cryptofgloom

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Favorite films

  • Brides of Blood
  • Maya
  • Night of the Zombies
  • Shock Waves

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  • Werewolves

  • Excalibur

    ★★★★½

  • The Watcher in the Attic

    ★★½

  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    ★★★★½

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  • Werewolves

    Werewolves

    "Alright you hairy motherfuckers... come fetch"

    Doesn't have enough lens flair, unfortunately. What is that a punk rock werewolf? Fucking dumb. Dog Soldiers really was the last great dive into lycanthropy huh?

  • Excalibur

    Excalibur

    ★★★★½

    "Have you found what you seek?"

    "I have found nothing but sorrow and death"

    Dazzling psychedelic Arthurian fantasy encased in a dreamworld atmosphere and dragon mist. It's all lush moss covered forests, shining armor, sparkling steel, grand castles, brutal violence and glowing green everywhere you look. Love, legend, tragedy, betrayal and bravery all crammed into two hours of movie magic ecstasy that burns with vibrant beauty and whimsical style. Merlins chrome dome is sick. Utterly insane this hasn't gotten the 4K treatment.

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  • Salem's Lot

    Salem's Lot

    ½

    "This is some shit"

    Weird choice to turn Ben into a side character.

    This moves from MAJOR plot point to MAJOR plot point with absolutely nothing in between, no joke, there is zero substance here. There's no set up/build up, there's no time spent with characters, there's no mystery, the Marsten house has lost its entire menacing punch, Straker is non-existent, Barlow is shown off FAR too early, its dead in the water when it comes to atmosphere and there's…

  • Incantation

    Incantation

    ★★★

    "Our intentions shape this world quietly"

    The switching back and forth from found footage to good ol' regular filmmaking has its annoyances that sort of take you out of the immersion and the unconventional way of telling its story is odd.... but, the strength of its other qualities such as its creepy mountainside village, spooky use of sound, dive into supernatural evil that is black, vile and covered in weird magic and its surprising emotional weight keep it held above water enough to be a good addition to this little corner of the genre that gets a lot of hate.