me Blood Red
• A Bay of Blood
• Frogs
• The Wicker Man
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Jaws
• The Hills Have Eyes
• Jaws 2
• Piranha

...plus 66 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Rocky

   1976 (49th) 

2. The Apartment

   1960 (33rd)

3. The Silence of the Lambs

   1991 (64th) 

4. Casablanca

   1943 (16th) 

5. In the Heat of the Night

   1967 (40th)
   

6. Everything Everywhere All at Once

   2022 (95th)

7. The Godfather

   1972 (45th) 

8. Anora

   2024 (97th) 

incomplete: 
* Exorcist: The Beginning 
* Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist

1. The Exorcist
2. The Exorcist III
3. The Exorcist: Believer
4. Exorcist II: The Heretic

1. Halloween
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. The Fog
4. Freaky Friday
5. Halloween Ends
6. Halloween
7. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
8. Halloween II
9. Halloween Kills
10. Terror Train

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

1. The Substance
2. Anora
3. Wicked

1. Psycho
2. Rope
3. North by Northwest
4. Vertigo
5. The Birds

• The Substance
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Rosemary's Baby
• Suspiria
• Martin
• Frankenstein
• Bride of Frankenstein
• Psycho
• Blood and Black Lace
• Carrie

...plus 112 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Substance
2. Late Night with the Devil
3. MaXXXine
4. Longlegs
5. Terrifier 3
6. Wicked
7. Trap
8. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
9. In a Violent Nature
10. Y2K

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

• Twilight

  Sarah

• Kiki's Delivery Service

  Barb

• Gone with the Wind

  Rebecca

• Fried Green Tomatoes

  Robin

• Psycho

  Austin

• Alice in Wonderland

  Makaelyn

• Saw 3D

  Kay

“The falling leaves drift by the window, 
the autumn leaves of red and gold”

Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves 

• The Shining

  [9/1]

• Halloween II

  [9/4] [9/14]

• Candyman

  [9/5]

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

  [9/8]

• Terrifier

  [9/12]

• Friday the 13th Part 2

  [9/13]

• X

  [9/16]

• Onibaba

  [9/20]

• Halloween

  [9/22] [Halloween]

• Terrifier 2

  [9/24]

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

ranking Wes Craven’s filmography

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. Scream
3. Scream 2
4. New Nightmare
5. Scream 4
6. Scream 3
7. The Hills Have Eyes
8. Stranger in Our House
9. Cursed
10. The Last House on the Left

• Son of Frankenstein
• Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
• A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
• Psycho III
• Slumber Party Massacre II
• Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
• Fright Night Part 2
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
• Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland
• Psycho IV: The Beginning

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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

1. Friday the 13th Part 2
2. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
3. Freddy vs. Jason
4. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
5. Friday the 13th Part III
6. Friday the 13th
7. Friday the 13th
8. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
9. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
10. Jason X

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

1. Star Wars
2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

• 12 Angry Men
• Some Like It Hot
• Batman
• Rocky
• Halloween
• Zombie Flesh Eaters
• The Evil Dead
• The Slumber Party Massacre
• Christine
• Sleepaway Camp

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

1. Saw X
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. Scream VI
4. Barbie
5. Evil Dead Rise
6. Thanksgiving
7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
8. Five Nights at Freddy's
9. M3GAN
10. The Nun II

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

Black cats and goblins and broomsticks and ghosts, 
covens of witches with all of their hosts,
you may think they scare me, you’re probably right, 
black cats and goblins on Halloween night. 
Trick or treat! 

• The Funhouse

  Sept 4

• Halloween

  Sept 7 | Sept 13 | Oct 18 | Oct 31

• The Nun II

  Sept 10

• Return to Oz

  Sept 13

• Dark Night of the Scarecrow

  Sept 17

• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

  Sept 17

• Halloween

  Sept 22

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

  Sept 23

• The Exorcist

  Sept 30

• It

  Oct 1 

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

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

• Motel Hell
• Fade to Black
• Christmas Evil
• Happy Birthday to Me
• Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
• The New York Ripper
• Pieces
• Alone in the Dark
• Angst
• The Stuff

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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

