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  Smile 2022

  ★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2024

  This film took me quite a bit to locate here since there are so many productions with this same name. I am generally a fan of enigmatic one-word titles, but perhaps going for something a little more unique might have helped this one out a bit. While this movie did seem to make some "waves", I don't think it's too unfair of me to say I doubt many will remember this one years from now. I did enjoy the atmosphere…

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  Venus in Furs 1969

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2024

  Jesus Franco's films are sometimes a bit of a tough watch for me, but for years now I've thought his stuff was pretty interesting. His movies often hae quite a vibe to them. Pretty low on story, but high on mood and atmosphere, and often quite titilating or just sexploitational if you know what I mean. Venus in Furs, also known as Paroxysmus, is definitely in the higher quality range of the Franco movies I've seen. I really love this…

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  The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Jun 2023

  The hammer Dracula series went all weird in the 70s, and I kind of love it. no more spooky gothic castles and supersticious villagers. The last one was the "hip" one -- this is the one that feels like a particularly dark Avengers episode. You never expect to see industrial espionage in a Hammer Dracula film but here it is. And Cushign and Lee square off in a really personal way that hasn't felt like it's been a thing since…

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  The Thing from Another World 1951

  ★★★½ Added

  This is always compared to John Carpenter's 1982 version of the John W. Campbell story on which both these films are based, and while i've certainly watched that one more than this, and feel it probably works better as an outright horror film, I really like this film a lot. Put aside the "communistinfiltration allegory" that people always seem to trot out, and forget about the hints of anti-intellectualism that might critics like to point out, even while actually liking…

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