Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl 2016

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Could have feasibly replaced the second 'Sweet' in the title with 'Stupid.'

  It's a ghost story of sorts with queer undertones, the latter of which weren't super critical to the plot. It felt like 100 things I've seen before, but simultaneously it was kind of hard to decipher what was happening.

  Aesthetically, this read like an 80s after-school special with some Nickelodeon horror vibes. Surprisingly it worked! The cinematography and art choices were excellent.

  Refreshing that it only clocked in…

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  Starve Acre 2023

  ★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Alternate title for this one could have been “Masterpiece Theater presents British Horror Story: Pet Sematary.”

  If you’ve watched enough direct to Shudder British horror, you know what you’re signing up for – dry, understated and pointless.

  For a movie where the main expository device is a diary that explains the entirety of the plot, it’s surprisingly difficult to tell what’s happening or why.

  The mushy character alignment does little to help the movie’s clarity. It’s hard to tell who’s…

Popular reviews

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  Heretic 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  A few months ago after watching The Final Omen and Immaculate I wondered if religious horror as a concept was completely tapped out. I guess there’s still a bit of room for excellence in this space if you can push through the genre’s cliches.

  Heretic is a fucking pretentious movie and if you want to knock it for that I don’t blame you. But unlike Del Toro or Eggers, this is 100% my type of pretentious. This is a Bad…

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  Longlegs 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  I can see why people might not like this...Longlegs gets a little Twin Peaksy with the rules of the universe and plot. I personally think Osgood Perkins withheld explanation more than it didn't make sense, but if you land on the latter and penalize it as a result I get it.

  Once you step outside plot mechanics, I think this was perfect.

  Incredible cinematography...probably the best I've seen in a while. With a mediocre edit, this is easily a low…