John Patterson

John Patterson

Useless horror essayist. Middling musician. Procrastination prince.

Favorite films

  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
  • Knife+Heart
  • Karate-Robo Zaborgar
  • Now and Then, Here and There

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  • The First Slam Dunk

    ★★★★

  • Hard Ticket to Hawaii

    ★★★★

  • Space Pirate Captain Harlock

  • Yakuza Apocalypse

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  • Name the Demon

    Name the Demon

    ★★★

    Nice little mean found footage movie. The opening 30 didn’t quite catch me but it really amps up after that.

  • Grave Torture

    Grave Torture

    ★★★★½

    A slow burn that gets in its own way a bit, but that back half is a banger that more than compensates.

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  • Grotesque

    Grotesque

    ★★★★★

    It would be easy to write this movie off as psychotic torture porn. It has little setup, and a predominant amount of the running time is committed to violent acts of torture and degradation. However, I think that this film is instead a commentary on the torture porn style films that were popular when it was created. It reaches beyond the scuzzy depths of depravity in the Guinea Pig films (Mermaid in a Manhole notwithstanding) or the August Underground films…

  • Brothers' Nest

    Brothers' Nest

    ★★★★

    Darkly hilarious until you’re not laughing anymore. This is black comedy pushed to its breaking point.

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