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

• Rocky

  gifted

• Halloween

  gifted

• Rocky II

  gifted

• Halloween II

  ebay

• Rocky III

  gifted

• Rocky IV

  gifted

• Fright Night

  ebay

• Rocky V

  gifted

• Jurassic Park

  gifted

• The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  gifted

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

• The Exorcist
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
• New Nightmare
• Flushed Away
• Freddy vs. Jason
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
• The Wizard of Oz

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. New Nightmare
5. Freddy vs. Jason
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
8. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street

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

movies that i’d recommend to someone if they want to feel unnerved

• Dead of Night
• Eyes Without a Face
• Repulsion
• Rosemary's Baby
• Johnny Got His Gun
• The Exorcist
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Black Christmas
• Tourist Trap
• When a Stranger Calls

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

1. Opera
2. Deep Red
3. Phenomena
4. Suspiria
5. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

1. Requiem for a Dream
2. Pi
3. The Whale
4. Black Swan
5. mother!

1. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
2. Eraserhead
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Blue Velvet
5. Inland Empire

ranking Edgar Wright’s filmography

1. Shaun of the Dead
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
3. Last Night in Soho

ranking Anthony Perkins’ filmography

1. Psycho
2. The Trial
3. Psycho II
4. Psycho III
5. Psycho IV: The Beginning

ranking the Rocky franchise
* a rare case where I like every movie in the franchise so take some of these placements lightly

1. Rocky
2. Rocky IV
3. Creed
4. Rocky Balboa
5. Creed II
6. Rocky V
7. Rocky II
8. Rocky III

• Vertigo
• The Trial
• Repulsion
• Rosemary's Baby
• Johnny Got His Gun
• The Tenant
• Suspiria
• Eraserhead
• House
• Possession

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

• The Blob
• The Fly
• Return of the Fly
• Psycho
• Curse of the Fly
• The Exorcist
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Black Christmas
• Carrie
• Eraserhead

...plus 85 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

ranking every horror remake i’ve seen

1. Night of the Living Dead
2. The Fly
3. The Thing
4. House on Haunted Hill
5. The Ring
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
8. Suspiria
9. Child's Play
10. Black Christmas

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

ranking the movies I watched for the first time in 2022

yes Slumber Party Massacre II is actually that high

1. Johnny Got His Gun
2. Tetsuo: The Iron Man
3. Pulse
4. Deep Red
5. Day of the Dead
6. Dead of Night
7. The Wicker Man
8. Peeping Tom
9. Creature from the Black Lagoon
10. [REC]

...plus 121 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Pearl
2. X
3. Halloween Ends
4. Terrifier 2
5. Nope
6. Barbarian
7. Scream
8. Fresh
9. The Black Phone
10. Bodies Bodies Bodies

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

• Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
• Black Christmas
• Black Christmas
• Christmas Evil
• To All a Goodnight
• Gremlins
• Don't Open Till Christmas
• Silent Night, Deadly Night
• Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
• Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Silent Night, Deadly Night
2. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
3. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!

It’s almost time kids, the clock is ticking.
Be in front of your TV sets for the horrorthon.
And the big giveaway at 9. 
Don’t miss it, and don’t forget to wear your masks.
The clock is ticking, it’s almost time! 

September 1st - October 31st
* see notes for rewatches 

• Hellbound: Hellraiser II

  Sept 4

• Happy Birthday to Me

  Sept 6

• Urban Legend

  Sept 11

• Village of the Damned

  Sept 12

• Suspiria

  Sept 12

• The Trial

  Sept 13

• Deep Red

  Sept 15

• Phenomena

  Sept 15

• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

  Sept 18

• Halloween

  Sept 20 | Oct 12 | Oct 30 | HALLOWEEN (rewatches)

...plus 48 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Amityville II: The Possession
2. The Amityville Horror

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

1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
6. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
7. Leatherface
8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
9. Texas Chainsaw 3D

1. Psycho
2. Psycho II
3. Psycho III
4. Psycho IV: The Beginning
5. Psycho
6. Bates Motel

incomplete: 
* Paranormal Activity 2 
* Paranormal Activity 3 
* Paranormal Activity 4 
* Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
* Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
* Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

1. Paranormal Activity

incomplete:
* Annabelle Comes Home

1. The Conjuring 2
2. The Conjuring
3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Annabelle: Creation
5. Annabelle
6. The Nun

1. Candyman
2. Candyman
3. Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
4. Candyman: Day of the Dead