Favorite films

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  Don't Go in the House 1979

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  This one kind of bridges the gap between Deranged and Silent Night, Deadly Night. 

  A bridge probably wasn’t needed and this doesn’t reach the heights either of those do, but it’s not without charm. There was only a brief period in time where they made movies that feel like this and I love it.

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  Dawn of the Dead 1978

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 19 Mar 2025

  Continuing my quest to listen to every commentary recorded for Dawn. It’s remarkable, but even with how many I’ve listened to at this point, none of them are duds. This one had Michael Gornick, Tom Dubensky (assistant camera), and Lee Karr (that fantastic Making of Day of the Dead book). 

  This is great. They have a lot of insight I haven’t heard elsewhere and they talk about scenes that were in the script and novelization (like the dog) that never…

Popular reviews

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  Halloween Kills 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Oct 2021

  This has everything I want in a Halloween movie. I love everywhere it went and I love the route it took to get there. 

  I’ve been avoiding reviews and everything, so when I left the theatre, I was looking forward to checking Letterboxd to see how much everyone else loved it too. How foolish am I?

   I was also excited when I left Halloween 6 as a 16 year old. Of course, then I had to wait a few months…

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  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Aug 2022

  The only thing that the movies in this series can seem to agree on is that the original incident occurred on August 18, 1973. For as long as I’ve loved this movie, I don’t think I’ve ever watched it on this date. 

  Anyway, it’s still probably the most perfect example of a horror movie that I can think of. There aren’t many movies that still give me the same feeling they did when I first saw them as a young person.…

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