I’ve done it. After so many years, I’ve finally watched John Carpenter’s Halloween. And I gotta say…I was a bit underwhelmed. That’s not to say I didn’t like it. The huge contributions this film makes to the genre are clear. I’ve never been more afraid of the boring street I live on in my life and that’s where the film succeeds. In taking away your feeling of safety when the movie ends and you return to your suburban life and…
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Nocturne 1946
At the risk of sounding like I’m a million years old I’m of an age where I remember watching the Looney Toons reruns that Cartoon Network used to show in the early 2000’s. These were a big part of my childhood and are still a major source for my sense of humor. So it’s always a joy to watch a noir detective film from the 40’s and witness the many references and parodies made in so many Bugs Bunny cartoons…
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Memory: The Origins of Alien 2019
Solid doc. A look into one of my favorite films and an exploration into why it’s so dang scary on a cosmic and innately human level. A lot of intelligent and interesting people bringing incredible insights to the surface and creating such pathos for the incredible minds who worked on this film from conception to shooting. Kinda wish the documentary went further into the film beyond the chest burster sequence but that might be a different doc. Overall great time watching people gush about a great movie.
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The Wrong Man 1956
A dramatic telling of a true story of mistaken identity that ruined a man’s life for no small amount of time as told and directed by the Master of Suspense. This one is a real slow burn. We feel every agonizing second of wrongful punishment just as the real “Manny” Balestrero must have felt it. At first I thought it was a bit too slow. Maybe boring. Then I realized the fear and terror comes from, what I would call,…
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