Christopher Walker

Christopher Walker

Favorite films

  • The Thing
  • The Wild Bunch
  • Halloween
  • Dirty Harry

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  • Longlegs

    ★★

  • Barbarian

    ★★★

  • Insidious

    ★½

  • The Cursed

    ★★★★

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  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★

    I’m a big fan of police procedurals that cross paths with the horror genre. You’ve got your cop vs. killer films such as “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Eye See You” (aka D-Tox) with Sylvester Stallone, “10 To Midnight” with Charles Bronson, and even “Tightrope” with Clint Eastwood. Then you have the more supernatural angled outings such as “The Pyx,” “The First Power,” “Fallen,” “End of Days,” and “Deliver Us From Evil” all of which have their positives and negatives,…

  • Barbarian

    Barbarian

    ★★★

    This film has been seen as a bit divisive among the horror community, some really like it, others don’t, and then there are some that are split down the middle. I’m more in the latter than the former but I really liked this film for the most part. We’ve got a slow burn first act that sets the film up as one thing, jarringly subverting my initial expectations, turning on a dime into another plot line, rinse and repeat for…

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  • Halloween

    Halloween

    ★★★★★

    This is an outright masterpiece. I would be preaching to the choir if I said anything more. One of my ten favorite films of all time that I never tire of. John Carpenter is the man.

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    ★★★★

    Powell and Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a romantic war drama that is beautifully photographed with its luscious use of color in every shot. Roger Livesey and Anton Wolbrook are both revelations, they’re bombastic at times, but subtlety nuanced, providing a powerful look at two men whose lives are intertwined through a forty year span. Deborah Kerr provides excellent support as three different characters through the years. The set pieces are magnificent as are the style…