Cole/Gwen Thompson

Cole/Gwen Thompson

They/themme fatale. On the spectrum. Filmmaker/illustrator.

I live for instant coffee, Sparks, Kate Bush, and VHS-era company logos.

Favorite films

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Annette
  • Paperhouse
  • The Mask

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  • Extraterrestrial Visitors

    ★★★½

  • Trade Tattoo

  • Free Radicals

  • Rainbow Dance

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  • Extraterrestrial Visitors

    Extraterrestrial Visitors

    ★★★½

    A rip-off of ET that leans way more into its Night Skies origin than the former.

    That final shot is genuinely heartbreaking.

  • That Little Monster

    That Little Monster

    ★★½

    Reggie Bannister just can't escape those damn mausoleums, can he?

    I wish I could have liked this better. The make-up is great, some fantastic surreal imagery when it's not trying to be Eraserhead, and the black and white photography looks gorgeous (again, I think the director REALLY likes Eraserhead). However I can't help but feel this was originally written as a Creepshow segment, or at most a Tales From The Crypt episode, that the director decided should have been a…

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  • Ken Park

    Ken Park

    ★★★★½

    So IS "sipi" a real word?

  • Karma

    Karma

    ★★★★½

    The song is Aegian Sea by Aphrodite's Child, btw.