as a kid i didn't understand that movies weren't real and that the actors don't actually die <3
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Les Misérables 2012
I think Hugh Jackman looks like a sick baby bird in the beginning and it doesn't really go away.
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The Vampire Lovers 1970
One of my favorite horror movies. Just pure gothic vampire fun. It's got really good cinematography, great sets and costumes, which look amazing thanks to Technicolor (seriously, Peter Cushing's uniform is the reddest red I have ever seen). The dialogue is a bit flat at times, but it serves an overall very fun plot (at least to me; I don't know, I like kitschy gothic horror in general). And Ingrid Pitt as lesbian vampire Carmilla is obviously great. She really…
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Nosferatu 1922
If I had been Bram Stoker's widow, I would also have sued. Not because of the copyright infringement, but because they could've made a better adaptation. Don't get me wrong, it's a decent movie. It has some great shots; the exteriors especially impressed me as did those close-ups of a venus flytrap eating a fly and of a polyp. Max Schreck as Count Orlok is also fantastic. Terrifyingly uncanny, he is definitely the star of the movie. The rest are…
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The Substance 2024
Gross (non-pejorative). Patriarchal beauty standards that fetishize youth and femininity drive women to see themselves as worthless as they age. Beautifully shot, amazing make-up and effects and some great performances. I also really liked the music; really turned up the uncomfortableness for me. And, my god, I'm really not squeamish (apparently), but some of that shit was extremely painful to watch. Not even the over-the-top stuff; moreso the "mundane" things, like that festering back wound and the teeth-pulling. The gross…
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