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  Skinamarink 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Jul 2023

  A static-soaked fever dream of forgotten childhood fears and eldritch horrors.
  
  To say Skinamarink is not an average horror film would be a massive understatement, as its 100-minute runtime is spent almost entirely on static (almost Tarkovsky-esque) shots of dark hallways, angular walls and toy-covered floors. However, those who choose to embrace its pacing and abstract themes are rewarded with a densely atmospheric nightmarescape rooted in the most primal of childhood fears: darkness, solitude and abandonment. 

  Skinamarink lulls you into an…

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  Blade Runner 1982

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Mar 2024

  “I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain…” - Roy Batty

  A neon-soaked, neo-noir set in a postmodern, cyberpunk society discarded by totalitarian megacorps who abandoned the planet long ago.

  In the world of Blade Runner, humans have become gods - creating artificial beings in their own image called…

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  The Silence of the Lambs 1991

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025

  “'Starling, when I told that sheriff we shouldn't talk in front of a woman, that really burned you, didn't it? It was just smoke, Starling. I had to get rid of him.'

  'It matters, Mr Crawford. Cops look at you to see how to act. It matters.'”
  

  Silence of the lambs stands as the absolute pinnacle of ‘90s crime thrillers, seeping atmospheric tension from every dread-soaked orifice of its grimy locales. Its chilling narrative and razor-sharp dialogue, authentically adapted from…

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  They Live 1988

  ★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  “They are dismantling the sleeping middle class. More and more people are becoming poor. We are their cattle.”
  

  Carpenter once again showcases his uncanny ability to predict the future, crafting a social commentary that grows more poignant with each passing year. However, despite the increasing relevance of its core themes, I’m not sure this one lives up to its cult status.

  I can’t shake the feeling that this may have made a better Twilight Zone episode, rather than stretching the…

Popular reviews

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  Light of My Life 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Aug 2019

  Trying to pick up all the pieces of me off the floor after watching “Light of My Life”! This movie absolutely broke me! I fear that a few years ago (before I was a father) I may have shrugged off this film in favor of something more “action-packed” and “gritty”, but now that I am seeing life through the eyes of a father - I am not ashamed to say that I cried through this whole movie.

  I may be…

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  Cape Fear 1962

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Jul 2019

  Cape Fear is a contender for one of the greatest horror movies of all time.

  Robert Mitchum delivers the performance of his career as one of the most terrifying villains to ever be captured on film - Max Cady. It is an absolute travesty that he seems to have flown under the radar of mainstream Hollywood films for most, if not all, of his career. Because of this film, as well as “Night of the Hunter” - he has solidified…