Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Evil Things 2009

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  “He’s been here the whole fucking time watching us!”

  Snapshot: College kids’ getaway; isolated house; relentless blizzard; psycho voyeur; nowhere to run; futile standoff.

  Noteworthy: A tense, well-crafted opening that feels natural and unsettling, ranking among the strongest first acts in found-footage horror. Unusually rich storytelling from the start, maintaining its grip and momentum in a genre too often stalled by filler. A misguided narrative shift in the last act blunts the film’s impact, disrupting the tension just when it…

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  Horror in the High Desert 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  "I can’t even imagine the true horror that he faced out there."

  Snapshot: Mockumentary horror; solo hiker; secret life; vanished protagonist; foreboding wilderness; inevitable fate.

  Noteworthy: Strong, authentic performances sell the mockumentary style. Compelling characters, eerie locations, and sharp story developments build a believable world. Disappointing that more of the story wasn't told via the creepy found footage featured in the final 20 minutes.

  Recommends: Lake Mungo (2008) – A richer, more original, and more complex take on the mockumentary format, weaving a deeply unsettling story that lingers far beyond the film itself.

Popular reviews

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  Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon 2006

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025 2

  "Run like a motherfucker, and don’t stop till the sun comes up."

  Snapshot: Meta-horror; slasher deconstructed; mockumentary murders; knife-edge satire; victims chosen; fate scripted; final girl’s stage.

  Noteworthy: A wildly original concept, turning the serial killer’s process into a student documentary. Slasher tropes flipped, made hilarious by a killer planning his own legend. Slowly abandons its own brilliance, trading originality for a standard slasher formula that undercuts everything that came before.

  Recommended: Creep (2014) – Like Behind the Mask, Creep plays with slasher tropes through a self-aware, mockumentary lens. But this one stays true to its unsettling, unpredictable vision right until the final frame.

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  The Quick and the Dead 1995

  ★★★★ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025

  "There's a click before the strike. Listen to the clock."

  Snapshot: Gunslingers gather; duels tournament; winner takes all; lawless town; ruthless sheriff; old wounds; vengeance.

  Noteworthy: A stacked cast, all on top form, with Gene Hackman stealing every scene. Classic Western tropes in full force—heightened, exaggerated, and endlessly fun. A sharp, twisting story, with flashbacks that hit hard and reshape the present.

  Recommended: High Plains Drifter (1973) – Like The Quick and the Dead, a lone gunslinger arrives in a corrupt town for a reckoning. But this one trades flashy duels for eerie, slow-burn vengeance.

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