Shelley

Shelley

Books, cats, and necrophiliacs

Favorite films

  • The Thing
  • Suspiria
  • Don't Look Now
  • Nekromantik 2

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  • Suspiria

    ★★★★½

  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    ★★★★

  • Death Wish 3

    ★★½

  • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

    ★★★½

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  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

    ★★★★½

    A hysteric dream of an abstract rebellion, Suspiria's narrative glides with ease through dream and nightmare both; a delicate equilibrium of majesty and macabre.
    Stunning, often trigonometric, set design, the finesse of ballet, and a psychodelic vibrancy of colour contrast sharply with assaulting musical queues, supernatural intrigue, and an oppressive atmosphere of unknown terror; culminating in one of the most artistic horror movies in the annals of cinema.

  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    ★★★★

    My fear of Furbees has been vindicated.

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  • Don't Look Now

    Don't Look Now

    ★★★★★

    Enter the prison of grief: a man's daughter drowns; his reverberating screams bleed his throat as sanguine as her drenched coat.

    Enter prison of grief: transition to Venice, the man is surrounded by a water he can neither escape nor admit to affecting him. You bury your grief, you turn away, sometimes even run; but it's always there, and so are you.

    Enter the prison of grief: restoring churches is the man's chosen occupation. An attempt to repair shattered memories.…

  • Phantasm

    Phantasm

    ★★★½

    I was thirteen. The perfect age where you're brave enough to watch a horror movie yet still young enough for them to have a magical effect on you.

    I was at my best friend's house at the time, a sprawling estate responsible for more than one developing night terror.

    "Let's watch this," he suggested when we had the run if the place to ourselves, and then he began to root around in a cloth drawer until he produced the DVD…

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