Rabid Grannies
Synopsis via Letterboxd:
THEY JUST LOVE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN… WELL DONE!
A large family gathers in the country side for their very elderly grannies’ birthday. One gift happens to be from their ostracized, black sheep nephew, and upon opening it, the two loveable grannies turn into rabid, flesh-eating monsters.
Traumatika
Synopsis via Letterboxd:
Mikey’s night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he’s about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Synopsis via Letterboxd:
THE CASE THAT ENDED IT ALL.
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
Forbidden Empire
I don’t know what the fuck just happened but…
Weapons
Where to start… Holy hell. This will need a few rewatches but first off it’s a beautifully shot film. The cast is fantastic. The community feels authentic.
Tender Is the Flesh
Description via The StoryGraph:
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans--though no one calls them that anymore.
His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the "Transition." Now, eating human meat--"special meat"--is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.
Then one day he's given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he's aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost--and what might still be saved.
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
Synopsis via The StoryGraph:
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.
A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.
It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.
But a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.
And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.
The Wasp Factory
Description via The StoryGraph:
The polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, The Wasp Factory is the bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath.
Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least:
Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim.
That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again.
It was just a stage I was going through.
Fréwaka
I’m always down for a good folk horror. There’s something about the forgotten and ancient places of our world that, when handled right, can be both beautifully haunting and intoxicatingly terrifying
Black Cab
Nick Frost. What an absolutely phenomenal turn. Is this movie perfect? No. Few are.
Mr. Crocket
This one caught me completely off guard. I’d never heard of this film. I saw the thumbnail, hit play, and went in completely blind. Less than two minutes later and I was clutching a first class ticket for the gore train straight to hell.
And what a fantastically wild and nasty ride, it was too.
Ghost Ship
When this movie came out I was working in a Hollywood Video. See kids, back in the day we used to have these stores…
Poltergeist (2015)
This is a tough watch for me. I’ve been putting it off for nearly a decade at this point. The original film came out the year I was born and was my first ever horror movie. I adore it and firmly believe that it still holds up really well against modern cinema. Toby Hooper was a legend.
This movie’s ineptitude is no one’s fault, except maybe whoever greenlit it. All the ingredients are in their own right fantastic...
V/H/S/Beyond
I know folks have strong opinions about the V/H/S series but I absolutely adore them. These movies proudly and openly wear their over-the-top madness on their sleeves. Love letters to grotesque splattering of ridiculous camp and humor worn like badges of honor.
The Haunting in Connecticut
I saw this years ago when it first came out. That was the year my youngest high schooler was born, if that says anything. I remember hating it at the time, but I think my critical brain is much less rigid than it was then. All ties to the Warren’s bullshit aside...
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
So when I say I’ve slept on this movie, I mean… a dead sleep. I’ll forever consider it one of the great tragedies of my life that I’ve looked at this flick for years and thought, I’ll get to it.
Skinamarink
You know what? I liked it. There's a great deal to be said for new experiences and this is definitely out there. Very Lynchian. Usually not being able to tell what's happening or being able to see anything in a movie is a negative thing, but this movie uses all of it's visual space in a way that works at your imagination.
The Empty Man
"We can't indict the cosmos."
Cocaine Bear
POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!
It’s been a bit since I’ve posted but these drafts have been hanging about so I’m trying to get them out.
”I honestly can’t think of anything to compare it with.”
The Menu
No single film has ever made me want a cheeseburger more than this one.