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BlakesGold

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  • Paris, Texas
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch
  • The Big Blue
  • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

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  • Cherry Falls

    ★★★★

  • Rollercoaster

    ★★½

  • Companion

    ★★★

  • My Bloody Valentine

    ★★★★★

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  • Cherry Falls

    Cherry Falls

    ★★★★

    Absolutely underrated entry in the late 90s and early 00s slasher resurgence, starring the fantastic Brittany Murphy as the unconventional yet perfectly cast leading lady. This is a twisted, darkly comic subversive thrill ride that gives us a genuinely inventive and entertaining spin on the teens in peril motif, all set in the aptly titled small town of Cherry Falls, where only virgins are being targeted by the sadistic killer, paving the way for some seriously fun teen pitch black…

  • Rollercoaster

    Rollercoaster

    ★★½

    I was so excited to finally catch this lesser known slice of 70s disaster mayhem and the opening scene had me suitably hooked, as we are treated to a pretty tense and brutal Rollercoaster crash sequence, at the hands of a madman, in what sets the scene for an exhilarating ride. Unfortunately this was the stand out segment and the ride only goes down from here. I think the main issue is that this movie has always been marketed as…

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  • Midsommar

    Midsommar

    ½

    I honestly hate this film, as well as anyone who says it’s masterpiece or even mildly enjoyable. Every single character was insufferable, it was so far up its own ass it was painful. It’s a film for pseudo intellectuals and horror fans who have never seen a film before circa 2010. 
    I would rather set fire to myself than watch this movie again.

  • Bates Motel

    Bates Motel

    ★★★

    The Psycho film series is one of my favourite horror franchises, so I’d been meaning to check out this forgotten oddity in the Psycho universe for a number of years. 
    A made for TV movie originally aired as a proposed Pilot for an ongoing series that never got picked up. 
    Alex West inherits the famous Bates Motel from his now deceased former psychiatric inmate Norman Bates. He moves in, opens up shop and an array of strange occurrences take place…

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