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Tomie 1998
A pretty solid, if irritatingly opaque, adaptation of Junji Ito's manga series. It plays with teen angst and cycles of trauma; memory and murder and societal weirdness.
There's so much to like here: A raven-haired entity, mad smiles, lust, identity, dream logic; a 90s vibe, skinny Japanese girls in baggy jeans, cockroaches in a plastic takeaway bag, smoking indoors, a floral umbarella in the rain.
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Satan's Blood 1978
An isolated mansion, hooded cultists, softcore sleaze, murder, suicide, flares, big hair, a scary-as-shit doll, a downbeat ending. This one has everything you need from a 70s occult Euro-horror.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984
Pale faces, clattering machines, broken buildings. Constant coughing, drab overalls, children spying on their parents. Party rule. Fear and repression. A deep yearning for green grass and blue sky.
A grim, grimy, pessimistic adaptation of Orwell's classic. Burton is chilling. It isn't entirely succesful but it's a worthy and admirably bleak attempt to film a difficult book that remains far too relevant in these troubling times.
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Subservience 2024
I enjoyed the hell out of this. It reminded me of all those fearful cyborg movies and Fateal Attraction rip-offs of the 80s/90s, specifically Class of 1999 and The Temp.
Top class B Movie fun, and Megan Fox is unexpectedly brilliant as the cold, inhuman android (typecast?). It's also one of those exploitation films that actually has something to say - this one about the terrifying prospect of what AI will do to the fabric of our society.
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